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Calligra Suite, the Promising Not-An-Office Suite
by Peter Reutemann 11 May '12

11 May '12

A nice review of the Calligra office suite: https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/575114-calligra-suite-the-promising-n… Been using Krita for quite some time now and love it. On thing that I didn't know was that Calligra is a fork of KOffice. Thought it was a simple rebranding... 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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HP Shows Off Power Over Ethernet Thin Client
by Peter Reutemann 11 May '12

11 May '12

Drawing only 13W is pretty cool: "HP has unveiled an all-in-one thin client capable of being powered by an Ethernet cable. The t410 AiO supports the Type 1 Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard, which means it is capable of drawing its power from a network connection, although it can be powered by standard AC power. It uses an ARM-based processor and has an integrated 18.5-inch monitor, and it is capable of being used for virtual desktops through Windows RDP, VMware View and Citrix ICA." -- source: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/05/10/1354214/hp-shows-off-power-over… 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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Apache OpenOffice Releases Version 3.4
by Peter Reutemann 09 May '12

09 May '12

Looks like OpenOffice is finally coming round and finally picking up pace: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/05/08/1945248/apache-openoffice-releases… 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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Remote desktop tool Guacamole connects via VNC and RDP
by Peter Reutemann 08 May '12

08 May '12

Sounds quite useful: "Version 0.6.0 of the open source, Java-based tool adds support for Microsoft's RDP protocol. Guacamole can be accessed from any browser with HTML5 and AJAX support." --source: http://h-online.com/-1569579 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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OK Creating Wallpaper slide show, ...but a bit different with Ubunt 11.10
by Ian Stewart 07 May '12

07 May '12

Peter: Thanks for the pointer to creating wallpaper slide-shows. I didn't give the GUI application approach using "crebs" (create background slideshow) a try. I opted for the text editing and creation of a .xml file. I found the background slide show worked fine with Ubuntu 11.04. However there are changes with Ubuntu 11.10. The following posting does a good job of telling you how to get a background slide show running on 11.10... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1881394 ...the approach now seems to be that you edit and append to... /usr/share/gnome-background-properties/ubuntu-wallpapers.xml ...With 12.04 not far away, I think I'll wait and see what it takes to get a slide show working on that release. cheers, Ian.

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Gimp 2.8 is out!
by Peter Reutemann 07 May '12

07 May '12

After 3.5 years of development and major work on UI and guts: https://plus.google.com/116634837115748851709/posts/X5W6x2v5avo http://www.unixmen.com/gimp-2-8-is-out-ppa-ubuntu/ But beware: installing it from the ppa mentioned in the article above might break your system (see comments section)... 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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Raspberry Pi Review & Initial How-To Setup Guide
by Peter Reutemann 06 May '12

06 May '12

Just to keep interest going: http://www.techspot.com/review/527-raspberry-pi/ 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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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 04 May '12

04 May '12

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Installfest of Ubuntu 12.04 Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 10am to 4pm http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 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 are available.

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JavaFX Runs On Raspberry Pi
by Peter Reutemann 04 May '12

04 May '12

Looks like the Raspberry Pi is gaining traction: "Oracle seem to be concerned that the Raspberry Pi manages to run Java properly and they are actively working on the problem. To prove that it more than just works, what better than to get a JavaFX app up and running — what could be more cutting edge? Unfortunately the trick was performed using a commercial version of the JDK with JIT support and some private code, but it is still early days yet. Java and JavaFX on Raspberry Pi takes us into a whole new ball game." -- source: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/05/03/1553230/javafx-runs-on-raspberr… 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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Gather Unconference 2012
by Rene Bartosh 03 May '12

03 May '12

Morning all, Apologies if this is a little OT, but some of you may be interested: http://gathergather.co.nz/ I will most likely be going up from Hamilton on Friday night and staying in Auckland for the weekend if anyone would like a ride (can drop off/pickup in Auckland if you are staying not-to-far-away from west auckland or botany downs). Regards, Rene -- >From Rene Bartosh (Gmail account) <kirjava(a)gmail.com> Personal: http://kirjava.net.nz/

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is tomorrow!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 03 May '12

03 May '12

There is a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting tomorrow: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Installfest of Ubuntu 12.04 Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 10am to 4pm http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 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 are available.

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Re: [wlug] Intel Unveils Tiny Next Unit of Computing To Match Raspberry Pi
by GJB 03 May '12

03 May '12

Not sure what the actual numbers of Pi are .... little early to claim success probably. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [wlug] Intel Unveils Tiny Next Unit of Computing To Match > Raspberry Pi > From: Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz> > Date: Tue, May 01, 2012 11:44 am > To: wlug <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > > > They've seen the success and needed to jump on the bandwagon? > http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/04/30/1329254/intel-unveils-tiny-next… > > Cheers, Peter > -- > Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ > http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174 > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Intel Unveils Tiny Next Unit of Computing To Match Raspberry Pi
by Peter Reutemann 01 May '12

01 May '12

They've seen the success and needed to jump on the bandwagon? http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/04/30/1329254/intel-unveils-tiny-next… 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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I hate Ubuntu, but my mother-in-law loves it
by Peter Reutemann 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

"Ubuntu’s Unity GUI isn’t my speed. But that doesn’t matter for the majority of end-users." -- source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/i-hate-ubuntu-but-my-mother-in-law-loves-i… Disclaimer: not my mother-in-law ;-) 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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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 29 Apr '12

29 Apr '12

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet up at the university: MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Time: 7:30pm onwards Topics * ReneBartosh gives a short introduction on the new Ubuntu 12.04 * PeterReutemann talks about ADAMS, a Java-based machine-learning and data-mining framework to be open-sourced later this year

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Out; Unity Gets a Second Chance
by Peter Reutemann 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

"So how does Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04) fare ? I will say exceptionally well. Unity is not the same ugly duckling it was made out to be. In Ubuntu 12.04, it has transformed into a beautiful swan. As Ubuntu 12.04 is a long term release, the Ubuntu team has pulled all stops to make sure the user experience is positive. Ubuntu 12.04 aka Precise Pangolin is definitely worthy of running on your machine." -- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/04/26/164225/ubuntu-1204-lts-out-unity-g… 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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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet up at the university: MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Time: 7:30pm onwards Topics * ReneBartosh gives a short introduction on the new Ubuntu 12.04 * PeterReutemann talks about ADAMS, a Java-based machine-learning and data-mining framework to be open-sourced later this year

