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Pear OS gone
by Peter Reutemann 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

'David Tavares, founder of Pear OS, apparently messaged the other day on Google+ that the Ubuntu-based distribution would no longer be available for download. According to Softpedia.com, "Mr. Tavares sold the Pear OS distribution to an undisclosed company that will develop the Linux-based operating system for its own products."' -- source: http://ostatic.com/blog/pear-departure-bodhi-fundraiser-and-mageia-4-rc 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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Scientists detect “spoiled onions” trying to sabotage Tor privacy network
by Peter Reutemann 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

"Computer scientists have identified almost two dozen computers that were actively working to sabotage the Tor privacy network by carrying out attacks that can degrade encrypted connections between end users and the websites or servers they visit." -- source: http://bit.ly/1hKCdw4 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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Fwd: [nzpug] Re: python users in Hamilton
by Bruce Kingsbury 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

This might be of interest to WLUG too; ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Mckee <will(a)artcontrol.me> Date: 22 January 2014 13:53 Subject: Re: [nzpug] Re: python users in Hamilton To: "nzpug(a)googlegroups.com" <nzpug(a)googlegroups.com> Hello I have been organizing some Python classes to start happening in Hamilton. These will be every Wednesday from 6pm till 8pm at ‘Te Whare o Te Ata’ Community House, 60A Sare Crescent, Fairfield, Hamilton, New Zealand (map<https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%E2%80%98Te+Wh…> ) The first class will be held on 12th February 2014. It's a great spot - 10 computers (and a pi!) are running Debian. All skill levels welcome. Free of charge. Come along and meet fellow python people and let's build some awesome software. Thanks, William Mckee On 18/10/2013 2:07 PM, "Eric Light" <eric(a)ericlight.com> wrote: > Myself and two others from Gravity Computing are likely to get there! We > don't do Python commercially, but we've been dabbling. :-) > On 18/10/2013 1:20 PM, "Chris O'Halloran" <cmoman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Bruce >> >> I suggest you suggest a time and place and we'll see if can get a show of >> hands of potential attendees. >> >> Enough people have commented on this thread that there is definitely some >> interest. >> >> Is there a project available at your venue to do "show and tell" >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris >> >> >> On 17 October 2013 15:11, William Mckee <will(a)artcontrol.me> wrote: >> >>> Hello. >>> I am interested in helping out and getting something happen in Hamilton >>> with Python classes/meetups. >>> Currently I spent the majority of my days working on projects in IPython >>> Notebook in a Linux environment. >>> It would be great to meet you Bruce (and anyone else) and discuss. >>> Here's my github: https://github.com/wcmckee >>> >>> Thanks, >>> William Mckee >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "New Zealand Python User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nzpug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to nzpug(a)googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nzpug. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "New Zealand Python User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nzpug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nzpug(a)googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nzpug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "New Zealand Python User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nzpug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nzpug(a)googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nzpug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "New Zealand Python User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nzpug+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nzpug(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nzpug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

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FreeBSD 10.0 Released
by Peter Reutemann 21 Jan '14

21 Jan '14

"FreeBSD 10.0 has been released. A few highlights include: pkg is now the default package management utility. Major enhancements in virtualization, including the addition of bhyve, virtio, and native paravirtualized drivers providing support for FreeBSD as a guest operating system on Microsoft Hyper-V. Support for the high-performance LZ4 compression algorithm has been added to ZFS and TRIM support for SSD has been added to ZFS. clang is the default compiler. This release has official Raspberry Pi support. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and a quick FreeBSD installation video is here. FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE may be downloaded via ftp or via a torrent client that supports web seeding." -- source: http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/14/01/20/1731239 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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Proposal for Android Presentation
by Lawrence D'Oliveiro 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Possible things I can talk about in an Android presentation: * Using Android: UI conventions, vendor customization * Structure of Android: Linux kernel, use of processes and user IDs, Toolbox Shell * Programming Android: app (APK) structure, Java & Dalvik, Bionic runtime, privilege model, SDK, NDK (for C/C++ code), platform APIs, OpenGL-ES * Hacking Android: AOSP, alternative ROMs This can be whittled down. :)

