[Hampshire] July meeting
This is going ahead and Jeff Best is speaking. Hopefully there will be some notification going out shortly. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] August meeting
Sadly, I am faced with probably having to cancel the August meeting. Since I do not want to do so at two minutes notice, I shall do so in the near future if no-one can make a constructive suggestion, either on or off list. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Linux support required in Southampton
Forwarding to Portsmouth and SEHants mailing list. Lisi On Friday 30 June 2017 15:51:33 Chris Dennis via Hampshire wrote: > On 29/06/17 13:29, Chris Dennis via Hampshire wrote: > > Hello HantsLuggers > > > > I've just had a phone call from someone in Southampton who needs support > > for a couple of Linux laptops. They've had all sorts of issues, and bad > > experiences of people offering to provide help but only making things > > worse. > > > > They have one old laptop with important data on it, and a newish Dell > > that came with Ubuntu but doesn't work properly. > > > > If anyone who lives nearer Southampton than me (I'm in Fordingbridge) is > > interested in providing support (in exchange for money), then please > > contact me off list, and I'll put you in touch. > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris > > Thank you to those who replied. I've put the potential client in contact > with a Southampton-based HantsLugger, so hopefully the problems will all > get solved. > > Cheers > > Chris -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Fwd: Re: [Portsmouth LUG] Portsmouth Digest, Vol 395, Issue 1
That's a great offer! Thanks. Forwarding to HantsLUG Lisi -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [Portsmouth LUG] Portsmouth Digest, Vol 395, Issue 1 Date: Friday 30 June 2017, 13:59:51 From: KingFisher via Portsmouth To: portsmo...@mailman.lug.org.uk I'm most likely far too under skilled, but if it is just to gain access to the data, i have bootable usb im also free, my email address and telephone number are shaundarren1...@gmail.com 07954709393 On 30 June 2017 at 13:00, wrote: >1. Fwd: [Hampshire] Linux support required inSouthampton > (Lisi Reisz) >2. Re: Fwd: [Hampshire] Linux support required in Southampton > (aidangc...@btinternet.com) >3. Re: Fwd: [Hampshire] Linux support required inSouthampton > (Lisi Reisz) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:11:34 +0100 > From: Lisi Reisz > To: Portsmouth LUG Mailing List > Subject: [Portsmouth LUG] Fwd: [Hampshire] Linux support required in > Southampton > Message-ID: <201706291611.34466.lisi.re...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > -- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: [Hampshire] Linux support required in Southampton > Date: Thursday 29 June 2017, 13:29:41 > From: Chris Dennis via Hampshire > To: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > > Hello HantsLuggers > > I've just had a phone call from someone in Southampton who needs support > for a > couple of Linux laptops. They've had all sorts of issues, and bad > experiences of people offering to provide help but only making things > worse. > > They have one old laptop with important data on it, and a newish Dell that > came with Ubuntu but doesn't work properly. > > If anyone who lives nearer Southampton than me (I'm in Fordingbridge) is > interested in providing support (in exchange for money), then please > contact > me off list, and I'll put you in touch. > > Cheers > > Chris Yours Sincerely Shaun D Lewis --- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [Portsmouth LUG] Fwd: Linux support required in Southampton
Forwarded on to Hants LUG list On Thursday 29 June 2017 19:56:13 aidangc...@btinternet.com wrote: > I'd be happy to assist if I can > However:- 1)I am not back in the UK until the middle of July. 2) I have > no means of direct contact with the OP > > > Aidan > > On 29/06/17 16:11, Lisi Reisz via Portsmouth wrote: > > -- Forwarded Message -- > > > > Subject: [Hampshire] Linux support required in Southampton > > Date: Thursday 29 June 2017, 13:29:41 > > From: Chris Dennis via Hampshire > > To: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > > > > Hello HantsLuggers > > > > I've just had a phone call from someone in Southampton who needs support > > for a couple of Linux laptops. They've had all sorts of issues, and bad > > experiences of people offering to provide help but only making things > > worse. > > > > They have one old laptop with important data on it, and a newish Dell > > that came with Ubuntu but doesn't work properly. > > > > If anyone who lives nearer Southampton than me (I'm in Fordingbridge) is > > interested in providing support (in exchange for money), then please > > contact me off list, and I'll put you in touch. > > > > Cheers > > > > Chris -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Talk confirned for Saturday Portsmouth and South East hants PLUG meeting
PLEASE NOTE: TALK HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 17th June 2017 from 13:00 to 18:00+ in the Broad Oaks Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Ian will be talking on: "Creating your own distribute customised Distro". More information here and on line as soon as I have it. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Advance notification for July: Jeffrey Best has kindly offered to talk on "Database Migration". Yet again, I have to apologise for the delay in sending this. I was waiting for confirmation of the talk - yes, I could have emailed anyway :-( - and my 'phone line went down. For the best part of a week. Suffice it to say that I have changed 'phone company. Thankfully, it was as always correctly posted on our home page by Paul, our webmaster: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/ I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Please could people bring a selection of video adapters and cables. I have not yet heard what our speaker needs. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 17th June 2017
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 17th June 2017 from 13:00 to 18:00+ in the Broad Oaks Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Unfortunately the talk has not yet been able to be confirmed, But I am hoping for a talk on "Creating your own distribute customised Distro". More information here and on line as soon as I have it. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Advance notification for July: Jeffrey Best has kindly offered to talk on "Database Migration". Yet again, I have to apologise for the delay in sending this. I was waiting for confirmation of the talk - yes, I could have emailed anyway :-( - and my 'phone line went down. For the best part of a week. Suffice it to say that I have changed 'phone company. Thankfully, it was as always correctly posted on our home page by Paul, our esteemed webmaster: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/ I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Please could people bring a selection of video adapters and cables. I have not yet heard what our speaker needs. Thanks, Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] 3G and 4G signal at today's meeting.
"However indoor signal strength may vary." 3 Mobile is working on upgrading the signal in the BOSSC postcode from this Monday, the above is a quote from what to expect this weekend. Mystery of slightly erratic signal solved - but sorry for inconvenience. Hopefully the improvements will actually improve things! On the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" principle, and our previous (to today's) experience, I can't help wishing that they had left well alone!! Thanks to all who came. It takes people to make a successful meeting. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Further progress on projects from last month's Pi fest
I have just heard from Chris that the little Pi that was repaired is working beautifully and will be with him tomorrow for anyone that wants to see it. Also that he has done some more work on the Raspberry-Pi-television AIO so that now it runs from only one power source instead of three. Again, it will be available, for those who wish to see, touch, marvel. For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, see half way down here. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201704.html I am fascinated, so maybe others are too! See you all tomorrow, 13:00 to 18:00+, at BOSSC. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Things I hope to bring to Saturday's meeting and might like help with.
Things I hope to bring to the meeting and might like help with. 1. There is my “new” netbook, at which I have so far not looked. If it has a shiny screen it will be no use to me for now, but I still don’t know whether it has. I am intending to try and install Stretch without systemd and with TDE 14. I thought of doing this by doing a minimum install of Jessie with a net-install disk, then upgrading to Stretch, removing system-d (not fanatically. I have no axe to grind and am happy to have it on my system if the developers think that it should be there. I just have not so far much liked it as my init system) and then installing from Tasksel. I haven't quite decided whether to have Mate on as well as TDE. Probably depends on whether Martin is able to make it on Saturday!!! 1A. Aidan told me how to control the systemd “feature” I most dislike, but my attempts were not very successful. I had intended to publish my efforts so that people could help to disentangle me. 2. I also have an installation to do for someone else who was massively conned. He is now in the situation where he has not got access to his laptop and the scammers have!! Having cold-called him, they have so-called sorted out his (probably non-existent) problems, and put a password on (which they have not told him) pending his giving them his credit card details. Fortunately his wife came home while he was still struggling to read his credit card number. 2. cont. Since the response both he and his wife produce to “Have you got the original disks” is “yer wha???”, I think we can reasonably assume that they have not. So, since I am fortunate enough to be unable to reinstall Windows after a disc wipe, I am going to install Linux (with their complete agreement). I had thought of bringing the machine to the meeting for the installation of Ubuntu-Mate, but on second thoughts, he is partially sighted, almost blind, so Mate isn't awfully good. TDE is, very sadly, just starting to suffer from bit-rot, and is not yet fully ready for Stretch, so for a third party it would have to be Jessie, but for what they use (browser and not much else) it is fine still. I still may bring the laptop for people to look at and help me with! But if I am to administer it, then it had better have Debian not Ubuntu. ;-) 2 - Aside – Mate is much better for blind people than TDE, the audio is much better. But TDE is much better for reduced, but existing, sight. Anything pertinent anyone can bring, much appreciated! See you all on Saturday. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting on Saturday
Belatedly, here is a call for the next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group. This coming Saturday, 20th May 2017 from 13:00 to 18:00+ in the Broad Oaks Social Club, Hilsea. I haven't managed to get anything specific arranged, but that makes it an ideal opportunity for an install fest and update session. Anyone who would like to bring a desktop for attention, be it minor (e.g. security updates only please. It is running well, and if it ain’t broke I don't want to fix it) or major (please help me wipe the hard drive and install a new OS). Help is at hand for carrying things up from the car park. If anyone needs to find a monitor, mouse and keyboard on arrival, he or she has only to ask. Problematic laptops welcome too, of course, or even shiny new top-of-the range laptops, just to show them off. And, it goes without saying, to show off the capabilities of Open Source. It is a long time since anyone showed off BSD. Any offers? I myself have several projects I may bring. More in a separate email. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Advance notification for July: Jeffrey Best has kindly offered to talk on "Database Migration". A couple of other people have said that they will speak some time, but I have no details yet. Other offers? Today (17th) is apparently the 115th anniversary of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=what+is+the+Antikythera+mechanism%3F&oi=ddle&ct=115th-anniversary-of-the-antikythera-mechanisms-discovery-6292005859622912-l&hl=en-GB I feel that we should mark this somehow. There is nothing new under the sun. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Notes on last month's Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting and talk
http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201704.html At last I have finished putting this up on the web. With apologies for tardiness, and and many thanks, to those gentleman who gave of their time and effort at our last meeting. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] PLUG Easter meeting addendum
The end got missed off that: Aidan Cole then gave us a very interesting talk on sshfs. The slides will soon go up on the web. Thank you Aidan, and sorry for the delay. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] PLUG Easter meeting
Here is my report on the Raspberry Pi Fest at the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group meeting on Saturday 15 April 2017, Easter Saturday. I would be grateful for corrections and offered re-writes before I put it up on the web. We had a lively and enjoyable session. Four people demonstrated various projects on various Pi's. Ian Bowden had travelled from Richmond Surrey with a complete Raspberry Pi repair toolkit, and repaired Chris Aubrey-Smith's broken SD card holder. It was fascinating to watch anything so small being removed, by melting and cleaning up solder; and then being replaced: even though I personally practically had to put my nose in the solder to see it all! Ian also showed us a TimePeace clock for dementia, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that he had made for his late mother, to remind her of the time, day, date, her name and location etc. It was someone else's design, so he did not claim credit, but he showed us how it could be programmed to suit the individual for whom it was intended. Ian also showed us a Raspberry Pi powered system, designed and made by him, that is installed on Teddington Lock to catch and protect elvers (baby eels ) as they travel up stream though the lock. Chris Aubrey-Smith was the repairee in the above “case”. The SD card holder on his early model Pi is now fully functional again. He also showed us his completed all-in-one general purpose computer, assembled from a Raspberry Pi mounted on the back of a small second hand television, with HDMI input. This - HDMI - is apparently rare! Chris tells me further: “The brand name is 'Luxor', but I've seen a near-identical example with a different brand name. A label tells me that it was supplied by Asda in Leeds. “I think I gave them £20; I seem to remember giving them a bit more than they were asking. Yesterday I installed it on my bed-side table, where it serves as TV or computer at the press of a button (I doubt that it will stay there as it's too useful as a portable, general-purpose display for Pi experiments.)” Peter Rose showed us his RuneAudio music system. It produced an impressive noise with a Raspberry Pi with a Cirrus Logic Audio Card connected to a Gear4 docking station, with the aid of a small (dimensions – not capacity) hard drive containing the music data files.. It was hard to believe that something so small could produce so impressive a sound. Peter had brought two Raspberry Pi's, one working, one broken. As tends to be the way on these occasions, when the working one resolutely refused to work, Peter connected up the broken one and it worked perfectly! http://www.runeaudio.com/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-as-Hi-Fi-player-with-RuneAudio/ The Pi that Peter believed to be working arrived in quite the most appealing little wooden case that I have seen for a Pi. It was basically held together and ventilated by its own tension. I have been unable to find a picture of a similar one on line. Perhaps Peter could oblige? John Spragg demonstrated his MAGIC MIRROR. <https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/magic-mirror/> I was slightly bemused by the messages it was giving out, in addition to information on the weather, which I could see being very useful while trying to decide what to wear in the morning. Do I really want to be addressed as “Hey! Sexy!” first thing in the morning – or ever Jon had also brought his impressive “Lego box”, with a Pi inside it.. In addition, clearly, to being able to be stacked one on top of the other, the “Lego” boards on the top (convex) and bottom (concave) looked as though they would click correctly into genuine Lego. For ventilation between stacked Pi's? For feet? For some kind of decoration? I felt deprived of any Lego to test it out! Sorry this has been so long coming. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] ADMIN: Help with speakers - and other help - needed for Portsmouth and SE Hants LUG meetings
