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NZCS Innovators Series Lunch: Rod Drury (Hamilton) - 11 August 2008
by David Hallett 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

The NZ Computer Society (NZCS) is proud to announce a new monthly series of events from August to December 2008 in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Hamilton, bringing some of the true "Innovators of ICT" to a city near you. Register at http://nzcs.org.nz/tools/events/event.asp?SECT=waikato_bop&ID=3131 First up on the 11th of August is the Society's newest Honorary Fellow (HFNZCS) and well known ICT entrepreneur Rod Drury, his presentation entitled: "Succeeding in NZ - What is Innovation, anyway?" Rod really needs no introduction. He exploded onto the ICT scene in New Zealand in 1995 when he founded Glazier Systems, which was subsequently bought by Advantage Group to become well-known ICT solutions company Intergen. He then created AfterMail, an Exchange product later sold to American company Quest Software for an 8-figure sum and judged the "Best Exchange Product" at TechEd 2006 in Boston. Not yet done, he then created well-known NZX-listed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) accounting company Xero which is changing the way small businesses do accounting in New Zealand Free for NZCS members and inexpensive for non-members. Light Lunch Included Date: 11 August 2008 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Venue: The Hub at Wintec, City Campus, Gate 5, Tristram Street, Hamilton REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL: http://nzcs.org.nz/tools/events/event.asp?SECT=waikato_bop&ID=3131 This event will sell out in most areas, hence registration is essential. Best Regards, David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS Pulsar Computer Solutions Ltd P.O. Box 15-516 Hamilton, New Zealand Phone: +64-7-210 5520 Mobile: +64-21-802 256 Email: david(a)pulsar.net.nz

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Theme deletion...
by Chakat Sandwalker 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Is it possible to delete appearance theme customisations (i.e. icons, controls, window border, etc.) that the user has installed manually (say, from www.gnome-look.org) but the Appearance applet refuses to delete? I've installed a number of themes/customisations that I can't delete because the 'Delete' button is greyed out. As a result I have a glut of entries to choose from, most of which I don't want any more. Sandy

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday August 2nd, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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Converting a hard drive from ext3 to fat32
by Ron Dean 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Is it possible to convert the above. I have already backed it up to another drive. After I format it in Partition Magic What commands do I issue to re mount it . -- Ron Dean 2 Shannon Place Nawton Hamilton Ph 8493904

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday August 2nd, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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KDE 4.1 released
by Ian McDonald 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Starting to look better. Have a look at: http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.1/ -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Fwd: Stallman stalling - do we give up?
by Bruce Kingsbury 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Anybody want to organise a carpool to Auckland? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Apperley <m.apperley(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz> Date: 2008/7/21 Subject: Re: Stallman stalling - do we give up? To: Steve Reeves <stever(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz>, Bruce Kingsbury < zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz>, Tony McGregor <tonym(a)waikato.ac.nz> I've notified Simon Bridge that we are unable to host a Stallman talk on the Saturday, as we would not be able to raise a credible audience. Disappointed fans will have to go to the Auckland talk. Mark ======================================================== Professor Mark Apperley m.apperley(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz Department of Computer Science University of Waikato phone: +64 7 838 4528 NEW ZEALAND fax: +64 7 838 4155 ======================================================== -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them.

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) "Opensource, GNU/Linux, and why those things are important for FX Networks." Opensource thinking and technology permeates the Network Operations Centre at FxNetworks. FX rely on a number of Opensource packages to run both the network and the business. The open and adaptable model also extends to how they engage with other network operators and service providers. Jamie Baddeley will speak how things come together at FX, and why GNU/Linux is important to them

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) "Opensource, GNU/Linux, and why those things are important for FX Networks." Opensource thinking and technology permeates the Network Operations Centre at FxNetworks. FX rely on a number of Opensource packages to run both the network and the business. The open and adaptable model also extends to how they engage with other network operators and service providers. Jamie Baddeley will speak how things come together at FX, and why GNU/Linux is important to them

