June 2008 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

Ubuntu 8.10 features
by Ian McDonald 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Good article here: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080629-horny-for-ubuntu-8-10-first-l… I also like the links to NetworkManager blogs - looks like it will finally be useful, rather than annoying. I like the idea of sharing your 3G card easily.... -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

3 3

hugin panoramas
by John Billings 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

I posted my slides and the panorama image I created from the pictures I took at the meeting last week: http://wlug.org.nz/JohnBillings The Hugin interface is pretty easy to use. I added the two pictures and it assembled them and ouput a .tif image. I opened that up in GIMP and cropped it a bit, there were some gray areas that hugin left around the sides. Then used GIMP to convert it to a .jpg image. If you want to see the full size image it's at: http://nimhq.net/wlug-hugin-example.jpg You can see the seam where the two images were joined by the exit sign, but I thought it did a pretty good job. Think it is really best for scenery shots of course, so I dug through some old photos, and found a couple shots out at Maunganui I could join: http://nimhq.net/maunganui-1.jpg http://nimhq.net/maunganui-2.jpg Resulting in: http://nimhq.net/maunganui-hugin.jpg Thought I'd share my experiment. Best, John

1 0

REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) "Gnu/Linux Graphics Software Roundup" John Billings will talk about some of the graphics software available in Linux, including (but not limited to) the GIMP, Inkscape, and Blender.

1 0

In the news today
by Ian McDonald 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

Someone from Microsoft says that ODF has won: http://www.osnews.com/story/19892 and that Java is now available 100% free (with help of RedHat/IcedTea): http://www.osnews.com/story/19892 -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

2 1

REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Topic to be announced.

2 1

WINE is 1 yo - Happy Birthday Wine!
by James Pluck 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

(I'm probably out of date with this...) http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147212/wine_pops_its_cork_aft… -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."

2 2

fedora 9 and -lglib
by stephen pearce 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

Hi I'm trying to compile the source version of Lazarus .. which is a gui ide for the free pascal compiler (object pascal which is almost identical to delphi) ... on a fedora 9 installation. FPC compiles ok .. you have to get the binary initially to bootstrap compile the source distro of the fpc compiler) ... lazarus compiles ok but aborts on linking with a message saying it cannot link to -lglib. I got the source for glib and compiled and installed this .. but lazarus gave the same error. I was originally running the amd 64 bit version of fedora .. x86-64 .. but reinstalled the i386 version .. with no change (rather frustrated by now) ...I then tried seaching the makefiles and other installation stuff looking for libglib references .. without any luck to date ... though libglib v 2 is in /usr/lib I am vaguely aware that the fedora library comformation is a bit differenct to debian but don't know the details nor of a simple way to spoff software looking in the debian places to cope with the fedora conformation .. has anyone any experience along these lines or other thoughts on this Thanks -- Stephen Pearce Whangarei

1 0

ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 15 Jun '08

15 Jun '08

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Topic to be announced.

2 1

Mail client difficulty
by Graham Lauder 13 Jun '08

13 Jun '08

This one is driving me a bit batty at the moment. I've been using KMail up till now but the addressbook has a flaky UI which is frustrating and nonintuitive to say the least and there are one or two other issues that have caused me problems with lost mails and such. Good reports filtered down to me about Thunderbird and Evolution so I installed them and set everything up and neither of them can hookup up to my popmail accounts. All the settings are exactly the same as the Kmail settings and Kmail hooks in and downloads everything no problems Obviously running on OpenSuSE 10.3. What have I missed? -- Graham Lauder, ******************************************** The Best things come in 3 http://why.openoffice.org ******************************************** OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org

6 6

help testing the Māori language spell checker for thunderbird and firefox
by Stuart A. Yeates 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hello everyone It's not linux, but Kiharoa, who puts together the Māori language spell checker for thunderbird and firefox, needs some urgent testing and feedback so it makes the grade for getting into the next release. The URL is: http://kiharoa.dear.maori.nz/2008/06/still-looking-for-volunteers/ cheers stuart

1 0

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

08 Jun '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 # Server status # General business

1 0

Acer pushing Linux on laptops
by Ian McDonald 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9960210-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=254… I know that for quite some time you have been able to buy Linux only notebooks from them easily. -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

2 2

WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday June 7, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

1 0

app for drawing database data models
by Brenda Wallace 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

any recommendations for an app? I've been using dia - anything better out there?

3 2

Google Gadgets open sourced for Linux
by Ian McDonald 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080605-google-gadgets-open-sourced-f… -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

1 0

WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday June 7, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

1 0

RimuHosting Hiring Linux Gurus
by Peter Bryant 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi all. It's been about 6 months since I last posted here looking for more staff. But we keep growing, and we keep needing more staff. So here goes again... I'm looking for one or two more full time people to do Linux support and sysadmin work for RimuHosting: setup people's Linux servers, install Linux apps, troubleshoot problems, help manage the few thousand Linux servers we run, and the like. It can be very interesting, challenging work. You get to play with _lots_ of servers, distros and get exposure to just about every app that runs on Linux. I'd also consider uni students on a part time (evenings, weekends?) basis. For those that don't know, RimuHosting is based in Cambridge, down the road from Hamilton, and we provide Linux VPS and dedicated server hosting and support to customers dotted all around the world. More info (and application procedures) is over at: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Jobs/IT-Jobs/Networking-systems/auction-1… If you had any questions just reply off list to me. Cheers, Peter http://rimuhosting.com PS: The link on http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugMailingList to http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/mailing-list-aup.txt gives a 403 Forbidden...

2 1

Features for Ubuntu 8.10 / dev model
by Ian McDonald 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Interesting article here: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18482/1141/ (originally found on http://lwn.net) -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

1 0

midnight commander q
by stephen pearce 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Hi Does anyone know how toconfigure midnight commander so that on closing it down you stay in the directory you have navigated to .. rather than ending up back in the directory you were in when you started it? On one of my installations this works ... on a newer one it does not .. and I cannot see the difference .. nor can I see how to do it from the mc documentation Tnx -- Stephen Pearce Critical Care Whangarei ph 021 390 997

2 1

Flash in firefox v2 and v3
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Hi All, Does anyone know why some flash movies in Firefox do not work but seem ok in Epiphany and Sea monkey Clear.net.nz news/videos are an example. In Firefox they start to load then fail after 3 seconds Some U tube movies do a similar thing. Regards John..

2 1