From jondrews at fastmail.com Thu Aug 4 15:40:46 2022 From: jondrews at fastmail.com (Jonathan Drews) Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 13:40:46 -0600 Subject: [Semibug] Saint Louis Area Computer Club (SLACC) ~ 4 August 2022] Message-ID: Hi Folks: SLACC is holding an online meeting if any of you care to join. ----- Forwarded message from SLUUG Announcement List ----- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 09:20:35 -0500 From: SLUUG Announcement List To: Announce at sluug.org Reply-To: editor at sluug.org Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Saint Louis Area Computer Club (SLACC) ~ 4 August 2022 Saint Louis Area Computer Club (SLACC) https://slacc.sluug.org/ 6:00 ~ 9:00 PM (Central Time, USA) This session will use the following link: https://meet.jit.si/SaintLouisAreaComputerClub Do NOT separate words in room name, use the no spaces CamelCase format. To join by phone instead, tap this: +1.512.647.1431,,1368160461# Looking for a different dial-in number? See meeting dial-in numbers: > https://meet.jit.si/static/dialInInfo.html?room=SaintLouisAreaComputerClub If also dialing-in through a room phone, join without connecting audio: > https://meet.jit.si/SaintLouisAreaComputerClub#config.startSilent=true To reduce video bandwidth strain, you could use the following link: > https://meet.jit.si/SaintLouisAreaComputerClub#config.videoQuality.preferredCodec='VP8' The extant Saint Louis Area Computer Club (SLACC) is the oldest, longest enduring, continuously meeting personal computer organization active in the Greater St. Louis Area. You are invited to attend this next ONLINE session, in lieu of any regular physical face-to-face meeting. Further instructions below. * ONLINE Sessions * NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice. * ONLINE session will use JITSI remote video service 4 August 2022. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& You do not have to have a microphone and webcamera to participate. You can just chat, listen and watch using a Chrome based browser. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% RECOMMENDED CLIENT TESTING: We will open the remote session by about 6:00 PM, Central Time zone. Join early to test your microphone, screen, sound and video sharing. Instead of using a browser, it has been recommended to use the official Jitsi appimage clients. Reportedly using these clients consistently have better results, with fewer connectivity, sound or video issues. Appimage MS Windows, macOS and Linux client releases... https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/ Mobile app clients for Apple or Android... https://jitsi.org/downloads %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% JOINING THIS ONLINE SESSION: 6:00pm Start testing of controls, hearing, screen sharing and speaking. During this half hour test period others may be able to help you. Currently known Firefox compatibility bugs may cause problems for others already in Jitsi sessions. Joining without ear buds, earphones or headset may result in a feedback loop with a builtin laptop microphone. Using at-least earbuds is highly recommended. Ethernet is always better than WiFi connectivity. If you do not make the effort and take the time to get your connection working correctly, you may be very disruptive. Try dropping your connection and rejoin. That sometimes fixes issues. But, do so slowly, as granting access to your microphone and camera too quickly is the current main problem. Also, there are often sound settings in different browsers that may need to be changed. ====================================================================== WHEN YOU ENTER THIS ONLINE SESSION: 6:00pm Join early. Join early if you want to test your camera, microphone (sound), or screen sharing. You might be muted on entry. Moving your mouse pointer to bottom of your display will bring up selectable controls. Or, you can enter "?" to display a list of all keyboard shortcuts. Use letter C on keyboard to toggle Chat room, which will allow you to set your name. Use letter M on keyboard to toggle (mute or unMute) your Microphone. Use letter V on keyboard to toggle your camera Video. The meeting will be recorded for quality control. Do NOT remain named as Fellow Jitster. Set your identity to show first name and last name. Instead of full last name you could just follow first name with an initial. We prefer that you use your full last name. If you select three vertical dots (more actions) displayed in lower right hand corner, select Settings, then under Profile "Set your display name". You can ignore the "Set your gravatar email block". Assistance with controls, hearing, screen sharing and speaking ends with start of the meeting. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 6:30pm Start of meeting. Anybody joining after 6:30pm that experiences issues with controls, hearing, screen sharing or speaking should only use chat room to ask questions or make comments. All might be muted at this point. You may have to unmute yourself in order to speak. You can ask questions and make comments in chat room. Annoying disruptions may cause you to be kicked off the session. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ORDER OF EVENTS: First some simple introductions, administrative minutia, announcements, and then you can Call For Help during our Questions and Answers period. Hold you questions until after start of meeting. Sometimes we may watch a video or have a slide show presentation, after which there will be general discussions that usually lead to additional topics. Sometimes, there can be a live demonstration of a Linux distribution (distro) installation, updating, changes, features and applications. