Re: Ubuntu-au Obsolete? or needing a revamp?

[Blindraven]

I for one know that SLUG (Sydney Linux User Group) is very active, has
monthly meetings which are packed and a very active mailing list. They have
a monthly "SLUGlets" meeting where newbs get together and talk about newbie
material, and a lot of them are Ubuntu users.




On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Scott Evans wrote:

>  Thanks to all that have sent a reply thus far...
>
> I'm collecting the information to use as a guide to get the feel for what
> people want/expect/like/whatever! from ubuntu-au
>
> BTW I'm not saying that I want to take control over ubuntu-au! I just want
> to see it become a resource that we all can use and improve on...
>
> I also posted my email to my blog this is also incorporated into the
> ubuntu-au planet... my blog also sends out to twitter/identi.ca/facebookso 
> I'm trying to make a noise!
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Matrix Ubuntu

[Blindraven]

Very funny watch, stick through to the end for the Ubuntu easter egg :
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349

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Re: Thank you!

[Blindraven]

Welcome to Linux.
Please enjoy your stay :)



On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:18 PM, ... ...  wrote:

> To the demi-gods behind Ubuntu.
>
> Just to let you know, you have another Windows user converted. For years
> I've used Windows, struggling to keep an older version until it became
> obsolete, then wincing as my computer bent under the bloated coding of the
> new version. I was watching Vista getting closer and closer, wondering,
> 'Does it hurt to die? I'll find out soon enough.'
> Then... WHAM! My poor old hard drive gave out, and I was left aghast. That
> was half my life, right there. Gone. Dead.
> Ok, ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. But it was rather annoying. I
> fished out another hard drive (Which, curiously, turned out to have double
> the gigabytes of my last one), installed Ubuntu 8.04 and.
> Well, the first few minutes weren't so exciting. My graphics card was still
> playing up, so everything was (And still is) tinted a slight blue. The
> network was a pain to join, although not nearly as much as I expected, as I
> was joining a network with a Windows computer. I couldn't find a hardware
> manager anywhere, and it was a little bit dull. It looked a bit too much
> like a Windows clone. I amused myself by looking at the screensavers, of
> which I must compliment you on collecting so many awesome ones. (I'm
> currently using Galaxy, and can sit there for several minutes before wanting
> to keep doing what I was doing.)
> Then I got the network working, started the update, and realised just how
> great Linux is. Windows update takes 4 hours, takes 99% of your memory,
> resets your computer without warning, and you get a service pack about once
> every 2 years. Linux updates everything on the system, gets on with the job
> in the background, and leaves you alone.
> On top of that, everything is so... compatible. I was worried that (Being a
> less supported  O/S) I would have trouble installing drivers for everything,
> and even more trouble finding Linux-compatible commercial games. My fears
> were unfounded. I've been looking around and most of my favorites are
> already Linux compatible. And if they aren't? I just heard of an application
> called WINE, which apparently recreates Windows libraries under Linux
> coding, allowing Windows apps to run under Linux, including the Half Life
> series and the client, Steam! That's fantastic!
> And for any disbelieving Windows fans reading this, I must quote on of the
> gods of motoring, Jeremy Clarkson, after driving an electric sports car he
> actually liked.
>
>> 'Yes, this just in: It is snowing in hell!'
>>
> I'm really, really enjoying this. Open source, free, comes with a cute
> penguin mascot and a ton of free programs, from which I can pick and choose?
> Why does anyone buy anything else?
>
> One thing though. In your next release, include SuperTuxKart in the Games.
>
> SuperGeek
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Firewall Distributions, Questions.

[Blindraven]

# cross post /u-au/slug

I am looking to set up a hardware firewall using an old computer and a Linux
distribution and am curious about a few things.
To start with, I'll attempt a diagram to show you how my network is
currently set up.

My home network is set up like so :

   Modem/Router
  |
 _Switch_
 |   ||  |  |  |
   MBMF   FS   DT   U1   U2

*(MB) - Mythbuntu Back-end
*(MF) - Mythbuntu Frontend
*(FS) - Fileserver
*(DT) - Dedicated Torrent | Downloader
*(U1) User (me)
*(U2) User (wife)


I am assuming with 2 NICs in the old computer, you dump it between the
switch and the router and connect both the switch and modem/router to it.
So it would look something like

 Modem/Router
  |
NIC1
 Firewall
   NIC2
  |
 _Switch_
 |   ||  |  |  |
   MBMF   FS   DT   U1   U2


Based on my set-up, which of the following would you recommend and why?

pfSense, MoNoWaLL, Clark Connect. (Do you know any others?)

