January 2014 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

LibreOffice 4.2 Busts Out GPU Mantle Support and Corporate IT Integration
by Peter Reutemann 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

"In catching up with MS Office, the new LibreOffice 4.2 now has full Windows 7/8 integration including Aero peek, thumbnails, jumplists, and recent documents all from the taskbar. In addition, one weak area for LibreOffice has been enterprise network support and the lack of active directory tools: LibreOffice now has GPO and active directory support for system administrators to deploy and manage LibreOffice over corporate networks. LibreOffice also includes an expert configuration Window to assist power users and system administrators when deploying to hundreds of workstation at a time." -- source: http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/01/30/1654234 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 271, Issue 17
by Mark H. Jones 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

> Actually, it is documented in xkeyboard-config(7). The following should > work: > > setxkbmap -options shift:both_capslock > > The Colemak layout can be obtained with: > > setxkbmap -layout 'us(colemak)' > > I would put the above into /etc/default/keyboard (if on a Debian like > system) as > > XKBLAYOUT="us" > XKBVARIANT="colemak" > XKBOPTIONS="shift:both_capslock" > > (untested but that is what I gather from the man file). > > Cheers > Michael. Perfect - now it takes effect before GDM starts. No more switching layouts to enter my login password after a reboot. Thanks Michael.

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Re: [wlug] How to Kill the Caps Lock on your Linux Desktop
by Mark H. Jones 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

A while ago I switched to the Colemak keyboard layout which replaces the Caps Lock key with an additional backspace. Most of the time not having Caps Lock was fine but occasionally I find myself having to write whole words in capitals (esp. when programming) which was a pain. If you're using the Gnome desktop environment (or if you load gnome-settings in the background for those using a tiling window manager) you can set the Caps Lock to be toggled by pressing both Shift keys simultaneously. For me this was a huge productivity booster. To do this via Gnome: open the system settings -> Keyboard -> Layout Settings -> Options -> Miscellaneous compatibility options and tick "Both Shift-Keys together toggle Caps Lock" If anyone knows how to achieve this via command line, without gnome-settings, please share.

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How to Kill the Caps Lock on your Linux Desktop
by Peter Reutemann 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

"I really liked being free of the intrusive Caps Lock, since I'm not a very good typist; I look down at the keys a lot, and if I've hit the lock by mistake it can be half a line or more before I notice. Anyway, with Disable suddenly unavailable I did some searching and found that the function of the Caps Lock key could be replaced by adding a script to xmodmap." -- source: http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/758968 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Does Anyone Make a Photo De-Duplicator For Linux? Something That Reads EXIF?
by Peter Reutemann 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

"Imagine having thousands of images on disparate machines. many are dupes, even among the disparate machines. It's impossible to delete all the dupes manually and create a singular, accurate photo image base? Is there an app out there that can scan a file system, perhaps a target sub-folder system, and suck in the images-- WITHOUT creating duplicates? Perhaps by reading EXIF info or hashes? I have eleven file systems saved, and the task of eliminating dupes seems impossible." -- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/01/23/2227241 Worthwhile reading the comments, mentioning various tools. Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Passing of Michael McDonald
by Ian McDonald 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

Hello all I'm sorry to let you know that Dad passed away on the 12th January and I know many of you knew him. Over the years he enjoyed his time at WLUG going to many meetings, helping with Ubuntu install days etc. He was a strong believer in open source and converted hundreds of machines to Linux and other open source software such as Firefox, LibreOffice. Ian

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Pear OS gone
by Peter Reutemann 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

'David Tavares, founder of Pear OS, apparently messaged the other day on Google+ that the Ubuntu-based distribution would no longer be available for download. According to Softpedia.com, "Mr. Tavares sold the Pear OS distribution to an undisclosed company that will develop the Linux-based operating system for its own products."' -- source: http://ostatic.com/blog/pear-departure-bodhi-fundraiser-and-mageia-4-rc Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Scientists detect “spoiled onions” trying to sabotage Tor privacy network
by Peter Reutemann 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

"Computer scientists have identified almost two dozen computers that were actively working to sabotage the Tor privacy network by carrying out attacks that can degrade encrypted connections between end users and the websites or servers they visit." -- source: http://bit.ly/1hKCdw4 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Fwd: [nzpug] Re: python users in Hamilton
by Bruce Kingsbury 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

This might be of interest to WLUG too; ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Mckee <will(a)artcontrol.me> Date: 22 January 2014 13:53 Subject: Re: [nzpug] Re: python users in Hamilton To: "nzpug(a)googlegroups.com" <nzpug(a)googlegroups.com> Hello I have been organizing some Python classes to start happening in Hamilton. These will be every Wednesday from 6pm till 8pm at ‘Te Whare o Te Ata’ Community House, 60A Sare Crescent, Fairfield, Hamilton, New Zealand (map<https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%E2%80%98Te+Wh…> ) The first class will be held on 12th February 2014. It's a great spot - 10 computers (and a pi!) are running Debian. All skill levels welcome. Free of charge. Come along and meet fellow python people and let's build some awesome software. Thanks, William Mckee On 18/10/2013 2:07 PM, "Eric Light" <eric(a)ericlight.com> wrote: > Myself and two others from Gravity Computing are likely to get there! We > don't do Python commercially, but we've been dabbling. :-) > On 18/10/2013 1:20 PM, "Chris O'Halloran" <cmoman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Bruce >> >> I suggest you suggest a time and place and we'll see if can get a show of >> hands of potential attendees. >> >> Enough people have commented on this thread that there is definitely some >> interest. >> >> Is there a project available at your venue to do "show and tell" >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris >> >> >> On 17 October 2013 15:11, William Mckee <will(a)artcontrol.me> wrote: >> >>> Hello. >>> I am interested in helping out and getting something happen in Hamilton >>> with Python classes/meetups. >>> Currently I spent the majority of my days working on projects in IPython >>> Notebook in a Linux environment. >>> It would be great to meet you Bruce (and anyone else) and discuss. >>> Here's my github: https://github.com/wcmckee >>> >>> Thanks, >>> William Mckee >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "New Zealand Python User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nzpug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to nzpug(a)googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nzpug. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "New Zealand Python User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nzpug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nzpug(a)googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nzpug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "New Zealand Python User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nzpug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nzpug(a)googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nzpug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "New Zealand Python User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nzpug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nzpug(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nzpug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

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FreeBSD 10.0 Released
by Peter Reutemann 21 Jan '14

21 Jan '14

"FreeBSD 10.0 has been released. A few highlights include: pkg is now the default package management utility. Major enhancements in virtualization, including the addition of bhyve, virtio, and native paravirtualized drivers providing support for FreeBSD as a guest operating system on Microsoft Hyper-V. Support for the high-performance LZ4 compression algorithm has been added to ZFS and TRIM support for SSD has been added to ZFS. clang is the default compiler. This release has official Raspberry Pi support. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and a quick FreeBSD installation video is here. FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE may be downloaded via ftp or via a torrent client that supports web seeding." -- source: http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/14/01/20/1731239 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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