@gotwf said in Ergonomic Keyboard:

@stacksofplates Ah yes, Ergodox. Massdrop? Getting stuff off pinkies and onto thumbs is a big win. Alas, I don't have such a rig myself. Fairly pricey, iirc, no?

Yeah with the rests, lift kit, and lights it was around $350. I got it from ZSA soi didn't have to assumble it. They built it and sent it.

@gjacobse said in Network Drive issue:

@laksh1999

Wait,.. you can delete one but not the other? Are they on the same server?

Example Drive 1 is correct server location user have mapped
Drive 2 which is incorrect name like test123 which is not there as well.but its showing in the File Explorer and its asking for the password whenever the user opens word or excel file in sharepoint

@scottalanmiller said in How to Install PHP 7.3 on Ubuntu 18.04:

I hate having to do this, but sometimes it has to be done. Here is how to get this middling PHP version onto this old version of Ubuntu.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo apt update

I'm not sure that is the proper way to do it.
ppa are personal repositories - meaning someone put it together.

I think Ubuntu has offical backports, just like Debian.
In that case it would be better to get a the "newer" php version from the backport repository instead.

UPDATE.
It looks like the ondrej/php repository is actually maintained by a Debian developer, Ondřej Surý. He is one of the package maintainers for the official debian and ubuntu php packages.
https://deb.sury.org/

@scottalanmiller Hm... I'd thought of posting that up here but figured it'd be old news for you lassi it hounds... Good news for the battle for ROSS.

@scottalanmiller said in Anyone used Infection Monkey?:

@ambarishrh I meant that YOU should make one.

I'm too subtle, I guess.

lol! Yes, will make one for sure! Just need to test it on a lab and see how it goes. Its an interesting project 🙂

@dashrender apparently someone wanted it because @msn.com is a short domain name and addresses referencing recent culture are still available.

@mr-jones said in Ryzen 3900x vs 5600x:

@irj Nice. Since I left that comment I bought a pre-built as a graduation gift to myself as it seems the only way to get anything at the moment. I went with the 3900X / Radeon RX 6700XT combo. I got about a 6 week wait though.

One thing I would consider, if you haven't thought about it already, in relation to your original question is your power consumption. I noticed the 3900X is 105W whereas the 5600X is only 65W.

Unfortunately I found out my motherboard is not backwards compatible so I will be sticking with 5600x for a little while. I woolf eventually like to upgrade to a 5900x when I can find one for MSRP. The upgrade cost from Dell was more than Msrp on 5900x so I will just wait.

I have a 1000watt PSU so CPU power consumption shouldn't matter much for me.

@mr-jones Microsoft Exchange has its intricacies but once you learn it is okay 🙂

@openit said in What do you use to manage multiple Linux servers?:

If you are talking about "can't trigger a task on all servers connected on Cockpit", maybe yes, so far I can select one Server and manage it, but no action option for all Servers at a time.

Exactly. it's a great tool, but just for "snowflake" management.

@scottalanmiller said in Spectrum VS T-mobile home internet:

Even a lot of fiber services are like that now. And satellite. Upload costs more than download

Not exactly how it works.

Fiber are doing because they choose to use modems that are built that way (looking at oyu AT&T UVerse), or to prevent "abuse" of their network by people buying low cost consumer internet and running everything.

Satellite works that way because power to broadcast versus receive. So yes more expensive only because of hte cost to have a strong enough transmitter.

@jaredbusch said in offline, air-gapped backups / backup rotation (looking for hardware & ideas):

@dave247 said in offline, air-gapped backups / backup rotation (looking for hardware & ideas):

Of course backups can be encrypted. Anything physically attached to the network is vulnerable to malware/ransomware. The point of all this was clearly explained in my original post.

FFS, think a little.
They cannot be encrypted if the datastore is not accessible to anything except the application making the backup.

Thanks for your rudeness, Jared, it is so helpful.

Yes, I do understand what you are saying, however if a system is connected to a network and other systems, it is not air-gapped / truly segregated from the environment and therefore not 100% safe in a total ransomware situation. All applications have vulnerabilities and a skilled hacker (or insider) or well-made ransomware could still potentially get at it.

Additionally, I am not looking at this as any kind of main backup method - I am just trying to mull over ideas for a very last-ditch, fail-safe, "shit hits the fan but we have offline backups though" setup.

@gjacobse said in Recent 3CX experiences:

@scottalanmiller said in Recent 3CX experiences:

@gjacobse said in Recent 3CX experiences:

@scottalanmiller said in Recent 3CX experiences:

@voip_n00b said in Recent 3CX experiences:

Thunk configuration was quick and easy. Must faster then FreePBX (assuming your providers are supported - mine all were

Didn't used to be that way. But it's been a hot minute. I'm sure 3CX has come a long way.

They may have come a long way, but I don’t think I would suggest them to anyone

Not likely. They were pretty bad in the past, both as a product and as a company. But not to the point that I wouldn't take a look again. But their licensing costs is high.

And that is one of the few main reasons. IIRC- Isn’t 3cx based off of freePBX?

Definitely not. If it were, it would be open. It's completely their own code at every level. It's not Asterisk based at all, so FreePBX wouldn't be useful to them anyway. The strength of 3CX is in their proprietary stack end to end. It's also their challenge. They are stuck doing everything themselves, but they also get to build exactly what makes sense for them.

