There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday:
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7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)
Web-enabled Linksys devices using Embedded Linux
No worries, James
I've cooked my machine(s) so frequently (hardware & software) & had endless issues with redmond, even if I prove I'm the legit owner of a licence (numerous through the years, actually), that I've now resorted to VM's (which may very well be a breach of licence, but I simply don't care any more).
That way I can setup a basic system as I like it & back it up & store it. I can easily move it from machine to machine (and btw, run multiple copies, though I seldom do this; 1 is enough for my tests). If I do somethingh to blow my win, it's easy to recover
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I'd like to apologize to the XP user for the tine of my last message
As Craig pointed out, it may have been construed as 'derogatory' (the reference to 'Windoze' as opposed to 'windows').
This could prove counter-productive...
If I came across a bit strong, it was not my intent
So here is the long & the short of it.
win licensing is a nightmare. Best just get an old box with a licence & fly with that.
For distro's, go to www.distrowatch.com
This is the be-all & end-all for distro's, and here you can pick & choose from many, MANY distro's, fOSS & commercial.
Even listing for retail suppliers of disks.
Go with a "LiveCD" (or a liveUSB if you want) to non-destructively try the system(s) before committing. Make nifty gifts too.
Go to ubuntuforums.org for 90% of you Linux (any distro) questions. Resource & links are comprehensive, most users aren't as abrasive as myself, and turnaround time is usually very quick.
Just be sure to do a search on a topic before asking a question that's been covered many time before.
If all else fails, bring your kit to an "install-fest" @ your next gLUG meeting, when & wherever that happens.
BTW. check the channels to see about the upcoming SoftwareFreedomDay.org on the 20th Sept. That may also be a very good time to get i's crossed & t's dotted
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I think the point is being missed here.
This is a LUG.
It's all good & fine to keep XP around for legacy reasons, either in a VM or as a dual boot option, but there are numerous licensing pit-fall's involved. Focus on the (g)Linux (please)
If you want a windoze OS, the simplest is really to go to TradeMe, and get an old busted machine. Use the rest for spares, or another home linux server (IPCop firewall? mythbuntu? torrentflux? NAS/RAS?).
That way windows will basically cost you the price of shipping. (or you can be sneaky & try to lay your hands on a MSDN version; 2k is still the best)
Any other option option, you simply spinning your wheels & creating more problems in the long run.
I've tries to get an old XP licence from users that have 'upgraded' to vista; good luck with that one
- Jaco
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Hi all,
I'm preparing a display that's to occupy a poster in the public library
for the two weeks leading up to Software Freedom Day. The intent is to
demonstrate the usefulness and attraction of FOSS software with a
whoooole bunch of screenshots, grouped (transparently) around a set of
categories that'll hopefully catch all comers.
Ideally: someone will walk past, see a bunch of colour, see something
surprising being done with (eg) OOo Writer, and think "... if I download
a copy (and become awesomely talented), *I* could do that."
(whether they show up at the installfest is kindof a side goal: it'd be
great, but we really want people knowing what they can do with FOSS, and
also knowing that it's free and that they don't need to fork out $$$ for
Office, Photoshop, Unreal, Visual Studio, or whatever. and where to get
it from, of course.)
To do that, we need colourful, compelling, and useful (where applicable)
screenshots of a wide range of FOSS software. These screenshots need to
be released under Creative Commons, so we need to draw on resources
within WLUG rather than simply downloading sample screenshots. We've
got around 2.4 x 1.2 metres, so we've got real estate to burn.
I've set up a page detailing the goals, showing the current layout
design (using, ahem, downloaded screenshots), and listing candidate
packages:
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~butting/wlug/contrib.html
If you think you can offer something -- killer examples of Inkscape or
Gimp in use, Kino being used to create something lively, a Rosegarden
composition, a Mono program that looks good onscreen -- please, please,
check the page out and drop me a line.
ta,
Bryce
The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today:
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7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4)
Web-enabled Linksys devices using Embedded Linux
Has anybody had experience in setting this up with Ubuntu 8.04
The full Model Number is AS5315-201G08Mi
I am thinking of buying one . I found on the web information about
Aspire 5315 that it could be got to work
but when I searched with the whole model number couldn't find any
information.
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Hamilton
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Subject: Stallman Interview on TV
From: "Steve Reeves" <stever(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz>
Date: Sat, August 9, 2008 1:50 pm
To: cs-staff(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz
cs-grads(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz
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AltTV (channel 65 on Sky) Wednesday, on the programme Greencore. The
show is 8pm - 8.30 but not sure when the interview will show
precisely. Its about 10 mins.
Steve
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