'Developers working with the low cost ARM based mini-computer now have
a new version of Debian GNU/Linux to test: "wheezy"'
--source: http://h-online.com/-1615208
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
Hi everyone
The New Zealand Open Source Awards are now open for nominations:
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/
The categories this year don't just cover business and government
software, but also include "Open Science Award" for science related
software, "Open Source Use in The Arts", "Open Source Contributor" and
"Open Source People's Choice Award" (for recognizing
organizations/individuals).
The full list is available here:
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/categories
If you think that a person or project from New Zealand should get
nominated, then go ahead and do it:
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/node/add/nomination
Please feel free to forward this email.
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
There's a WLUG meeting tonight:
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!!!WLUG LanParty
Meet up at the university, usual meeting room for Monday meetings: MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)
Time: 10am to 4pm
Come along and bring your favourite free/ open source games or games that run on free operating systems. Suggestions include:
* Bzflag
* World of Padman
* urban terror
* Sauerbraten
* More on WikiPedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games)
We'll have internet access (48Mbit/s).
Entry is free for visitors and club members.
However, if you, as a visitor, wish to connect your computer to the internet for more than a few minutes, a fee of $4 dollars to cover internet costs would be appreciated. We will accept membership applications on the day ($20).
There are no kitchen facilities within the room. Toilets will be available around the campus, a couple of bakeries not far from campus.
I wonder if the verb should be "Snapshooting"
rather than Snapshotting.
:)
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [wlug] Snapshotting backup tool Obnam 1.0 released
> From: Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, June 06, 2012 11:04 am
> To: wlug <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>
>
>
> 'Obnam, "a snapshotting, de-duplicating, encrypting backup program"
> has been released by its developer, Lars Wirzenius. The application
> has been in development since 2006 when Wirzenius decided that he
> could not find a backup application which met all his demands, despite
> finding various applications with one or two of his requirements.'
>
> -- source: http://h-online.com/-1605021
>
> Cheers, Peter
> --
> Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
> http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
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In the light of the LinkedIn password hash leak:
"Now, Poul-Henning Kamp a developer known for work on various projects
and the author of the md5crypt password scrambler asks everybody to
migrate to a stronger password scrambler without undue delay. From the
blog post: 'New research has shown that it can be run at a rate close
to 1 million checks per second on COTS GPU hardware, which means that
it is as prone to brute-force attacks as the DES based UNIX crypt was
back in 1995: Any 8 character password can be found in a couple of
days. The default algorithm for storing password hashes in /etc/shadow
is MD5. RHEL / CentOS / FreeBSD user can migrate to SHA-512 hashing
algorithms.'"
-- source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/06/07/1529252/md5crypt-password-scrambler…
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
There is a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting tomorrow:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
!!!WLUG LanParty
Meet up at the university, usual meeting room for Monday meetings: MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)
Time: 10am to 4pm
Come along and bring your favourite free/ open source games or games that run on free operating systems. Suggestions include:
* Bzflag
* World of Padman
* urban terror
* Sauerbraten
* More on WikiPedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games)
We'll have internet access (48Mbit/s).
Entry is free for visitors and club members.
However, if you, as a visitor, wish to connect your computer to the internet for more than a few minutes, a fee of $4 dollars to cover internet costs would be appreciated. We will accept membership applications on the day ($20).
There are no kitchen facilities within the room. Toilets will be available around the campus, a couple of bakeries not far from campus.
"After years of battling Linux as a competitive threat, Microsoft is
now offering Linux-based operating systems on its Windows Azure cloud
service. The Linux services will go live on Azure at 4 a.m. EDT on
Thursday. At that time, the Azure portal will offer a number of Linux
distributions, including Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, OpenSuse
12.01, CentOS 6.2 and Canonical Ubuntu 12.04. Azure users will be able
to choose and deploy a Linux distribution from the Microsoft Windows
Azure Image Gallery and be charged on an hourly pay-as-you-go basis."
-- source: http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/06/2150202/microsoft-to-run-linux-on-a…
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
'Obnam, "a snapshotting, de-duplicating, encrypting backup program"
has been released by its developer, Lars Wirzenius. The application
has been in development since 2006 when Wirzenius decided that he
could not find a backup application which met all his demands, despite
finding various applications with one or two of his requirements.'
-- source: http://h-online.com/-1605021
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
Any progress on the bulk purchase plan?
Stephen
On 6/5/12, wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz
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> Subject: [wlug] A few things you can do with the Raspberry Pi
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> 1) A starter to the world of computer programming using Scratch
> 2) Use the Raspberry Pi as an inexpensive media centre.
> 3) Attach a large external hard disk to the USB ports and create your
> own inexpensive and low-power NAS server.
> 4) Given the incredibly low power requirements of the Raspberry Pi and
> its silence (no fan noise), it has the potential to be a useful
> personal web server.
> 5) Make your own secure file repository, joining the cloud computing
> revolution.
> 6) Build your own Arcade cabinet to play your favourite arcade games.
> 7) Home-brew voicemail system using FreeSwitch.
> 8) Convert the device into a touchscreen tablet.
>
> http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20120603092224252/RaspberryPi-ThingstoDow…
>
> Cheers, Peter
> --
> Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
> http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/? ? ? ? ?? Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
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Critical Care
Whangarei
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1) A starter to the world of computer programming using Scratch
2) Use the Raspberry Pi as an inexpensive media centre.
3) Attach a large external hard disk to the USB ports and create your
own inexpensive and low-power NAS server.
4) Given the incredibly low power requirements of the Raspberry Pi and
its silence (no fan noise), it has the potential to be a useful
personal web server.
5) Make your own secure file repository, joining the cloud computing revolution.
6) Build your own Arcade cabinet to play your favourite arcade games.
7) Home-brew voicemail system using FreeSwitch.
8) Convert the device into a touchscreen tablet.
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20120603092224252/RaspberryPi-ThingstoDow…
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
