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Ubuntu less Unity: A first look at Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10
by Peter Reutemann 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

"For users who want GNOME 3 rather than Unity, a group of developers has now made the first GNOME 3 desktop remix of the Ubuntu Linux distribution available. Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 is based on the recent release of Ubuntu 12.10 and even uses a GNOME package management tool." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1733616 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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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '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 * MichaelMcDonald talks about Scribus ---- AGM Announcement The Annual General Meeting (AGM]) will take place on http://www.wlug.org.nz/Monday 26th November ([MeetingTopics.2012-11-26)

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Free Ubuntu manual updated
by Peter Reutemann 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

'The Ubuntu Manual Team has announced that the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal version of the Ubuntu Manual, "Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.10" has been published. The 143 page manual provides an introduction to Ubuntu covering topics such as how to try out a LiveCD, how to install the distribution, using the Ubuntu desktop, working with Ubuntu, managing hardware and peripherals, managing software and updates, and offering pointers for further research and reading.' http://ubuntu-manual.org/download/12.10/en_US/screen -- source: http://h-online.com/-1733212 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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Avoid the pain of Windows 8.
by Peter Reutemann 21 Oct '12

21 Oct '12

Ubuntu 12.10 is out... http://www.ubuntu.com/ 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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photos from sfd?
by Peter Reutemann 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Hi there Did anybody actually take pictures at software freedom day? With the tidypics elgg plugin in place, we could add a little photo gallery. 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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new elgg site online
by Peter Reutemann 18 Oct '12

18 Oct '12

Hi everyone We've upgraded the version of elgg, powering the social networking part of wlug's website, from 1.7 to 1.8 over the last few weeks. Since the old version was hammered by spammers, we decided to take a clean slate approach and migrate only "actual" content manually. The new version has a number of anti-spam measurements in place. So hopefully we don't seem the same problem again. The upgrade means that you'll have to create a new user account, unfortunately. Have fun using it! :-) http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/ 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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Calligra 2.6 alpha previews professional writing program
by Peter Reutemann 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

"The preview release of Calligra 2.6, the next major version of the open source productivity application suite, now includes "Author", a writing tool aimed at professional authors. New features have also been added to the suite's existing programs." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1730523 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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OS Upgrades Powered By Git
by Peter Reutemann 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

"The latest Webconverger 15 release is the first Linux distribution to be automagically updatable from a Github repository. The chroot of the OS is kept natively in git's format and fuse mounted with git-fs. Webconverger fulfills the Web kiosk use case, using Firefox and competes indirectly with Google Chrome OS. Chrome OS also has an autoupdate feature, however not as powerful, unified & transparent as when simply using git." -- source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/10/09/163210/os-upgrades-powered-by-git 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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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is tomorrow!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 04 Oct '12

04 Oct '12

There is a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting tomorrow: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Meet up at the university, usual meeting room for Monday meetings: MS4.G.02 Time: 10am to 4pm Agenda: If you have a Linux problem or question bring along your machine and hopefully we will be able to help you. 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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MeeGo to return next month with Jolla phone launch
by Peter Reutemann 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

"Jolla says it will launch its "Sailfish" smartphone design, which uses the MeeGo operating system abandoned by Nokia, next month, with its own patented user interface" -- source: http://h-online.com/-1722465 Unfortunately, the GUI is patent-encumbered and won't be released as open-source. Partially thanks to the litigation war happening in the mobile space. 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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Workshop this Saturday
by Peter Reutemann 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

Hi there The bot didn't send out a reminder for this weekend's workshop, but it's happening nonetheless. There is not a fixed theme this time round, but we might start revamping the WLUG homepage. Also, if you have a Linux problem/question, you're more than welcome to stop! 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 6.0.6 is available
by Peter Reutemann 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

"The latest release presents a collection of updates and security fixes that have already been rolled out to current users of the distribution. The new images are most useful for new installs of the popular Linux distribution" -- source: http://h-online.com/-1722216 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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GNOME 3.6 Released
by Peter Reutemann 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

"Gnome 3.6 is out. The announcement reads: 'The GNOME Project is proud to present GNOME 3.6, the third update to the 3.x series. This latest version of GNOME 3 includes a number of new features and enhancements, as well as many bug fixes and minor improvements. Together, they represent a significant upgrade to the GNOME 3 user experience. Andreas Nilsson, President of the GNOME Foundation, said: “The GNOME Foundation is proud to present this latest GNOME release, and I would like to congratulate the GNOME community on its achievement.” He described the release as “an important milestone in our mission to bring a free and open computing environment to everyone.”' New applications include Clocks and Boxes. Clocks is a world time clock, which allows you to keep an eye on what the local time is around the world. Boxes allows you to connect to other machines, either virtual or remote. For developers there's the new GtkLevelBar widget in GTK+, and GtkEntry can now use Pango attributes." -- source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/09/26/2228204/gnome-36-released 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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Monday meeting
by Michael McDonald 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Hi Looks like i won't be able to make the meeting. No Scribus demo. Sorry Michael

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some Raspberry PI news
by Peter Reutemann 23 Sep '12

23 Sep '12

"The Raspberry Pi gets a turbo mode" -- http://h-online.com/-1713194 "Breaking out the Raspberry Pi" -- http://h-online.com/-1704735 "GeeXbox" will have PI support in the future -- http://www.geexbox.org/2012/09/18/geexbox-3-0/ 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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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '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 * TBA

