@scottalanmiller said in Light Gaming Desktop:

@thwr said in Light Gaming Desktop:

I would choose a midend AMD GPU, like the new Polaris RX470 (not yet available). Most bang for the buck. CPU-wise, this might be a problem. A good Core i5 is $200+, most consumer boards won't run a Xeon. Basically the same, it's just a software lock in UEFI. You could get a serverboard from SuperMicro for example, not much more expensive. Because it's only for gaming, you could also go for some AMD AM3+ socket CPU, should be enough for this.

About the case: Well, whatever you like. I've added $50 in the below calculation, but this may be incorrect in your case. Try to get something portable maybe.

So lets boil that down:

• 55$ mainboard (ASRock 970M Pro3)
• 120$ CPU (AMD FX-8300, 8x 3.30GHz, boxed)
• 50$ RAM (Kingston HyperX Fury DIMM Kit 16GB, DDR4-2133, CL14-14-14, single rank)
• 85$ SSD (Samsung SSD PM871a 256GB, SATA)
• 200$ GPU (PowerColor Radeon R9 380X PCS+ Myst. Edition V2, 4GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort)
• 50$ power supply
• 50$ case
• 0$ OS (SteamOS Linux)
• ============
• 610 $ total

maybe a bit more or less, depending on the components and price changes, but this should make up for a good enough gaming machine. If you are going for an Intel machine, you'll need to spend at least $150-250 more.

PS: Don't buy your PC based on this list, this is just for information. Don't blame me if you can't enjoy your favorite game in 10^4K UltraSuperMegaHD with this machine.

Has to be Windows, almost nothing that she plays will run on Linux currently. With the FX-8300 would we need a discrete GPU or would most things run with the software GPU onboard for now?

FX line doesn't feature CPU embedded GPUs, but A8 and A10 (Radeon R7) lines do. For example:
http://geizhals.de/amd-a10-7860k-black-edition-ad786kybjcsbx-a1389138.html (German, but you'll get the idea. Popular price comparsion site). Take care, it's another socket (FM2+ vs. AM3+)

Not sure about the performance...

@brianlittlejohn Thanks, almost forgot to take it (again):

90%, not bad, but the other answers are just a joke. But, as we see, even in this case 10% manage to choose the wrong answer. BTW: User contributed, not by OGs.

Users who keep entering wrong passwords (will query every DC in your domain, may be slow with lots of users):

function TW:Get-ADUserBadPasswordCount 
{
    param 
    (      
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$SearchBase
    )

    # Fetch users 
    $users = Get-ADUser `
        -Properties BadPwdCount,EmailAddress,LastLogonTimeStamp,DisplayName `
        -SearchBase  $SearchBase `
        -Filter { Enabled -eq $true } 

    # Add "column" to output object
    Add-Member -InputObject $users -NotePropertyName TotalBadPwdCount -NotePropertyValue "0" -Force

	ForEach($user in $users)
    {
        $count = 0

        # Query each DC
        ForEach($dc in Get-ADComputer -Filter "*" -SearchBase "ou=Domain Controllers,DC=xxx,DC=yyy,DC=zzz") 
        {
            $localuser = Get-ADUser -Server $dc.DNSHostName -Filter "*" -Properties BadPwdCount -SearchBase $user.distinguishedName
            $count = $count + $localuser.BadPwdCount
        } 
        
        $user.TotalBadPwdCount = ($count).ToString()
    }
    
    return $users
}

Usage:

TW:Get-ADUserBadPasswordCount -SearchBase "OU=aaa,OU=bbb,OU=ccc,DC=xxx,DC=yyy,DC=zzz" | ft DisplayName, sAMAccountName, EmailAddress, TotalBadPWdCount -AutoSize

Output looks like this:

DisplayName             sAMAccountName   EmailAddress         TotalBadPWdCount
-----------             --------------   ------------         ----------------
Some User      	        someuser1 	 [email protected]        {17}             
Some Other User         someuser2 	 [email protected]   {0}             

@scottalanmiller said in So we are leaving..............:

@coliver said in So we are leaving..............:

@scottalanmiller said in So we are leaving..............:

@coliver said in So we are leaving..............:

@gjacobse said in So we are leaving..............:

I've not really followed the issue to know which side has more benefit - Member or non-Member of the EU. So I don't know if this is a good or bad thing. I suppose time will tell...

