September 2020 - luv-main

Planning for October's meeting
by Alexar Pendashteh 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

Hey all! October is around the corner and it's time to plan for the main meeting. One proposed idea is to pick *Ubuntu 20.10* as the main topic since it will be released mid-October. We can have a short talk on what Ubuntu is for beginners and more advanced talk on what's new in Ubuntu 20.10. What do you think? We can also do "*the latest news*" like we did last month and in December last year. You can prepare for talking about a news item or simply reply on this thread and we'll bring it up at the event. *Lightning talks* are also very welcome. Lightning talks can be any of the following: - A topic you like to tell the community about - A technical challenge you'd like to share with the community in case someone has a hint or happy to help - A hubby project you are working on, like a show and tell - Announcing an event If you have an idea for a lightning talk and not sure how to go about it, feel free to contact the committee at <luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au> All suggestions on the format or content of the event is welcome. + Alexar -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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BTRFS and ZFS training
by Russell Coker 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

I think I'm too late to arrange anything for this weekend. Should we have it on Thursday next week or should we have it on a Saturday next month like the previous schedule for Saturday meetings? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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replacement internal battery for Dell XPS 13 9360
by stripes theotoky 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Hi to all, I need to replace the internal battery of my Dell XPS 13 (9360). Could you recommend reputable sellers? Details of the battery/performance attached. Thank you -- Stripes Theotoky -37 .713869 145.050562

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new server
by Russell Coker 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

The Dell server is now online, we have heaps of compute power for BBB! Also we should arrange some online training using VMs, gotta make use of the 72G of RAM there (currently less than 16G is in use). Andrew, the VM for the new version of BBB is now running so you can continue doing whatever you want with that. For reasons unknown to me the server doesn't like one of the SSDs. BTRFS reports no errors, but I'll replace the SSD anyway. The SSD is a M.2 SATA device in a M.2 to regular SATA converter and that might be what the PERC doesn't like. Years ago I accidentally bought a M.2 SATA when I wanted a M.2 NVMe for a client and opened it before I realised my mistake. I was going to send this to the committee, but I figured that others would be interested. The main LUV server is a VM in a DC in Germany. The new server has much less bandwidth and less reliability (no redundant links or UPS) but low latency for Melbourne. So it will work very well for video conferencing and for online training. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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(forw) Reminder: https://meet.jit.si/ALE-NW
by Rick Moen 20 Sep '20

20 Sep '20

Just starting ----- Forwarded message from Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> ----- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:08:40 -0700 From: Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> To: conspire(a)linuxmafia.com Subject: Reminder: https://meet.jit.si/ALE-NW Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already. The first LUG to respond correctly to the pandemic by having online meetings, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts, is holding its regular 3pm-6pm Eastern Daylight Time meeting today. That's noon PDT. See you there, perhaps. https://meet.jit.si/ALE-NW As always with Jitsi Meet, Chromium, or Google Chrome, or other Chromium-derived browsers are reported to give best results. I see that audio-only participation via telephone is also possible as follows: ALE-NW To join your meeting, dial one of these numbers and then enter the pin. PIN: 2273 9711 43 Country Dial-in Numbers US +1.512.647.1431 UK +44.203.885.2179 France +33.1.87.21.0005 Germany +49.89.380.38719 Netherland +31.85.208.1541 Spain +34.932.205.409 Canada +1.437.538.3987 Australia +61.8.7150.1136 Brazil +55.21.3500.0112 Japan +81.3.4510.2372 Switzerland +41.61.588.0496 ----- End forwarded message -----

