Printer recommendations for Debian (was: Just a simple question)

> I am great friend of "Brother" printers. They are cheap and reliable and they > are well supported by linux. Brother is offering deb packages for installing > or a linu script, which is downloading and installing these packages > automatically. Of course, that means you're at the mercy of Br

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 9:06 AM Tom Browder wrote: > [...] > > I’m too lazy at the moment to self-host. Anyone suggest a provider that is in > the US? Ionos is reasonable. A machine with 2 cpu cores and 4 GB RAM costs about % US. But you have to pay monthly, which means they keep your credit car

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 14:55 Tom Browder wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 08:06 Michael Grant > … I’m too lazy at the moment to self-host. Anyone suggest a provider that is in the US? -Tom

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On 2024-08-16 21:14, Stefan Monnier wrote: > AFAIU there's also `radicale` (which, contrary to `davical` is also > supported by FreedomBox). I installed radicale a while ago, it was easy, painless, and I haven't touched it since. From my notes. I followed these instructions: https://www.howtofo

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On 2024-08-16 21:14, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> You can use davical[1]. While it focuses on caldav, it also supports carddav. > > AFAIU there's also `radicale` (which, contrary to `davical` is also > supported by FreedomBox). > > also, Nextcloud ships a CardDAV backend for users to store and shar

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 12:36 Dan Ritter wrote: > Michael Kj??rling wrote: > > On 14 Aug 2024 21:22 -0600, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com > (Charles Curley): ... I don't really need any Linux support as long as the app supports Gmail and Google contacts. -Tom

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

> You can use davical[1]. While it focuses on caldav, it also supports carddav. AFAIU there's also `radicale` (which, contrary to `davical` is also supported by FreedomBox). Stefan

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

You can use davical[1]. While it focuses on caldav, it also supports carddav. [1] https://wiki.davical.org/index.php?title=CardDAV On August 15, 2024 9:31:39 AM CDT, Tom Browder wrote: >On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 08:04 Charles Curley < >charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 15 Aug 20

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 08:04 Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:36:02 + > Michael Kjörling wrote: > > > I too was going to suggest Nextcloud; with the caveat that I don't see > > the server portion in the Debian Bookworm repos (though it is free

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

Michael Kj??rling wrote: > On 14 Aug 2024 21:22 -0600, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com (Charles > Curley): > >> I am looking at Contacts+ as a possible solution. Has anyone had any > >> good experience with it, or do you have a better solution to > >> recommend? > > > > Take a look at Nextc

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:36:02 + Michael Kjörling wrote: > I too was going to suggest Nextcloud; with the caveat that I don't see > the server portion in the Debian Bookworm repos (though it is free and > open source). I sit corrected. Nextcloud itself is not in the Debian repos, although a nu

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On 14 Aug 2024 21:22 -0600, from charlescur...@charlescurley.com (Charles Curley): >> I am looking at Contacts+ as a possible solution. Has anyone had any >> good experience with it, or do you have a better solution to >> recommend? > > Take a look at Nextcloud. Open source, free, available in De

Re: Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:11:07 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > I am looking at Contacts+ as a possible solution. Has anyone had any > good experience with it, or do you have a better solution to > recommend? Take a look at Nextcloud. Open source, free, available in Debian repos, syncs with IOS and Mac

Cross-platform contacts program/app recommendations?

I've been using Gmail and iOS contacts for years, and they are supposed to synch; but neither has worked very well for me, except when I use the Google Contacts on my Debian PC or laptop. I am looking at Contacts+ as a possible solution. Has anyone had any good experience with it, or do you have a

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Friday 09 February 2024 04:41:37 pm hw wrote: > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 11:34 -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > On Friday 09 February 2024 06:07:16 am hw wrote: > > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > > > > I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC an

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On Fri 09 Feb 2024 at 22:28:28 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > When you live on a power grid, extended outages are much less common than > when on > or near waterfront or political boundaries. Most of Florida's population has > no > out-of-state neighbors to share utilities with, making its grid mo

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On Sat, 2024-02-10 at 18:40 +, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:45:29 +0100 > hw wrote: > > > > > > The cheap APC models seem to produce a lot more heat, and their > > batteries don't seem to last as long. They work and they're not > > really a good deal. I don't have test equipment fo

