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After the cull
by Phil'll Fix IT Mobile Computer Services 21 Mar '26

21 Mar '26

Hi All, If you are reading this you are on a mail list that is still running. All other lists have been discontinued. The archives are still available for these discontinued lists. Please feel free to post and use these lists as pre covid. If there is any problems or questions regarding this please feel free to email me at this address. Cheers Phil on behalf of LUV Linux Victoria -- "My working hours and your working hours may be different. Please do not feel obligated to reply outside your normal working hours." Regards, Phil Steel-Wilson Phil'll Fix IT Mobile Computer Services [+61](0)447 64 55 34 https://philfixit.com.au Linux user no: #564977 SHOP MAGIK | APRA No: #867466 Over 25 years experience in the IT industry. If you are happy with my service and rates, please recommend me to your family and friends. Boring stuff follows . . . Treat all email communication as confidential. It is for the intended recipient only. If you have received this email and, you are not the intended recipient please contact, abuse(a)philfixit.com.au

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looking for help with some linux installs for newbies
by Jade Ambrose 19 Mar '26

19 Mar '26

Hi Friends, The Naarm Solarpunk Meetup has a really big attendance in Feb, about 70 people came, and we got something like 200 people joining our meetup group online. The crowd was very mixed, some folks really experienced with FOSS, and a fair few non technical people really frustrated at big tech. We advertised our March meetup as being less talky, and more "computers out" to help each other get off big tech. We also have a group of volunteers who will be there going through our process to setup a Raspberry Pi web using serving a wikipedia mirror. We've got a smaller crowd coming to that, it's 22 registered at present, I expect that to rise until the event next Wednesday, but of course not everyone will turn up. So, I guess the reach out to my fellow linux enthusiasts is, if there were one or two people in this group who wanted to come along and help people install linux, I think that'd be valuable. There are obviously a bunch of us there who can help with that, but there will be a bit going on and someone focused just on that would probably have more impact. If you think that might be you, feel free to drop me a line. The event in next Wednesday 18th, at a makerspace in Brunswick, details here <https://www.meetup.com/merri-bek-tech/events/313348997/>. For context, people who need help are likely to new to the journey, so it might be a case of helping someone dual boot with Windows if they are a newcomer, or I have at least one person who has been doing that a couple of years and now would like to re-partition to remove windows. If these folks are not super technical, I'd prefer if we offer them ubuntu so they have overlap to help each other. Jade

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This Month's (March) Linux Town Hall
by Sae Ra Germaine 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Hi Folx, I thought I would do the right thing and try to join a Linux Town Hall ( https://luma.com/v0loskqm?tk=haWr5A) to see what is happening in the Linux Victorioa world, unfortunately I couldn't make the face to face meeting but found that there was a handy Online option ( https://linuxvictoria.org/events/2026-03-10_town-hall-march-2026/) I've been sitting here for a while now and looks like someone has forgotten to start the online portion of the meeting. Do we know if this town hall has happened? And is there a reliable way to get some questions answered? Thanks, Sae Ra

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obsolete mailing lists
by Russell Coker 06 Mar '26

06 Mar '26

luv-shepparton(a)luv.asn.au luv-latrobe(a)luv.asn.au luv-tech(a)luv.asn.au luv-talk(a)luv.asn.au luv-meta(a)luv.asn.au luv-jobs(a)luv.asn.au luv-geelong(a)luv.asn.au luv-beginners(a)luv.asn.au luv-ballarat(a)luv.asn.au Are any of the above lists needed? In the past all of the above apart from luv-talk had been low traffic, now even the luv-main list is low traffic. I don't think we need to have separate luv-talk and luv-main lists nowadays given the low traffic on luv-main. I also think that if people from regional areas want to discuss their stuff on luv-main it wouldn't be a problem given the overall lack of traffic and the fact that people from the Melbourne area do visit regional areas on occasion. The jobs list is also a corner case, in the past there hadn't been many people on it as there was a chicken and egg problem of a lack of subscribers and a lack of jobs. I don't think we will be overwhealmed by job ads any time soon. So job ads on luv-main should be fine as long as they are actually specific to the Linux community (like small businesses or companies specialising in Linux) not just the typical stuff you see on Seek or LinkedIn. So any reason for not closing the lists at the top of the message? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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David zuccaro's Linux problem.
by David Zuccaro 06 Mar '26

