From boumanmcc at mykolab.com  Wed Sep  1 16:22:02 2021
From: boumanmcc at mykolab.com (MC)
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:22:02 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Phone company: not redpocket.com
Message-ID: <ad1985203d4607f410cde0e21a68d349@mykolab.com>

been using redpocket.com for 2 years, but within the last 2 weeks found 
service breaking down. Any suggestions? Many thanks. MCB

From dsr at randomstring.org  Wed Sep  1 16:37:13 2021
From: dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 16:37:13 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Phone company: not redpocket.com
In-Reply-To: <ad1985203d4607f410cde0e21a68d349@mykolab.com>
References: <ad1985203d4607f410cde0e21a68d349@mykolab.com>
Message-ID: <20210901203713.uk6gnfu5jawzg44m@randomstring.org>

MC wrote: 
> been using redpocket.com for 2 years, but within the last 2 weeks found
> service breaking down. Any suggestions? Many thanks. MCB

Assuming you want SIP VOIP services interconnecting with POTS;
let us know if otherwise.

Here's what I can tell you:

voip.ms: prepay money, and spend it down. Reasonably cheap.
Extremely chatty with their service notifications RSS feed,
which will tell you which of their local POPs is being upgraded,
or is being repaired, or if their customer service center is
having a bad day. Based in Canada. At least a decade of good
service.

onsip.com, aka junction networks: would prefer to sell you
virtual PBX services but will do SIP trunks without hesitation.
Very reliable. Moderately expensive per-minute, but will sell
you an all-you-can-eat per-line if you're not operating a major
call center operation. At least 15 years of good service.

8x8, formerly Packet8: no longer does SIP trunks, but sells
relatively cheap all-you-can-eat per-line accounts, starting
at $12/month. Contributes money to Jitsi. The higher level plans
include their own Jitsi servers with SLAs.

-dsr-

From randyokc at gmail.com  Wed Sep  1 19:05:17 2021
From: randyokc at gmail.com (Randy Cole)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 19:05:17 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Phone company: not redpocket.com
In-Reply-To: <ad1985203d4607f410cde0e21a68d349@mykolab.com>
References: <ad1985203d4607f410cde0e21a68d349@mykolab.com>
Message-ID: <CAHyaXi03vR=pNvo0ZdkUT6pOvfAsfsbBfP64yY1baoc4sF0GKA@mail.gmail.com>

Cell phones are probably a little bit off-topic for Linux.  It's probably
more apropos to Telecom Digest!   In any case, Red Rocket appears to be a
reseller of the major cell networks ATT, T-mobile, and Verizon.  ATT &
T-mobile service is advertised as "5G", therefore Verizon must be less
preferred.  You should already know that T-mobile and Sprint have merged,
with Sprint's pre-paid services (known as Boost Mobile) divested to Dish
Network.  Sprint's CDMA network is supposed to stay up for about another
year but I read that T-mobile has been shutting it down and shifting
bandwidth to T-mobile, causing problems for customer still using the Sprint
legacy network.

You should 1. call customer service and 2. determine which network you are
using and 3. determine if you have an old phone that is either
malfunctioning or doesn't have the correct bands that you need.  If you are
on the Sprint legacy network you may have to migrate sooner rather than
later.  And 4. is your phone unlocked or eligible for unlocking.

If you are not satisfied with your customer service you can port to a
different MVNO or provider.

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 4:24 PM MC <boumanmcc at mykolab.com> wrote:

> been using redpocket.com for 2 years, but within the last 2 weeks found
> service breaking down. Any suggestions? Many thanks. MCB
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>

From randyokc at gmail.com  Wed Sep  1 19:46:46 2021
From: randyokc at gmail.com (Randy Cole)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 19:46:46 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Phone company: not redpocket.com
In-Reply-To: <20210901203713.uk6gnfu5jawzg44m@randomstring.org>
References: <ad1985203d4607f410cde0e21a68d349@mykolab.com>
 <20210901203713.uk6gnfu5jawzg44m@randomstring.org>
Message-ID: <CAHyaXi00z8TRbXMKHv3ihhONhRviADhe0odg2Vnyv2LpNtLz3Q@mail.gmail.com>

voip.ms service starts at 85 cents a month for measured service, plus about
a penny a minute.  E-911 adds a buck or two iirc.  Want name lookup with
your caller id?  That adds a penny or two.  Want SMS or MMS?  That's
available at a small cost too.  Want your name listed in the White Pages
that Verizon no longer distributes anyway?  I think that is extra.
Inexpensive toll-free number option, cheap fixed-price for inbound calls
option (imagine if you have a pizzeria or some business where the number of
calls you will receive is unknown).  They even have fax line service (who
needs that other than lawyers or real estate agents?).

