Re: Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows
On Jan 18, 2007, at 12:21, Drew Van Zandt wrote: I know him, I'll rattle his cage in person, see if I can get him to try installing Ubuntu. Do you have half an hour to hold his hand for an install? Seeing is believing. If not, maybe somebody down in Hippo territory does. -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
On Jan 18, 2007, at 14:11, Ted Roche wrote: A quick visit to http://www.cmsmatrix.org shows that many contenders (Drupal, Joomla!, Plone, TWiki) all are listed as having Event Calendars as an add-on. The feature breakdown doesn't get into the specifics of iCal, vCal, hCalendar, etc. which different users may want. There are also dedicated calendaring applications. One that seems to have the attention of people who really care about calendars is bedework: http://www.bedework.org/bedework/update.do?artcenterkey=10 It might be overkill but tracking the latest calendaring standards is what gets them excited. -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] DLSLUG Monthly Meeting - February 1st
*** Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group http://www.dlslug.org/ *** The next regular monthly meeting of the DLSLUG will be held: Thursday, February 1st, 7-9PM at: Dartmouth College, Carson Hall, Room L02 All are welcome, free of charge. Agenda 7:00 Sign-in, networking 7:15 Introductory remarks 7:20 SQLite: A Simple, Embeddable, Relational Database Engine Presented by John Harris SQLite is an easy to use, yet powerful relational database engine for embedding in applications (i.e., it has no permissions or access control of its own). There are many reasons to use it in applications of all sizes, and administrators and developers will also find it is "the missing UNIX tool," for everyday tasks. John Harris is a software developer and engineer, and owner of Unencumbered Design, LLC. He has fifteen years experience in research data management systems design, at Dartmouth and as an independent consultant. 8:50 Roundtable Exchange - where the attendees can make announcements or ask a linux question of the group. Please see the website for links to directions. If any area companies are interested in sponsoring refreshments, please let me know. Please RSVP so we can give a theoretical refreshment sponsor a headcount. - MAILING LISTS There are two primary mailman lists set up for DLSLUG, an Announce list and a Discuss list. Please sign up for the Announce list (moderated, low-volume) to stay apprised of the group's activities and the Discuss list (unmoderated) for group discussion. Links to the mailing lists are on the webpage. Please pass this announcement along to anyone else who may be interested. - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-announce@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...
I've been having trouble getting FC6 to recognize the Realtek RTL8139 NIC on another motherboard although Ubuntu did. I had some other issues with Ubuntu so I'm trying to get it working with FC6. Let me know how you make out. Mike Miller Mike Miller - Original Message - From: "mike shlitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:25 PM Subject: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop... Hi All, I recently inherited a fairly new Compaq Presario V2000 Laptop (V2606CU). It came to me with MSW Home on it and I'd like to switch it over to FC, CentOS, or Ubuntu. (Any suggestions or caveats welcome). CPU is a Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3000+ (787 MHz) Current RAM = 256 MB (I know...) of which 32 MB is shared by the ATI Radeon Express 200M. (system is capable of 2GB, and user can then set video RAM up to 128MB.) 40 GB HDD Matsushita UJDA 770 DVD/CDRW drive RealTek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN Conexant AC-Link Audio AC 97 Data/FAX Soft modem w Smart CP (Also has a 7+ GB FAT 32 partition loaded with HP's usual extras.) Mike Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Free system boards
I will have (1) case each of 2 different kinds of SuperMicro Socket 370 system boards to giveaway. Well one of the boards is the SuperMicro 370SED. For those that got this one, here's all the pertinent links you'll want. Spec page (no longer available on supermicro.com but the Wayback Machine has it) http://web.archive.org/web/20040203000531/http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/810/370SED.htm PDF Manual http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/motherboard/810/MNL-0618.pdf BIOS Update Page http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/ Direct Link to last BIOS http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/BIOS_ZIP/swa4142.zip And if necessary, an INF for the onboard AC97 audio http://www.supermicro.com/downloadables/audio_codec/smwdm.inf I'll hopefully have time this weekend to fire mine up. -Shawn ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: CD/DVD writer woes
