From kc0iog at gmail.com  Thu Aug 12 08:13:58 2021
From: kc0iog at gmail.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:13:58 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] Firewall
In-Reply-To: <CAM-0Q0Sbud7Sf8JjUmNTtJfMxKHy-BYfm7Ug=x6OMaGLJJjJ5Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 7:20 PM swede <danyberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for good firewall options, I've used IPCOP for a very long
> time, considering IPFIRE now.  I'm not interested in rolling my own, I just
> don't have the time.  Any other suggestions?  Also, looking for a good wifi
> PCIe card that is compatible with whatever distro you suggest as I want to
> run Red, Green, Blue and maybe sometime in the future Orange.  I have about
> 40+ devices connected at any given moment, from gaming to home office and
> even game servers.  Thanks.
>

Swede!!  It's been a while.

I've been messing around with firewalls myself.  I've recently set up
Untangle for a client, which is a commercial-ish product (but free in most
cases) and it's very full featured.  The problem is, for myself, it
absolutely requires 6GB of RAM and I don't have any firewall box candidates
laying around with enough RAM.

I've been recently told of a product called VyOS and it looks promising.
I'm hoping to spin it up in my lab soon.

Feel free to connect with me off list, it's been too long.

Brian
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From kc0iog at gmail.com  Thu Aug 12 08:26:06 2021
From: kc0iog at gmail.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:26:06 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] Bluetooth audio on Raspbian Buster
Message-ID: <CAB3QoPmG_LLksTO4Qxxa+bLx8+689N-i9i3Tku2ngJHMqCvW7g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

I've recently been setting up a Pi as a kitchen kiosk, with pretty fair
success.  I am, however, having trouble pairing a Bluetooth speaker.

I built the Pi on an older version of Raspbian Buster (2019 maybe?) and I
got my BT speaker paired without issue.  After dist-upgrade, however, to
the latest Buster, I am now having connection problems.

I can connect to the speaker as a Bluetooth device, and the speaker shows
up in the audio control panel as an output device.  When I attempt to
select the device, however, it throws an error about PulseAudio not finding
the device (even though it's connected and listed under audio).

Does anyone have any ideas on troubleshooting?  Most of the articles I've
found are quite dated and refer to deprecated packages and nonexistent
config files.

Thanks!
Brian
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From danyberg at gmail.com  Thu Aug 12 15:30:06 2021
From: danyberg at gmail.com (swede)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:30:06 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] Firewall
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1628787601.8345.tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
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> On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 7:20 PM swede <danyberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for good firewall options, I've used IPCOP for a very long
> > time, considering IPFIRE now.  I'm not interested in rolling my own, I
> just
> > don't have the time.  Any other suggestions?  Also, looking for a good
> wifi
> > PCIe card that is compatible with whatever distro you suggest as I want
> to
> > run Red, Green, Blue and maybe sometime in the future Orange.  I have
> about
> > 40+ devices connected at any given moment, from gaming to home office and
> > even game servers.  Thanks.
> >
>
> Swede!!  It's been a while.
>
> I've been messing around with firewalls myself.  I've recently set up
> Untangle for a client, which is a commercial-ish product (but free in most
> cases) and it's very full featured.  The problem is, for myself, it
> absolutely requires 6GB of RAM and I don't have any firewall box candidates
> laying around with enough RAM.
>
> I've been recently told of a product called VyOS and it looks promising.
> I'm hoping to spin it up in my lab soon.
>
> Feel free to connect with me off list, it's been too long.
>
> Brian
>
>



> Thanks Brian, I will do that.Any other system requirements I should know?
> I have a bunch of stuff around that should have 8 gigs in it now....
>

Swede
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From ryan.coleman at cwis.biz  Fri Aug 13 10:07:48 2021
From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz (Ryan Coleman)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:07:48 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] Firewall
In-Reply-To: <CAM-0Q0Sbud7Sf8JjUmNTtJfMxKHy-BYfm7Ug=x6OMaGLJJjJ5Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM-0Q0Sbud7Sf8JjUmNTtJfMxKHy-BYfm7Ug=x6OMaGLJJjJ5Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5E3FA615-00E4-4EC6-9A04-F6D1F8C15448@cwis.biz>

If you want an out-of-the-box solution my employer has plenty of various options.

