April 2015 - Talk - lists.gtalug.org

Ubuntu updates
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

I'm annoyed at ubuntu's GUI Software Updates program. Context: 14.04 LTS running on Acer Revo using proprietary nVidia drivers. Normally I use apt-get update and upgrade to apply updates. Today, right after I did that, the GUI thing told me that there were pending updates. So I told it to go ahead. It proceeded to fail. The Ubuntu crash reporter ground for a while (this is a first-generation Atom processor) and then said the bug was known: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/…> Look at how long that has been around. Look at how many people (systems) are listed as affected. Look how many duplicates of this bug are filed. I don't want to waste the time investigating, but it is suspicious to me that apt-get had no problem. I remain quite skeptical of Unbuntu's and Fedora's GUI software updaters.

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Slides from my presentation last night on LessCSS
by Myles Braithwaite 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

<https://github.com/myles/2015-04-14-lesscss/blob/master/presentation.md>. As a PDF file: <https://github.com/myles/2015-04-14-lesscss/raw/master/presentation.pdf>.

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E-Vote
by Myles Braithwaite 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

https://github.com/mdipierro/evote

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CoreOS talk at pycon 2015
by Alex Volkov 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Fire your supervisord running Python apps on Core…: http://youtu.be/jCor69OeR0g

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[GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30pm
by Myles Braithwaite 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2015-04/> # LessCSS with Myles Braithwaite and a Round Table Q&A Session *LessCSS* LessCSS extends the CSS language to make it actually useable by adding features like variables, mixins, functions, and a bunch of other techniques that allow you to make your stylesheets more maintainable, themeable, and extendible. *Round Table Q&A Session* A Round Table Q&A Session is where we take questions from the audience, and the audience discusses and attempts to answer those questions from their own knowledge. It's a great way to meet fellow members of our community and discover the skill sets we each bring to the table. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <http://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Before each meeting a group of GTALUGers dine at Kaiju (384 Yonge Street). * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting a group of GTALUGers move to the The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socializing. ## Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardize the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honored by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation, or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <http://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact one of the GTALUG Board Members. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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moving Win8.1 with Bing out of the way
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

I bought a cute little box (a weakness of mine): an HP Stream Mini. It comes with Win8.1 with Bing x64 on its "HDD", a 32G M.2 SSD. Note that it is x64: not one of these Atoms with a crippled 32-bit UEFI. Fedora 21 runs fine off a live USB stick. The SSD is a fine size for Linux, but not a fine size for Win8.1 + Linux. So I intend to evict Windows from the SSD. But I feel that I need to keep Win8.1 bootable - I paid for it (a lame reason) - I will likely need Win8.1 to do firmware updates - it might be worth playing with for some purposes I'd like to migrate Win8.1 to a USB3 device. I just bought a 64G usb stick which might be perfect ($19.99 at NCIX this weekend). Or more likely, a 2.5" external HDD. Does anyone know how to migrate Windows? Googling finds lots of moderately crappy postings about how to move Windows to an SSD but I cannot tell if they assume that some vital essence is left on the original drive. (I actually wish to move the opposite way; that ought not to be a problem.) I've found Windows quite fragile, possibly due to piracy prevention things. It also seems to want to own booting and on UEFI / Secure Boot systems this gets downright magical (i.e. I don't understand it) All seem to take proprietary non-Microsoft software -- one fears a bait-and-switch. (I bet some of the bootable ones are based on Linux.) I can experiment, but I thought I'd ask here first.

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Dinner before tomorrow's meeting (was GTALUG Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30pm)
by Myles Braithwaite 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Just a reminder a group of GTALUGers are dining at Kaiju tomorrow at 6pm (before the meeting). On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Myles Braithwaite <me(a)mylesbraithwaite.com> wrote: > ## Schedule > > * 6:00 pm - Before each meeting a group of GTALUGers dine at Kaiju > (384 Yonge Street).

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New system audio problem
by Stephen 12 Apr '15

12 Apr '15

Background: I have run Ubuntu 12.04 and earlier versions for a number of years on an MSI motherboard and an AMD 3200 cpu. It finally died. I build a new system on a ASUS H97M-E motherboard with an Intel i5 and 16 gigs ram. I just connected the hard drives from the old system, and was quite happy when the system booted and all seemed good. Problem: Audio is bad. Static and drops. This applies to *.flac files and online Youtube stuff. But when I play *.mp4 files, the video and audio are great. My Ubuntu system is a DLNA server and and that plays fine on the client. So I am thinking the audio driver is not a good fit for the new chip set. Am I on the right track? Can I get Ubuntu to update to the proper driver? Thanks -- Stephen

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Git Large File Storage extension
by Giles Orr 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Github has developed a "Large File Storage" extension to git. Written in Go, open sourced. https://github.com/github/git-lfs This is their blog announcement: https://github.com/blog/1986-announcing-git-large-file-storage-lfs I haven't dealt with the problems of large files in git, but I've heard it's ugly, so this is interesting. I'm curious if more experienced git users actually think this is a good idea. -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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[VOTE] Where should we have dinner before the April 2015 GTALUG meeting? (was Dinner Ideas for April's Meeting)
by Myles Braithwaite 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

<http://strawpoll.me/3951772>

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