@black3dynamite Yup! I just got interrupted too.

Just started it a few min ago.

I like brick homes. But, that is probably because they are so rare here. Brick doesn't do very well in earthquakes. We have tons of stucco. I hate stucco.

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

In detail...

Athens > Santorini > Chania Crete > Rome > Naples & Pompeii > Montecatini Terme > Florence > Luzerne > Paris > Barcelona

That is a great trip. I just saw the Pompeii exhibit at the Reagan library in March. Very interesting.

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

For those not familiar with Montecatini Terme.... it is where the opening song / bombing in the first scene of White Christmas is set in Tuscany. That's where Bing Crosby is rescued by Danny Kaye from the falling building.

Now I know where you are talking about. Love that movie.

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@wrx7m said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

She just bought the Huomi Amazfit Bip for herself, too.

Sweet. Don't forget to do a review. I have a fitbit ionic. I got it for free and really only use it for the time and pedometer function.

Definitely will. It's for some hard core use traveling Europe in a few weeks. So these will be covered thoroughly!

Which countries/cities will you visiting?

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

She just bought the Huomi Amazfit Bip for herself, too.

Sweet. Don't forget to do a review. I have a fitbit ionic. I got it for free and really only use it for the time and pedometer function.

@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Antergos Linux shuts down

https://betanews.com/2019/05/22/antergos-linux-dead/

When I wanted to try Arch Linux, I always ended up using Manjaro instead of Antergos.

Sodium used both for testing. But yes, Manjaro was the more popular. And honestly, the whole Arch system seems like a big cluster.

Is sodium still a thing?

Was going to ask the same thing.

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@Dashrender said in VitalPBX Sonata Suite:

@scottalanmiller said in VitalPBX Sonata Suite:

I think that their "one time payment" is meant to convey that you own it. It doesn't time bomb after a year. So you can operate it as long as you like, just can't get updates after the year.

Then they should use the normal term - perpetual license.
But really, they should also include another line that specifically says - yearly maintenance is - blah.

yeah. Is the yearly maintenance the same cost as the one time payment or the standard-ish 20% when you have a perpetual model?

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

This is my current front runner. Thoughts?

https://us.amazfit.com/shop/stratos?variant=373265

Reviews seem to be mixed depending on where you look, but mostly favorable.

@DustinB3403 said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@wrx7m said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@WrCombs said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

That pretty much sums it up. I was literally going to order a Huawei watch this week because I thought that the price and look was amazing. But no, that seems like a bad idea now (if they figure things out, I'll totally buy one to support them later.) Right now I need one this week to wear to Europe (smart watches are an important part of effective travel.) I want something attractive and very functional.

The Samsung is nice, but too pricey. I'm thinking $150 - $200. This is a utilitarian travel device not a fancy watch. Right now from quick research, I'm seeing a lot of love for Fossil and Amazfit. Anyone have experience or thoughts?

I have this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NC8PMUK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I didn't even realize Lenovo made watches. Not surprised, they are quite big.

That link goes to a Motorola Moto for me. What are you seeing?

https://www.google.com/search?q=does+lenovo+own+motorola&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS819US819&oq=does+lenovo+own+&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.2887j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Oh lol. Forgot about that.

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@WrCombs said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

That pretty much sums it up. I was literally going to order a Huawei watch this week because I thought that the price and look was amazing. But no, that seems like a bad idea now (if they figure things out, I'll totally buy one to support them later.) Right now I need one this week to wear to Europe (smart watches are an important part of effective travel.) I want something attractive and very functional.

The Samsung is nice, but too pricey. I'm thinking $150 - $200. This is a utilitarian travel device not a fancy watch. Right now from quick research, I'm seeing a lot of love for Fossil and Amazfit. Anyone have experience or thoughts?

I have this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NC8PMUK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I didn't even realize Lenovo made watches. Not surprised, they are quite big.

That link goes to a Motorola Moto for me. What are you seeing?

Thanks. Enrolled.

I'd also like to work in some prompts for which groups to add or even better, a GUI with check boxes and some logic based on job role and/or department. Though, for that, I would need concrete job roles and departments from management. Something that isn't really adhered to, here. Boggles my mind.

@Obsolesce said in Your Top 5 Azure or O365 tasks:

I'm doing a project and it would really help to know:

What are the top 5 things you find yourself most frequently doing in Azure and/or O365, or other MS Cloud services? Could be anything from uploading a file to OneDrive, to creating an O365 user, to installing an app on an Intune managed device.

I use powershell with Office 365 in concert with on-prem AD and Okta for SSO and provisioning and syncing AD info.

Not directly connecting to Office 365 via powershell- For on-boarding, I script creation of the AD user and group membership with powershell. Okta pulls it into their service, and based on membership, it will provision the user with the appropriate Office 365 license.

For off-boarding, I script disabling local ad account and password change and removing the user from all groups. It then connects to Office 365 and resets that password, changes the mailbox to a shared mailbox. After which, Okta sets the Office 365 to user to block sign in to the account.

The password script doesn't quite work correctly. I wanted it to grab the password that I set for the local AD and use it in Office 365, but it just creates its own- as if you went into the web ui and reset it there, allowing it to generate the password for you. It isn't big deal, as it won't be used. I would just like it to work correctly lol

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Time for a vacuum

@scottalanmiller said in Exploring VitalPBX:

@wrx7m said in Exploring VitalPBX:

@scottalanmiller said in Exploring VitalPBX:

@wrx7m said in Exploring VitalPBX:

If it isn't open source, why is it free?

The vast majority of free things in the world aren't open source. Most don't even have source. SW was free but closed as well.

Right. How is this able to be free? Do they have paid tiers?

Because someone else pays for it

Like essentially any free software you can buy services like support for it. And they sell add ons for it like billing modules. Same as FreePBX does.

Oh ok. You said earlier that everything was included related to an add-on. I just was wondering where is the catch. Sure it is free, but they sell your data to advertisers or some shit.

@scottalanmiller said in Exploring VitalPBX:

@wrx7m said in Exploring VitalPBX:

If it isn't open source, why is it free?

The vast majority of free things in the world aren't open source. Most don't even have source. SW was free but closed as well.

Right. How is this able to be free? Do they have paid tiers?

@black3dynamite said in Exploring VitalPBX:

@wrx7m said in Exploring VitalPBX:

If it isn't open source, why is it free?

open source and free is two different things.

I understand that. How is it free?