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Re: [wlug] Geek meets closer to home
by David Bowen 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Hi Jaco Check out the Aucklug http://auckland.linux.net.nz/ and the mailing list http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug I am on their mailing list but haven't managed to catch them in the flesh yet. Cheers David

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NZ mirrors
by Jaco van der Merwe 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Hi folks, Couple of questions: 1. I'm on the WorldExchange/XNet network. Traffic local to the XN nw does not count towards my (75G) cap. Are there any Uni's or FTP mirors available for Ubuntu/Deb & other distro's on the XN new? 2. I live & work in Auckland City & travelling out to Waikato on a scooter is problematic, to say the least. Are there any other geek-meets closer to home? Thanks - Jaco _________________________________________________________________ Tired of having no room left in your inbox? Windows Live Hotmail now gives you 5GB of FREE storage! Get your free Windows Live Hotmail account here! http://get.live.com/mail/overview

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 205, Issue 17
by Jaco van der Merwe 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Thanks for the info, Lindsay, but I already use citylink as a tries & tested source. The problem is that xnet traffic does not count towards my cap, so any resources on the 'local network' is 'free' I've already put in a request to the sysadmin for ftp.wicks.co.nz, but he's indicated that he simply doesn't have the space. Uni's seem my best bet Thanks anyhow -J > From: wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: wlug Digest, Vol 205, Issue 17 > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:06 +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. NZ mirrors (Jaco van der Merwe) > 2. Re: NZ mirrors (Lindsay Druett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:11:14 +0200 > From: Jaco van der Merwe <freakalad(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: [wlug] NZ mirrors > To: <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Message-ID: <BAY116-W48D9A47146095A55CCD7B1BC850(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi folks, > > Couple of questions: > 1. I'm on the WorldExchange/XNet network. Traffic local to the XN nw does not count towards my (75G) cap. > Are there any Uni's or FTP mirors available for Ubuntu/Deb & other distro's on the XN new? > 2. I live & work in Auckland City & travelling out to Waikato on a scooter is problematic, to say the least. > Are there any other geek-meets closer to home? > > Thanks > > - Jaco > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of having no room left in your inbox? Windows Live Hotmail now gives you 5GB of FREE storage! Get your free Windows Live Hotmail account here! > http://get.live.com/mail/overview >

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Re: [wlug] Fwd: Stallman stalling - do we give up?
by rsinel＠bredband.net 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Sad to here that Richard Stallmans offer to speak in Hamilton was not taken up. I've must have missjudged amount of "Free Software" user's in my old hometown when i talked to Richard about the possabilaty of doing a talk in Hamilton. /Roger Sinel ---- Original message ---- From: Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz> Sent: 20 Jul 2008 14:58 -07:00 To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: [wlug] Fwd: Stallman stalling - do we give up? Anybody want to organise a carpool to Auckland? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Apperley <m.apperley(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz> Date: 2008/7/21 Subject: Re: Stallman stalling - do we give up? To: Steve Reeves <stever(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz>, Bruce Kingsbury < zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz>, Tony McGregor <tonym(a)waikato.ac.nz> I've notified Simon Bridge that we are unable to host a Stallman talk on the Saturday, as we would not be able to raise a credible audience. Disappointed fans will have to go to the Auckland talk. Mark ======================================================== Professor Mark Apperley m.apperley(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz Department of Computer Science University of Waikato phone: +64 7 838 4528 NEW ZEALAND fax: +64 7 838 4155 ======================================================== -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them. ----  Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) "Opensource, GNU/Linux, and why those things are important for FX Networks." Opensource thinking and technology permeates the Network Operations Centre at FxNetworks. FX rely on a number of Opensource packages to run both the network and the business. The open and adaptable model also extends to how they engage with other network operators and service providers. Jamie Baddeley will speak how things come together at FX, and why GNU/Linux is important to them

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RMS visit. Who would turn up?
by Bruce Kingsbury 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

Just wondering. If CompSci were to host a talk by Richard Stallman (proposed Sat 9th August, early evening) who would definitely turn up for it? WLUG cannot organise this. RMS refuses to have anything to do with LUGS. CompSci are considering it, but don't think that 100 or more people will turn up. I have no idea how much (or how little) interest there actually is in this presentation. Show of hands? -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them.