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On 2/10/24 13:40, Joe wrote: On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:45:29 +0100 hw wrote: The cheap APC models seem to produce a lot more heat, and their batteries don't seem to last as long. They work and they're not really a good deal. I don't have test equipment for UPCs, but you can feel how warm they

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On Sat, 2024-02-10 at 08:57 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > hw composed on 2024-02-10 11:01 (UTC+0100): > > > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 22:28 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > > > Those from the above URL are the same spec batteries used in many APC > > > models. > > > Maybe, maybe not. I couldn't get rep

Re: Home UPS recommendations

hw composed on 2024-02-10 11:01 (UTC+0100): > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 22:28 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> Those from the above URL are the same spec batteries used in many APC models. > Maybe, maybe not. I couldn't get replacement batteries for the UPS > from HP not only because HP was so ridiculo

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 22:28 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > hw composed on 2024-02-10 03:18 (UTC+0100): > [...] > > Well, having batteries shipped over from the US would probably cost > > more than a new UPS. > > They are made in China. Surely there are UK sellers. It might be cheaper to ship them fr

Re: Home UPS recommendations

hw composed on 2024-02-10 03:18 (UTC+0100): > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 18:51 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> hw composed on 2024-02-09 22:45 (UTC+0100): >> [...] >>> Hm, Powercom doesn't seem to exist here, but Eaton seems to have good >>> prices. How's the battery availability with Eaton? >>

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 18:51 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > hw composed on 2024-02-09 22:45 (UTC+0100): > [...] > > Hm, Powercom doesn't seem to exist here, but Eaton seems to have good > > prices. How's the battery availability with Eaton? > >

Re: Home UPS recommendations

Stefan Monnier composed on 2024-02-09 12:18 (UTC-0500): >>> What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? >> I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC and has >> 2-1/2 times the capabiliity. Been in service several weeks and so far I'm >> pretty happy with it... > Woul

Re: Home UPS recommendations

hw composed on 2024-02-09 22:45 (UTC+0100): > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 12:10 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> hw composed on 2024-02-09 12:07 (UTC+0100): >> > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? >> I bought my first APC just last year, because it was what I found on the >> shelf in >> Wa

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

hw wrote: > On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 06:44 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > > hw wrote: > > > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > > > [...] > > > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > > > products, and it makes APC not recommendable any longer. > > > > > > W

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 12:10 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > hw composed on 2024-02-09 12:07 (UTC+0100): > > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > > I bought my first APC just last year, because it was what I found on the > shelf in > WalMart, only 450VA, with "Best-in-class Service an

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 11:34 -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Friday 09 February 2024 06:07:16 am hw wrote: > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > > I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC and > has 2-1/2 times the capabiliity. Been in service sever

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 06:44 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > hw wrote: > > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > > [...] > > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > > products, and it makes APC not recommendable any longer. > > > > What other manufacturers cou

Re: Home UPS recommendations

Felix Miata wrote: > hw composed on 2024-02-09 12:07 (UTC+0100): > > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > > I bought my first APC just last year, because it was what I found on > the shelf in WalMart, only 450VA, with "Best-in-class Service and > Support", more to protect bedro

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

>> What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC and has > 2-1/2 times the capabiliity. Been in service several weeks and so far I'm > pretty happy with it... Would they accept a warranty claim without having to run some propri

Re: Home UPS recommendations

hw composed on 2024-02-09 12:07 (UTC+0100): > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? I bought my first APC just last year, because it was what I found on the shelf in WalMart, only 450VA, with "Best-in-class Service and Support", more to protect bedroom TV and recorder against anomalie

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Friday 09 February 2024 06:07:16 am hw wrote: > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? I have a Tripp-Lite sitting next to me here that replaced an APC and has 2-1/2 times the capabiliity. Been in service several weeks and so far I'm pretty happy with it... -- Member of the tou

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

hw wrote: > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > > [...] > That sucks. I didn't know that they don't stand behind their > products, and it makes APC not recommendable any longer. > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? Liebert at the high end, CyberPower at the lo

