Roundtable November 2020

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How does on get the date function to work in Libre Office spreadsheet?
by eh＠eduardhiebert.com 08 May '23

08 May '23

Hi, I've formatted the cells as date mm/dd/yy and entered the values as is. Also tried by preceeding with equal sign in case deemed to be a formula but neither works. I assume a difference between two days yields the difference in days, correct? Or are the formula different than plain math? Eduard the Osborne guy at last meeting

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I'm looking for an all-in-one
by Glen Ditchfield 12 Nov '20

12 Nov '20

I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a few pages every few weeks. My current device is connected by USB to a Mac that serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just fine. I look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing? Seriously?) but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi. Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices?

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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Nov 10, 7:30pm -- mkbgpmap
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, November 10th, at 7:30pm: mkbgpmap Adam Thompson will present on the mkbgpmap utility. This tool creates a map showing the BGP relationships between Manitoba ASNs. Adam was the original author of this tool, and released it into the public domain in 2019. You can find mkbgpmap at [14]https://github.com/mbnog/mkbgpmap. AGM Plus, this month's meeting will be the MUUG annual general meeting, which included the election of the MUUG board of directors for the 2020-2021 year (by acclamation, again this year). Door Prizes On top of the usual assortment of e-books on offer this month, we'll have a classic hardcopy of O'Reilly's Ambient Findability, from 2005, to be won. Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.11 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Re: [RndTbl] Roundtable Digest, Vol 191, Issue 1
by Kevin K. 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

I have a Brother DCP-7065DN (scanner, copier, printer) which has been easy for me to set up with my Ubuntu Linux system. It's a black and white laser device and Brother has great steps for setting it up. It can be connected to your LAN network and communicates through my computer with USB. On the software side of things to use this device, I use XSane for the scanning, both in colour and black and white, with multiple resolution options. Copying is done on the device itself, and the printer options are very flexible from any document software I've used. I'm sure the colour laser variety by Brother is just as Linux-friendly, but you'd have to check it out on the Brother website. Basically, if you see Linux instructions for your device, then go with it, I say. I ended up with this particular model because I searched for Linux printer/scanner drivers and setup instructions, which ultimately led me to a very detailed setup page someone else had created which was sort of an addendum to the instructions provided by Brother. Good luck! -Kevin ________________________________ From: Roundtable <roundtable-bounces(a)muug.ca> on behalf of roundtable-request(a)muug.ca <roundtable-request(a)muug.ca> Sent: November 1, 2020 12:00 PM To: roundtable(a)muug.ca <roundtable(a)muug.ca> Subject: Roundtable Digest, Vol 191, Issue 1 Send Roundtable mailing list submissions to roundtable(a)muug.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to roundtable-request(a)muug.ca You can reach the person managing the list at roundtable-owner(a)muug.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Roundtable digest..." Today's Topics: 1. I'm looking for an all-in-one (Glen Ditchfield) 2. Re: I'm looking for an all-in-one (Hartmut W Sager) 3. Re: I'm looking for an all-in-one (Adam Thompson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 17:58:56 -0500 From: Glen Ditchfield <GJDitchfield(a)acm.org> To: MUUG Roundtable <roundtable(a)muug.ca> Subject: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one Message-ID: <3683915.kQq0lBPeGt@copperplate> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a few pages every few weeks. My current device is connected by USB to a Mac that serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just fine. I look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing? Seriously?) but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi. Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:22:47 -0500 From: Hartmut W Sager <hwsager(a)marityme.net> To: Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable(a)muug.ca> Subject: Re: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one Message-ID: <CAGQr3cU-RroO5vQ4YZj8K6A5+W=i2HfyqpU+++t=wL0r8RAWtA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Unrelated to the "Linux-friendly, non-abusive" matter (which other members here will no doubt deal with), my immediate thought is, it CANNOT be an inkjet device. With your infrequent printing schedule, such a device would give you endless troubles and expenses with dried-out, often unresurrectable, inkjet cartridges or nozzles. If colour is not needed, then it should be a laser device. Those are fine with infrequent printing, though with such low print volumes, you'd still have the issue that even toner does deteriorate after a few years of sitting in a cartridge. Back to inkjet devices: You could print a handful of useless "maintenance" pages every 5 days or so to keep the cartridges and nozzles in good condition, which would result in way more "maintenance" pages than real pages being printed over time, with a much higher cost per real page than normal. The dot-matrix printers of the distant past didn't have the above issues. :) :) Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331 On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 18:00, Glen Ditchfield <GJDitchfield(a)acm.org> wrote: > I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a > few > pages every few weeks. My current device is connected by USB to a Mac > that > serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just > fine. I > look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere > between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing? > Seriously?) > but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi. > > Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Roundtable mailing list > Roundtable(a)muug.ca > https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable >

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Roundtable November 2020