Depends, it doesn't make sense to leave from an economic standpoint. It doesn't really make sense to leave from a social standpoint. One of the biggest arguments was that the EU was forcing the UK to open its borders to refugees and immigrants, leaving the EU allowed the UK to better protect itself from those forces.

"Protect itself" from helping those in need is the basic premise we hear in the EU.

No argument there... I agree with you but was trying to present the argument in an unbiased way.

I think protecting itself implies a danger rather than a dislike for helping those of non-European heritage. It's not about danger, it's about dislike. Which is why so many people are so upset about how the vote went from the outside. That the US is anti-Semitic is well known and the level of open racism in the US is what it is. The UK was supposed to be better but this seems to be stooping to the American level and that is very upsetting. This will make it so much easier for Americans to carry on with it to yet another level in their next elections too. It's a snowball effect, just like in the 1920s. Not that it will happen, but this is how it starts.

^^ This. Period. Thanks Scott.

@aaron said in I am thinking about getting into Security:

@thwr oh man that's just cruel comparing SAM's starter guides to making someone install Gentoo. I have a hard time getting folks in the door for interviews, and we use Debian.

I do wonder about he longevity of the position. This is something I'd outsource (and have) but credit unions do weird things and it may be viable. Would be cool to have the experience too.

We're using Debian / Ubuntu here mostly, but also some BSD. Gentoo is just used here as a great learning experience or for systems where I need very deep control, like special ARM boards etc.

@coliver said in RTS Games:

That being said C&C Red Alert 3 was very good. C&C Tiberium Wars and Tiberium Twilight were decent but really odd.

It's on sale on origin.com again: https://www.origin.com/en-de/store/buy/c-c-the-ultimate-collection/pc-download/bundle/ultimate-collection

@momurda said in So we are leaving..............:

@thwr said in So we are leaving..............:

@momurda said in So we are leaving..............:

@Dashrender said in So we are leaving..............:

@thwr said in So we are leaving..............:

@scottalanmiller said in So we are leaving..............:

@coliver said in So we are leaving..............:

@scottalanmiller said in So we are leaving..............:

@coliver said in So we are leaving..............:

@gjacobse said in So we are leaving..............:

I've not really followed the issue to know which side has more benefit - Member or non-Member of the EU. So I don't know if this is a good or bad thing. I suppose time will tell...

Depends, it doesn't make sense to leave from an economic standpoint. It doesn't really make sense to leave from a social standpoint. One of the biggest arguments was that the EU was forcing the UK to open its borders to refugees and immigrants, leaving the EU allowed the UK to better protect itself from those forces.

"Protect itself" from helping those in need is the basic premise we hear in the EU.

No argument there... I agree with you but was trying to present the argument in an unbiased way.

I think protecting itself implies a danger rather than a dislike for helping those of non-European heritage. It's not about danger, it's about dislike. Which is why so many people are so upset about how the vote went from the outside. That the US is anti-Semitic is well known and the level of open racism in the US is what it is. The UK was supposed to be better but this seems to be stooping to the American level and that is very upsetting. This will make it so much easier for Americans to carry on with it to yet another level in their next elections too. It's a snowball effect, just like in the 1920s. Not that it will happen, but this is how it starts.

^^ This. Period. Thanks Scott.

are you saying that trump is the next Hitler?

If he wont, I will. Listen to the fucking horseshit that comes out of his mouth. 'Ban muslims' that is all you need to hear. Then go read some of Hitler's speeches. Then tell me their differences. The fact that half of Americans agree with him is beyond disgusting, and proof that at least half of Americans are still racist shitbags(I am American).

Blame me for beeing a German citizen, I don't care in this case: What that scum did was something bestial, and I'm out for any Hitler comparisons. He just did something neither I nor anyone else can probably imagine. We Germans still have a hard time to get around this. There was just another sentence a few months ago against one of his last remaining soldiers: 97yr old Oskar Gröning was found guilty of "accessory to murder" (Google translator...) in roughly 300.000 cases.