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:29 +, Andy Smith wrote: > [...] > Someone on the apcupsd mailing list thinks I have a faulty UPS or > battery and should get a replacement. > > APC refuses to proceed with a warranty claim because they don't > support apcupsd or nut, only their own proprietary Powerchu

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On 8 Feb 2024 16:34 -, from cu...@free.fr (Curt): > I wonder if he could run the app on one of these virtual machines for > evaluation purposes: Using an evaluation copy of Windows with USB pass-through might be the easiest way to run APC's proprietary software. Or since that's an option, jus

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On 2024-02-08, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:29:21 + > Andy Smith wrote: > >> I do not overly want to buy a Windows licence, run it >> in a VM and pass USB through to that VM just to try this. > > You could try wine. You might need the more recent crossover-office, > which is

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:29:21 + Andy Smith wrote: > I do not overly want to buy a Windows licence, run it > in a VM and pass USB through to that VM just to try this. You could try wine. You might need the more recent crossover-office, which is proprietary (but contributes greatly to wine). --

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

Hello, On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 06:55:04PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > So, I must admit, I am quite tempted by BX1600MI which would cost me > about £183. The equivalent spec in the Pro range is more than twice > this price. [ TL;DR: While free software like apcupsd or nut support all APC models t

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync--delete-after)

On 1/28/24 13:55, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, Thanks, this is very useful. On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 06:58:08PM +0100, hw wrote: However, stay away from their cheap models as seen on this[1] picture (Back UPS). They work and you can replace the batteries yourself even though you're not supposed to.

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

Hi, Thanks, this is very useful. On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 06:58:08PM +0100, hw wrote: > However, stay away from their cheap models as seen on this[1] picture > (Back UPS). They work and you can replace the batteries yourself even > though you're not supposed to. It's a minimum basic device. It

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Fri, 2024-01-26 at 15:17 +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:11:39PM +0100, hw wrote: > > I've never had issues with any UPS due to self tests. The batteries > > need to be replaced when they are worn out. How often that is > > required depends on the UPS and the con

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024, David Wright wrote: On Fri 26 Jan 2024 at 19:03:33 (+0100), Roger Price wrote: I currently have two Eaton Ellipse ECO 1600's. ... The four screws are deeply recessed and difficult to see. They have different heads: some are Torx 10, others are a star. 20/20 hindsight m

Re: Home UPS recommendations

ghe2001 wrote: > Take a look at Tripp Lite: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripp_Lite > > I used them for years to back up a small domain -- they make > sine-wave electricity. One of the references in the wikipedia article looked interesting: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2472189/a

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Fri 26 Jan 2024 at 19:03:33 (+0100), Roger Price wrote: > I currently have two Eaton Ellipse ECO 1600's. I change the batteries > every 4-5 years, but this is not as easy as it should be. It is not > evident that only one of the four back panel screws needs to be > removed. I took me a while

Re: Home UPS recommendations

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Take a look at Tripp Lite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripp_Lite I used them for years to back up a small domain -- they make sine-wave electricity. -- Glenn English -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: ProtonMail wsBzBAEBCAAnBYJltAY/CZCf1

Re: Home UPS recommendations

Andy Smith composed on 2024-01-26 10:17 (UTC-0500): > On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:11:39PM +0100, hw wrote: >> I've never had issues with any UPS due to self tests. The batteries >> need to be replaced when they are worn out. How often that is >> required depends on the UPS and the conditions it

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024, Andy Smith wrote: Out of interest what brand of UPS do you recommend for home use that has easily-replaceable batteries every 3–5 years? For a load of about 300W. I currently have two Eaton Ellipse ECO 1600's. I change the batteries every 4-5 years, but this is not as ea

Re: Home UPS recommendations

I, too, have always used APC. I've heard people swear by APC, and I've heard people swear *at* APC. I've had reason to do both, myself (and I won't elaborate on either). -- James H. H. Lampert

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On Fri, 2024-01-26 at 15:37 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 26 Jan 2024 15:17 +, from a...@strugglers.net (Andy Smith): > > Out of interest what brand of UPS do you recommend for home use that > > has easily-replaceable batteries every 3–5 years? For a load of > > about 300W. > > I would s

