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Saturday Workshop 2010-09-04
by Bruce Kingsbury 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Saturday 4th September SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi, the community church at the end of Oxford Street. We'll have the usual tables, power, various ISO's, Internet, coffee, light lunch, etc. If there's something you specifically want to work on please mention it on the mailing list in advance so we can study up beforehand or bring any necessary equipment. Also we're paying a little extra for hall and internet now, so a gold coin donation to help cover these costs would be greatly appreciated.

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Software Freedom Day progress
by Bruce Kingsbury 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

We need to update the information on softwarefreedomday.org and softwarefreedomday.org.nz We've still got a bit of organising to do regarding tables, displays, things to hand out. kiaora dvd is mostly done using the same system-browser autorun as the 2006 cd. I'd still like to clean up the html templates a lot and use the k-meleon cd browser kit, but if we had to it's nearly good enough to hand out as-is. Just a few zips still need to be converted to exe installers and a bit of general tidy-up. 1.7GB of software, plenty of room to add more. Here's the program list. Let me know of anything you think should be added. Office OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 OpenProj 1.4 Scribus 1.3.8 gnucash 2.2.9 Internet firefox 3.6.8 thunderbird 3.1.2 filezilla 3.3.4 emule 0.50a winhttrack 3.43-9C pidgin 2.7.3 Graphics The GIMP 2.6.10 Inkscape 0.47 Pencil 0.4.4b Blender 2.49b Media audacity 1.2.6 Camstudio 2.0 cdEX 1.70b4 DVD slideshow GUI 0.9.3.8 DVD Styler 1.8.1 Handbrake 0.9.4 VirtualDub 1.9.9 VLC media player 1.1.2 Education Alice 2.0 stellarium 0.10.5 Utilities SciTE 2.20 osebox 3.0.0 Toys flightgear 2.0.0 Frets on Fire 1.3.110 The Battle for Wesnoth 1.8.4 tuxpaint 0.9.21 supertux 0.1.3 Lincity NG 2.0 Yo Frankie 1.1b LAN winscp 4.2.8 PuTTY 0.60 -- Disclaimer: By sending an email to any of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.

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KPPP and modems
by Chris O'Halloran 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

http://linuxmint.com/ A little while ago, there was a bit of lament about the lack of dial up modem support for modern distros. I downloaded the latest iso for Linux Mint KDE edition a week or so and was suprised to find that it has KPPP installed by default. Just wondering if linuxmint might be a better option for those without ADSL access. To be fair, I didn't actually try the modem since I was just running the live CD of a USB stick. Cheers, Chris

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 230, Issue 8
by Eric Light 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

We're still here, everyone! :) Robert - I've sent you an email. Looks like we had a bit of dropped communication. Cheers, - Eric Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:35:21 +1200 > From: Robert D Davidson <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz> > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: [wlug] Gravity Computing gone to ground again > > Hi Bruce, > > Gravity Computing have gone all quiet again. Do you think there is any > chance of you having a look at the Merlin Macro anytime soon? > > > Cheers > > > Robert >

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OpenSUSE 11.3 DVDs
by Graham Lauder 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

All Woohoo, The 200 openSUSE 11.3 DVDs I ordered in anticipation of SFD arrived yesterday. I'll be at the meeting on Mon night if anyone wants one. They're very cool, Dual sided, 64 bit one side and 32 bit the other. Two live environments, KDE and Gnome so people can check out each DE. Of course the DVD comes with XFCE, LXDE and Windowmaker desktops as well if the two big boys are not your cup of tea, just not as live. cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. Ambassador for OpenSUSE Linux on your Desktop INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz

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WLUG Fixit Meeting tomorrow
by Meeting Reminder bot 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

A reminder; the WLUG Fixit Meeting is tomorrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday Mar 6th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SaturdayWorkshop at Te Whanau Pūtahi (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TeWhanauPutahi) 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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Meeting Monday Aug 23rd.
by Bruce Kingsbury 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Monday night's meeting will be a social night and planning for the upcoming "Software Freedom Day" event on Saturday 18th September. The WLUG website is currently down and this announcement has been make a bit late, so of you know someone who isn't on the mailing list please let them know about this meeting. August 23rd 7:30pm at Waikato University, MS4.G.02

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wiki down
by John Billings 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

As you might have noticed the wiki has been down. The switch failed that we have at Orcon. No one really wants to manage the equipment at Orcon anymore anyway, and we have a VPS donated by Rimuhosting where some backups are stored. If anyone wants to work on restoring these backups just send me an email off list and I can get you the access you need. I'm on holiday right now, and don't have time to look at it. I installed the Postgres database server on the VPS but it's a newer version than what the wiki was using before, so there may be some issues with that. I'll be back in another week, and can look at it more then if needed. Best, John

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Nerds in Crisis: using technology to respond to disasters
by Peter Reutemann 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

Hi there I thought, some people here on the list might be interested in the talk by Craig (google.org) outlined below. Here's the link to the official announcement: http://unipr.waikato.ac.nz/nerdsincrisis.htm Cheers, Peter ==== Craig Nevill-Manning Engineering Director, Google.org Nerds in Crisis: using technology to respond to disasters Public Lecture Earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, fires and military action regularly take a terrible toll on people around the world. Technology has always been used to respond in times of crisis, but in the last decade internet access has enabled new approaches to saving lives and reducing misery. Several organizations, including Google, are developing systems to help disaster responders and people affected by a disaster. Detailed aerial and satellite imagery is accelerating disaster response, and SMS and internet-based systems improve communication allowing victims of a disaster to request help. This talk will describe specific responses to disasters this year such as the earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and China, and man-made disasters like the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Craig received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Waikato in 1996. He moved to the US and founded Google’s first remote engineering centre in New York. He led the development of 'Froogle', played a key role in developing Google Maps, and Google in Māori. He will be honoured this year by the University of Waikato with its Distinguished Alumni Award. Date: Thursday 26 August 2010 Time: 6.30-7.30pm Venue: University of Waikato WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts Gallagher Concert Chamber Parking: Gate 2b, Knighton Rd, Hamilton -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Re: [wlug] Slingshot dialup not authenticating
by GJB 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

IIRC ... that unintelligble stuff is most likely something to do with the ppp pap/chap authentication dialogue ... > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [wlug] Slingshot dialup not authenticating > From: Michael McDonald <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sat, August 07, 2010 1:06 pm > To: jaytee(a)clear.net.nz, Waikato Linux Users Group > <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > > > On 7 August 2010 09:46, Michael McDonald <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I had tried "stupid mode" with wvdial, both under Lighthouse Puppy and > > Suses 11.3. It worked with Xtra but not Slingshot. Minicom is > > indicating a much deeper problem ... almost looks like send/receive > > formats are not matching ... nothing "legible" comes back! When I get > > time I'll post info from minicom - but I've got other things to right > > at the moment. > > Back home ... Here's the output from minicom. As you can see, Xtra > (the first attempt) responded with a login prompt. Slingshot (second > dial) responded with an unintelligible request. Any ideas? I've a > suspicion one of the modem options may need tweaking ,,, but since > this is only for a temporary solution, I don't want to spend too long > trying them all. > > > Welcome to minicom 2.3 > > OPTIONS: I18n > Compiled on Jul 5 2010, 13:36:15. > Port /dev/modem > > Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys > > AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0 > OK > atdt087303030 > CONNECT 57600 > > login: > OK > atdt087308880 > CONNECT 57600 > ~�}#�!}!.} }8}"}&} }*} } }#}$�#}%}&[c}9/}'}"}(}"��~~�}#�!}!.} }8}"}&} > }*} } }#}~NO CARRIER > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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