06 Mar '26

David Zuccaro BSc (Chemistry, University Of Melbourne), GradDipCompSci (Monash), GradDipEd (Melbourne)

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MM3 is now working
by Phil Steel-Wilson 03 Mar '26

03 Mar '26

I am please to announce that the mailing lists for linux victoria are up and running. If anybody has any problems with it please email me at phil(a)philfixit.com.au cheers Phil

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Mail List Now Open Again
by Phil Steel-Wilson 01 Mar '26

01 Mar '26

Hi All, The list you are subscribed to is now open and functioning, however you may have to sign in or sign up to change your mail list settings on the web site. This is really quick and easy can be found here: The sign in page is here: https://lists.luv.asn.au/mailman3/accounts/login/?next=/mailman3/postorius/… The sign up page is here: https://lists.luv.asn.au/mailman3/accounts/signup/?next=/mailman3/accounts/… If anyone has any questions or problems with the mail lists please contact me at phil(a)philfixit.com.au Cheers Phil

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Fwd: Mailing List Update
by Phil Steel-Wilson 26 Feb '26

26 Feb '26

Ok i think i have subscriptions running now but the archives are still blank . . . stand by -- "My working hours and your working hours may be different. Please do not feel obligated to reply outside your normal working hours." Regards, Phil Steel-Wilson

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Re: AGM
by Les Kitchen 24 Feb '26

24 Feb '26

Hi Brian, Yuchen, luv-main: On Mon, Feb 23, 2026, at 20:14, Yuchen Pei wrote: > On Mon 2026-02-23 20:05:48 +1100, Brian May via luv-main wrote: > >> Les Kitchen via luv-main <luv-main(a)luv.asn.au> writes: > >>> However, I do think that the announcement could have been done >>> better. The subject of the message was just "Coming up in >>> December" — the announcement of the AGM was included along with >>> other events (though first on the list). The AGM announcement >>> should have got more prominence. >> I thought I was getting all of these emails, but somehow I don't seem to >> be able to find anything that matches that description... > > Me neither. IIUC emails can be identified with a message-id in the > header (e.g. the email I'm replying to has message-id > 87v7fn3k43.fsf(a)linuxpenguins.xyz) If someone has the message-id it may > help locate the email. Yeah, that is strange, and worrying. For what it's worth, the announcement I got had: Message-ID: <3818ea20bfdffe0dd1f23cd948eb5499(a)linuxvictoria.org> I hope that is of some help. — Smiles, Les.

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Wifi Drops on sleep
by Piers Rowan 05 Mar '21

05 Mar '21

Hi there, I know this is a common issue for some but my set up is a bit different. My new laptop only has USB C ports so I have to use a dongle for HDMI and other ports. It also has a network port. I guessed that after sleep it tries to use the network port (I tested i with a cable and I get my normal speeds) but no there is traffic. Since I am well away from the router I unloaded the module: $ sudo rmmod r8152 Then I reloaded wifi one: $ sudo /sbin/modprobe -r iwlwifi $ sudo /sbin/modprobe iwlwifi The result is traffic but at near dial up speeds. I can reboot and fix it but I would rather: 1) Not have this sleep problem in the first place (perhaps stop r8152 from loading at boot) 2) 1) + the ability to turn on and off the Ethernet if I change desks or an in an environment without wifi Thanks Piers Ubuntu 20.10 -- www.recruit-on-line.com <https://recruitonline.com.au/>

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