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Virtualized OSes
by Giles Orr 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

I've been using VirtualBox a lot recently, and I've been pretty impressed with it - running more than one simultaneous machine, setting up an internal network and running ansible between them, nifty. Today at work we had an interesting discussion about Digital Ocean: the suggestion was made (and undoubtedly it's obvious to many on this list, but it was eye-opening to me, I'm still getting my head around disposable machines) that if you weren't sure an upgrade to a droplet would work, just clone it, do the upgrade on the clone and see how it goes. Then you can make your decision and destroy the unwanted version. All of which made me think "wouldn't it be cool if I could have a system with an totally stripped Linux with VirtualBox as the "Window Manager" so I could toggle between two or three running OSes with graphical interfaces ..." So: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system-level_virtualization_implemen… I've already ruled out OpenVZ as it looks like all virtualized systems have to use the same kernel. Xen seems like the optimal method, but I seem to remember that your processor specifically has to support virtualization ("lscpu" says, among other things, "Virtualization: VT-x", so I'm covered?) Assuming I want the base OS (does that term even apply?) to be Linux, and I don't like proprietary software, what's the "best choice" if I want to simultaneously run things like Debian Jessie, TinyCore, SliTaz, and possibly even Windows 7? Links to good tutorials and "Getting Started" guides would also be very much appreciated. -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting 11th May, 2015 at 7:30pm
by Myles Braithwaite 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2015-05/> # OpenStreetMap with Stewart Russell OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain an open data set of roads, trails, cafes. buildings, railway stations, and much more. ## 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 to be determined restaurant. Vote here: <http://strawpoll.me/4216617>. * 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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Is anyone seeing my messages ?
by Clive DaSilva 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

Hello I quite often post comments/responses to this board but I never see them on the list of posted items. Is anyone seeing my postings because I am not? --------- Clive DaSilva - cdasilva(a)iprimus.ca Mailing List - <mailto:talk@gtalug.org> talk(a)gtalug.org <http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk> http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

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Re: [GTALUG] Is anyone seeing my messages ?
by William Witteman 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

I see something from you on the 21 of April, and before that on the 16 of January. So, maybe? William

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Toronto Star videos no longer work
by James Knott 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

Has anyone else noticed that the videos on the Toronto Star site no longer work with Linux? I've tried Firefox, Seamonkey and Chromium browsers. The videos do work in Windows.

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Linux Australia Hacked
by R. Russell Reiter 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

There's a nice little presentation illustrating the effect of pushing a JMP instruction across bufferspace on hacked.com. https://hacked.com/linux-australia-hacked/ -- Sent via K-9 Mail.

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Libregraphics Meeting, Toronto, 29 Apr to 2 May 2015
by Bob Jonkman 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi again: Here's something I knew about, but that almost slipped my mind: > The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is an annual meeting on free and > open source software for graphics. > > Held yearly since 2006 the Libre Graphics Meeting aims to attract > developers, artists and professionals who use and improve free and > open source software graphics applications. The LGM aims to bring > these people together in the cause of creating high quality free > graphics applications. 29 April to 2 May 2015 at Robarts Library and the Earth Sciences Building at the University of Toronto http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2015/program/ - --Bob. - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonkman(a)sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-669-0388 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/ http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlU4epwACgkQuRKJsNLM5eqDgACfRlF9rNKq3rf8pTdhAejalQMT vZIAoJuUzfxMarZYMGJuOx+KdDa6SiLO =aTNh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Toronto Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet Release Party
by Bob Jonkman 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: There are a number of significant Linux distribution releases happening -- Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 "Betsy" just came out this past Friday, Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" is coming out next Thursday, and Debian 8.0 "Jessie" is being released the Saturday after that. As far as I know, only Ubuntu is having a release party, to which I'd like to welcome all Linux distro users in the Toronto area: *What*: Toronto 15.04 Release Party *When*: 8:00pm to 11:45pm, Thursday, 23 April 2015 *Where*: Alio Lounge, 108 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario *Map*: http://osm.org/go/ZX6BtMGSN-?m=&node=1113718580 *LoCo Event*: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/3074/detail/ Mike Kaulbach (genii in IRC) is providing free coffee and all the fixings to decorate your own cupcakes. Hope to see you there! Thanx, - --Bob. - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonkman(a)sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-669-0388 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/ http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlUrSAkACgkQuRKJsNLM5erWUgCgzIL2DEIe/DC8tG0RqI+6Nx2z 8sUAn2jfDvMNEY12aeiIr6Vekv014Reb =h2Vj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Myths and misunderstandings about ZFS
by Daniel Wayne Armstrong 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Interesting article about the ZFS filesystem... In the past I have defaulted to the usual ext(2,3,4) but the ability to make filesystem snapshots and rollbacks would be useful: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150420#myth -- (o< .: Per curiositas ad astra .: http://www.circuidipity.com (/)_

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One Plus One, sans invites.
by Scott Sullivan 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

They've just announced that an invite will no longer be required. https://blog.oneplus.net/2015/04/open-sales-for-the-oneplus-one-forever/ I've had mine for the better part of year and love it. -- Scott Sullivan

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