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More eye candy with compiz and XGL
by Craig Box 11 May '06

11 May '06

http://www.compiz.net/viewtopic.php?id=6 As seen in the XGL demo video I showed a couple of WLUG meetings ago, the utility that lets you run applications composited on top of your windows has been released. This lets you fly toasters around on top of your applications. Please debate the usefulness of this feature! Craig

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 10 May '06

10 May '06

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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Committee Meeting To have something added to the agenda for this meeting, please email secretary @ wlug.org.nz. Location: 4 Silhouette Way Provisional agenda: # Minutes from previous meeting # Matters arising # Correspondence # Treasurers report # General business ----- CommitteeMeetingTopics

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Local loop to be unbundled
by Craig Box 05 May '06

05 May '06

http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=25636 Craig

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Thanks and raincoat
by Justin Hyde 04 May '06

04 May '06

A big thank you to the linux (and mythtv) experts who helped out at the workshop last Saturday. Certainly I got a lot out of the day, I reckon I could get mythtv going by myself now. If anyone wants some help then we could test that theory. One of our mature members, who arrived around 3pm, left his raincoat at my place. Please contact me at 8562454 to arrange pickup. Cheers guys! Justin Hyde

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Fibre
by Oliver Jones 03 May '06

03 May '06

I've deleted the email I was going to respond to... damn. Anyway, regarding LLU, the PDF pointed to makes a good point. Really people should be trying to get access to the ground so they can lay fibre. There is some sort of ruling in NY that makes it compulsory for all utility companies to co-operate on all ditch digging activities. If one company wants to lay a cable all other companies must also lay cable in the same ditch. If they don't they can't dig up the same part of the street for some long period of time. I believe this bylaw was put in place because NY city residents were complaining bitterly about the near constant road works and such due to cable/telecoms companies. Regards

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Re: [wlug] Latest copy of Fedora Core Wanted
by Elroy Liddington 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hi all. Am probably posting to the wrong area (or looking in the wrong place), but am after the latest 5?-CD set of Fedora Core. Am happy to pay postage and SAE, plus supply CD's required, as well as ten blank CD's for whoever does the job :-) Cheers, Elroy Liddington.

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Official Announcement.
by Lindsay Druett 02 May '06

02 May '06

Hi All, Over the last month or so, the WLUG Committee went to seek sponsorship in order to replace the existing hoiho server. Today, HP New Zealand has responded by kindly providing an HP BL10e blade server complete with five servers having 512 MB RAM in each of them and single disk. HP didn't provide me with any further details of the specifications. Regards, Lindsay Druett. WLUG President.

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Linux Counter
by Craig Box 01 May '06

01 May '06

Are you listed on the Linux Counter? http://counter.li.org/ (This message bought to you by http://lugww.counter.li.org/groups.cms?&cc=NZ&rc=WA)

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Good introduction to LVM
by Ian McDonald 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

For those that are interested O"Reilly has posted a good intro to LVM which talks about how to use this to rearrange your disk into parts basically. Wish I knew all this before I set up my systems.... http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/04/27/managing-disk-space-wi… -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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Acceptable use of the WLUG Mailing List
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

The WLUG Mailing List is the discussion-list extension of the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated). As such, we expect members of this list to adhere to the principles espoused in the official WLUG Charter[1], in particular, Rule 6, which covers the activities on this mailing list. While this is an Acceptable Use Policy, the WLUG Committee do recognise the need for informal discussion among list members, and draconian administration is not the goal here. Please keep in mind, however, that your comments to this list do represent the WLUG, and while it is good to be seen as an organisation with a sense of humour, some comments may do major harm to our credibility as a serious advocate of GNU/Linux and all things Free Software/ Open Source related. List discussion should * be honest * accentuate the positive, without hyperbole or blatant misrepresentation * maintain a reasonable level of spelling and grammar * not indulge in ad hominem attacks * not continue inflammatory or abusive threads * not be unprofessional or petty, especially with respect to the names of other software companies * not promote or denigrate political, cultural, or religious views * not indulge in marketing or advertising, other than on a private sale basis, or advertising of jobs - which may be announced once only * not reproduce copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder * not defame any person or organisation Posters who consistently violate these guidelines will be dealt with at the discretion of the List Maintainer. If you feel you have been unfairly dealt with, you have recourse to any member of the WLUG Committee[2]. Certain mailing list etiquette should also be maintained: * please use only plain text (not HTML) * reply inline or below when quoting, rather than on top * trim quotes (don't reply quoting a 10 page message with a single line of reply) If you have any questions, start reading at http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html. These points have been established over a long time on this list. If you want to question them, please do it off list. As list users, use your discretion when pulling people up over etiquette - please reply off list, and if there is a serious breach, the list administrator will probably have dealt with it off-list already. [1] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCharter [2] http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugCommittee

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