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raspberry pi order
by stephen pearce 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Hi I would be interested in at least one .. and am prepared to pay cost if there is a bulk order .. if this goes ahead could you let me know and I'll forward you the money Thanks -- Stephen Pearce Critical Care Whangarei ph 021 390 997

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Re: [wlug] Raspberry Pi, activist tool
by GJB 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Every child with a pocket linux in their school bag ... :) > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [wlug] Raspberry Pi, activist tool > From: Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz> > Date: Mon, March 05, 2012 8:53 am > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > > > It even made it on the NZ Herald: > http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10789863 > > As usual, it takes a bit longer to get here: > "will be coming to New Zealand on the next run." > > Cheers, Peter > -- > Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ > http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174 > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Apr '12

22 Apr '12

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet up at the university: MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Time: 7:30pm onwards Topics * ReneBartosh gives a short introduction on the new Ubuntu 12.04 * PeterReutemann talks about ADAMS, a Java-based machine-learning and data-mining framework to be open-sourced later this year

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OpenSSL Security update
by Daniel Lawson 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

In case any of you missed this, there has been a flaw discovered in opennssl which allows for a possible remote exploit. Announcement here: http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2012-April/086585.html Debian security note here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2012/msg00085.html It doesn't look like there is an exploit in the wild (yet), but the updates are rolling out already so it's sensible to upgrade now.

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How to run the new Chrome OS environment without a Chromebook
by Peter Reutemann 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

"A new user interface for Chrome OS was recently made available on Chromebooks for testing purposes. In this tutorial, we will explain how to run the new version of the platform in a virtualized environment or write to a bootable USB thumb drive so that you can test it on a conventional computer." -- source: http://arst.ch/teh That could be something for the install fest as well! 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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How LibreOffice Writer Tops MS Word: 12 Features
by Peter Reutemann 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

If you're trying to convince someone to use LibreOffice over MS Office (as in Writer over Word), have a look at this article: http://www.datamation.com/applications/how-libreoffice-writer-tops-ms-word-… 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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How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards
by Peter Reutemann 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Interesting read: "Regular readers may recall that I was not a little taken aback by an astonishing U-turn performed by the Cabinet Office [UK] on the matter of open standards." http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2012/04/how-microsoft-lobb… 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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Big cookie is watching you
by Peter Reutemann 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

Today, while reading slashdot, I came across the Firefox addon "Collusion". This plugin visualizes in real-time the cookies on your system. In case you're interested who's "tracking" you while browsing. Addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/collusion/ Slashdot article: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/04/16/1442226/research-to-reveal-the-unsee… 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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MATE Desktop 1.2 Released
by Peter Reutemann 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

GNOME 2 is alive and kicking... "For those of you who still feel GNOME 2 is the best desktop environment, but don't want stick to old distros, MATE is a fork of GNOME 2, with all the names changed to avoid clashes with GNOME 3. Version 1.2 brings fixes, but also new features such as undo/redo in the file manager." -- source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/04/16/1517236/mate-desktop-12-released 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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How to Create a Wallpaper Slideshow in Ubuntu
by Peter Reutemann 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

The following HOWTO describes the creation of wallpaper slideshows (as opposed to having a single, static wallpaper): http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/25549/how-to-create-a-wallpaper-slideshow-in… This feature can be handy, if you have a Linux box on display. While people can see the slideshow, they can still explore the system and never accidentally close the application running the slideshow. 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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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG LanParty Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 10am to 4pm http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 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 ( thank goodness autocorrect spelt that for me) 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.

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KOffice Descendent Calligra Office and Creativity Suite Hits Release
by Peter Reutemann 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

"The Calligra team has announced the first release of the Calligra suite of office and creativity applications. Calligra is a continuation of the old KOffice project." -- source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/04/12/1748208/koffice-descendent-calligra… Downloads (including Ubuntu repos): http://userbase.kde.org/Calligra/Download 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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Kubuntu To Be Sponsored By Blue Systems, Rather Than Canonical
by Peter Reutemann 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Good news for Kubuntu users: "Kubuntu, the KDE flavour from Ubuntu, has found a new sponsor in Blue Systems. They will be providing more resources than were available by previous sponsor Canonical. The project will remain much the same: community led, KDE focused, Ubuntu flavour. With the new independence it can branch out into new markets such as a Kubuntu Active flavour for tablets." http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/04/10/1639252/kubuntu-to-be-sponsored-by… 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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Re: [wlug] WLUG Secretary Stuff
by mailing_list 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hi Wayne, Thanks for the reply. I can meet you in town. We can make other arrangements off list. Cheers, Chris From: Wayne Grimsey [mailto:WGrimsey(a)linz.govt.nz] Sent: Friday, 13 April 2012 9:43 a.m. To: mailing_list; 'Waikato Linux Users Group' Subject: RE: WLUG Secretary Stuff Hi Chris. I'm coming into Hamilton to work overtime, tomorrow. I'm thinking the best way forward would be for me to bring the box to work, ... and arrange to meet one of you guys in the Hamilton CBD. As things work out, the only time I seem to be in Hamilton at the moment, is when I'm working. If i wasn't working, I could have got a ride into Hamilton to attend the LAN session. Sorry for this hassle. Wayne Wayne Grimsey Quality Control Co-ordinator Survey and Titles Operations E wgrimsey(a)linz.govt.nz | Cnr Victoria and Rostrevor Streets Private Bag 3028, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand W <http://www.linz.govt.nz/> www.linz.govt.nz | www.landonline.govt.nz <http://www.landonline.govt.nz/> | <http://www.linz.govt.nz/> data.linz.govt.nz _____ From: mailing_list [mailto:mailinglist(a)blahdeblah.co.nz] Sent: Friday, 13 April 2012 9:39 a.m. To: 'Waikato Linux Users Group' Cc: Wayne Grimsey Subject: WLUG Secretary Stuff To Wayne, Rene and Ronnie, Are you guys going to be at the LAN party tomorrow? It might be a good opportunity to hand over all the secretary and treasurers stuff. Wayne, If you cannot make it please let me know. Cheers, Chris _____ This message contains information, which is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately (Phone 0800 665 463 or info(a)linz.govt.nz) and destroy the original message. LINZ accepts no responsibility for changes to this email, or for any attachments, after its transmission from LINZ. Thank you. _____

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WLUG Secretary Stuff
by mailing_list 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

To Wayne, Rene and Ronnie, Are you guys going to be at the LAN party tomorrow? It might be a good opportunity to hand over all the secretary and treasurers stuff. Wayne, If you cannot make it please let me know. Cheers, Chris

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is tomorrow!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

There is a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting tomorrow: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG LanParty Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 10am to 4pm http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 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 ( thank goodness autocorrect spelt that for me) 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.

