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Ubuntu review on Distrowatch
by William Park 04 May '22

04 May '22

https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20220502#ubuntu [Last paragraph] I think the launch of Ubuntu 22.04 is a clear sign Canonical is much more interested in publishing releases on a set schedule than producing something worthwhile. This version was not ready for release and it's is probably going to be a costly endeavour to maintain this collection of mixed versioned software and mixed display server and mixed designs for a full five years. It's a platform I would recommend avoiding. --

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Next week's talk about Linux and RISC-V
by Ivan Avery Frey 02 May '22

02 May '22

Will the talk be recorded? If so where will it be uploaded?

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Ethernet alias triggering network security warnings
by Kevin Cozens 28 Apr '22

28 Apr '22

Greetings, all. I am using an embedded system that is running a version of an Ubuntu distro. The embedded system is being set up so that the physical Ethernet port will have two aliases. One is eth0:0 and the other is eth0:1. eth0:0 is set to get an IP address via DHCP when a network cable is plugged in (assuming a DHCP server is available). The eth0:1 is set to have a static IP address. This allows an installer to connect a laptop to the system and do some onsite configuration (setting WiFi parameters). The network settings I'm using are: auto eth0:0 iface eth0:0 inet static address 192.168.100.110 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.100.1 auto eth0:1 allow-hotplug eth0:1 iface eth0:1 inet dhcp This was working at one point but lately a Windows machine on the network will start complaining either about possible ARP poisoning or it will say there is a duplicate IP address. The program on the Windows box reporting the problem is esset Internet Security. I know nothing about the program. It is on the machine of the person preparing boxes to be sent out in to the field. When I check the system that seems to have triggered the duplicate IP address warning I see no duplication. I have checked all the MAC addresses, inet v4 and inet v6 IP addresses listed by the ifconfig program. Does anyone on this list know anything about that security program or why the person setting up the embedded systems would be seeing the duplicate IP warnings? -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and | that's why we're powerful" Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick

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U of T alumni mail + Thunderbird
by William Park 24 Apr '22

24 Apr '22

To those with @alumni.utoronto.ca email account, I have an old UofT account, and I'm trying to set it up in Thunderbird. (1) Getting Email: I can download via IMAP. But can't via POP3. Is it same experience for other people? (2) Sending Email: I can't send email via their SMTP server. Thunderbird asks for password which errors out.

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Google Gsuite Legacy domain replacement
by Andrew Heagle 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

Hello, I have one of those Google gsuite legacy domains that I use for personal use/family. I signed up in 2009. I figured that at some point I'd have to start paying for it and the time has come. But the pricing they are asking for is a bit high for use. $7.80 (Plus tax I assume) per user per month, or $420/yr. This is a bit pricey for a family of 4, 2 of which are kids and don't really even use it much, just a vanity thing. I thought they might ask around $10/mth for the domain for 5 users or something like that for personal/family with business apps removed, etc.. but no. So anyway, I am just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat and what plans you have? Or does anyone have recommendations for other services? Mostly just interested in email and calendar which can also use my own domain name. Andrew

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[GTALUG-Announce] April Meeting
by Alan Heighway 11 Apr '22

11 Apr '22

Open Source Program Officer <https://gtalug.org/meeting/2022-04/> with Evan Leibovitch <https://gtalug.org/> 12 April, 2022 at 07:30 PM More companies are creating an Open Source Program Officer. Why create this position? What is it and what do they do? The answer to these quesitons and more. We're going to use Big Blue Button for this meeting: *Time:* April 12, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time *Join Big Blue Button:* https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl *A*lan *H*eighway <http://heighway.ca/> heighway.ca VA3WAH / VA3YKZ [image: Please consider the environment before printing] --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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OT: NYT article "How To Construct a Chip Factory
by Ivan Avery Frey 09 Apr '22

09 Apr '22

The Huge Endeavor to Produce a Tiny Microchip https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/technology/intel-chip-shortage.html?unlo…

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Gmail + Thunderbird
by William Park 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

For a while, I couldn't send out through SMTP@Gmail using Thunderbird. POP@Gmail was okay though. It turns out Gmail switched to "app password" like Yahoo did. Once you generate "app password" (2-factor needs to be ON), you have to use it for both POP and SMTP. Web login is the same as before. --

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Dignity in a Digital Age
by Warren McPherson 27 Mar '22

27 Mar '22

University of Toronto is having a book event. I don't think it's a book release but it's that kind of thing. But the topic look interesting: Congressman Ro Khanna on 'Dignity in a Digital Age' https://rotman.force.com/events/s/special-event/a1VAm00000002SAMAY/congress… <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Open Source Archetypes
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 22 Mar '22

22 Mar '22

Evan pointed out this paper. It is from Mozilla and it describes several different ways of organizing opens source projects. Worth reading. <https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MZOTS_OS_Archetypes_rep…>

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