I was going to make my plea simultaneously with telling all those of you who missed it about our very interesting meeting last week. But life has caught up with me again, and it is probably already too late to plead with someone to help with a speaker for May. But please, people. Many of you value our programme of speakers. They do not just happen. I write a lot of emails, bend a lot of ears and employ a lot of pester power. Recently I have had neither the energy, nor the time, and one or two arrangements I thought that I had made, have fallen through. So, please: ideas for talk subjects (I have a speaker who is waiting on a subject to talk about), people I could ask, people you could ask, offers to talk yourself, sessions you would like. I have one request for Freaky Clown. He had in fact agreed to talk to us some while before the request, but I gave up on the ultra-long process of agreeing a date. I will try again - but that requires energy and time. I will also pull out the stops, and get all the stuff I ought to get up on the web, up on the web. In addition, I am beginning to need help sometimes with setting up the room. ONE person only, though! So could volunteers get in touch off-list and I'll make individual requests as appropriate. I can't keep press-ganging! Thanks, Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [Surrey] Raspberry Jam - April 30th - Egham, Surrey
On Tuesday 11 April 2017 14:06:47 Lisi Reisz via Surrey wrote: > On Tuesday 11 April 2017 12:50:51 Martin Rowe via Surrey wrote: > > Date for your diary. Everyone welcome. > > > > Raspberry Jam - Sunday April 30th 14:00-17:00 - Gartner Offices in > > Egham,Surrey (M25 Junction 13). > > > > Register to attend here: > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/14th-egham-raspberry-jam-tickets-326772695 > >93 ?aff=es2 > > And if you can't make it, or even if you can, but feel that it won't be > enough of a "fix" of your favourite "drug", how about coming to the > Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG Raspberry Pi fest?: > http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html > > Held at: > http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html > > Lisi So, everyone, please, LOTS of Raspberry Pi's: don't show me up as a fantasist - even if I am one. ;-) It looks as though the much vaunted repair is finally going to be able to go ahead. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Portsmouth and SE Hampshire LUG meeting on Easter Saturday
Correction - but it does say Easter Saturday! On Friday 07 April 2017 23:46:28 Lisi Reisz via Hampshire wrote: > The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User > Group will be next Saturday, 15th APRIL 2017, from 13:00 to 18:00+, at > Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. > http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html > http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.php > > We shall have our usual Bring a Box meeting. As it is Easter Saturday, > rumour has it that the Easter Bunny might take an hour or two off from > organising egg hunts at National Trust properties, to come on a brief > visit. We shall have our usual plate of sandwiches for those who are > actually hungry! > > The Raspberry Pi project may finally take off :-), and anyway I am asking > people to bring their Raspberry Pi's and show us what they are doing with > them. Two people have already agreed, so come on the rest of you! Let us > have a Raspberry Pi fest. :-) To which end, HDMI cables and HDMI to VGA > adapters requested, along with any adapters people can dream up, just in > case. > > A short talk on writing/designing a GUI using C++ is in preparation and may > have matured for next Saturday – I am hoping so. > > More short or lightening talks requested/welcomed. > > I shall have a “new” netbook, currently burdened with Windows 7, on which I > am aiming to put Stretch, perhaps without systemd, and TDE 14, and possibly > also Mate. As the donor pointed out to me, I am not inconvenienced by the > demise of Unity as I wouldn't have been putting it on the netbook anyway. > > Hopefully other things will be happening, and there will be much Linux/Open > Source/IT chat and information exchange. > > If you haven't been before, give us a try. We are a friendly bunch and > welcome new visitors and long-standing attenders alike. Experience not > necessary! > > Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and SE Hampshire LUG meeting on Easter Saturday
The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group will be next Saturday, 15th March 2017, from 13:00 to 18:00+, at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.php We shall have our usual Bring a Box meeting. As it is Easter Saturday, rumour has it that the Easter Bunny might take an hour or two off from organising egg hunts at National Trust properties, to come on a brief visit. We shall have our usual plate of sandwiches for those who are actually hungry! The Raspberry Pi project may finally take off :-), and anyway I am asking people to bring their Raspberry Pi's and show us what they are doing with them. Two people have already agreed, so come on the rest of you! Let us have a Raspberry Pi fest. :-) To which end, HDMI cables and HDMI to VGA adapters requested, along with any adapters people can dream up, just in case. A short talk on writing/designing a GUI using C++ is in preparation and may have matured for next Saturday – I am hoping so. More short or lightening talks requested/welcomed. I shall have a “new” netbook, currently burdened with Windows 7, on which I am aiming to put Stretch, perhaps without systemd, and TDE 14, and possibly also Mate. As the donor pointed out to me, I am not inconvenienced by the demise of Unity as I wouldn't have been putting it on the netbook anyway. Hopefully other things will be happening, and there will be much Linux/Open Source/IT chat and information exchange. If you haven't been before, give us a try. We are a friendly bunch and welcome new visitors and long-standing attenders alike. Experience not necessary! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Slides from Portsmouth and SE Hants talks
At long last I have put the slides from Adam Trickett and Luke Stutters talks on the website. I have had both for some time - Adam's since days after his talk and Luke's for some six weeks - and apologise for my own dilatory performance. At least Luke's were on the mailing list! http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201608.html http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201701.html Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Adapters for Saturday's Portsmouth and SE Hants LUG meeting
"Our" projector has a VGA connection. Most laptops these days do not. Could all of you please bring Video port adapters with you if you own such things? In particular Display Port, HDMI, Mini (or is it Micro?) Display Port to or from any of them or any other video port - DVI anyone? - to increase the chance that the speaker will be able actually to use his own laptop. I got a DisplayPort to VGA adapter for the group - and the very first speaker to need it needed Mini-DisplayPort. Plus different cables to cover different native resolutions, which Google says is sometimes a problem. Plus anything I haven't thought of. And if anyone could arrive with a Mac laptop of somekind that might be helpful. Thanks. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and SE Hampshire LUG meeting on Saturday
The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group will be the coming Saturday, 18th March 2017, from 13:00 to 18:00+, at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.php The talk is that which was postponed from February: Dr. Jacek Kopecky, of Portsmouth University School of Computing, will kindly be speaking on Impress.js http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html http://jacek.soc.port.ac.uk/ We shall also have our usual Bring a Box meeting. The Raspberry Pi project remains on hold. :-( Hopefully other things will be happening, and there will be much Linux/Open Source/IT chat and information exchange. If you haven't been before, give us a try. We are a friendly bunch and welcome new visitors and long-standing attenders alike. Experience not necessary! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG March meeting
The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group will be on Saturday 18th March 2017, from 13:00 to 18:00+, at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.php The talk is that which was postponed from February: Dr. Jacek Kopecky, of Portsmouth University School of Computing, will kindly be speaking on Impress.js http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html http://jacek.soc.port.ac.uk/ We shall also have our usual Bring a Box meeting. The Raspberry Pi project remains on hold. :-( Hopefully other things will be happening, and there will be much Linux/Open Source/IT chat and information exchange. If you haven't been before, give us a try. We are a friendly bunch and welcome new visitors and long-standing attenders alike. Experience not necessary! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Last reminder: Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG meeting tomorrow
The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group will be tomorrow, Saturday 18th February 2017, from 13:00 to 18:00+, at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.php We have a change of speaker. Dr. Jacek Kopecky is unfortunately indisposed. Dr. Thomas Kluyver has kindly stepped in and will talk about the Southampton sailing robot project. He warns that this will be a bit repetitive for anyone who went to the Southampton Python talk a few months ago. But I am sure that it would be even better the second time. Paul Tansom, our esteemed List- and Web-master, says: “As somebody who attended the reference talk in Southampton I can recommend it, and am looking forward to the PLUG version. I will gladly hear about it again. “The previous talk covered Raspberry Pi's, Python, ROS (Robotic OS) and the challenges of working with wind, waves, tides and wireless data gathering and control." We shall also have our usual Bring a Box meeting. Sadly, the Raspberry Pi that was scheduled to be given a new SD card port/reader last time has hit another hitch. Chris says: “On removing the outer packaging of the replacement SD-card holder, (inner packaging intact) I found that the new item was damaged in a similar way to the one it was bought to replace! [snip] So far, the supplier has not responded to my communications and I have had no luck finding an alternative source. I know that stronger, all-metal ones exist, but I cannot find one Consequently, Project PiFix is on hold for the moment...” Anyone know of a supplier of stronger all-metal ones? Hopefully other things will be happening, and there will be much Linux/Open Source/IT chat and information exchange. If you haven't been before, give us a try. We are a friendly bunch and welcome new visitors and long-standing attenders alike. Experience not necessary! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Change of speaker for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG meeting
Paul Tansom sent the following reply to Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG Note he last sentence. ** Lisi Reisz via Portsmouth [2017-02-14 23:35]: > We have a change of speaker for the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire > meeting this Saturday. Dr. Jacek Kopecky is unfortunately indisposed. > > Dr. Thomas Kluyver has kindly stepped in and will talk about the Southampton > sailing robot project. He warns that this will be a bit repetitive for anyone > who went to the Southampton Python talk a few months ago. But I am sure that > it would be even better the second time, and besides there are all the other > goodies still on offer. ** end quote [Lisi Reisz via Portsmouth] As somebody who attended the reference talk in Southampton I can recommend it, and am looking forward to the PLUG version. As I've just added to the website: "..as somebody who attended the Southampton Python talk, I can recommend it and will gladly hear about it again. The previous talk covered Raspberry Pis, Python, ROS (Robotic OS) and the challenges of working with wind, waves, tides and wireless data gathering and control." -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Change of speaker for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG meeting
We have a change of speaker for the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire meeting this Saturday. Dr. Jacek Kopecky is unfortunately indisposed. Dr. Thomas Kluyver has kindly stepped in and will talk about the Southampton sailing robot project. He warns that this will be a bit repetitive for anyone who went to the Southampton Python talk a few months ago. But I am sure that it would be even better the second time, and besides there are all the other goodies still on offer. Sadly, the Raspberry Pi “project” is also on hold. Chris says: “On removing the outer packaging of the replacement SD-card holder, (inner packaging intact) I found that the new item was damaged in a similar way to the one it was bought to replace! They really are very fragile, as the number of mentions on web-sites will confirm. “So far, the supplier has not responded to my communications and I have had no luck finding an alternative source. I know that stronger, all-metal ones exist, but I cannot find one “Consequently, Project PiFix is on hold for the moment...” Any one know where a stronger all metal one is to be found? I shall, if I get a following wind for a bit, want help with updating the firmware on my Daisy Player* (it has to go via a Windows computer , and I don't own Windows). And there are always interesting projects to join in with, watch or help on, or one can even just “chill out”. Lisi * http://www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk/communication/daisy-talking-book-players-2430-p/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Speaker for Saturday.