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Re: [wlug] Into the Mosh Pit: A Mobile Shell Replacement for SSH
by GJB 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Nice find Peter. Interesting that it is over UDP ... like OpenVPN. OpenVPN is also worth looking into for similar persistent secure connectivity applications. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [wlug] Into the Mosh Pit: A Mobile Shell Replacement for SSH > From: Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz> > Date: Wed, April 11, 2012 12:45 pm > To: wlug <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > > > "Mosh" (http://mosh.mit.edu/) sounds very useful: > > "SSH is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't deal very well with today's > mobile workers. When dealing with iffy Wi-Fi connections, moving > around from coffeeshop to home office, or just putting your laptop to > sleep for a few minutes, you lose your SSH connection. If you need a > persistent connection, take a look at Mosh." > > -- source: https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/562553-into-the-mosh-pit-a-mobile-she… > > Not just available for the latest Ubuntu (and other Linux distros), > but also for versions starting with 10.04, via a separate ppa: > http://mosh.mit.edu/#getting > > Cheers, Peter > -- > Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ > http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174 > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Adobe Releases Last Linux Version of Flash Player
by Peter Reutemann 09 Apr '12

09 Apr '12

Slashdot article: "Adobe has released Flash Player version 11.2 with many new features. This is the final Flash Player release for Linux platform and now onward there will be only security and bug fix updates. Last month Adobe announced that it is withdrawing Flash Player support for Linux platform. All the future newer Flash releases will be bundled with Google Chrome using its Pepper API and for everything else, 11.2 will be the last release." -- http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/03/31/1417245/adobe-releases-last-linux-… HTML5 to the rescue if you aren't using Chrome? 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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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 06 Apr '12

06 Apr '12

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG LanParty Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 10am to 4pm http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 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 ( thank goodness autocorrect spelt that for me) 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.

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Webconverger
by Peter Reutemann 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

Hi everyone Just came across WebConverger, a browser-only OS for web kiosks [1]: http://h-online.com/-1492681 I wonder whether this could be something for libraries etc here in Hamilton, etc, to provide internet-only access on public terminals? Cheers, Peter References: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk_software -- 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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LiMux: Cheaper and more robust than Windows
by Peter Reutemann 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Funny thing, talking about the Linux migration project in Munich on Monday night's meeting and bam! it's in the news: "Current figures released by Munich city council after a question by the council's CSU party indicate that Munich has saved four to five million euros by switching from Windows to Linux" -- source: http://h-online.com/-1485895 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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Tracks: Doings things properly
by Peter Reutemann 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Hi there Just came across this article on "Tracks" on linux.com: "Feeling a bit disorganized? Looking to take control of your projects? Take a look at Tracks, an open source Web-based application built with Ruby on Rails. Tracks can help you get organized and Get Things Done (GTD) in no time." -- https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/557895-disorganized-get-tracks-on-lin… Well, I use a whiteboard with post-its for the stuff that needs to be done. :-) 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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Fwd: [NZOSS-Openchat] Govt IT systems too expensive & obslete... FOSS opportunity
by Peter Reutemann 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Sorry for cross-posting, but since we talked about how HCC could save money with OSS, I thought this would be relevant (giving us some "ammunition"). If more than one rate-payer makes a submission, maybe HCC finally listens. Cheers, Peter ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:49 Subject: [NZOSS-Openchat] Govt IT systems too expensive & obslete... FOSS opportunity To: NZOSS Open Discussion List <openchat(a)lists.nzoss.org.nz> Worth a read, & perhaps sending some "official NZOSS" replies to appropriate contacts. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/prime-minister-shocked-by-govt-it Like send this report (& others) to Govt information architects http://www.oss-institute.org/OTD2011/OTD-lessons-learned-military-FinalV1.p… Brent Wood _______________________________________________ Openchat mailing list Openchat(a)lists.nzoss.org.nz http://lists.nzoss.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/openchat -- 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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Scratch or programming for kids
by Peter Reutemann 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Hi everyone Was just reading the following blog post on how to teach 4,500 students to program: http://computinged.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/teaching-4500-students-to-progr… And I came across MIT's "Scratch", a really cool platform (Linux, OSX, Windows) for teaching kids and students to program: http://scratch.mit.edu/ I heard about it a few years ago, when they first presented. It looks pretty cool! http://vimeo.com/4077929 Maybe the Raspberry Pi could be a device with Scratch pre-installed? Power up and program away? 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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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 25 Mar '12

25 Mar '12

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WlugCommitte will meet at 7pm before the main meeting starts Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 7:30pm onwards http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 A social meet up to catch up with other members and talk shop.

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WlugCommitte will meet at 7pm before the main meeting starts Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 7:30pm onwards http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 A social meet up to catch up with other members and talk shop.

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Sierra Wireless USB 308
by Bruce Kingsbury 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

Sierra's website says this device is compatible with Linux. I did an install of Ubuntu 10.04 recently, and initially the Sierra USB thingy was working fine, but then it stopped. Fiddled around a little and I eventually got it to work again (I'm not sure that anything I did was actually responsible for this) but apparently it stopped working again shortly after I left. A few weeks later I upgraded all the packages, something I hadn't done during the install, and the device started working again. I rebooted the machine several times and each time the connection came up reliably soon after I connected the device. Now it's not working again. It's not working on my Debian machine either. But it works perfectly in any windows machine every single time, and I've carefully checked the APN, authentication and compression settings and made them the same under Linux (PAP only, no compression anywhere) but still no worky. Any suggestions?