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Useful blogs/websites
by Daniel Lawson 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Hey guys Thought I'd point out a couple of useful websites that have been collecting in my rss reader http://www.debian-administration.org/ often has some useful posts on it. Yes, it's Debian focussed, which also means it mostly applies to Ubuntu as well, but a lot of the stuff that comes up applies to all distros just as readily. For example, the author is currently trying to run a daily series of "Commands you might have missed", covering off simple utilities like pstree and watch that a lot of people don't know about. http://debaday.debian.net/ tries to cover off a Debian Package of the Day, however the author struggle for content to keep it going at that rate. Still comes up with some useful entries at least twice a week. http://www.debuntu.org/ is a Debian and Ubuntu tips and tricks page. The OpenSource Toolbox at http://ostoolbox.blogspot.com/ covers a wider range of projects and platforms than the above http://www.linuxdevices.com/ is a site dedicated to embedded devices and platforms that interoperate or run linux (and other free or open platforms I think) If you're interested in following kernel developments, then www.kerneltrap.org and www.kernelplanet.org might be interesting to you. The former is a meta-discussion of what's going on in the linux kernel mailing list, and the latter is an aggregation of various kernel developers blogs, so quite often has a lot of other random stuff in it. And of course, there's the WLUG wiki at http://www.wlug.org.nz and Planet WLUG at http://planet.wlug.org.nz/, if you didn't know about them already :) Daniel

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Laptop Query
by James Pluck 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Hi all! Does anyone know if the below laptop will work ok under Linux (I'm thinking Ubuntu Hardy) I am looking for a lappy to use as a general portable workhorse for checking mail and a LAMP/AJAX/Ruby etc coding platform. I'm keeping the desktop as a games machine but want something I can take with me to the library, etc for quiet time coding or whatever. J -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."

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Big Buck Bunny builds a better Blender
by Bruce Kingsbury 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Thought this might be of interest to the list, particularly after covering the Blender software and BBB movie at John's presentation. *Big Buck Bunny* is the colorful product of the Peach<http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/>open movie project: an animated short released online and on DVD. But in addition to the 'toon itself, Peach has produced an altogether different yield: improvements to the Blender <http://www.blender.org/> 3-D modeling application. Like its predecessor Project Orange<http://orange.blender.org/>, Peach pushed the open source tool forward with the demands of a real-world media production, in a way that hobbyist usage cannot. http://www.linux.com/feature/139454 -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them.

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Open-source laptop tracking system for laptops
by Michael McDonald 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Interested to see this open source solution being promoted ... New service tracks missing laptops for free Researchers have developed a free open-source laptop tracking system for laptops By Robert McMillan San Francisco | Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 Lose your laptop these days and you lose part of your life: You say good-bye to photos, music and personal documents that cannot be replaced, and if it's a work computer, you may be the source of a very public data breach. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/EC980DF9A9B079E6CC257486006F02AC Michael

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waikato imap
by Justin Hyde 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