@travisdh1 said in Your organizaion is due for Microsoft License Review email:

@scottalanmiller said in Your organizaion is due for Microsoft License Review email:

That doesn't sound like something from Microsoft.

It really doesn't, I think it's more marketing. It did originate from [email protected], but we know they allow access to microsoft.com domain emails for 3rd party marketing purposes.

No way to know if it is REALLY sent from MS, either. Might be spoofed.

@dafyre There are many options out there.

If you want to do yourself and work on it
https://getgophish.com/

If you want to use a provider, Curricula and Knowbe4 might be your best bet
https://www.curricula.com/
https://www.knowbe4.com/

We have used Sophos Phish and TrendMicro but reporting and the actual templates lack a lot of what Knowbe4 does already. Knowbe4 also has extensive documentation on how to integrate with various email systems and SSO.

You can also educate the users and create a reporting for those emails either via a Plugin or manually forwarding to a dedicated email account. You would also think about separating permissions and tasks from users. So you would have an admin account that is not your every day user login on the computer and so forth.

Red Hat has introduced a new technology, called Stratis, that is a layer combining Linux' existing LVM2 technology and the existing XFS filesystem and merging them together to be managed as a single unit with best practices automatically applied. It's not new per se but takes best of breed existing technologies and puts them together to feel and act more like their more modern competition.

@irj said in Single 32gb DDR4 RAM vs 2x16gb:

I just bought a pre-built desktop from Dell. I opted not to upgrade the memory as it was much more expensive to do through them.

My system is only coming with a single 8gb RAM stick which is obviously unacceptable. The motherboard has 4 RAM slots and supports up to 128GB.

I'm looking at single 32GB sticks vs 2x16. The single sticks are appealing to me because it makes it easier to upgrade in the future. I could eventually have 32x4 to make 128GB.

Now I don't see needing more than 40gb currently which is why I was thinking 32gb would be fine.

Ok that's alot of rambling... My main question is single stick performance vs using RAM in channel. What would you do?

BTDT. I would go with two 32GB.

The future is uncertain and it's much easier to just get what you might need right now. If you can imagine needing 40 GB I'd do 2x32GB right away. Then you have optimum performance and the same memory on both.

@dustinb3403 said in XCP-NG installation on windows server:

@mario-jakovina said in XCP-NG installation on windows server:

@irj said in XCP-NG installation on windows server:

You really shouldn't be booting for USB, and should be using a hypervisor even if it's hyper V (which isn't the best IMO, but still 100x better than booting from USB).
Once you get the hypervisor up and running then you can start creating VMs from it and get up and running.

I don't know what are you trying to say?
@perja11 is trying to install XCP-NG as hypervisor, so it's OK to boot from USB (and install on baremetal)

I think @IRJ was assuming that the OP was attempting to run the hypervisor from a USB drive.

Yeah I mistakenly thought that. @stacksofplates set me straight offline 😂

@dashrender said in UniFi Product stream:

@scottalanmiller said in UniFi Product stream:

@travisdh1 said in UniFi Product stream:

@wirestyle22 said in UniFi Product stream:

@scottalanmiller said in UniFi Product stream:

@travisdh1 said in UniFi Product stream:

@wirestyle22 said in UniFi Product stream:

@travisdh1 said in UniFi Product stream:

@wirestyle22 said in UniFi Product stream:

@travisdh1 said in UniFi Product stream:

I forget off the top of my head which device it is,

The UniFi Access system consists of four elements:

UA Controller: The control center for your Access system, hosted on the UniFi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro). Your UA controller is easily upgradable and offers a host of features that simplify access policymaking as well as personnel, space, and device management.

UA-Hub: A secure I/O hub that authenticates inputs registered by your Access readers (UA-Pro & UA-Lite), push buttons, and sensors. Your UA Hub can also control door locks, alarms, and motorized door openers.

UA-Pro and UA-Lite: The Access system's card or motion reading devices that unlock doors with a swipe of an NFC card or NFC-enabled mobile phone. Please refer to the Current and Future Access Modes section below for more information on current and future access methods.

UA-Card: A NFC card that is specific to your Access system and encrypted with a special algorithm that cannot be replicated, unlike other NFC cards. Your Access system will support any NFC card, so you can retain your current access cards.

It was the Dream Machine Pro I was thinking of. The reviews I've seen all say that if you have to buy a Dream Machine Pro just for the access control that you're better off going with the competition who's overall price will be lower.

That applies if you aren't planning on using the other stuff the Dream Machine is capable of. It's a single device that can manage all of your AP's, Security Cameras, Door Access and soon VoIP. Depending on the use I would think it would be worth it provided you are getting the functionality you want out of it.

That's sounding like a great product for the home, I'll have to keep my eye on them.

It's really not. Think of your home like a business. This is a product for a business that has confused itself with a home.

Sounds like it's not a product for business

It is not, probably not even a serious house product, just something that looks neat to play with (expensive toy.)

What even makes it look neat? To me, being junk, makes it far less interesting than normal gear. Like you are used to a Ferrari and then someone comes along with this Yugo. Yeah... not interesting, at all. Not even as a gadget, because there's nothing special, just crappier versions of what we already use.

Normal people see SPOG and just love it.. one ring to rule them all - that's what makes it 'neat'
neat doesn't make it good or worth while.

Like humans with rings of power. So lame.

thanks everyone for the help, it is greatly appreciated.