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WlugCommitte will meet at 7pm before the main meeting starts Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 7:30pm onwards http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 A social meet up to catch up with other members and talk shop.

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Raspberry Pi group
by Peter Reutemann 15 Mar '12

15 Mar '12

Hi everyone Since there seemed to be a fair amount of interest on the Raspberry Pi device, I've started a group on our elgg instance: http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/pg/groups/8002/raspberry-pi/ Feel free to join and contribute! :-) 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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A golden age of open source innovation?
by Peter Reutemann 14 Mar '12

14 Mar '12

"Open source's ability to innovate has been challenged many times. But Glyn Moody argues that open source innovation is actually going from strength to strength, creating new opportunities to deliver cheap computing to people corporations would not normally consider." http://h-online.com/-1470831 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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WLUG AGM
by Chris O'Halloran 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hello All, 10 members turned up for the AGM last night and we have a new committee! Thanks to the past committee members who were not able to be present. John Billings, Sam Lin and Wayne Grimsey The new committee is President: Bruce Kingbury Vice President: Peter Reutemann Treasurer: Ronnie Collinson Secretary: Rene Bartosh Committee: Rod Aldridge Committee: Ian Stewart Committee: Chris O'Halloran The minutes will be posted shortly. In the meantime, would those on this list seeking to retain a membership with the club please consider renewing their membership financially. Online banking is obviously convenient 12-3122-0223054-00 See the following for additional details. The membership fee remains at $20. https://secure.wlug.org.nz/join.html Monies got towards room hireage, server costs, refreshments, printing, Coatsville Mansions etc. I would also like to acknowledge the continued support from the University and Rimu Hosting during last year. It was much appreciated. Chris O'Halloran 2011 WLUG President

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!!2011 AGM Agenda Approval of 2010 AGM minutes President's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Officers (Don't forget to do CommitteeHandover this year) General Business

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WLUG on twitter
by Peter Reutemann 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

Hi everyone First of all, WLUG now has a twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/WaikatoLUG Secondly, I've enabled twitter support within WLUG's elgg instance (found at http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/) This means, you can - if you want to - publish your wire posts automatically on the WLUG twitter account. Here is a short description on how to enable this: http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/pg/blog/read/7993/twitter-support Happy tweeting! :-) 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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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!!2011 AGM Agenda Approval of 2010 AGM minutes President's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Officers (Don't forget to do CommitteeHandover this year) General Business

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The Little White Box That Can Hack Your Network
by Peter Reutemann 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

An interesting twist for the SheevaPlug: use it as a testing tool for networks... http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/03/pwnie/?intcid=story_ribbon Here is the link to the modified SheevaPlug: http://www.pwnieexpress.com/eliteplug.html One drawback: it's more expensive than the blank SheevaPlug. 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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Raspberry Pi, activist tool
by Peter Reutemann 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

Interesting article on what the Linux-based Raspberry Pi can be used for: secure communication (in combination with cryptocat). http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2012/03/raspberry-pi-activist-tool.… Anybody on the list already ordered a Raspberry PI or is planning to order one? 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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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!!2011 AGM Agenda Approval of 2010 AGM minutes President's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Officers (Don't forget to do CommitteeHandover this year) General Business

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What are the best practices for Linux partitioning & Mount points for Production systems
by nk oorda 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

What are the best practices for Linux partitioning & Mount points for Production systems Hi i need some suggestion for defining the partition size for my production systems. we are going to use CentOS 6.2 (64 bit) - Partition size - Mount points What i am able to get from the google search is: / Root File System (/bin , /sbin , /dev , /root /usr program and source code /var variable data /boot boot kernels /tmp temp file locations /work to do your work here "you can name it anything" Swap - */home* - Set option nosuid, and nodev with diskquota option - */usr* - Set option nodev - */tmp* - Set option nodev, nosuid, noexec option must be enabled - /var local,nodev,nosuid Most of the server will be running - Apache -Tomcat -SOLR and few of them would be running MySQL as data base. what is concern is that one of the developer accidentally deleted the /usr files with sudo access. if somehow i can protect the core system from the developers mistake that would be really good. Thanks in advance for help.

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CentOS for Production (CentOS 6.0 Vs 6.1 Vs 6.2)
by nk oorda 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

Hi We are currently using CentOS 5.3 for production systems. The application/software/package we are using mainly: - Apache - Tomcat - SOLR - Mysql We are in process to upgrade the CentOS. What would be the best CentOS candidate for upgrade (CentOS 6.0 Vs 6.1 Vs 6.2) We are using both physical and virtual system. Best Regards NK

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Re: [wlug] ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March 2012
by Sam Lin 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Time really flies! It's almost one year since the last AGM... Too bad I am not in Hamilton... (but good to see the user group is still going). Cheers, Sam On 20 February 2012 10:16, <wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:57:50 +1300 > From: "Chris O'Halloran" <cmoman(a)gmail.com> > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: [wlug] ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March 2012 > > ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March > > In accordance with Rule 6 of the charter, I would like to announce to > all members that the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated) will be > holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday, 12 March, 2012, at > 7pm, at the regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 > > Several officers and committee members will be stepping down this > year. Society membership has also gone down recently. Present and past > members interested in seeing WLUG continue as an IncorporatedSociety > are encouraged to attend this years AGM to meet quorum requirements > and stand for election. > >

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Pyqt, Matplotlib and Python
by Chris O'Halloran 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Hi all, http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/pg/blog/read/7980/pyqt-matplotlib-and-python I've written a little blog post here. It might be of interest to those that like developing small applications in python. Cheers, Chris

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March 2012
by Chris O'Halloran 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March In accordance with Rule 6 of the charter, I would like to announce to all members that the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated) will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday, 12 March, 2012, at 7pm, at the regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 Several officers and committee members will be stepping down this year. Society membership has also gone down recently. Present and past members interested in seeing WLUG continue as an IncorporatedSociety are encouraged to attend this years AGM to meet quorum requirements and stand for election. Note: To be eligible to vote at the meeting you must have previously been a financial member (although not necessarily for the 2010 year) and pay your membership for 2012 at or before the AGM. To be eligible to vote or stand for office at the AGM members must have paid a subscription for the 2010 year before the AGM. If you'd like to stand for committee and have not paid for membership this year, please do this prior to the meeting An amendment about who can vote at the meeting was passed in 2008. "That the WLUG charter be amended to allow former paid members of the WLUG of good standing, whose membership has lapsed, to vote at an AGM of the WLUG with the proviso that they rejoin the WLUG and pay a new subscription at or before the AGM."