I am so sorry. For personal reasons this month's speaker is unable to be with us. He hopes to be with us another month. For personal reasons I have very little time to look for another speaker. Is anyone able to step into the breach? If you could do it, but transport is a problem, get back to me. I have offers of help with transport form various corners. In fact, if you would like to come to the meeting but might have trouble with transport, get back to me. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Any of you guys after a Job in Portsmouth?
On Tuesday 07 February 2017 11:57:31 Aaron West via Hampshire wrote: > Hi Guys, > > It's been years since I last posted on here at all but I'm in a bit of a > bind looking for a good support engineer for our team. > > Key skills are of course Linux but also some networking and Microsoft > server product knowledge would be nice... > > Anyone interested please pop me an email with your CV to > aa...@loadbalancer.org, the job is advertised on TotalJobs so for more info > check the advert here : > https://www.totaljobs.com/job/technical-support-engineer/web-recruit-ltd-jo >b67660687?entryurl=%2fjobs%2fsupport%2fin-portsmouth%3fradius%3d10%236766068 >7 > > Aaron West I am taking the liberty of forwarding this to Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG list. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG February meeting
The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group will be on Saturday 18th February 2017, from 13:00 to 18:00+, at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.php Dr. Jacek Kopecky will give us a talk on Impress.js. See: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201702.html I missed the last talk jack gave us because his then six year old daughter and I were working our way through my Compendium of Games through most of it, but the audience appeared very impressed. I look forward to actually hearing this one! We shall also have our usual Bring a Box meeting. A Raspberry Pi is scheduled to be given a new SD card port/reader, after the slight hitch last time. Hopefully other things will be happening, and there will be much Linux/Open Source/IT chat and information exchange. If you are intending to bring a particular problem or would like a particular installation done with/for you, or want help with a particular update, please try to tell me in advance, to increase the chance that we shall have the right hardware/software/people present. But if you can't give advance notice, or something crops up at the last minute, don't worry. We can usually manage with what/who we have with us. If you haven't been before, give us a try. We are a friendly bunch and welcome new visitors and long-standing attenders alike. Experience not necessary! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final reminder: Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG meeting tomorrow, Saturday 21st January 2017
The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group will be tomorrow, Saturday 21st January 2017 from 13:00 to 18:00+ at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.php Dr. Adam Trickett will be giving a talk on “Remote Desktop Administration”. For more information on Adam and on his talk, see: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201701.html We shall also have our usual Bring a Box meeting. A Raspberry Pi is scheduled to be given a new SD card port/reader. Hopefully other things will be happening, and there will be much Linux/Open Source/IT chat and information exchange. If you are intending to bring a particular problem or would like a particular installation done with/for you, or want help with a particular update, please try to tell me in advance, to increase the chance that we shall have the right hardware/software/people present. But if you can't give advance notice, or something crops up at the last minute, don't worry. We can usually manage with what/who we have with us. If you haven't been before, give us a try. We are a friendly bunch and welcome new visitors and long-standing attenders alike. Experience not necessary! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Partitioning etc. problem was: Re: [Portsmouth LUG] Does anyone use Fedora?
On Sunday 15 January 2017 17:10:37 Lisi Reisz via Portsmouth wrote: > Does anyone other than Thomas use Fedora? And is said user going to be at > the meeting next Saturday? Further to this. I had received the following request for help: I want to install Linux Fedora 25 on my laptop, but I get stuck at the partitioning stage We do not have many Fedora users and I was concerned in case no Fedora users were going to be present, when I know that the requester is elderly and comes a long way sometimes for our help!! Simultaneously with sending my posting to the list I sent this to Harry: My immediate reaction is: partition using a partitioner, e.g. GParted http://gparted.org/ then install in the resulting partitions. [snip] I assume that we mean the desktop edition? (of Fedora) What laptop is it, and what is on it at the moment? Will you be installing on the whole drive or are you hoping to multi-boot? I got the following reply: I have been using Fedora 20 for a long time, and now it is so out of date that I need to do a complete re-install to get to Fedora 25 (I have tried alternative approaches with no success). In doing so I have made the machine unbootable on its own, but I can get a live version of Fedora 25 running from a USB stick (the DVD drive is also u/s -- it destroyed the first disc I used). I had a dual boot with Windows Vista, just in case, and I would like to preserve that. [snip] I believe the installation process is pretty well the same for all main flavours of Linux until it gets to the point of actually installing the software on to the hard drive. My question is only about partitioning. I have looked at how Ubuntu is installed and there seem to be several methods, but they all go through the partitioning stage, so I am sure this is common to both Ubuntu and Fedora, and probably all versions of Linux. My problem is that I don't understand the result of parted run under Live Fedora 25, nor the information given when I get to allocating partitions during the installation to hard drive, nor how to relate the two -- it is that particular area that I would like help with. I am using as my temporary desktop the computer on which I could have run experiments, or I would partition with GParted, install Fedora 25 and look at what happened. But then I wouldn't be able to help Harry because I probably wouldn't be able to see his screen! So - over to you helpful people! I have a USB DVD drive, which might help with the lack of DVD drive. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Does anyone use Fedora?
Does anyone other than Thomas use Fedora? And is said user going to be at the meeting next Saturday? Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG meeting on Saturday 21st January 2017
The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group will be on Saturday 21st January 2017 from 13:00 to 18:00+ at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.php Dr. Adam Trickett will be giving a talk on “Remote Desktop Administration”. For more information on Adam and on his talk, see: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201701.html We shall also have our usual Bring a Box meeting. A Raspberry Pi is scheduled to be given a new SD card port/reader. Hopefully other things will be happening, and there will be much Linux/Open Source/IT chat and information exchange. If you are intending to bring a particular problem or would like a particular installation done with/for you, or want help with a particular update, please try to tell me in advance, to increase the chance that we shall have the right hardware/software/people present. But if you can't give advance notice, or something crops up at the last minute, don't worry. We can usually manage with what/who we have with us. If you haven't been before, give us a try. We are a friendly bunch and welcome new visitors and long-standing attenders alike. Experience not necessary! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Thomas Kluyver's slides etc. are up
Thomas Kluyver's slides etc. are now up on the web, including some new material. The layout still needs working on, but all the information is there. Hopefully I shall succeed in improving the layout a little bit over the next 24 hours. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201612.html Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG into 2017
Happy New Year everyone! May we all be healthy, wealthy and wise. Or anyhow healthy! The last meeting of 2016 of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG was a most enjoyable one. Thomas Kluyver gave us an interesting short talk on D-Bus. The slides and some added information will go up on the website by tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, Thomas. Various people “solved” various problems and much of the IT world was put to rights. We were *slightly* short on space. :-) For our first meeting of 2017 we have a treat in store. Dr. Adam Trickett will be talking on Remote Desktop Administration. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201701.html Those of you who have heard him before, know what a very enjoyable and knowledgeable speaker Adam is. I look forward to welcoming him with a big audience. Hopefully our wandering members will be back from Thailand, deepest Devon and ?Timbuctoo?. ;-) And a Raspberry Pi is due to receive a new micro-SD reader, in order to prolong its life. ;-) Please note that the time of the talks at our meetings is not fixed. It depends on what else is happening, and the speaker's convenience: but they are in the second half of the meeting, as a rule. The present state of Southern Rail can produce some sudden changes. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final Reminder: Portsmouth and South-East Hampshire LUG December meeting
Final reminder for the next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group, tomorrow, Saturday 17th December 2016 from 13:00 t0 18:00+, at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. For information on everything from car parking to the location of the club and room, please do read http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html We shall have a tray of sandwiches again. Also, because it is December and a LUG meeting, mince pies, muffins, Penguin biscuits and possibly other goodies. Bring any problems. Bring laptops or desktops that need testing with a Live CD or other Open Source testing media. Bring those new toys you got yourself for Christmas but “opened” early, to test, or show them off to the rest of us – or both. Installation needed – we have isos. Help needed updating? This is the right place! Come to socialise with like-minded techies. Come to chat. Come to charge your batteries and to have a few hours away from tinsel, turkey and failing Christmas lights. We shall have a short talk by Thomas Kluyver on D-Bus, and I am hoping for additional short talks, including possibly a very short talk on how a Linux newbie fared on a dual boot, after having it installed at one of our meetings. Other offers for short talks welcomed. I look forward to seeing all of you! ;-) Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group meeting on Saturday 17th December 2016
The next meeting of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux User Group will be on Saturday 17th December 2016 from 13:00 t0 18:00+ at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. For information on everything from car parking to the location of the club and room, please do read http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html We shall have a tray of sandwiches again. Also, because it is December and a LUG meeting, mince pies, Penguin biscuits and other goodies. Bring any problems. Bring laptops that need testing with – yes! - a Linux Live CD or other Open Source testing media. Bring those new toys you got yourself for Christmas but “opened” early, to test, or to show them off to the rest of us – or both. Installation needed – we have isos. Help needed updating? This is the right place! Come to socialise with like-minded techies. Come to chat. Come to charge your batteries and to have a few hours away from tinsel, turkey and failing Christmas lights. We shall have a short talk by Thomas Kluyver on D-Bus, and I am hoping for additional short talks, with two possible talks on how Linux newbies fared on a dual boot. Other offers for short talks welcomed. For a list of current and future talks see: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html Remember to refresh your browser in case something new has gone up since the web page was cached. I am expecting to put something else up in the near future. Google Chrome sometimes hangs onto cached pages very determinedly and has to be reset in the settings. If you use Google Chrome, and our banner does not mention East Hampshire, try resetting. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hampshire last and future meetings