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You are invited to SFD 2020, Software Freedom Day! (Full day event on September 19th)
by Alexar Pendashteh 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Hi there, All LUV members are invited to Software Freedom Day. A whole day celebration of software freedom. The following is the official invitation by Free Software Melbourne, who has done a great job of putting this event together. LUV is pleased to be the community partner in this event. A final request, since this is a free and online event, please feel free to extend this invitation to anyone who needs to know about it! They can be anywhere in the world! Thanks! + Alexar, on behalf of LUV committee --- # *Software Freedom Day - 19th of September 2020* *Free Software Melbourne* and *Linux Users Victoria* are celebrating the 17th annual Software Freedom Day celebrations in Melbourne. We will present a range of leaders in the Free-Software community that will talk about the importance of Free-Software to a free society. The SFD celebration will kick off with what is "Free and Open Source Software" and why it is so important for a modern, digital society. We'll be hearing from leading contributors and organizers of companies building businesses around Free and Open Source projects. We're also going to talk about the ethics of software development and the advantages of building a prosthetic using open hardware. There is also the opportunity for networking opportunities in our general FLOSS chat room during the day. ## Time Table: *10:00am* - Welcome and Introductions *10:15am* - What is Free Software? *11:00am* - John Gieryn - Software for decision making and how to make a living from FOSS *12:00pm* - FLOSS Chat Room *1:30pm* - Dr Morgan Leigh - Ethics in Software Development *2:30pm* - Kathy Reid - Good, better, breast: Building a sensing mastectomy prosthetic with open hardware *3:30pm* - Frank Karlitschek - How Nextcloud stayed productive during COVID-19 and how others did the same *4:30pm* - Mike Saunders & Italo Vignoli - LibreOffice and the future Participation is both free and liberating. Software Freedom Day is a family friendly event welcoming to anyone, pass on the word to help make it a great day. We have a code of conduct available on our website, but in short: Be respectful, Be inclusive and Be aware. *Hope to see you all online for our most exciting Software Freedom Day yet!* ## Details *Date:* Saturday the 19th of September 2020 *Time:* Talks starting at 10:00am and wrapping up about 6:00pm *Location:* Online with Big Blue Button - Main Talk Room: https://bbb.freesoftware.org.au/b/fsm-hbo-gf9-43s - Community Chat Room: https://bbb.freesoftware.org.au/b/fsm-dxk-cs1-2ct Meeting Tips: Mute microphone when not speaking. Headsets recommended to reduce feedback if you will be speaking. If you are having difficulty hearing or being heard there is a chat stream available. If you want to ask a question during the presentation either ask it in the chat or use the “raise hand” button. *Code of Conduct:* http://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct/ ## Links: - Blog: https://freesoftware.org.au/blog/software-freedom-day-19th-of-september-202… - SFD Australia: http://www.sfd.org.au -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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online training
by Russell Coker 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Some years ago I ran a hands-on training session on BTRFS and ZFS using VMs. Would there be interest if I ran that again online with BBB for video- conferencing? Stripes, this may interest you as it will give you the chance to try stuff out on ZFS with no risk to your data. A large part of the exercise is intentionally doing dangerous things and observing how ZFS recovers. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Firefox menus disappear
by Brian May 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

Hello, I thought I had already raised this issue, but I can't see any emails. So maybe mistaken. But anyway, the problem is when I click on a pull down menu - any pull down menu - in Firefox, it previously appears, but then disappears immediately. e.g. right click on a web page (any web page). On click on the one of the Firefox plugin menus. Or the Firefox menu. Unlikely many of the reported similar problems restarting Firefox solves the problem, and it doesn't appear to be a problem with my Profile. As in I have completely rebuilt my profile from scratch several times, and eventually the problem comes back. Rather, I have found what triggers it appears to be clicking on a link within notmuch inside emacs. The page loads OK. Then the very next menu fails however. It only happens if I open a page from emacs. If I manually run "firefox-esr http://www.google.com/" or "xdg-open http://www.google.com/" it works fine. This has happened a while now on a range of different computers, running different profiles, on different versions of Debian. Just noticed running strace on the emacs process, the firefox invocation is a bit more complex then I might have noticed. I don't see any URL even on the command line. Wonder if there is something here that is killing menus. [pid 16180] execve("/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr", ["/usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr", "-contentproc", "-childID", "13", "-isForBrowser", "-prefsLen", "7297", "-prefMapSize", "185946", "-parentBuildID", "20200720181548", "-greomni", "/usr/lib/firefox-esr/omni.ja", "-appomni", "/usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/omni.ja", "-appdir", "/usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser", "11615", "true", "tab"], 0x7fe29880c900 /* 54 vars */) = 0 -- Brian May <brian(a)linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/

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(forw) Re: [conspire] CABAL meetings of the apocalypse, Saturday, Sept. 12, 4pm
by Rick Moen 12 Sep '20