I know I'm coming late to the party, but Paul Lussier wrote: "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: An older version of cdrecord sees both drives, but can't write to it ... So what does it being a newer version of cdrecord/wodim have to do with the problem? I can only find 2 versions of the software in the debian archives, the one in stable and the one in testing (I haven't looked in unstable). The older (stable) version can see one of the drives but not write to it. The newer (testing) version can't do either. I highly recommend getting the *real* cdrecord software from Jorg Schilling's site and building it from the tarball. http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/ The version in Debian, as it clearly states, is not the actual cdrecord from Jorg's cdrtools. There was a license dispute/clash of egos and many distros (or was it just Debian?) yanked Jorg's cdrtools package. I believe it has something to do with him wanting to charge money for the version that can actually burn to DVD. It also has something to do with his insistence on maintaining the quaint, SCSI-oriented device numbering. I'm sure that if you had a version that worked in the past, it was Jorg's and not the mangled one that Debian now ships. (I'm not saying that the Debian version is no good, but it clearly isn't working in this case and the version that did work in the past likely came from one of the links at the freshmeat site above. HTH, Jason ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[OOPS!] Re: Free system boards
Oops, sorry! That was intended to be a private message ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Free system boards
> From: brk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:51:31 -0500 > I will have (1) case each of 2 different kinds of SuperMicro Socket > 370 system boards to giveaway. A few people voiced interest in > obtaining one of these boards when I posted up in my office-cleaning > email a couple of weeks back. Please be polite and make sure those Yes, I voiced interest in them and a few other things you posted. However, when I got to the Amherst dump, I could find nothing from your list. If these boards really exist, please save one for me. Thanks! ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thur 18 January, Jarod Wilson Expounds MythTV
On Thursday 18 January 2007 04:04 pm, Adam Helbling wrote: > On 1/17/07, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Who : Jarod Wilson, Red Hat, Author "Hacking MythTV (ExtremeTech)" > > What : MythTV review, tips, questions answered, books autographed. > > Where: Martha's Exchange > > Day : Thur 18 January **Tomorrow** > > Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion > > I just saw this RSVP requirement, I havn't been to a GNHLUG in > sometime, is there enough room for my wife and me? You are the 26 and 27 sign-up, but I told them 35 this morning, so you are in. See you there. Jim Kuzdrall ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...
40 GB HDD > Matsushita UJDA 770 DVD/CDRW drive > RealTek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC > Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN My Dell has this part, had to install an NDIS driver as there are not Linux drivers for it. Unless one has been released in the last two years. Mike Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC --- mike shlitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thur 18 January, Jarod Wilson Expounds MythTV
On Jan 18, 2007, at 4:04 PM, Adam Helbling wrote: I just saw this RSVP requirement, I havn't been to a GNHLUG in sometime, is there enough room for my wife and me? I think Jim tries to reserve enough space for dinner so we can accomodate a few extras. We often overflow into the surrounding tables. Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...
Hi All, I recently inherited a fairly new Compaq Presario V2000 Laptop (V2606CU). It came to me with MSW Home on it and I'd like to switch it over to FC, CentOS, or Ubuntu. (Any suggestions or caveats welcome). CPU is a Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3000+ (787 MHz) Current RAM = 256 MB (I know...) of which 32 MB is shared by the ATI Radeon Express 200M. (system is capable of 2GB, and user can then set video RAM up to 128MB.) 40 GB HDD Matsushita UJDA 770 DVD/CDRW drive RealTek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN Conexant AC-Link Audio AC 97 Data/FAX Soft modem w Smart CP (Also has a 7+ GB FAT 32 partition loaded with HP's usual extras.) Mike Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thur 18 January, Jarod Wilson Expounds MythTV
On 1/17/07, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Who : Jarod Wilson, Red Hat, Author "Hacking MythTV (ExtremeTech)" What : MythTV review, tips, questions answered, books autographed. Where: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 18 January **Tomorrow** Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion : I just saw this RSVP requirement, I havn't been to a GNHLUG in sometime, is there enough room for my wife and me? -Adam ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
[GNHLUG] CentraLUG, Feb 5th, NHTI: Matt Brodeur GnuPG and OpenPGP, keysigning.
