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Re: [RndTbl] Roundtable Digest, Vol 191, Issue 1
by Kevin K. 01 Nov '20

01 Nov '20

I have a Brother DCP-7065DN (scanner, copier, printer) which has been easy for me to set up with my Ubuntu Linux system. It's a black and white laser device and Brother has great steps for setting it up. It can be connected to your LAN network and communicates through my computer with USB. On the software side of things to use this device, I use XSane for the scanning, both in colour and black and white, with multiple resolution options. Copying is done on the device itself, and the printer options are very flexible from any document software I've used. I'm sure the colour laser variety by Brother is just as Linux-friendly, but you'd have to check it out on the Brother website. Basically, if you see Linux instructions for your device, then go with it, I say. I ended up with this particular model because I searched for Linux printer/scanner drivers and setup instructions, which ultimately led me to a very detailed setup page someone else had created which was sort of an addendum to the instructions provided by Brother. Good luck! -Kevin ________________________________ From: Roundtable <roundtable-bounces(a)muug.ca> on behalf of roundtable-request(a)muug.ca <roundtable-request(a)muug.ca> Sent: November 1, 2020 12:00 PM To: roundtable(a)muug.ca <roundtable(a)muug.ca> Subject: Roundtable Digest, Vol 191, Issue 1 Send Roundtable mailing list submissions to roundtable(a)muug.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to roundtable-request(a)muug.ca You can reach the person managing the list at roundtable-owner(a)muug.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Roundtable digest..." Today's Topics: 1. I'm looking for an all-in-one (Glen Ditchfield) 2. Re: I'm looking for an all-in-one (Hartmut W Sager) 3. Re: I'm looking for an all-in-one (Adam Thompson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 17:58:56 -0500 From: Glen Ditchfield <GJDitchfield(a)acm.org> To: MUUG Roundtable <roundtable(a)muug.ca> Subject: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one Message-ID: <3683915.kQq0lBPeGt@copperplate> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a few pages every few weeks. My current device is connected by USB to a Mac that serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just fine. I look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing? Seriously?) but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi. Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:22:47 -0500 From: Hartmut W Sager <hwsager(a)marityme.net> To: Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable(a)muug.ca> Subject: Re: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one Message-ID: <CAGQr3cU-RroO5vQ4YZj8K6A5+W=i2HfyqpU+++t=wL0r8RAWtA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Unrelated to the "Linux-friendly, non-abusive" matter (which other members here will no doubt deal with), my immediate thought is, it CANNOT be an inkjet device. With your infrequent printing schedule, such a device would give you endless troubles and expenses with dried-out, often unresurrectable, inkjet cartridges or nozzles. If colour is not needed, then it should be a laser device. Those are fine with infrequent printing, though with such low print volumes, you'd still have the issue that even toner does deteriorate after a few years of sitting in a cartridge. Back to inkjet devices: You could print a handful of useless "maintenance" pages every 5 days or so to keep the cartridges and nozzles in good condition, which would result in way more "maintenance" pages than real pages being printed over time, with a much higher cost per real page than normal. The dot-matrix printers of the distant past didn't have the above issues. :) :) Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331 On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 18:00, Glen Ditchfield <GJDitchfield(a)acm.org> wrote: > I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a > few > pages every few weeks. My current device is connected by USB to a Mac > that > serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just > fine. I > look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere > between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing? > Seriously?) > but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi. > > Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Roundtable mailing list > Roundtable(a)muug.ca > https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable >

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Skullspace presents, Hax weekend (virtual) hackerspace festival
by Mark Jenkins 17 Oct '20

17 Oct '20

Hey fellow MUUG members, I wanted to share the following live event I'm running for Skullspace today (Saturday) and tomorrow. Hax weekend (virtual) hackerspace festival https://hax.skullspace.ca/ There's a few other MUUG personalities on the presenter list. I would have mentioned this at RoundTable this past Tuesday, but I was running a tech rehearsal with my best devices and made the mistake of trying to come on to the Jitsi with an ill-suited device. My failed pitch to Hackaday.com covers some of how I put this event together: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/markjenkins/3002879c32602dce2df7a746f284… Happy Hacking! Mark Jenkins

