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Hello Ubuntuers:

Over the years, I've taken measures to keep my privacy that include:\
using Ubuntu,
using a VPN, and
using cloud storage on a Swiss server, and
getting most of my family...

Hi TheFu and Btinde:

Thanks so much for your considered advice and suggestions. I do appreciate them.

I've read, and re-read, and re-read them.

The remark from TheFu that I understood was
...

Hello again TheFu: I have to use a wifi extender in my house, otherwise, we don't get cell service in most of the house.

Hello TheFu:

Thanks again for your reply. You certainly have taken good care of me over the years.



I think that something like that was suggested, and I didn't understand it, and...

Hello Forum People:

I have

a server that is connected to my home network via a wired connection,
several other client computers that are connected to the home network via wired connections,...

Hello MAFoElffen:

My sincere apologies for this very delayed response to your request.

You may recall my asking the forum for help with

doing a ssh-copy-id from a computer wired to my home...

Hello Forum People:

I want to consider installing a version of Ubuntu that fully encrypts my computer.... and I've got a few questions.

Question 1: if that computer has several other ssds...

Hello MAFoElffen:

Thank you for you for your reply.

I have studied the approach you've described previous to making my post. Thank you for confirming that I'm on the right path.

In my study...

I can ping all computers connected to the network by a cable... except the one connected by wifi.

The method I used to find the IP address of the computer is from the paragraph entitled, Check for...

Hello Ubuntuers:

I'm in the process of copying ssh keys to some of my computers.

when I copy them to computers that are connected to my network with a cable, the files get transfered nicely.
...

Hi The Fu:

You wrote: "I have some notes for setting up my root-equiv accounts and getting the ssh-keys setup correct, but I won't post them here."

Golly! Is there a secret handshake?

Hi TheFu:

I haven't been to ALE in 20 years!

I checked the website https://ale.org/ . Cool that is is a jitsi meet! I sort of liked meeting down at Emory.

Hello The Fu:

You wrote, "rdiff-backup really needs to run as root, which means on the client and the server, whether the backups are push or pull, you'll need all these setups to be for the...

Thanks, TheFu.

Thanks for the help, and especially for the one on root-equivalent accounts.

I've gotta rake leaves and will get back to you soon about the exact code I'll use on the "pull"...

Hello Forums:

I have several computers at my home.

Some of them are connected to my home network by a cable and others are connected by wifi.

One of them, lucy.van.pelt , will act as the...

Hello Forum Heros:

I've got a json file that contains the url, logon id, and password for all of the sites I have an account on.

In general, what tool can I uses to read that json file so that...

Thanks.

Is it true that snaps do not get updated??

Hello Ubuntuers:

Musescore is a music notation program for Windows, macOS, and Linux (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MuseScore).

Currently, the version of musescore available in the Ubuntu...

Dear Ubuntu Friends:

I have disassembled the laptop and have declared it bricked.

I sure wish I knew what I did to it to make it briked!!

Old JImma

Hello Ubuntu Forum Respondents:

Reply to MaFoElffen: I inserted the start up USB, and got the system to the boot menu. From there I choose the USB HDD .... that's the live USB that I know works...

Hello Communty:

My laptop is bricked.

Here is what happened:

I removed software,
as a consquence, the laptop would no longer boot,
I got help here with that.... but things went wrong,...

Hello oldfred:

I found and downloaded and created a live cd of 64bit boot repair.

Then, I inserted the thumb drive and restarted.... it booted into the boot repair "desktop."

I clicked on...

Hi oldfred:

You requested that I run bootrepair.

Had a little trouble with that and did some research to see whether I could overcome the problem.
THere are 2 ways of running boot repair that...

Hi oldfred:

I deleted all HDD and CD except for 1.

After attempting a restart and pressing f7, I get a boot menu with the USB HDD listed. THis is the thumb drive that the ubuntu iso is on.
...

Hi oldfred:

Thanks for your reply. Here are answers to your questions:

Qustion 1: Does system have 4 HDDs abd 3 CD drives? Or are these entries just provided, so if in future you do have them?...