I will warn you that running drive-heavy actions on their eMMC storage devices is not advised. Also the s/w is free.

www.netgate.com <http://www.netgate.com/>
www.pfsense.org <http://www.pfsense.org/>

—
Ryan

> On Jul 11, 2021, at 7:20 PM, swede <danyberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for good firewall options, I've used IPCOP for a very long time, considering IPFIRE now.  I'm not interested in rolling my own, I just don't have the time.  Any other suggestions?  Also, looking for a good wifi PCIe card that is compatible with whatever distro you suggest as I want to run Red, Green, Blue and maybe sometime in the future Orange.  I have about 40+ devices connected at any given moment, from gaming to home office and even game servers.  Thanks.
> 
>  <><
> _______________________________________________
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From sulrich at botwerks.org  Fri Aug 13 11:09:15 2021
From: sulrich at botwerks.org (steve ulrich)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:09:15 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] Firewall
In-Reply-To: <5E3FA615-00E4-4EC6-9A04-F6D1F8C15448@cwis.biz>
References: <5E3FA615-00E4-4EC6-9A04-F6D1F8C15448@cwis.biz>
Message-ID: <A7383B18-6E77-4908-9332-2930617C24C3@botwerks.org>

+1 for pfsense and the netgate folks.  this has been a great product and chugging along for me for years. i’m looking forward to the integration of wireshark in the (hopefully) near future.

-- 
steve ulrich (sulrich at botwerks.*)

> On Aug 13, 2021, at 10:26, Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> wrote:
> 
> If you want an out-of-the-box solution my employer has plenty of various options.
> 
> I will warn you that running drive-heavy actions on their eMMC storage devices is not advised. Also the s/w is free.
> 
> www.netgate.com
> www.pfsense.org
> 
> —
> Ryan
> 
>> On Jul 11, 2021, at 7:20 PM, swede <danyberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm looking for good firewall options, I've used IPCOP for a very long time, considering IPFIRE now.  I'm not interested in rolling my own, I just don't have the time.  Any other suggestions?  Also, looking for a good wifi PCIe card that is compatible with whatever distro you suggest as I want to run Red, Green, Blue and maybe sometime in the future Orange.  I have about 40+ devices connected at any given moment, from gaming to home office and even game servers.  Thanks.
>> 
>>  <><
>> _______________________________________________
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From mbmiller+l at gmail.com  Mon Aug 16 19:24:03 2021
From: mbmiller+l at gmail.com (Mike Miller)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:24:03 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [tclug-list] tiny Linux PC for back of TV?
Message-ID: <9511a6db-6297-73d-8de9-c4517fc924c@gmail.com>

I'm thinking it would be great to mount a small Linux computer to the back 
of a TV and connect it to an HDMI port on the TV.  It could then connect 
via WiFi to a media server and show videos, photos, streams, etc. on the 
screen.  It's a pretty obvious idea and I know people are doing it, but I 
don't know what to buy.  Features I'd want:

4K video HDMI output (3840x2160).
8GB RAM
128 GB SSD
WiFi
Bluetooth
USB 3.x

It would be great if it were easy to install Ubuntu, say, and have 
everything just work.

I see that Beelink has some offerings that ship with both Windows and 
Linux installed.  I don't know which distro.

Anyway, I'm hoping that someone here has some experience with something 
and can point me in the right direction.  More power and features is 
always better, but so is a lower price!

Thanks in advance.

Mike

From kaze0010 at umn.edu  Mon Aug 16 20:19:41 2021
From: kaze0010 at umn.edu (Haudy Kazemi)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:19:41 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] tiny Linux PC for back of TV?
In-Reply-To: <9511a6db-6297-73d-8de9-c4517fc924c@gmail.com>
References: <9511a6db-6297-73d-8de9-c4517fc924c@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CACs6+uVk-HsN94VNmhkjLyFP_xaVm764suAOW9dNMzo4Gty=mQ@mail.gmail.com>

Maybe a RPi 4, 8 GB RAM version? It already has 4k, WiFi, BT, USB 3. Just
add MicroSD and a case.

