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Weak keys in NetBSD
by Peter Reutemann 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

"An incorrect bracket in the program code of NetBSD causes systems to generate weak cryptographic keys. OpenSSH server keys are particularly affected" -- source: http://h-online.com/-1829336 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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Orion launches bid to boost NZ ICT talent
by Rene Bartosh 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

They are sponsoring raspberry pi's for 'S schools. http://nzh.tw/10872863 Regards Rene

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !Special General Meeting A draft of the revised charter will be tabled, this will reduce the quorum to the smaller of 5 members or 50% of the general membership, and reduce the size of the committee to 4. Meet up at the university: MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Time: 7:30pm onwards

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Too Perfect a Mirror
by Peter Reutemann 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

"Jeff Mitchell writes on his blog about what almost became 'The Great KDE Disaster Of 2013.' It all started as simple update of the root git server and ended up with a corrupt git repository automatically mirrored to every mirror and deleting every copy of most KDE repositories. It ends by discussing what the problem is with git --mirror and how you can avoid similar problems in the future." -- source: http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/03/24/1252237/too-perfect-a-mirror 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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SpaceX: Lessons Learned Developing Software For Space Vehicles
by Peter Reutemann 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

"On day two of the 2013 Embedded Linux Conference, Robert Rose of SpaceX spoke about the "Lessons Learned Developing Software for Space Vehicles". In his talk, he discussed how SpaceX develops its Linux-based software for a wide variety of tasks needed to put spacecraft into orbit—and eventually beyond. Linux runs everywhere at SpaceX, he said, on everything from desktops to spacecraft." -- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/03/24/2050221 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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Kivy - Open source Python library for development of UI apps
by Peter Reutemann 25 Mar '13

25 Mar '13

I know, not strictly speaking Linux, but interesting nonetheless... "Kivy - Open source Python library for rapid development of applications that make use of innovative user interfaces, such as multi-touch apps. Kivy is running on Linux, Windows, MacOSX, Android and IOS. You can run the same code on all supported platforms. It can use natively most inputs protocols and devices like WM_Touch, WM_Pen, Mac OS X Trackpad and Magic Mouse, Mtdev, Linux Kernel HID, TUIO. A multi-touch mouse simulator is included." Release under LGPL3 -- source: http://kivy.org/ 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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GCC 4.8 completes migration to C++
by Peter Reutemann 24 Mar '13

24 Mar '13

"The GCC developers have, after years of planning, completed the switch to C++ as the implementation language for their software. The new version of GCC also includes performance improvements and a new general optimisation level." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1824539 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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Hardware up for grabs
by Daniel Lawson 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

Hey guys I'm clearing stuff out again, and have some more hardware available: PC 1: Intel Core2 Q8200 (Quad-core, 2.33GHz) Intel desktop board DQ45CB Thermaltake Litepower 600 PSU Cooler Master Elite 330 4GB DDR2-800 RAM hard disk of some size, I'll dig something up. PC 2: AMD Phenom II X4 925 (Quad-core, 2.8GHz) Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2 Motherboard Cooler Master Elite 330 8GB DDR3 RAM Seasonic 740W PSU w/modular connections Fanless radeon graphics card of some description (1GB ram i think) 750 GB harddisk. Other stuff: Altec Lansing speakers and subwoofer XBox 1.6, mod chipped (Xecutor 3 mod chip, I think) No hard disk unless I can find the original one, but it shouldn't be hard to fit another one. DVD Remote, one (maybe 2) controllers, and a Grand Theft Auto boxed set if I can find it Pickup from work in town (Alexandra St) preferred, but can do a weekend/evening pickup in Silverdale if arranged in advance

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Canonical and China Announce Ubuntu Collaboration
by Peter Reutemann 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

"Canonical, the software company that manages and funds Ubuntu, announced that the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will base their national reference architecture for standard operating systems on Ubuntu, and they will call it Kylin. Arguably China is the largest desktop market and the announcement has important implications. Shuttleworth says, 'The release of Ubuntu Kylin brings the Chinese open source community into the global Ubuntu community.'" -- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/03/21/2235251/canonical-and-china-announ… 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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Debian 7.0 for Easter?
by Peter Reutemann 21 Mar '13

21 Mar '13

"The Debian developers are preparing for the release of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and have shortened the list of Release Critical Bugs to less than one hundred, of which the majority will most likely be ignored or corresponding packages will be dropped" -- source: http://h-online.com/-1827628 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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