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Sourcefabric introduces Booktype for writing and publishing books
by Peter Reutemann 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Any writers among you guys and gals (or one of your friends)? This might be of interest to you: "A partnership between Sourcefabric and FLOSS Manuals has resulted in the release of the Booktype book creation, collaboration and publishing platform:" http://h-online.com/-1434771 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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Wlug AGM
by Bruce Kingsbury 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

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Yubikey
by Chris O'Halloran 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

Hello all, Has anyone on the list had experience with the yubikey and linux? http://www.yubico.com/yubikey Just curious to know since it seems like a nifty means of 2 factor authentication. Cheers, Chris

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Shuttle PC free to good home
by Daniel Lawson 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

Hi all I have an old shuttle PC here that I no longer need. Celeron 2.6Ghz, 512 MB of ram, PCI graphics and NIC (+ onboard NIC / sound etc). Still goes fine, but I've upgraded to an HP N40L and no longer need this. Will poke a SATA 3.5" disk into it. Pickup from Hillcrest area evenings/weeknights, or from the KPMG Building weekdays. Let me know if you're interested.

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unsuscribe me please
by Blessing Moyo 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

This email with any attachments is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If it is not intended for you please reply immediately, destroy it and do not copy, disclose or use it in any way.

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Canonical ending support for Kubuntu, reassigning lead developer
by Peter Reutemann 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

ars technica reports: The lead developer of Kubuntu says that Canonical will no longer be funding his work on the KDE-based Linux distribution after the upcoming release of Kubuntu 12.04. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/canonical-ending-support-for-k… 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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downloading flash videos
by Peter Reutemann 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Hi there Though I love youtube_dl [1] for grabbing youtube videos, I needed to download a video from blip.tv (interview with Jon "maddog" Hall). This morning, I came across "get-flash-videos", which can download videos from blib.tv, among all these other webpages, too: YouTube, eHow, Brightcove (used by many sites like Channel 4, Daily Telegraph ...), BBC (news, etc), Metacafe, 5min, Google, fliqz, nicovideo, vimeo, Blip, Break, Collegehumor, Muzu, Sevenload, Megavideo, Wat.tv Here's the project's homepage: http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/ Installation instructions -- it's written in perl, so should run on most platforms: http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/wiki/Installation Cheers, Peter References [1] fixing youtube_dl, http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/update-youtube-dl-to-get-it-working.html -- 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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New Book Helps You Start Contributing To Open Source
by Peter Reutemann 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Just came across the book "Open Advice" on Slashdot, which should be of interest to any wanting to start contributing to open source: "This new book Open Advice is the answer to: 'What would you have liked to know when you started contributing?' 42 prominent free and open source software contributors give insights into the many different talents it takes to make a successful software project; coding, of course, but also design, translation, marketing and other skills. They are here to give you a head start if you are new. And if you have been contributing for a while already, they are here to give you some insight into other areas and projects." http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/04/1723259/new-book-helps-you-start-co… http://open-advice.org/ 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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New KDE tablet to liberate Linux enthusiasts from walled garden
by Peter Reutemann 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Just came across this article on ars technica: "KDE developer Aaron Seigo has announced a new upcoming tablet computer, called the Spark, that will ship with KDE's Plasma environment. The device, which has a seven-inch display and a 1GHz ARM CPU, will sell for €200 ($262). Underneath the shiny KDE surface, the Spark reportedly runs Mer, a community-driven fork of the Linux-based MeeGo platform. Seigo says that the device will be open and that users will be able to install custom firmware." http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/new-kde-tablet-to-liberate-linu… 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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Garage Cleanout Redux
by Daniel Lawson 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

Hi all I still have some bits and pieces that may be of interest to WLUG members. 2x HP Jetdirect EX Plus Printserver (10Mbit RJ45 + BNC). No PSU, 13VDC, looks like it may be HP proprietary. 1x Axis 550 printserver (10MBit RJ45 + BNC), with psu i think. 1x Axis 83 Device Server. RISC based embedded system, lots of hackability. http://www.lilax.net/textfiles/2003-04-19/axis_82_82_lowres.pdf. 32bit RISC ETRAX 100LX MCM2+8 CPU, 6MB Flash, 16MB ram, dual ethernet, dual rs232 serial, single rs485 serial, USB1.1 port. Lots of support for building custom linux builds to go on here, eg ddwrt. (I've definitely built custom images to go on this system, although I can't find current links to any docs) 2x External modems. Two PSUs that probably go with these, but I'm not sure. 1x 3com Homeconnect DSL Modem. DSL1 only, runs with pppoe back to your host, so it terminates the IP on your machine. No wifi. Dates back to when DSL was first introduced in NZ. Industrial patch cables. 7 x 2m, RJ45 (8P8C) to XP85, and 2x2m XP85 to XP85. XP85 is basically a secure screw fitting around an RJ45/8P8C jack. It looks like this: http://www.alternetivo.cz/industrial-patch-cord-utp-xp85-to-mc5-1-5m-yellow… <http://www.alternetivo.cz/industrial-patch-cord-utp-xp85-to-mc5-1-5m-yellow…> Some old Fibrechannel gear. One Emulex LP8000, which had current driver support (lpfc.ko) in debian lenny at least, and two Compaq Tachyon adapters, which show up on the bus, but don't seem to have active drivers since around 2.6.8. There's still 2.4 kernel support for them however. There's also a pair of Compaq Fibrechannel Hubs. Everything has optical modules, and there's a few fibre patches as well. 2x ISDN cards. Single basic-rate ports I think, I can't recall the name, if you're interested I'll dig them out. 1x 17" CRT monitor, in good condition, works well. All the above is free to whoever wants them, you must pickup from Hillcrest area, or from the CBD during business hours. No guarantee that any of it works. If it doesn't go here, it's going to the new HCC e-waste facility ( http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145835076) on or around the 18th. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [wlug] LibreCAD
by GJB 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

