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PyCon Canada 2016
by Myles Braithwaite 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

tl;dr today is the last day for early bird tickets for PyCon Canada 2016 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pycon-canada-2016-tickets-27545680873> PyCon Canada is a community run Python (the programming language not the snake) conference being held in Toronto on November 14 to 15th (with Hackathons/Sprints from 16 to 17). I have been going for the last four years and it's amazing, so much so that I help organise this year's and last year's conference. Here are a couple of the talks I really enjoyed last year: François Maillet's talk on Hacking his Living Room for an Epic NHL Goal Celebration with Hue Lights: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ayacv1SWx8> Mike Fletcher's talk on Embracing the Singularity: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s85jIUaVfeo> Jake Sethi-Reiner's talk on learning to code Python at ten years old: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVtFhap5U3I>

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Write-protect on a MicroSD card?
by Evan Leibovitch 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Hey all. A MicroSD card just went corrupt in an RPi and I'm wondering if it can be salvaged or reformatted. I can read from it no problem (two partitions, /boot is FAT and / is ext2). But it appears that the thing appears to the reader as enabling hardware write-protection, as if I had engaged the little slider on a regular sized SD card. Any suggestions? Both Windows (sdcard.org formatting tool) and Linux (dd) refuse to write to it, and the "dirty bit" can't be cleared from the boot partition. Any suggestions? Or is the card toast? Thanks! -- Evan Leibovitch Geneva, CH Em: evan at telly dot org Sk: evanleibovitch Tw: el56

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Newbie
by Devlin 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Is this the right place to ask questions about things Linux? Like software recommendations and help?

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Tonight's Dinner ([GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday at 7:30pm)
by Myles Braithwaite 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:46 AM, <hi(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. I'm thinking of going back to Banh Mi Boys (399 Yonge St), Vietnamese style sandwiches. You can see the menu here: <http://www.banhmiboys.com/menu.htm>. Anyone got any other ideas? You can see a restaurant list here: <https://wiki.gtalug.org/pre-meeting_dinner>.

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday at 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2016-09/> # Postgres * PostgreSQL "New Stuff" 2016 with Christopher Browne * PostgresDoc with 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 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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Fwd: [kwlug-disc] Kitchener Waterloo Linuxfest Website Up!
by Myles Braithwaite 👾 11 Sep '16

11 Sep '16

A community run Linux conference is happening in Kitchener/Waterloo on 28 January 2017. Registration and Call for Puropsals is open now. On September 11, 2016 at 9:36:28 PM, Colin Mills wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Just wanted to let you know that the Kitchener Waterloo Linuxfest > website is up. > > http://www.kwlinuxfest.ca > > > Please go sign up and register. The call for papers will also be open > up until November. > > Thanks! >

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Permission Issue Ubuntu 16.04
by Stephen 10 Sep '16

10 Sep '16

I have rebuilt my computer and installed 16.04. Was 14.04. There has been a change in permission behaviour. I have a Windows 10 computer that I use for my photography and Photoshop. I copy and paste folders over the network to my Linux machine for backup and using on my web sites. I did this today and the folders and files were all created with all permissions set to "nobody". They are created in a folder my user owns. The Windows username is the same as my Ubuntu username. In the past the copied folders and folders received my user ownership. I want to return to this behaviour. Reviewing documentation I see "big" solutions. Create users to my group. Test if this will work. Fingers crossed. Did not have to do this before. Can someone help with an easier solution? Thank you. -- Stephen

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Ubuntu 16.04 File Manager With Tabs
by Stephen 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

I had the system hard drive fail, and installed 16.04. I am getting used to it. But the default file manger does not allow tabs with different directories. Am I missing something, or has this feature indeed been removed. Now I was using a Gnome shell before. Reverting is a consideration. But if anyone can recommend a good file manager with tabs, please do so. -- Stephen

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thinkpad repair; or, new laptop
by Matt Price 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

My THinkpad T440s is having some serious issues with suspend -- at times it will enter a hard freeze while suspended, requiring a hard reset with the manual reset button; at times it won't suspend at all, but enter a similarly unresponsive, blank-screen state from which it cannot be accessesd, requiring a soft reset with the power button; and at other times it will suspend just fine. 1) I suppose this could be at least partly a software problem. Anyone know what logs I should look in? I'm running Gnome on Arch, so it's a systemd system. 2) I suspect this is atl east partly a hardware problem. My warranty is expired. Is there a decent thinkpad repair place that might be able to diagnose this issue? 3) if I can't fix this, I will be getting a new laptop shortly. It would be nice if I could use my new m2 drive (which is currently in an LVM together with the primary SSD from the thinkpad, but I'd hate to lose it entirely as it wasn't cheap). The Thinkpad T460 looks like it will end up costing about $2000. I'd like to get a linux-compatible machine with a nice keyboard, but pay a bit less than that if I can (it's only been a couple of years since I bought the last one!). Any suggestions? THe keyboard has always been the killer feature that keeps me with Thinkpad, but maybe things have gotten better in the last little while? Thanks as always! Matt

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Routing and/or Proxying
by Giles Orr 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

I think I'm having trouble finding an answer to my questions largely because I don't fully know how to express them, so I'm going to try to do so here and see if another member of this list can take my English language fuzzy logic and turn it into question(s) that can more easily be answered ... I'm running application servers that have to make queries to servers behind a firewall. The firewall (not in my control) has to be configured to admit IP addresses. Getting addresses added to the firewall can be slow. So it seems to me the best way to do this would be to set up a couple of proxy servers with fixed/known IPs so that the application servers (fluctuating headcount and IPs) could make their requests through the proxy servers - which are known to the firewall. This makes sense in my head so far. But here's the problem: I'd like to send all network traffic from the application servers through the proxy servers, regardless of content, port, destination, anything. But in saying that, it begins to sound more like "routing" than "proxying", and enforcing this seems like it might be tricky on the open internet. And authentication of some sort would seem to be needed to prevent bad actors using the proxy to access stuff behind the firewall. A VPN is a possibility, but not one I'm enthusiastic about: I tackled OpenVPN a few months back, and after a day and a half and very little progress my brains started to slide out my ears. But if that's what I need to do, I'll get back on it. Thanks! -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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