From j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com Mon Dec 10 10:40:28 2018 From: j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com (John Robert Hudson) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:40:28 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Continuous display Message-ID: <2156833.I8OzLzzHrx@linux-kdb6> Hi all I have been asked to explore setting up a continuous display where a video or a slideshow loops continuously on a screen. I assume setting up a Raspberry Pi will be the easiest way of handling this but would welcome any/all advice on such a project. Any other ideas for Tuesday? Don’t forget festive meal on Saturday. John From glenn at glidden.org.uk Mon Dec 10 12:35:42 2018 From: glenn at glidden.org.uk (glenn at glidden.org.uk) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:35:42 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Continuous display In-Reply-To: <2156833.I8OzLzzHrx@linux-kdb6> References: <2156833.I8OzLzzHrx@linux-kdb6> Message-ID: <1544445337477.91430.25602@webmail3> Hi. I currently use Screenly where I work to run a TV display screen in a foyer - , which is fine, but as it looks like the open source version isn't getting developed much I am also looking to transfer to Xibo - . Glenn. On 10 December 2018 at 10:40:59 -00:00, John Robert Hudson via Bradford wrote: > Hi all > > I have been asked to explore setting up a continuous display where a video or > a slideshow loops continuously on a screen. I assume setting up a Raspberry Pi > will be the easiest way of handling this but would welcome any/all advice on > such a project. > > Any other ideas for Tuesday? > > Don’t forget festive meal on Saturday. > > John > > > > -- > Bradford mailing list > Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com Mon Dec 10 14:23:53 2018 From: j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com (John Robert Hudson) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:23:53 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Continuous display In-Reply-To: <1544445337477.91430.25602@webmail3> References: <2156833.I8OzLzzHrx@linux-kdb6> <1544445337477.91430.25602@webmail3> Message-ID: <2702367.bDQmbllQIf@linux-kdb6> HI Glenn Thanks for that. John On Monday, 10 December 2018 12:35:37 GMT glenn--- via Bradford wrote: > Hi. > > > I currently use Screenly where I work to run a TV display screen in a foyer > - , which is fine, but as it looks like the > open source version isn't getting developed much I am also looking to > transfer to Xibo - . > > Glenn. > > On 10 December 2018 at 10:40:59 -00:00, John Robert Hudson via Bradford wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I have been asked to explore setting up a continuous display where a video > > or a slideshow loops continuously on a screen. I assume setting up a > > Raspberry Pi will be the easiest way of handling this but would welcome > > any/all advice on such a project. > > > > Any other ideas for Tuesday? > > > > Don’t forget festive meal on Saturday. > > > > John > > > > > > > > -- > > Bradford mailing list > > Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk > > From michael.dorrington at member.fsf.org Thu Dec 13 21:02:28 2018 From: michael.dorrington at member.fsf.org (Michael Dorrington) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 21:02:28 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] MFS Meeting. Tue, 18 December. "Christmas meet up at The Lass O' Gowrie" Message-ID: <5f8ac8b8-fe00-05be-0623-45488da4115b@member.fsf.org> IMPORTANT: Location is The Lass O' Gowrie! Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it. You can subscribe to the Manchester Free Software mailing list at: https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester * Event: Manchester Free Software's December Meeting * What: Christmas meet up at The Lass O' Gowrie * Date: Tuesday, 18th December 2018 (3rd Tuesday of the month) * Start time: 19:00 * Finish time: 21:00 (at least but longer for those that want to) * Location: The Lass O' Gowrie - https://thelassogowrie.com/ * Address: 36 Charles Street, Manchester. M1 7DB. - https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/53.47408/-2.23773 == Details == The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software philosophy. Every meeting we start with an opportunity for informal key signing. For this you'll need to bring paper OpenPGP fingerprint slips, see `gpg-key2ps` from the `signing-party` package (or equivalent in your GNU/Linux distro): https://packages.debian.org/signing-party === Christmas meet up at The Lass O' Gowrie === While having a nice Christmas social at The Lass O' Gowrie we can discuss the year gone in Free Software including MFS and the year ahead. Plus there will be the Free Software quiz! == Transport == We recommend using public transport to get this Christmas meet up. The Lass O' Gowrie is close to: * Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) train station * Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station == More Information == Information about Manchester Free Software can be found on the Manchester Free Software pages on LibrePlanet . Regards, Mike. MFS Chair. -- FSF member #9429 http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=9429 http://www.fsf.org/about "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From baildon.research at googlemail.com Fri Dec 14 16:56:53 2018 From: baildon.research at googlemail.com (David Spencer) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:56:53 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Amber Warning of Xmas Meal Message-ID: Yo People! Reminder, the Bradlug Xmas Meal is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday 2018-12-15, Turls Green Spoons, ~19:00 Don't be frightened off by the cardboard cutout just inside the front door. What could possibly go wrong? Well, for a start, there's no trains and an amber weather warning. Hmmmm. May all your pull requests merge cleanly -D. From j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com Fri Dec 14 22:34:29 2018 From: j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com (John Robert Hudson) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 22:34:29 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Meeting notes Message-ID: <16800403.1BuiN1XjjP@linux-kdb6> Dear all My pull request did merge cleanly [thanks, David] and so the meeting notes are up. £23 was given in donations, thank you. See you tomorrow. John From bernie.skipole at gmail.com Sat Dec 15 18:51:42 2018 From: bernie.skipole at gmail.com (Bernard Czenkusz) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 18:51:42 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Christmas dinner Message-ID: Hi guys, just started to set off to Wetherspoons, and nearly broke my neck on the path. We live on a hill and the road is like glass, the car is right out, and even walking we were skating. So really sorry but we can't make it, these amber warnings are actually right! So my apologies, we would have really liked to get there. 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Brian ________________________________________ From: Bradford on behalf of Bernard Czenkusz via Bradford Sent: 15 December 2018 19:51 To: BradfordLinuxUserGroup Cc: Bernard Czenkusz Subject: [Bradford] Christmas dinner Hi guys, just started to set off to Wetherspoons, and nearly broke my neck on the path. We live on a hill and the road is like glass, the car is right out, and even walking we were skating. So really sorry but we can't make it, these amber warnings are actually right! So my apologies, we would have really liked to get there. Cheers Bernard & Anita From j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com Sat Dec 15 19:47:53 2018 From: j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com (John R Hudson) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 19:47:53 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Christmas dinner Message-ID: Sorry to hear that. Hope you recover to enjoy the season. David, Mike and John Send from Huawei Y360 On 15 Dec 2018 19:28, Brian A via Bradford wrote: > > I was hanging on to see what the weather would be like. Thanks for the weather summary Bernard. I fell recently and pulled a muscle in my back, I'm expecting it to take a very long time to get right again. I would find it all the more difficult to deal with a situation where the car was stuck and, as I also live on a hill I've decided to stay in the warm.  Originally the forecast was for heavy snow. but now it seems we have freezing rain, something which I heard a weather forecaster say was not very common for this country. > I'm disappointed but there we are. Tonight was one of the main reasons for coming back for Christmas. > > Brian > > ________________________________________ > From: Bradford on behalf of Bernard Czenkusz via Bradford > Sent: 15 December 2018 19:51 > To: BradfordLinuxUserGroup > Cc: Bernard Czenkusz > Subject: [Bradford] Christmas dinner > > Hi guys, just started to set off to Wetherspoons, and nearly broke my neck on the path.  We live on a hill and the road is like glass, the car is right out, and even walking  we were skating. > > So really sorry but we can't make it, these amber warnings are actually right! > > So my apologies, we would have really liked to get there. > >   Cheers > >      Bernard & Anita > > -- > Bradford mailing list > Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford From j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com Sat Dec 15 19:50:23 2018 From: j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com (John R Hudson) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 19:50:23 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Christmas dinner Message-ID: <3423ivkx3etddtyybm6ixukm.1544903417701@email.android.com> Sorry to hear. Brian has also pulled out. David, Mike and John Send from Huawei Y360 On 15 Dec 2018 18:51, Bernard Czenkusz via Bradford wrote: > > Hi guys, just started to set off to Wetherspoons, and nearly broke my neck on the path.  