I had similar problems and only got it to work after changing the password. AFAIK this is only possible from off-campus, blocked ports on-campus and can't go through proxy server. Cheers > hey, it works ;) the problem was the synchronisation of password. I > changed it, went to the UnlockChapta Link. And that's it! > Big Thanx to everyone for your support. > > Colin Palmer wrote: > >* On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 11:53 +1200, Ivo Senner wrote: > *>* > *>>* So this is my first question: I've tried to setup an imap account for > *>>* my university address at thunderbird. But everytime I trying to > *>>* connect to imap.gmail.com i get the message "Invalid credentials > *>>* (Failure)". While searching in google for a solution I can only find > *>>* the notice to activate IMAP at webmail. That was the first thing i've > *>>* done. Does anyone know something about this behaviour? or how to setup > *>>* the imap-account correctly? > *>>* > *>* > *>* The ITS service desk are the best people to ask about this, since some > *>* of the details are UoW specific. However most of what you need to know > *>* is here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77662 > *>* > *>* Things to note: > *>* > *>* - SSL/port 993 is compulsory, standard IMAP won't work. > *>* - Your IMAP username is <user>@students.waikato.ac.nz > *>* - Your password should be the same as your UoW one, but may not be > *>* sychronised, especially if you've never used > *>* https://tools.its.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/changepw so go there and set a > *>* new password. > *>* - It's easy to lock yourself out by entering the wrong password too many > *>* times, so you may need to visit > *>* https://www.google.com/a/students.waikato.ac.nz/UnlockCaptcha before > *>* trying again. This will confirm the new password you just set works. > *>* > *>* > * > >

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waikato imap
by Ivo Senner 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

hey guys, I'm new at the UoW and also at this mailinglist ;) If someone is interested in this: I'm from Germany, 22 years old, using archlinux and (at my workstation at home) gentoo. So this is my first question: I've tried to setup an imap account for my university address at thunderbird. But everytime I trying to connect to imap.gmail.com i get the message "Invalid credentials (Failure)". While searching in google for a solution I can only find the notice to activate IMAP at webmail. That was the first thing i've done. Does anyone know something about this behaviour? or how to setup the imap-account correctly? Thanx and greatz, Ivo

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SA govt to rig buses for free internet
by Michael McDonald 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Interesting plans for buses in South Australia ... SA govt to rig buses for free internet The South Australian Government is planning to offer free internet on the state's public transport system to make it more appealing to use — but it needs to find a hardware vendor and ISP willing to install the technology first. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/SA-govt-to-rig-buses-for-free-int… Michael

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 13 Jul '08

13 Jul '08

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Previous Minutes # Treasurers report # Correspondence # Matters # Server status # General business

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Fwd: FW: Fwd: [Fwd: Stallman visiting Wellington]
by Chris O'Halloran 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

-----Original Message----- From: Roger Sinel [mailto:roger.sinel(a)nordickiwi.com] Sent: Thursday, 10 July 2008 6:54 a.m. To: Waikato Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [wlug] Fwd: [Fwd: Stallman visiting Wellington] Richard Stallman has already offered to come to Waikato University during his August visit to NZ and do a talk, I talked to him in the 26th of febuary this year in Stockholm Sweden about it. http://nordickiwi.no-ip.com/blog/?p=109 I'd like to know if the arrangements where ever finalized? I posted this offer from Richard on this list. Does anyone know if Richard Stallman will actually talk in Hamilton? /Roger -----Original Message----- From: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz> Reply-To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Subject: [wlug] Fwd: [Fwd: Stallman visiting Wellington] Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:23:27 +1200 Please see below - hopefully someone will pick this up from the committee. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian McDonald <iam4(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 6:21 AM Subject: [Fwd: Stallman visiting Wellington] To: ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Stallman visiting Wellington From: "Steve Reeves" <stever(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Wed, July 9, 2008 12:29 pm To: cs-lecturers(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz cs-grads(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wonder if he's got time to come up here again? Would someone in WLUG be able to get something arranged? Steve Begin forwarded message: > From: Green Party <greenparty(a)greens.org.nz> > Date: 9 July 2008 12:10:46 GMT+12:00 > To: "dd(a)lists.greens.org.nz" <dd(a)lists.greens.org.nz>, IT Commitee <IT(a)lists.greens.org.nz > >, nandor(a)greens.org.nz > Subject: [IT] [Fwd: Richard Stallman visiting Wellington] > Reply-To: greenparty(a)greens.org.nz, Information Technology <it(a)lists.greens.org.nz > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Richard Stallman visiting Wellington > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:09:24 +1200 > From: Peter Lambrechtsen <plambrechtsen(a)gmail.com> > To: greenparty(a)greens.org.nz > CC: don(a)catalyst.net.nz > > Hello > > As per our conversation, Richard Stallman who is the founder of GNU > (www.gnu.org) and the GPL License, and is the authority on Free > Software and is a passionate speaker on such topics. He will be in > Wellington from the 13th until the 17th of August. > > A brief bio of Richard Stallman: > > Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system > (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the > freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes > either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU > operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of > computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a > MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's > Pioneer award, and the the Takeda Award for Social/Economic > Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates. > > > I know Nandor Tanczos had an interest about Linux and Free Software > and was interested in contacting him directly. > > I will be organising his itinerary and main point of contact during > his visit to Wellington and was interested in if the Greens were > interested in a meeting / presentation or some media event with him. > > Please either e-mail me back, or call me on 04 470 5540 or 0272 905 > 735 and we can talk further. > > Kind regards. > > Peter Lambrechtsen > > -- > Michael Pringle > National Administrator > Green Party > PO Box 11 652 > Wellington > Phone 04 801 5102 > Fax 04 801 5104 > Mobile 021 119 6714 > greenparty(a)greens.org.nz > www.greens.org.nz > > _______________________________________________ > IT mailing list > IT(a)lists.greens.org.nz > http://tui.greens.org.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/it ******************************************************** Professor Steve Reeves Department of Computer Science The University of Waikato Hamilton 3240 New Zealand Tel: +64 7 838 4398 Fax: +64 7 858 5095 Email: stever(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz Web: www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~stever -- ?Mvh Roger Sinel roger.sinel(a)nordickiwi.com www.nordickiwi.com + gpg key -- http://www.nordickiwi.com/rsinel.asc + fingerprint -- F0EF 2C17 99CA DC06 132A 967F B642 D0BA 6503 87C7

