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Intel's giving away 500 i7-8086k's tonight
by Russell Reiter 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

500 in Canada, more in other countries. Starts in four hours and runs for 24. https://game.intel.com/8086sweepstakes/ca/

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configuring a Dell Precision 7520 notebook to be shipped with Ubuntu
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 06 Jun '18

06 Jun '18

Dell has a sequence of specials for the next few (7?) days. I'm kind of interested in a notebook with an UltraHD display, so I thought I'd look. This is what I discovered. This is likely uninteresting to most people -- feel free to stop reading now, before I waste your time! <http://www.dell.com/en-ca/work/shop/deals/laptop-deals> Most of the laptop pages come with preconfigured display, and none is UHD. But the Precision 7520 Mobile Workstation lets you configure a lot of things, including selecting Ubuntu and selecting a UHD screen. Interesting things about selecting Ubuntu (replacing Win 10 pro): - clicking on Ubuntu saves $200 - it's still Ubuntu 16.04 + why not 18.04? I assume that would work. + but the heading is "Ubuntu 12.04 Long term Support" (surely a typo) - it won't work with the default wireless card, so you have to change from Dell to Intel. There's no charge so I guess that they think that the Dell is better in some way (not obvious to me). The Intel is marked "vPro" so it is potentially vulnerable to Outside Agents. - it warns me that Ubuntu isn't compatible with Productivity Software. Just select "none" instead of "free 30-day trial of Microsoft Office". That sounds like a good idea even for Windows users. Interesting things about selecting the UltraHD display - adds $220 over the IPS FullHD display, which itself adds $280 or $260 over TN FullHD display options. Ouch on both those numbers. - requires a $50 more expensive battery option. So I guess that it consumes more power. - requires a RAM upgrade to two DIMMs, not one. That's fine except that Dell charges a lot for RAM and I'd prefer to add it from another source. A second DDR4 8GB DIMM adds $280! More if you wish faster RAM. - the default GPU is Radeon Pro WX 4130 w/2GB GDDR5. It is claimed that that isn't compatible with the "Touch LCD" (the IPS FHD, not the UHD one). This forces an to update to an NVIDIA Quadro M2200 w/4GB GDDR5 for $480. Ouch! Luckily I'm not selecting this. Other interesting things: - you can choose amongst Xeon processors too. - you cannot choose an 8th gen Core processor -- only 6th or 7th - you can order it with Win 7 pro. I didn't think that Microsoft allowed that these days. Not that I care. - I can downgrade from i5-7440HQ (Quad Core2.80GHz, 3.80GHz Turbo, 6MB 45W, w/Intel HD Graphics 630) to i5-7300HQ (Quad Core 2.50GHz, 3.50GHz Turbo, 6MB 45W, w/Intel HD Graphics 630) losing about 10% nominal processing power and saving $130, about 15% of the system price. That seems like a good deal. Summary: - Expensive! $1839 on sale ($879 off list) But I did somehow get the configutator in a broken state where it offered something like this for $1100. I wonder if I could actually order such a configuration. - heavy: Weight: (starts at) 6.16lbs (2.8kg) - Lots of configuring choices - page warns you about configurations that won't work. I don't know if it prevents you from ordering them.

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server questions - - help needed
by o1bigtenor 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Greetings I am quite new at running a server so hopefully the question isn't too out there. My server has been operational for about a year and I am working on a number of different projects on it. Twice now (this last friday and 5 weeks early I came into the office to find that the server has somehow been taken down and has rebooted itself (process setup in the bios) but as it doesn't quite complete the boot process, I have to hit a key to tell it to continue and then finally to log in to read Debian (stable). So I am trying to determine what may have caused the system to do a reboot, whilst I have my suspicions I want to figure out exactly what is happening to cause this kind of behavior. AIUI servers should be able to run happily for years without issues (barring hardware problems) so I want that kind of reliability. Where in /var/log will I be finding the most clues as to the events that lead up to this 'reboot'? Thanks in advance!! Dee

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Hiring a devops in Toronto
by Brice Lopez 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

Hello, The company I'm working for is hiring a devops in Toronto. We are working mostly with free software. All the infrastructure is hosted by a IAAS provider, and we manage everything using ansible. The office is in Toronto downtown. If you're interested, please send me a CV and a cover letter. If you know somebody who could be interested, please feel free to forward the ad below and my email address. > SysAdmin - DevOps > > At Mailjet, we make sending email easy and have an all-in-one solution to do just that. We're a growing venture-backed startup, founded in 2010, with teams in Paris, London, Berlin, Toronto, Sofia & New York and with customers around the world. Our technology empowers developers to painlessly integrate their apps with our API and begin sending smarter email. Every company needs email and they need it delivered to their contacts’ inbox! > > > Job Desc > > We are looking for a SysAdmin with experience in building and supporting high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade infrastructure based in Toronto. > You will be part of the Mailjet OPS team (6 engineers around the globe) that works on mission-critical applications. You will automate and maintain the systems & network infrastructure and be the main contact point for level-2 support agents. Everything you do on a day to day basis will serve the performance and reliability of the platform. Mailjet’s OPS culture is all about working seamlessly with our in house developers, and giving them tools and means to release often and securely. > > > Responsibilities > > Hands-on engineering and operations of scalable IT infrastructures > Working with DevOps culture and toolsets to support multiple software teams in dev, test, and production environments > Administration of hundreds of servers and virtual machines in an hybrid environment; experience with Google Cloud Platform is highly desired > Automating & testing everything with Ansible > Coordinating with Security Team to ensure all standards and best practices are implemented in systems > Assisting the support team with level-3 activities (in-depth technical troubleshooting, performance monitoring, etc.) > > > Requirements > > Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject. > Proven experience with email systems and SMTP protocol > Hands on experience with large scale distributed systems > Experience with service discovery systems and cluster schedulers such as Consul and Nomad > Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases (PostgresSQL), columnar databases (Cassandra), SQL and CQL > Experience with systems automation tools (Ansible, Puppet) > > > Benefits > > Work with an amazing and diverse team from around the globe > Competitive compensation > Cool office space > Mac or PC ? That’s your choice Regards, -- Brice Lopez

