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pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
John,
Back in the '80s I hung out with a LUG (Linux Users Group) at the U of DE. One of the fellows wrote sigrot, and has worked at the Lawrence Livermore Research Labs for the past many years, doing large-scale parallel computing modeling. A couple of the LUG members are system admins at major universities, and a few work for the likes of Dropbox, FB, and Symantec. As a group we pitched in and networked a new school being built and set up dual networks with one each Linux and Windoze Servers.
My brother was a math teacher there.
I started in the early days of Debian, and fooled around with Slackware - before GUIs were common; then on to other distros, Redhat until they got commercial and changed file and directory structure (Fedora); Corel, SUSE, Knoppix, Gentoo, Linux Mint, Centos, Mandrake, Caldera, Ubuntu, Kubuntu.
Over the past holidays I helped my granddaughter set up a Raspberry Pi system (for portability, as she lives in China) which runs a minimalist version of Debian Linux (Raspbian).
The *ubuntu flavors seem to have been proliferating over the past ten or so years.
Ubuntu might be the most popular, but I believe Debian is still the most stable.
When the five kids were young the whole house was wired with cat5 and wall-plate dual RJ-45 outlets. I ran their terminals off a server in my office and half an hour before their bedtime a cronjob plastered their screen with a message, "Is your homework done? Your terminal will sleep in 30 minutes!".
Really have gotten away from it lately. Apple OSX took over the household, and I only pull up a terminal and troubleshoot on occasion now.
And of course, the *nix-based jokes...
Sandwich
Back in the '80s I hung out with a LUG (Linux Users Group) at the U of DE. One of the fellows wrote sigrot, and has worked at the Lawrence Livermore Research Labs for the past many years, doing large-scale parallel computing modeling. A couple of the LUG members are system admins at major universities, and a few work for the likes of Dropbox, FB, and Symantec. As a group we pitched in and networked a new school being built and set up dual networks with one each Linux and Windoze Servers.
My brother was a math teacher there.
I started in the early days of Debian, and fooled around with Slackware - before GUIs were common; then on to other distros, Redhat until they got commercial and changed file and directory structure (Fedora); Corel, SUSE, Knoppix, Gentoo, Linux Mint, Centos, Mandrake, Caldera, Ubuntu, Kubuntu.
Over the past holidays I helped my granddaughter set up a Raspberry Pi system (for portability, as she lives in China) which runs a minimalist version of Debian Linux (Raspbian).
The *ubuntu flavors seem to have been proliferating over the past ten or so years.
Ubuntu might be the most popular, but I believe Debian is still the most stable.
When the five kids were young the whole house was wired with cat5 and wall-plate dual RJ-45 outlets. I ran their terminals off a server in my office and half an hour before their bedtime a cronjob plastered their screen with a message, "Is your homework done? Your terminal will sleep in 30 minutes!".
Really have gotten away from it lately. Apple OSX took over the household, and I only pull up a terminal and troubleshoot on occasion now.
And of course, the *nix-based jokes...
Sandwich
ruel
TreeHouser
Probably done in 2 weeks. Structurally done in 2-3 days. The seats and oarlocks should be pretty fast. Lots more sanding, epoxy fairing, sanding, more fairing, sanding again and paint will take a while longer.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
Do you fiberglass the outside, or part of the lower section?
We used to do that to preserve the wooden boats that got a lot of heavy use and scraping on the gravel being hauled in and out every day all summer at the day camp.
After a while we ended up with a fleet of aluminum boats, so it's no longer an issue.
Will you use a marine paint? Two-part epoxy?
We used to do that to preserve the wooden boats that got a lot of heavy use and scraping on the gravel being hauled in and out every day all summer at the day camp.
After a while we ended up with a fleet of aluminum boats, so it's no longer an issue.
Will you use a marine paint? Two-part epoxy?