I understand policies could be configured for all of them to allow SSH etc,
but I'd like something that does not require me to mess with modules
extenively as I am not *tha*t technically savvy.
>From what I've read pfSense seems to be the go, but I wouldn't know why
exactly.

Smoothwall is out of the question due to its lacking NIC driver support.

Any suggestions greatly appreceated,
Harrison.




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Re: ubuntu installation

[Blindraven]

It will comes with everything you need to get started, and is extremely easy
to install.
Regarding Microsoft Word, Excell, PDF documents and the rest - Just get open
office.

You can obtain Open Office here - http://download.openoffice.org/other.html
Download the English .deb

For a simple .pdf viewer I'd go KPDF but it's a matter of preference really.

I used to use http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/overview.html to get myself
up and running but there is a  more up to date alternative called Ultimatix
(which I won't link) but a lot of elitists do not like as as it does thing's
in a way contrary to how they think things should be done. Even if it does
not really, except for vastly insignificant minority - do anything but save
you time and ease the transition process.

your call.

Have fun.


On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Amos Koh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi there ,
>
> I wished to switched from windows XP  to a linux OS.
> After some googleing , people said ubuntu is the most popular.
>
> the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition OS is just one disc.
> while many others , like Fedora , has 5 to 6 discs.
>
>
> my question is does this one single disc contain all the things i need
>  for the installation ?
>
> i need the normal stuffs like a browser , email , network connection
> read MS Words , Excel , etc  and PDF files.
>
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Re: Hardy Heron for the eeepc

[Blindraven]

Wow. that looks really nice.
I almost want an eeepc just to have it.

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:37 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> A Hardy Heron edition made especially for the eeepc is available for
> download from
>
> http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/
>
> Mirror: Internode
>
> Enjoy!
>
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Re: Slashdot-like aussie website

[Blindraven]

What about Questionable content?
Awesome series.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Sebastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> 2008/7/8 ishwor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:52:26 am Daniel Mons wrote:
> >> ishwor wrote:
> >> | On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:49:25 pm Daniel Mons wrote:
> >> |> Morgan Storey wrote:
> >> |> | I find www.overclockers.com.au 
> good
> >> |> | as well, it aggregates and has very active forums, but it is
> >> |> | everything, Linux, Windows, Mac, hardware.
> >> |>
> >> |> A beer to anyone who can guess my handle on OCAU! :)
> >> |>
> >> |> -Dan
> >> |
> >> | Oh and Danyell :) save the beer for another day. will ya? :)
> >>
> >> Sorry, that ain't me.  Guess again! :)
> >>
> >> Hint: I rant just as much there as I do here. :)
> >>
> >> -Dan
> >
> > woops! no idea then :)
> >
> > cheers
> >
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> I look at http://www.itwire.com and at http://www.heise-online.co.uk/
> or the German pendant www.heise.de both are not aussie but give good
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Re: How to install ubuntu server edition?

[Blindraven]

I don't think there is anything wrong with the question, I just think this
mailing list is generally a little bit more higher up on the technical food
chain for such and it's kind of expected that you'd have sorted all the
really trivial stuff out by yourself or on the forums/irc etc.

T.





On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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>
> Julius wrote:
> | Hey guys need help how to install ubuntu server edition?
>
> I'm not entirely sure how to respond to this seriously.
>
> Step 1) Download Ubuntu Server iso, burn to CDROM
>
> Step 2) Ensure your computer can boot from CDROM, and set BIOS to do so
>
> Step 3) Insert Ubuntu Server CDROM
>
> Step 4) Turn computer on
>
> Step 5) Follow plain english prompts.
>
> Did that really need explanation?  If you're stuck on a particular part
> of the install, perhaps giving detailed information about where you are
> stuck and what you need answered would help.
>
> There's also the official Ubuntu documentation, which details each step
> of the process.  Considering various individuals put a great deal of
> effort into writing it, you might want to put similar effort into
> reading it:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/index.html
>
> Also, you might get better responses emailing from a computer with a
> mail client and keyboard, rather than continually sending messages to
> the mailing list from your mobile device.
>
> Sorry if this seems a little narky, but these posts are getting a touch
> ridiculous.  There are plenty of people here willing to help you, if
> you're willing to first help yourself.
>
> - -Dan
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Retrieving old keys.

[Blindraven]

Hey!

I have installed Ubuntu on a new PC and am curious how to retrieve my old
keys.
They are uploaded at
http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=blindraven&op=vindex
The first 2 keys are the ones I'm after as they are the ones assigned to my
Launchpad.

I have forgotten which key was for email and which was for singing as well.

Tony.

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Re: On Bugs and Linux Quality

[Blindraven]

*shrug*

I agree fully with the op.

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Steve Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Null Ack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Linux needs to have less scatterbrain behaviour where half done things
> are
> > left and the chaos moves forward to the next semi complete feature. It
> needs
> > to consolidate and have a unified effort to really work on stability and
> bug
> > fixing.
> >
>
> The word "needs" needs to be banned.
>
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Re: eeePC

[Blindraven]

What about the Ipod touch?



On Jan 25, 2008 1:27 PM, martin fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:06:13 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Les Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> The eeePC screen res is 800x480, on a 7" screen. It's small, but that's
> >> the nature of this device - a portable computer that's even more
> >> portable than a laptop.
> >>
> >> Not long ago I heard a rumour (can't remember where) that there was
> >> going to be a model with a 10" screen, but that the idea was scrapped
> >> due to the extra power requirements which would reduce the battery life
> >> to an unacceptably low level.
> >
> > A 10 inch version has been announced by Asus. I would assume that being
> > larger, it can hold a bigger battery.
>
> The larger 10" version may not be that much larger in dimensions than the
> 7" version if they move the speakers and make better use of the
> potentially available screen space.
>
> Interestingly ASUS already have a 11" notebook in their product range
> although way more pricey.
>
> 4GB of flash disk space is just too small. I'll wait for the 10" version
> that should have at least double the disk space, even if it costs a couple
> hundred dollars more it'll be worth it.
>
> Are there any specs released on the new 10" version?
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Re: Another call to save the planet.ubuntu.org.au

[Blindraven]

>
> Fitting really


Turn it up.


On Jan 23, 2008 8:37 PM, James Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 20:27 +1100, Blindraven wrote:
> > I should blog about it somewhere else? then how do you explain the
> > anti-anti MS preach-a-thon on the blog in question?
> > Bit hypocritical don't ya think?
> >
> > It was on topic, the blog was raised, I viewed it, and shared my
> > seldom wanted opinion.
>
> Umm actually the only link that Melissa had in her initial email was a
> link to the planet, which, as an aggregator contains many articles.
> There was no specific link to her article about MS vs M$.
>
> > There ya go, problem solved.
> >
> > I don't see a problem here.
> >
> > Tony.
>
> Perhaps you were blinded by your rage then.
> >
> > When one burns ones bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.
>
> Fitting really.
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Re: Another call to save the planet.ubuntu.org.au

[Blindraven]

I should blog about it somewhere else? then how do you explain the anti-anti
MS preach-a-thon on the blog in question?
Bit hypocritical don't ya think?

It was on topic, the blog was raised, I viewed it, and shared my seldom
wanted opinion.

There ya go, problem solved.


I don't see a problem here.

Tony.

On Jan 23, 2008 8:04 PM, James Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 17:16 +1100, Blindraven wrote:
> > I just read over the blog. I loved the turtles but was then put off by
> > one of the rants about people who intentionally misspell M$. yes, I
> > said it, M$.
> > I've been using Linux since slack was born, and was forced to use
> > other sloppy *ixes and bashups beforehand. If I want to hate Microsoft
> > and call them names, I bloody well will. And I'm sure the hundreds of
> > thousands of other individuals who feel the same way will continue to
> > do so also.
> >
> > Its funny, in contrast to reading that statement (not sure who wrote
> > it) that lately not only ubuntu-au but a fair chunk of the sluggers
> > have been injecting this "Love thy neighbor" propaganda in to the
> > otherwise unsuspecting viewer. As if to somehow imply that " Playing
> > nice with Microsoft scores us cookies and maturity points" Well it
> > really doesn't. The only thing it does is tell us a thing or two about
> > what kind of person you were at school.
> >
> > Not all of us would act the same we if we dropped the soap, and I'm
> > getting tired of being told I should play nice with pigs.
> >
> > Sorry, where am I going with this?
> > That rant annoyed me. GAH.
> > *Breathe Tony, breathe*.
> Whoa, way to keep it on topic there.
>
> Seriously, this is about putting more blogs on planet.ubuntu-au, perhaps
> you should blog about your frustrations regarding Microsoft and those
> who prefer an approach that is slightly less zealot like. And then
> submit your blog to ubuntu-au for syndication through the planet :)
>
> There ya go, problem solved.
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Re: Another call to save the planet.ubuntu.org.au

