Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi
I got an order through yesterday, estimated delivery isn't until the middle of April though. On 1 March 2012 11:12, Peter Merchant wrote: > Anyone ordered one yet? > > I look forward to hearing about it, perhaps at the April LUG Meeting. > > Peter M. > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-03-06 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue > -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-03-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Listening to BBC Radio stations online without iPlayer
On 16/11/2010 20:17, Dan Dart wrote: >> In the end I bought an old Psion Wavefinder off of ebay to listen to the >> radio through my PC. Not all that portable though. > > Very nice device, and not too difficult to get working in Linux with > OpenDAB (if you have 32 bit). > My original design for it was to hook it up to Icecast and stream the entire BBC multiplex on different channels. Should have given me nice flash-free radio streams again. Never quite got OpenDAB to decode more than 1 station at a time though. -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Listening to BBC Radio stations online without iPlayer
Hi Fred, Unfortunately the BBC stopped offering real media streams back in the summer, I haven't yet managed to find an alternative stream. In the end I bought an old Psion Wavefinder off of ebay to listen to the radio through my PC. Not all that portable though. On 16 Nov 2010 18:15, "StarLion" wrote: Hey all, I've found a little problem with listening to BBC Radio stations, and possibly others online. Normally I feed Rhythmbox the URL for the stream and listen live through it, but apparently they've changed something and now those URLs are 404ing on me. There doesn't seem to be any sign of new ones, and what's more the website wants the iPlayer, which I've yet again tried to get working on Arch, and yet again found it's a fairly lost cause. I was wondering if anyone knew if there were any new URLs I can give Rhythmbox to get it working again, or if anyone knew of an iPlayer-less nice and simple way to get access to them without all the hassle. Fred Williams -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Has TBD for next meeting been D'd
On 30 September 2010 16:54, Terry Coles wrote: > On Wednesday 29 Sep 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > > > > Peter Mrechant wrote: > > > > Definitely busable, But the olive Branch is a posh place, and the > > > > coffee was expensive when I was in it last a couple of years ago. > > > > The Kings Head Hotel is in the square in Wimborne, right by the bus > > > > stop. > > > > > > > http://www.kingsheadhotel-wimborne.co.uk/ > > > > If you've going to be around for a week tonight have you an opinion? > > Bournemouth? Wimborne? Blandford Forum? Pick a pub, any pub... > > I don't know about the frequency of buses to the Kings Head, but it is a > very > similar place to the Crown at Blandford. I've used it a few times and I'm > sure it's worth a try (assuming that the Wi-Fi is OK; they do have it, I > asked). > > Parking isn't brilliant; it has a car park, but it's quite small. However, > there are numerous public car parks within a short walk of the place and > they > may well be free late evenings (I can't remember, anyone know?). > > In the end, it's up to the Bournemouth residents. The Bournemouth meets > always had more people who relied on public transport (probably because in > the > west of the county there isn't any public transport worth writing home > about > anyway). So if you would come to a Bournemouth meet, but not to this > venue, > please suggest an alternative. Buses from Wimborne to Bournemouth run fairly regularly with the last bus back to Bournemouth leaving The Square at 22:15. Last time I checked the public car parks in Wimborne are free after 6pm. -- Dan Wentworth http://phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] Work related: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
On 25 August 2010 14:34, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: > Hi, > > We need to test something using RHEL. We won't be using it (unfortunately > ;-( > ); we just want to try something out. Is is possible to get a free > (unsupported) copy? > > CentOS (http://centos.org/) is supposed to be binary compatible with RHEL if memory serves, you could do a lot worse than that for testing purposes. -- Dan Wentworth http://phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ -- Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user
On 12 August 2010 11:24, Sean Gibbins wrote: > On 12/08/10 08:13, Natalie Hooper wrote: > >> What else to say in an introduction? I love music, I like different styles >> though I don't like r'n'b/hip-hop/urban music much, and I'm trying to find >> out about good live music venues in Bournemouth& Southampton, so any tip >> welcome! >> > > > > Local venues include The Bournemouth O2 (formerly The Opera House), The > Bournemouth International Centre (or BIC), Southampton Guildhall, The > Joiners Arms, Talking Heads and The Brook. The last three are all smallish > So'ton venues and often host tribute bands, but occasionally you get to see > good bands up close in them. > > Hi Natalie, welcome to DLUG. There's also Mr Kyps (http://www.mrkyps.net) and Chords ( http://www.chordspoole.co.uk/) - both of which are in Poole and occasionally have decent bands playing; the acoustics in Chords aren't great however. -- Dan Wentworth http://phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meet Tonight, Wed 2010-08-04 20:00.
