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urgent: Red Hat distros have an update that renders some systems unbootable
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 01 Aug '20

01 Aug '20

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5272311 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/red-hat-and-centos-systems-arent-bo… Don't do upgrades to Fedora, RHEL, CentOS until you read those. This seems to have bitten me, making one of my routers (running CentOS 7). I'm still not sure if this is what has happened to my system. The symptoms looked like an SSD failure: nothing past POST on the screen. So I spent a fair bit of time trying to work around the loss. Now that I've seen this error report, I will redirect my efforts

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Re: [GTALUG] web hosting question
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 31 Jul '20

31 Jul '20

| From: ac via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> Just to make sure that people know some of your odder statements are grounded... | oooh, just when they said not to open those nice packets of seeds sent | from China... now there are boxes of pandora's... In the news, some US and now Canadian folk are getting unmarked packages of seeds, apparently sent from China. They are being advised NOT to plant them. Last I heard, "they" didn't know what kind of seeds they were. | luckily for us Pandoras box is fiction, like that preacher doc, with | the demon sperm and the myriads of nephilim all around us waiting to | pounce (as the Noah flood apparently did not "take out the nephilim" ) Donald Trump Jr. got suspended from twitter for 12 hrs for promoting a video from a group of doctors promoting hydroxychloroquine. His father retweeted other's tweets of the same video but has not been suspended. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/28/trump-coronavirus-misinfor…> The doctor in the video has blamed demons (as AC describes) for illnesses. President Trump strongly complemented the doctors wisodm or something (you can never tell whata Trump is actually saying). <https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-belie…> So AC didn't make this stuff up.

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Re: [GTALUG] web hosting question
by o1bigtenor 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 6:53 AM ac via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 06:17:08 -0500 > o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor(a)gmail.com> wrote: > <snip> > > As part of my 'I don't really know enough' understanding was the > > asking here of what hopefully wasn't a trivial question. > > > > Thanking all the respondents muchly! > > your question is a very valuable question and answers depends greatly > on many things including POV :) > > for small web hosting look for the very best value proposition, the > point at which your buck has the most bang, but there are also many > other important factors... > The first round I chose service based on economics - - - - this round I'm trying to avoid the 'service' issues that the first choice exposed. > > How ethical is your "supplier" - check their IP network range(s) here: > http://multirbl.valli.org/ > -- how many of their IP numbers have how many listings? > Went to the proffered url - - - - - I don't think I even begin to understand what is displayed when I type in the url of the hosting company that I'm considering - - - - suggestions for a 'user guide' or 'what the sam snot' that means kind of thing? > > Reliability and real/working 24/7 support (actually do check > references hosting is sometimes like insurance - you only find out > really how good it is when you really do need it...) > It seems when looking for shared hosting that references are sorta thin on the ground - - - :-( . > > Then, if web hosting is in 'shared' (as in non dedicated) hardware > resources - a whole different universe of questions become relevant > and the answers are often literally in quicksand. > Please - - - - suggestions for questions would be appreciated!! > > and, yes, I also think it is a good idea ever to have a registrar on one > network and services (web/email/etc) elsewhere > > Finding reputable providers of 'all' the parts is not being at all straightforward. > hth > > You have helped to open 'Pandora's box' a little more (chuckling!). So thank you!!!!

