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changed subject: synology
by Timothy Spaulding 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hi, How do you like the interface to configure your Synology box? I am thinking of replacing my old QNAP with a Synology RackStation. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:07 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Unraid VS. Windows server 2019 file server Hi, UnRaid I don't believe is free so you would have to purchase that. I personally use Synology for ages for the NAS and iSCSI target but that was just my personal preference. I don't really think it matters these days anyway as they all use very similar technology. Bear in mind Unraid and some of the home like NAS boxes may enable more services (yes I did see an iSCSI box serving an iTunes server once). Andrew. ________________________________________ From: Katherine M. Moss via Blind-sysadmins [blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Sent: 23 January 2019 13:26 To: 'blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org' Cc: Katherine M. Moss Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Unraid VS. Windows server 2019 file server Hi all, I've been scouring the internet for any information on this. I'm trying to set up a file server for my home lab, and while I do have Windows server 2019 via a visual studio subscription, somebody told me that Unraid is better for a file server from a security standpoint. States it's due to the compatibility and legacy support that Windows carries with it, though I firmly believed all of the unsecure storage options in Windows to be disabled by default? I can find nothing on the internet for enterprise-class networks stating that Unraid is surely a more secure option. (yes, it's a lab, but it's set up like a small business network to mimic what would be potentially found in the real world.) Also, when comparing Unraid to Windows storage spaces, seems like the two do the same thing. My current server is set up with a storage space, and I've never had any issues with him in terms of transfer speeds, performance, or anything else. Any input would be great. Most other folks I've gone to seem to be leaning towards Windows ... especially with Windows server core, which my server would be. Thanks for any input. Much appreciated. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Re: Unraid VS. Windows server 2019 file server
by Katherine M. Moss 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

I'll have to ask my friend where he pulled his info from, then. I think he possibly just wants something new to play with, for he's been doing a lot of that lately. But thanks for the info. Actually, that is consistently what I keep hearing from the rest of the IT community, as well. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:07 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Unraid VS. Windows server 2019 file server Hi, UnRaid I don't believe is free so you would have to purchase that. I personally use Synology for ages for the NAS and iSCSI target but that was just my personal preference. I don't really think it matters these days anyway as they all use very similar technology. Bear in mind Unraid and some of the home like NAS boxes may enable more services (yes I did see an iSCSI box serving an iTunes server once). Andrew. ________________________________________ From: Katherine M. Moss via Blind-sysadmins [blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Sent: 23 January 2019 13:26 To: 'blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org' Cc: Katherine M. Moss Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Unraid VS. Windows server 2019 file server Hi all, I've been scouring the internet for any information on this. I'm trying to set up a file server for my home lab, and while I do have Windows server 2019 via a visual studio subscription, somebody told me that Unraid is better for a file server from a security standpoint. States it's due to the compatibility and legacy support that Windows carries with it, though I firmly believed all of the unsecure