So please, compare the next president with a chimp, I don't mind. But comparing someone to Hitler isn't something to be taken lightly.

I am not saying this lightly. I am not terrified of Muslims, I am terrified of Trmup's rhetoric, and the tens of millions of voters that seem to agree with it.

Sorry if I got you and @Dashrender wrong, but quite a few people DO take this very lightly and - how to say in English - we are very sensible about this topic

@BRRABill said in Remotely Accessing Desktop of GUI-based Linux Clients:

For those Linuex OSes with desktop GUIs (such as Mint) what do you typically use to remotely access them?

I Googled it and got all sorts of answers. Figured if there was a consensus here at ML that would be the place to start.

VNC, NX, RDP, X11 forwarding ... options are nearly endless. Do you want to control the same session (like TeamViewer and the likes) or do you want a dedicated session?

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Last hour of work before I start my new job!

Better hide some fresh fish somewhere. They will remember you in a few days

Thanks for sharing. Plan to post something about using DS18B20 with C# (or whatever language you like) during the next days.

Wedding anniversary this Sunday, also visiting family.

What works in some cases is to look at the target side for file operations. That depends a bit on the filesystem and doesn't work for thin provisioned files for example, but for a lot of other things. The watch-command will execute any given command ever N seconds, for example:

watch -n10 'ls -lsah /path/to/target'
watch -n30 'du -sh /path/to/target'
watch -n1 'df -sh | grep /mnt/point/of/the/target'

In some other cases, you can send specific tools a signal to report stats, for example

kill -USR1 PROCESSID_OF_RUNNING_DD_OPERATION
kill -USR1 PROCESSID_OF_RUNNING_CP_OPERATION
killall -USR1 rm

Replace USR1 with SIGINFO if you are on BSD or OSX. USR1 is specific to Linux, most other *nix are using SIGINFO.

This will also work with watch or a while-command-sleep loop (watch is basically doing the same in the background).

Quite a few long running operations will report back on USR1/SIGINFO. Check the manpages or just try it.

Supreme Commander 1 Bundle:
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/11732/

Supreme Commander 2:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/40100/

Dawn of War Franchise Pack:
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/44370/

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak (looks promising)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/281610

@larsen161 said in RHEL Download Subscription Free:

Is RHEL available for use without a subscription? I can see the Evaluation Download page but nothing seems to be free.

Not sure (I'm more in the Debian corner), but isn't CentOS the "free version" of RHEL?

@scottalanmiller said in Weekend Plans:

@DustinB3403 said in Weekend Plans:

Spent the night drinking with Scott and he still sounds 100% sober

LOL. Because I am.

@DustinB3403: I'm quite sure Scott is some kind of a mutant. He can post whole pages when others are typing sentences, he can drink without getting drunk, ... he just seems to be like...

Like I already told you (PM/chat): Provide more info. What kind of storage? Some consumer grade NAS? Huawei? EMC? NetApp? vSAN? We need to know the brand and model, everything else is just wild guessing on our side.

@BBigford said in Is Texas Next?:

@MattSpeller said in Is Texas Next?:

@BBigford I share your enthusiasm for firearms even if I do not own nearly as many. What I don't understand is why anyone would carry one around. It.... just does not compute for me. We may need another thread for just that.

Aside from a few home invasion attempts in various cities, I've also had various people try to enter our vehicle when we come to a stop sign or pedestrian crossings. We have the doors locked so I typically just pull away quickly when I hear them on the door handle. Some areas were very nice neighborhoods and they were just dumb kids that looked like they were on drugs, others were sketchy neighborhoods that couldn't have been avoided because of how the layout of the city was and where our destination was.

I also have been approached when I'm biking or on foot by aggressive homeless people in some of the parks that I will jog in or bike on the trail. A gun is just a tool, nothing more. You can't brandish it at someone to intimidate them or make them go away. But if it comes down to it, you have the tool to survive a situation. Luckily I've never had to draw on someone, and I hope I never have to. But if I'm put in that situation, I won't be the one that ends up in the obituaries and force my family to find another means of financial support. That's why I carry a firearm.

