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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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meeting tonight;
by Ted Pomeroy 28 Mar '16

28 Mar '16

NMGLugers, I will miss the meeting tonight, don't want to stretch my day today. However, I have marked March 28th as a day-long install fest for the Coding Camp. I think I can be there and help Mark with that part of the event he is running. I am working with a few others on their Linux issues, even working on the mail merge to labels function in LibreOffice. No crucial issues for me at the moment - so I will wait till the next meeting on the 31st. Have a good meeting and some fun. Thank you, Ted P.

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A website proposal
by J. Marsden DeLapp 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Remember 13 years ago when the NMGLUG helped me build a GNU/Linux server and set up a web site of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association? That server is still up and running, with the same Debian installation. It has had a few hardware failures and upgrades and a few dist-upgrades but it is still running. The organization is looking at changing the web site and this is the proposal that is being pushed. Does this seem reasonable? Mars ------------- The proposal: ------------- Website Objectives: Generate new clients/collaborators/followers Increase engagement of existing clients/collaborators/followers Promote awareness of events, content and participation Increase readability and understanding of content Simplify the design/layout of the website Increase ease of use for future editing Audience Solar energy enthusiasts, scientists, engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs, educators, and fellow students and peers. Strategy Convert to Squarespace.com for design purposes and for easy editing in the future. Condense and simplify current information for readability purposes. Increase access across computers and mobile devices for a broader audience by increasing mobile optimization. Train a team to understand how to make future edits. Deadline and Implementation: To be decided after meeting with NMSEA and in collaboration with the designer, along with pricing for website hosting and designer compensation. -- ============================================================= J. Marsden DeLapp, PE President DeLapp & Associates, Inc. dba DeLapp Engineering. Providing lighting and power planning, design and analysis services for commercial, industrial and large residential facilities. 1190 Harrison Road Ste 3a Santa Fe NM 87507 (505) 983-5557 http://DeLapp.com =============================================================

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Looks like I'm moving... selling stuff..first to go is OLD PCs
by Tim Judd 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

All, I'm not going to elaborate, but the move I'm thinking of is a big move, and I need to start selling stuff. First, are a few old PCs that should be complete and work (as far as I remember), they're all about the same vintage, and whatever you think you want for it, you can buy them. I haven't turned any of these on (but did work when I shut them down) some.. year and a half ago, 2 years? Not that I'm going to name every spec, but they are all about... Pentium 4 era slowest is a AMD Duron 850MHz, newest somewhere in the 2GHz range. I'd be surprised if any of them are over 512MB RAM EIDE drivesMix of motherboard types, Full ATX, mATX, mix of cases, midtower, full tower, and one "mobile" (think: LAN parties)None have a Windows COA, they're all custom builts.Hard drive sizes are probably at most 10GBSome have DVD, some have CD, and I've got antique CD ROMs I can bring too. They're not speed demons, but they would work in anybody's closet or tinker box. I also have 1 19" CRT, and 2 17" CRT monitors. All this needs to go. It's going to e-waste if I don't get rid of them. I'll do my best to make it with advanced notice to a GLUG soon, but I will have to rework some other day stuff to do that. I do have an old gaming rig I'm trying to sell too, 4 years old. Specs tomorrow (already made one up, but it's at work). Due to this being a moving sale, I may have more household items, like couches, tables, beds, dressers, etc etc etc - later. much later. If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. "I can" is a way of life. More and Bigger is not always Better. The road to success is always uphill. Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself.

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Google Warning Test
by Max Bond 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

The last email from the list had Google's new warning about emails not being encrypted in transit. This is an experiment to confirm the issue exists.

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laptops wanted - new "programming for kids" course coming up
by Mark Galassi 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

I will be teaching another few rounds of programming courses for kids this year, the first during spring break (March 28-April 1). Info and flyer are at: https://sites.google.com/site/santafecoding/ If anyone has an old laptop they are discarding, I use these for students who cannot find an old one of their own. They will immediately learn to install and then use (and program) a GNU/Linux distribution. This computer could be up to about 7 years old, anything that will run xubuntu 12.04 (as a figure of merit) would do. If you truly don't need one such laptop, let me know!

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