We had a good meeting last Saturday. Gareth gave us a very interesting talk on drones and model planes. Unfortunately safety considerations meant that he could not give us a demonstration. He is an enthusiastic hobbyist, but says that new safety regulations may effectively put hobbyists out of action. We thank him for speaking to us. Future Bring a Box meetings: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html In December we shall, as has become usual, lighten things in honour of the festival with the now traditional mince pies, Penguin biscuits, Aidan’s muffins, the sandwiches which we shall now probably have every month – and some short talks. Only Thomas Kluyver's short talk on D-Bus has been confirmed, but I am hoping for at least one talk – possibly two – on dual booting as a newbie. Any other offers of short talks? In January, Adam Trickett will talk to us on remote desktop administration, and in February Jack Kopecky will talk to us about Impress.js. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html We shall also of course, in all three months, have problem solving and Open Source chatter and socialising. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] FINAL REMINDER: Portsmouth Linux User Group November Meeting
The November Portsmouth Linux User Group Bring a Box meeting will be held tomorrow, Saturday November 19th, from 13:00 t0 18:00+ at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This will be an opportunity to install or update Linux for those who want it, but cannot manage the install themselves or would prefer to do it in the company of knowledgeable folk (we have some very knowledgeable members); to help each other out with our problems: in other words to spread the word. It is enjoyable just to have Linux and FLOSS chat. And Gareth Owenson (né Owen) will be giving a talk entitled "Building and Programming Drones." http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201611.html Please will our regular visitors note that Gareth's talk will begin earlier than usual at around 14:00. If you are definitely coming, but will be a little later than that, please try to let me know. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] free DDR3 RAM
On Thursday 17 November 2016 08:43:33 A. J. Trickett via Hampshire wrote: > Hi, > > Before I buy them, does any one have a spare pair of 2 GiB > DDR2-800/PC2-6400 SODIMMs that they no longer need? > > I've been given an old HP CQ60 laptop fitted with two 1 GiB of RAM > and taking it up to the maximim of two 2 GiB would improve it's > performance and useful life. > > As ever thanks in advance... > > -- > Adam Trickett > Overton, HANTS, UK > > Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason > not to give it. > -- Agatha Christie I have been given an old Sony Vaio for spares. I'll look after the weekend - or anyone can have the whole laptop to dismantle and use any bits of! How soon do you need the bits, Adam? Would when I see you do? I also have an old Compaq, but I am hoping to rescue it. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] GoPro Hero 4 Silver "action camera"
This seems not to have got through. If it has in fact got through, and this
is the second copy you receive, I apologise. But it isn't so far in the
archives.
I mentioned two projects for Saturday's PLUG meeting. In the end there are
three. Here is Chris Aubrey-Smith's first one. Second to follow.
I have a new project. I have acquired a GoPro Hero 4 Silver "action
camera". Familiarisation is slow, not helped by a User Manual approx. 8.5
cm square utilising a font which is too small for me to read without a
magnifying glass. (I can enlarge it a little by reading it on-line, but
today the website is not responding.)
Control involves a lot of unintelligible 'icons' on a 3.5 x 2.5 cm smear
screen, (how I hate them!) and a 2.0 x 1.5 cm LCD. ('Was this such a good
idea?', I ask myself.) I was swayed by the availability of quite a lot of
GPL software, as yet unexplored.
I have resolved one issue: the SD memory card utilises a weird file format
apparently devised by M*cr*s*ft, but a Debian download fixes that.
That's about as far as I've travelled. I shall bring the GoPro (and
accessories) to the next meeting for anyone to satisfy their curiosity, or
perhaps share any experience or offer any guidance.
Lisi
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[Hampshire] Broken Raspberry-Pi SD card holder
I've broken my Raspberry Pi. A well-documented weakness, the incredibly fragile SD card holder has broken. There are accounts on the web of how users have replaced this, but Dr. Parkinson has ensured that my days of wielding a soldering iron are probably over. If any electronics hobbyist fancies having a go, I'd be very grateful. Yes, I could simply buy another one, but I am of the 'make do and mend' generation and my religion demands that the effort should be made. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] URGENT CORRIGENDUM: SATURDAY 19th November Re: Portsmouth Linux User Group November Meeting
It will be on **SATURDAY 19th** November On Sunday 13 November 2016 22:48:21 Lisi Reisz via Hampshire wrote: > The November meeting of the Portsmouth Linux User Group will be held on > 17th November, from 13:00 to 18:00+, in the Broad Oak Sports and Social > Club: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html > > Please come and make it a lively and helpful meeting. I have been notified > of at least two projects that people are bringing in the hope of > interest/ideas/suggestions/help, and I have something of my own I want to > bring. Anyone who has something (s)he would like to show, tell or ask us > about, please do, even if I have not been told prior to today! > > Chris Aubrey Smith has a camera project and Aidan a Debian one. More about > each separately. I am not sure which bits I shall bring, but will let you > know. I am limited by my own ability to see anything, well enough to get > anywhere, without my very large screen. > > Feel free to bring any installations or updating you want to do and would > like to do surrounded by helpful other people in case of hitches. Our > bandwidth is no longer a problem. > > This time, for the first time, we shall be supplying sandwiches to go with > the Penguin biscuits. Since I know neither how many sandwiches a “tray” > holds, nor how many of you will be there, I cannot say how generous the > provision of sandwiches will be, nor when we shall run out! We are testing > unknown water. The bar will, as usual, be open for hot and cold drinks. > > And Gareth will be giving us another of his talks, which should be a treat > as usual. It will be entitled "Building and Programming Drones." and will > start as do all Gareth's talks at 2:00. > http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201611.html > > I look forward to seeing all of you there!! > > May I ask those of you who are members of Hackit or Makeit groups to > forward notice of this talk to your members, who may well be interested. > > Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Talk on building and programming a drone
May I ask those of you who are members of Hack Spaces or Maker Spaces or groups to publicise this talk to your members, who may well be interested. Gareth Owenson (né Owen) will be giving a talk on Saturday at the PLUG meeting entitled "Building and Programming Drones." http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201611.html Abstract: “You've seen drones filming stunning video and perhaps even flying acrobatics, now come and learn how to build and program them. Being someone who likes to learn by building things from scratch, I'll tell you about how I went from from knowing nothing about model aircraft five years ago to building a drone from scratch, including programming a linux autopilot and manufacturing PCBs - and all the mistakes (and injuries) I had along the way. We'll cover everything from flight control algorithms to soldering components that are smaller than a millimetre. Perhaps we'll even talk about drone hacking too :-)” Gareth is an expert on security, so the hacking bit should be interesting. ;-) Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth Linux User Group November Meeting
The November meeting of the Portsmouth Linux User Group will be held on 17th November, from 13:00 to 18:00+, in the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Please come and make it a lively and helpful meeting. I have been notified of at least two projects that people are bringing in the hope of interest/ideas/suggestions/help, and I have something of my own I want to bring. Anyone who has something (s)he would like to show, tell or ask us about, please do, even if I have not been told prior to today! Chris Aubrey Smith has a camera project and Aidan a Debian one. More about each separately. I am not sure which bits I shall bring, but will let you know. I am limited by my own ability to see anything, well enough to get anywhere, without my very large screen. Feel free to bring any installations or updating you want to do and would like to do surrounded by helpful other people in case of hitches. Our bandwidth is no longer a problem. This time, for the first time, we shall be supplying sandwiches to go with the Penguin biscuits. Since I know neither how many sandwiches a “tray” holds, nor how many of you will be there, I cannot say how generous the provision of sandwiches will be, nor when we shall run out! We are testing unknown water. The bar will, as usual, be open for hot and cold drinks. And Gareth will be giving us another of his talks, which should be a treat as usual. It will be entitled "Building and Programming Drones." and will start as do all Gareth's talks at 2:00. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201611.html I look forward to seeing all of you there!! May I ask those of you who are members of Hackit or Makeit groups to forward notice of this talk to your members, who may well be interested. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Problems with replying to list.
If I reply to list from a mailing list folder, I normally achieve just that. I have just checked several other LUGS. If I reply to list from my Hampshire LUG folder it replies to me. Why on earth and what can I do? KMail 1.9.10 on Trinity DE R14.0.4. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] How to get a laptop with Linux?
On Friday 04 November 2016 16:24:31 Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote: > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016, at 09:03 AM, Bob Dunlop via Hampshire wrote: > > Avoid modern Lenovo [1]. Although they've reluctantly issued a BIOS > > fix it sounds like it a performance hit. > > Lenovo's Thinkpad line is still mostly pretty good with Linux, at least > when I was looking last year. Those business-oriented systems seem to be > developed separately to the consumer-grade ones which get in the news > for the wrong reasons. The business lines are more expensive, but you do > get a better built system. > > Is anyone interested in distilling the kind of info we're discussing > into a nice 'how to buy a computer for Linux' website? Is there already > such a site? I did one quick search and found posts like these: > http://www.howtogeek.com/185286/how-to-buy-a-laptop-for-linux/ > http://www.ebay.com/gds/Linux-Laptop-Buying-Guide-/1000177741943/g.html > > ...but no nice friendly overview site. Maybe this is something we could > discuss/work on at a future PLUG meeting. > > Thomas :-) Good idea! I shall include the PLUG list in this reply. (Hence the full quote above.) Lisi I did. But it got misdirected somehow to me not to here. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Speakers wanted
We (PLUG) are in need of volunteers for speakers. Come on, some of you must have something you could/would like to share! ;-) Any length of talk welcomed: full length talks are great, but so are two minute demonstrations. In particular, has anyone got anything fun for our December meeting? Last year we had a robot arm or two. Helicopter drones anyone? Anyone for November? (19th) Thanks in anticipation, Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] SORRY
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[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG meeting reminder
Tomorrow is the third Saturday, and we therefore have our BaB meeting at 13:00 in Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Note that in addition to Jeff doing his postponed talk on JjQuery and Node.js, John W is also doing a short mystery talk, and Thomas Kuyver may just possibly be giving a ten minute talk on D-Bus. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html In addition we shall, of course, have the usual BaB stuff. Don't forget to let me know if you would like me to bring you some Morrison's sandwiches. Looking forward to seeing you all! :-) Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG meeting reminder
Tomorrow is the third Saturday, and we therefore have our BaB meeting at 13:00 in Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Note that in addition to Jeff doing his postponed talk on JjQuery and Node.js, John W is also doing a short mystery talk, and Thomas Kuyver may just possibly be giving a ten minute talk on D-Bus. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html In addition we shall, of course, have the usual BaB stuff. Don't forget to let me know if you would like me to bring you some Morrison's sandwiches. Looking forward to seeing you all! :-) Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Sandwiches for Saturday.