The monthly meeting of CentraLUG, the Concord/Central NH GNHLUG chapter, happens the first Monday of most months on the New Hampshire Institute Campus starting at 7 PM. Next month's meeting is on February 5th at 7 PM. Directions and maps are available at http://www.centralug.org and on the NHTI site at http://www.nhti.edu/welcome/directions.htm. This month, we'll be meeting at our usual location in the Library/Learning Center/Bookstore, room 146, marked as "I" on that map. The main meeting starts at 7 PM, and we finish by 9 PM. Open to the public. Free admission. Tell your friends. At this month's meeting, Matt Brodeur will present an introduction to e-mail and file security using Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)[1]. The talk will cover basic concepts of encryption and digital signatures. Examples and demos will use GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, [2]), a free (GPL) implementation of the OpenPGP standard available for most modern operating systems. Following the presentation, a PGP keysigning event will be held. Anyone interested in exchanging key signatures with other local PGP users can find details on our website,... as soon as we've set it up. Stay tuned. Matt Brodeur is a Quality Assurance Engineer at Red Hat in Westford, MA and volunteer in local LUGs. He has previously presented OpenPGP talks at the Boston Linux & Unix User Group.[3] More details on the group and directions to the meeting can be found at http://www.centralug.org and at http://www.gnhlug.org. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy [2] http://www.gnupg.org [3] http://www.blu.org ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-announce@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Free system boards
I'm going to be at Martha's at 1730 tonight, but won't be staying for the meeting. I will have (1) case each of 2 different kinds of SuperMicro Socket 370 system boards to giveaway. A few people voiced interest in obtaining one of these boards when I posted up in my office-cleaning email a couple of weeks back. Please be polite and make sure those folks get one of the boards they have dibbs on. Otherwise, anyone and everyone is welcome to divide them up in whatever manner you see fit. -- brk ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Travis Roy wrote: Here's the text Thanks for posting the text. For everyone's benefit I've trimmed it down to a single framented sentence: Or just buy a Mac. I'm sure some of you are rolling your eyes and thinking "Ugh mac fanboy!" I really do like my linux machines. At my home they're like the red headed step children of the family. Here's why: I have DVD burning issues. Once, when I was running an early SUSE 9.x release I was able to burn DVD's. Ever since moving to Ubuntu (Dapper/Breezy & now Edgy) the system wont recognize blanks. Yanked the drive the other day and it burns fine under another OS. I have yet to really dive into why there is no love for the dvd burner. I may run cdrecord to see if I'm having a similar issue here as Paul, but at this moment I don't recall what error was coming up. On the same machine I've tried to get beryl working to no avail. At one point I did get it loaded but it was absurdly slow so I don't count that as "working". Even without beryl I swear that gnome seems sluggish. The simple act of dragging a window around the screen isn't quite fluid. Tried both the 'ati' and 'fglrx' drivers with no noticable improvements. I'm starting to be an ATI hater so to top it off... Upgraded my MythTV box to a newer ubuntu release and with the new release I'd tossed on the newest ATI drivers. Now mplayer no longer works correctly to display full screen video unless I use the -vo x11 option which results in some playback choppiness and inability to zoom/scale the video as it's playing :( However after some research I guess ATI is to blame due to some issues with their driver. Here's a word of advice for anything building a myth box and will be attempting to use composite or s-video out directly to their TV: Get a Nvidia-based card. -Kenta ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
On 1/18/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Overheard at a recent LUG meeting: "And we need a real calendar, too!" Too bad PerlCal isn't free. http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/calendar/calendar/ is an example of it in use. -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
Seth Cohn wrote: Fair enough... Let the competition for the best locally managed calendaring begin! Let's build a list of Contenders: A quick visit to http://www.cmsmatrix.org shows that many contenders (Drupal, Joomla!, Plone, TWiki) all are listed as having Event Calendars as an add-on. The feature breakdown doesn't get into the specifics of iCal, vCal, hCalendar, etc. which different users may want. Attacking the problem from the other side, what are our requirements? 1. Easy for event coordinators to enter 2. Limited access for specific users (logins, access)? Spam/spoof/phish prevention. 3. Easily hacked data (text, MySQL, Postgres, etc.)? 4. Well-accepted format(s) for subscription and publishing (RSS, iCal, vCal, others?)? Who/what are we targetting? 5. Volunteer willing to install, configure and maintain? 6. As I posted, I've set up a dummy calendar in Google, just to see what it was like, and also subscribed to it. Let me check on what formats it accepts as incoming data. 7. On top of Ben's list, it sure would be nice if updating the calendar could trigger submissions to our media outlets, but like composing the announcements, I suspect this is a pipe dream... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]
