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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, Jan 2, 7:30pm (Date Change, In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- LibreNMS limitations
by Gilbert Detillieux 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person and online... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, January 2nd, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Working around LibreNMS dashboard limitations using Nagios, APIs, and ImageMagick We've looked at LibreNMS and its features in a past meeting. In this presentation, Chris Audet digs a bit deeper, and shows ways to overcome limitations in LibreNMS, using its API and other open source tools. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. 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.) *Date Change* Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the rest of the current year: We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month. 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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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Jan 2, 7:30pm (Date Change, In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- LibreNMS limitations
by Gilbert Detillieux 28 Dec '23

28 Dec '23

Apologies for getting this out late!... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, January 2nd, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Working around LibreNMS dashboard limitations using Nagios, APIs, and ImageMagick We've looked at LibreNMS and its features in a past meeting. In this presentation, Chris Audet digs a bit deeper, and shows ways to overcome limitations in LibreNMS, using its API and other open source tools. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. 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.) *Date Change* Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the rest of the current year: We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month. 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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small laptop for linux
by Trevor Cordes 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

I'm looking at getting a cheap, small, light laptop (real laptop, not ChromeBook) for travelling, and I'll probably just hose any Windows and put on Linux. In the $300-$800 space there are lots of laptops with "Windows For Education" and "Windows <whatever> In S Mode". Is there any impediment to me buying those and hosing the Windows and installing Linux? Have they done any more with locking down the secureboot thing and making it so I absolutely cannot install Linux? If I can't turn it into a Linux box, it's useless to me. And a second question: is it still pretty normal to install Linux on more "normal" laptops, like HP or Asus ones that are 1-2 years old with normal i5's or Ryzen 5's? I know the old adage is "avoid Acer", but beyond that will most of the core components/drivers work: Intel o/b video, wifi, sound card. I don't really care about webcam or lid-sleeping, though of course wouldn't turn my nose up at them. The key is budget... mostly looking at super cheap corporate refurbs. Just want to have a couple of nice newer-ish Linux laptops, one for travel, and one for wife stuff, that also can do Win7 virtualized (don't ask! seriously!).

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New ZFS layout guide, looks well-done
by Adam Thompson 17 Dec '23

17 Dec '23

https://www.truenas.com/solution-guides/#TrueNAS-PDF-zfs-storage-pool-layou… Nothing earth-shattering if you're used to the various types of RAID, but nice to see a modern, well-described, decently-illustrated guide. -Adam Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Dec 5, 7:30pm (Date Change, In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Show & Tell & Pot Luck
by Gilbert Detillieux 29 Nov '23

29 Nov '23

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, December 5th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's on the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Round-Table, Show & Tell, and Pot Luck As 2023 draws to a close, MUUG will continue the tradition of turning the December meeting into more of an informal, social event. Bring your favourite gadget! We will have the usual (brief) round-table session, followed by a short presentation, a gadget show & tell, and then have some time for mingling, eating, and drinking. But please, stay home if you are sick. We will also attempt to simulcast the live round-table and short presentation over BigBlueButton for those that can't attend in person for any reason, whether snow, or sleet, or illness. Bring your favourite gadget! Bring your latest gadget to talk about - while everyone mingles, eats, and drinks. This will be a pot-luck snack event. Members are encouraged to bring their own food to sample and share with others. Feel free to bring your own special drink as well - just remember that we don't have a liquor license! Where to Find the Meeting: Just like last December, Mark Jenkins has graciously let us use Skullspace, at 374 Donald St. We will be in room 200. Please note that this location is not mobility accessible. There are 3 flights of stairs and it is 1.5 stories up. There is no Winnipeg Jets home game on December 5th so downtown street parking should be plentiful. One of the best blocks for street parking is Notre Dame after Hargrave. There are also several commercial parking lots in the area including right behind the Skullspace building. The 66 bus route has a southbound stop on the same block of Donald (useful for departure) in front of the Yellow Dog Tavern. For arrival by bus, it's quite reasonable to walk from stops on Graham and Portage or if taking the 66 get off at northbound Smith at Portage or northbound King at Notre Dame. Doors will be open starting at 7:15 pm with the meeting starting at 7:30 pm. After 7:45 pm the doors may be locked so you will need to call the Skullspace number (204-480-4092) and we'll answer and come down to let you in. Food Bank Donations Requested As in previous years, we are combining our pot luck event with a food drive for Harvest Manitoba. Any member who donates at least $1 or brings at least 1 food item will be given an entry into the door prize! As a special bonus challenge this year, any cash donation made to Harvest Manitoba at this event will be matched dollar for dollar by Bradford Vokey (up to a total $500 limit)! Let's all chip in to make Brad donate more! Top 10 Most-Wanted Food Items 1. Canned Fruit 6. Pasta Sauce 2. Canned Soup/Stew 7. Rice 3. Canned Tuna 8. Peanut Butter 4. Canned Vegetables 9. Baby Formula/Food 5. Pasta 10. Instant Oatmeal Date Change Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the rest of the current year: We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month. 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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New & novel font family MONASPACE
by Adam Thompson 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

