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Linux hosting
by Tim Tisdall 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

I just wondering what people's current experiences are with cheap Linux web hosting. Right now I'm using vps.net and while they're cheap it's not uncommon to have a 10hr downtime (which I'm in the middle of this morning). They don't seem to have any sort of basic monitoring of their nodes to automatically be notified when a system is down (at least not on an individual node level), they rely on me contacting them. Has anyone had experience with digitalocean or linode for fairly long term hosting? I've only used digitalocean for occasional VPN use but have had no issues. -Tim

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Electronics Repair Shop
by Mike 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Hey everyone, It's not entirely a Linux thing, but it's certainly a Toronto thing. Anyone know a repair shop which will do Viewsonic Projectors? I'm under extended third party warranty. Viewsonic recommended somebody up in Northern Scarborough. They have a $50 inspection fee (credited to your repair) which is... okay, but I hope I could find something more downtown, but equally reputable and affordable. If there were no warranty, I would crack it open and look for capacitors :-) If the estimate exceeds the value, I pay the $50, but I send the paperwork off to the insurance company and collect the purchase price. So reputable means they'll get the estimate close, they've done viewsonic warranty work, have nice looking paper and accept credit cards. Thanks, -Mike

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Firechat -- a mesh app for android, etc
by David Collier-Brown 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Courtesy of slashdot, http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/09/30/2043244/hong-kong-protesters-use-me… This looks useful for more than just protests (;-)) --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest davecb(a)spamcop.net | -- Mark Twain

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AGM and Elections
by Bill Thanis 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Good afternoon ladies and gentleman, I have been appointed the election's returning officer, aka the guy who counts the votes. There are three openings for the board this year. We are looking for people to fill the vacancies. If you wish to run for the board please send me your name. Officially, I will need a member to second your nomination, but that can be done at the AGM in October. Although this is not a big commitment of time, please understand that it does involve a commitment. There is one monthly meeting of the executive which includes the board to discuss operational issues that you are expected to attend. Thanks, Bill

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Test
by phiscock＠ee.ryerson.ca 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Tlug at ss.org is dead. Long live Tlug. -- Peter Hiscocks Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto http://www.syscompdesign.com USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator 647-839-0325

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Re: [GTALUG] [TLUG]: Please subscribe to the new GTALUG Talks List
by Christopher Browne 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Clive DaSilva <cdasilva(a)iprimus.ca> wrote: > Hello Paul > > I have the same issue with tlug right now > > Clive > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-tlug(a)ss.org [mailto:owner-tlug@ss.org] On Behalf Of Paul King > Sent: September-29-14 11:37 PM > To: Myles Braithwaite; tlug(a)ss.org; owner-tlug(a)ss.org > Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Please subscribe to the new GTALUG Talks List > > I am not getting messages after subscribing a while ago, also. I just sent > an email to talk-subscribe(a)gtalug.org as suggested on your web page, but > have never gotten any feedback as to whether my subscription was > successful. > > Paul King > I see Clive's address on the list of members of the new list, but not Paul's, so there is some kind of difference between the issues you are having. Note that we are using Mailman for the new list, which has the consequence that there is a particular "two phase commit" to the process of subscribing; you should expect to get a message indicating that an application for that address has been added, and that you should visit an approval URL as the approximation to indicate that it "really was you" that did so. It is possible that some over-exuberant spam filters might mark the administrative messages from the mailing list manager as "spam"; that should not come as super-surprising in this world where MOST email is apparently spam. It might prove simpler to interact with the mailing list software via the web interface; visit <http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk>. Clive appears to already be fully added to the new list, so when there is traffic, I'd expect Clive to see that. (Indeed, this message is being sent to both lists, so Clive might well see two copies.) I could add Paul "by hand" to the list, though it seems to me as though it is preferable to retry, and perhaps figure out what problem was preventing subscription to work. I will observe that the new list hasn't been vastly active, so it's possible that Clive happened not to see any traffic. -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

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Test
by Clive DaSilva 28 Sep '14

28 Sep '14

Not sure if this is working. Could any of you folks please respond to this if it appears in the mailing list Thanks Clive DaSilva

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Re: [GTALUG] [TLUG]: Microsoft Calls
by Christopher Browne 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

I once got the helpful response that they were transferring me to one of their Linux experts. The software they use to take control of your PC has a Linux version, so the scam could conceivably work against one of "our" systems.

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Re: [GTALUG] [TLUG]: Does anyone have a Oneplus One phone invite?
by Richard Weait 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Hello, Responding to Clifford's old thread from the old list. I have an available invitation with a few days left on it. The invitations are time-limited (by the company, not me) so you'll have to move quickly to use it. iirc the basic 32GB is US$299 or the 64GB for US$349. Accessories, like cases are $10-ish and up. Email me, off-list, if you are interested and I know you. :-)

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Intel's sorta RPi entry
by Christopher Browne 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13024 Bits of both more and less than the Raspberry Pi. Smaller, adds wifi and Bluetooth; more RAM and storage, chews less power.

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