Decrypting old HP200lx / HP100lx / HPLX palmtop memo files [and package search]

2024-04-14 Thread Samuel Wales
[I am not subscribed to this mailing list. Is it OK to ask if you can include me on any replies or must I subscribe?] I want to decrypt my old HPLX memo [ASCII] files. I am pretty sure I remember the short password. There might have been packages that are designed for decrypting those files, or

nocache nice ionice -c3 ... chrt? for rsync.

2022-08-28 Thread Samuel Wales
i seem to get sluggish interactive x pointer etc. on rare occasions with rsync. i use nocache nice ionice -c3. i am wondering why chrt exists also, and what teh best set of options is for this kind of purpose. -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: htt

must i consider zfs or lvm for smr large drive?

2022-08-19 Thread Samuel Wales
apologies for the subject header being kind of an opinion poll rather than a question. but it is meant as a question. until now, i have avoided lvm and zfs determinedly. i have always been completely satisfied to copy some big partition rather than deal with the complexity of those. i don't wa

Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-22 Thread Samuel Wales
th no problem so great. On 3/22/22, Will Mengarini wrote: > * Samuel Wales [22-03/20=Su 23:03 -0700]: >> [...] i want debian to tell me the time at certain times. > > Nobody has yet mentioned the festival package, which is a full > text-to-speech system. Once you have that installed

simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-20 Thread Samuel Wales
i have to have all lights and monitors off at night. but i have to know the time so i can take medicine. i use slock and turn off monitor with ddccontrol. this might turn off mouse and keyboard; i wouild have to check. i want debian to tell me the time at certain times. for example tonight i h