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#1

Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug Monday June 15 2 ...

Last post by ssfc72 - Yesterday at 08:19:01 AM

Ok, thanks Buster.
I sent Jason a PM asking if he could send out an email to the members on his list.

#2

Meetings / Re: PLUG Mug Monday June 15 2 ...

Last post by buster - June 09, 2026, 09:58:05 PM

Maybe, if you can get enough people.

#3

Meetings / PLUG Mug Monday June 15 2 pm?

Last post by ssfc72 - June 07, 2026, 08:34:45 AM

Anyone interested in getting together for a coffee and chat at the Tim Hortons on Monaghan Rd.

Post here if you can attend.

Bill H

#4

General Discussion / Re: Upgraded my Kodoo prepaid ...

Last post by ssfc72 - May 21, 2026, 09:10:49 AM

What minutes/data does your wife gets with the Lucky provider? I assume it is a monthly plan?

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General Discussion / Re: Upgraded my Kodoo prepaid ...

Last post by Jason - May 20, 2026, 02:00:19 AM

Thanks for the advice. I'm with Koodo, and I'm very happy with them. My wife is with Lucky.

#6

General Discussion / Re: Things keep on breaking :-...

Last post by Jason - May 20, 2026, 01:56:58 AM

My Brother printer/scanner model MFC J9995DW was bought in 2019.
I made sure I could buy online, generic ink cartridges for it, before I bought the printer.

That is a very good deal, if you only pay $1.50 per month, to be provided automatically with new ink cartridges.

Sorry, I forgot it went up a few months ago. It's $2.29/month CAD ($2.59 with HST). At that rate, I get 10 pages/month and up to 30 rollover pages. After that, it's $1.89/month per 10 pages. There are other plans that decrease the cost per page. Btw, it doesn't matter what I print on the page, full colour, or black and white text. The cost is per printed page. That can be a good or bad thing depending on what you print. I checked and was surprised to find I printed 121 pages in the last year. Most years, I print less than 15 pages. I've printed more pages since I started university. I print Cornell note sheets and keep some documents on hand, such as the course syllabus. I bought a electronic writing pad to take notes with. So, I will be printing less.

How much are the cartridges for your printer? How does it compare to the official cartridges? Just curious. I realized after re-reading your post that you noticed the problem with the generic cartridges. Does that mean it doesn't happen with official cartridges, or that you don't know because you use only generic cartridges now?

#7

Distributions / Re: Ubuntu 26.04 upgrade

Last post by Jason - May 20, 2026, 01:28:34 AM

Just letting folks know that I did the Ubuntu 25.10 to 26.04 LTS upgrade today without incident. I had to do it with the command line because the upgrade did not appear on Software Update yet. I have yet to have a problem with a Ubuntu upgrade and my experience goes back to Ubuntu 7.04!

Btw, I forgot to mention. That's pretty cool. I wonder if part of that is because they have a server version that has the same underlying architecture. I think the only difference is the GUI.

#8

Distributions / Re: Ubuntu 26.04 upgrade

Last post by fox - May 11, 2026, 04:21:54 PM

I didn't notice anything special, but there are several videos around that describe its new features.

#9

General Discussion / Re: Things keep on breaking :-...

Last post by ssfc72 - May 08, 2026, 11:58:41 AM

My Brother printer/scanner model MFC J9995DW was bought in 2019.
I made sure I could buy online, generic ink cartridges for it, before I bought the printer.

That is a very good deal, if you only pay $1.50 per month, to be provided automatically with new ink cartridges.

#10

General Discussion / Re: Upgraded my Kodoo prepaid ...

Last post by ssfc72 - May 08, 2026, 11:52:21 AM

Look also at the Rogers/Chatr 1 yr prepaid. Go to the store in the mall instead of going online.
You may get the new SIM for no cost. My cousin did not get charged for the SIM.

I had to pay $13 for my new SIM card at the Kodoo/Telus store and my prepaid plan is for 360 days, while Rogers is 1 yr/365 days.

I personally prefer not to deal with Rogers because it seems a lot have people have issues with them.

I have found the Telus/Kodoo service to be good for myself.