@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu: System Program Problem detected:

That's a desktop pop up, but Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Why the combination of old Ubuntu, but a desktop?

Why 18.04 -

Well,.. very long obtuse story cut short. having re-installed Ubuntu a time or two due to software / boot issues, I hadn't upgraded to 'save time and stress.' I felt not push to upgrade to 18.10 if I had to yet again kill and install the system. However, things appear stable - so upgrading currently.

I do see on the article, that the crashes could be past - and as such, i can delete the files (several days old) and move on.

@scottalanmiller said in $79 PineTab: The First Real Linux Tablet?:

@gjacobse said in $79 PineTab: The First Real Linux Tablet?:

@Reid-Cooper said in $79 PineTab: The First Real Linux Tablet?:

@gjacobse said in $79 PineTab: The First Real Linux Tablet?:

https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707

That goes to their laptop offering at $99. Which looks way nicer.

Your right,.. my apologies,.. trying to do to much at one time with three keyboards on the desk.

that is for the laptop... they don't seem to have the Tablet on their page yet.

Makes me wonder if the weird picture is just a filler and not the real deal.

In my excite me about it,.. I now also see this:

`
On Sale Later This Year
The target price for the PineTab is $79, or $99 when bundled with the custom magnetic keyboard.

Anyone attending FOSDEM this year will be able to get up close with a near-final version of the PineTab by visiting the Pine64 stand. If that will include you we’d (me, other readers, Linux tablet fans) would love to see some video and photos — so give us a ping!

`

@dafyre said in Running Xrdp on Ubuntu:

Not sure what to do about the EFI issue....

What I do when I want to use mine like that is set up x11vnc-server and then run it through XRDP (and choose the console option). It's faster than stock VNC... Don't ask me why, lol. I haven't gotten instructions for that yet, I don't think.

If I remember right, after a reboot, you have to connect, close the connection, and then reconnect back using the XRDP+VNC option. I don't have any installation instructions for that setup on hand though. I can work it out and post them if you like.

This is likely where I went 'rouge' in that I didn't use x11vnc-server.. I had notes on that,.. at least I believe and have misplaced them. so I had forget that.

As I was starting to have other 'OS' Kernel issues (the mouse and keyboard wasn't working correctly) I nuked that partition from Windows, and will rebuild. Maybe it'll survive as I am of course getting grub 'errors' since that partition is gone.

@JaredBusch said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

@Dashrender said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

@gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

Windows DUMBASS-ory..

Talking to my brother, he mentioned some 'issues' with Windows not releasing the lock on the partition. He suggested and this is the really dumb part on windows.

To boot Windows and RESTART normally.

Since grub starts Ubuntu by default, it booted normally into Ubuntu.

I did the lsblk -f as before, only this time for /dev/sda4 - there is a UID for it. AND it shows as NTFS..

so,.. FFS Windows,.. FYS. now,.. to see how to prevent this stupidness in the future.

This why someone suggested that you go into Windows and do a full shutdown with shift shutdown.... normal shutdowns now aren’t full shut downs to allow the system to boot faster.

But he did that and it made no difference

Yup - a FULL shutdown didn't do anything more that the SHIFT shutdown.

I use invoiceninja, checked out akkaunting and decided not to go there, but I might switch to Wave if I ever run into the invoiceninja limitations

@Reid-Cooper said in CrossOver: Run Windows Programs on ChromeOS:

There is a Wine for Android option perhaps. And if your ChromeOS runs Linux apps, Wine might work that way.

Agreed - and I did see that. However, I again run into the issue of the USBtoSerial not working... at least it seems to not work. Might look again over the weekend... oh wait.. I really don't have a weekend between sports events and other crap...

@tonyshowoff said in Something not said enough;:

@WrCombs said in Something not said enough;:

@tonyshowoff said in Something not said enough;:

@WrCombs said in Something not said enough;:

@tonyshowoff said in Something not said enough;:

@JaredBusch said in Something not said enough;:

@WrCombs said in Something not said enough;:

@gjacobse said in Something not said enough;:

Thank you - I feel that I have continued to learn from input from a number of people...

@scottalanmiller
@JaredBusch
@travisdh1
@DustinB3403

and a number of other people...

So - I express my thanks.

Adding @Dashrender as well - Huge help with a lot of things personal and work related.
Thanks Dash.

Suck up.

Yeah, why don't you marry him if you love him so much?

cause he's my uncle....
That be weird.

So you admit it's nepotism? The truth is finally out!

I don't work for him, How would it be nepotism?

I sense a troll in our mix..