One of our ongoing problems is the lack of available food. Seasoned visitors come provided, but sometimes people are caught short, or once or twice a new attender hasn't known Yes, I know that I say so, but people don't read things. So I hope you are reading this. Starting this Saturday, as an experiment, I shall buy some sandwiches at Morrison's on my way to the meeting and bring them with me. If you know that you would like me to pick some up for you, please let me know asap, but anyhow by Friday afternoon. Say how many you would like, and anything to avoid. I shall get pre-ordered ones and a few extra to cater for the situation I mention above. But I shan't get many extra, so please pre-order if you know you would like me to get you one/some. I have never bought sandwiches there, so have no idea what to expect. Perhaps the one or two who I know have, could tell us what to expect! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth Linux User Group October 2016 meeting
We are still hoping to hear what is to become of Hampshire LUG. But whatever may be its eventual fate, and there are reasons for optimism that at least this mailing list will survive (\o/), give us a try anyway! We are very welcoming. We are just in the Unitary Authority of Portsmouth, but only just. We are almost into Hampshire, not right down at the tip of Portsea Island We may perhaps change our name slightly to reflect this. Ideas welcome, on or off list! (Publicly repeatable) suggestions so far: Portsmouth and South-East Hampshire LUG, Portsmouth and Bere LUG, Solent LUG. This notice is later than usual, for which I apologise. But our meetings are on the third Saturday of every month and scheduled talks may be seen here: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be next Saturday, 15th October, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Jeff Best will give us his delayed talk: A Whistle-stop Tour of jQuery and Node.js http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201610.html It will also be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself and socialise with us. You may bring a box, not you must bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final Reminder: Portsmouth Linux User Group September Meeting
I had hoped to know by the time I sent this what was to become of Hampshire LUG. But give us a try anyway! We are just in the Unitary Authority of Portsmouth, but are almost into Hampshire, not right down at the tip of Portsea Island, and we are very welcoming. The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be tomorrow, Saturday, 17th September, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Matthew Withers will give us his delayed talk on Open Source Science. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201609.html It will also be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself and socialise with us. You *may* bring a box, not you *must* bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth Linux User Group September Meeting
I had hoped to know by the time I sent this what was to become of Hampshire LUG. But give us a try anyway! We are just in the Unitary Authority of Portsmouth, but are almost into Hampshire, not right down at the tip of Portsea Island, and we are very welcoming. The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be Saturday, 17th September, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Matthew Withers will give us his delayed talk on Open Source Science. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201609.html It will also be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself and socialise with us. You may bring a box, not you must bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [JOB] Full Stack Engineer – Web Development & Other roles
On Saturday 03 September 2016 11:53:21 Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire wrote: > Hello All, > > My employers, Jobsite Ltd, are looking to fill several technical roles: > http://www.jobsite.co.uk/vacancies?agency_id=17872 > > Most are based at our Havant offices. Not all are Linux-related! > > It's the best employer (and group of people) I have ever worked for - > and I've been in various IT roles for 15 years or so! > > Please contact me if interested so I can advise/help/guide or answer > any questions. > > Thanks! > > -- > Key fingerprint = EF78 310C C517 9564 9ECA 82F6 68FA E621 17E1 5D16 I have forwarded this to the Portsmouth LUG, which used to meet in Havant and still meets nearby. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG September meeting
Our talk on 17th September will, Deo volente, be “Open Source Science” by Matthew Withers. For more details about both the talk and Matthew, see: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201609.html I am looking forward to this. I am assured that the original topic of Astrophotography is covered within the talk. If those interested in Astrophography are left feeling that they would have liked more, hopefully I shall be able to persuade him to give us the Astrophotography talk too at a later date. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Report on PLUG August meeting
Luke Stutters gave us a very interesting talk on making contact over the Internet with ssh, in particular by using a virtual Ubuntu server in Google Compute Engine. Hopefully he will be letting us have some slides to put up on the website. Thank you very much, Luke. We are very grateful. Luke had billed his talk as being a short one, so we were going to have two talks. But in the event, it was so successful, and people were so interested and engaged, that it was not particularly short. It was decided to put off the second talk for a month when we so far had nothing!! For those of you who were there, and were not consulted about the decision, I apologise for that. I did start to consult. The speaker (Jeff) and the three LUGmasters all voted for “Let's see what people want”. The first two other people asked voted decidedly for putting the talk off. So we put the talk off! Apart from that, it is difficult to summarise what happened. People with problems or queries solved them, and it appeared that a good time was had by all. Perhaps in future people could post immediately after a meeting to say what they did? -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final Reminder: Portsmouth Linux User Group August 2016 meeting
The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be Saturday, 20th August, (tomorrow), from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Note that Hilsea, which is almost out of Portsmouth and into Hampshire, is very accessible by both road and rail. You might like to give us a try, if you haven't already, to give us and yourself some encouragement. If you are primarily interested in food and drink, we are not your ideal location. But if you are after tech help, tech talk, an immersion in being techy, then we may be what you are looking for. We have been told (by more than one person) that we are the last tech LUG meeting in the area. I am not sure how wide the area is in that sentence. Hopefully someone will feel able to start up the Hants LUG meetings again, though the constitution that once saved it may now fetter it; but do come to us for a shot in the arm meanwhile. It will also be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You may bring a box, not you must bring a box. Our Zalman (and its owner!) will be missing, so if you have a Zalman that is well supplied with Linux Distros, you will be doubly welcome! Jeffrey Best will give us a talk entitled: "A Whistle-stop Tour of jQuery and Node.js". He says: We have started to use jQuery widely and we have been exploring whether Node.js is a suitable technology to deploy for services to slot into process chains to support generic functionality tailored to the specific short-term requirements of a particular client or event. This talk was created as part of my programme to develop in-house training resources. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201608.html In addition, if Luke Stutters is able to make it to the meeting he will give a short talk on making contact over the Internet with ssh, using a virtual Ubuntu server in Google Compute Engine. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi P.S. Advance notice of the September meeting: Matthew Withers will be giving his delayed delayed (!) talk about Open Source Science. It was previously to have been about Astrophotography, but Matthew has decided to broaden it. He assures me that there will still be a lot of photography and Astrophysics in his talk! http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201609.html Note: This talk, that had been scheduled for October 2015, and had to be cancelled because of illness, has again had to be rescheduled for September. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG
On Thursday 11 August 2016 21:10:35 Tony Whitmore via Hampshire wrote: > Is just leaving the hants.lug.org.uk domain and the mailing list intact > an option? Presumably that is zero cost and would allow what little > traffic there is to the mailing list (and whatever to the website) to > continue. Is that not down to lug.org.uk? So that will keep going anyway. Though they would need a lugmaster (point of contact). Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG
On Wednesday 10 August 2016 22:59:32 Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire wrote: > Details of the date and location will follow in a second e-mail. I would > urge everyone to attend if at all possible. Ultimately, it's your LUG and > up to you to decide it's future. May I make a plea that you avoid the third Saturday of the month? We chose that to avoid the first Saturday - Hampshire - and the second Saturday - Surrey (and sometimes Hampshire) We could probably get our venue on an additional Saturday on an ad-hoc basis if a venue is a problem for the committee. Somewhere in Southampton would obviously be better, or Red Hat in Farnborough. But Hilsea would be a lot more convenient for most people than Gosport. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG
On Wednesday 10 August 2016 22:59:32 Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire wrote: > Hello everybody, > > Sparked by the imminent renewal of the HantsLUG domain name, the committee > has recently been discussing the future of the group. If there was > significant mailing list traffic we would just renew it without concern, > however, as there has been very little traffic, the question of whether > the LUG should continue has been raised. We are therefore calling a > meeting to determine the future of the LUG. A copy of the constitution is > available on the website, should you wish to view it. > > In order to register to vote at the meeting, please e-mail > webmas...@hantslug.org.uk with subject "votereg" please include your name > in the e-mail. > > Details of the date and location will follow in a second e-mail. I would > urge everyone to attend if at all possible. Ultimately, it's your LUG and > up to you to decide it's future. > > If this meeting is not quorate (at least eight voting members, or ten > percent (10%) of the total voting membership, whichever is the greater) > the committee will hold a further general meeting to decide what happens > next. > > We have three options (this will form the agenda for the meeting): > [snip] > > For either option 2 or 3, no funds will be retained. This does not prevent > long-term purchase of domain name and services by the current committee, > prior to the funds being distributed. For distribution, the following is > suggested: > > a) Nominations for suitable open-source projects/LUGs/Makerspaces etc. are > called for, over a period of a week. A list of all nominations will be > posted by the chairman. Nominations must be linux-related, open-source or > charitable, and not for personal gain; makerspaces are acceptable. > > b) The members vote for their preferred nomination (1 vote per member) by > e-mail. Over the course of one week. > > c) The votes are counted and the remaining LUG funds are split between the > top 5 nominations by percentage of votes. This will be announced on the > mailing list. Might I suggest that the equipment should be distributed by a similar system? Lisi > > > Best regards, > > Tim Brocklehurst > > -- > Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG
On Wednesday 10 August 2016 22:59:32 Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire wrote: > a) Nominations for suitable open-source projects/LUGs/Makerspaces etc. are > called for, over a period of a week. A list of all nominations will be > posted by the chairman. Nominations must be linux-related, open-source or > charitable, and not for personal gain; makerspaces are acceptable. May I nominate Portsmouth LUG as one of the potential recipients? (Obviously only if it gets enough votes ;-) ) Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth Linux User Group August 2016 meeting
This is coincidence, not design. I was half way through typing the emails for this announcement when the sad news came. But all the more reason why you might want to give us a try, and some encouragement. The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be Saturday, 20th August, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Jeffrey Best will give us talk entitled: "A Whistle-stop Tour of jQuery and Node.js". He says: We have started to use jQuery widely and we have been exploring whether Node.js is a suitable technology to deploy for services to slot into process chains to support generic functionality tailored to the specific short-term requirements of a particular client or event. This talk was created as part of my programme to develop in-house training resources. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201608.html In addition, if Luke Stutters is able to make it to the meeting he will give a short talk on making contact over the Internet with ssh, using a virtual Ubuntu server in Google Compute Engine. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html It will also be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You may bring a box, not you must bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. If you are primarily interested in food and drink, we are not your ideal location. But if you are after tech help, tech talk, an immersion in being techy, then we may be what you are looking for. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi P.S. Advance notice of the September meeting: Matthew Withers will be giving his delayed delayed (!) talk about Open Source Science. It was previously to have been about Astrophotography, but Matthew has decided to broaden it. He assures me that there will still be a lot of photography and Astrophysics in his talk! http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201609.html Note: This talk, that had been scheduled for October 2015, and had to be cancelled because of illness, has again had to be rescheduled for September. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [Portsmouth LUG] Help! Speaker(s) and or helpers/teachers needed for August.
