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Debuerrotype
by Adam Thompson 09 May '18

09 May '18

The more you know... -Adam > "DEBUERREOTYPE"? > > The name is an attempt at riffing off the photography basis of the word "snapshot". The daguerreotype [1] process was an early method for taking photographs, and this is a method for taking "photographs" of Debian at a given point in time. Links: ------ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype

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Fwd: [SkullSpace-Announce] Electronic Manufacturing Business Liqudation
by Adam Thompson 09 May '18

09 May '18

-------- Original Message -------- From: michael.kozakewich(a)skullspace.ca Sent: May 8, 2018 5:20:22 PM CDT To: announce(a)skullspace.ca Subject: [SkullSpace-Announce] Electronic Manufacturing Business Liqudation Hey everyone, It looks like a local electronics firm, Niagara Engineering, is closing down and is holding a liquidation this Saturday. Take a look at the list of goods below. I'll see if SkullSpace can score anything extra that doesn't sell. Business Liquidation - Saturday, May 12th 9:00am - 4:00pm, 760 Erin St > > A local electronic assembly and manufacturing company has closed and is > liquidating all equipment, inventory, and hardware. > > Electronics manufacturing equipment > > - Oscilloscopes (HP, Tektronic, and more) > - Multimeters > - Soldering stations > - Quad III c & Quad IV c Pick and Place Machines > - Reflow ovens > - Bulk electronic components through-hole and smt (resistors, > capacitors, ICs, diodes, relays, crystals and more) on reels and loose. > - Test / diagnostic equipment > - Specialty crimpers (AMP, Molex, Packard Electric, etc) > > Metal working equipment > > - Metal lathe (Southbend 9A) and other > - Drill Press ⦁ Bending brake > - Brake & shear machines (cast iron) > - Punch press with large variety of punches > - Shop press (two types) > - Gas cutting torch > - Portable spot welder > - Lincoln high capacity welder > - Walk-in paintbooth > - Pipe bender > - Powered hacksaw for metal stock > > Office equipment > > - Printers > - Copiers > - Industrial paper shredders > - Plotters (with extra pens new in package) > > Warehouse equip: > > - Forklift > - Pallet jack > - Motorcycle lift > - Industrial shelving > - Snow blower (electric start) > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Announce" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to Announce+unsubscribe(a)skullspace.ca. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Garbled boot screen
by Kevin McGregor 06 May '18

06 May '18

This just came up. A system I have at home had been booting FreeNAS (FreeBSD-based) fine, but I powered it down for a while. Now when I turn it on, the BIOS boot screen is fine, the GRUB boot selection screen is fine, but when it starts to boot the OS the screen goes all garbled. I can sort of make out some text, but it's generally unreadable. Any ideas? Also, is there a way to include picture attachments in mails to Roundtable? I thought I'd tried before and the picture was removed. I have a screenshot of the image I get while booting. It might help to see it. Kevin

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Spectre NG
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 05 May '18

05 May '18

The dust hasn't fully settled yet on Meltdown and Spectre, but get ready for Spectre NG... https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3031765/spectre-ng-security-bods-… ... coming to your security news feeds on Monday! -- 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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recommendations for 4k video card under Linux
by Gilles Detillieux 03 May '18

03 May '18

Hi. Does anyone on the list have experience and recommendations on how to support a 4k monitor under Linux? We want to use a single Dell 27" 4k monitor (P2715Q) with a CentOS 7 system. What would be a good choice for a PCIe x16 video card, preferably with DisplayPort output, that can support 4k@60 Hz and has good driver support under X.org - hopefully without having to resort to 3rd party pre-compiled, version-specific binary kernel modules? If we can keep the price for the card below $200-$300 that would be great. Unfortunately my Google searches this morning for this have had a pretty low signal to noise ratio. Mostly people having problems with nVidia drivers. Possibly relevant h/w info: ASUS M5A78L-Mlx+ motherboard and AMD FX-6350 CPU. Power supply has a spare 6-pin (3x2) PCI-E power connector for cards that require a dedicated power connection. Thanks for any advice. Gilles -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Univ. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 (Canada)

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Damian Conway, "More Instantly Better Vim" - OSCON 2013
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 03 May '18

03 May '18

This guy is undoubtedly one of the top Vim wizards out there... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHm36-na4-4 Some very neat tricks, and some that make you wonder why. And wonder if all the time he spends on time-saving hacks actually saves him time! Enjoy! Gilbert -- 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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MUUG Meeting, May 8, 7:30pm -- LISA Review and Intro to Docker, systat
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 01 May '18

01 May '18

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 8. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: LISA Review and Intro to Docker Katherine Scrupa will summarize her experience from the training portion of the 31st annual Large Installation System Administration conference. The training section had a devops-heavy focus, including Docker, Golang, PostgreSQL, Git, tuning, and CI/CD. Katherine will also give a beginner-level demonstration of Docker containers. RTFM: systat UNIX systems in the 1990s routinely came with terminal-based system performance-monitoring tools. Linux and FreeBSD unfortunately did not continue this tradition with the exception of [44]top(1). OpenBSD has had standard system monitoring tools since inception, but in 1995 they added systat(1), a full-screen system monitor designed to run on the console or in a terminal. Adam will demonstrate the use of systat(1) and describe some of the interesting details it displays that are still difficult to get today on other systems. 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. ******************************************************************* Please note our new meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ******************************************************************* 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: 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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Out of Disk Space
by Frank H 28 Apr '18

28 Apr '18

My main os is partitioned for 89GB which has typically been plenty in the past.Running KDE Neon stable It was out of space and locking up so I booted into another partition and ran baobab against it. It says 65 GB is the size of home but the graphic and detailed list don't show the whole picture. Only about 6GB. Any ideas? Thanks,Frank

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Did anybody notice the Easter bunny ears on Tux?
by Bradford C. Vokey 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Just noticed that the Tux on our MUUG homepage (https://muug.ca/) has Easter bunny ears! Gilbert, did you do that? :)

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MUUG Meeting, Apr 10, 7:30pm -- Checkpoint Firewalls, true/false
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 10. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Checkpoint Next-Gen Firewalls Wyatt Zacharias will present Checkpoint Next-Gen Firewalls. Checkpoint firewalls feature next-gen features such as IPS, Application and Web control, Download Sandboxing, HTTPS deep inspection, and advanced central management capabilities. Checkpoint software is available on a variety of platforms, including their own hardware appliances and any standard x86 platform. Wyatt will demonstrate how to install and set up the software in a virtual environment, and how to get started with the next-gen features of the firewall. RTFM: true/false Brad Vokey will cover the basics of how these "do-nothing" commands can be used in useful ways. 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. ******************************************************************* Please note our new meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ******************************************************************* 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: 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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