Located in Quebec but has servers in NY & around the country.  Some credit
card bank issuers charge a small surcharge for foreign transactions even
though the transaction is denominated in dollars!  Seems to be reliable and
has lots of options, has a $10 referral bonus program ($10 for me, $10 for
the new customer), email me if you are interested in signing up for service
lol.  They are geared towards serving businesses & technical folks, leaving
Joe Consumer to Magic Jack and Straight Talk and whatever the big box
stores are selling.

The biggest problem with SIP is getting a soft phone client to work on my
cell phone, reliably.  SIP really needs a persistent connection which is
incompatible with battery conserving techniques and suspension of
background apps.  Haven't looked at SIP clients for Linux recently, seemed
to work okay 5-6 years ago.

As for hardware, most of the reasonable ATA (analog telephone adapter) gear
seems to be deprecated and without recent security updates and I don't want
to pay what it costs for current business-grade equipment.  Phones
shouldn't cost almost as much as a computer...

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 4:39 PM Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:

> MC wrote:
> > been using redpocket.com for 2 years, but within the last 2 weeks found
> > service breaking down. Any suggestions? Many thanks. MCB
>
> Assuming you want SIP VOIP services interconnecting with POTS;
> let us know if otherwise.
>
> Here's what I can tell you:
>
> voip.ms: prepay money, and spend it down. Reasonably cheap.
> Extremely chatty with their service notifications RSS feed,
> which will tell you which of their local POPs is being upgraded,
> or is being repaired, or if their customer service center is
> having a bad day. Based in Canada. At least a decade of good
> service.
>
> onsip.com, aka junction networks: would prefer to sell you
> virtual PBX services but will do SIP trunks without hesitation.
> Very reliable. Moderately expensive per-minute, but will sell
> you an all-you-can-eat per-line if you're not operating a major
> call center operation. At least 15 years of good service.
>
> 8x8, formerly Packet8: no longer does SIP trunks, but sells
> relatively cheap all-you-can-eat per-line accounts, starting
> at $12/month. Contributes money to Jitsi. The higher level plans
> include their own Jitsi servers with SLAs.
>
> -dsr-
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>

From malassimilation at gmail.com  Thu Sep  2 23:58:59 2021
From: malassimilation at gmail.com (Bill Horne)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 23:58:59 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Phone company: not redpocket.com
In-Reply-To: <CAHyaXi03vR=pNvo0ZdkUT6pOvfAsfsbBfP64yY1baoc4sF0GKA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <ad1985203d4607f410cde0e21a68d349@mykolab.com>
 <CAHyaXi03vR=pNvo0ZdkUT6pOvfAsfsbBfP64yY1baoc4sF0GKA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <d83a1489-45f8-c68c-e31e-f7df97dbbd46@gmail.com>

On 9/1/2021 7:05 PM, Randy Cole wrote:
> Cell phones are probably a little bit off-topic for Linux.  It's probably
> more apropos to Telecom Digest!

Randy,

That's a good idea! I suggest you designate a member of the BLU to be 
the telephone savant who will file a post on this subject to The Telecom 
Digest.

The posting address for the Telecom Digest is 
telecomdigestsubmission at telecom-digest.org 
<mailto:telecomdigestsubmissions at telecom-digest.org?Subject=[telecom]%20Phone%20company:%20not%20redpocket.com>, 
and those whom prefer Usenet can use comp.dcom.telecom to submit a post.

Thanks for your suggestion.

