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EFF calls Ubuntu Shopping Lens a "major privacy problem"
by Peter Reutemann 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Something new in 12.10 after all... "The EFF has criticised Canonical for its recent inclusion of the shopping lens feature in Ubuntu 12.10 and the way the company is handling data collected by the software." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1739019 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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Firefox: disable zoom via Ctrl+scrollwheel
by Peter Reutemann 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hi there I know, it's not strictly Linux related, but nonetheless it has been annoying the hell outta me for years. Being a keyboard person, I quite often linger a wee bit too long on the ctrl key after closing a window with ctrl+w and already used the scrollwheel/touchpad to scroll down the other window. Unfortunately, Firefox uses ctrl and scrolling to zoom the current page, leaving you with a page with massive or tiny font. The steps to turn off this feature: - type the following in the URL edit field (and accept the warning in case that should pop up): about:config - and set the the value of the following property to 0: mousewheel.withcontrolkey.action Source: http://duntuk.com/disable-scroll-wheel-zoom-firefox 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 tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '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 * MichaelMcDonald talks about Scribus * LindsayDruett talks about XEN ---- 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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upcoming meeting - topics?
by Peter Reutemann 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hi everyone For the upcoming meeting on the 29th, we still need some topics. How about reviving the topics from last meeting, which didn't happen in the end: Scribus and Android? Other suggestions welcome! 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 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '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 * MichaelMcDonald talks about Scribus * LindsayDruett talks about XEN ---- 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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All code on Raspberry Pi’s ARM chip now open source
by Peter Reutemann 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

"The makers of the Raspberry Pi credit card-sized computer today announced every last piece of code running on the computer’s ARM chip has been open sourced. While the computer could already run several Linux-based operating systems, not all the drivers were open source. Going fully open source prevents users from having to use drivers that are proprietary or reverse-engineered, and it should make it easier to create new Raspberry Pi-targeted OS ports." -- source: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/all-code-on-raspberry… 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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Stable Linux kernel hit by ext4 data corruption bug
by Peter Reutemann 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

"A bug introduced with version 3.6.2 of the Linux kernel can cause an ext4 filesystem to lose data if the system is rebooted twice in a short period of time. After the bug was reported, kernel developer Ted Ts'o quickly published a patch." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1736110 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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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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