On 09/08/2010 12:39, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:38:38 +0100, Peter Merchant > wrote: > >> is this the ex- Mountbatten Arms? > > Correct > > I was in there not too long ago and the current setup is really quite restaurant-like. Possibly not the best choice for a LUG meeting. -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Terminal program
On 28/04/2010 20:38, Peter Merchant wrote: > Hi, I am going to be 'playing' with some Cisco routers over the next few > weeks, and it is some years since I tried to use a terminal package from > a *nix environment. A forum comment from Ubuntu 7.1 suggests minicom or > gtkterm. > > Which is the easitest to set up and use, or can anyone recomment > another? I am a Kubuntu user. > > Thanks, > > Peter M. I've always favoured Minicom for controlling serial devices in *nix. It's pretty easy to set up, easily available for Ubuntu, and not terribly difficult to set up. It'll also save you having to drag in the GTK dependencies for gtkterm (since you're using Kubuntu) -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Unknown http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] So what about a Blandford Meeting
On 25/04/2010 08:27, Terry Coles wrote: > Can I suggest that we vote on it? Please only vote positively if you intend > to go to the venue preferred, other wise we could end up with no-one turning > up! However, if someone wants to vote along the lines of 'I don't mind; I'll > be going whichever venue it is', we'll count those too. I know I'm a bit late to this vote, but I'm much more likely to be able to make Blandford meets than I am Dorchester ones. I am however unable to make this months meeting either way since I'm busy on both the 4th and 11th. -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Unknown http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] OT: Sign up to oppose the Digital Economy Bill
On 25/03/2010 14:32, Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: > Thats the exact same reply I got from Robert Syms - form letters are > wonderful things. > > At least it generally seems positive regarding pushing for a proper debate. > Unfortunately today the 2nd reading was set for the 6th April, the day the General Election is expected to be announced, there will likely be very few MPs around to debate it :( -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] OT: Sign up to oppose the Digital Economy Bill
On 19/03/2010 14:06, Terry Coles wrote: >> At this stage if 10,000 written requests are put to local politicians then >> the bill will be required to be run through a more formal analysis that is >> currently the case. Thats 10,000 people across the whole of the UK. > > I didn't know that. Get writing you lazy slobs! :-) > The Open Rights Group reports today that 10,000 people have written to their MP (presumably stats from the 38 degrees website), but the corporate lobbyists are still pushing to get this through. http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/1-letters-sent-to-mps-to-demand-disconnection-debate It's going to be very difficult for MPs to ignore the level of support that the campaign has raised. Hopefully the demonstration next week in London will also be a spectacular display of support. Incidentally, if anyone would like to attend the demonstration next week (Wednesday, 5:30pm, Westminster) then I'll be driving up and I still have a free seat in my car. -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Wednesday evening - Terry on form at BCS thing
On 18/03/2010 17:32, Peter Merchant wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 22:15 +, Peter Merchant wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 19:58 +, Terry Coles wrote: >>> On Tuesday 16 Mar 2010, Peter Merchant wrote: >>>> The lecture hall seats 300+. >>> > I counted 27 in the Audience, which was a shame. But it hadn't been > widely advertised, as far as I could see. > > Terry did well, the best of the panel I thought. > I'd like to agree that Terry was the the star of the panel for me. And although turnout was fairly low, I quite enjoyed myself, it was still larger than most BUNIX meetings anyway :) -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] texlive problem
On 11/03/2010 22:17, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Tim Allen wrote: >> On 11/03/10 18:52, Peter Harris wrote: >>> I have just used the synaptic package manager to download and >>> install texlive-math-extra. It does not appear in the applications >>> menu and I can't find a way of starting it. There is a folder in >>> /etc called texmf containing a number of folders and files. Can >>> anyone help please? >> >> $apt-file show texlive-math-extra >> lists /usr/bin/amstex - does that help? > > Perhaps a TeX user can suggest that GUI editor for LaTeX, what's it > called? Or it may help if you let us know what you were trying to > achieve; there are a few TeX users on the list. (I prefer troff > myself.) > > Ah, it's LyX I'm thinking of. http://www.lyx.org/ > > Cheers, > Ralph. > > LyX is good, there's also a really good gedit plugin for writing LaTeX. It's a little more rustic than LyX, but good if you want finer control over the code. Alternatively, if compiling by hand it's a good idea to install rubber and get that to do a lot the hard work for you (integrating bibtex files etc.). -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] King's A|rms meeting?