Re: Home UPS recommendations

On 26 Jan 2024 15:17 +, from a...@strugglers.net (Andy Smith): > Out of interest what brand of UPS do you recommend for home use that > has easily-replaceable batteries every 3–5 years? For a load of > about 300W. I would suggest to look at the free-standing floor-/tower-model APC _Back-UPS Pr

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:11:39PM +0100, hw wrote: >> I've never had issues with any UPS due to self tests. The batteries >> need to be replaced when they are worn out. How often that is >> required depends on the UPS and the conditions it is wor

Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

Hi, On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:11:39PM +0100, hw wrote: > I've never had issues with any UPS due to self tests. The batteries > need to be replaced when they are worn out. How often that is > required depends on the UPS and the conditions it is working in, > usually every 3--5 years. Out of int

Re: OT: Protecting electrical equipment; was: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 8/1/23 18:46, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 1:09 PM gene heskett > wrote: On 8/1/23 11:03, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 2:40 AM Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net >

Re: OT: Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 7/31/23 20:47, Tom Browder wrote: On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 13:28 john doe wrote: On 7/31/23 19:23, Tom Browder wrote: ... Any recommenndations from fellow Debian folks? I have two APC and I'm pretty happy with those. Would you mind saying the model numbers? Do they have replaceable

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

>> On Tue, 01 Aug 2023 03:47:28 -0400, >> David may have said: > What everybody seems to be doing is catering to surge, when a low > spike can do just as much damage. Both need to be protected against, > so any protective appliance selection has to consider that. Liebert protects against powe

Re: OT: Protecting electrical equipment; was: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 1:09 PM gene heskett wrote: > On 8/1/23 11:03, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 2:40 AM Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net > > > wrote: > > > > On 31 Jul 2023 15:21 -0400, from songb...@anthive.com > >

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 15:19 Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > On Monday 31 July 2023 07:47:14 pm Charles Curley wrote: > > Replacement batteries from APC are expensive compared to buying > > elsewhere, but they come with return shipping for the exhausted battery > > so they can recycle it. Roy, an

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Monday 31 July 2023 07:47:14 pm Charles Curley wrote: > Replacement batteries from APC are expensive compared to buying > elsewhere, but they come with return shipping for the exhausted battery > so they can recycle it. OTOH local recycling places give me cash for exhausted lead-acid batteries

Re: OT: Protecting electrical equipment; was: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 8/1/23 11:03, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 2:40 AM Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net > wrote: On 31 Jul 2023 15:21 -0400, from songb...@anthive.com (songbird): >   i do not run things for long w

Re: OT: Protecting electrical equipment; was: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 2:40 AM Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > On 31 Jul 2023 15:21 -0400, from songb...@anthive.com (songbird): > > i do not run things for long when the power goes out > > but the capacity for my needs is plenty and then i shut > > down in an orderly fashion.

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Tue, 1 Aug 2023, Karl Vogel wrote:   I give a solid vote to Liebert.  I had a near-miss lightning strike   a few nights ago, and all it did was make my display go out for about   a second.  It came right back, session intact, didn't lose a thing. My place took a direct hit from a lightning s

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Tue, 2023-08-01 at 03:14 -0400, Karl Vogel wrote: > Liebert What everybody seems to be doing is catering to surge, when a low spike can do just as much damage. Both need to be protected against, so any protective appliance selection has to consider that. Cheers! -- A Kiwi in Australia, doing

Re: OT: Protecting electrical equipment; was: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 31 Jul 2023 15:21 -0400, from songb...@anthive.com (songbird): > i do not run things for long when the power goes out > but the capacity for my needs is plenty and then i shut > down in an orderly fashion. most of the time i shut down > the computer system and unplug the power cord and the

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:24:36 -0400, >> Tom Browder may have said: > All the reviews I've seen on Amazon for smaller capacity UPSs > for APC and Tripp Lite are not that great (I usually concentrate > on the one- and two-star reviews). > Any recommenndations from fellow Debian folks? > Thanks.

