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Sun open-sourcing Java (slowly...)
by Ian McDonald 20 May '06

20 May '06

Have a look at this if you are interested: http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6072760.html?part=rss&tag=6072760&subj=news -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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Fedora Core 5 problems?
by Michael McDonald 19 May '06

19 May '06

Recently I upgraded to Fedora Core 5. Some things I like, some I don't, but that's usual when you have an OS upgrade (or replacement). This time around, there seems to be a few more problems. First problem was with yum and updates. pup (software updater) wouldn't run. Solution to that was in the FAQ - a replacement yum.conf file. Yum Extender did work, but there was a fair bit of guessing as to which repositories to use (I'm not a Linux expert!). Following software updates I did on Wednesday, cups refused to start (cups was among the updates). Remote assistance from a family member (he likes puzzles!) gave me a work around - involved changing ownership of files and changes to cupsd.conf, and then running cupsd in foreground. Adobe Reader no longer runs - but I haven't bothered to chase that one up as there are alternatives. Anyway, I'm not asking for assistance. Just want to know if anyone else has run into these problems. I couldn't find anything on the Net. Any comments? I'm tempted to try Ubuntu 6.06 in the near future. Michael

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Live CD for editing disk partitions
by Ian McDonald 18 May '06

18 May '06

Folks, There's an interesting read here about GPartEd and also a distribution based on this: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/25/1917228 Looks really handy to have around. Also in a similar vein if you are looking to do this sort of stuff is Partition Logic which is not based on Linux but another OS... http://partitionlogic.org.uk/ Ian -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 18 May '06

18 May '06

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Our guest for April is Buddika Aluwihare from http://www.wlug.org.nz/HP who will be speaking on HP Reference Linux Architecture. HP Reference Linux Architecture appears to be about standardising middleware stacks and providing support for that also so that HP can provide support for the hardware, Linux and the middleware. Location is TW.2.07 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TW) at the University of Waikato. Meeting will start at 7:30pm.

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movsl alignment
by Glenn Enright 17 May '06

17 May '06

Can anyone help with the relation between assembler command 'movsl' and alignment. All I've been able to find so far is much general stuff in kernel patches about bulk memory moves. -- This fortune is inoperative. Please try another.

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 17 May '06

17 May '06

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Our guest for April is Buddika Aluwihare from http://www.wlug.org.nz/HP who will be speaking on HP Reference Linux Architecture. Location is TW.2.07 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TW) at the University of Waikato. Meeting will start at 7:30pm.

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Warren Hughes (IBM) is out of the office.
by Warren Hughes 17 May '06

17 May '06

I will be out of the office starting 17/05/2006 and will not return until 22/05/2006. Hi, thanks for your email. I am in Sydney, back in Auckland on Monday 22/5. I will be checking my email while away. Cheers, Warren.

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New Zealand Ubuntu LoCo
by Daniel Faulknor (Ubuntu NZ) 15 May '06

15 May '06

Calling all New Zealand Ubuntu Users! There is now a New Zealand Ubuntu LoCo - A LoCo is a group of people that are interested in promoting and supporting ubuntu in our area. We are following the standard form for Ubuntu LoCos. We have a wiki and forum setup for our members to work together/on Any people that have any interest in ubunu are welcome to join - you dont have to run ubuntu to help out with things to do with the group. We have a IRC channel on freenode.net - irc://chat.freenode.net/#ubuntu-nz1 which is a place for members to gather and talk. Our wiki page on ubuntu.com is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NzTeam Our wiki is at http://ubuntu-nz.org and our forum at http://ubuntu-nz.org/forum If anyone has any queries or suggestion feel free to contact me. -- Daniel Faulknor Personal: http://dannz.net.nz Work: http://services.dannz.net

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Re: [wlug] movsl alignment
by Matthew Browne (DSL HN) 15 May '06

15 May '06

> From: Perry Lorier [mailto:perry(a)coders.net] > > Ah, I remember the good ol' days of doing this myself :) > Although documentation wasn't quite as free flowing as it is > these days. Well the internet has made things easier of course but I always found if you gave the manufacturer a call or a polite email asking for a databook they'd send some on their way to you. I haven't done it much in recent years but in the past chipmakers wouldn't even ask for the cost of shipping the books to NZ. I remember Intel's databook for the 8086, it even had a reference computer design in there that looked surprisingly like the original IBM PC. ;) Matt Browne

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Government open source advice changed
by Ian McDonald 14 May '06

14 May '06

Interesting read here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3667292a28,00.html I think that this is in a large part due to people like Matt Brown who made submissions in regards to the previous SSC policy. Ian -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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