February 2007 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Making your own Debian/Ubuntu packages
by Ian McDonald 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

I know quite a few people already do this but for those that don't know how here is a good article out: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/21/1546215 -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz WAND Network Research Group

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Change of venue for Monday meeting
by Ian McDonald 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Folks, Our meeting will be in TW2.05 - just near the usual venue. Our usual venue has been booked for the next two meeting times so we are using this room instead. Thanks, Ian -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz WAND Network Research Group

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Visual Basic for Linux
by Ian McDonald 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Mono has added more support for this for those interested: http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/02/21/visual_basic_mono_linux/ -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz WAND Network Research Group

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Roberts from MicrosoftCorporation will be speaking on the recent deal that they have signed with http://www.wlug.org.nz/Novell. The meeting will be at 7:30pm, TW.2.07 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TW)

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OpenSourceHowTo.org
by Don Gould 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=688782 The summary on WP is useful. The rest speaks for itself! Cheers Don -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz

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Steve Ballmer clarifies MS position on IP rights since Novell Deal
by James Pluck 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

An article from Computerworld to add grist to the mill of questions for Monday's guest speaker. http://tinyurl.com/2q8bur -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."

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First stable release of read/write NTFS driver
by Ian McDonald 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

The NTFS-3G project has just released their first stable release: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/ This is a read/write NTFS driver for Linux (and other OSes). I've used this quite successfully during the beta so if you have old Windows data you want to access or you want to dual boot you might want to check it out. Ian -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz WAND Network Research Group

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IRD pushes Linux deeper into the enterprise
by James Pluck 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

"Suse Linux on Intel hardware is the server platform of choice for the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department as it embarks on a major, compliance-driven electronic document management project." See below URL for detail. http://tinyurl.com/yuc3l5 -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRD: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BrettRoberts from MicrosoftCorporation will be speaking on the recent deal that they have signed with http://www.wlug.org.nz/Novell. The meeting will be at 7:30pm, TW.2.07 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TW)

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Woof won't work. Why?
by Leslie Katz 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

I've plugged my modem and more than one computer into an Ethernet switch, so that any computer plugged into the switch can use my Internet connection. On a couple of occasions, I've wanted to transfer a file from one of the plugged-in computers to another (both using Linux) and have been able to do so via ssh. A few days ago, I learnt about Woof: http://enterprise.linux.com/print.pl?sid=07/02/07/2118208, and decided to try it instead of ssh. I followed the instructions in the document and got the transferor computer to announce that it was serving, on a specified URL, the file I wanted to transfer. However, when I tried to go to that URL using Opera on the transferee computer, all I got was the hour glass; nothing else happened. I then tried wget instead. Then, I got the output "connecting to" the specified URL, but again nothing else happened. I'm satisfied that the connection problem isn't a firewall one. The transferor computer uses Firestarter and it gives no indication that it's refusing the attempted connection from the transferee computer. I've just installed the OS on the transferee computer and haven't yet added a firewall. Opera and wget both work otherwise than when I try to connect to the transferor computer. What other reasons might there be for the transferee computer not to connect to the transferor one?

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