Interesting concept:
'A new crowdfunding campaign by Rhombus Tech "introduces the world's
first devices built around the EOMA68 standard," which separates a
"modular" CPU board from the rest of the system so that it can be
easily used in multiple devices and upgraded more simply. Rhombus Tech
is now offering a 15.6-inch laptop, a laser-cut wooden Micro-Desktop
housing, and two types of computer cards, both using A20 dual-core ARM
Cortex A7 processors. The cards are available with four flavors of the
GNU/Linux operating system, and they're hoping to receive RYF
certification from the Free Software Foundation.
"No proprietary software," explains their campaign's video. "No
backdoors. No spyware. No NDAs." They envision a world where users
upgrade their computers by simply popping in a new card -- reducing
electronic waste -- or print new laptop casings to repair defects or
swap in different colors. (And they also hope to eventually see the
cards also working with cameras, phones, tablets, and gaming
consoles.'
-- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/07/31/0323255
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
Hi everyone
William suggested a topic for our next meeting in August:
"An introduction to Linux - features, history, examples of popular
flavors (Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat etc). Advantages and disadvantages to
Windows."
Meetup link:
http://www.meetup.com/WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup/events/232676239/
He volunteered to cover a bit of the history (if I remember
correctly), but we need others as well to fill in the rest!
What do you think?
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
The US National Institute for Standards and Technology is updating its
Digital Authentication Guideline
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/24/nist_says_sms_no_good_for_authentic…>.
Responding to recent cases where SMS-based two-factor authentication
systems were hijacked to rack up charges on premium-rate phone numbers,
it is now saying that sending a text message is no longer good enough.
At least the service sending the messages needs to be sure they are
going to a real mobile phone.
Interestingly, it is posting review documents on GitHub, as an addition
to the usual publication channels.
Hello all,
I'm the holder of the WLUG library but as you're aware I haven't brought
it along the meeting much.
Would anyone care to be the caretaker of it for a while? I can bring it
along to next Monday's meeting.
Cheers,
Chris
Hi everyone
We have a meeting schedule for next Monday:
"X11, the most common display server on Linux, is showing its age.
Newcomers, like Wayland and Mir are trying to address shortcomings and
provide a basis for the future.
Let's have a look at what each of the display servers' strengths and
weaknesses are."
We still need volunteers for presenting the Wayland and Mir? Any takers?
More details here:
http://www.meetup.com/WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup/events/232209899/
Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