4k60 requires some config:

https://digitlz.com/tip-of-the-day/use-wqhd-or-4k-with-your-raspberry-pi-4/



On Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 19:24 Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking it would be great to mount a small Linux computer to the back
> of a TV and connect it to an HDMI port on the TV.  It could then connect
> via WiFi to a media server and show videos, photos, streams, etc. on the
> screen.  It's a pretty obvious idea and I know people are doing it, but I
> don't know what to buy.  Features I'd want:
>
> 4K video HDMI output (3840x2160).
> 8GB RAM
> 128 GB SSD
> WiFi
> Bluetooth
> USB 3.x
>
> It would be great if it were easy to install Ubuntu, say, and have
> everything just work.
>
> I see that Beelink has some offerings that ship with both Windows and
> Linux installed.  I don't know which distro.
>
> Anyway, I'm hoping that someone here has some experience with something
> and can point me in the right direction.  More power and features is
> always better, but so is a lower price!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
> tclug-list at mn-linux.org
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From tlunde at gmail.com  Mon Aug 16 21:42:28 2021
From: tlunde at gmail.com (T L)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:42:28 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] tiny Linux PC for back of TV?
In-Reply-To: <9511a6db-6297-73d-8de9-c4517fc924c@gmail.com>
References: <9511a6db-6297-73d-8de9-c4517fc924c@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAE0VmCzo4gxU-BqXKx-bJwUkX21srdFP7Oc4LWW-zmtqNzCsdw@mail.gmail.com>

Sounds like a Raspberry Pi 4 + Velcro to me. :-) Set it to boot from USB
instead of the MicroSD card & get a fast thumb drive or external SSD. (But
do you really need that much storage locally, or will it be pulling from
the network for the most part?)

https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi

https://jamesachambers.com/raspberry-pi-4-ubuntu-20-04-usb-mass-storage-boot-guide/

https://www.microcenter.com/product/622539/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-8gb-ddr4


Thomas


On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 7:24 PM Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking it would be great to mount a small Linux computer to the back
> of a TV and connect it to an HDMI port on the TV.  It could then connect
> via WiFi to a media server and show videos, photos, streams, etc. on the
> screen.  It's a pretty obvious idea and I know people are doing it, but I
> don't know what to buy.  Features I'd want:
>
> 4K video HDMI output (3840x2160).
> 8GB RAM
> 128 GB SSD
> WiFi
> Bluetooth
> USB 3.x
>
> It would be great if it were easy to install Ubuntu, say, and have
> everything just work.
>
> I see that Beelink has some offerings that ship with both Windows and
> Linux installed.  I don't know which distro.
>
> Anyway, I'm hoping that someone here has some experience with something
> and can point me in the right direction.  More power and features is
> always better, but so is a lower price!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
> tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list
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From andrew at lunn.ch  Tue Aug 17 08:17:09 2021
From: andrew at lunn.ch (Andrew Lunn)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:17:09 +0200
Subject: [tclug-list] tiny Linux PC for back of TV?
In-Reply-To: <9511a6db-6297-73d-8de9-c4517fc924c@gmail.com>
References: <9511a6db-6297-73d-8de9-c4517fc924c@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <YRu21U7WqZqZo0j8@lunn.ch>

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 07:24:03PM -0500, Mike Miller wrote:
> I'm thinking it would be great to mount a small Linux computer to the back
> of a TV and connect it to an HDMI port on the TV.  It could then connect via
> WiFi to a media server and show videos, photos, streams, etc. on the screen.
> It's a pretty obvious idea and I know people are doing it, but I don't know
> what to buy.  Features I'd want:
> 
> 4K video HDMI output (3840x2160).
> 8GB RAM
> 128 GB SSD
> WiFi
> Bluetooth
> USB 3.x
> 
> It would be great if it were easy to install Ubuntu, say, and have
> everything just work.

I have something similar, but not mounted to the back of the TV. I
used an Intel NUC. A lot more expensive than a Pi, since it basically
is a PC in a small form factor. But because it is a PC, all the usual
distributions should install without an issue. You should also be able
to avoid the Microsoft Tax, since they often ship without OS. It is
overkill for just a TV streamer, but since it is likely to be an
always on machine, you can use it for other things are well. Mine has
a big external USB drive that i use for backup of my desktop and
laptops. And all my photos end up stored on it. So it is basically a
NAS as well.

VESA is the standard for mounting computers to back of displays. It
specifies the minimum size, location of screws, etc. So if your TV is
VESA compatible, and your choice of computer is VESA compatible, it
should be simple to mate the two.

I find having a real keyboard useful, mostly because i'm a command
line junkie, and most desktop environments are not designed for couch
surfing from 12 feet. So i have a Logitech K400 which works for
me. And for more complex stuff, its linux, just SSH into it from a
laptop/desktop.