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Meeting topics for Monday 24th Sept
by Rene Bartosh 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

Hi All, Does anyone have anything they would like to present at the next Monday meeting, or any requests for presentations that some of our members may be able to fill? I see from the committee meeting minutes suggestions include android and btrfs. I would be happy to collaborate with someone on an Android presentation as I think being such a diverse platform a presentation could benefit from multiple points of view - maybe we could have an android show and tell? Does anyone have a decent quality webcam or video camera that could be used to show Android demos on the big screen? Or a rooted android device with a VNC server or similar? Cheers, Rene -- >From Rene Bartosh (Gmail account) <kirjava(a)gmail.com> Personal: http://kirjava.net.nz/

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 16 Sep '12

16 Sep '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 * TBA

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Lost microsd cable
by Bruce Kingsbury 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

Just wondering if anyone found themselves with a spare microsd cable after Saturday, Verne is short of one and would like it back if it turns up, thanks ..

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Upcoming Event: Real World IT Security
by David Hallett 15 Sep '12

15 Sep '12

Institute of IT Professionals National Series: Real World IT Security 20 September 2012: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Wintec City Campus Events Room 2 Gallagher Hub Gate 3, Tristram Street Hamilton National Series: Real World IT Security As professionals we're trying our best to protect our customer's information, store it securely, on secure websites, behind layers of firewalls, authentication and encryption. All the while our customers are trying their best to share every personal detail with the world, use the simplest passwords possible, and then run everything from their own device which they refuse to lock-down or patch! No wonder there's a security breach in the news every week! In this session we'll review what attacks are actually happening in the real world, show how they're being put together and see what's the biggest risk - technology or people? About The Speaker Andy Prow is Managing Director of security specialists Aura Information Security, is an ITCP Certified Professional and holds a BSc(Hons) in Computer Science and Software Engineering. With over 19 years of IT experience Andy has designed and written software for companies including IBM, Telecom, Vodafone, Ericsson and Microsoft. Andy launched the Aura group of companies in 2001 and Aura InfoSec has developed into one of NZ's leading IT Security Consulting practices with many significant clients including the NZ Government, Xero, TradeMe and Banking and Corporate companies in New Zealand and overseas. Note: Light lunch provided. Free for IITP members, inexpensive for others. Registration required at the following URL: http://www.iitp.org.nz/events/waikato_bop/633-Real_World_IT_Security Regards, David Hallett, BSc, MIITP ITCP P.O. Box 15-516 Hamilton, New Zealand Mobile: +64-21-802 256

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Software Freedom Day 2012
by Peter Reutemann 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

Hi everyone Just a friendly reminder (since the bot didn't seem to send out anything), that we'll be celebrating Software Freedom Day 2012 tomorrow! For more information visit this URL: http://wlug.org.nz/sfd 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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University Team Builds Lego and Raspberry Pi Cluster
by Peter Reutemann 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

"A team of computational engineers over at the University of Southampton led by Professor Simon Cox have built a supercomputer using Raspberry Pi and Lego. The supercomputer is comprised of 64 processors, 1TB of storage (16GB SD cards in each of the Raspberry Pis) and can be powered on using just a single 13-amp mains socket. MPI is used for communications between the nodes through the ethernet port. The team managed to build the core of the supercomputer for under £2500. Named 'Iridis-Pi' after University of Southampton's supercomputer Iridis, the supercomputer runs software that was built using Python and Scratch. Professor Cox used the free plug-in 'Python Tools for Visual Studio' to develop code for the Raspberry Pi." -- source: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/09/12/145256/university-team-builds-l… 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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netlink_family=31
by LIBCHABER, JACQUES (JACQUES) 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Hello, I am studying some code involving NETLINK sockets. The code involves a call to socket: sock_fd = socket (AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, 31) looking at NETLINK(7) or '/usr/include/bits/socket.h' I can't find any documentation for netlink_family=31 Could you point me to some answers. Thanks

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Debian Download
by Wolfgang 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Hi Can somebody advise me how to download Debian Wheezy? I want to get away from Ubuntu 12.4, which the developers have locked down hard enough that I am unable to set it up the way I like my Linux to function. Key issue is of course Unity, which I regard as excellent for all those who prefer small screens (i.e. Smartphones and Tablets), but for those of us who have bought large screens, Unity is a regression back towards the ugly side of DOS. (You had to remember each command before you could use it. Menus may be slow to work with, but their use is quick to learn, and for infrequently used commands they are simply superior.) I need the amd64 edition, and I do not want to download just a basic system to try whether my knowledge is good enough to get it running, not reams after reams of iso's that eventually I never use. A further complication is that my wi-fi adaptor, D-link DWA-131 (Realtek RTL 8192SU), is not correctly installed by Suse 12.1 or Mageia-2-x86-64, and perusal of the fora indicated that I will have to wait until kernel 3.4 (3.2 is currently used) becomes standard before I can use any rpm based distribution. I have tried Linux Mint XFCE as well, as another possible way to escape Canonical's lockdown into Unity, but that does not install at all on my machine for reasons apparently not connected to my hardware. What is the most appropriate server here in NZ to download Debian? Thank you Wolfgang Vogelbein

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Fritzing, the Hot New Electronics Designer for Real People
by Peter Reutemann 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

"Fritzing is the sophisticated new electronics application with the funny name. It is a powerful tool for making schematics, prototyping circuits, and designing printed circuit boards." -- source: http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/631016-fritzing-the-hot-new-electronic… 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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