Bill Horne
Moderator
The Telecom Digest <http://telecom-digest.org/>

From boumanmcc at mykolab.com  Sat Sep  4 13:11:16 2021
From: boumanmcc at mykolab.com (MC)
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2021 13:11:16 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] unlock BBz10
Message-ID: <350a7769b1f87f11173e56994a83d41a@mykolab.com>

rogers canada instructed use of unlock codes to execute hard lock and 
they got what they wanted: phone is now hardlocked. Any hope for this? 
MCB

From gaf.linux at gmail.com  Tue Sep  7 10:38:21 2021
From: gaf.linux at gmail.com (Jerry Feldman)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:38:21 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] USB Wifi adapter
Message-ID: <CAEvgogGjV4389BXi3KZDbVi1=WX6iCqg=joa+65YoioYUc8TSA@mail.gmail.com>

I have an elderly usb wifi adapter that works fine but it is on the slow
side and only 2.4GHz. I tried a netgear AC1200, but I was not able to get
the drivers loaded on fedora and not really worth the effort. Since I only
have wifi in this house, I would prefer a better wifi adapter. Any
recommendations.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7
PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1  3050 5715 B88D 6F6
B B6E7

From richard.pieri at gmail.com  Tue Sep  7 12:44:52 2021
From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 12:44:52 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] USB Wifi adapter
In-Reply-To: <CAEvgogGjV4389BXi3KZDbVi1=WX6iCqg=joa+65YoioYUc8TSA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEvgogGjV4389BXi3KZDbVi1=WX6iCqg=joa+65YoioYUc8TSA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <61379703.1c69fb81.3ef6d.3999@mx.google.com>

On Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:38:21 -0400
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an elderly usb wifi adapter that works fine but it is on the
> slow side and only 2.4GHz. I tried a netgear AC1200, but I was not
> able to get the drivers loaded on fedora and not really worth the
> effort. Since I only have wifi in this house, I would prefer a better
> wifi adapter. Any recommendations.

None of the thumb-drive type USB adapters have 5GHz worth bothering
with (if at all). If you really need 5GHz then you will need something
like the Panda PAU09. But if you just need a reliable 802.11n dongle
then the Panda PAU05 is good.

-- 
Rich Pieri

From gaf.linux at gmail.com  Tue Sep  7 12:50:53 2021
From: gaf.linux at gmail.com (Jerry Feldman)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 12:50:53 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] USB Wifi adapter
In-Reply-To: <61379703.1c69fb81.3ef6d.3999@mx.google.com>
References: <CAEvgogGjV4389BXi3KZDbVi1=WX6iCqg=joa+65YoioYUc8TSA@mail.gmail.com>
 <61379703.1c69fb81.3ef6d.3999@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <CAEvgogFXPfT1Q9XyxPMODwOk235BpFadvGejOXJnyaKVOdy5mQ@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Rich.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7
PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1  3050 5715 B88D 6F6
B B6E7

On Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 12:46 PM Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:38:21 -0400
> Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have an elderly usb wifi adapter that works fine but it is on the
> > slow side and only 2.4GHz. I tried a netgear AC1200, but I was not
> > able to get the drivers loaded on fedora and not really worth the
> > effort. Since I only have wifi in this house, I would prefer a better
> > wifi adapter. Any recommendations.
>
> None of the thumb-drive type USB adapters have 5GHz worth bothering
> with (if at all). If you really need 5GHz then you will need something
> like the Panda PAU09. But if you just need a reliable 802.11n dongle
> then the Panda PAU05 is good.
>
> --
> Rich Pieri
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>

From jbk at kjkelra.com  Wed Sep  8 09:26:35 2021
From: jbk at kjkelra.com (jbk)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 09:26:35 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] SSH and Server OS Migration
Message-ID: <5626b25b-b82a-70ea-bf81-07f6dd0a9dfb@kjkelra.com>

I am migrating my home file and backup server from SL 7 to 
Rocky 8 in a dual boot arrangement. It serves three or four 
other notebooks and workstation. The backup program 
(BackupPC) uses ssh on the client machines to call rsync and 
transmit the backup data.
What I though I could do so that I didn't have to update the 
"knownhosts" file on all machines was to substitute the 
public and private keys on Rocky with those from SL 7 ( 
/etc/ssh). This did not work, as I get the error fingerprint 
does not match from other machine.
I thought I had done this 10 years ago when I last upgraded 
the server. Since then SSH has changed the allowed key types 
(dsa to escda) for better encryption and I had to go through 
the process of updating the keys and knownhost files on all 
the machines.
It is going to take me a while to get the backup server 
configured on Rocky so I will be continuing to use SL 7 
during this process.
Is it possible to substitute the keys on Rocky for those on 
SL 7?