And yes.

i knew it.

@gjacobse said in Edgemax VPN - Followup.:

set vpn l2tp remote-access idle 1800

Is this needed? Does this 'time out' and auto-log off the user?

It should time-out the user if no traffic for 1800 seconds (1 hour)

set vpn l2tp remote-access ipsec-settings ike-lifetime 3600 set vpn l2tp remote-access ipsec-settings lifetime 3600

These are IPSEC timeouts for renegotiation.

@dafyre said in RocketBook: Security:

@scottalanmiller said in RocketBook: Security:

No NextCloud, so screw that. I'm not getting one of those crappy cloud services just to use this...

https://rocketbook.featureupvote.com/suggestions/1631/add-nextcloud-as-personal-cloud-storage

There's no direct integration, but you could have the NextCloud app on Android sync the folder where it stores the files.

I'm interested... just not enough to spend $35 on something I may or may not use a lot. If I got something like that though, I'd never need a tablet any more. (I mainly like to draw and doodle on my tablets,lol).

Yeah. For $35 I might want one, but not if it is going to be a huge pain to use.

@gjacobse said in Google Family Link: Control Chromebook:

They likely won't use Youtube or Youtube Kids... They already watch that on iPads and a laptop.. so they truely don't need yet another device to YT on ..

They also don't need Netflix - again.. on other devices and we want to be able to control some of what they get to.

Besides controlling what they can download from Google Play store, I would just worry about blocking websites. Either stick with blocking mature sites or only allow certain sites.

Ubuntu is the only OS that I know that actually has this option.

Would be nice if other distros had this as well. But I guess it's just a testament to how commercial Ubuntu is.

Remmina is not the tool for this job IMO. RDP with dual monitors is just a silly thing.

@gjacobse said in Fedora: Support for Hauppauge?:

Well - unless it's in there some where,.. the Official support page for Hauppauge states that they Support Ubuntu - ... So, It would seemingly be that here is another device I am unable to run under Fedora...

Or - Is that true?

@scottalanmiller - Is there options for running the WinTV-HVR 950q USB TV Stick in Fedora - or am I looking at either;

dual booting going Ubuntu only going back to Windows -

Whats wrong with Ubuntu, I rarely see the difference nowadays between Ubuntu and Fedora, both are great. And trust me there are no apps in Fedora that are not In Ubuntu actually it is the opposite

@wrx7m said in Kentucky lawmaker wants telemarketers to list true caller ID:

@scottalanmiller said in Kentucky lawmaker wants telemarketers to list true caller ID:

@DustinB3403 said in Kentucky lawmaker wants telemarketers to list true caller ID:

@scottalanmiller said in Kentucky lawmaker wants telemarketers to list true caller ID:

@DustinB3403 said in Kentucky lawmaker wants telemarketers to list true caller ID:

Technically, isn't listing "Unknown" as the caller-id name; disguising the phone number? Anything but the actual number or the business name would be, right?

Technically, no. Not disguising. Hiding and disguising are different.

Disguising means making it look like something else. Hiding means it is clear that it is not known. One is a deception, the other is openly witholding.

Think about kids being told that they ARE getting X for their birthday instead of really getting Y (a lie) versus simply being told it is a surprise and they have to wait to see what they got (openly withholding.)

Yeah that makes sense, wouldn't do anything to stop phishing calls in any way. Which isn't the goal of this law?

Kind of. Faked called IDs are nearly always done for the purpose of phishing, even if just lightly.

Right. But, isn't their already a law against what phishers are doing?

With phones? Don't believe so. Legacy tech like phones and postal mail often have the worst behaviours protected by law.

I’ve only witnessed that with Firefox on Gnome3 Wayland and xorg.

@aaronstuder said in Vultr: Instance Security Notice::

@scottalanmiller He can all requests not coming from the IP or Subnet (Assuming on DHCP)

He can do that now. But that would make the system useless for him. The Vultr firewall might be nice for doing that, but doesn't alter the situation.

@jt1001001 said in AirConsole:

Do you really want to use something WindScream is using? Though it does look interesting.

Generally I would agree...

But in this case.. It's something I could make,.. so - it can't be but SO bad.... right?

Also for you record, this
https://thinkofnetwork.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/unlock-lost-ubiquiti-unifi-controller/

@gjacobse said in UBNT: UniFi Controller Issue:

Follow up, controller is running again under Win10.

I’ll address a Linux system in the future at some point and move over so it can run full time.

Worth it if you have a hypervisor running somewhere with enough extra resources for it - otherwise, in a home environment - not worth it.