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:23:46 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the > battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for > awhile, but electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new > location and I need one. > > All the r

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

Tom Browder wrote: > I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I > haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but > electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new location and I need one. > > All the reviews I've seen on Amazon for smaller c

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 1/8/23 02:53, Bret Busby wrote: On 1/8/23 02:41, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 2:13 PM Tom Browder wrote: I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but electricity (now FPL)

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 1/8/23 02:41, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 2:13 PM Tom Browder wrote: I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new locati

Re: OT: Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 13:28 john doe wrote: > On 7/31/23 19:23, Tom Browder wrote: ... > > Any recommenndations from fellow Debian folks? > I have two APC and I'm pretty happy with those. Would you mind saying the model numbers? Do they have replaceable batteries? > What type of recommend

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 2:13 PM Tom Browder wrote: > > I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I > haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but > electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new location and I need one. > > All the revi

Re: OT: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 31 Jul 2023 17:35 +, from russ...@rlharris.org (Russell L. Harris): >> I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. > > Experience with APC: every one died emitting smoke That's not my experience with them (and I have three in current use, one of which is abou

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 1/8/23 01:23, Tom Browder wrote: I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new location and I need one. All the reviews I've seen on Amazon

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Mon, 31 Jul 2023, Tom Browder wrote: I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. Any recommenndations from fellow Debian folks? I use Eaton Ellipse ECO 1600's. I have replaced the batteries. The 1600 is big, but I live in an area with a lot of lightning, lon

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Take a look at: https://tripplite.eaton.com/products/ups-battery-backup-on-line-single-phase~11-56 I ran a domain for years on older Tripp Lite UPSs like these. They take wall electricity, rectify it and charge the batteries (lead-acid in mine) a

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 12:23:46PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new location and I need one. All the review

OT: Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

On 7/31/23 19:23, Tom Browder wrote: I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new location and I need one. All the reviews I've seen on Amazon fo

Recommendations for a UPS?

I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new location and I need one. All the reviews I've seen on Amazon for smaller capacity UPSs for APC and Tri

Re: installation partition recommendations

On 11/12/2022 22:01, Semih Ozlem wrote: Basically the menu that offers choices for where to boot the machine appears. If Debian or USB drive is chosen the menu comes back with no progress at all. Directory structure for UEFI boot (sdd4 in your case) depends on whether it is internal disk or

Re: installation partition recommendations

On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 03:01:24PM +, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi > > Basically the menu that offers choices for where to boot the machine > appears. If Debian or USB drive is chosen the menu comes back with no > progress at all. > Within the bios secure boot is disabled. > Hi Semih, 1. Check wh

Re: installation partition recommendations

Hi Basically the menu that offers choices for where to boot the machine appears. If Debian or USB drive is chosen the menu comes back with no progress at all. Within the bios secure boot is disabled. Charles Curley , 11 Ara 2022 Paz, 14:29 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:38:42 +00

Re: installation partition recommendations

On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:38:42 + Semih Ozlem wrote: > sdd1 is for swap > sdd2 is for boot > sdd4 is for /boot/efi > > sdd1 and sdd4 are fat32 > sdd3 is ext4 One problem I see is that sdd1 should be Linux swap, not fat32. But I doubt that that is your problem. -- Does anybody read signatures

Re: installation partition recommendations

On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 09:38:42AM +, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi everyone I am trying to install debian 11 on a 32 gb usb. > I created the following partition table > > sdd 8:48 1 28.7G 0 disk > ├─sdd1 8:49 1 1G 0 part > ├─sdd2 8:50 1 849M 0 part /media/user/NO_LABEL > ├─

Re: installation partition recommendations

Hi, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi everyone I am trying to install debian 11 on a 32 gb usb. > [...] > the installation finished giving no errors but the system wont boot from > this usb How far does booting get ? - Does EFI offer the USB stick for booting ? - Does GRUB show up but fail to find the inst

installation partition recommendations

Hi everyone I am trying to install debian 11 on a 32 gb usb. I created the following partition table sdd 8:48 1 28.7G 0 disk ├─sdd1 8:49 1 1G 0 part ├─sdd2 8:50 1 849M 0 part /media/user/NO_LABEL ├─sdd3 8:51 1 26.3G 0 part /media/user/2f83ff73-3bde-4021-99db-d6b61863