-- 
Jim Kelly-Rand
jbk at kjkelra.com


From eric.chadbourne at icloud.com  Wed Sep  8 09:51:11 2021
From: eric.chadbourne at icloud.com (Eric Chadbourne)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 09:51:11 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] SSH and Server OS Migration
In-Reply-To: <5626b25b-b82a-70ea-bf81-07f6dd0a9dfb@kjkelra.com>
References: <5626b25b-b82a-70ea-bf81-07f6dd0a9dfb@kjkelra.com>
Message-ID: <1f5d465b-92e0-6f4a-dad2-dad8434d9cc6@icloud.com>


On 9/8/21 9:26 AM, jbk wrote:
> I am migrating my home file and backup server from SL 7 to Rocky 8 in a 
> dual boot arrangement. It serves three or four other notebooks and 
> workstation. The backup program (BackupPC) uses ssh on the client 
> machines to call rsync and transmit the backup data.
> What I though I could do so that I didn't have to update the 
> "knownhosts" file on all machines was to substitute the public and 
> private keys on Rocky with those from SL 7 ( /etc/ssh). This did not 
> work, as I get the error fingerprint does not match from other machine.
> I thought I had done this 10 years ago when I last upgraded the server. 
> Since then SSH has changed the allowed key types (dsa to escda) for 
> better encryption and I had to go through the process of updating the 
> keys and knownhost files on all the machines.
> It is going to take me a while to get the backup server configured on 
> Rocky so I will be continuing to use SL 7 during this process.
> Is it possible to substitute the keys on Rocky for those on SL 7?
> 


I think you can either write a two line bash script to remove and add 
the keys, or look at StrictHostKeyChecking.

Eric

From jbk at kjkelra.com  Wed Sep  8 10:32:40 2021
From: jbk at kjkelra.com (jbk)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 10:32:40 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] SSH and Server OS Migration
In-Reply-To: <1f5d465b-92e0-6f4a-dad2-dad8434d9cc6@icloud.com>
References: <5626b25b-b82a-70ea-bf81-07f6dd0a9dfb@kjkelra.com>
 <1f5d465b-92e0-6f4a-dad2-dad8434d9cc6@icloud.com>
Message-ID: <25c828af-1b0a-09a0-a2d5-67a8fa9fc2f5@kjkelra.com>

On 9/8/21 9:51 AM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
>
> On 9/8/21 9:26 AM, jbk wrote:
>> I am migrating my home file and backup server from SL 7 
>> to Rocky 8 in a dual boot arrangement. It serves three or 
>> four other notebooks and workstation. The backup program 
>> (BackupPC) uses ssh on the client machines to call rsync 
>> and transmit the backup data.
>> What I though I could do so that I didn't have to update 
>> the "knownhosts" file on all machines was to substitute 
>> the public and private keys on Rocky with those from SL 7 
>> ( /etc/ssh). This did not work, as I get the error 
>> fingerprint does not match from other machine.
>> I thought I had done this 10 years ago when I last 
>> upgraded the server. Since then SSH has changed the 
>> allowed key types (dsa to escda) for better encryption 
>> and I had to go through the process of updating the keys 
>> and knownhost files on all the machines.
>> It is going to take me a while to get the backup server 
>> configured on Rocky so I will be continuing to use SL 7 
>> during this process.
>> Is it possible to substitute the keys on Rocky for those 
>> on SL 7?
>>
>
>
> I think you can either write a two line bash script to 
> remove and add the keys, or look at StrictHostKeyChecking.
>
> Eric
These seem reasonable routes to pursue during the transition 
phase on one of the client machines. It's easy enough to 
create two knownhosts files and substituting one for the 
other during the testing phase. I will just have to update 
all the knownhosts files once the final transition is made.

Rocky does come with a nifty tool ( cockpit ) that was 
helpful during the initial set up, but it is tied to the 
original SSH keys and would be broken with my intended approach.