For the font geeks... The "healing" aspect is, AFAIK, long-known to be possible, but I think this is the first time it's been seen in the wild - exciting, but also now I'm wondering about possible new attack vectors inside the TTF runtime... https://monaspace.githubnext.com/ Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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Raspberry Pi OS 12 bookworm and Wayland - no screen saver?
by Gilbert Detillieux 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

So, with all the hype around the new Raspberry Pi 5 (still waiting for availability), and the new OS version, I thought I'd give the OS a try on my Pi 400, and see how things look with the new Wayland-based GUI. One strange thing I noticed (other than the slight increase in CPU use and slightly higher CPU temperature) is that there's no screen saver/blanker enabled by default. Stranger still is there doesn't seem to be any way to enable it, at least not that I've been able to find. The old X11/Xorg-based screen savers definitely don't work with Wayland, and I don't want to turn off my monitor (and have to remember to do so) every time I'm done using the Pi. So, does anyone know how I can enable screen blanking in Wayland? (Preferably with Pi OS and/or Debian 12 bookworm, but any Wayland-related info would be appreciated.) If that doesn't work, I may find myself reverting back to Xorg. Thanks, Gilbert -- Gilbert Detillieux E-mail: Gilbert.Detillieux(a)umanitoba.ca Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: 204-474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2

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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Nov 7, 7:30pm (Date Change, In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- dpkg-buildpackage
by Gilbert Detillieux 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

Apologies for getting this out so late!... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, November 7th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Minimum dpkg-buildpackage Gilbert Detillieux will present dpkg-buildpackage(1), which is used to build .deb packages from source. Gilbert will also give a tour of the source directory structure, and how to use quilt to manage patches. Somewhere between an RTFM and a deep-dive presentation, this talk will try to provide you with a minimum working set of tips and techniques to navigate the Debian package build environment. AGM Plus, this month's meeting was the MUUG annual general meeting, which included the election of the MUUG board of directors for the 2023-2024 year (by acclamation, again this year). Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. 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.) *Date Change* Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the rest of the current year: We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month. 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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EXTER^H^H^HCOMMUNICATE
by Adam Thompson 07 Oct '23

07 Oct '23

You know who you are... https://mastodon.social/@RustyBertrand/111194928749943458

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CVE-2023-41064
by Trevor Cordes 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Fun. https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2023-41064-cve-2023-4863-cve-2023-5129-faq… If you have an Apple device, it must be updated. If it's no longer supported/updated, throw it away. Anyone can send you a text or imessage (whatever that is) with a crafted webp image and p0wn your whole device: no clicks or user interaction required. Same bug in Chrome: update your Chrome. If you cannot on that device (i.e. Win7) then throw it away or find a new OS/browser. But at least you'd have to visit a malicious web page. Also affects linux webp libraries, so patch your stuff and restart any dynamically linked browsers/clients.

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