	 Andrew

From kc0iog at gmail.com  Tue Aug 17 12:42:37 2021
From: kc0iog at gmail.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:42:37 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] tiny Linux PC for back of TV?
In-Reply-To: <YRu21U7WqZqZo0j8@lunn.ch>
References: <9511a6db-6297-73d-8de9-c4517fc924c@gmail.com>
 <YRu21U7WqZqZo0j8@lunn.ch>
Message-ID: <CAB3QoPme7AC3TXY-UQuGVQb5j4NezHfqhYoV9xJXpT8OyWPDmw@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 8:48 AM Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:

> I have something similar, but not mounted to the back of the TV. I
> used an Intel NUC.
>

I find having a real keyboard useful, mostly because i'm a command
> line junkie, and most desktop environments are not designed for couch
> surfing from 12 feet. So i have a Logitech K400 which works for
> me. And for more complex stuff, its linux, just SSH into it from a
> laptop/desktop.
>

I second everything that Andrew said.  Use a NUC as your PC, it's a little
pricier than the ARM based boxes but so much more powerful.  The Logitech
K400 keyboards ROCK, I have a couple of them for various RPi projects.

As for software, your favorite Linux distro + Kodi does pretty much
everything you're asking.

Brian
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From marc at e-skinner.net  Mon Aug 30 09:37:39 2021
From: marc at e-skinner.net (Marc Skinner)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:37:39 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] 3 hypervisors for sale
Message-ID: <213420b3-e6fe-9d5b-9da2-2cc7d68462db@e-skinner.net>

I recently upgrade my home lab - now have 3 of these looking for a good 
home.

=========

Fractal Case

8 core AMD FX8350

32GB RAM

1 64GB Samsung SSD for OS

3 x 1TB WD Black HD 7200RPM - I run them in RAID 0 or RAID 5 depending 
on what I'm doing.

3 x 1GB NICs (1 onboard and 2 Intel add-ons)

Corsair 500Watt Power Supply

They make good hypervisors.

Looking for $425 a piece. or $1,200 for all three


From o1bigtenor at gmail.com  Mon Aug 30 09:57:10 2021
From: o1bigtenor at gmail.com (o1bigtenor)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:57:10 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] 3 hypervisors for sale
In-Reply-To: <213420b3-e6fe-9d5b-9da2-2cc7d68462db@e-skinner.net>
References: <213420b3-e6fe-9d5b-9da2-2cc7d68462db@e-skinner.net>
Message-ID: <CAPpdf58XrR3KeLcEe0vq5k9NnFrmCCGLXXyE+aruWuOKgpq_Fg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:44 AM Marc Skinner <marc at e-skinner.net> wrote:

> I recently upgrade my home lab - now have 3 of these looking for a good
> home.
>
> =========
>
> Fractal Case
>
> 8 core AMD FX8350
>
> 32GB RAM
>
> 1 64GB Samsung SSD for OS
>
> 3 x 1TB WD Black HD 7200RPM - I run them in RAID 0 or RAID 5 depending
> on what I'm doing.
>
> 3 x 1GB NICs (1 onboard and 2 Intel add-ons)
>
> Corsair 500Watt Power Supply
>
> They make good hypervisors.
>
> Looking for $425 a piece. or $1,200 for all three
>
>
Greetings

Interested in at least one - - - - maybe !

Checking on some things right now.

Please?

TIA
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From marc at e-skinner.net  Mon Aug 30 09:58:20 2021
From: marc at e-skinner.net (Marc Skinner)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:58:20 -0500
Subject: [tclug-list] 3 hypervisors for sale
In-Reply-To: <213420b3-e6fe-9d5b-9da2-2cc7d68462db@e-skinner.net>
References: <213420b3-e6fe-9d5b-9da2-2cc7d68462db@e-skinner.net>
Message-ID: <c0ad492d-3fd0-cada-1a50-292ef3799f9f@e-skinner.net>

Sorry - sold - that was quick!

On 8/30/21 9:37 AM, Marc Skinner wrote:
> I recently upgrade my home lab - now have 3 of these looking for a 
> good home.
>
> =========
>
> Fractal Case
>
> 8 core AMD FX8350
>
> 32GB RAM
>
> 1 64GB Samsung SSD for OS
>
> 3 x 1TB WD Black HD 7200RPM - I run them in RAID 0 or RAID 5 depending 
> on what I'm doing.
>
> 3 x 1GB NICs (1 onboard and 2 Intel add-ons)
>
> Corsair 500Watt Power Supply
>
> They make good hypervisors.
>
> Looking for $425 a piece. or $1,200 for all three
>
> _______________________________________________
> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
> tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list