[Blindraven]

I just read over the blog. I loved the turtles but was then put off by one
of the rants about people who intentionally misspell M$. yes, I said it, M$.
I've been using Linux since slack was born, and was forced to use other
sloppy *ixes and bashups beforehand. If I want to hate Microsoft and call
them names, I bloody well will. And I'm sure the hundreds of thousands of
other individuals who feel the same way will continue to do so also.

Its funny, in contrast to reading that statement (*not sure who wrote it*)
that lately not only ubuntu-au but a fair chunk of the sluggers have been
injecting this "Love thy neighbor" propaganda in to the otherwise
unsuspecting viewer. As if to somehow imply that "*Playing nice with
Microsoft scores us cookies and maturity points*" Well it really doesn't.
The only thing it does is tell us a thing or two about what kind of person
you were at school.

Not all of us would act the same we if we dropped the soap, and I'm getting
tired of being told I should play nice with pigs.

Sorry, where am I going with this?
That rant annoyed me. GAH.
*Breathe Tony, breathe*.





On Jan 20, 2008 1:59 AM, Melissa Draper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> It's been quite a while since the last call for blogs for Planet Ubuntu.
>
> In contrast to earth, Planet Ubuntu Australia is rather lacking
> population, and we'd love to get it some nice new inhabitants.
>
> Does anyone have a blog that they would like to be syndicated on
> planet.ubuntu.org.au. It need not be on the topic of ubuntu much -- but
> it would be good to at least lean towards the topic of general F/LOSS.
> Alternatively, if your blog is often updated with everything that
> happens in your life and you don't necessarily want it all syndicated,
> many blog software will have category feeds which we can use.
>
> Please email me with details including a link to your blog, your real
> name, and a nickname if you have one.
>
> --
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>
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Re: Ubuntu upgrades

[Blindraven]

I have 20 or so Cd's left if you would like one mailed to you.
Let me know off list.

On Jan 13, 2008 3:33 AM, Karl-Dieter Oelrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Please advise:
> Upgrades for e.g. from Ubuntu Vs7.04 to 7.10.
> Can they be downloaded from the net. If so how big are
> the files. Since I am not connected to the net (I got
> a temporary connection via a G3 phone)Lengthy
> downloads would be impractical at my present location.
> Thanks
> Karl
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Re: If you could ask Microsoft a question...

[Blindraven]

Its all speculation, and at this point I'm guessing, judging by the response
so far, that there is going to be a lot of people that have their say by
saying nothing at all, and by that i mean, simply not turning up and
supporting the cause.

I know I'm one of them.

On Jan 13, 2008 9:00 AM, martin fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:39:04 +1000, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > If they're prepared to come in good faith to talk about Open Source (and
> > yes
> > naysayers, they do have quite a bit to talk about!), then rock on. Pity
> > that
> > Sam won't be there -- hopefully someone else from their Open Source team
> > can
> > be, as opposed to the local non-tech randoms and product evangelists
> > usually
> > doing this kind of stuff.
>
> Are you admitting it well could be the latter representing Microsoft at
> the meeting? We don't know if they have come to talk about Open Source?
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Re: [Linux-aus] If you could ask Microsoft a question, what would it be?

[Blindraven]

Wow, Allowing M$ business and tech to be at a FLOSS event because you are
trying to be open minded and accepting.
I wonder if thats what Hitlers wife had to do.

If this is not selling out I don't know what is.
Feel free to flame while I feel free to /ignore.

Count me out.



