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Two FreeBSD Project Servers Hacked
by Peter Reutemann 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

"The FreeBSD project has suffered a security breach. Hackers have successfully compromised servers that were part of the infrastructure used to build third-party software packages. The Security team over at the FreeBSD project is of the opinion that hackers were able to gain access to the servers using legitimate SSH keys and not by exploiting any operating system vulnerabilities. Instances of intrusion were first detected on November 11. FreeBSD project, through a message on public announcements mailing list said that the security breach hasn't affected the project's core components like kernel or system libraries but, has affected third-party software packages being distributed by the project." --source: http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/11/19/1649254/two-freebsd-project-servers-h… 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 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '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 http://www.wlug.org.nz/AGM Topics * Presidents Report * Treasurer Report * Election of 2013 Committee * Discussion of life-long/honorary members * Consumption of pizza

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The Release Candidate For Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" Is Out
by Peter Reutemann 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

"Well, the latest edition of Mint is finally here (the release candidate, anyway); according to The Linux Mint Blog, 'For the first time since Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After 6 months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop experience. We're very proud of MATE, Cinnamon, MDM and all the components used in this release, and we're very excited to show you how they all fit together in Linux Mint 14.'" -- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/11/11/2039229 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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AGM Announcement
by Ronnie Collinson 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

The WLUG AGM, is coming up, on the 26th November starting at 7.30pm at MS4.G.02 (Waikato University). Pizza and drink will be provided Agenda Presidents Report. Treasurer Report. Election of 2013 Committee. Discussion of life-long/honorary members. Consumption of pizza. Hope to see you there.

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ZFS File
by mailinglist 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Hello all, I was reading an article in Linux User magazine about Sabayon Linux and their use of the ZFS file system. Supposedly the file system support deduplication which I thought could be useful if manually tidying up a photograph archive. Has anyone on the list used the ZFS system or Sabayon Linux? Any recommendations or experience? Cheers, [1] http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/ [2] http://www.sabayon.org/ [3] http://zfsonlinux.org/

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Fwd: [Announcements] CrossOver for free on Wednesday, October 31
by Matthias Dallmeier 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

This might be of interest to some of you... -- Matthias -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Announcements] CrossOver for free on Wednesday, October 31 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:04:04 -0500 From: CodeWeavers Forums <noreply(a)crossover.codeweavers.com> To: Matthias Dallmeier <matthias(a)dallmeier.net> CodeWeavers Announcements Post http://www.codeweavers.com/support/forums/announce/?t=24;mhl=132802#msg1328… ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM: Jeremy White <jwhite(a)codeweavers.com> TOPIC: CrossOver Announcements SUBJECT: CrossOver for free on Wednesday, October 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Folks, I am happy to announce that we will be providing a copy of CrossOver for free to all comers this Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, from 00:00 until 23:59 pm, Central Daylight Time. That's the treat - we hope you enjoy it, and we hope you spread the word to all your friends so they, too, can enjoy CrossOver goodness. The expected 'trick' is that if you're a US citizen, you should go vote next Tuesday. You can read more about it in our press release here: http://www.codeweavers.com/about/general/press/20121029/ and you can see our internal staff reaction to the news here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkKiMJFvXbc Existing customers will get a free 12 month extension added to their entitlement, so they can enjoy CrossOver for 12 further months. To sign up for your free copy or free 12 month extension, simply visit this web page: http://flock.codeweavers.com any time on October 31, 2012, from 00:00 until 23:59 CDT. If you have questions about the details of this promotion, we have a FAQ page here: http://www.codeweavers.com/flockthevoteqa/ Now I've got to run, they've tracked my IP address to this coffee shop I'm hiding in... <grin> Cheers, Jeremy "Mallard" White ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail was sent to your e-mail address because you subscribed to the Announcements forum. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails in the future, click the link below to unsubscribe (login required): http://www.codeweavers.com/account/?inp=lists DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

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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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