Tom Buskey writes: > What other system is engineered for failure as well as the POTS stuff? > Railroad signaling? Lunar Lander life support? Fighter aircraft? For some insights into how to implement software systems of this quality, look here: http://www.fastcompany.com/online/06/writestuff.html Regards, --kevin -- Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald Knuth ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
As long as it alerts everyone to my birthday, I don't care :) This is (maybe) completely off topic, but I think it would be a neat/ cool/fun project to make this a mini development project and build it ourselves. On Jan 18, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Ben Scott wrote: On 1/18/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Overheard at a recent LUG meeting: "And we need a real calendar, too!" I want something that will: - Automatically know when regular meetings are - Allow special events to be entered, too - Let local group coordinators fill in the details for each event - Auto email local group coordinatorss if they haven't filled in details on time - Auto generate a monthly announcement mailing with the upcoming events - Auto update the web page with the upcoming events -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
On 1/18/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Overheard at a recent LUG meeting: "And we need a real calendar, too!" I want something that will: - Automatically know when regular meetings are - Allow special events to be entered, too - Let local group coordinators fill in the details for each event - Auto email local group coordinatorss if they haven't filled in details on time - Auto generate a monthly announcement mailing with the upcoming events - Auto update the web page with the upcoming events -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Re: Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows
I know him, I'll rattle his cage in person, see if I can get him to try installing Ubuntu. --DTVZ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Re: Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:34:11 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows Here's the text Or, consider something else entirely. If you really want a new operating system, there are plenty of options out there for experimentation. And they're free. Yeah, I'm talkin' 'bout Linux. I know what you're thinking: no applications, spotty hardware support and lots of command-line typing. I can't honestly tell you that Linux is free of these disadvantages, but it's easier than ever to try out Linux without a lot of pain. Various Linux distributions have long been available for free download. All you needed was patience and a CD burner and a willingness to futz with your hard drive's partitions. That was too much commitment and risk for some people. Now, many distributions let you download what's called a Live CD. There's nothing to install — once you download the operating system and burn it to CD, it runs right from that. In some cases, you can even download to a USB flash drive. Best of all, a few distributions have been made a lot smaller for a quick download. Take SLAX. Based on the hardcore Linux geek's favorite distro, Slackware, SLAX comes in a few compact sizes. Frodo Edition is 53MB, but it's just a text console. Popcorn Edition is twice the size at 115MB, but includes a graphical user interface, the Firefox browser and AbiWord document editor. Damn Small Linux packs a graphical desktop, a music player, three browsers, spreadsheet and word processing programs and a bunch more into just 50MB. Like SLAX, it can run from a mini CD or a USB drive. There are literally too many other options to list here, but try looking at www.livecdlist.com. Or just buy a Mac. --- I think he's a bit off the mark. Ubuntu, Fedora, Etc. are all VERY easy to install (easier than Windows at this point). Also, I don't know any "desktop" linux that -requires- you to mess around with partitions during the install. He also fails to bring up really quality desktop linux distros like I mentioned, focusing more on LiveCDs (and not very popular or widespread ones in my opinion). Talking about a "Frodo edition" that's only 53MB but is only a console is going to have people worried about trying Linux running for the hills. On Jan 18, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Mark Mcsweeney wrote: Saw this article in the Hippo Press: http://www.hippopress.com/techie.html mentioned was the option of switching to alternative OS when Vista comes out. I also wrote an email to him recommending that he look at some of the current distros and review them in his columns. It will be interesting if and how he responds. Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ I agree that he is a little "off the mark". I appears to me that it has been a long time since he tried a Linux distro. In my mail to him I specifically mentioned Ubuntu and all of the other "buntus" and that they have come a long way and are much more "mainstream" now and are very easy to install. In addition I encouraged him to attend a the MerriLUG meeting in Nashua tonight and to check out the GNHLUG website to see all of the LUGs we have here in NH and how to get involved. Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows
On Jan 18, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Mark Mcsweeney wrote: Saw this article in the Hippo Press: http://www.hippopress.com/techie.html mentioned was the option of switching to alternative OS when Vista comes out. I also wrote an email to him recommending that he look at some of the current distros and review them in his columns. It will be interesting if and how he responds. Looking forward to a followup. FYI, the archival URL for that column appears to be: http://www.hippopress.com/070111/techie.html Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:12:47 -0500 "Jon 'maddog' Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:51 -0500, Seth Cohn wrote: > > I've been recommending Google Calendar lately as the best option out > > there, for the least amount of work. There are other choices, other > > calendars/wikis/cmses which will export ics and other standards, but > > so far, Google Calendar is the most feature rich. > > > Normally other paranoid people will raise their hands, but I will jump > in here to say that as platonic as Google is, I do not like to depend on > completely "managed services". -1 on managed services. Bill "Normally paranoid." Hm. Has a nice ring to it...:) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows
Here's the text Or, consider something else entirely. If you really want a new operating system, there are plenty of options out there for experimentation. And they’re free. Yeah, I’m talkin’ ‘bout Linux. I know what you’re thinking: no applications, spotty hardware support and lots of command-line typing. I can’t honestly tell you that Linux is free of these disadvantages, but it’s easier than ever to try out Linux without a lot of pain. Various Linux distributions have long been available for free download. All you needed was patience and a CD burner and a willingness to futz with your hard drive’s partitions. That was too much commitment and risk for some people. Now, many distributions let you download what’s called a Live CD. There’s nothing to install — once you download the operating system and burn it to CD, it runs right from that. In some cases, you can even download to a USB flash drive. Best of all, a few distributions have been made a lot smaller for a quick download. Take SLAX. Based on the hardcore Linux geek’s favorite distro, Slackware, SLAX comes in a few compact sizes. Frodo Edition is 53MB, but it’s just a text console. Popcorn Edition is twice the size at 115MB, but includes a graphical user interface, the Firefox browser and AbiWord document editor. Damn Small Linux packs a graphical desktop, a music player, three browsers, spreadsheet and word processing programs and a bunch more into just 50MB. Like SLAX, it can run from a mini CD or a USB drive. There are literally too many other options to list here, but try looking at www.livecdlist.com. Or just buy a Mac. --- I think he's a bit off the mark. Ubuntu, Fedora, Etc. are all VERY easy to install (easier than Windows at this point). Also, I don't know any "desktop" linux that -requires- you to mess around with partitions during the install. He also fails to bring up really quality desktop linux distros like I mentioned, focusing more on LiveCDs (and not very popular or widespread ones in my opinion). Talking about a "Frodo edition" that's only 53MB but is only a console is going to have people worried about trying Linux running for the hills. On Jan 18, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Mark Mcsweeney wrote: Saw this article in the Hippo Press: http://www.hippopress.com/techie.html mentioned was the option of switching to alternative OS when Vista comes out. I also wrote an email to him recommending that he look at some of the current distros and review them in his columns. It will be interesting if and how he responds. Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
Fair enough... Let the competition for the best locally managed calendaring begin! Let's build a list of Contenders: My personal experience: Drupal: exports ics files and rss, using the event module [doesn't not import ical...yet. been waiting for that a long time] http://drupal.org/project/event PhpICalendar: reads icals, displays nicely, exports rss http://phpicalendar.net What else do people recommend? On 1/18/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I do not mind developing the information and having Google as ONE of the places that distributes it, but I would prefer to have GNHLUG as a place where I can grab a "standard input" (whatever that is) and put it into my calendar, as well as have other people find it and put it (or have it fed) into their calendars. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Linux at least mentioned in passing as an alternative to Windows
Saw this article in the Hippo Press: http://www.hippopress.com/techie.html mentioned was the option of switching to alternative OS when Vista comes out. I also wrote an email to him recommending that he look at some of the current distros and review them in his columns. It will be interesting if and how he responds. Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:51 -0500, Seth Cohn wrote: > I've been recommending Google Calendar lately as the best option out > there, for the least amount of work. There are other choices, other > calendars/wikis/cmses which will export ics and other standards, but > so far, Google Calendar is the most feature rich. > Normally other paranoid people will raise their hands, but I will jump in here to say that as platonic as Google is, I do not like to depend on completely "managed services". I do not mind developing the information and having Google as ONE of the places that distributes it, but I would prefer to have GNHLUG as a place where I can grab a "standard input" (whatever that is) and put it into my calendar, as well as have other people find it and put it (or have it fed) into their calendars. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