On Jan 13, 2008 12:26 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008, Steve Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The same is occurring for LUV in February. Whilst I don't share the LUV
> > President's belief that "..we've won, man, it's game over", I do think
> > that it's interesting that they appear to have decided to hit two LUG's
> > with rep's willing to receive both pointy and (hopefully not very many)
> > pointless question within a short period of time.
>
> This is no victory by any stretch of the imagination. At best, it's the
> beginning of a thawing of relations, but I'm even sceptical of that. That
> does not mean that we should not try. Openness is our strength - we should
> be
> leveraging that more.
>
> Interesting (though not surprising) that LUV has been approached as well.
> Is
> there anything that SLUG and LUV can do to collaborate on this? LUV folk
> are
> free to post to and make use of our wiki page of questions:
> http://wiki.slug.org.au/microsoftquestions
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Reminder to "reply all".

[Blindraven]

Good evening ladies/gents, I trust were all sick of this confusing weather!!
(Sydney).

Just a heads up to everyone who has been replying to me  re: my Gentoo post,
and in general because it keeps occurring.  If you forget to hit reply all
you are sending emails directly to the person and not the list. The whole
purpose of the list is that everyone gets to read through, share their
opinions and people can kind of sift through stuff and hopefully find
something that is useful to them, I know I have on many occasions.

What actually led me to this email was the pure extensiveness and effort
that has gone in to the replies I have received. Not only do these people
miss out on the unsaid list credit of helping, others will miss out on the
help I was lucky enough to receive.

I'm ranting, in short.* Reply All.

*Hope you all have an excellent weekend.
Regards,
Tony.
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Gentoo anyone?

[Blindraven]

How much would it cost to hire someone, anyone, to come around and not only
install Gentoo, but take me through what you are doing etc? you know, teach
me the ropes?
(Before anyone gets carried away, I am perfectly aware of all the
documentation on the subject).

It would have to be while my other half is at work, which obviously narrows
this down to pretty much the [EMAIL PROTECTED] or the unemployed.
The weekends are not feasible either unfortunately.

Me? I'm in my mid twenties, been dabbling with Linux since Slackware came in
30 odd floppies. Never got in to Gentoo and I think I'm about ready to let
go of Ubuntu (or the safety wheels).
I'm actually starting to feel held back by Ubuntu. No, I do not want to get
in a 20 page discussion about it *grin*.
I'm going to go ahead and cross post this in the aus-loco/ubuntu list
because I know not everyone only uses (or is proficient) with Ubuntu.

Cheers guys, and happy new years to all.

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Re: Re Bigpond Ubuntu Repository: Fwd: [Ticket #63088] BigPond Download Problem

[Blindraven]

I was thinking the same.
Their excuse was a big fat cop-out.

On Jan 3, 2008 11:57 AM, William Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> David Whyte wrote:
> > FYI below is Bigpond's response to not having a mirror of the
> > multiverse packages.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Whytey
> >
> >
> > -- Forwarded message --
> > From: David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Jan 3, 2008 9:44 AM
> > Subject: [Ticket #63088] BigPond Download Problem
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > No, this is currently intentional, due to disk space and legal concerns.
> > We're still evaluating multiverse but currently have no plans to include
> > it.
> > [snip]
>
> Legal concerns? We don't accept non-redistributable content into
> multiverse. There are some things that might not be able to be sold, but
> as long as you're not selling it there are no legal issues with
> mirroring it. We have hundreds of mirrors - they don't have issues with
> it.
>
> Multiverse also isn't particularly large - less than 10% of the i386
> archive size, and many of those packages are only i386 or architecture:
> all, so it will be an even smaller percentage of the full archive.
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Re: Back up help

[Blindraven]

I concur, Mencoder is excellent.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mencoder_Introduction_Guide

On Dec 19, 2007 8:52 PM, Matthew Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi.  Currently I am in the process of burning my files onto blank dvd-r's
> as i will have a new computer arrive in the new year.  I have a set of
> videos that I dubbed from a miniDV tape using firewire and kino (you need to
> run kino in root to capture using firewire).  I have burnt the first disc,
> but I have another 12 GB to go.  I have 4 videos here.  2 of them are
> 1.8GB, 1 is 3.6GB and the other is 5.1GB.  I can only burn to single-layer
> dvds.  How can I fit these videos onto disc without compressing too much (I
> want to retain as much quality on it as possible)?  Thank you in advance.
>
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