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Re: [GTALUG] bash quoting [was Re: Help need in bash]
by znoteer＠mailbox.org 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

> Le 1 juin 2018 à 11:10, Lennart Sorensen via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> a écrit : > > [snip] > > $ for f in "*.png"; do echo "$f"; done > a b c.png a.png b.png c.png > > $ for f in "*.png"; do echo "$f"; done > *.png [snip] I don't understand what's going on here. The exact same command is giving two different results? When I try this on my system, I don't get a single-line listing of the 4 files, but rather the result "*.png" as you did in the second run of the command above. Is there a typo somewhere? Did you mean for the two commands above to be the same? -- znoteer znoteer(a)mailbox.org

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Help need in bash
by Stephen 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

I want to build a script to convert any *.png files to *.jpg files using convert. Doing manually works fine. Building a script has presented problem. I am well versed in programming but a novice with bash. My loop through the files works fine. #!/bin/bash cd /big1/memes/; shopt -s nullglob for f in "*.png" do echo $f done I get a list of filenames with an extension of .png But when I try to get the basename with: #!/bin/bash cd /big1/memes/; shopt -s nullglob for f in "*.png" do echo $f b=${f%.png} echo $b done I first get a list of the .png files, then a list of all files, both the existing .jog and the .png. This gets a WTF reaction from me. Can someone explain and help me get closer to getting this to work? Thanks -- Stephen

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[GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 12 June at 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 30 May '18

30 May '18

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2018-06/> # Lightning Talks Lighting Talks is GTALUG's version of an un-conference, a loosely structured short talks emphasizing the informal exchange of information and ideas between participants, rather than following a conventionally structured GTALUG meetings. If you would like to give a talk, all you have to do is write your name on a post-it and stick it on the whiteboard in the front of the room. When your talk get's picked you will have five uninterrupted minutes for you to present your idea, then five minutes of audience questions. Pre-Registers Lightning Talks include: * Cipher Suites for Nginx and HAProxy w/ Giles Orr * Making the case for CASE, or: Why I Love Conditional Expressions in Postgres, SQLite, and MySQL w/ Myles Braithwaite ## 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 - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # 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 jeopardise 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 honoured 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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Video issue? boot screen has weird mixed lower case/capitals, no X or consoles
by Glen Strom 28 May '18

28 May '18

I'm running Slackware 14.2, 32-bit. The computer is an HP xw4600 desktop workstation. The video card is an Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 PCI Express. I use an Nvidia legacy driver (it's an old machine, probably going on 10 years old.) I stepped away from the machine for a while, and when I cam back the monitor was fluctuating rapidly and everything was frozen. I had to use the Magic System key to reboot. Upon rebooting, the initial screen had a series of blue vertical lines running through it. The lilo screen looked fine. When the OS booted I saw a string of numbers followed by a bizarre combination of upper and lower case text. The boot up sequence ran correctly right up until the machine went into runlevel 4. The screen stayed dark. I couldn't even switch to a console--nothing would show. I don't have another video card to try. Does this sound like a video card issue or might it be something else? I didn't find anything helpful on searching for an answer. -- Glen Strom gstrom57(a)gmail.com

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Can't boot using Xorg, only Wayland works on Ubuntu 18.04
by Jim Ruxton 24 May '18

24 May '18

I recently updated to Ubuntu 18.04 and cannot boot using Xorg only Wayland. I have tried reinstalling xorg, reinstalling nvidia drivers, setting |WaylandEnable=false| in |/etc/gdm/custom.conf| but whenever trying to login using Xorg I get a frozen screen and mouse. I am using the latest nvidia-390 driver. My laptop has a dual graphics card ie. Intel and Nvidia. I would be fine staying with Wayland however it seems unstable and a dual monitor setup isn't working. Any thoughts what I can do to get this working so I can use Xorg . Thanks, Jim

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GTALug Lightning Talk, possible topic: Tracking Bots on your web site
by Don Tai 21 May '18

21 May '18

Hi Mylees, I was thinking it would be interesting to talk about internet bots and how they can affect your web site. It is a very wide topic, but I can summarize down to a short talk for any/all these items: -web traffic, what is a bot, good and bad bots -tracking bot activity on your site: using your raw access log -identifying a bot: tracking down their origins/owners -good vs bad bot activity -humans vs bot behaviour -banning them from your site I have done some of this talk before for a Wordpress Toronto group: https://wptoronto.com/2016/10/fighting-spam-wordpress/ What do you think? Don.

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