Land of the free? Armed to teeths? Hijacking in the middle of nowhere? That scares the hell out of me, really. What's the point in living in such an area? And sure, there are dangerous hotspot areas here too, but nothing this serious I guess.

Saw once some documentary comparing Detroit to a neighboring city on the other side of the border (London/CA?): High crime and tons of weapons in Detroit and so on and next to no weapons and left open doors in the other city.

Locked AD accounts due to bad passwords
https://mangolassi.it/topic/9709/monitoring-ad-users/12

@BBigford said in Is Texas Next?:

@thwr said in Is Texas Next?:

@BBigford said in Is Texas Next?:

@MattSpeller said in Is Texas Next?:

@BBigford I share your enthusiasm for firearms even if I do not own nearly as many. What I don't understand is why anyone would carry one around. It.... just does not compute for me. We may need another thread for just that.

Aside from a few home invasion attempts in various cities, I've also had various people try to enter our vehicle when we come to a stop sign or pedestrian crossings. We have the doors locked so I typically just pull away quickly when I hear them on the door handle. Some areas were very nice neighborhoods and they were just dumb kids that looked like they were on drugs, others were sketchy neighborhoods that couldn't have been avoided because of how the layout of the city was and where our destination was.

I also have been approached when I'm biking or on foot by aggressive homeless people in some of the parks that I will jog in or bike on the trail. A gun is just a tool, nothing more. You can't brandish it at someone to intimidate them or make them go away. But if it comes down to it, you have the tool to survive a situation. Luckily I've never had to draw on someone, and I hope I never have to. But if I'm put in that situation, I won't be the one that ends up in the obituaries and force my family to find another means of financial support. That's why I carry a firearm.

Land of the free? Armed to teeths? Hijacking in the middle of nowhere? That scares the hell out of me, really. What's the point in living in such an area? And sure, there are dangerous hotspot areas here too, but nothing this serious I guess.

Saw once some documentary comparing Detroit to a neighboring city on the other side of the border (London/CA?): High crime and tons of weapons in Detroit and so on and next to no weapons and left open doors in the other city.

Most, if not all, of the weapons in those crimes are obtained illegally and are used by people who are unfit to own weapons. Criminals will get guns, watch the first episode of Underworld, Inc. called "Ghost Guns". It talks about illegal manufacturing of firearms in the Phillipeans and shipped to gangs in the USA.

I really can't compare any sketchy places I've lived and visited to the likes of Detroit, Chicago, or pretty much the entire state of Mississippi. Those are far worse, what I've been through is uncomparable to even traveling through one of those places, let alone live there. In some areas like that, nobody owns furniture. Not cause it's expensive, but because you want to be below the window sill due to stray bullets, so everyone just sits on the floor. We moved here for school and work. I'd love to move somewhere safer and overall just nicer, but in my experience, every city has bad areas. That might not be true and some cities are super safe. I also don't want to live in a state where gun laws are tight as my family members are very big gun advocates and we train quite a bit every week. Losing that right would be like saying you can't enjoy your favorite hobby anymore because it's illegal. Couldn't do it. But there are 41 other states I could live in with my current permit.

I do not have a problem with firearms in general, served in the German Navy. And I can understand that your ultimate and very valid goal is to protect your beloved ones.

BUT: If I were in your spot, I would gather my belongings in this very second and get my family out there as soon as possible. Would just move to some safe place where I don't need to carry a f*cking gun at all - you may still carry it around, but you would know the "DEFCON" level is rather low at the new place.
I just could not sleep well if I would have to think every second about the safety of my family. A whole bunch of weapons in a hostile area doesn't really increase safety at all. It may add to your safety in case of a dangerous situation, but they can also be a threat on their own if not locked away, like kids playing with them, for example. And I don't want to discuss any Barbie doll styled weapons made for kids at this point. That's simply obscene.

A safe area is actually the single best method to protect your family, IMHO.