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Reminder: MUUG Online Meeting, Tonight, Oct 13, 7:30pm -- OpenBSD Firewall Setup
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on Jitsi this evening... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, October 13th, at 7:30pm: OpenBSD Traffic Shaping and Firewall Setup Alberto Abrao will show how to set up an OpenBSD box as a router, with a basic firewall, DHCP server etc., and as a bridging firewall, where it behaves like a transparent barrier. Alberto plans to touch on subjects such as the reasons for doing so, the motivation for the choices made, the hardware needed, OS installation and basic configuration. Then, he will give an overview of both scenarios aforementioned, and how to accomplish them. Door Prizes On top of the usual assortment of e-books on offer this month, we'll have fifteen new AI & Machine Learning titles from O'Reilly added to the batch (subjects such as Data Science, PyTorch, R, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, SQL, SAP). Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.10 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Re: [RndTbl] Ubuntu package errors
by Trevor Cordes 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

On 2020-10-06 Kevin K. wrote: > > Well, except for the lingering error report with "nfs-kernel-server" > or "nfs-utils", which is a confirmed bug here: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/1867031 (if > you have a solution to this--even if confirming that it's totally > safe to delete, I'm all ears!) Most people aren't using nfs, so you can probably just remove those packages. If you are using nfs, obviously don't remove them (well, you can remove the -server one if you're not a server). If you aren't sure if you're using nfs, you almost certainly aren't.

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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Oct 13, 7:30pm -- OpenBSD Firewall Setup
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, October 13th, at 7:30pm: OpenBSD Traffic Shaping and Firewall Setup Alberto Abrao will show how to set up an OpenBSD box as a router, with a basic firewall, DHCP server etc., and as a bridging firewall, where it behaves like a transparent barrier. Alberto plans to touch on subjects such as the reasons for doing so, the motivation for the choices made, the hardware needed, OS installation and basic configuration. Then, he will give an overview of both scenarios aforementioned, and how to accomplish them. Door Prizes On top of the usual assortment of e-books on offer this month, we'll have fifteen new AI & Machine Learning titles from O'Reilly added to the batch (subjects such as Data Science, PyTorch, R, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, SQL, SAP). Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.09 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Advice on finally buying my first laptop
by Bradford C. Vokey 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

Hi all! I want to purchase my very first laptop in the next few days. :) I've purchased several for the wife and kids over the years but I've always stayed "desktop forever" for my daily tasks, mostly due to the cost/performance of desktops vs laptops. However, I am now spending so much more time outside remote connecting to my various desktops on mobile devices that maybe it is time to finally just get a decent laptop. I've always hated the small screen real estate available when using laptops when compared to a multi-monitor desktop that I am really drawn to a dual screen laptop like the ROG Zephyrus Duo (https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Laptops/ROG-Zephyrus-Duo-15/) However, I don't want to invest so much $$$ ($4K+!) into my very first laptop. So I have given in (for now) and narrowed it down to a much more affordable Ryzen 7 laptop from HP (I know, lots of bloatware coming my way from HP): https://www.costco.ca/.product.100673520.html Looks like the HP Omen 15 line has lots of future upgrade ability (at least for a laptop) with 2 internal NVMe M.2 connectors, and up to 64GB of DDR4-3200 memory max. Plus it is fairly portable vs beefier "gaming" laptops and I can easily get it at Costco so I will have a no hassle return if needed (at least for the first 90 days). Looking over reviews on the web, the Ryzen 7 "H" series seems to give 1.5 - 2.0 x the battery life vs a similar speed Intel i7 / i9 "H" variant. Of course I will have to give up getting Thunderbolt with any of the current generation Ryzen laptops and will usually be stuck with low to mid-end discrete graphics with the current Intel vs AMD laptop politics. For you laptop users out there, is Thunderbolt worth the Intel tax and the Intel battery draining premium? During the summer, I want to be able to play AAA games by the pool and on the docks with this laptop so at least an entry level or better discrete graphics card *and* a matte or > 300 nit display will be mandatory. Thoughts and comments on your favorite laptop(s) are welcome! For the MUUG Roundtable topic police: I intend to install WSL2 so :P. -- Bradford C. Vokey Treasurer Manitoba Unix User Group

