@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

We recently had a thread that looked into Windows 2016 licensing. Anyone know where that is? I can't find it.

this one? https://mangolassi.it/topic/10898/windows-server-2016-pricing

Just got my EdgeRouter in this morning!

@dafyre said in Weekend Plans:

@brianlittlejohn said in Weekend Plans:

@RojoLoco I'm watching the new season of Longmire this weekend!

I'm just about to start watching Season 3.

Season 3 was pretty good!

@RojoLoco I'm watching the new season of Longmire this weekend!

Test?

@Dashrender Let us know how the 10Gteck GBICs work. I've looked at those before, just didn't pull the trigger to purchase

I know in my experience, the GBIC cards that work with the EdgeSwitches are hit or miss on compatibility.

From the specs it should work. Make sure it has a good return policy on the one for the edgeswitch.

Just purchased an EdgeRouter for the office

I have used the EdgeSwitches and really like them, replacing my Cisco switches with those as I need to upgrade/replace. Haven't had a chance to use the unifi switches yet. Its on my list to purchase to try out when I find some extra money (haha).

@art_of_shred said in Preparing for the storm:

@MattSpeller said in Preparing for the storm:

@DustinB3403 said in Preparing for the storm:

I'm curious if these cruise ships (if any) would have drastically reduced pricing for the duration of the storm.

Like catch a cruise liner for 3-5 days all out at sea the entire time, they have to be out anyways, maybe make a vacation of it.

Since the businesses in the area are gonna be closed anyways..

How seasick you get is directly related to how tall a ship is. Just FYI

...and what deck level you're on, I would think. (determining the length of the inverted pendulum in the sway)

I always stay on a lower deck when I go on a cruise

@scottalanmiller I 1x10 is the most that a single Datacenter license will cover... I read that somewhere but don't remember where

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

https://freedompenguin.com/articles/opinion/mom-runs-linux/

Interesting read.

I saw Scott's post of this yesterday.

I'm really curious what this admittedly non user did in Linux that made her life so much better than it was in Windows 7?

Sorry for the repost. It seems like she really started to experiment with the desktop after Linux was installed. That very well could have been because she didn't have the time or inclination to do it previously. Or that Linux encourages that kind of experimentation.

Oh don't be

I seriously doubt Linux encouraged her to start doing more. Is it possible, sure, likely? I don't think so. I'm not really sure what we are suppose to learn from this article. As Scott would say, it's a red herring. OK maybe not a complete red herring, but definitely not as awe inspiring as it might appear on the surface.

We have a user who uses their computer for the barest essentials, minor web surfing and email. After 5 years it's the cleanest Windows 7 PC he's probably ever seen. Along comes Windows 10 upgrade and it breaks the computer. Instead of resolving that, the writer decides to have his mother try Linux instead. Considering the type of user she is, I fully expect it to work perfectly well. He setup FireFox and Thunderbird, the two main apps she already had experience with. At some future time she decided that she wanted to start scanning photos and working on a family tree. What does that have to do with the OS?

I'm glad she was able to continue to function, but at the same time it's entirely likely that had he fixed her Windows 10 issues that she would have functioned identically there - still calling to figure out how to scan, how to convert a document (assuming he moved her to LibreOffice on Windows), etc.

Maybe the big difference is... needing to fix things versus having them just work.

How is Linux Mint running on your RoG? lol

@mlnews said in My Mom Runs Linux from Freedom Penguin:

https://freedompenguin.com/articles/opinion/mom-runs-linux/
They are lost from the "start"...,

Favorite line!

Probably not... They also just released 10.1 Public Beta 1. I imagine the backup encryption fix will be in the 10.1 release. But it is just speculation.

@dafyre The amateur class is real easy to get, read through the material from fcc a couple of times the night before I took the test.

@dafyre Good luck with that... I didn't have any options when I got mine... it was just assigned to me.

@dafyre said in Weekend Plans:

@brianlittlejohn said in Weekend Plans:

@gjacobse said in Weekend Plans:

Weekend plans were to go to the local HamFest to see what I could come up with. I need some coax and other misc parts. However that was changed as I'll be solo for a football game and other normal tasks while my wife is off doing CE ... sigh what is point in planning something six months out if someone goes and changes it 3 weeks prior....

What's your call sign? Mine is KF5CCF

I gotta get mine now that I can hear again... You still have to do Morse to get your Ham license?

...and does anybody remember W4BKK ?

You no longer need Morse Code for the Amateur Class license... Im not positive on the higher classes.

@gjacobse said in Weekend Plans:

Weekend plans were to go to the local HamFest to see what I could come up with. I need some coax and other misc parts. However that was changed as I'll be solo for a football game and other normal tasks while my wife is off doing CE ... sigh what is point in planning something six months out if someone goes and changes it 3 weeks prior....

What's your call sign? Mine is KF5CCF

Just installed a Crucial M300 SSD in my laptop... HDD started giving signs of failure during Mangocon.