storage options in Windows to be disabled by default? I can find nothing on the internet for enterprise-class networks stating that Unraid is surely a more secure option. (yes, it's a lab, but it's set up like a small business network to mimic what would be potentially found in the real world.) Also, when comparing Unraid to Windows storage spaces, seems like the two do the same thing. My current server is set up with a storage space, and I've never had any issues with him in terms of transfer speeds, performance, or anything else. Any input would be great. Most other folks I've g one to seem to be leaning towards Windows ... especially with Windows server core, which my server would be. Thanks for any input. Much appreciated. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Re: Unraid VS. Windows server 2019 file server
by Andrew Hodgson 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hi, UnRaid I don't believe is free so you would have to purchase that. I personally use Synology for ages for the NAS and iSCSI target but that was just my personal preference. I don't really think it matters these days anyway as they all use very similar technology. Bear in mind Unraid and some of the home like NAS boxes may enable more services (yes I did see an iSCSI box serving an iTunes server once). Andrew. ________________________________________ From: Katherine M. Moss via Blind-sysadmins [blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org] Sent: 23 January 2019 13:26 To: 'blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org' Cc: Katherine M. Moss Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Unraid VS. Windows server 2019 file server Hi all, I've been scouring the internet for any information on this. I'm trying to set up a file server for my home lab, and while I do have Windows server 2019 via a visual studio subscription, somebody told me that Unraid is better for a file server from a security standpoint. States it's due to the compatibility and legacy support that Windows carries with it, though I firmly believed all of the unsecure storage options in Windows to be disabled by default? I can find nothing on the internet for enterprise-class networks stating that Unraid is surely a more secure option. (yes, it's a lab, but it's set up like a small business network to mimic what would be potentially found in the real world.) Also, when comparing Unraid to Windows storage spaces, seems like the two do the same thing. My current server is set up with a storage space, and I've never had any issues with him in terms of transfer speeds, performance, or anything else. Any input would be great. Most other folks I've gone to seem to be leaning towards Windows ... especially with Windows server core, which my server would be. Thanks for any input. Much appreciated. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Unraid VS. Windows server 2019 file server
by Katherine M. Moss 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hi all, I've been scouring the internet for any information on this. I'm trying to set up a file server for my home lab, and while I do have Windows server 2019 via a visual studio subscription, somebody told me that Unraid is better for a file server from a security standpoint. States it's due to the compatibility and legacy support that Windows carries with it, though I firmly believed all of the unsecure storage options in Windows to be disabled by default? I can find nothing on the internet for enterprise-class networks stating that Unraid is surely a more secure option. (yes, it's a lab, but it's set up like a small business network to mimic what would be potentially found in the real world.) Also, when comparing Unraid to Windows storage spaces, seems like the two do the same thing. My current server is set up with a storage space, and I've never had any issues with him in terms of transfer speeds, performance, or anything else. Any input would be great. Most other folks I've gone to seem to be leaning towards Windows ... especially with Windows server core, which my server would be. Thanks for any input. Much appreciated.