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*** WARNING *** Automatic Thunderbird upgrade to version 78.x has started
by Bradford C. Vokey 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

*** WARNING *** Anyone running Thunderbird 68.x.x , please be aware, automatics upgrades to 78.2.2 have now started. This is highly likely a mistake by the development team, as the release notes for the latest version 78.2.2 state: > *Thunderbird version 78.2.2 is only offered as direct download > fromthunderbird.net <https://www.thunderbird.net/>and not as an > upgrade from Thunderbird version 68 or earlier.*A future release will > provide updates from earlier versions. Automatic updates are available > for users already running version 78.0 or higher. > > Add-on support: As of version 78.0, Thunderbird only supports > MailExtensions. Your favorite add-ons may not have been updated for > compatibility. > *** TURN OFF AUTOMATIC UPDATES TO THUNDERBIRD 68.x.x if you still want to keep your existing extensions working. *** Further reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2020/09/15/automatic-thunderbird-upgrade-to-version-… -- Bradford C. Vokey Treasurer Manitoba Unix User Group ===

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Nvidia buys ARM Holdings from SoftBank for $40 billion
by Alberto Abrao 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

This...can't be good. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/nvidia-reportedly-to-acquire-arm-ho… Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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Reminder: MUUG Online Meeting, Tonight, Sept 8, 7:30pm -- AWS Quickstart, RTFM: fd(1)
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on Jitsi this evening... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, September 8th, at 7:30pm: AWS Quickstart For the new user, the multitude of AWS services and configurations can be daunting. Wyatt Zacharias will show how to start an AWS account from scratch, including how to properly set up your user credentials, and how to get a VM up and running for the first time. RTFM: fd(1) - a simple, fast, user-friendly alternative to find(1) Most Linux users are all too familiar with the find command and its frustrating syntax. This month, Brad Vokey will show us an alternative to the find command, called fd. Some of the features of fd: convenient syntax: fd PATTERN instead of find -iname '*PATTERN*', colourized terminal output, it's fast!, uses smart case by default, ignores hidden directories and files by default, ignores patterns from your .gitignore by default, uses proper PCRE, and the command name is 50% shorter than find. :-) Door Prizes On top of the usual assortment of e-books on offer this month, we'll have a hard copy of the O'Reilly book "Unicode Explained" as a door prize. The book will be available for pick-up, drop-off, or snail-mailing. Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.09 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Sept 8, 7:30pm -- AWS Quickstart, RTFM: fd(1)
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 01 Sep '20

01 Sep '20

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, September 8th, at 7:30pm: AWS Quickstart For the new user, the multitude of AWS services and configurations can be daunting. Wyatt Zacharias will show how to start an AWS account from scratch, including how to properly set up your user credentials, and how to get a VM up and running for the first time. RTFM: fd(1) - a simple, fast, user-friendly alternative to find(1) Most Linux users are all too familiar with the find command and its frustrating syntax. This month, Brad Vokey will show us an alternative to the find command, called fd. Some of the features of fd: convenient syntax: fd PATTERN instead of find -iname '*PATTERN*', colourized terminal output, it's fast!, uses smart case by default, ignores hidden directories and files by default, ignores patterns from your .gitignore by default, uses proper PCRE, and the command name is 50% shorter than find. :-) Door Prizes On top of the usual assortment of e-books on offer this month, we'll have a hard copy of the O'Reilly book "Unicode Explained" as a door prize. The book will be available for pick-up, drop-off, or snail-mailing. Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.09 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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