Re: [free-software-melb] MS Windows alternative

2014-04-08 Thread Chris Samuel
On Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:10:35 PM Sven@GMX wrote: Though in an early stage it's a great idea with huge potential. http://www.reactos.org/ Wow, I came across that 11 years ago! http://www.csamuel.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1067 :-) -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org

Re: [free-software-melb] [free-software-melb-announce] Reminder of Free Software Melbourne tomorrow evening (Thu 20 June)

2013-06-20 Thread Chris Samuel
On 20/06/13 16:09, Andrew Pam wrote: You saw that this was just a build error and MariaDB did not report it to Oracle before publicising it? Nope, not come across that, phew! Thanks.. -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC

Re: [free-software-melb] Discussion group this Thursday 18 April, 6pm - DRM in HTML 5

2013-04-17 Thread Chris Samuel
On 16/04/13 17:56, Ben Sturmfels wrote: Our monthly discussion group is on this Thursday 18 April. Look forward to seeing you there! I'm not going to be able to make it I'm afraid, too exhausted due to work and renovations.. :-( Have fun all! -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org

Re: [free-software-melb] Free software discussion group this Thurs 21 March

2013-03-19 Thread Chris Samuel
On 20/03/13 10:56, Adam Bolte wrote: That's a pretty old version of Pidgin though. According to the Pidgin FullChangeLog, 2.7.9 was released late 2010. Yeah, but he's stuck with RHEL6 as part of his employers SOE. :-/ cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne

[free-software-melb] Selfstarter - open source fund raising software

2012-11-07 Thread Chris Samuel
Hi folks, Interesting article on the Selfstarter fundraising software project which also touches on the Mediagoblin fundraising drive. https://lwn.net/Articles/522142/ cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC

Re: [free-software-melb] Free Software discussion group this Thursday 18 October

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Samuel
in for it. I'll be eating before the meeting so if anyone fancies meeting at Big Mama's Korean Restaurant around the corner from VPAC on Swanston Street at about 5:15pm (Metro Trains permitting) they'd be more than welcome. cheers! Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne

Re: [free-software-melb] Agitating for free firmware

2012-08-26 Thread Chris Samuel
-28 Aug 27 09:52:13 eris kernel: [ 15.411190] microcode: CPU1 updated to revision 0xa0b, date = 2010-09-28 I guess it's a grey area, they work without that, but may not work as well.. Some useful background: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http

Re: [free-software-melb] Next meeting: Thursday the 16th of August

2012-08-14 Thread Chris Samuel
://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/negotiations-2014-wipo-broadcasting-treaty-are-back -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http

Re: [free-software-melb] Supporting Restricted Boot statement

2012-07-20 Thread Chris Samuel
don't think buying such systems is a good idea. I think that's fairly reasonable. cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http

Re: [free-software-melb] Supporting Restricted Boot statement

2012-07-20 Thread Chris Samuel
administrator if you need assistance. Will report to their webmaster. -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin

[free-software-melb] Apple to block OS upgrade of old 64-bit Mac's to Mountain Lion

2012-07-11 Thread Chris Samuel
in the sand for some # older machines rather than invest the resources into updating the # drivers for these older GPUs. So some people will find that they won't be able to upgrade their Mac's to the new MacOSX and so may wish to experiment with alternatives rather than stick to the older OS. -- Chris

Re: [free-software-melb] [free-software-melb-announce] Next meeting: Thursday the 21st of June

2012-06-20 Thread Chris Samuel
the corner (Big Mama's) shortly after 5pm. cheers! Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [free-software-melb] CyanogenMod 7 on SGS2

2012-04-25 Thread Chris Samuel
#Google_Apps -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC This email may come with a PGP signature as a file. Do not panic. For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPGP signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[free-software-melb] ZaTab from ZaReason - a fully open Android tablet

2012-04-25 Thread Chris Samuel
. I would presume it doesn't ship with the Google Apps as they're not open. I've asked via Twitter if they plan on having F-Droid installed by default. Timely given the interest in free software Android devices! cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC

Re: [free-software-melb] ZaTab from ZaReason - a fully open Android tablet

2012-04-25 Thread Chris Samuel
On 26/04/12 11:53, Ben Finney wrote: Chris Samuel ch...@csamuel.org writes: Chris, are you ordering one? I get annoyed with online stores that insist I create an account in order merely to buy something, and ZaReason appears to be yet another one of those. No, only interested in a netbook

Re: [free-software-melb] CyanogenMod 7 on SGS2

2012-04-25 Thread Chris Samuel
On 26/04/12 12:58, Tim Cuthbertson wrote: Unless I'm missing something, that still seems to back up Matt's statement. Er, I was replying to Russell.. -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC ___ Free-software-melb mailing list

Re: [free-software-melb] ZaTab from ZaReason - a fully open Android tablet

2012-04-25 Thread Chris Samuel
On 26/04/12 13:16, Chris Samuel wrote: Yes, they have said to me that they chose the Allwinner A10 because it was the most open SoC they could find. I am not clear about the GPU driver Asked via Twitter, their response was: https://twitter.com/#!/ZaReasonNZ/status/195359671450742785

Re: [free-software-melb] android google apps

2012-04-23 Thread Chris Samuel
Mozilla approached them to ask about the lack of WebM progress (which seems to have died at Google), see here: https://lwn.net/Articles/487510/ cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC ___ Free-software-melb mailing

Re: [free-software-melb] Free Software Tablet

2012-03-20 Thread Chris Samuel
On 21/03/12 01:15, Russell Shaw wrote: How about the Spark tablet? Now called Vivaldi.. http://aseigo.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/spark-becomes-vivaldi.html Their website is: http://makeplaylive.com/ cheers! Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC

Re: [free-software-melb] Free Software Tablet

2012-03-20 Thread Chris Samuel
://twitter.com/#!/zareason/status/178287053665091584/photo/1 It's codenamed Huzzah. :-) cheers! Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au

Re: [free-software-melb] Microsoft requires Windows 8 logo systems to not boot unsigned OS's

2011-09-25 Thread Chris Samuel
, like VG Computing in Melbourne or ZAReason in the US. On another note, what have the white boxes or build it yourself? For other systems - it depends if it's Windows 8 logo certified or not. For build it your own you're probably OK. cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org

Re: [free-software-melb] Microsoft requires Windows 8 logo systems to not boot unsigned OS's

2011-09-25 Thread Chris Samuel
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:00:56 PM Dennis K wrote: Focusing on usability Umm, this wasn't about usability, this was about Microsoft working to prevent booting of anything other than Windows 8 on new consumer PC's. cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC

[free-software-melb] The GTA04 Phoenix - resurrecting OpenMoko ?

2011-08-19 Thread Chris Samuel
it booting into Debian and running LXDE. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KnJc7eImQ4 cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC This email may come with a PGP signature as a file. Do not panic. For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPGP signature.asc

Re: [free-software-melb] Next FSIG meeting: Thursday 17 March

2011-03-20 Thread Chris Samuel
on this previously. - Chris to contact Con Zymaris about Open Source Victoria (are they still active?) Ben's pointed out that OSV has been absorbed into OSIA, so I suspect this is now irrelevant. cheers! Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC This email may come