On Monday 25 July 2016 19:37:34 Jeffrey Best wrote: > I have a talk, "A Whistle-stop Tour of jQuery and Node.JS", ready to > roll if you are desperate. It isn't very exciting. Thank you, Jeffrey. Yes, please. But how now do I publicise a talk you have already told everyone you think is dull???! ;-) It actually sounds to me very interesting - so could I have a short résumé to put on our website? And at least only Hants and Portsmouth LUGs have been told that in interesting subject is unexciting. ;-) You ask my husband - he thinks that everything we do is dull! The eye of the beholder springs to mind. I was taken once to a Test match at Edgbaston. I stuck it for an hour: an hour of being told to "ssshhh" every time I tried to find out what was happening. (I could see what was happening: nothing was happening. So why were people applauding?) I then crossed the road to the library at the Midlands Arts Centre and read some of the (interesting) books. So that is remote servers, a demonstration; and a talk on two useful Open Source Java related web resources. (See, I need that talk!) Any more offers, anyone? Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Help! Speaker(s) and or helpers/teachers needed for August.
Anyone? Our speaker having had to reschedule, we are left without a speaker for our next meeting. Whilst that gives us an especially good opportunity to offer help to newbies, and find solutions to members' problems, many people come largely for the talk. Then find enjoyment in the chat and help. One of our best ever meetings resulted from a large number of people coming to hear a popular talk that was cancelled at 11:30 the night before, so few people had seen that it had been cancelled. So If no-one volunteers to plug the speaker gap, please come anyway! We might have a marvellous meeting, but we need people to achieve that! We could do with those who need teaching, and those able to teach. Most of us come in both categories. Perhaps a few of us/you could just give short (under 5 minutes) demonstrations of something new, difficult or exciting. I would like to be helped with ssh-ing over the internet. To that end, I will try to sort out leaving my home network in a ssh-able state. I don't mind doing the ssh-ing publicly, as it were, if someone will volunteer to help. Anything else elementary that someone has a block over that could do with help?? Someone came to our last meeting expressly to have help installing Linux in a dual boot with Windows. Jack already had a Linux installation but wanted to replace it, and wanted help to make sure that he overwrote the correct thing and ended up with a fully bootable Windows/Linux dual boot. As so often, Aidan helped (with a bit of extra help from Paul), and I think that Jack went away happy. :-) Thanks to Aidan's explanation, I have for the first time a beginning of an understanding of the differences between Cinnamon and Mate. ;-) Those of you who like a particular Desktop Environment/Window Maker/Manager could tell us about it. I have just been looking up the differences in general, and it is fascinating! So come on, ideas and offers! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final reminder: July Portsmouth LUG meeting
I apologise for this announcement being late. The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be tomorrow, Saturday, 16th July, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. The tennis is over, so indulge yourself in some IT. :-) Andrew Wilkins will be talking about Open Source VPN with strongSwan Assure. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201607.html It will be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You may bring a box, not you must bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. We do ask that if people want large downloads (the whole of Debian, anyone?) they ask in advance and one of us will download the file or files and bring them in. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi P.S. Advance notice of the September meeting: Matthew Withers will be giving his delayed delayed (!) talk about Open Source Science. It was previously to have been about Astrophotography, but Matthew has decided to broaden it. He assures me that there will still be a lot of photography and Astrophysics in his talk! http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201609.html Note: This talk, that had been scheduled for October 2015, and had to be cancelled because of illness, has again had to be rescheduled for September. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] July Portsmouth LUG meeting
I apologise for this announcement being late. The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be next Saturday, 16th July, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. The tennis is over, so indulge yourself in some IT. :-) Andrew Wilkins will be talking about Open Source VPN with strongSwan Assure. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201607.html It will be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You may bring a box, not you must bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. We do ask that if people want large downloads (the whole of Debian, anyone?) they ask in advance and one of us will download the file or files and bring them in. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi P.S. Advance notice of the September meeting: Matthew Withers will be giving his delayed delayed (!) talk about Open Source Science. It was previously to have been about Astrophotography, but Matthew has decided to broaden it. He assures me that there will still be a lot of photography and Astrophysics in his talk! http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201609.html Note: This talk, that had been scheduled for October 2015, and had to be cancelled because of illness, has again had to be rescheduled for September. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG Past and Future Speakers
The last speaker, Prue Amner, sent me her slides on the Saturday she spoke to us, and I am very remiss in not having passed them on sooner. I cannot open them in Power Point to check what happens, because I have not got it, but they appear to open reasonably in Google slides and Impress. They are here: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201606.html , and I recommend that anyone who missed the talk should have a look. It was a most enjoyable trudge down memory lane for some of us, and a history lesson for the rest of us! This month, next week in fact, and I apologise, especially to Andrew, for not giving you more notice, Andrew Wilkins will talk to us on: Open Source VPN with strongSwan Assure http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201607.html Please turn out in droves to prove that you are all ready to leap to a meeting even if I am dilatory with the publicity. I don't want to feel that Andrew wasted his time on what will be a very interesting talk. Then, next month, we have Matthew Withers talking to us on Open Source Science. This is last October's postponed and rethemed talk. Matthew promises us that there will still be plenty of Astral Photography in among the Science. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201608.html Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG Meeting on Saturday, 18th June, from 13:00 to 18:00
The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be next Saturday, 18th June, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. You wouldn't miss an England match, and it doesn't sound like very good gardening weather, so come for some techie chat and a wallow in history or nostalgia – depending on your age! Prue Amner will be talking about the dawn of computing. (She gave up active programming and development in 1979!) We normally like things to be Unixy and Open Source. But the subject of Prue's talk, “The first interactive computer system to design real buildings”, antedates both. :-/ http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201606.html It will be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You may bring a box, not you must bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. We do ask that if people want large downloads (the whole of Debian, anyone?) they ask in advance and one of us will download the file or files and bring them in. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi P.S. Advance notice of July meeting: Andrew Wilkins will be talking on “Open Source VPN with strongSwan Assure”. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201607.html -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG Meeting on Saturday, 18th June, from 13:00 to 18:00
The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be next Saturday, 18th June, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. Prue Amner will be talking about the dawn of computing. (She gave up active programming and development in 1979!) We normally like things to be Unixy and Open Source. But the subject of Prue's talk, “The first interactive computer system to design real buildings”, antedates both. :-/ http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201606.html It will be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You may bring a box, not you must bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. We do ask that if people want large downloads (the whole of Debian, anyone?) they ask in advance and one of us will download the file or files and bring them in. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Bootable USB drives
On Tuesday 31 May 2016 12:12:52 Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote: > I am trying to replace an old failed Epos system which is no longer made > with a second hand pos PC. > > The new second hand PC had its disk wiped so I had to buy a copy of > Microsoft "PosReady2009" which is a version of XP for Epos and is still > supported. > > The new PC has no disk drive and so I have to install from a USB stick. > > After some time, I managed to create one from the "iso" image with > "rufus.exe" and installed the OS. However when powering it up and > expecting it to boot from the hard disk, I got a "disk error CTRL ALT > DEL to continue". I was able to run CHKDSK from the installation USB > which indicated that the drive was OK. > > The next step was to create a rescue disk and hopefully find the > problem. However after trying combinations of several different USB > drives, rescue disk images and drive creators (rufus windows, Unetbootin > and universal) I have not been able to create another bootable USB - all > also fail on another PC. The only successful USB was the first which was > in fact brand new and unused. I am not keen on experimenting with this. > > Any advice would be gratefully received. I have had this problem. I finally found that nuking a USB stick with GParted and then repartitioning it, still with GPatrted, and reformatting it, with GParted, with FAT32 worked. So far, at least. Then I could dd it (with Debian) or whatever (with less obliging distros ;-) ) and have a bootable USB stick. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final reminder: Portsmouth LUG meeting tomorrow, Saturday May 21st
The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be tomorrow, Saturday, 21st May, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. It will be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You *may* bring a box, not you *must* bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. We do ask that if people want large downloads (the whole of Debian, anyone?) they ask in advance and one of us will download the file or files and bring them in. Paul Tansom will give us a talk on “Installing Piwigo web gallery and Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates”. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201605.html I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG meeting on Saturday May 21st
The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be next Saturday, 21st May, from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. It will be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You *may* bring a box, not you *must* bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. We do ask that if people want large downloads (the whole of Debian, anyone?) they ask in advance and one of us will download the file or files and bring them in. Paul Tansom will give us a talk on “Installing Piwigo web gallery and Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates”. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201605.html I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Future Speakers
A trailer of what you can expect from Portsmouth Linux User Group over the next few months. You are all, of course, invited. We have some treats in store. Paul Tansom of Aptanet, our esteemed Webmaster and Listmaster, will tell us about Piwigo and SSL certificates. Prue Amner will be talking about the dawn of computing. (She gave up active programming and development in 1979!) We normally like things to be Unixy and Open Source. But the subject of Prue's talk, “The first interactive computer system to design real buildings”, antedates both. :-/ And Matt Withers, of the University of Portsmouth Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, will be giving us his delayed talk. He has changed the subject from “Astrophotography & FOSS” to a broader one, “Open Source Science”, though he says that "there will still be plenty of astro in there". http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html So we have May, June and August. Any offers for July?? Come on those of you who have said that you will talk - go firm on a date and give us an unprecedented four talks up at once!! A reminder that our next meeting will be from 13:00 to 18:00 on Saturday 21st May in the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG Meeting on Saturday 16th April at BOSSC
Hi, Art, On Friday 15 April 2016 09:32:02 Art wrote: > Once again my health does not permit me to attend tomorrow. I'm so sorry. :-( > To my mind > Ubuntu 10-10 was the best issue that I used for many years. The next > issue changed completely and has since continued to chase the dreaded > windows. I now have last years issue of Ubuntu but can only use it in a > limited way. How long will it take me to master it? The best solution for you would probably be Ubuntu MATE 15.10. Very user and accessibility friendly and very stable. When you say that you have "the last year's" which one do you mean?? > I still have some problems with windows 7 I would like to resolve. > > This website is now my only way to communicate with your team. This is actually a better way of contacting "my" team: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/portsmouth And this is our website: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/ But I think most of those who helped you actually read both lists. In particular, I think that Paul does, as I do. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG Meeting on Saturday 16th April at BOSSC
The next meeting of Portsmouth Linux User Group will be next Saturday, 16th April from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. It will be our usual Bring a Box meeting: bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is, at least partly, Open Source! And remember that Android has a Linux kernel. ;-) Or just bring yourself. You may bring a box, not: you must bring a box. If you are daunted by something you want to install, upgrade, try out or test, do your installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, at the meeting with all those helpful, knowledgeable, people round you. We do ask that if people want large downloads (the whole of Debian, anyone?) they ask in advance and one of us will download the file or files and bring them in. Paul Tansom will give us a short talk, and I am hoping that others of us will have something to say about things we have learnt this month. For example, I might tell everyone the lessons I have learnt about installing Debian Stable on cutting edge technology. (It helps to be pig-headed.) http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final Reminder - Portsmouth LUG Meeting on Saturday 19th March at BOSSC
We have our usual Bring a Box meeting from 13:00 to 18:00 on Saturday 19th March at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. Bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is Open Source! Jeffrey Best will be talking to us about "Developing a CouchDB Application Using CouchApp". http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201602.html If you have a problem you would like help with, let us know in advance so that we can try to have the right people/equipment/CDs there to help with the problem. We have now, of course, got our own good internet connection. You are being careful not to overuse it, which is appreciated. If you want a large download, please continue to ask us to download it in advance and bring it in. We always have a selection of distros available, but ask if you want something in particular, since we cannot have everything. But you could perhaps relax a little: do net-installs, upgrade etc. Last month someone had come in for help sorting out a messed up new installation. It was sorted out, but not fully. The presenting problem was sorted out, but his internet connections were not tested, and wi-fi and ethernet cards can be a problem. Ideally some extra software needed installing – and the whole thing needed updating. But the helper was worried about using bandwidth. Please feel free to use the internet connection in cases like that. I am keeping an eye on it, and will say if we need to reign in. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG Meeting on Saturday 19th March at BOSSC
