July 2008 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '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) "Opensource, GNU/Linux, and why those things are important for FX Networks." Opensource thinking and technology permeates the Network Operations Centre at FxNetworks. FX rely on a number of Opensource packages to run both the network and the business. The open and adaptable model also extends to how they engage with other network operators and service providers. Jamie Baddeley will speak how things come together at FX, and why GNU/Linux is important to them

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RMS visit. Who would turn up?
by Bruce Kingsbury 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

Just wondering. If CompSci were to host a talk by Richard Stallman (proposed Sat 9th August, early evening) who would definitely turn up for it? WLUG cannot organise this. RMS refuses to have anything to do with LUGS. CompSci are considering it, but don't think that 100 or more people will turn up. I have no idea how much (or how little) interest there actually is in this presentation. Show of hands? -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them.

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Useful blogs/websites
by Daniel Lawson 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Hey guys Thought I'd point out a couple of useful websites that have been collecting in my rss reader http://www.debian-administration.org/ often has some useful posts on it. Yes, it's Debian focussed, which also means it mostly applies to Ubuntu as well, but a lot of the stuff that comes up applies to all distros just as readily. For example, the author is currently trying to run a daily series of "Commands you might have missed", covering off simple utilities like pstree and watch that a lot of people don't know about. http://debaday.debian.net/ tries to cover off a Debian Package of the Day, however the author struggle for content to keep it going at that rate. Still comes up with some useful entries at least twice a week. http://www.debuntu.org/ is a Debian and Ubuntu tips and tricks page. The OpenSource Toolbox at http://ostoolbox.blogspot.com/ covers a wider range of projects and platforms than the above http://www.linuxdevices.com/ is a site dedicated to embedded devices and platforms that interoperate or run linux (and other free or open platforms I think) If you're interested in following kernel developments, then www.kerneltrap.org and www.kernelplanet.org might be interesting to you. The former is a meta-discussion of what's going on in the linux kernel mailing list, and the latter is an aggregation of various kernel developers blogs, so quite often has a lot of other random stuff in it. And of course, there's the WLUG wiki at http://www.wlug.org.nz and Planet WLUG at http://planet.wlug.org.nz/, if you didn't know about them already :) Daniel

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Laptop Query
by James Pluck 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Hi all! Does anyone know if the below laptop will work ok under Linux (I'm thinking Ubuntu Hardy) I am looking for a lappy to use as a general portable workhorse for checking mail and a LAMP/AJAX/Ruby etc coding platform. I'm keeping the desktop as a games machine but want something I can take with me to the library, etc for quiet time coding or whatever. J -- 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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Big Buck Bunny builds a better Blender
by Bruce Kingsbury 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Thought this might be of interest to the list, particularly after covering the Blender software and BBB movie at John's presentation. *Big Buck Bunny* is the colorful product of the Peach<http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/>open movie project: an animated short released online and on DVD. But in addition to the 'toon itself, Peach has produced an altogether different yield: improvements to the Blender <http://www.blender.org/> 3-D modeling application. Like its predecessor Project Orange<http://orange.blender.org/>, Peach pushed the open source tool forward with the demands of a real-world media production, in a way that hobbyist usage cannot. http://www.linux.com/feature/139454 -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them.

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Open-source laptop tracking system for laptops
by Michael McDonald 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Interested to see this open source solution being promoted ... New service tracks missing laptops for free Researchers have developed a free open-source laptop tracking system for laptops By Robert McMillan San Francisco | Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 Lose your laptop these days and you lose part of your life: You say good-bye to photos, music and personal documents that cannot be replaced, and if it's a work computer, you may be the source of a very public data breach. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/EC980DF9A9B079E6CC257486006F02AC Michael

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waikato imap
by Justin Hyde 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

I had similar problems and only got it to work after changing the password. AFAIK this is only possible from off-campus, blocked ports on-campus and can't go through proxy server. Cheers > hey, it works ;) the problem was the synchronisation of password. I > changed it, went to the UnlockChapta Link. And that's it! > Big Thanx to everyone for your support. > > Colin Palmer wrote: > >* On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 11:53 +1200, Ivo Senner wrote: > *>* > *>>* So this is my first question: I've tried to setup an imap account for > *>>* my university address at thunderbird. But everytime I trying to > *>>* connect to imap.gmail.com i get the message "Invalid credentials > *>>* (Failure)". While searching in google for a solution I can only find > *>>* the notice to activate IMAP at webmail. That was the first thing i've > *>>* done. Does anyone know something about this behaviour? or how to setup > *>>* the imap-account correctly? > *>>* > *>* > *>* The ITS service desk are the best people to ask about this, since some > *>* of the details are UoW specific. However most of what you need to know > *>* is here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77662 > *>* > *>* Things to note: > *>* > *>* - SSL/port 993 is compulsory, standard IMAP won't work. > *>* - Your IMAP username is <user>@students.waikato.ac.nz > *>* - Your password should be the same as your UoW one, but may not be > *>* sychronised, especially if you've never used > *>* https://tools.its.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/changepw so go there and set a > *>* new password. > *>* - It's easy to lock yourself out by entering the wrong password too many > *>* times, so you may need to visit > *>* https://www.google.com/a/students.waikato.ac.nz/UnlockCaptcha before > *>* trying again. This will confirm the new password you just set works. > *>* > *>* > * > >

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waikato imap
by Ivo Senner 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

hey guys, I'm new at the UoW and also at this mailinglist ;) If someone is interested in this: I'm from Germany, 22 years old, using archlinux and (at my workstation at home) gentoo. So this is my first question: I've tried to setup an imap account for my university address at thunderbird. But everytime I trying to connect to imap.gmail.com i get the message "Invalid credentials (Failure)". While searching in google for a solution I can only find the notice to activate IMAP at webmail. That was the first thing i've done. Does anyone know something about this behaviour? or how to setup the imap-account correctly? Thanx and greatz, Ivo

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SA govt to rig buses for free internet
by Michael McDonald 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Interesting plans for buses in South Australia ... SA govt to rig buses for free internet The South Australian Government is planning to offer free internet on the state's public transport system to make it more appealing to use — but it needs to find a hardware vendor and ISP willing to install the technology first. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/SA-govt-to-rig-buses-for-free-int… Michael

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '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

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