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Fwd: New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, an Early Look
by Ian McDonald 31 Jan '09

31 Jan '09

To me this looks bigger than from 2.4 to 3.0 and looks like heading in the right direction. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz> Date: Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:25 AM Subject: New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, an Early Look To: ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz Sent to you by Ian McDonald via Google Reader: New Features in OpenOffice.org 3.1, an Early Look<http://www.osnews.com/story/20818/New_Features_in_OpenOffice_org_3_1_an_Ear…> via OSNews <http://www.osnews.com/> on 1/21/09 OpenOffice.org 3.1 is 65 days away, and developers are finishing up more than 1000 issues targeted for this Microsoft-Office-killer packing an army of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Major new features include antialiased drawings, solid dragging, translucent selections in Writer, improvements in Chart axes and labels, improved grammar checking, macros and full support for SQL including syntax highlighting in Base, and many more. Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to OSNews<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.osnews.com%2Ffile…>using *Google Reader* - Get started using Google Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with *all your favorite sites* -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/, http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Installing Open Office 3.0
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

hi there all I have just downloaded Open Office version 3.0 (64bit) onto my acer (Im running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy). I was expecting a program that would install the applications on my computer but there wasn't one. I attempted to run synaptic Package Manager to pick up the downloaded DEBS packages, but it doesn't appear to have recognised the newer packages, only the older 1:2.4.1 packages. There is a update script, but I cant even begin to understand it. Is there anyone who has experienced this? Glenn Morrissey.

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Re: [wlug] FW: Ubuntu Pocket Guide - for free
by Peter Reutemann 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Please post to the mailing list, when you reply. > I am using Adobe Acrobat 5. Which is the one that works - I would be glad to > know? Should be fine. What did you use for unzipping the file that you downloaded from the web page? Cheers, Peter -- 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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nut and virtualbox
by Glenn Ramsey 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hi, Recently on my Ubuntu 8.04 box the UPS monitor 'nut' stopped working. I just tracked down the problem and thought I'd mention it in case anyone else has the same issue, and hopefully someone might suggest a better solution than mine. I had installed Sun's version of virtualbox and it made vboxusers the group of all the /dev/bus/usb/* nodes (not sure if the standard version also does this). This meant that my UPS which is a USB type was not accessible to nut since it expects the group to be nut. I have worked around this by adding the nut user to the vboxusers group. I assume the issue is caused because in /etc/udev/rules.d/ the nut rule is at 52 but the virtualbox rule is at 60, which reconfigures what the nut rule did. I could also fix this by commenting out the USB rule for virtualbox but I don't really like having non standard configuration because inevitably some future update will break something. Is there some other way to fix this or should I report it as a bug? Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz

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Re: [wlug] FW: Ubuntu Pocket Guide - for free
by Peter Reutemann 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

> The final .pdf file seems corrupted and doesn't work – after downloading it > from either of the two download locations. But thanks anyway. I've just downloaded the zip file (!) again and extracted the PDF. Works fine for me. What tool are you using for displaying the PDF? Cheers, Peter -- 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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Ubuntu Pocket Guide - for free
by Peter Reutemann 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Should get people going, who are new to Ubuntu... Found here: http://lifehacker.com/5139752/ubuntu-pocket-guide-available-as-a-free-downl… Download: http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/ Cheers, Peter -- 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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Lunch Event: 2009 NZCS National Update - General Progress and Certification
by David Hallett 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

2009 NZCS National Update - General Progress and Certification 03 February 2009: 12:30pm - 2:00pm The Hub at Wintec City Campus, Gate 5 Tristam Street, Hamilton Join NZCS President Don Robertson and CEO Paul Matthews as they present an update on national activity including detailed information about the main drive for this year - the Certification initiative being implemented in 2009. NZCS Work Programme NZCS Chief Executive Paul Matthews will outline the achievements thus far in the context of the overall Work Programme for 2008/2009 including the issues NZCS has addressed and is addressing and why. This will include NZCS's work for the ICT profession, computing and ICT education standards and the community at large, and the plans for 2009 and beyond. NZCS Professional Certification Next NZCS President Don Robertson, who also chairs the Certification Working Group, will cover the background information and research that has lead to the development of the Professional Certification/Charter Programme. This programme is designed to ensure NZ ICT professionals gain the same opportunity as our counterparts in other countries by having their level of professional competency and skills accredited against an internationally-accepted standard. The professional certification and recognition programme for ICT professionals is happening - this is your chance to find out more. Have your say, or find out more More importantly, however, this event will give you the opportunity to have your say about the current direction of NZCS and the profession generally. Whether you think we've got it right or wrong, we want to know about it. This is a not-to-be-missed event for members and non-members alike. If you're not a member, this is your chance to come along and hear what NZCS stands for and what we do on a national level to further the interests for the ICT profession. Light lunch provided. Registration required at the following URL: http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop/6-2009_NZCS_National_Update_-_Gen… Regards, David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS Pulsar Computer Solutions Ltd P.O. Box 15-516 Hamilton, New Zealand Phone: +64-7-210 5520 Mobile: +64-21-802 256 Email: david(a)pulsar.net.nz

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Fwd: Hands on: testing the KDE 4.2 release candidate on Windows
by Ian McDonald 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz> Date: Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:48 PM Subject: Hands on: testing the KDE 4.2 release candidate on Windows To: ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz Sent to you by Ian McDonald via Google Reader: Hands on: testing the KDE 4.2 release candidate on Windows<http://feeds.arstechnica.com/%7Er/arstechnica/index/%7E3/3DOU7ndjqV0/testin…> via Ars Technica - Front Page Content <http://arstechnica.com/> on 1/26/09 [image: companion photo for Hands on: testing the KDE 4.2 release candidate on Windows]<http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/01/testing-kde-42-release-cand…> After the official release of KDE 4 last year, I took a close look at nascent projects that aimed to port the desktop environment to other operating systems. These ports have matured significantly over the past twelve months and are beginning to approach the point where they are robust enough for general use. The open source KDE desktop environment, which is one of the two most popular Linux desktop stacks, underwent a significant transformation during the transition to version 4. Many parts of the environment were written from scratch and large parts of the underlying development infrastructure were overhauled. One of the major changes that accompanied this transition was the adoption of Qt 4, the next major version of KDE's underlying toolkit. Qt licensing changes that coincided with the launch of Qt 4 made it possible for the KDE developers to port the desktop to Windows and Mac OS X. The porting effort was also greatly simplified by KDE's adoption of the CMake build system. Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Ars Technica - Front Page Content<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.arstechnica.com…>using *Google Reader* - Get started using Google Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with *all your favorite sites* -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/, http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to this being a public holiday, and because our planned speaker for Sunday fell through, and because some members will be in Wellington for Simon Phipps presentation, the committee has decided to skip the January meeting.

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Any suggestions?
by Michael McDonald 24 Jan '09

24 Jan '09

I've been asked to recommend a system for an 80-yr old first time user living in the South Island. My first choice would be naked DSL, VOIP phone, Ubuntu. However, there may be constraints like dialup access only. Do you have any "off the cuff" alternative solutions/suggestions? Michael

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