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ TOPICS: We often hold a Linux Workshop when nothing else more interesting comes up, or when there is no other event or activity scheduled. The workshop is where we usually configure, examine, fix, install, repair, and troubleshoot difficult hardware and software configuration problems for Linux newcomers. Problems with other operating systems and hardware are also frequently fixed. FOR YOUR INFORMATION: > https://www.sluug.org/ https://slacc.sluug.org/ -- EOF -- -- -- -- -- stan r. ----- End forwarded message ----- From markmoellering at psyberation.com Mon Aug 15 08:56:23 2022 From: markmoellering at psyberation.com (Mark Moellering) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:56:23 -0400 Subject: [Semibug] VPN Message-ID: Everyone, ISP made some changes and AARRGGHH. Is there a VPN service or a FreeBSD Hosting service anyone likes or can recommend? Thanks! Mark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nick at holland-consulting.net Mon Aug 15 12:07:42 2022 From: nick at holland-consulting.net (Nick Holland) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:07:42 -0400 Subject: [Semibug] VPN In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: well...not sure what the problem is or exactly what you are after, but... I use Vultr for OpenBSD VPS hosting, works well for me. They seem to be *BSD aware. If you are after a stupidly simple VPN-like thing, you might want to look at SSH tunnels. I did a little writeup on them here: http://holland-consulting.net/tech/sshtunnel.html Nick. On 8/15/22 08:56, Mark Moellering wrote: > Everyone, > ISP made some changes and AARRGGHH. > Is there a VPN service or a FreeBSD Hosting service anyone likes or can recommend? > Thanks! > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > Semibug mailing list > Semibug at lists.nycbug.org > https://lists.nycbug.org:8443/mailman/listinfo/semibug From markmoellering at psyberation.com Mon Aug 15 13:30:30 2022 From: markmoellering at psyberation.com (Mark Moellering) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:30:30 -0400 Subject: [Semibug] VPN In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <32e5fb8a-c301-f309-c396-bc21e5ab2aad@psyberation.com> Thanks Nick! For more clarification, my ISP changed things, so that I can no-longer connect INTO my home network from the outside, unless I pay for a static IP, which is an extra $10 / month. Actually, I think $10 for a static IP is an awesome price but I need to see if I can find something cheaper... Mark On 8/15/22 12:07, Nick Holland wrote: > well...not sure what the problem is or exactly what you are after, but... > > I use Vultr for OpenBSD VPS hosting, works well for me.? They seem to > be *BSD aware. > > If you are after a stupidly simple VPN-like thing, you might want to look > at SSH tunnels.? I did a little writeup on them here: > http://holland-consulting.net/tech/sshtunnel.html > > Nick. > > > On 8/15/22 08:56, Mark Moellering wrote: >> Everyone, >> ISP made some changes and AARRGGHH. >> Is there a VPN service or a FreeBSD Hosting service anyone likes or >> can recommend? >> Thanks! >> Mark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Semibug mailing list >> Semibug at lists.nycbug.org >> https://lists.nycbug.org:8443/mailman/listinfo/semibug > > _______________________________________________ > Semibug mailing list > Semibug at lists.nycbug.org > https://lists.nycbug.org:8443/mailman/listinfo/semibug From jondrews at fastmail.com Mon Aug 15 21:48:25 2022 From: jondrews at fastmail.com (Jonathan Drews) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:48:25 -0600 Subject: [Semibug] Tuesday presentation on Dump and Restore Message-ID: Hi Folks: For Tuesday, August 16th, at 1900 Detroit, MI time. I will give a short talk on using Dump and Restore. https://meet.jit.si/SEMI-BugDumpAndRestore Dump is a software for doing backups of the files on your Linux or OpenBSD computer. Restore is the software that restores those backups. Restore can restore the entire backup or a portion of it in interactive mode. This will be a very short presentation. No more than 10 minutes. The remainder of the tome will be for talking about *BSD related topics. -- Kind regards, Jonathan From kyle.d.willett at gmail.com Wed Aug 17 09:04:06 2022 From: kyle.d.willett at gmail.com (Kyle Willett) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:04:06 -0400 Subject: [Semibug] Tuesday presentation on Dump and Restore In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: HI, Did anyone record the dump/restore presentation? I really wanted to see it but I was tired and an evening nap had me sleep right through the presentation :facepalm:. If not it is OK! Thanks, Kyle From jondrews at fastmail.com Wed Aug 17 16:35:57 2022 From: jondrews at fastmail.com (Jonathan Drews) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:35:57 -0600 Subject: [Semibug] Tuesday presentation on Dump and Restore In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 09:04:06AM -0400, Kyle Willett wrote: > HI, > > Did anyone record the dump/restore presentation? I really wanted to > see it but I was tired and an evening nap had me sleep right through > the presentation :facepalm:. If not it is OK! > Hi Kyle: There is no recording. I do have a download link for the slide presentation. The slides cover a lot more than what I talked about.The link is at http://www.semibug.org/ From kyle.d.willett at gmail.com Thu Aug 18 04:06:25 2022 From: kyle.d.willett at gmail.com (Kyle Willett) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 04:06:25 -0400 Subject: [Semibug] Tuesday presentation on Dump and Restore In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jonathan, The slides were very good. I read them while on break at work tonight. Thank you so much for providing them, much obliged. Thanks, Kyle