On 09/02/2010 19:15, Ron Mahony wrote: > > Last Wednesday I travelled by bus to the King's Arms,Wallisdown road, > arriving at 1845. None of the staff knew of the Linux meeting or of any > computer meeting. I found a 'Functions room', which was locked. Rather than > risk having to wait over an hour for the following bus but one, I left and > caught the next bus back. Please advise me if I had misunderstood the place, > date or anything else. Thanks, Ron > Hi Ron, Right place, right day - wrong time I'm afraid, the Bournemouth pub meet begins at 8pm, the same as Dorchester I believe. For future reference, the meeting schedule and places is listed on the wiki here: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tue 2010-03-02 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight
On 30 Sep 2009, at 19:21, Terry Coles wrote: > The next meeting is in Bournemouth next Wednesday night; that's 8pm > on October > 7th. > > See: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_king_s_arms > . > > I expect to be there with one or two others. I should be along, hopefully with Diccon in tow and maybe a few BUNIX folks if I can call them to action. -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ Available for freelance web work: Standards compliant web driven applications -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-10-07 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meet is Tonight, Wednesday 2009-08-05 20:00.
On 5 Aug 2009, at 14:45, Terry Coles wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Aug 2009, Peter Merchant wrote: >> On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 09:59 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: >>> A timely reminder, it's the Dorset LUG pub meet tonight at 8pm in >>> Bournemouth at The King's Arms, Wallisdown. > >> Regrets for tonight. I have a broken collarbone and cannot drive. > > Sorry to hear that, I hope it won't keep you out of circulation too > long. > > I'll be there tonight and I'll be bring two others; Paul from work > and Steve > (who I used to work with0. > > See you there. > I shall be attending along with Diccon Tesson this evening. -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ Available for freelance web work: Standards compliant web driven applications -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-08-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Is Linux suffering from Mono ?
On 24 Jun 2009, at 00:54, John Cooper wrote: > Peter Washington wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/67387.html >> >> Discuss. >> > Get the link right first and express you own view for discussion! (I > dislike this form of posting) > > http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Is-Linux-Suffering-From-Mono-67387.html > > Mono is open source software and allows developers the ability to code > for both Linux OS and the abusive monopolist M$. This might smart a > bit > for hard core fundamentalist free software nerds, but our world is as > much political as doing the right thing so fine by me. The more > software > that is written for both platforms, the more true choice we have. > I have no problem with Mono and C# in principle, however since Microsoft haven't opened up the specification for WinForms it's very difficult to create a cross-platform application with Mono that includes a GUI. If the WinForms API was opened up so that other platforms could run those applications I might think differently. It also concerns me that Microsoft might at a later date extend the .NET runtime and not publish the changes back to the ECMA, leaving other .NET CLR implementations at a serious disadvantage. If we're just talking about building Linux specific programs however, I can't see a problem with the developer picking whichever tool best fits the job, if that's C#/Mono then so be it. - Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ Available for freelance web work: Standards compliant PHP or Ruby on Rails driven applications -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-07-07 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