Re: SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recommendations

th 9.5mm adapter) — 6.35cm (2.5in) and 7mm). > > I read the recommendations on the > https://wiki.debian.org/SSDOptimization page. > > However, I still have some doubts: > > 1. Use ext4 or LVM partitioning? I think you have some confusion here. They are different layers in th

Re: Recommendations for data layout in case of multiple machines (Was: Re: trying to install bullseye for about 25th time)

Hello, On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 06:30:18PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: > Andy Smith writes: > > It's a way of working that's served me well for about 25 years. It's > > hard to imagine going back to having data spread all over the place. > > What do you use as your file server? Is it running 24/7 or s

Recommendations for data layout in case of multiple machines (Was: Re: trying to install bullseye for about 25th time)

Andy Smith writes: Hello, On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 11:30:26AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > For Gene, he could conceivably just rename the RAID setup that he has > mounted > under /home to some new top level mountpoint. (Although he probably has > some > scripts or similar stuff that l

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On 4/27/22 05:24, Will Mengarini wrote: * Tom Browder [22-04/27=We 05:50 -0500]: I really appreciate all the advice, but I am not going to build from scratch again [...]. Just in case anybody's discouraged that the OP won't build from scratch, I just want to say /I/ found this thread valuable

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On 4/27/22 03:50, Tom Browder wrote: On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 08:49 Christian Britz wrote: ... I really appreciate all the advice, but I am not going to build from scratch again (but I will encourage my grandchildren if they ever get interested). In that vein, the link on the modern build-your-

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

* Tom Browder [22-04/27=We 05:50 -0500]: > I really appreciate all the advice, but I am > not going to build from scratch again [...]. Just in case anybody's discouraged that the OP won't build from scratch, I just want to say /I/ found this thread valuable too. Where do you all buy parts? Alte

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 08:49 Christian Britz wrote: ... I really appreciate all the advice, but I am not going to build from scratch again (but I will encourage my grandchildren if they ever get interested). In that vein, the link on the modern build-your-own case (Fractal Design) from David wa

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On 2022-04-26 15:28 UTC+0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: > As a Debian user who considers current computer hardware should have a life > expectancy of at least 10 years, my main question w.r.t to those beasts > is what part of the hardware is supported by the vanilla Linux kernel > (since that's gen

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On 2022-04-26 10:49 UTC+0200, Jeremy Ardley wrote: > I also use a fanless home server, but it's definitely no slouch. > > My one is a NanoPi M4V2 usingRockchip RK3399 64-bit Dual Core Cortex-A72 + > Quad Core Cortex-A53 It [...] > snappy. It gets 12.47 seconds in the hardinfo n-queens test w

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:25:46AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my remote ones. I am looking at Dell's site and an almost-empty chassis with a low-end Intel, 1 TB SATA, and 8 Gb ECC RAM is in the $800 ball park. It looks very upgr

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On 26/4/22 2:56 pm, Christian Britz wrote: On 2022-04-25 23:58 UTC+0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: That's quite vague. I myself use a BananaPi as home server with good results (for my use case anyway), but I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't cover half the needs of some other people's notion of "ho

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On 2022-04-25 23:58 UTC+0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: > That's quite vague. I myself use a BananaPi as home server with good > results (for my use case anyway), but I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't > cover half the needs of some other people's notion of "home server". I agree with Stefan. I am

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On 4/25/22 18:57, Felix Miata wrote: Tom Browder composed on 2022-04-25 18:30 (UTC-0400): I'm now 78 and don't do serious building any more--I stand a good chance of frying a CPU! And I wouldn't trust any of my friends, either ;-D IMO, almost everyone who can admin a server can build one. It'

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

Tom Browder composed on 2022-04-25 18:30 (UTC-0400): > I'm now 78 and don't do serious building any more--I stand a good chance of > frying a CPU! And I wouldn't trust any of my friends, either ;-D IMO, almost everyone who can admin a server can build one. It's a lot simpler than it was 30-40 ye

Re: Recommendations for a home server running Debian Bullseye (11)?

On 4/25/22 15:30, Tom Browder wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 11:07 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:25:46AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: I am looking for a commercial grade server (for home use) to replace my remote ones. And to all others, thanks for your advice. I'm now

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