[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Global Jam 2nd-4th March
Hi all, in a few weeks time there will be a focussed burst of activity on Ubuntu, in the form of the Global Jam, which is basically a weekend of various activities around the world encouraging people to contribute to Ubuntu in some way. You can read more about it here http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/1443/detail/ and various other places http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/07/ubuntu-global-jam-call-for-events-2/ http://mhall119.com/2012/02/a-new-way-to-jam/ I am not sure we have any real-world events going on in the UK (but feel free to organise one) however we could do some online activities, either via IRC or audio using mumble, or a google hangout or something. I am keen to go through and document and perhaps fix a bit once more the installation process with Orca, if anyone else has suggestions of things to do then speak now Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Using EEEPC as WiFi webcam
Hi all I have found a use for my old EEEPC with a 7 screen, 4GB SSD, 512MB and Celeron processor running lubuntu as a sort of WiFi webcam. Currently I put it in the window to watch the birds in the garden by running guvcview on it then accessing it from my PC using VNC and Remmina. This is not a bad solution as the wife can also access it using Tightvnc on her Windows 7 laptop. However, I am wondering if there are any more elegant solutions for sharing the webcam on one machine with other machines. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Global Jam 2nd-4th March
Alan said: keen to go through and document and perhaps fix a bit once more the installation process with Orca, if anyone else has suggestions of things does this have to do with what trisquel did with their distro? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using EEEPC as WiFi webcam
On 13 February 2012 18:58, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: Hi all I have found a use for my old EEEPC with a 7 screen, 4GB SSD, 512MB and Celeron processor running lubuntu as a sort of WiFi webcam. Currently I put it in the window to watch the birds in the garden by running guvcview on it then accessing it from my PC using VNC and Remmina. This is not a bad solution as the wife can also access it using Tightvnc on her Windows 7 laptop. However, I am wondering if there are any more elegant solutions for sharing the webcam on one machine with other machines. I use vlc to read from my camera and output an http stream which you can then access from any machine on the network, or in the world if you open the port on your router. Colin Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- gplus.to/clanlaw -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using EEEPC as WiFi webcam
On 13 February 2012 18:58, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: Hi all I have found a use for my old EEEPC with a 7 screen, 4GB SSD, 512MB and Celeron processor running lubuntu as a sort of WiFi webcam. Currently I put it in the window to watch the birds in the garden by running guvcview on it then accessing it from my PC using VNC and Remmina. This is not a bad solution as the wife can also access it using Tightvnc on her Windows 7 laptop. However, I am wondering if there are any more elegant solutions for sharing the webcam on one machine with other machines. Make it an actual *web* cam - i.e. put its capture images or video stream on a webpage, so then multiple people could view at once...? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using EEEPC as WiFi webcam
On 13/02/12 18:58, Tony Pursell wrote: However, I am wondering if there are any more elegant solutions for sharing the webcam on one machine with other machines. I use the Webcam package. With a config file cobbled together from bits I found online. http://popey.com/~alan/webcamrc.txt I have it set to archive locally every image, and only take a picture when the image changes by a certain amount. It also uploads the latest picture to my website. http://popey.com/webcam/ Sometimes I make a time lapse with the pictures using mencoder:- mencoder -ovc lavc -mf fps=25:type=jpg 'mf://*.jpg' -vf harddup -ofps 25 -noskip -o out.avi Cheers, -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Global Jam 2nd-4th March
On 13/02/12 09:45, Alan Bell wrote: if anyone else has suggestions of things to do then speak now Could be good to get everyone to just run through checkbox-unity on their machine running the latest Ubuntu 12.04 + Unity + Compiz. Even from a Live CD or USB key it could uncover bugs we haven't seen yet. I found 4 today, one duplicate and 3 new ones, just running through that test suite! It's super easy (if a little time consuming [especially if you find bugs]) but very rewarding to uncover and properly document these issues _before_ release. Cheers, -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