Yea, I like a debian base, but I'm not super particular. The *buntus were always close enough, and they gave good polish OOTB, so it didn't require a lot of tweaking. Ubuntu's been straying a little farther from debian lately, and I especially don't like the concept of using snap packages as default. That's the windows way of doing things, and it adds needless bloat. Maybe it's the future and I'll just have to deal with it, but I'd prefer not to. I also like that debian is libre by default. That's also a small fear cause I'm using it for work. It's nice having easy access to proprietary software if necessary, but truthfully, there's very little I need, and the ones I do need are easy enough to install on debian.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
apt-get [-asqdyfmubV] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] [-t=target_release] [-a=architecture] {update | upgrade | dselect-upgrade | dist-upgrade | install pkg [{=pkg_version_number | /target_release}]... | remove pkg... | purge pkg... | source pkg [{=pkg_version_number | /target_release}]... | build-dep pkg [{=pkg_version_number | /target_release}]... | download pkg [{=pkg_version_number | /target_release}]... | check | clean | autoclean | autoremove | {-v | --version} | {-h | --help}}
ruel
TreeHouser
Nerds! I am just dabbling in linux, tricky stuff.
The boat is getting glass where the lowest plank meets the bottom. With the keel on, it will always rest/ drag on either side, so a bit more protection is needed. Weight is an issue, the boat is for a 70 year old lady. She wants to be able to haul it on the dock herself.
Probably just using marine paint, the color of which has been the subject of much debate.
The boat is getting glass where the lowest plank meets the bottom. With the keel on, it will always rest/ drag on either side, so a bit more protection is needed. Weight is an issue, the boat is for a 70 year old lady. She wants to be able to haul it on the dock herself.
Probably just using marine paint, the color of which has been the subject of much debate.
Not quite that easy if you need proprietary software. The two packages that come to mind are Mega and VirtualBox. Both have repos available, but then my system would be polluted. Not like it's any different than my work machine now, but I kind of like having a clean machine
If I go to debian at work, I'll trying migrating my virtual machine to virt-manager instead of virtualbox. Doesn't look too hard, but I've never done it before. Virtualbox is nice cause it makes everything drop dead easy. Mega is a little trickier to get away from. I need to sync work files so I can access them in the field, and I like mega cause it gives separation from the work network to the internet. Security is tricky, and I don't trust myself to setup an internet facing server at work, and ensuring nothing will get in.
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tuxj@debian:~$ vrms
No non-free or contrib packages installed on debian! rms would be proud.If I go to debian at work, I'll trying migrating my virtual machine to virt-manager instead of virtualbox. Doesn't look too hard, but I've never done it before. Virtualbox is nice cause it makes everything drop dead easy. Mega is a little trickier to get away from. I need to sync work files so I can access them in the field, and I like mega cause it gives separation from the work network to the internet. Security is tricky, and I don't trust myself to setup an internet facing server at work, and ensuring nothing will get in.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
My first real experiences with computers in the 80's was SCO Xenix...we ran it on an Altos box as I remember it. Super stable....never crashed or needed to be rebooted. If something went awry the kill -1 command (or was it -9?) was certain death for the offending part. But it took a specialist to modify programs for us in BB3 (I think it was) and that got expensive. Programs were not as plentiful as was for DOS/Windows systems. When Y2K hit it was going to cost $13,000 to do the modifications to stay with Xenix. I used that as my excuse to switch to Dos/Windows. A world of programs opened to us then....it was the right thing to do. Except I had to learn to accept the Blue Screen of Death that was part of a Windows system.
Danthetree1
Treehouser
Opened the yoke and shoved the debris in. Chipped all day. Switching chippers Monday morning.
As some if not most of you know, I was going to california and some other states next month.
We were ( are) a group of 7 people, six of which are former or present apprentices of mine, who were going over to climb some serious trees for fun ( Giant sequoia and Redwood) and hang out with friends of mine.
We had planned to use this weekend as a last chance to brush up on our climbing.
The 60+ meter SRT ascends needed in those trees can really take it out of you, esspecially since we'd be climbing at 2300 meters above sea level, which is death to sea level born Danes.
So we had rented a cabin at one of the castles on the southern islands were we work and planned to have a fun training weekend together.
Corona put and end to the trip and the weekend.
So we decided to just meet up at the forest district, that my former employee has been running for the last 3 months and do some sightseeing and climbing.
We had a great day. The boys frolicked in some beech trees, I stayed in a recliner wearing sunglasses and keeping quiet.
I still have a world class head ache.
I thought about calling the Golden spike museum in Promontory, UT last week, to ask if they had lost the golden spike, since it felt like someone had hammered it in my head.