-- 
Jim Kelly-Rand
jbk at kjkelra.com


From me at mattgillen.net  Wed Sep  8 19:58:15 2021
From: me at mattgillen.net (Matthew Gillen)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 19:58:15 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] SSH and Server OS Migration
In-Reply-To: <25c828af-1b0a-09a0-a2d5-67a8fa9fc2f5@kjkelra.com>
References: <5626b25b-b82a-70ea-bf81-07f6dd0a9dfb@kjkelra.com>
 <1f5d465b-92e0-6f4a-dad2-dad8434d9cc6@icloud.com>
 <25c828af-1b0a-09a0-a2d5-67a8fa9fc2f5@kjkelra.com>
Message-ID: <b1cca391-2ccf-5e82-9eb5-0f814e069a68@mattgillen.net>



On 9/8/2021 10:32 AM, jbk wrote:
> On 9/8/21 9:51 AM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
>>
>> On 9/8/21 9:26 AM, jbk wrote:
>>> I am migrating my home file and backup server from SL 7 to Rocky 8 in
>>> a dual boot arrangement. It serves three or four other notebooks and
>>> workstation. The backup program (BackupPC) uses ssh on the client
>>> machines to call rsync and transmit the backup data.
>>> What I though I could do so that I didn't have to update the
>>> "knownhosts" file on all machines was to substitute the public and
>>> private keys on Rocky with those from SL 7 ( /etc/ssh). This did not
>>> work, as I get the error fingerprint does not match from other machine.
>>> I thought I had done this 10 years ago when I last upgraded the
>>> server. Since then SSH has changed the allowed key types (dsa to
>>> escda) for better encryption and I had to go through the process of
>>> updating the keys and knownhost files on all the machines.
>>> It is going to take me a while to get the backup server configured on
>>> Rocky so I will be continuing to use SL 7 during this process.
>>> Is it possible to substitute the keys on Rocky for those on SL 7?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think you can either write a two line bash script to remove and add
>> the keys, or look at StrictHostKeyChecking.
>>
>> Eric
> These seem reasonable routes to pursue during the transition phase on
> one of the client machines. It's easy enough to create two knownhosts
> files and substituting one for the other during the testing phase. I
> will just have to update all the knownhosts files once the final
> transition is made.
> 
> Rocky does come with a nifty tool ( cockpit ) that was helpful during
> the initial set up, but it is tied to the original SSH keys and would be
> broken with my intended approach.

If you want to get fancy you could put the server key fingerprint in DNS
and set the default configuration on the client boxes to include
VerifyHostKeyDNS

It will then implicitly trust a host key that matches the DNS record.  e.g.
https://www.matoski.com/article/sshfp-dns-records/

Matt

From jbk at kjkelra.com  Thu Sep  9 07:20:51 2021
From: jbk at kjkelra.com (jbk)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 07:20:51 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] SSH and Server OS Migration
In-Reply-To: <b1cca391-2ccf-5e82-9eb5-0f814e069a68@mattgillen.net>
References: <5626b25b-b82a-70ea-bf81-07f6dd0a9dfb@kjkelra.com>
 <1f5d465b-92e0-6f4a-dad2-dad8434d9cc6@icloud.com>
 <25c828af-1b0a-09a0-a2d5-67a8fa9fc2f5@kjkelra.com>
 <b1cca391-2ccf-5e82-9eb5-0f814e069a68@mattgillen.net>
Message-ID: <fde0f05a-131a-5ca3-d91c-f79c2f2b625f@kjkelra.com>

On 9/8/21 7:58 PM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> ...
>>>> Is it possible to substitute the keys on Rocky for those on SL 7?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think you can either write a two line bash script to remove and add
>>> the keys, or look at StrictHostKeyChecking.
>>>
>>> Eric
>> These seem reasonable routes to pursue during the transition phase on
>> one of the client machines. It's easy enough to create two knownhosts
>> files and substituting one for the other during the testing phase. I
>> will just have to update all the knownhosts files once the final
>> transition is made.
>>
>> Rocky does come with a nifty tool ( cockpit ) that was helpful during
>> the initial set up, but it is tied to the original SSH keys and would be
>> broken with my intended approach.
> If you want to get fancy you could put the server key fingerprint in DNS
> and set the default configuration on the client boxes to include
> VerifyHostKeyDNS
>
> It will then implicitly trust a host key that matches the DNS record.  e.g.
> https://www.matoski.com/article/sshfp-dns-records/
>
> Matt
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> .
I think I'm set with just substituting knownhosts files. I 
imagine to accomplish what you suggest would require 
implementing on my dd-wrt router. My environment is pretty 
static so updating the key on 5 machines isn't to much work. 
For testing I only needed to switch back and forth on one 
notebook. Migrating the BackupPC server is going much 
quicker than I thought.
Thanks,