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Re: Microsoft C+AI accessibility team at CSUN
by Andrew Hodgson 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hi, Yeah I spoke to people about the combo box thing in Azure as well and this was fixed in some places but has got worse over the past months. I was going to push this forward again. I spend all my time in Azure these days and try and do as much as possible via ARM templates or CLI but on the occasion when I need to go into the GUI its frustrrating. Andrew. ________________________________________ From: Darragh Ó Héiligh [d(a)digitaldarragh.com] Sent: 23 January 2019 00:13 To: Blind sysadmins list Cc: Ryan Shugart Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Microsoft C+AI accessibility team at CSUN Ryan, Just putting an idea out there. How about your team pays for me to go over there to show you what's happening day to day from the perspective of a blind system administrator? Combo boxes in Azure haven't been properly accessible in over a year. How has that gone on for so long? Instead of moaning about this stuff, I would really like to understand what the problems are that they encounter so that we can meet somewhere in the middle. I have some great contacts in Microsoft in both Ireland and across the EU. If more resources are needed, I could possibly get hold of the right ears. But really, don't discount my suggestion. I'm working in azure a lot and it looks like my employer is leaning in that direction over AWS or other cloud platforms. If my employer leans that direction, it's very likely that more organizations of this type will move too. I'm not blowing my own trumpet here but I'm the person that's going to be the deciding factor. Microsoft Ireland would absolutely love our business. But If I can't even select my region when creating a VM in the web UI then I'm not exactly jumping for joy every time Azure is mentioned. Azure committed spend this year has plenty of zeros. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Shugart via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Tuesday 22 January 2019 19:58 To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Ryan Shugart <ryshugar(a)microsoft.com> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft C+AI accessibility team at CSUN Hi everyone: I wanted to let you know that just as we have been for the past few years, the Microsoft Cloud+AI accessibility team will be at CSUN and would be interested in chatting with any other CSUN attendees who use our products on a regular basis with assistive technologies, or who train/work with those who do. These products include (but are not necessarily limited to * Visual Studio/Visual Studio Code * Azure * Dynamics 365 * PowerBI/PowerApps * System Center (accept for Configuration Manager) If you are a user or work with someone who is a user of these products or other products that may fall into this area, please reach out to me and we'll try and set some time up to meet. Thanks. Ryan Ryan Shugart Program Manager II, Cloud+AI Accessibility Microsoft Corporation 425-705-1262 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Re: Microsoft C+AI accessibility team at CSUN
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Ryan, Just putting an idea out there. How about your team pays for me to go over there to show you what's happening day to day from the perspective of a blind system administrator? Combo boxes in Azure haven't been properly accessible in over a year. How has that gone on for so long? Instead of moaning about this stuff, I would really like to understand what the problems are that they encounter so that we can meet somewhere in the middle. I have some great contacts in Microsoft in both Ireland and across the EU. If more resources are needed, I could possibly get hold of the right ears. But really, don't discount my suggestion. I'm working in azure a lot and it looks like my employer is leaning in that direction over AWS or other cloud platforms. If my employer leans that direction, it's very likely that more organizations of this type will move too. I'm not blowing my own trumpet here but I'm the person that's going to be the deciding factor. Microsoft Ireland would absolutely love our business. But If I can't even select my region when creating a VM in the web UI then I'm not exactly jumping for joy every time Azure is mentioned. Azure committed spend this year has plenty of zeros. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Shugart via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Tuesday 22 January 2019 19:58 To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Ryan Shugart <ryshugar(a)microsoft.com> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft C+AI accessibility team at CSUN Hi everyone: I wanted to let you know that just as we have been for the past few years, the Microsoft Cloud+AI accessibility team will be at CSUN and would be interested in chatting with any other CSUN attendees who use our products on a regular basis with assistive technologies, or who train/work with those who do. These products include (but are not necessarily limited to * Visual Studio/Visual Studio Code * Azure * Dynamics 365 * PowerBI/PowerApps * System Center (accept for Configuration Manager) If you are a user or work with someone who is a user of these products or other products that may fall into this area, please reach out to me and we'll try and set some time up to meet. Thanks. Ryan Ryan Shugart Program Manager II, Cloud+AI Accessibility Microsoft Corporation 425-705-1262 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Microsoft C+AI accessibility team at CSUN
by Ryan Shugart 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Hi everyone: I wanted to let you know that just as we have been for the past few years, the Microsoft Cloud+AI accessibility team will be at CSUN and would be interested in chatting with any other CSUN attendees who use our products on a regular basis with assistive technologies, or who train/work with those who do. These products include (but are not necessarily limited to): * Visual Studio/Visual Studio Code * Azure * Dynamics 365 * PowerBI/PowerApps * System Center (accept for Configuration Manager) If you are a user or work with someone who is a user of these products or other products that may fall into this area, please reach out to me and we'll try and set some time up to meet. Thanks. Ryan Ryan Shugart Program Manager II, Cloud+AI Accessibility Microsoft Corporation 425-705-1262

