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Xen Containers
by Brian E. Lavender 13 May '26

13 May '26

Some interesting slides, especially considering the recent back_door/copy_fail, etc. "Xen Containers: Better way to run Docker Containers" https://events.static.linuxfound.org/sites/events/files/slides/Xen_Containe… 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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convert lvm to btrfs
by Brian E. Lavender 10 May '26

10 May '26

I was thinking that this is probably possible and I searched the interweb to find this article. Convert your filesystem to Btrfs https://fedoramagazine.org/convert-your-filesystem-to-btrfs/ -- 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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Fedora 44 is out
by Brian E. Lavender 28 Apr '26

28 Apr '26

I just updated a laptop today to F44. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44/ -- 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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April social meetup
by Brian E. Lavender 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

We will meet at the Raley's on Freeport again. See you there. https://www.saclug.org/articles/2026/april-2026.html When: Tue April 21, 2026 06:30 PM to 09:00 PM Raley's Store 415 4690 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento CA, 95822 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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lugod
by Brian E. Lavender 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

Anybody know what happened to Lugod? The site is down. I wonder if the domain expired? 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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March meeting at Raley's March 17th
by Brian E. Lavender 06 Apr '26

06 Apr '26

See everyone there! It's on St. Patrick's day. No alcohol is allowed on the mezzanine, except for when they serve it. It should be quiet! https://www.saclug.org/articles/2026/march-2026.html I have details on installing custom modules on Fedora using secure boot. I also have auto snapshots configured for btrfs. 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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happy Pi Day
by Brian E. Lavender 15 Mar '26

15 Mar '26

π -- 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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anyone heard from Charles Polisher?
by Brian E. Lavender 23 Feb '26

23 Feb '26

Has anyone heard from Chuck? I regularly keep in contact with him often by phone, but he stopped answering his calls and hasn't responded to email. The last I spoke with him was Dec 28. He moved to Oregon several years back and I don't have his street address. 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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Re: Systemd
by Kevin Brisson 18 Feb '26

18 Feb '26

Gary, computers are hard and shouldn't be used by retired folks. :) Run it like below, it will load last. Use AI for docs - much easier and faster than our brains. Type=idle Behavior of idle is very similar to simple; however, actual execution of the service program is delayed until all active jobs are dispatched. This may be used to avoid interleaving the output of shell services with the status output on the console. Note that this type is useful only to improve console output, it is not useful as a general unit ordering tool, and the effect of this service type is subject to a 5s timeout, after which the service program is invoked anyway. https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.service.html Kevin

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Social meetup this Tuesday at Raley's on Freeport
by Brian E. Lavender 17 Feb '26

17 Feb '26

We will meet at the Raley's on he mezzanine level at 630pm. https://www.saclug.org/articles/2026/february-2026.html This location is accessible via the SacRT Route 62. See you there. 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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