January 2016 - Talk - lists.gtalug.org

Is the TD-8616 DSL modem a good choice?
by Chris F.A. Johnson 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

How does this DSL modem compare with others? <http://www.tplink.ca/en/products/details/cat-15_TD-8616.html> Any problems using it with Linux? -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>

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Vim talk slides posted
by Giles Orr 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

http://www.gilesorr.com/vim/vimjourney/ I added a section on "Programmer Fonts" and using TTF fonts in XTerm since so many people preferred terminals over the GUI version of the editor. I realize that most people use more "advanced" terminal emulators, but for the old school among you ... -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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Share your ~/.vimrc file (was Vim talk slides posted)
by Myles Braithwaite 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

I'm really interested in other people's setup so could we start a thread of people sharing their ~/.vimrc file. Here is mine: <https://github.com/myles/dotfiles/blob/master/vimrc>. And if you are interested in the vim plugins I use: <https://github.com/myles/dotfiles/blob/master/vimrc.bundles>.

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Can the Internet exist without Linux? | ZDNet
by James Knott 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

http://www.zdnet.com/article/can-the-internet-exist-without-linux/

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Music Broadcast Server?
by Stephen 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

I currently use Mediatomb as a server and have Panasonic UPnP players. They are mainly Bluray players but do more, including play .flac files. But they each connect separately and play their own streams independently. What I would like to do is have each unit play the same music stream. It would be like having multiple radios in my home set to the same station. Is there a Linux solution for this? Cheers -- Stephen

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Raspberry Pi Meetup tomorrow
by Alex Volkov 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Hello everyone, As I mentioned during the meeting there's gonna be a regularly-scheduled Raspberry Pi meetup on Thursday, January 14 at Seneca@York -- Center for Development of Open Technology. (in TEL building) Here are the details -- http://www.meetup.com/Raspberry-Pi/events/227941349/ I'm gonna talk about my experiences setting up OpenCV for raspberry pi -- https://github.com/avolkov/rpi-opencv Sample program (Automatic dorman) that uses Pi Camera & OpenCV -- https://github.com/avolkov/my-first-automatic-door-man And if I'm not gonna forget I'll bring soil moisture sensor like this -- https://twitter.com/ModMyPi/status/679705213578665984 Alex.

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Announcements from Last Night's Meeting
by Myles Braithwaite 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

David C.B. won the JetBrains Question ## Jobs * Debian Administrator with MySQL and AWS experience contact Stephen Perry, and IT Recruiter at TAL Group, though their email <perry(a)talgroup.net>. ## Upcoming Events * 21 January at 8pm - xvzf: Storytelling night for Toronto tech workers <http://xvzf.io/>. * 28 May at 12pm - There is a Raspberry Pi Meetup at Toronto Reference Library with three introductory talks on getting started, programming, and connecting devices to the Raspberry Pi and a number of Raspberry Pi demonstrations <http://meetu.ps/2RLRXz>/

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On the Ownership of Product Data and the Future of Product Development
by Howard Gibson 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

http://www.engineering.com/PLMERP/ArticleID/11241/A-Perfect-Storm-for-PLM-O… This article is focused on PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and something I have not heard of before called PIP (Product Innovation Platforms). Articles on these websites degenerate into a weird alphabet soup. There is a very interesting point here, near and dear to the Free Software community... 1. Create a cool new thing using proprietary software 2. The creator of the proprietary software changes the license agreement is some critical way you cannot manage. 3. Oops! You have no access to your data! -- Howard Gibson hgibson(a)eol.ca howard.gibson(a)teledyneoptech.com jhowardgibson(a)gmail.com http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson

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Skylake bug
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

<http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/intel-skylake-bug-causes-pcs-to-free…> Skylake CPUs can hang during certain computations. Prime searching folks found this. Interesting that Intel says that new firmware can fix it. (The article reminds us that Haswell CPUs had a but in the TSX feature and that the firmware fix just removed TSX. I felt robbed because one reason I bought a system with that processor was that I wanted to play with TSX.))

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tonight at 7:30pm
by Myles Braithwaite 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2016-01/> # A Journeyman's Tour of Vim with Giles Orr We won't be covering i-a-h-j-k-l:wq, but instead looking at a variety of commands and plugins you may not be familiar with that can make your editor even better. This will include a discussion of neovim, colours, dealing with your vimrc, mappings, buffers and tabs, sessions, plugins, VimScript, and possibly a couple other topics. ## 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 will dine at North of Brooklyn (469 Church St) * 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 the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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