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free software maintainer complaints
by Brian E. Lavender 02 Oct '26

02 Oct '26

LibXml2 seems to be one of those un glorious packages to maintain. I saw the following posted by a project maintainer. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/913 His observations on disclosing security vulnerabilities seem to be interesting. Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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updated mailing list server
by Brian E. Lavender 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

This thing still working? Test Test 123 I will have to start working on upgrading this thing. I tried upgrading before and it failed... I am not sure why it failed. Mailman 3 config is a little tricky. I cloned the VM when I attempted to upgrade and rolled back... -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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Tailscale
by Gary 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

It turns out, my network router and connection are really old. I'm not sure what will be available in my zip. Does anyone have experience with Tailscale?

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Re: Tailscale
by Gary 23 Jun '26

23 Jun '26

TNX! On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 07:14:35PM -0700, Barrett wrote: > When I can afford it, DYNDNS service or business class internet with 1 fixed > IP. > > -Barrett > > On 6/22/26 07:41, Gary wrote: > > How do you make a connection in? > > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 01:01:30AM -0700, Barrett wrote: > > > I have a fully functional intranet at home. DNS, KODI, NTP, in-house > > > (literally) Cloud services. I don't have fiber or even reliable internet > > > connections. But my connection out does have a gnarly firewall and VPN > > > running.\ > > > > > > -Barrett > > > > > > On 6/20/26 11:25 PM, Gary wrote: > > > > Are any of you running servers at home? What kind of a plan to you have? I'm looking at a business plan just so I can have an IP address. I"ve been on an old DSL plan for so long, things have really changed. > > > > > > > > There is no fiber where I'm located, so I'm pretty sure my best option is some kind of a 5G router. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 01:48:16PM -0700, Gary wrote: > > > > > It turns out, my network router and connection are really old. > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what will be available in my zip. > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have experience with Tailscale? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Lug-nuts mailing list -- lug-nuts(a)bigbrie.com > > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to lug-nuts-leave(a)bigbrie.com

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Re: Tailscale
by Gary 22 Jun '26

22 Jun '26

How do you make a connection in? On Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 01:01:30AM -0700, Barrett wrote: > I have a fully functional intranet at home. DNS, KODI, NTP, in-house > (literally) Cloud services. I don't have fiber or even reliable internet > connections. But my connection out does have a gnarly firewall and VPN > running.\ > > -Barrett > > On 6/20/26 11:25 PM, Gary wrote: > > Are any of you running servers at home? What kind of a plan to you have? I'm looking at a business plan just so I can have an IP address. I"ve been on an old DSL plan for so long, things have really changed. > > > > There is no fiber where I'm located, so I'm pretty sure my best option is some kind of a 5G router. > > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 01:48:16PM -0700, Gary wrote: > > > It turns out, my network router and connection are really old. > > > > > > I'm not sure what will be available in my zip. > > > > > > Does anyone have experience with Tailscale? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Lug-nuts mailing list -- lug-nuts(a)bigbrie.com > > > To unsubscribe send an email to lug-nuts-leave(a)bigbrie.com

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meetup Tuesday
by Brian E. Lavender 16 Jun '26

16 Jun '26

See you at Kupros https://www.saclug.org/articles/2026/june-2026.html 6:30 - 830 1217 21st Street Sacramento, CA 95811 Social. Tim got me excited about the Emacs config for using Clojure. It's in the "Clojure for the Brave and True" book. Emacs rules. Brian -- Brian Lavender https://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture

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Moving beyond fork() + exec()
by Kevin B 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

Interesting https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1076018/16f01bbbb8e0d1f0/

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