I've been recommending Google Calendar lately as the best option out there, for the least amount of work. There are other choices, other calendars/wikis/cmses which will export ics and other standards, but so far, Google Calendar is the most feature rich. On 1/18/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: so having something that could feed events directly into the Evolution calendar would be interesting. Or just a calendar that supports the .ics standard. Then we could publish it on the icalshare.com website as well as others. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
I recently switched from the venerable email system that I have been using for 15 years to Evolution just so I could share calendars (as well as other information) with a group of co-workers, so having something that could feed events directly into the Evolution calendar would be interesting. Or just a calendar that supports the .ics standard. Then we could publish it on the icalshare.com website as well as others. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon
On 1/17/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In fairness, the 911concerns (well, the real ones) are not about > *if* calls can go through, but whether calls will *always* go through, > and properly. I'm sure I don't need to tell you, Paul, about the > differences between "seems to work" and "trusted to always work". :) True. And my data sample is one call... But there was a public perception (I'm sure perpetrated by the tradition telcos) that VoIP-based systems are unreliable and they used the 911 service as a "well known example". And in order to compete with the VoIP stuff, the phone companies are replacing the POTS, which has dumb terminals [phones] and an intelligent network with a new network (FiOS) with a dumb network and intelligent terminals. I'm sure the new networks are no where near as robust. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon [was: Anyone had experience with Comcast SMC modem/router? ]
On 1/17/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To say nothing of the redundancies in conventional POTS design (which really is, in general, some of the most robust engineering I've ever seen in the public sector). (Emphisis POTS here -- anything more than -48 VDC talk battery and the whole story changes.)Redundant in-building power wiring, redundant battery banks, generator backup for the batteries, dedicated line for each and every subscriber (pair gain not withstanding), no electronics anywhere for outside plant, auto failover for trunk routing, etc. The infrastructure I've seen in most Internet provider systems can't hold a candle to it. Obviously, any system can still fail, but for the most part, *none* of this exists for Internet service -- especially home Internet service. Sadly, I doubt there are many systems engineered as well as the POTS system. Bell labs did a study on the effect of lightening on buried lines even. Now, they just bury the lines and deal with the consequences. When I was at Genuity, I heard that the GTE phone switches in the basement of one of the towers on 9/11 *kept working* until the batteries went dead. Much of Manhatten's phone lines went through there. Can your network survive the collapse of a building on top of it? What other system is engineered for failure as well as the POTS stuff? Railroad signaling? Lunar Lander life support? Fighter aircraft? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Does GNHLUG need Internet-enabled calendars?
Overheard at a recent LUG meeting: "And we need a real calendar, too!" This is a call for Requests for Ideas, Volunteers and Naysayers (since they'll appear anyway, and bring some reasonable objections, too). www.gnhlug.org's main page lists the who, what, where, when of upcoming meetings, with links to details about the groups, announcements and notes of past meetings, in a fairly compact if uninspired format. Google also maintains a calendar of the "regular" dates you can see at [1]. There's an email announce list. (Is there an archive of the announce list?) What would members actually take advantage of? RSS feeds of announce? An iCal/vCal enabled feed that automatically feed announcements right into your calendar? New technology with microformats [2] makes everything not only possible, but fairly easy to implement in RFC-compatible ways. Question #1: Is there a need for this? Question #2: If so, what format? I know all of the technology is out there. (I've even implemented portions of it on occasion.) My question is not of feasibility, but of compelling interest. Can anyone think of a "killer app" reason that they would want this? [1] http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Main/TedRoche [2] http://microformats.org/wiki/hcalendar Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: [GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thur 18 January, Jarod Wilson Expounds MythTV
On 01/17/2007 07:14 AM, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > Who : Jarod Wilson, Red Hat, Author "Hacking MythTV (ExtremeTech)" > What : MythTV review, tips, questions answered, books autographed. > Where: Martha's Exchange > Day : Thur 18 January **Tomorrow** > Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for discussion > > I RSVPd as one for dinner and discussion. Make it two for both. -Mark ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Vonage vs. Verizon
But, with Broadvoice, I have a choice. With Vonage, I don't. I suppose, though I don't feel I need a choice at this point. Oh, okay.. I guess we'll just switch back to one phone company so you get no choice at all. Hopefully they'll be willing to even offer VoIP services. :) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
