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I told you all: I am **NOT** making any endorsements! (and the timing was just grand, wasn't it?)
by Alberto Abrao 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

(this was not on their Canadian datacentre, but still...) https://twitter.com/olesovhcom/status/1369478732247932929 https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fire-destroys-ovhclouds-sbg2-dat… Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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Reminder: MUUG Online Meeting, Tonight, Mar 9, 7:30pm -- MeshCentral
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 09 Mar '21

09 Mar '21

A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on Jitsi this evening... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, March 9th, at 7:30pm: MeshCentral Following up on our recent Open Source Solutions for Remote Work series, Alberto Abrao will show how to install and use MeshCentral, a simple and efficient open source solution for management and control of computers, phones and tablets. A web portal provides the tools for managing and controlling all paired devices. The server runs on Windows, Linux, or OpenBSD. These can be hosted on cloud platforms such as Azure and Amazon EC2, or a cheap VPS instance by virtue of its light footprint. It is also suitable for self-hosting, either Internet-facing or restricted to your Local Area Network (LAN). The Agent to be installed on client devices is compatible with Windows, Linux, *BSD, MacOS, and Android. Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2021.03 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/

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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Mar 9, 7:30pm -- MeshCentral
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 02 Mar '21

02 Mar '21

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, March 9th, at 7:30pm: MeshCentral Following up on our recent Open Source Solutions for Remote Work series, Alberto Abrao will show how to install and use MeshCentral, a simple and efficient open source solution for management and control of computers, phones and tablets. A web portal provides the tools for managing and controlling all paired devices. The server runs on Windows, Linux, or OpenBSD. These can be hosted on cloud platforms such as Azure and Amazon EC2, or a cheap VPS instance by virtue of its light footprint. It is also suitable for self-hosting, either Internet-facing or restricted to your Local Area Network (LAN). The Agent to be installed on client devices is compatible with Windows, Linux, *BSD, MacOS, and Android. Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2021.03 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/

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Reminder: MUUG Online Meeting, Tonight, Feb 9, 7:30pm -- OBS Studio workflow
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 09 Feb '21

09 Feb '21

A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on Jitsi this evening... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, February 9th, at 7:30pm: OBS Studio workflow Wyatt Zacharias will give an overview of OBS Studio. Open Broadcaster Software is a free and open-source software suite that provides real-time capture, scene composition, encoding, recording and broadcasting! Have you ever noticed that some live video looks professional? They have multiple camera angles, flashy titles (not to be confused with Adobe Flash), social media tickers and clear audio, while other streams are just painful to watch and look like it's done on a shaky old cell phone? One of the possible reasons for this is the effort put into polishing the video with a software suite like OBS Studio. So whether you want to take your streaming video business presentations to the next level, enhance your gaming livestream on Twitch or similar platform, or you want to make your live webcam shows appear more professional - you do not want to miss this presentation! Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2021.02 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2

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Freedombox - self hosting appliance, open source software + hardware
by Troy Denton 08 Feb '21

08 Feb '21

https://freedombox.org/ An interesting little project for self-hosting a number of useful services. Olimex is selling an open-source hardware kit for it <https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HS…>, at around 110 canadian (before shipping, duty, etc) Not an endorsement - just something interesting that is tangentially related to the last meeting's topics. TBD if I will purchase one... -Troy

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Best free/cheap web hosting sites?
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

My wife has a small web site that has been hosted on a free hosting service called webs.com, which is going to discontinue their free hosting option at the end of March. She's looking for an alternative, preferably free, hosting service, but would also consider cheap options. This should be something user-friendly for a non-technical person to set up and maintain. Any recommendations? Thanks, Gilbert -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: 204-783-1031 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 For best service, contact <cstech(a)cs.umanitoba.ca>.

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Noisy fan
by Kevin McGregor 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

I have a noisy CPU fan. Does anyone know where I can get a reasonably priced replacement? It makes an annoying whine when above idle speed. See pic below if I can attach it. 3-pin motherboard connection. Thanks!

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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Feb 9, 7:30pm -- OBS Studio workflow
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 02 Feb '21

02 Feb '21

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, February 9th, at 7:30pm: OBS Studio workflow Wyatt Zacharias will give an overview of OBS Studio. Open Broadcaster Software is a free and open-source software suite that provides real-time capture, scene composition, encoding, recording and broadcasting! Have you ever noticed that some live video looks professional? They have multiple camera angles, flashy titles (not to be confused with Adobe Flash), social media tickers and clear audio, while other streams are just painful to watch and look like it's done on a shaky old cell phone? One of the possible reasons for this is the effort put into polishing the video with a software suite like OBS Studio. So whether you want to take your streaming video business presentations to the next level, enhance your gaming livestream on Twitch or similar platform, or you want to make your live webcam shows appear more professional - you do not want to miss this presentation! Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2021.02 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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if you work in IT... (funny)
by Trevor Cordes 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

I didn't write it, just passing it on. (Though if you really do work in IT, one would have made this a PNG instead of a probably 3-5X the size and adds-artifacts JPG. But I digress...)

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HW question
by Kevin McGregor 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

Hey would anyone like to venture an opinion? :-) Would this card: GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 6GB PCI-E w/ HDMI, Triple DP <https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX79541> (PCIe 3.0) likely work with this motherboard? ASUS M4A88T-M <https://origin-www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4A88TM/specifications/> (PCIe 2.0) I'm looking for a solution to bump up the graphics on this PC for temporary use (i.e. next year or so).

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