Jim

From gaf.linux at gmail.com  Thu Sep  9 14:12:57 2021
From: gaf.linux at gmail.com (Jerry Feldman)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 14:12:57 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] USB Wifi adapter
In-Reply-To: <CAEvgogFXPfT1Q9XyxPMODwOk235BpFadvGejOXJnyaKVOdy5mQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAEvgogGjV4389BXi3KZDbVi1=WX6iCqg=joa+65YoioYUc8TSA@mail.gmail.com>
 <61379703.1c69fb81.3ef6d.3999@mx.google.com>
 <CAEvgogFXPfT1Q9XyxPMODwOk235BpFadvGejOXJnyaKVOdy5mQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEvgogFbUmOdKjesM7KfF71kgz1dQUpQT-YDDxvU0kd2uWe1wg@mail.gmail.com>

Taking Rich's experience I bought a Panda PAU09. Plugged it in and was
recognized immediately. I was then able to lock it in to 5GHz.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7
PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1  3050 5715 B88D 6F6
B B6E7

On Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 12:50 PM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Rich.
>
> --
> Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
> Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
> PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7
> PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1  3050 5715 B88D 6F6
> B B6E7
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 12:46 PM Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:38:21 -0400
>> Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I have an elderly usb wifi adapter that works fine but it is on the
>> > slow side and only 2.4GHz. I tried a netgear AC1200, but I was not
>> > able to get the drivers loaded on fedora and not really worth the
>> > effort. Since I only have wifi in this house, I would prefer a better
>> > wifi adapter. Any recommendations.
>>
>> None of the thumb-drive type USB adapters have 5GHz worth bothering
>> with (if at all). If you really need 5GHz then you will need something
>> like the Panda PAU09. But if you just need a reliable 802.11n dongle
>> then the Panda PAU05 is good.
>>
>> --
>> Rich Pieri
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>>
>

From gaf.linux at gmail.com  Thu Sep  9 15:28:39 2021
From: gaf.linux at gmail.com (Jerry Feldman)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 15:28:39 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, September 15,
 2021 - Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette,
 and Transitioning from PGP/GnuPG
Message-ID: <36006745-ec2d-c7ca-f086-d3f2aa72297d@gmail.com>

When: September 15, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, and Transitioning from 
PGP/GnuPG
Moderator: Bill Ricker

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/fbghHGtdkg4

Summary:

Bill's annual crypto and security roundup

Abstract:

Bill reviews the year in crypto news, shares some crypto history, and 
discusses current best practices for crypto.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux at gmail.com>>
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From kkeville at mit.edu  Tue Sep 21 12:12:43 2021
From: kkeville at mit.edu (Kurt L Keville)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:12:43 +0000
Subject: [Discuss] Please join us at the OpenSuperComputing BoF
Message-ID: <1632240762299.27101@mit.edu>

... at IEEE HPEC on Wednesday.
We will have Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon (University of Utah) speak on the Open-Source FPGA Foundation on Wednesday at 5:30 PM EST.
There is a free registration option if you haven't signed up yet. Please feel free to forward the invite.

Kurt Keville
http://www.ieee-hpec.org/?

From boumanmcc at mykolab.com  Sun Sep 26 14:53:24 2021
From: boumanmcc at mykolab.com (MC)
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 14:53:24 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Off Topic and Proud of It: Untraceable Garage Door
 Openers: No Alexa, No Siri, no nothing
Message-ID: <b7db0bff78098bf65c67187450474ea6@mykolab.com>

Okay...this is off-topic, but i'm sick and tired of living under 
surveillance in this country and i'm not gonna tolerate the new NSA 
stunt: I can't buy a garage door opener without it having the option for 
a Siri or Alexa authorization. I just want a stupid motorized 
door......ANY SUGGESTIONS????