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Fwd: [Fwd: Stallman visiting Wellington]
by Ian McDonald 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Please see below - hopefully someone will pick this up from the committee. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian McDonald <iam4(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 6:21 AM Subject: [Fwd: Stallman visiting Wellington] To: ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Stallman visiting Wellington From: "Steve Reeves" <stever(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Wed, July 9, 2008 12:29 pm To: cs-lecturers(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz cs-grads(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wonder if he's got time to come up here again? Would someone in WLUG be able to get something arranged? Steve Begin forwarded message: > From: Green Party <greenparty(a)greens.org.nz> > Date: 9 July 2008 12:10:46 GMT+12:00 > To: "dd(a)lists.greens.org.nz" <dd(a)lists.greens.org.nz>, IT Commitee <IT(a)lists.greens.org.nz > >, nandor(a)greens.org.nz > Subject: [IT] [Fwd: Richard Stallman visiting Wellington] > Reply-To: greenparty(a)greens.org.nz, Information Technology <it(a)lists.greens.org.nz > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Richard Stallman visiting Wellington > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:09:24 +1200 > From: Peter Lambrechtsen <plambrechtsen(a)gmail.com> > To: greenparty(a)greens.org.nz > CC: don(a)catalyst.net.nz > > Hello > > As per our conversation, Richard Stallman who is the founder of GNU > (www.gnu.org) and the GPL License, and is the authority on Free > Software and is a passionate speaker on such topics. He will be in > Wellington from the 13th until the 17th of August. > > A brief bio of Richard Stallman: > > Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system > (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the > freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes > either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU > operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of > computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a > MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's > Pioneer award, and the the Takeda Award for Social/Economic > Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates. > > > I know Nandor Tanczos had an interest about Linux and Free Software > and was interested in contacting him directly. > > I will be organising his itinerary and main point of contact during > his visit to Wellington and was interested in if the Greens were > interested in a meeting / presentation or some media event with him. > > Please either e-mail me back, or call me on 04 470 5540 or 0272 905 > 735 and we can talk further. > > Kind regards. > > Peter Lambrechtsen > > -- > Michael Pringle > National Administrator > Green Party > PO Box 11 652 > Wellington > Phone 04 801 5102 > Fax 04 801 5104 > Mobile 021 119 6714 > greenparty(a)greens.org.nz > www.greens.org.nz > > _______________________________________________ > IT mailing list > IT(a)lists.greens.org.nz > http://tui.greens.org.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/it ******************************************************** Professor Steve Reeves Department of Computer Science The University of Waikato Hamilton 3240 New Zealand Tel: +64 7 838 4398 Fax: +64 7 858 5095 Email: stever(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz Web: www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~stever -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday July 5th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday July 5th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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Ubuntu 8.10 features
by Ian McDonald 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Good article here: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080629-horny-for-ubuntu-8-10-first-l… I also like the links to NetworkManager blogs - looks like it will finally be useful, rather than annoying. I like the idea of sharing your 3G card easily.... -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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hugin panoramas
by John Billings 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