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Re: vm software question
by Jason White 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

Is HyperV appropriate for running a Linux virtual machine that could be accessed via the local host using ssh? If so, is the installation and configuration process accessible? I'm also using virtualization-based security on the Windows side, and I'm running Windows Pro for Workstations on the machine that I'm contemplating. I have other options not involving virtualization, but just wanted to float the idea to understand the possibilities. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 10:56 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: vm software question Hi, I am a bit rusty on this since I only used HyperV up to 2012 R2. However here goes: - HyperV does not provide native sound, but you can configure RDP options to push sound through to the client; - The native HyperV installation ISO installs HyperV on a Windows Core installation and so Narrator is not available. I strongly recommend not going down this route as it is very difficult to manage unless you are on a domain network. Even then I don't really know what the purpose of this installation is because you would mostly get Windows Enterprise and benefit from the HyperV licensing. Andrew. ________________________________________ From: Majid Hussain [mhussaincov93(a)gmail.com] Sent: 17 January 2019 15:21 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] vm software question hi all, i've a few questions. is hyperv accessible with sound? i.e the sound from with in the vm? if yes that's great, if not could it be made so with out sited assistance? does hyper-v on bare mettle have speech? how would you go about setting it up? wanted to have a play around? does the hyper-v iso have the ability of running narrator like the windows 10 iso's doo? this is for me to have a play around and to learn while playing. I hope my questions don't seemb to be too newbieish, or foolish. thanks, Majid Hussain -- kind regards, Majid Hussain _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Re: vm software question
by Jason White 22 Jan '19

22 Jan '19

If you're testing this combination, I would also suggest trying Fenrir - the relatively new console-based screen reader for Linux implemented in Python. -----Original Message----- From: Katherine M. Moss via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 9:11 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Katherine M. Moss <KMoss(a)WinterHillSolutions.com> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: vm software question Hyper-V does have audio, but only after the machine is installed; works on both Windows and Linux, but in Linux's case, needs something like Pulse Audio, and not sure whether or not that would work with Speakup or others for terminal speech access from the local host. I'm going to test with SUSE through Hyper-V, though, so I can let you guys know. -----Original Message----- From: Majid Hussain <mhussaincov93(a)gmail.com> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 9:06 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Jason White <jason(a)jasonjgw.net> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: vm software question hi all, I got in touch with someone who is in charge of hyper-v at Microsoft to ask them to enable audio when running inside a vm. pending if i get more news i'll let you know, for reference, here s my contacts info via twitter. @CraigWilhite https://twitter.com/craigwilhite?lang=en if you wanted to communicate. hope this helps, Majid Hussain On 18/01/2019, Jason White via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> wrote: > Is HyperV appropriate for running a Linux virtual machine that could > be accessed via the local host using ssh? If so, is the installation > and configuration process accessible? I'm also using > virtualization-based security on the Windows side, and I'm running > Windows Pro for Workstations on the machine that I'm contemplating. > > I have other options not involving virtualization, but just wanted to > float the idea to understand the possibilities. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 10:56 AM > To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: vm software question > > Hi, > > I am a bit rusty on this since I only used HyperV up to 2012 R2. > However here goes: > > - HyperV does not provide native sound, but you can configure RDP > options to push sound through to the client; > - The native HyperV installation ISO installs HyperV on a Windows Core > installation and so Narrator is not available. I strongly recommend > not going down this route as it is very difficult to manage unless you > are on a domain network. Even then I don't really know what the > purpose of this installation is because you would mostly get Windows > Enterprise and benefit from the HyperV licensing. > > Andrew. > > ________________________________________ > From: Majid Hussain [mhussaincov93(a)gmail.com] > Sent: 17 January 2019 15:21 > To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] vm software question > > hi all, > i've a few questions. > is hyperv accessible with sound? > i.e the sound from with in the vm? > if yes that's great, if not could it be made so with out sited assistance? > does hyper-v on bare mettle have speech? > how would you go about setting it up? > wanted to have a play around? > does the hyper-v iso have the ability of running narrator like the > windows > 10 iso's doo? > this is for me to have a play around and to learn while playing. > I hope my questions don't seemb to be too newbieish, or foolish. > > thanks, > Majid Hussain > > -- > kind regards, > Majid Hussain > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- > blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > -- kind regards, Majid Hussain _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Re: PFSense accessibility.
by Kelly Prescott 21 Jan '19

21 Jan '19

I use it all the time. It works just fine. On Mon, 21 Jan 2019, Darragh Ó Héiligh wrote: > Has anyone had recent experience with PFSense? > > The last time I used it was about six years ago and the version at that time was not usable. > > Prior to that it was usable. > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >

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