January 2023 - Roundtable

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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USB3 to Ethernet, to make NAS
by Hartmut W Sager 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

Can someone here recommend some specific USB3 to Ethernet hardware adapters, to make a reliable NAS drive. I want this architecture because the external USB3 drive will frequently need to be disconnected from NAS usage and connected locally to another computer via USB (for certain data updates). Hartmut - +1-204-339-8331

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libvirt, vmware, and Windows 2000
by Scott Toderash 05 Feb '23

05 Feb '23

If the subject line doesn't scare you then maybe you can help me out with this one. Windows 2000 is its own punishment at this point, but it's part of the mission in this case. I have a working Windows 2000 server running on VMWare esxi. I downloaded the image as a vmdk file and attempted to import it into my Linux system as a KVM image. It mostly works. I did this successfully with 2 other machines that were Windows 2012R2 from the same source and same destination. Those work. W2k is having issues because it has C: E: and F: but only C: is recognized when I boot it up in the new environment. It shows that E: exists but it believes that it is corrupted. There are probably some parameters that I don't know about that I need to pass in order to make this work. The general process was download the vmdk image, use "qemu-img convert" to make a raw file and then try to boot that. I tried using virt-install and I tried some other manual config methods but this is as far as I have been able to get. Does anyone here have experience with this sort of scenario?

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Worst. Keyboard Layout. Ever.
by Brian Lowe 28 Jan '23

28 Jan '23

I saw this on another forum. A hospital somewhere in the US ordered a dozen HP laptops for some physicians and nurses. When they arrived, they discovered the "Power On/Off" button is shaped like just another keyboard key and is located in the top row. Immediately to the left of the Delete Key. And just above the Backspace key. And Insert? It's the fifth key to the left of Delete, on the F10 key. To its right are F11 (which also has a glyph of a jet aircraft on it), F12/Dual Screen Mode, Prt Scr, the aforementioned Power Off button, and Delete. The person who posted the message says the Power button instantly shuts down the system when it's pressed, although I suspect this functionality can be changed in Windows. However, it's the only power button on the device so they can't simply disable it. Who the hell designs this crap?

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Fastmail observations
by Hartmut W Sager 27 Jan '23

27 Jan '23

I switched my main e-mail infrastructure to Fastmail in Sep 2022, and I just want to show you folks how visually elegant the nested quoting that we do in MUUG RoundTable looks in Fastmail: Another example (truncated at the top): Those long vertical braces and the different background colours (based on nesting depth) really add to the elegance. I've seen about 4 different colours in deep nesting. Also, the very thing that drove me to Fastmail (from Gmail) was the fact that Fastmail (like Gmail) is a true implementation of labels (vs folders). Two of their key people are in fact the primary people behind the JMAP initiative, with an IETF track, intended to supplant IMAP. Fastmail's cloud is running on Cyrus JMAP servers. Hartmut

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LTO 5 compatible tape drive
by Daulton 25 Jan '23

25 Jan '23

Hey all,Does anyone have a LTO 5 compatible tape drive? I am looking for one that is external, whichever connection interface is fine, and even if it's single tape capacity that will work for me.Thanks,Daulton

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Help and Documentation System Development
by Brock Wolfe 21 Jan '23

21 Jan '23

I am looking at alternatives to the Adobe Robohelp help/documentation system development software. Are there any recommendations over the many open source packages that exist? I have looked briefly at Sphinx. Has anyone got any experience with this package? Many thanks in advance for your suggestions and comments. Regards Brock

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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Feb 7, 7:30pm -- Date Change, Topic TBA
by Gilbert Detillieux 19 Jan '23

19 Jan '23

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, February 7th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break). We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month. Stay tuned for a follow-up announcement, a week before the meeting date, with more information about the topic for the month. But we wanted to give you advance notice of the date change. This will once again be an online meeting. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* 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 -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/

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Need to borrow a SCSI Controller
by Alberto Abrao 13 Jan '23

13 Jan '23

Hello everyone, I know many of us like to use and keep older hardware, so I am hoping someone is able to assist me. I need to access some older tapes (Ultrium 2). I found the tape driver for it, and the SCSI cable. Now, I am looking for a SCSI Controller and a Terminator. My plan is to transfer all tapes to a different one that uses a newer tape standard. Would anyone have one or both of these parts, and would be willing to let me borrow them? It'd be much appreciated. Thank you. Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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Reminder: MUUG Online Meeting, Tonight, Jan 10, 7:30pm -- Taming journald, RTFM: nmap(1)
by Gilbert Detillieux 10 Jan '23

10 Jan '23

A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on BBB this evening... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, January 10th, at 7:30pm: The Taming of journald Continues In his last presentation, Trevor Cordes showed us how to use syslog with journald, and filter out unwanted log lines. However, those bazillion unwanted lines being filtered out are still being written to disk, causing major wear and tear on your precious, limited-life SSD! In this follow-up presentation, Trevor will discuss minimizing SSD writes and wasted space by using the journald RAMdisk and size-limiting options. RTFM: nmap(1) Wyatt Zacharias will give a quick overview of some of the basic features of nmap. This will once again be an online meeting. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group normally 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 -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/

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