From dsr at randomstring.org  Sun Sep 26 15:29:50 2021
From: dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:29:50 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Off Topic and Proud of It: Untraceable Garage Door
 Openers: No Alexa, No Siri, no nothing
In-Reply-To: <b7db0bff78098bf65c67187450474ea6@mykolab.com>
References: <b7db0bff78098bf65c67187450474ea6@mykolab.com>
Message-ID: <20210926192950.nnmf7bzbwsq5gxks@randomstring.org>

MC wrote: 
> Okay...this is off-topic, but i'm sick and tired of living under
> surveillance in this country and i'm not gonna tolerate the new NSA stunt: I
> can't buy a garage door opener without it having the option for a Siri or
> Alexa authorization. I just want a stupid motorized door......ANY
> SUGGESTIONS????

It took me not quite a minute to go to homedepot.com and
discover they have 11 kinds of garage door openers in stock in
Waltham, and 5 of them are not "smart" units.

So you have at least five to choose from, starting at $128.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Chamberlain-1-2-HP-Heavy-Duty-Chain-Drive-Garage-Door-Opener-D2101/316307826#product-overview

Three in stock right now.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Genie-QuietLift-750-3-4-HPc-Ultra-Quiet-Belt-Drive-Garage-Door-Opener-1055-TKV/310599562#product-overview

Four in stock, optional "smart" addon but it's not included

etc.

-dsr-

From mark at buttery.org  Sun Sep 26 15:30:09 2021
From: mark at buttery.org (=?UTF-8?B?U2hpcmxleSBNw6FycXVleiBEw7psY2V5?=)
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:30:09 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Off Topic and Proud of It: Untraceable Garage Door
 Openers: No Alexa, No Siri, no nothing
In-Reply-To: <b7db0bff78098bf65c67187450474ea6@mykolab.com>
References: <b7db0bff78098bf65c67187450474ea6@mykolab.com>
Message-ID: <CAMdng5v3TM-tUa_b8=m-8BbGkq=UrDckcYXvk7VTzLA+TtrUrw@mail.gmail.com>

The smart home connectivity seems to be an optional add-on for a few of the
low end openers. Aside from that, your best bets are likely to be a used
opener or a new old stock one that is sitting around at an old school
hardware store, rather than a chain store like Home Depot or Lowe's.

On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 2:54 PM MC <boumanmcc at mykolab.com> wrote:

> Okay...this is off-topic, but i'm sick and tired of living under
> surveillance in this country and i'm not gonna tolerate the new NSA
> stunt: I can't buy a garage door opener without it having the option for
> a Siri or Alexa authorization. I just want a stupid motorized
> door......ANY SUGGESTIONS????
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>

From eric.chadbourne at icloud.com  Mon Sep 27 09:03:03 2021
From: eric.chadbourne at icloud.com (Eric Chadbourne)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:03:03 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] Off Topic and Proud of It: Untraceable Garage Door
	Openers: No Alexa, No Siri, no nothing
In-Reply-To: <b7db0bff78098bf65c67187450474ea6@mykolab.com>
References: <b7db0bff78098bf65c67187450474ea6@mykolab.com>
Message-ID: <02827F7F-CD7D-4AD4-8A28-65BA1102F342@icloud.com>

You can always make your own.  Could probably do it over the weekend.  Might be a fun project.  

Eric
Chadbourne Consulting

> On Sep 26, 2021, at 2:54 PM, MC <boumanmcc at mykolab.com> wrote:
> 
> ?Okay...this is off-topic, but i'm sick and tired of living under surveillance in this country and i'm not gonna tolerate the new NSA stunt: I can't buy a garage door opener without it having the option for a Siri or Alexa authorization. I just want a stupid motorized door......ANY SUGGESTIONS????
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

From jdm at moylan.us  Mon Sep 27 19:52:20 2021
From: jdm at moylan.us (dan moylan)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:52:20 -0400
Subject: [Discuss] chrome help
Message-ID: <YVJZNKGbOb0kblsj@alphacent.localdomain>


i've been using chrome as my default browser for some time,
but recently two things have changed (for the worse) and i
have been unable to figure out how to change them back.

1. password auto fill: i'm asked whether to save or not as
usual, so i say yes, but autofill doesn't work.  i see the
passwords under google, but not under settings.

2. i used to be able to select the application used when
clicking on files, such as pdf or midi.  now when i click on
pdf it shows ok, but midi file just download.  i can no
longer find the link to select the application.

any help would be appreciated.

tia,
ole dan

j. daniel moylan
84 harvard ave
brookline, ma 02446-6202
617-777-0207 (cel)
jdm at moylan.us
www.moylan.us
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