We live on a hill and the road is like glass, the car is right out, and even walking  we were skating. > > So really sorry but we can't make it, these amber warnings are actually right! > > So my apologies, we would have really liked to get there. > >   Cheers > >      Bernard & Anita -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From darren.drapkin at ntlworld.com Mon Dec 17 14:42:45 2018 From: darren.drapkin at ntlworld.com (Darren Drapkin) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:42:45 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Web site bloopers Message-ID: <3659463.TqNdqKMvCQ@glide> I have been having a spot of bother with my PC due to a failed software update. I have been viewing the web with new eyes and old browsers. In my aged copy of firefox, Bradlug looks like it is armed and dangerous. I do hope that this is not the case and that you are just using the CACert site certificate set, or some such. -- Yours &c. Darren Drapkin From j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com Mon Dec 17 18:49:20 2018 From: j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com (John Robert Hudson) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 18:49:20 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Web site bloopers In-Reply-To: <3659463.TqNdqKMvCQ@glide> References: <3659463.TqNdqKMvCQ@glide> Message-ID: <2699133.ETlRVOW4ED@linux-kdb6> HI Darren The website is not secure according to chromium but we do not use it for transactions; so the issue is whether someone could get into the website to inject malicious content or use it as a base for rogue operations. GitHub are very good about warning us about any security problems. John On Monday, 17 December 2018 14:40:43 GMT Darren Drapkin via Bradford wrote: > I have been having a spot of bother with my PC due to a failed software > update. I have been viewing the web with new eyes and old browsers. > > In my aged copy of firefox, Bradlug looks like it is armed and dangerous. I > do hope that this is not the case and that you are just using the CACert > site certificate set, or some such. > -- > Yours &c. > Darren Drapkin > > -- > Bradford mailing list > Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford From john at johnleach.co.uk Mon Dec 17 21:38:37 2018 From: john at johnleach.co.uk (John Leach) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:38:37 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Web site bloopers In-Reply-To: <2699133.ETlRVOW4ED@linux-kdb6> (sfid-20181217_184927_710863_B1F9C1B0) References: <3659463.TqNdqKMvCQ@glide> <2699133.ETlRVOW4ED@linux-kdb6> (sfid-20181217_184927_710863_B1F9C1B0) Message-ID: <7e0557e491415be57f78369b4a677f7e619b7821.camel@johnleach.co.uk> My up-to-date install of Firefox reports the same. It's using Google's "Safe Browsing" database and bradlug.co.uk is listed: "The site https://bradlug.co.uk/ contains harmful content, including pages that: Send visitors to harmful websites https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=https:%2F%2Fbradlug.co.uk%2F Whoever controls the dns can register the domain with google's webmaster tools and get more information - it might tell you specifically which pages have the links. John. On Mon, 2018-12-17 at 18:50 +0000, John Robert Hudson via Bradford wrote: > HI Darren > > The website is not secure according to chromium but we do not use it > for > transactions; so the issue is whether someone could get into the > website to > inject malicious content or use it as a base for rogue operations. > GitHub are > very good about warning us about any security problems. > > John > > On Monday, 17 December 2018 14:40:43 GMT Darren Drapkin via Bradford > wrote: > > I have been having a spot of bother with my PC due to a failed > > software > > update. I have been viewing the web with new eyes and old browsers. > > > > In my aged copy of firefox, Bradlug looks like it is armed and > > dangerous. I > > do hope that this is not the case and that you are just using the > > CACert > > site certificate set, or some such. > > -- > > Yours &c. > > Darren Drapkin > > > > -- > > Bradford mailing list > > Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford > > > > From duncster at gmail.com Mon Dec 17 21:52:11 2018 From: duncster at gmail.com (Duncan Hughes) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:52:11 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Web site bloopers In-Reply-To: <7e0557e491415be57f78369b4a677f7e619b7821.camel@johnleach.co.uk> References: <3659463.TqNdqKMvCQ@glide> <2699133.ETlRVOW4ED@linux-kdb6> <7e0557e491415be57f78369b4a677f7e619b7821.camel@johnleach.co.uk> Message-ID: <6022A081-DAE8-4DAB-8B32-925595BAFBE6@gmail.com> I’m not sure how the “safe browsing” database works but it could just be down to a dodgy certificate. Prior to updating Firefox a minute ago, I got a warning about the certificate only being valid for some subdomain of github. Since updating Firefox, I get the redirect to transparency report. > On 17 Dec 2018, at 21:38, John Leach via Bradford wrote: > > My up-to-date install of Firefox reports the same. It's using Google's > "Safe Browsing" database and bradlug.co.uk is listed: > > "The site https://bradlug.co.uk/ contains harmful content, including > pages that: > > Send visitors to harmful websites > > > https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=https:%2F%2Fbradlug.co.uk%2F > > > Whoever controls the dns can register the domain with google's > webmaster tools and get more information - it might tell you > specifically which pages have the links. > > John. > > On Mon, 2018-12-17 at 18:50 +0000, John Robert Hudson via Bradford > wrote: >> HI Darren >> >> The website is not secure according to chromium but we do not use it >> for >> transactions; so the issue is whether someone could get into the >> website to >> inject malicious content or use it as a base for rogue operations. >> GitHub are >> very good about warning us about any security problems. >> >> John >> >> On Monday, 17 December 2018 14:40:43 GMT Darren Drapkin via Bradford >> wrote: >>> I have been having a spot of bother with my PC due to a failed >>> software >>> update. I have been viewing the web with new eyes and old browsers. >>> >>> In my aged copy of firefox, Bradlug looks like it is armed and >>> dangerous. I >>> do hope that this is not the case and that you are just using the >>> CACert >>> site certificate set, or some such. >>> -- >>> Yours &c. >>> Darren Drapkin >>> >>> -- >>> Bradford mailing list >>> Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk >>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Bradford mailing list > Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford From duncster at gmail.com Mon Dec 17 22:01:20 2018 From: duncster at gmail.com (Duncan Hughes) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:01:20 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] Web site bloopers In-Reply-To: <6022A081-DAE8-4DAB-8B32-925595BAFBE6@gmail.com> References: <3659463.TqNdqKMvCQ@glide> <2699133.ETlRVOW4ED@linux-kdb6> <7e0557e491415be57f78369b4a677f7e619b7821.camel@johnleach.co.uk> <6022A081-DAE8-4DAB-8B32-925595BAFBE6@gmail.com> Message-ID: <8DF63B2A-5822-4767-8AB9-8B7F9550A40A@gmail.com> $ openssl s_client -connect bradlug.co.uk:443 CONNECTED(00000003) depth=2 C = US, O = DigiCert Inc, OU = www.digicert.com, CN = DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA verify return:1 depth=1 C = US, O = DigiCert Inc, OU = www.digicert.com, CN = DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA verify return:1 depth=0 C = US, ST = California, L = San Francisco, O = "GitHub, Inc.", CN = *.github.com verify return:1 --- Certificate chain 0 s:/C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=GitHub, Inc./CN=*.github.com i:/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA 1 s:/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA i:/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA Might be worth getting a bradlug.org.uk certificate. I’m pretty sure there’s a free CA out there but John probably knows more about this than I do. --- > On 17 Dec 2018, at 21:52, Duncan Hughes wrote: > > I’m not sure how the “safe browsing” database works but it could just be down to a dodgy certificate. Prior to updating Firefox a minute ago, I got a warning about the certificate only being valid for some subdomain of github. Since updating Firefox, I get the redirect to transparency report. > > >> On 17 Dec 2018, at 21:38, John Leach via Bradford wrote: >> >> My up-to-date install of Firefox reports the same. It's using Google's >> "Safe Browsing" database and bradlug.co.uk is listed: >> >> "The site https://bradlug.co.uk/ contains harmful content, including >> pages that: >> >> Send visitors to harmful websites >> >> >> https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=https:%2F%2Fbradlug.co.uk%2F >> >> >> Whoever controls the dns can register the domain with google's >> webmaster tools and get more information - it might tell you >> specifically which pages have the links. >> >> John. >> >> On Mon, 2018-12-17 at 18:50 +0000, John Robert Hudson via Bradford >> wrote: >>> HI Darren >>> >>> The website is not secure according to chromium but we do not use it >>> for >>> transactions; so the issue is whether someone could get into the >>> website to >>> inject malicious content or use it as a base for rogue operations. >>> GitHub are >>> very good about warning us about any security problems. >>> >>> John >>> >>> On Monday, 17 December 2018 14:40:43 GMT Darren Drapkin via Bradford >>> wrote: >>>> I have been having a spot of bother with my PC due to a failed >>>> software >>>> update. I have been viewing the web with new eyes and old browsers. >>>> >>>> In my aged copy of firefox, Bradlug looks like it is armed and >>>> dangerous. I >>>> do hope that this is not the case and that you are just using the >>>> CACert >>>> site certificate set, or some such. >>>> -- >>>> Yours &c. >>>> Darren Drapkin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bradford mailing list >>>> Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk >>>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Bradford mailing list >> Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford > From notshi at gmail.com Sun Dec 30 17:42:48 2018 From: notshi at gmail.com (shi) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:42:48 -0000 Subject: [Bradford] New IT Stuff podcasts up! 2018 Complete! Message-ID: Another year is almost over. If you've missed the recent live broadcast of IT Stuff on BCBRadio, you can listen to the extended, uncensored version here (podcasts are posted at least a week after the live broadcast): There are a few podcasts uploaded this time, including the special BradLUG edition starring John, Darren, Mike and David. Thank you! http://itstuff.org.uk/blog/2018-12-12-ITStuff121218 http://itstuff.org.uk/blog/2018-11-13-ITStuff131118 - BradLUG Edition http://itstuff.org.uk/blog/2018-10-17-ITStuff171018 Remember, if you'd like to contribute, do get in touch :} See you in 2019 ^.^= -- shi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: