[SLUG] SLUG monthly meeting: 26 June 2010
Location Google Sydney - 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont Summary * Date: Friday June 28 * Start time: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: Main presentations with BOFs running in parallel * More information on the meeting format is at http://slug.org.au/meetingformat == RSVP at http://slug.eventbrite.com == First Half ===Main Talks=== ==Erik de Castro Lopo: Tor : The Onion Router== Tor is a security tool that allows people to access with internet with privacy and security. This presentation will describe how it works, how to set it up as a user, how to set up Firefox to use Tor, how to set up a Tor relay and how to help the Tor project. ==TBA== Second Half ===Main Talks=== ==TBA== ===BOFs=== ==Multimedia== ==OLPC Friends== ==SLUG: What Now?== James Polley will be leading a discussion on his ideas about the future of SLUG. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SLUG monthly meeting: 25 June 2010 [With correct dates this time]
My apologies, the correct date for the June SLUG meeting is Friday June 25th, 2010. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Harrison Conlin harris...@slug.org.au wrote: Location Google Sydney - 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont Summary * Date: Friday June 25 * Start time: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: Main presentations with BOFs running in parallel * More information on the meeting format is at http://slug.org.au/meetingformat == RSVP at http://slug.eventbrite.com == First Half ===Main Talks=== ==Erik de Castro Lopo: Tor : The Onion Router== Tor is a security tool that allows people to access with internet with privacy and security. This presentation will describe how it works, how to set it up as a user, how to set up Firefox to use Tor, how to set up a Tor relay and how to help the Tor project. ==TBA== Second Half ===Main Talks=== ==TBA== ===BOFs=== ==Multimedia== ==OLPC Friends== ==SLUG: What Now?== James Polley will be leading a discussion on his ideas about the future of SLUG. -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] SLUG Membership decline
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: PS. WHo is the treasurer now and can I organise to pay my subs online please? http://slug.org.au/contacts.html Neil Davenport treasu...@slug.org.au -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Tutorial Friday week
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Heracles herac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken Foskey wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 11:36 +1100, Heracles wrote: 1. Is this notebook good enough for the tutorial? How long is a piece of string. For Uni tutoring / lectures I favour weight versus performance. If we are talking about throwing graphics on a screen anything can do that. I have done full tutorials on a much worse system than that running adobe acrobat and it ran fine. I don't recommend acrobat, bet evince is faster so test it! If you are doing some intensive processing to highlight a feature or monitoring network traffic realtime on a heavy network then it will not hold up. Ta Ken Thanks Ken, But what I really meant was: Is it good/fast/etc.. enough for the specific tutorial on python programming being held at the SLUG meeting this month? Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkt96cQACgkQybPcBAs9CE98agCguEMQaibPOIOoZE/F1lpL2kdM FtIAoLJvzzWMIwm7S6QtqJ5Gi8qwA64r =881e -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html If you can run the test code on the wiki page then it should be fine. -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] nzb program
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Lee Isaacson lee.isaac...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, I am using Ubuntu 9.10 and I am looking for a program to download nzb files similar to grab it for windows. I have tried to install hellanzb but the file stays at 0. Do I need to look at another distro or is there another application that works better? I hope that someone can help me. Regards, Lee Sounds like a hellanzb configuration problem. I have installed it on multiple machines running 9.10 and it works great. -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] IE on Ubunto
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Chris Allen ch.al...@ozemail.com.au wrote: I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed and use Firefox for browsing the web. Every so often some one tells me You must look at this but this is coded for IE only. I am not inclined to buy another PC just to look at the occasional web site in IE Is there a simple solution (cheap) to this dilemma? Chris Allen Grab the latest copy of wine from http://www.winehq.org/download/ and follow the instructions at http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=versioniId=4195 -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] NTP Issues
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Kyle k...@attitia.com wrote: Hi Slug, Having a bit of an issue at the moment with NTP. Server has been running for nigh on 2-3 years now. NTP was always running and always perfect. Recently had a truck take out power lines in the street and no power for 3-4 hours. Server sits behind somewhat out-of-date, (but still has reserve power) UPS and was shut down in time cleanly. However, since then server loses time BIG time. Funny thing is, other server in same subnet (also NTP) keeps perfect time. Both running CentOS 5.x. Now, could be any number of issues, just looking for some guidance on where to start looking pls? Anyone got any ideas? I would start with changing the CMOS battery and seeing if that makes a difference. -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ActiveX in Virtualbox not working
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM, elliott-brennan m...@elliott-brennan.id.au wrote: However, each time I try to run the application I get a message that it cannot work because of a lack of ActiveX. Does anyone know if ActiveX works within VirtualBox or whether I'm better off trying out Vmware-Player or something similar? It shouldn't matter if its running native or in a VM. What browser are you using inside the VM? -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] netbook distro installation hell
