April 2016 - nmglug - lists.coactcloud.com

lets encrypt
by Jason Schaefer 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Speaking of dreamhost, they have wonderfully implemented lets encrypt!! As usual with dreamhost, its seamless and trivial to use. For those running their own web servers, the lets encrypt folks have made the process almost too easy (for debian users). https://letsencrypt.org/howitworks/ ./letsencrypt-auto --apache On debian, this will verify your domain, issue a cert, install it on your server and enable it using /etc/apache2/sites-enabled Now, lets encrypt everything! Jason

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you wanna help install a printer if your answer is betcha, then read the secret message below.
by a 02 May '16

02 May '16

Greetings; Gotten as far as downloading live-usb-install-2.5.8-all.deb from canon web site. anyone have any idea on how to proceed from that place,have not had a printer for a few years, but feeling irrationally optimist today.Does anyone in the club use printers or have any idea on how to install them,If the reply to this query is silence,then, would anyone like to start a club on how to install printers you? signed your good buddy from taos,peace in the world. anthony the printer a canon mx450 computer 32 bit ubuntu installed.

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port forwarding
by a 24 Apr '16

24 Apr '16

Persons of the nmglug; On one computer I have UDP ports 5198-5199 opened and TCP port 5200.and it works On the second computer I wish to place the same ports.can anyone supply specifics? 1.)Have not fooledl with "the try it and see experimenting" am not certain where to place the firewall exceptions or if they are necessary to place manually. 2.) a seperate recent port forwarding experience the portwas already occupied and could not be used,althought in this instance it was on the same computer, and not on two computers as the question is posed today. The connect is dsl, router xyzel pk5001z. Best,a

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why are web browsers so memory-heavy?
by Mark Galassi 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

I sometimes think that a fun project would be "8.04 forever": something that keeps ubuntu 8.04 LTS going for the rest of time. Specifically its memory requirements. That's because: Last night I tried taking a discarded "windows 2000 vintage" computer (1/2 gig RAM), putting tiny core linux on it, and then using tiny core's mechanism for installing the firefox that they provide, which is presumably a low-resource version. The result was dreadful: you use firefox and it immediately uses all RAM. Even a 1gig machine cannot work with current versions. Now the standard advice given is "don't use a very old distro for low-RAM machines since it will miss security and other bug fixes; you should instead use a modern distro that's tailored for low resource". The problem is that people will want a browser that's featureful enough (i.e. not dillo or any other simple html renderer). Today I looked at qupzilla, but I have not yet tried it on a low-resource machine. I suspect that a lot of the problem lies in interactions with the X server, buffers, offscreen pixmaps, and many other things I know only a bit about. Anyone have any real knowledge on low-resource browsing?

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this week bringing a laptop with problems with power connector
by Mark Galassi 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

I'll bring in my friend's Dell laptop, which looks like there is a small but show-killing problem in power reaching it. Anyone want to help me debug it? I'm guessing a loose wire somewhere.

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looking for Dell laptop power supply
by Mark Galassi 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

Dear nmglugers, Does anyone have an old broken Dell laptop and they kept the power supply? I have a friend with an old Inspiron 6400 whose power supply seems to be broken. The spec on the power supply is: 90W AC Adapter input 100-240V output 19.5V, 4.62A I'm not quite sure how to specify the thickness/mode of the jack that goes into the actual computer - anyone have a line on that? Anyone have something that matches this?

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