We have our usual Bring a Box meeting from 13:00 to 18:00 on Saturday 19th March at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html You are all warmly invited. Bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is Open Source! Jeffrey Best will be talking to us about "Developing a CouchDB Application Using CouchApp". http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201602.html If you have a problem you would like help with, let us know in advance so that we can try to have the right people/equipment/CDs there to help with the problem. We have now, of course, got our own good internet connection. You are being careful not to overuse it, which is appreciated. If you want a large download, please continue to ask us to download it in advance and bring it in. We always have a selection of distros available, but ask if you want something in particular, since we cannot have everything. But you could perhaps relax a little: do net-installs, upgrade etc. Last month someone had come in for help sorting out a messed up new installation. It was sorted out, but not fully. The presenting problem was sorted out, but his internet connections were not tested, and wi-fi and ethernet cards can be a problem. Ideally some extra software needed installing – and the whole thing needed updating. But the helper was worried about using bandwidth. Please feel free to use the internet connection in cases like that. I am keeping an eye on it, and will say if we need to reign in. I look forward to seeing you all there. ;-) If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] DisplayPort to VGA adapter needed for PLUG Meeting on 19th March
On Saturday 27 February 2016 15:04:29 Ben Parsonage wrote: > This is a summary some aspects are intentionally wrong in order to > simplify, other areas may be incorrect due to my ignorance or poor memory. > This has been written all from memory with no sources if this information > is mission critical or you just don't like being wrong you should cross > check, look up format specs on the net or go to the library (the one in the > centre is quite good). I provide this information in good faith but accept > no responsibility for action taken due to it ;-) . Thank you very much. Most helpful. Not relevant - but I must ask: the library in the centre of what ;-) Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] DisplayPort to VGA adapter needed for PLUG Meeting on 19th March
Jeffrey Best will be talking to us about ""Developing a CouchDB Application Using CouchApp"?, about which more anon. But meanwhile, we have a connection problem. Jeffrey has a laptop with a DisplayPort port. He also owns an HDMI adapter for it. So we need to be able to adapt: ideally, DisplayPort to VGA for the projector; failing that HDMI to VGA, but I have an inbuilt unease about a -> b -> c adaptation. Too much to go wrong! So can anyone help with DisplayPort to VGA? And a backup of HDMI to VGA? It would help if solutions are known to work. Jeffrey himself has in fact got a DisplayPort to VGA adapter, but it doesn't work in practice. Jeffrey will bring his presentation on a USB stick in case , so could we be sure to have at least one laptop running LibreOffice Impress, with an ability to connect to VGA. All help and suggestions welcome. If DisplayPort is the future, this problem will arise again, so we need a solution. I was thinking of buying this for the group: http://www.amazon.co.uk/DisplayPort-Display-Adapter-Convertor-Macbook/dp/B017Q8OCSY/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1456556516&sr=8-16&keywords=DisplayPort+to+VGA+adapter until I saw this: "Didn't work on my set-up, but this due to DP/HDTV not the cord itself. I needed active adapter I eventually sussed." in the reviews. So: comments? Advice? Has anyone got an "active adapter"? If nothing else offers, I'll get two adapters - DisplayPort to VGA and HDMI to VGA and hope for the best! Lisi Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final Reminder - Portsmouth LUG meeting 20th February 2016 at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club
The next Portsmouth LUG meeting will be at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club on Saturday 20th February from 13:00 to 18:00. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Note that we now have a good Internet connection. It will be the usual bring a box meeting. Bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is Open Source! We also have a talk and a demonstration this time. Felicity Meadows will talk on: "Git: the content version manager". And young Master Taylor Collins will show us the robot arm, which he built using a kit from Maplin. It is connected to a Raspberry Pi and controlled using python and a Nintendo Wii-mote. It is used at times in a game to move marbles from one pot to another. Those who move enough marbles within a given time win a sweet. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html If you have a problem you would like help with, let us know in advance so that we can try to have the right people/equipment/CDs there to help with the problem. I look forward to seeing many of you there. If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Lift from Southampton to Portsmouth LUG meeting on Saturday
Is anyone coming from Southampton and could offer a lift? Thanks! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Help at next Portsmouth LUG meeting with Raspberry Pi display
I have had a plea for help at the next Portsmouth LUG meeting with a Raspberry Pi and display, in particular the "R-Pi 7" display, which I can't get to work at all! I spent much of the last weekend assembling/disassembling it, without seeing any sign of 'life'. I'm tempted to return it 'D.O.A.', but would appreciate advice from someone who's been here before." If you have a Raspberry Pi and/or a screen, and are thinking of coming, could you bring them and see whether you can help? Between us we should be able at least to ascertain whether the screen is DOA or Chris is doing the wrong thing! Someone did in fact have a screen with him recently, but I can't remember who. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG meeting 20th February 2016 at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club
The next Portsmouth LUG meeting will be at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club on Saturday 20th February from 13:00 to 18:00. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Note that we now have a good Internet connection. It will be the usual bring a box meeting. Bring your problems, bring your gadgets, come to chat or come to learn. Bring anything from a smartphone to a large desktop - so long as it is Open Source! We also have a talk and a demonstration this time. Felicity Meadows will talk on: "Git: the content version manager". And young Master Taylor Collins will show us the robot arm, which he built using a kit from Maplin. It is connected to a Raspberry Pi and controlled using python and a Nintendo Wii-mote. It is used at times in a game to move marbles from one pot to another. Those who move enough marbles within a given time win a sweet. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/index.html If you have a problem you would like help with, let us know in advance so that we can try to have the right people/equipment/CDs there to help with the problem. I look forward to seeing many of you there. If you haven't been before, don't be shy. We are a friendly group, and would love to see you. Come and see what we are about and what we look like. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Dr. Adam Trickett's talks
Some of you may remember that we have had three very good talks from Adam Trickett. Some of you were not lucky enough to catch them. Well, here is your chance to catch up with or review them. At last they are up on our website. Adam gave then to us a long time ago, but we had been unable to put them up. What is up now, is the slides as shown at the talk, followed by the same slides annotated with the text of the talk. They are: DAD - Desktop Adapted for Dad http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201211.html Digital Photography http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201410.html Introduction to Perl: The friendly programming language http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201502.html And the main page with all our recent talks: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/ Not all of the talks have slides. You will see that on Saturday February 20th Felicity Meadows will be talking to us about "Git: the content version manager". I hope to see many of you there. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Last and next Portsmouth LUG meetings
Our last meeting was a great success, with a most interesting talk from Gary Burton, to whom we are very grateful. For any of you who missed his talk, the slides are now available on line. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201601.html There was also much Linux chat and some problems were solved and help given. Our next meeting will be on Saturday February 20th from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoaks Sports and Social Club, Hilsea http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Felicity Meadows will talk on "Git: the content version manager". More anon. And Master Taylor Collins will give the talk and demonstration that he had hoped to give in December. He built a robotic arm from a kit from Maplin which he then connected to a Raspberry Pi and controlled using python and a Nintendo Wii-mote. I believe it can be used to move marbles from one pot to another. (Among other things, of course.) It is encouraging to note that the next generation (next but three?) is so engaged and interested. There will also be all the usual Linux chat, help and support. I look forward to seeing many of you there. As always, if you have a specific problem that you would like help with, or if you would like help installing a specific Linux Distro, please give us advance notice so that we can try to ensure that the relevant equipment/disks/people are available. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] FINAL REMINDER - PLUG meeting tomorrow, Saturday 16th February
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be tomorrow Saturday 16th February from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoaks Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html We have a talk this month by Gary Burton on "How to build a Supercomputer". http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201601.html I am still reeling from the idea of 3700 cores and 1 petabyte (almost) memory. >From Colossus to this *inside* my lifetime. The mind boggles. Mine does anyway. We shall also of course have our usual bring a box session. Bring a box, bring a problem, come to have help with anything from installation to glitch-solving. Come for Linux and Open Source chat. Come to help and be helped. Come to chat and come to proselytise. If you have a specific problem, that you know you will be bringing, it sometimes helps if you give prior notification. Then any equipment that would help in the solution can be brought in. And anyone who is particularly interested in that area, or specially able to help, and who was dithering, might decide to come. I would be grateful if anyone were able to bring any of the following equipment: * Extension leads, especially multi-socket, surge protected ones * Indoor cable protector(s) (anti-trip) * A powered External Optical Drive * A hard drive in a Zalman enclosure with some popular distros on it * CDs/DVDs, Live and/or Install for people to take away if they would prefer to install at home.. (Though I usually have some of these.) If a lift would be helpful, please ask, though it is getting late for arrangements. But still, try if you need one. Miracles are happening in my vicinity at the moment. Sadly, Paul is not well and will not be with us. I, for one, will miss him. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG meeting on Saturday 16th JANUARY
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be on Saturday 16th JANUARY from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoaks Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html We have a talk this month by Gary Burton, of Portsmouth University, on "How to build a Supercomputer". http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201601.html We shall also of course have our usual bring a box session. Bring a box, bring a problem, come to have help with anything from installation to glitch-solving. Come for Linux and Open Source chat. Come to help and be helped. Come to chat and come to proselytise. You are all cordially invited. If you have a specific problem, that you know you will be bringing, it sometimes helps if you give prior notification. Then any equipment that would help in the solution can be brought in. And anyone who is particularly interested in that area, or specially able to help, and who was dithering, might decide to come. If a lift would be helpful, please ask. We just may be able to help. No promises, from as far as that - but it is worth asking. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG meeting on Saturday 16th JANUARY
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be on Saturday 16th JANUARY from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoaks Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html We have a talk this month by Gary Burton on "How to build a Supercomputer". http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201601.html We shall also of course have our usual bring a box session. Bring a box, bring a problem, come to have help with anything from installation to glitch-solving. Come for Linux and Open Source chat. Come to help and be helped. Come to chat and come to proselytise. You are all cordially invited. If you have a specific problem, that you know you will be bringing, it sometimes helps if you give prior notification. Then any equipment that would help in the solution can be brought in. And anyone who is particularly interested in that area, or specially able to help, and who was dithering, might decide to come. If a lift would be helpful, please ask. We may be able to help. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG meeting on Saturday 16th February
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be on Saturday 16th February from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoaks Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html We have a talk this month by Gary Burton, of Portsmouth University, on "How to build a Supercomputer". http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201601.html We shall also of course have our usual bring a box session. Bring a box, bring a problem, come to have help with anything from installation to glitch-solving. Come for Linux and Open Source chat. Come to help and be helped. Come to chat and come to proselytise. You are all cordially invited. If you have a specific problem, that you know you will be bringing, it sometimes helps if you give prior notification. Then any equipment that would help in the solution can be brought in. And anyone who is particularly interested in that area, or specially able to help, and who was dithering, might decide to come. If a lift would be helpful, please ask. We just may be able to help. No promises, from as far as that - but it is worth asking. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth LUG meeting on Saturday 16th February
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be on Saturday 16th February from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoaks Sports and Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html We have a talk this month by Gary Burton on "How to build a Supercomputer". http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201601.html We shall also of course have our usual bring a box session. Bring a box, bring a problem, come to have help with anything from installation to glitch-solving. Come for Linux and Open Source chat. Come to help and be helped. Come to chat and come to proselytise. You are all cordially invited. If you have a specific problem, that you know you will be bringing, it sometimes helps if you give prior notification. Then any equipment that would help in the solution can be brought in. And anyone who is particularly interested in that area, or specially able to help, and who was dithering, might decide to come. If a lift would be helpful, please ask. We may be able to help. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Jessie upgrade question.
On Saturday 19 December 2015 04:00:44 Mike Burrows wrote: > PS If I wasn't in Alabama, I would bring the box tomorrow :) That would have been the ideal solution - especially now we have functioning broadband. Teleportation? ;-) Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Jessie upgrade question.
On Friday 18 December 2015 20:13:44 Mike Burrows wrote: > Hello Folks. > > I have just down what I think was a successful upgrade to jessie but > lsb_release -a is still reporting a squeeze system. What might I be > missing please? Did you go straight from Squeeze to Jessie? Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final reminder: PLUG meeting: Saturday 19th December: Pies, Pi's and Zero Cheer
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be held on Saturday 19th December from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. For more information on the venue see: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html And please note the slight edit the equipment requested. We shall have our annual Christmas "party". The theme will be Pies, Pi's and Zero cheer: there will be Mince pies, Raspberry Pi's (raspberry pies, anyone?) and at least one Raspberry Pi Zero; not to mention some Penguins (well, it is a PLUG meeting). So something for every level of geekdom. For more information on the meeting see: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201512.html Although we shall be christening our own, hopefully fully functioning, wi-fi, if anyone is wanting a large download, that could be pre-downloaded, it would help if he or she could ask for it in advance. One of us can then download and bring it in, one way or another. (CD, USB key, Zalman device.) If a lift would be helpful, please ask. I would be grateful if anyone were able to bring any of the following equipment: * Extension leads, especially multi-socket, surge protected ones * Indoor cable protector(s) (anti-trip) * A powered External Optical Drive * A hard drive in a Zalman enclosure with some popular distros on it * CDs/DVDs, Live and/or Install for people to take away if they would prefer to install at home.. (Though I usually have some of these.) VGA to HDMI adaptor (or do I mean vice-versa?) I look forward to seeing all of you for the last meeting of 2015. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [OT] Anyone got a large box?
Can anyone who is coming on Saturday let me have a large, reasonably strong (to withstand UPS carrier) cardboard box? A 12 bottle wine box is too small. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] PLUG meeting: Saturday 19th December: Pies, Pi's and Zero Cheer
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be held on Saturday 19th December from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. We shall have our annual Christmas "party". The theme will be Pies, Pi's and Zero cheer: there will be Mince pies, Raspberry Pi's (raspberry pies, anyone?) and at least one Raspberry Pi Zero; not to mention some Penguins (well, it is a PLUG meeting). So something for every level of geekdom. You are all warmly invited. For more information on the meeting see: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201512.html For more information on the venue see: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html If anyone is bringing a problem, wanting help with something, wanting to do an installation, please let us, or me, know in advance. I can then appeal for help and any necessary/useful equipment. Although we shall be christening our own, hopefully fully functioning, wi-fi, if anyone is wanting a large download, that could be pre-downloaded, it would help if he or she could ask for it in advance. One of us can then download and bring it in, one way or another. (CD, USB key, Zalman device.) If a lift would be helpful, please ask. I would be grateful if anyone were able to bring any of the following equipment: * Extension leads, especially multi-socket, surge protected ones * Indoor cable protector(s) (anti-trip) * A powered External Optical Drive * A hard drive in a Zalman enclosure with some popular distros on it * CDs/DVDs, Live and/or Install for people to take away if they would prefer to install at home.. (Though I usually have some of these.) I look forward to seeing all of you for the last meeting of 2015. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [Portsmouth LUG] Free ebooks (not pirated!)
On Monday 07 December 2015 01:51:16 Paul Tansom wrote: > Given the theme of our December meet, and the current book on offer, I > thought it worth mentioning that Packt Publishing currently have a free > ebook each day. I'm not sure how long it will continue, but it has been > going for a while now. Todays book (Monday 7th December) is Raspberry Pi > Cookbook for Python Programmers. > > They have had all sorts from BeagleBone Home Automation or through SE Linux > System Administration, to Building Minecraft Server Modifications or > Getting Started with NoSQL to Drupal 7 Cookbook or Wordpress Plugin > Development Cookbook. Although you may not want to know the ones you've > missed - maybe I should have posted earlier! > > https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] December Portsmouth LUG meeting - Pies, Pi's and Zero Cheer!
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be held on Saturday 19th December from 13:00 to 18:00 at the Broadoak Sports and Social Club.** We shall have our annual Christmas "party". The theme will be Pies, Pi's and Zero cheer: there will be Mince pies, Raspberry Pi's (raspberry pies, anyone?) and at least one Raspberry Pi Zero; not to mention some Penguins (well, it is a PLUG meeting). So something for every level of geekdom. I hope to have displays and talks on or about some or all of: Pac-man in lights created by Raspberry Pi, a robot or robot arm, controlled by Raspberry Pi, Christmas tree lights controlled by an Arduino and a collection of Pi's with associated hats. Anyone else with Pi delights (or even pie delights) please bring them along. Come and relax for a bit away from the frenetic preparations. If your spouse or children might object, bring your spouse and children too! Our age range so far is 6*-84. There is plenty of room either side to extend it!! Then there will, I hope, be the usual mutual help sessions. We have been doing well with solving problems, even painful new "features" introduced by some of our distros. (That was a "feature", Luke, not a bug or a problem :-/ ) We shall, Deo volente, insha'Allah, and with a following wind, have our own fast Internet connection. We are setting it up tomorrow. So installations, updates and demonstrations will be possible. Add-ons to Atom will even download and install before Christmas 2016. ;-) And there will be plenty of bandwidth and a large number of IP addresses available, so everyone should be able to connect, and at a decent speed. I look forward to seeing all of you for the last meeting of 2015. Lisi ** http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html * I need warning to bring games compendia! -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Linux friendly printer
On Sunday 22 November 2015 00:45:23 j...@osml.eu wrote: > I just purchased a Samsung M2830DW You can run it either wired via > USD/Ethernet or via Wifi. Meets you 600 DPI requirements. A local > office supply shop had one on sale with free next day delivery for $50 > USD and it works with Google Cloud Print, so it was a buy for me. > > It was a pain to set up Wifi, but once I got it on the wired network, > it was relatively straight forward to configure via a web interface. > > On 2015-11-21 12:48, Adam John Trickett wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My elder Epson ink-jet printer has become increasingly unstable > > (mechanical > > failure I'm sure). I'm looking for a laser printer to replace it. > > Requirements > > are: > > > > 1) Wired networked > > > > 2) 600dpi, I don't need to pay for higher, but it's okay if it's > > higher > > > > 3) Duplex would be nice but is not essential. > > > > 4) Must work with Linux > > > > 5) USB or parallel port okay but not essential if wired network is > > there. > > > > 6) Postscript nice but not essential if Linux (CPUS) driver works > > perfectly > > > > 7) Low volume printing - don't need heavy duty cycle but don't want > > toner to > > "go off" if unused for months at at time > > > > 8) Don't need a scanner function etc > > > > 9) A4 Only. > > > > Any suggestions? I've no brand loyalty. > > > > -- > > Adam Trickett > > Overton, HANTS, UK > > > > In a world without walls - who needs windows? > > -- anon I have used various Samsungs both for myself and for other people. They are very Linux friendly and have great support; once you get through to the second tier, that is - but I have the name and direct contact details of the current Linux chap and he is quite happy for me to pass them on. Most Just Work. My own ML-1510 is also proving very durable and is very cheap to run, having been very cheap to buy in the first place. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Final reminder: Portsmouth LUG November meeting
The next meeting of the Portsmouth LUG will be on Saturday, 21st November 2015 from 1:00 to 6:00 at the Broadoaks Social Club, Hilsea. For details of the venue and meeting please see here: http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html We have a speaker this month. Dr Jacek Kopecky, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing of the University of Portsmouth, will talk about the new Atom.io editor, of which he is one of the developers, being a contributor to Atom's vim-mode package. He will talk in particular about how it is open, and built on Web technologies, so it's quite easy to hack. He is using it on a Mac, but Atom also runs on Linux. Jack was an avid Linux user from 1995, until he switched to Mac in 2010; sometimes he still misses the configurability and openness of Linux. Moreover, he likes open source. This could be an opportunity to increase Jack's nostalgia for Linux to such an extent that he will start to use it again. ;-) There will also be an opportunity to install Linux for those who want it, but cannot manage the install themselves; to help each other out with our problems: in other words to spread the word. It is enjoyable just to have Linux and FLOSS chat. Come to help and be helped. Come to chat and come to proselytise. See you all on Saturday! Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