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Michael Kiddmpk...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Hello All. A novice, I have tried yet another flavour of Linux to dual boot, but I lack the ability [even with Googling] to make any of them work on my eee1000H, the latest being Ubuntu Remix, and now I don't even have Windoze. I am fed up, I clearly lack the necessary intelligence, and ready to give it away, but I am willing to give it one last shot, and pay someone to install a working Linux OS for me if it is not too expensive. [including the 'My3 Mobile Broadband USB']. All I want is a working netbook. If anyone is able and willing, I am on the northern beaches but willing to travel. Many Kind Thanks in advance. [I hope!] I apologize if this posting causes a problem. Jim. jkr...@hotmail.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html If you come to the next SLUG meeting (this friday), I would be happy to help you out (I don't expect anything in return) and i'm sure many other people would be happy to help you out too :) -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Adding a user in Ubuntu 9.04
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Chris Allenchris.h.al...@gmail.com wrote: I have just upgrade my Ubuntu system from 8.19 to 9.04 and wan to add another user. When I select Users and Groups from the menu I see only 2 users, root and myself. There is a button to add users but it is greyed out and a I cannot select it. I thought I should be prompted for a password but not so. At command line I have tried $sudo users-admin After I enter the password I get this response ** (users-admin:6525): CRITICAL **: Unable to lookup session information for process '6525' The gui box still come up but I can't do any thing useful with it. Any advice? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html As a normal user try users-admin and then there should be a little unlock button (with a key) near close, try that. -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Using a VPS to get an Australia IP address desktop
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Gonzalo Servatgser...@gmail.com wrote: [..snip..] If that's all you need it for, wouldn't it be better/faster to set him up a proxy server on this end and have him point to the proxy when he wants to go on aussie auction sites? SSH tunneling comes to mind as a quick and easy option. -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] May SLUG Monthly Meeting: Friday, May 29 2009
Hello SLUGgers! We are in need of speaking talent for our SLUG meetings. Our next meeting is on May 29 (announcement below), but we don't yet have an In Depth talk. If you have something that you'd like to talk about, let us know. This goes for any meeting, not just for the next one. You can generally assume that our meetings are on the last Friday of each month (barring December). For more information on speaking at SLUG, please see these resources: * http://www.slug.org.au/cfp.html http://www.slug.org.au/cfp.html * http://www.slug.org.au/meetings/guide.html http://www.slug.org.au/meetings/guide.html Thanks! == May SLUG Monthly Meeting == You can read the full version of this announcement on the Web at http://slug.org.au/node/114 When: 18.30 - 20.30, Friday, 29 May, 2009 We start at 18.30 but we ask that people arrive 15 minutes early so we can all get into the building and start on time. Please do not arrive before 18.00, as it may hinder business activities for our host! Appropriate signage and directions will be posted on the building. Where: Atlassian[0], 173-185 Sussex Street, Sydney (corner of Sussex and Market Street) Entry is via the rear on Slip Street. There are stairs going down along the outside of building from Sussex St to near the entrance. A map of the area and directions can be found here[1]. = Talks = ** General Talk ** James Purser: Thinkubating, Or How Local Government Learnt To Love Plone Some time ago I was approached to put together a quick and easy to use collaboration platform. I examined the options and Plone filled all the requirements. In this talk I'll go through the reasons why and give a couple of examples of how I am using Plone to support Local Government. ** In-Depth Talk ** TBA ** SLUGlets ** General discussion and QA about Linux, free software and open source. = Meeting Schedule = See here[2] for an explanation of the segments. * 18.15: Open Doors * 18.30: Announcements, News, Introductions * 18.45: General Talk * 19.30: Intermission * 19.45: Split into two groups for: o In-Depth Talk o SLUGlets * 20.30: Dinner Dinner is at Golden Harbour Restaurant, in Chinatown. We will be having the $24 Banquet[3], but we will be collecting $25 per head for ease of accounting and to cover a tip. We will be taking numbers during the break to confirm the reservation size. If you have any particular dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian), or if you would prefer to order separately, let us know beforehand. Dinner is a great way to socialise and learn in a relaxed atmosphere :) We hope to see you there! [0] http://www.atlassian.com [1] http://tinyurl.com/35fxes [2] http://www.slug.org.au/meetings/meetingformat http://www.slug.org.au/meetings/meetingformat [3] http://www.goldenharbour.com.au/specials.html http://www.goldenharbour.com.au/specials.html -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] [Fwd: Re: Computers software for schools]
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:43 AM, lloyd l...@aapt.net.au wrote: Apart from Heracles, does anyone know who marketed Linux FOSS to the NSW Department of Education prior to this decision? While this doesn't answer your question, Sun Microsystems approached some of the vendors offering commercial support for OpenOffice. One vendor was interested and another declined. -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] upgrading Ubuntu with CDs to save bandwidth?