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Re: [GTALUG] web hosting question
by o1bigtenor 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 2:49 AM ac via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:09:34 -0500 > o1bigtenor via talk <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 11:43 AM Alvin Starr via talk > > <talk(a)gtalug.org> wrote: > > > On 7/29/20 12:19 PM, Don Tai via talk wrote: > > > > A friend on here uses Planethoster, a Canuck company based in > > > > Montreal but also have servers in France. He has had good > > > > experiences so far, but you might need to request English once in > > > > a while. Why do you want to have a Canuck host provider? This > > > > severely limits your choices of host provider. I use A2 in > > > > Michigan. > > > The US hosting rules are such that the EU does not allow things like > > > medical and certain kinds of personal data to reside in the US. > > > Currently Canada is still considered safe byt the EU. > > > Not completely sure how that relates to US companies that have > > > Canadian centers. > > > > > > > I will admit to being more than somewhat paranoid over bureaucratic > > oversight and intervention. OUr Canuckistani versions are problematic > > enough so I'd rather not add even more 'fun'. > > > As I am a registrar, have all my own software, etc my needs are: 'bare > metal' and > quality Internet connectivity (so, cabinets/racks and network incl ddos, > in/egress, etc) > > I used to be a client @ esecuredata.com (Vancouver) for over 15 years but > have > recently moved everything to Germany (EU) as the quality is a lot > higher, new equipment and new hardware schedules, hw maintenance plans, > etc. > > So, I guess 'web hosting' and hosting in general depends on what you > need, as in do you need working email relay and do you need 100TB+ > ddos protection and do you need 500 1U servers or 1 x 1U or do you just > need 10% of 1x1U - do you have/need your own DNS servers (and how many) > as this may also mean that you need 'hosting' on three or four+ > different networks and all over the planet. Sometimes I also require my > own PIX or other Cisco hw in the same cabinet(s) - some of my clients > have 8 or more DNS servers in many different datacenters some use > shared dns, etc etc > Hmmmmmmmmmm - - - - I'm just starting with a on-line hosted website 'stuff'. I'm thinking that maybe that 10% of a 1x1U is going to be plenty. If more is required, based on usage/need, I would expect to be able to scale up the resources (of course for a greater fee - - - - grin!). > > What I have learned in the last 30+ odd years on the Internet is that > everyone has different needs and expectations and that there is > sometime a huge disparity in what people think they need and what they > actually need - and that a lot of $$$ can actually be saved with some > planning, but what I have also learned is that I learn new stuff every > day > > and only when you know that you know everything do you realize how > much you still need to know :) > > As part of my 'I don't really know enough' understanding was the asking here of what hopefully wasn't a trivial question. Thanking all the respondents muchly!

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web hosting question
by o1bigtenor 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

Greetings Reading past emails it seems that using a separate provider for domain registration and web hosting is the suggested norm. Finding a reasonable Canadian web hosting company is proving to be more than somewhat challenging. How negative is having both services at one particular company? Please advise

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New Build Computer?
by Peter King 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

My main computer is in the shop (it won't pass a POST) and it looks like the motherboard may be the culprit. The last computers I had built were put together very well but the places where they were done no longer exist. Suggestions/recommendations for places that build computers to custom specs with high build quality? And, for that matter, what a future-proof solid set of specs looks like these days? (This is to replace a 12-core i7 box with 32GB RAM and some 10TB of storage.) Thanks! -- Peter King peter.king(a)utoronto.ca Department of Philosophy 170 St. George Street #521 The University of Toronto (416)-946-3170 ofc Toronto, ON M5R 2M8 CANADA http://individual.utoronto.ca/pking/ ========================================================================= GPG keyID 0x7587EC42 (2B14 A355 46BC 2A16 D0BC 36F5 1FE6 D32A 7587 EC42) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 7587EC42

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Video Conferencing in Toronto
by steve＠linuxsuite.org 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Howdy! I am looking for people interested in building a Video Conferencing System that is located in Toronto/GTA and maintained locally. Jitsi seems to be OpenSource favorite.. http://jitsi.org I have a Jitsi up in a Data Center in Toronto. I have also made contact with one other person interested and am looking for more. web.net has one GTALUG I believe had one up.. These are just single servers and in order to scale up architecturally, need to create a meshed video bridge on an out of band backplane.. ideally.. Jitsi is doing well, and It would be fun and useful to build out a system locally. All possibilities / details open to discussion at this point.. Anyone interested? Or know of other forums for this search? thanx - steve

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SPI holding 2020 board election
by Christopher Browne 27 Jul '20

27 Jul '20

SPI are the parent organization that supports Debian, amongst other projects. http://spi-inc.org/corporate/votes/2020-board-election/

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, August 11 at 07:30 PM
by hi＠gtalug.org 22 Jul '20

22 Jul '20

# Lightning talks and Round Table This is GTALUG's version of an un-conference, a loosely structured short talks emphasizing the informal exchange of information and ideas between participants, rather than following a conventionally structured GTALUG meetings. If you already have a topic in mind please send an email speakers(a)gtalug.org to be added to the list of scheduled talks. A 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 https://jitsi.flamy.ca/GTALUG ## Schedule * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. # 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: https://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 at board(a)gtalug.org. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Any suggestions?
by Prof Seck 19 Jul '20

19 Jul '20

Hello guys, New here in canada and I happen to be a fun fun/lover of Linux and I will like to take a certification in Linux if anyone can suggest something I will greatly appreciate and generally certification in IT will be appreciated, something that after securing I can be competitive as in getting a job here in Toronto or canada as whole. Thank you. Adel.

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