hi, thanks for that, had not heard of it. I have also used the package "qcad" http://www.qcad.org/ ... it is available as a package from the Ubunutu repositories at least that I know of. Regards. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [wlug] LibreCAD > From: Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz> > Date: Fri, January 06, 2012 9:02 am > To: wlug <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > > > Hi there > > If you're looking for an open source 2D-CAD program, you might want to > check out LibreCAD: > http://librecad.org/ > > The current version 1.0 is still Qt3-based, but work on 2.0 which is > Qt4 is already underway. > > LibreCAD is licensed under GPLv2. > > Cheers, Peter > -- > Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ > http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174 > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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LibreCAD
by Peter Reutemann 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Hi there If you're looking for an open source 2D-CAD program, you might want to check out LibreCAD: http://librecad.org/ The current version 1.0 is still Qt3-based, but work on 2.0 which is Qt4 is already underway. LibreCAD is licensed under GPLv2. 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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hacking WiFi Protected Setup with Reaver
by Peter Reutemann 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

I'm gonna test, whether my WiFi access point is susceptible to the WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) vulnerability as well: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/hands-on-hacking-wifi-protecte… The router that the author of the above article used: Cisco Linksys WRT54G2 Anybody else had some experience hacking their router with Reaver? More information on WPS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Setup 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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Mint's Cinnamon hits 1.1.3
by Peter Reutemann 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Being now a Linux Mint convert (SuSE -> Ubuntu -> Kubuntu -> Mint), I'm looking forward to what the Mint community comes up with their Cinnamon fork of the Gnome shell. They are attempting to use Gnome 3 technology to give you a Gnome 2 layout: http://h-online.com/-1402913 Why did I change Linux distributions? - SuSE -> Ubuntu: back in the days, the SuSE distro that I had downloaded via dial-up was riddled with bugs including the update manager. Updating manually turned out to be way too tedious. An Ubuntu live CD came in handy there. - Ubuntu -> Kubuntu: Unity, nuff said. Also, originally long-time KDE user. - Kubuntu -> Mint: Kubuntu being a bit sluggish and the taskbar buggy (didn't like long sessions with opening/closing lots of windows). If you haven't tried Linux Mint, give it a go. It is a very polished Linux distro. Personally, I'm running version "Katya". http://linuxmint.com/ 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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slashdot: Filesharing Now an Official Religion In Sweden
by Peter Reutemann 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

Just came across the following post on slashdot: "Kopimism is now an official religion in Sweden. Kopimi beliefs originated with the Swedish group called Piratbyran who believed that everything should be shared freely online without restrictions from copyright. Leader Isak Gerson, has recently had some disagreements with the Swedish Pirate Party where many people disagree with all religions." http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1817255/filesharing-now-an-official… 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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Re: [wlug] Nautilus slowing down...
by Sandy 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

I figured out the problem. I found out last night that one shouldn't temporarily store stuff in the Templates folder, because it Nautilus then thinks everything in it is a document template. I moved the contents to another folder, and now performance is back to normal. Sandy

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Razor-Qt: A New Qt-Based Desktop Environment
by Peter Reutemann 23 Dec '11

23 Dec '11

Feel like a change of desktop? Just came across the following posting on phoronix: Razor-Qt is a new Qt-based desktop environment for Linux systems. The Razor-Qt desktop was just updated to version 0.4.0 after being in development for months. This release improves stability of the lightweight desktop, introduces several new components, offers new translations, a new theme, new panel plug-ins, and much more. The new Razor desktop components are azor-runner, razor-config, qtxdg, and Razor own menu. Razor-Qt is self-described as "an advanced, easy-to-use, and fast desktop environment based on Qt technologies. It has been tailored for users who value simplicity, speed, and intuitive interface. Unlike desktop environments, Razor-qt also works fine with weak machines." More information on this new desktop release can be found in this blog posting: http://yarpen.cz/rants/?p=43 Phoronix post: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAyOTg Razor-Qt homepage: http://razor-qt.org/ 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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how to nfs export with file system acls
by Gregory Machin 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

Hi. I have a "CentOS release 5.3 (Final)" server that I need to replace. I need to migrate this server to a newer platform. It is currently exporting a xfs file system with facl's , and these work well with both new and old client machines. I have tried to replicated this on Ubuntu and , discovered that I need nfs v3 and facls support compiled into the kernel, I believe that RHEL6 / CentOS 6 should have this support, but I'm still not seeing the correct results. The client doesn't have the facls , and when writing files over the export the default facls are not correctly propagated. What have I missed in the configuration ? Thanks GM -- - TLA - three letter acronym ... - We are loosing the art of communication through progress.. Proverbs 27:17 (New International Version) 17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

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External USB 3.0 SATA + WD1600 ---- Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 08 00
by Elroy 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

Have 1x WD1600JD 160GB SATA HDD inside this: Digitus USB 3.0 External Enclosure - SATA HDD 3.5" Model: DA-70577 Rev 1-0 Getting below message when device plugged in and powered on: ========================================================================= [sdd] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Nov 19 15:53:28 Eeyore kernel: [11547.426758] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] Nov 19 15:53:28 Eeyore kernel: [11547.426763] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error Nov 19 15:53:28 Eeyore kernel: [11547.426768] sd 12:0:0:0: [sdd] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 08 00 ========================================================================= NOTE: HDD does not appear to be powering up. NOTE2: HDD Power Management Jumper (PM2) is ON (Jumpers 3-4 shorted). NOTE3: Ubuntu 10.04/USB2.0 http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/958/session/L2F2LzEvc25vLzE… Getting this on USB enclosure power-off: ========================================================================= [12320.040194] [<ffffffff81012cb3>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20 Nov 19 16:06:21 Eeyore kernel: [12320.040197] <EOI> [<ffffffff8101a67f>] ? mwait_idle+0x6f/0xd0 Nov 19 16:06:21 Eeyore kernel: [12320.040205] [<ffffffff8154566a>] ? atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x1a/0x20 Nov 19 16:06:21 Eeyore kernel: [12320.040210] [<ffffffff81010e53>] ? cpu_idle+0xb3/0x110 Nov 19 16:06:21 Eeyore kernel: [12320.040214] [<ffffffff8152cba7>] ? rest_init+0x77/0x80 Nov 19 16:06:21 Eeyore kernel: [12320.040219] [<ffffffff8184bddd>] ? start_kernel+0x36d/0x376 Nov 19 16:06:21 Eeyore kernel: [12320.040224] [<ffffffff8184b33a>] ? x86_64_start_reservations+0x125/0x129 Nov 19 16:06:21 Eeyore kernel: [12320.040228] [<ffffffff8184b438>] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xfa/0x109 Nov 19 16:06:21 Eeyore kernel: [12320.040231] ---[ end trace 285acc4f109c4813 ]--- ========================================================================= Going to remove drive, disable power management, and try again.