I posted my slides and the panorama image I created from the pictures I took at the meeting last week: http://wlug.org.nz/JohnBillings The Hugin interface is pretty easy to use. I added the two pictures and it assembled them and ouput a .tif image. I opened that up in GIMP and cropped it a bit, there were some gray areas that hugin left around the sides. Then used GIMP to convert it to a .jpg image. If you want to see the full size image it's at: http://nimhq.net/wlug-hugin-example.jpg You can see the seam where the two images were joined by the exit sign, but I thought it did a pretty good job. Think it is really best for scenery shots of course, so I dug through some old photos, and found a couple shots out at Maunganui I could join: http://nimhq.net/maunganui-1.jpg http://nimhq.net/maunganui-2.jpg Resulting in: http://nimhq.net/maunganui-hugin.jpg Thought I'd share my experiment. Best, John

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) "Gnu/Linux Graphics Software Roundup" John Billings will talk about some of the graphics software available in Linux, including (but not limited to) the GIMP, Inkscape, and Blender.

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In the news today
by Ian McDonald 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

Someone from Microsoft says that ODF has won: http://www.osnews.com/story/19892 and that Java is now available 100% free (with help of RedHat/IcedTea): http://www.osnews.com/story/19892 -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Topic to be announced.

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WINE is 1 yo - Happy Birthday Wine!
by James Pluck 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

(I'm probably out of date with this...) http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147212/wine_pops_its_cork_aft… -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."

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fedora 9 and -lglib
by stephen pearce 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

Hi I'm trying to compile the source version of Lazarus .. which is a gui ide for the free pascal compiler (object pascal which is almost identical to delphi) ... on a fedora 9 installation. FPC compiles ok .. you have to get the binary initially to bootstrap compile the source distro of the fpc compiler) ... lazarus compiles ok but aborts on linking with a message saying it cannot link to -lglib. I got the source for glib and compiled and installed this .. but lazarus gave the same error. I was originally running the amd 64 bit version of fedora .. x86-64 .. but reinstalled the i386 version .. with no change (rather frustrated by now) ...I then tried seaching the makefiles and other installation stuff looking for libglib references .. without any luck to date ... though libglib v 2 is in /usr/lib I am vaguely aware that the fedora library comformation is a bit differenct to debian but don't know the details nor of a simple way to spoff software looking in the debian places to cope with the fedora conformation .. has anyone any experience along these lines or other thoughts on this Thanks -- Stephen Pearce Whangarei

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 15 Jun '08

15 Jun '08

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Topic to be announced.

