May 2008 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

ATM running Windows
by Chris O'Halloran 29 May '08

29 May '08

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taniwha/2530125783/

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KDE 4.1 Beta
by Ian McDonald 28 May '08

28 May '08

Some nice screen shots and info here: http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.1-beta1.php -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Fedora project and FreeIPA
by Ian McDonald 26 May '08

26 May '08

Just reading an interview with Fedora project leader. Quite interesting. Also saw mention of FreeIPA project that Fedora/RedHat have started that is tying together Kerebos/Samba etc to compete with Active Directory. Quite interesting. Also mentions speed up of X http://news.softpedia.com/news/Exclusive-Fedora-Interview-86401.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeIPA http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OneSecondX -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 25 May '08

25 May '08

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26th, 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Graham Lauder will be speaking about the INGOTS (http://theingots.org.nz/index.html) (and OpenOffice.org (http://openoffice.org.nz/) if we have time)

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Microsoft plans to natively support ODF
by Ian McDonald 24 May '08

24 May '08

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080521-office-2007-to-gain-native-od… As I keep saying I think Microsoft is heading down a more open path. Sure they're not there yet but this is a good move. It wasn't that long ago that Sun was a closed source company (think Solaris, Java). -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 May '08

22 May '08

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26th, 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Graham Lauder will be speaking about the INGOTS (http://theingots.org.nz/index.html) (and OpenOffice.org (http://openoffice.org.nz/) if we have time)

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 18 May '08

18 May '08

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- May 26th, 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Graham Lauder will be speaking about the INGOTS (http://theingots.org.nz/index.html) (and OpenOffice.org (http://openoffice.org.nz/) if we have time)

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Essay on OLPC
by Ian McDonald 16 May '08

16 May '08

Interesting (long) read: http://radian.org/notebook/sic-transit-gloria-laptopi Found at lwn.net -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Re: [wlug] Top 5 tiny distros
by Michael McDonald 15 May '08

15 May '08

2008/5/15 Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz>: > Haven't read yet myself... > > http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/26480 Looks like there's a few interesting distros to try there ... always useful when a friend a needs a computer in a hurry and you've only got old and ancient computers around that are spare. Seems impressed with Puppy ... and I was when I tried it and had no problems connecting to the Internet with an internal fax/modem. (note ... copy to WLUG) Michael

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 11 May '08

11 May '08

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Previous Minutes # Treasurers report # Correspondence # Matters -Sign up for SFD, what quantity of supplies do we require? -Contact Canonical and get 8.04 CD order underway. (Bruce has put in an order for 100 freebies from shipit, not sure how many we'll get) - Bryce Utting nominated as 'temporary committee member' to replace Simon, as allowed for in the constitution.. no SGM required (it's a lot of hassle for a minor committee position and also Bruce forgot to announce one..) Approved by email vote, but should probably be recorded in some minutes somewhere. - Fund raising.. bank balance is distressingly low. Bruce intends to remind members to pay fees at next meeting. Is there anything else we could do to raise funds? Trust applications? # Server status # General business

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