12 Sep '20

[Online event described will be at 9am Sunday AEST, Melbourne time.] The first virtual meeting of CABAL, the LUG that normally meets in West Menlo Park, California (which as a reminder is one of the relatively sane parts of the USA). Thanks again to Trent W. Buck for the cool timezone-dumping trick, which he'll note I swiped. There will be no special topic, though I might give a briefing about my experience installing in a tearing hurry and administering Jitsi Meet on Amazon EC2 to provide one of major functions of the recent World Science Fiction Convention ('Worldcon') in Wellington, New Zealand, when it was obliged to operate as the first-ever virtual Worldcon. ----- Forwarded message from Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> ----- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:26:42 -0700 From: Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> To: conspire(a)linuxmafia.com Subject: [conspire] CABAL meetings of the apocalypse, Saturday, Sept. 12, 4pm Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already. Hi ho! Seeing that the world is falling apart, the sky is the colour of a dead television channel, and the air is barely breathable, let's get together on Jitsi Meet! CABAL Virual Edition: Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, 4pm - 8pm Pacific Daylight Time.[1] Where? Here, via videoconferencing: http://meet.jit.si/cabal You will need: o Computer w/supported Web browser. Best results reported with: o Chromium o Chrome o Microsoft Edge v. 79.0.309 or later o (some others, e.g., Firefox, might work but are not guaranteed) o A computer with mic and speakers/headphones. Headphones/earbuds are recommended (because they avert audio feedback loops). Upon joining @ that URL, your browser will probably ask if the page may have permission to connect to your microphone and speaker. Say yes. If you haven't done computer videoconferencing before: o You can check your setup for problems at https://test.webrtc.org/ . (Don't worry about minor bobbles like 'Reflexive connectivity' getting dinged.) o You might want to show up 15 minutes early, to thrash out problems. (Problems are common during first-time videoconferencing.) I will have fresh garlic bread and other home cooking. You probably won't, unless you're in my household, but, hey, that's the year 2020 for you. I expect we'll continue with 2nd Saturday 4-8 pm online CABAL meetings for the duration of the Martian Death Flu. When will reality get restored? Haha. "Der mentsh trakht un got lakht." I will promise with extreme insincerity to give a prize to the farthest flung videoconfercing participant. Astronauts calling from the ISS will automatically win. [1] If not in the Pacific Daylight Time time zone, check using https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ Or try something lik this Bourne shell recipe (tested on Debian): :r! grep worldclock .bashrc alias worldclock='zdump America/{Los_Angeles,Mexico_City,New_York,Sao_Paulo} Europe/{London,Berlin,Moscow} Asia/Calcutta PRC Japan Australia/{Perth,Melbourne}' -- Cheers, "My hot flight attendant asked how I like my coffee. Rick Moen And that's when she told me: 'That's cute, honey, but rick(a)linuxmafia.com the coffee's free. You don't have to pay for it, here." McQ! (4x80) (seen on Twitter) _______________________________________________ conspire mailing list conspire(a)linuxmafia.com http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- Forwarded message from Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> ----- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:47:41 -0700 From: Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> To: conspire(a)linuxmafia.com Subject: Re: [conspire] CABAL meetings of the apocalypse, Saturday, Sept. 12, 4pm Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already. Quoting Rick Moen (rick(a)linuxmafia.com) > CABAL Virual Edition: Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, 4pm - 8pm Pacific > Daylight Time.[1] > > Where? Here, via videoconferencing: http://meet.jit.si/cabal Forgot to say: If you can't (or would rather not) videoconference in, via Web browser, you can _instead_ join audio-only by dialing in telephonically. Call-in numbers and access PIN follow. PIN: 3654 3335 40 Country Dial-in Number US +1.512.647.1431 UK +44.203.885.2179 France +33.1.87.21.0005 Germany +49.89.380.38719 Netherlands +31.85.208.1541 Spain +34.932.205.409 Canada +1.437.538.3987 Australia +61.8.7150.1136 Brazil +55.21.3500.0112 Japan +81.3.4510.2372 Switzerland +41.61.588.0496 _______________________________________________ conspire mailing list conspire(a)linuxmafia.com http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire ----- End forwarded message -----

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PERC wasted space
by Russell Coker 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

I put a 1TB SATA disk in a Dell server with PERC RAID controller and configured that disk as a single virtual disk (IE the disk gets a RAID signature the PERC likes and is passed through to the OS). The disk when viewed on a regular SATA controller has 1953525168 sectors, when it goes through the PERC it has 1952448512 sectors, that is 525MB less space when going through the PERC! That's 1% of a 500G SSD. Is there any way to configure PERC to reduce it? Is using "HBA" mode worthwhile? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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