Thais, my dog has been going crazy from cabin fever with me just laying on the bed with a blanket over my head, so he REALLY enjoyed the day and pretty much drove everybody crazy with all his energy.
We ended up grilling some sausages for men and dogs and I had some yogurt through a straw.
A fine day for all of us.
We'll try to do the trip next year.
Now comes the struggle of getting our money back for air fare, car rentals, motorcycle rentals, and accomodations.......................should be fun!
We were ( are) a group of 7 people, six of which are former or present apprentices of mine, who were going over to climb some serious trees for fun ( Giant sequoia and Redwood) and hang out with friends of mine.
We had planned to use this weekend as a last chance to brush up on our climbing.
The 60+ meter SRT ascends needed in those trees can really take it out of you, esspecially since we'd be climbing at 2300 meters above sea level, which is death to sea level born Danes.
So we had rented a cabin at one of the castles on the southern islands were we work and planned to have a fun training weekend together.
Corona put and end to the trip and the weekend.
So we decided to just meet up at the forest district, that my former employee has been running for the last 3 months and do some sightseeing and climbing.
We had a great day. The boys frolicked in some beech trees, I stayed in a recliner wearing sunglasses and keeping quiet.
I still have a world class head ache.
I thought about calling the Golden spike museum in Promontory, UT last week, to ask if they had lost the golden spike, since it felt like someone had hammered it in my head.
Thais, my dog has been going crazy from cabin fever with me just laying on the bed with a blanket over my head, so he REALLY enjoyed the day and pretty much drove everybody crazy with all his energy.
We ended up grilling some sausages for men and dogs and I had some yogurt through a straw.
A fine day for all of us.
We'll try to do the trip next year.
Now comes the struggle of getting our money back for air fare, car rentals, motorcycle rentals, and accomodations.......................should be fun!
Yeah i would have guessed as much. You can get by day to day activities without use of a hand, but a pounding headache that doesn't end would be my definition of hell. I was just thinking of a comfortable condition to begin recovery.
I have an appointment with something called a neuropsycologist in May 11, to see how badly my brain is screwed.
Apart from the head ache it seems to be working ok.
I test myself at " what was the name of .....!!!" crosswords daily and my usually excellent memory is still there.
I still can put the latin name to every bird, tree and bush.
But if I look up suddenly, I fall on my ass.
Balance is totally screwed.
Apart from the head ache it seems to be working ok.
I test myself at " what was the name of .....!!!" crosswords daily and my usually excellent memory is still there.
I still can put the latin name to every bird, tree and bush.
But if I look up suddenly, I fall on my ass.
Balance is totally screwed.
Your balance may be an ear thing. I had something going on the spring that was pretty bad for two years, and I suspect it was inner ear aggravation caused by my newish allergies. If I looked up, it was like getting an instadrunk, and I'd go right over. Drunk, like absolutely hammered drunk. Only happened when I looked up. One of those years I was painting a 2 story house, and I had to be real careful on the ladder. I only really had a problem looking up, so I avoided doing that.
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Stig, could your headache be from damage to the TMJ ? It would be easy to overlook with the more obvious skull fractures.
Yup, one break is across the ear.
Inner ear is rather effed up.
At least I can hear again, now they have flushed all the dried blood out of it.
About 80%.
I have another test in a month, they figure it'll be back to normal by then.
"Normal" being havin g to use a hearing aid
Inner ear is rather effed up.
At least I can hear again, now they have flushed all the dried blood out of it.
About 80%.
I have another test in a month, they figure it'll be back to normal by then.
"Normal" being havin g to use a hearing aid
Burnham
Woods walker
Hope you do continue to improve, Stig. It does look like a rather lengthy path back.
Looking forward to your now twice delayed visit
.
Looking forward to your now twice delayed visit
.
ruel
TreeHouser
Looks like a beautiful spring day stig.
Put on the other rail today, getting close now!
Put on the other rail today, getting close now!
ruel
TreeHouser
I'll have to figure out the whole video uploading thing, but I'm sure someone will take a video. Might be a bit small for a full champagne bottle smashing, maybe one of those 4oz bottles instead.
Burnham
Woods walker
No need to dent the woodwork...just pour a few glugs of suitable libation over the stem. Drink the rest down. Goddess of the Seas will be satisfied.
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