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Sonia Hamilton so...@snowfrog.net wrote: The only thing I can think of is that I was using the Live CDs - should I have used the Alternate CDs instead? Haven't tried it but http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/ should work with a dist-upgrade -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: turning off blog comments
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Outsource it. I now host mine on wordpress.com (for $free), they do all that boring stuff. About one spam comment every 2 months gets thru their filters. Or you can use the same software as wordpress.com uses, Akismet [1]. Last time I checked it comes with wordpress, all you need is a wordpress.com API key [2] which is free. [1] http://akismet.com/ [2] http://wordpress.com/api-keys/ -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Question on an update.
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 8:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been requested/advised to upgrade my OS from Feisty Fawn (which works and serves me well) to Hardy Heron. Of which I know 0. Since you are running Feisty you will need to upgrade to Gutsy and then to Hardy (if you were running Dapper you could go straight to Hardy) you can upgrade to Hardy from Feisty but that can get very very messy and I would not recommend it First follow the steps here, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades#head-bcde2981ccb8812c84887606459e2df030ef2c34 and then once that is done follow these steps, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades#head-e48a0e69b52e605383bbfc727322f8d0ce0f7d99 Has anybody had any experience with HH? Yes, I haven't found any major issues (have run it since Alpha 1 :P) Harrison -- Harrison Conlin gpg fingerprint = 5F32 C312 82C7 933D DD7B DBCC 60D8 40EA 3A16 1F13 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Ugly fonts in Hardy
On 3/10/08, Peter Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The easiest way, if you're not averse to it, is to install the gnome-contorol-center package, and run gnome-appearance-properties. That'll give you the appearance applet that Lindsay described. Failing that, the gconf keys you want are: /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/hinting - I assume this is the hinting one you've already found. /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/antialiasing - The smoothing section Lindsay described. My version of hardy provides more than enough documentation in gconf-editor about possible values. But if you're not seeing them, you need rgba for subpixel smoothing. Try using gconftool-2 its in the package gconf and then just run something like $ gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/antialiasing --type string rgba $ gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/hinting --type string none Hope that helps you. -- Harrison Conlin gpg fingerprint = 5F32 C312 82C7 933D DD7B DBCC 60D8 40EA 3A16 1F13 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7 Micro Laptop
On 2/22/08, Rick Welykochy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It runs some form of Linux, has no HDD, just 4 GB of flash. Sounds ideal for travel ... but perhaps the 7 screen is a bit too small. Ive owned one since Early January and I've never really found screen size to be an issue, was great when i was in Melbourne On 2/22/08, Martin Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Peter Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The screen resolution is 1024x600. All the doco says 800×480?? The I can confirm the screen resolution is 800x480 I brought mine to the last SLUG meeting and had many people poke at it and I will do the same this month (feel free to ask any questions about it and I will try my best to answer them) -- Harrison Conlin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] heuristics connecting to wireless networks, where only password known?
On 1/12/08, Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got Kismet setup, but if there's no n/w traffic, there's nothing to detect. I'm also playing with aircrack-ng wifi-radar to see if they help... What type of wireless card do you have? When using kismet and aircrack-ng you have to put your card into monitor mode, although if your using ndiswrapper you won't be able to. (forgot to press reply to all, oops :P) -- Harrison -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] phpBB and spam
Ahh welcome to the world of phpBB :D I would recommend Anti Bot Question [1] (which forces them to answer a question on sign up) and Visual Confirmation (CAPTCHA) [2] (which is an improved more random CAPTCHA) [1] http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=383305 [2] http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=495004 Good luck in defeating those spam bots :D On 12/31/07, Steven Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi people, I run a forum using phpBB and have it so new members must be approved by the admin, so as to stop porn spammers. This was perfect for the first couple of months, but now I get up to 20 membership applications a day that are just spam. I have to look through them to make sure there are no legitimate entries and this is becoming a major pain. Can anyone tell me how I could possibly stop the spam, I was even happy to stop applications and just add people myself, but it doesn't seem to be an option in the admin panel. I really don't know anything about phpBB other than how to set it up. Thanks Tuxta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Harrison -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