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Mail client difficulty
by Graham Lauder 13 Jun '08

13 Jun '08

This one is driving me a bit batty at the moment. I've been using KMail up till now but the addressbook has a flaky UI which is frustrating and nonintuitive to say the least and there are one or two other issues that have caused me problems with lost mails and such. Good reports filtered down to me about Thunderbird and Evolution so I installed them and set everything up and neither of them can hookup up to my popmail accounts. All the settings are exactly the same as the Kmail settings and Kmail hooks in and downloads everything no problems Obviously running on OpenSuSE 10.3. What have I missed? -- Graham Lauder, ******************************************** The Best things come in 3 http://why.openoffice.org ******************************************** OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org

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help testing the Māori language spell checker for thunderbird and firefox
by Stuart A. Yeates 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

Hello everyone It's not linux, but Kiharoa, who puts together the Māori language spell checker for thunderbird and firefox, needs some urgent testing and feedback so it makes the grade for getting into the next release. The URL is: http://kiharoa.dear.maori.nz/2008/06/still-looking-for-volunteers/ cheers stuart

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 08 Jun '08

08 Jun '08

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Previous Minutes # Treasurers report # Correspondence # Matters # Server status # General business

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Acer pushing Linux on laptops
by Ian McDonald 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9960210-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=254… I know that for quite some time you have been able to buy Linux only notebooks from them easily. -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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WLUG Fixit Meeting is today!
by Meeting Reminder bot 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

A reminder, the WLUG Fixit Meeting is today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday June 7, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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app for drawing database data models
by Brenda Wallace 06 Jun '08

06 Jun '08

any recommendations for an app? I've been using dia - anything better out there?

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Google Gadgets open sourced for Linux
by Ian McDonald 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080605-google-gadgets-open-sourced-f… -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday June 7, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm We will be holding our SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/hamilton/enderley/-te+whanau+ptahi/?place/full_map) the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee and light lunch, etc.

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RimuHosting Hiring Linux Gurus
by Peter Bryant 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Hi all. It's been about 6 months since I last posted here looking for more staff. But we keep growing, and we keep needing more staff. So here goes again... I'm looking for one or two more full time people to do Linux support and sysadmin work for RimuHosting: setup people's Linux servers, install Linux apps, troubleshoot problems, help manage the few thousand Linux servers we run, and the like. It can be very interesting, challenging work. You get to play with _lots_ of servers, distros and get exposure to just about every app that runs on Linux. I'd also consider uni students on a part time (evenings, weekends?) basis. For those that don't know, RimuHosting is based in Cambridge, down the road from Hamilton, and we provide Linux VPS and dedicated server hosting and support to customers dotted all around the world. More info (and application procedures) is over at: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Jobs/IT-Jobs/Networking-systems/auction-1… If you had any questions just reply off list to me. Cheers, Peter http://rimuhosting.com PS: The link on http://www.wlug.org.nz/WlugMailingList to http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/mailing-list-aup.txt gives a 403 Forbidden...

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Features for Ubuntu 8.10 / dev model
by Ian McDonald 05 Jun '08

05 Jun '08

Interesting article here: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18482/1141/ (originally found on http://lwn.net) -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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midnight commander q
by stephen pearce 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Hi Does anyone know how toconfigure midnight commander so that on closing it down you stay in the directory you have navigated to .. rather than ending up back in the directory you were in when you started it? On one of my installations this works ... on a newer one it does not .. and I cannot see the difference .. nor can I see how to do it from the mc documentation Tnx -- Stephen Pearce Critical Care Whangarei ph 021 390 997

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Flash in firefox v2 and v3
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Hi All, Does anyone know why some flash movies in Firefox do not work but seem ok in Epiphany and Sea monkey Clear.net.nz news/videos are an example. In Firefox they start to load then fail after 3 seconds Some U tube movies do a similar thing. Regards John..

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ATM running Windows
by Chris O'Halloran 29 May '08

29 May '08

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taniwha/2530125783/

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KDE 4.1 Beta
by Ian McDonald 28 May '08

28 May '08

Some nice screen shots and info here: http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.1-beta1.php -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Fedora project and FreeIPA
by Ian McDonald 26 May '08

26 May '08

Just reading an interview with Fedora project leader. Quite interesting. Also saw mention of FreeIPA project that Fedora/RedHat have started that is tying together Kerebos/Samba etc to compete with Active Directory. Quite interesting. Also mentions speed up of X http://news.softpedia.com/news/Exclusive-Fedora-Interview-86401.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeIPA http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OneSecondX -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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