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WLUG AGM: tonight
by Peter Reutemann 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Hi everyone The Waikato Linux Users Group Incorporated will hold the AGM tonight at 7pm. Agenda: - President's Report - Treasurer's Report - Adoption of updated charter - Election of 2014 Committee - Consumption of pizza Depending on how quick we tick off the points on the agenda, Ian might give a short presentation on Map Tiles and Bash. 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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OpenBSD Moving Towards Signed Packages
by Peter Reutemann 19 Jan '14

19 Jan '14

"It's official: 'we are moving towards signed packages,' says Theo de Raadt on the misc@ mailing list. This is shortly after a new utility, signify, was committed into the base tree. The reason a new utility had to be written in the first place is that gnupg is too big to fit on the floppy discs, which are still a supported installation medium for OpenBSD. Signatures are based on the Ed25519 public-key signature system from D. J. Bernstein and co., and his public domain code once again appears in the base tree of OpenBSD, only a few weeks after some other DJB inventions made it into the nearby OpenSSH as well." -- source: http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/14/01/19/0124202 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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WLUG AGM: tomorrow
by Peter Reutemann 19 Jan '14

19 Jan '14

Hi everyone The Waikato Linux Users Group Incorporated will hold the AGM on tomorrow at 7pm. Agenda: - President's Report - Treasurer's Report - Adoption of updated charter - Election of 2014 Committee - Consumption of pizza Depending on how quick we tick off the points on the agenda, Ian might give a short presentation on Map Tiles and Bash. 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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Linux workshop and raspberry jam!
by Bruce Kingsbury 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

Just a reminder to all; I'll be running a Saturday Workshop and Raspberry Jam again this year, on the fourth Saturday of every month. Which means the next one is; January 25, 2014 10:00 am – 2:00 pm *Te Whare O Te Ata* 60a Sare Cres Hamilton, 3214 07 8557804 This is a GNU/Linux-focused workshop where people can bring their PCs, Pi's, Android devices etc for trouble-shooting and to learn or try out new skills. And William Mckee will be along to talk about our new Python classes that are starting this year. All visitors welcome, light lunch provided, gold coin donation appreciated

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Charter amendments
by Michael Ryan 17 Jan '14

17 Jan '14

> I'm a bit worried about the last bullet-point of Section 4: > > "Attempting to exploit or misuse the society or members of the society for pecuniary gain" > > I'm not a lawyer, but on face value, this seems to include into "ground for expulsion" a very wide range of arguably legitimate behaviours such as: > > Inviting a fellow member to be a partner in a tech startup > Offering one's services to another member as a prospective employee or contractor > Getting technical help via the WLUG mailing list regarding (say) Apache or PostgreSQL, to help him/her develop a for-profit website > > Can someone offer clarification? > > Cheers > David I agree - there are a number of existing rules that are quite specific where I think greater generality would work better. Because of the potential for unfairness I was tempted to make the provisions about expulsion more detailed also - expanding on the right of the member proposed to be expelled, to be able to respond to allegations - but decided the situation of an expulsion was most unlikely to arise and didn't presently warrant more complexity in the charter. In this particular provision, "misuse" is fairly clear as involving an improper intention, but "exploit" is not so objectionable. Making a profit from the exploiter's association with WLUG - the "for pecuniary gain" bit - might merely involve describing a useful relationship, or might for example involve pretending to have an endorsement. It would be better to lose the effect of the specific description in that line by substituting it with, say, "Bringing the society into disrepute" (which I believe would apply to my example, if the good name of WLUG was being associated with some private financial punt). Any comments? I've also found another amendment that could be made - in Rule 7 the word "earlier" should be inserted in the first sentence of the fourth paragraph before "resign", so the sentence reads "Officers and committee members whether elected or appointed shall hold office until the next Annual General Meeting or, earlier, resign or are removed by the committee under Rule 4." "earlier" is intended to apply to both resignation and removal. It avoids the alternative amendment of hanging off the end of the sentence an addition saying "whichever happens first". Regards Michael Ryan Ryan Law Solicitors ph (07) 889 8041 fax (07) 889 8709 DX GA24027 P.O. Box 104 Morrinsville, New Zealand ph (07) 884 0002 fax (07) 884 0039 DX GA24502 P.O. Box 77 Te Aroha, New Zealand This communication is confidential and may contain privileged or copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not use, disclose, copy or retain it. If you have received it in error, we apologise and would appreciate your advising us by return email and your deleting the email and any printed form you may have made of it. We do not guarantee the integrity of this communication, or that it is free from errors, viruses, or interference arising from its method of transmission.

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