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February 2018 talk recording is available on youtube
by Alex Volkov 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

Hi everyone, February 2018 presentation is up on youtube. Postgres, MVCC, and You with David Wolever https://youtu.be/TjwLrDrbqfs Alex.

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February 2018 talk recording is available on youtube
by Alex Volkov (A Valued Subscriber) 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

Hi everyone, February 2018 presentation is up on youtube. Postgres, MVCC, and You with David Wolever https://youtu.be/TjwLrDrbqfs Alex.

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crossposting... Keeping Open Source Logic IN Government
by Dave Cramer 04 Mar '18

04 Mar '18

Apologies for crossposting but I felt this was worth it... RE: MP David Graham As you know, the first-time MP David Graham has been advancing awareness of free/libre/open source understanding and inclusiveness in Parliament, through the "Digital Caucus" and via his interventions in Committees. He is the only software programmer, the only known active Linux user in the chamber. While the GOSLING community is non-partisan in terms of political parties, it nevertheless seems within bounds for this list to share a call-out to help keep an MP who strands for the same principles in Parliament by participating in fund-raising towards his next federal election campaign. In order to remain as the Liberal candidate through the 2019 election, the party has placed thresholds that candidates have ‎to meet by certain dates. The most important of these is that David must have half of the predicted spending cap for the election in his budget before being allowed to apply for the nomination. Currently he is about $20,000 short of this goal. There are tax credits for donations. One-time contributions only to his association can be made here: https://secure.liberal.ca/eda/?eda=24038‎ (Laurentides--Labelle riding) Monthly contributions can be made here (which require a minimum of $5/month to ALSO to the national party): https://secure.liberal.ca/victoryfund/?eda=24038 (Laurentides--Labelle riding) Personal cheques to a maximum of $1,575 (total contribution limit to all riding associations in the country, regardless of party, in a calendar year) can be snail-mailed to his team at: Laurentides--Labelle Federal Liberal Association 1494 ch du 6e Rang Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, QC J0T 2J0 Regards, Joseph Potvin Co-Founder, GOSLING _______________________________________________ Ottawa-gosling mailing list Ottawa-gosling(a)list.goslingcommunity.org http://list.goslingcommunity.org/mailman/listinfo/ottawa-gosling

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Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP
by Stewart Russell 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

On Jan 31, 2018 18:01, "Tim Carroll via talk" <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: They are back. with new funding. linuxjournal2 http://www.linuxjournal.com/ I wish them good luck trying to refactor their way out of existing debt. Trying to claim they're brand-new, start-over but with a lead story about how the LJ crew are the same as in 1999 is not a good look. Stewart

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The current state of NFS
by Giles Orr 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

I used to use NFS back in 2000 - back when we still thought unsecured local services were okay. And I loved it - it was slow, but very useful. So I'd like to start using it again, but I want it secured. Apparently NFSv4 "mandates strong security" (according to Wikipedia): does that mean for authentication, or encryption of files "in flight," or both? And I keep seeing it mentioned with Kerberos: I've been researching Kerberos a bit and that really looks like something I'd rather NOT have to set up. Is it possible to run NFSv4 without Kerberos? Pointers to recent, good tutorials would also be deeply appreciated. I'm using Fedora 27 and Debian (stable or testing) on the clients. You can stomp me if you like for my plan to use a Raspberry Pi as the server - I'm not looking for speed as this will mostly be for backups. I'd probably use Raspbian unless there's a compelling reason to use one of the other Pi distros. Of course if this will really need more memory than the Pi has, that's another issue ... -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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[GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 13 March at 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2018-03/> # Round Table Q&A Session 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 - 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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Some hardware if anybody is interested.
by Alvin Starr 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

I have something like 25 Netapp 14 drive fiber channel disk enclosures RS-1401 populated with 15K 450G drives. There is also a NAF-0702 head and I also have a couple of Netapp NAF-0602s with 6 500G drives. They are free to a good home. If your interested contact me off list. -- Alvin Starr || land: (905)513-7688 Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 alvin(a)netvel.net ||

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Any Debian Developers here can help me sign my GPG key?
by tlugys.ats＠spamgourmet.com 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

Hi GTALUG members, Do we have any Debian Developers here? I am in the second step of becoming New Debian Maintainer process -- https://nm.debian.org/process/194 and now need to have my GPG key signed by a Debian member. I was directed to the THUG group (Toronto (GNU)/Hurd User Group) http://www.nongnu.org/thug/ but only to find that their listed email (thug(a)gnu.org) is no longer working. So I'm in a bad position now, and really hope that there is a Debian Developer here, or you know of, that can help me. I live in GTA, North York to be exactly. Any help can comfort my desperate heart. Thanks Antonio

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Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook 5th Ed. by Evi Nemeth et al
by Ivan Avery Frey 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

The fifth edition of this book was published on Aug, 8th of last year. There's an excellent short summary of systemd timers in section 4.9 and the foreword by Paul Vixie is wonderful. This book can be viewed for free with a valid library card. Navigate to elearning then Safari books. Ivan.

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Fedora Netinstall
by Howard Gibson 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

I have just upgraded my 32-bit laptop to Fedora 27. The install DVD is no longer available for 32-bit. I had to do a Netinstall. Netinstall is poorly documented, but the default settings all work, I was able to select the software I wanted, and it has all worked very well. I think I actually prefer Netinstall to the DVD. Has anyone else out there played with this? I have not yet updated my website notes. -- Howard Gibson hgibson(a)eol.ca jhowardgibson(a)gmail.com http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson

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