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Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD
by Peter Reutemann 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Just came across the following HOWTO: "This article is about how to create a DVD image of the Ubuntu distribution on your machine with the exact same software included on the disk. This can be done using a software called Remastersys. ..." http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-your-own-distributable-ubuntu-dvd Might try that with my new LinuxMint installation, generating a DVD image that contains all my preferred developer tools. :-) 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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Is there a meeting tonight?
by Michael McDonald 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

There's no mention on the website and been no notification of any meeting. Is there one tonight? Michael

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KDE 4.7.2 bug: entries added via kmenuedit don't show up in menu
by Peter Reutemann 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hi there Just came across an annoying bug in kmenuedit in 4.7.2, when adding custom launchers. After clicking "Save" the launchers don't show up in the menu. After some digging around I came across the following thread: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3118688.0 A quick fix, thanks to this thread, is to go into the following directory: $HOME/.local/share/applications And remove the following lines from the affected .desktop files: OnlyShowIn= Path[$e]= That will make the entries appear again in the menu (just log out and in again). 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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Tails, the incognito live system
by Peter Reutemann 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

If you care about anonymity online, you might want to check out "Tails": Tails, "The Amnesic Incognito Live System", a live CD or USB distribution of Linux which is designed to preserve privacy and anonymity, has been updated to version 0.9. The developers also urge users of the previous version, 0.8.1, to upgrade due to "numerous security holes" in that release. -- H-Online.com article: http://h-online.com/-1381623 -- homepage: http://tails.boum.org/ 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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What models of Car GPS work with Linux
by Ron Dean 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

What is peoples experience with GPS's and Linux -- Ron Dean Unit 61 Village Gardens 16 Rototuna Road Hamilton 3210 New Zealand Home 64 7 8493904 Mob 02102259172

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Ecryptfs - slow performance
by Chris O'Halloran 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

<http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/pg/blog/read/7960/ecryptsfs-slow-performance>Hi all, I've written a blog post here on http://elgg.wlug.org.nz It's about the use of ecryptfs and how it can really slow your system if using modest hardware. ecryptfs-slow-performance<http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/pg/blog/read/7960/ecryptfs-slow-performance> Cheers, Chris

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Saturday workshop
by Chris O'Halloran 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Hello everyone, Thanks to Ian and Bruce on their presentations last night. Seemed like it was night for presenting on coding. Perhaps Ian will resolve his 64-bit problem :) It seems from the Monday meeting that there is interest in holding another Saturday workshop. Can I have a quick show of virtual hands to those that would be interested for a workshop on November 12th, please? regards, Chris

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Ian - A starter for Saturday 12 Nov workshop
by Ian Stewart 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hi Chris. I'm a starter for attending the workshop that you have proposed for on the second Saturday of this month - 12th Nov. With regard to the problem I had with 64-Bit Libreoffice BASIC doing HEX commands I have posted it at... https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42492 Bug 42492 - BASIC HEX command on 64-bit systems not returning 16 characters on negative long integer. cheers, Ian.

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Ian - Starter for Nov 12 Saturday workshop
by Ian Stewart 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hi Chris. I'm a starter for attending the workshop that you have proposed for on the second Saturday of this month - 12th Nov. With regard to the problem I had with 64-Bit Libreoffice BASIC doing HEX commands I have posted it at... https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42492 Bug 42492 - BASIC HEX command on 64-bit systems not returning 16 characters on negative long integer. cheers, Ian.

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LibreOffice extensions and templates site now live
by Peter Reutemann 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Just came across this news item on H-Online: "Following a six-week public beta, The Document Foundation (TDF) has announced that the project's new extensions and templates repositories for LibreOffice are now online. In a post on the TDF blog, Florian Effenberger, a member of the Foundation's Board of Directors, says that the sites are just "one of the many community efforts at the LibreOffice project", adding that the repositories will "benefit of millions of LibreOffice and free office users worldwide"." -- http://h-online.com/-1369212 Direct links to the extensions and templates sites: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/ http://templates.libreoffice.org/ 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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WLUG Meeting October 31st
by Chris O'Halloran 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Hi guys, We will run a WLUG meeting tonight. Sorry about the delayed notice. It will be pretty informal since neither of us are experts in our topics. http://wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-10-31 If anyone has any show an tell type topics (5min say) then bring something to talk about. Cheers, Chris

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Oneric Oncelot
by Chris O'Halloran 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Greetings all, I'm just writing to find out how people have gone with their Oneric Oncelot upgrade. I upgraded my laptop to the latest Ubuntu [1] or more correctly Kubuntu [2]. The three issues that I have encountered so far are: 1. the power management means the laptop no longer turns off via the normal interface. I have to use the power reset button to turn the laptop off 2. the second issue which has now resolved involved a number of attempts at migrating my mail across to the new akonandi set up. 3. the third issue I've encountered is that the laptop takes a very long time to get to a usable desktop after logging in via kdm Overall, kubuntu is getting more polished now at release 4.7.1. it will be interesting to see how the new database driven personal information manager (PIM) works. As a means of generating some discussion, I thought I would invite others to outline some of the issues they have had in upgrading. So, how has gone for you? We will be announcing an AGM shortly. This is to vote on the committee members for next year. John Billings will be stepping down as club treasurer since he is moving to Wellington. Prior to the AGM Ronnie will be taking over the role of treasurer. If you are interested in taking on a role within the committee please contact me in the coming weeks. If you feel someone would be good for the role, perhaps nudged them and see if they might be interested in standing. Finally, as club president I am inviting anyone interested in presenting a pet topic to contact me for our next wlug Monday meeting. The meeting is scheduled for October 31. Please contact me off list if you are interested. As an aside, I am writing this e-mail using DragonDictate. It is working pretty well. I broke a bone in my hand last weekend and I cannot type at present. http://www.kubuntu.org/ http://www.ubuntu.com/

