December 2020 - Roundtable

How does on get the date function to work in Libre Office spreadsheet?
by eh＠eduardhiebert.com 07 May '23

07 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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Fedora 32 and Matrox G200e
by Alberto Abrao 20 Dec '20

20 Dec '20

Hello everyone, Yesterday Trevor mentioned that Brad (was it him?) is having issues getting video output on Fedora 32 using a Matrox G200e. Coincidentally, I have a server with the exact same video card that I can use for testing. After updates, same issue happened here. No video. The fix: 1) Obviously, we need to boot first. So edit the GRUB boot entry and pass the parameter "vga=793" right after "quiet". 2) Then, edit /etc/default/grub and, on GRUB_CMDLINE after quiet, add (...) quiet -- vga=793" Last time I looked, the "--" after the last parameter will ensure that any Kernel updates and whatnot will not remove this parameter. That may have changed, it's been a while, but it does work anyway. Then, reinstall GRUB. The issue: card sees a monitor that supports a higher resolution than it can display, tries to use it, fails miserably. That parameter will force the 1280x1024 resolution, which is working fine on my 1080p display. * To see all modes, pass "vga=ask" after quiet. Press ENTER to see available modes. * To use another one, convert the Mode for the desired Resolution to decimal. To do so, I used: printf "%d\n" 0x319 (for 1280x1024) Equals 793. vga=793. :D (obviously, most of that is most likely redundant to some - or even most - here. Still, in case it is useful to someone, there it is!) -- Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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"Microsoft is reportedly added to the growing list of victims in SolarWinds hack"
by Alberto Abrao 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/microsoft-is-reporte… -- Alberto Abrao 204-202-1778 (Landline) 204-558-6886 (Mobile) alberto(a)abrao.net

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Kringlecon now open
by Kat 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

Free IT/security challenges CTF. Varying difficulty. https://holidayhackchallenge.com/2020/

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Jitsi
by Michael Doob 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Hi Everyone -- Am I the only one who had a jitsi failure last night? After a bit of a struggle just to log in, there was no way I could get the audio to work. I've never had a problem for previous meetings. Too bad I'm not a lip reader. I could see them moving. Was our attendance lower that what might be expected? While I'm here: it's dues-paying time for me. Do we have inteac e-transfers set up for our banking. I could make the direct deposit and avoid any fees being charged to MUUG. Cheers, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Doob Telephone: (204) 474-9796 Senior Scholar Department of Mathematics email: Michael.Doob(a)UManitoba.ca University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2 ------------------------------------------------------------------

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CentOS 8 is dead - CentOS Stream?
by Alberto Abrao 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

As one of our topics yesterday, CentOS 8 will be gone in a few months. I mentioned being willing to migrate to Debian on my virtualization box. Still, as one commenter somewhere said, Red Hat owns the userspace on Linux. Think what you may about that, it is what it is. If any of you would rather just jump to CentOS Stream - which will be a test bed for the point-releases of RHEL, so less of a "fun ride" than Fedora Server - the process is (taken from https://centos.org/distro-faq/#q7-how-do-i-migrate-my-centos-linux-8-instal…) root@centos-linux# dnf install centos-release-stream root@centos-linux# dnf distro-sync root@centos-stream# cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Stream release 8 I am in the middle of this as I type this message. Will give feedback later. Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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Reminder: MUUG Online Meeting, Tonight, Dec 8, 7:30pm -- cal(1), Extended Round-Table & Show-and-Tell
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 08 Dec '20

08 Dec '20

A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on Jitsi this evening... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, December 8th, at 7:30pm: Extended Round-Table and Show-and-Tell We have a tradition of making the December meeting more of an informal, social gathering. This year, because we're meeting online, we've had to let go of some of the traditional aspects of this year-end meeting (like food), but we'll try to keep some. *Show us your favourite gadget!* As part of an extended round-table discussion, we'll try to keep the gadget show-and-tell. (This year, you don't have to haul it to the meeting site, but it will have to be small enough to show on your webcam!) If you have a cool device, something unusual, whether brand new or ready for the museum, there will be an opportunity to show it off. RTFM: cal(1) - A Histori-cal Look at Calendar Reform As part of the September 2016 meeting, we looked at cal(1), and its ilk (ncal and gcal), mostly from a utilitarian point of view. This time, we'll look at some of the historical development of this command, as well as some strange quirks of calendar reform. Why was the year 2000 a leap year, but 1900 wasn't? (At least for most of the world.) Why was 1700 a leap year in many Protestant countries, but not in Roman Catholic ones? What was going on in 1752 for England and her colonies? Gilbert Detillieux will answer these questions, as we delve into the politics and religion involved in calendar reform. Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.12 Winnipeg Harvest We won't be able to collect food and cash donations this year, but please remember that the needs for some may be greater than usual. We encourage you to donate to Winnipeg Harvest, or your favourite local charity. https://winnipegharvest.org/donate/ 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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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Dec 8, 7:30pm -- cal(1), Extended Round-Table & Show-and-Tell
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, December 8th, at 7:30pm: Extended Round-Table and Show-and-Tell We have a tradition of making the December meeting more of an informal, social gathering. This year, because we're meeting online, we've had to let go of some of the traditional aspects of this year-end meeting (like food), but we'll try to keep some. *Show us your favourite gadget!* As part of an extended round-table discussion, we'll try to keep the gadget show-and-tell. (This year, you don't have to haul it to the meeting site, but it will have to be small enough to show on your webcam!) If you have a cool device, something unusual, whether brand new or ready for the museum, there will be an opportunity to show it off. RTFM: cal(1) - A Histori-cal Look at Calendar Reform As part of the September 2016 meeting, we looked at cal(1), and its ilk (ncal and gcal), mostly from a utilitarian point of view. This time, we'll look at some of the historical development of this command, as well as some strange quirks of calendar reform. Why was the year 2000 a leap year, but 1900 wasn't? (At least for most of the world.) Why was 1700 a leap year in many Protestant countries, but not in Roman Catholic ones? What was going on in 1752 for England and her colonies? Gilbert Detillieux will answer these questions, as we delve into the politics and religion involved in calendar reform. Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.12 Winnipeg Harvest We won't be able to collect food and cash donations this year, but please remember that the needs for some may be greater than usual. We encourage you to donate to Winnipeg Harvest, or your favourite local charity. https://winnipegharvest.org/donate/ 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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