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Firefox: PDF reader built-in
by Peter Reutemann 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Looking forward to this upcoming feature of Firefox, a built-in PDF reader. No longer a PDF plugin required: http://www.geek.com/articles/news/this-is-what-firefoxs-built-in-pdf-reader… 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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System 76
by Peter Reutemann 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Just came across "System 76", a US company based in Denver, Colorado, that sells laptops/desktops/servers pre-installed with Ubuntu: http://www.system76.com/ The company was mentioned in this slashdot article: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/24/221245/ask-slashdot-gnulinux-lapto… Since they also ship to NZ, I thought some people on this list might be interested... 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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Dennis Ritchie vs Steve Jobs
by Peter Reutemann 16 Oct '11

16 Oct '11

Steve Jobs dies, the (media) world goes nuts. Dennis Ritchie dies, hardly anyone (apart from geeks) notices. Nice way of putting it: http://blogs.computerworld.com/19097/dennis_ritchie_and_steve_jobs_quite_th… 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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big problem with openoffice & libreoffice...
by Bruce Kingsbury 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

Cairo's been writing fanfiction lately, originally using openoffice .. and most of the time it works fine, but every now and then when she saves and exits she ends up with a zero-byte file. There's plenty of free disk space and I don't see anything in /var/log/messages indicating filesystem trouble, so I tried updating openoffice .. and a while later it happened again. The next time I switched to libreoffice, and set it to always make a backup. Today she's had the same problem again and lost about 40 pages of writing. There's still plenty of free disk space, nothing in /var/log/messages to indicate a filesystem problem, and NO backup. All I know is she's not accidentally highlighting and deleting everything because what gets saved is 0 bytes, NOT an empty document... I've already suggested (after the first time) that she needs to keep regular backups on google docs, or just write everything directly in google docs, but openoffice/libreoffice should NOT be this unreliable and I've never heard of anyone else having similar problems.. Any idea what might be going on here? other technical details; it's a fairly default and up to date install of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with a default filesystem (I think that's ext4)

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T' streeeets are alive with the souuunds of clicking
by Bryce Utting 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

Hey all, If you're particularly attached to any of Google's grey wintery dull photos of Hamilton streets you might wanna grab copies. Saw a silver Falcon with a slim 8-camera pole on the roof (4 at top, 4 at base) in town around noon today. Was so nice and sunny out I nearly waved. (unless someone else is collecting imagery. are Webcrawler still in business?) butting

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Upcoming NZCS Event: Latest & Greatest IT Hardware Showcase
by Eric Light 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

Hi everyone, The NZCS and Dove Electronics are hosting a hardware showcase next week, at 3pm on the 12th of October. This is an excellent opportunity to get a sneak preview of the IT gear that is about to hit Hamilton's shelves. Android tablets, cameras, servers, and more! The event is open to everyone, registration is only $5 and can be paid cash at the door. Click the link for more info. Please share this event with your networks, and do consider attending! :) <http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=817849404&gid=3255852&t…> http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop/470-Latest_and_Greatest_Consumer_… Cheers, - Eric

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Workshop day. Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. Time: 10am to 4pm http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 We'll have internet access (48Mbit/s) for you to update your Linux box or download various linux distros. Meet up with others - share ideas - trouble shoot hardware and software issues. Install the lastest Linux distro or whatever you'd like to try. If you are considering installing Linux on a MS Windows, please have all your data backed up prior attempting any partitioning of your hard drives. WLUG will not be liable for any loss of data. 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. Cafe's and toilets will be available around the campus.

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Saturday Workshop Day Oct 1st in ON
by Chris O'Halloran 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

With sufficient numbers, the workshop day is ON!. See the link for details. SaturdayWorkshop.2011-10-01 <http://wlug.org.nz/SaturdayWorkshop.2011-10-01> Cheers, Chris WLUG president

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Re: [wlug] Show of hands for Saturday workshop October 1
by Rene Bartosh 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

(sorry for breaking the thread, I think my mailserver ate some of the list e-mails) I am keen to come along to the Saturday workshop this month. Cheers, Rene -- >From Rene Bartosh (Gmail account) <kirjava(a)gmail.com> Personal: http://kirjava.net.nz/

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Show of Hands for this Saturday <---(Ian Stewart)
by Ian Stewart 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

Hi, I'll be there this Saturday. cheers, Ian. > From: wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: wlug Digest, Vol 243, Issue 14 > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:00:03 +1200 > > Send wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Show of hands for Saturday workshop October 1 (Chris O'Halloran) > 2. Re: Show of hands for Saturday workshop October 1 (Ewen Cumming) > 3. Re: How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs > (Ronnie Collinson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:23:42 +1200 > From: "Chris O'Halloran" <cmoman(a)gmail.com> > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: [wlug] Show of hands for Saturday workshop October 1 > Message-ID: > <CAAXZQmOJW54ZP=0HBJtRMW3NeWNwB1JJCwY_bsN04rFnuu4RBw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello everyone, > > The WLUG committee are considering organising a Saturday Workshop at the Uni > for October 1. > > Can we have a 'show of hands' on who is likely to turn up, please? We had a > few problems with last month's workshop and it would be good to avoid that > scenario again. > > On behalf of club, I would like to apologise to those members of this list > who had travelled some distance for last month's particular workshop and > found it not happening. As club president, I had made some assumptions > about the attendance of others that often organise and champion the workshop > day. Recognising that they could be a problem on the Saturday morning of > the event, I made what I believed were sufficient arrangements with > Univerisity security stafff and communicated this to the club member that > believed would be attending. Unfortunately the communication was only one > way and I had to leave Hamilton for a prior arrangment. > > Sorry for the mix up. > > So, please reply to this list if you wish to be part of Saturday workshop on > October 1 > > Cheers, > > Chris O'Halloran > WLUG president. >

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