--- Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 19 May 2005 11:03 pm, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> > Just wanted to send out a quick note, thanking everyone
> who showed up
> > for this evening's meeting. James Turner, as
> previously mentioned,
> > was on hand to give a wide-ranging talk ab
Just got this from Softpro. Good news is they will keep
operating, under new ownership. I use their mailorder a
fair amount.
jeff
--- Softpro Books <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: "Softpro Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Jeffry Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Hello, We Must Be Going
--- Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:06:02 -0400
> Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thursday 19 May 2005 11:03 pm, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
>
> Particularly enlightening was the GPL discussion. It's
> interesting
> how deeply the FUD manages to get into
--- Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 19 May 2005 11:03 pm, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> > Just wanted to send out a quick note, thanking everyone
> who showed up
> > for this evening's meeting. James Turner, as
> previously mentioned,
> > was on hand to give a wide-ranging talk abo
--- David J Berube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> While I'm thinking of Access and PostgreSQL, a quick
> note. I recently
> released one of my inhouse Access-to-PostgreSQL
> conversion tools under
> the GPL. Note, however, that Access and PostgreSQL have
> very different
> design me
--- Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Apr 18, 2005, at 17:45, Randy Edwards wrote:
>
> > IMHO, the worst aspect of them is the fact
> > that they're from Wal-Mart (insert disclaimer about
> union-busting,
> > hyper-exploitation of workers, etc., here).
>
> I'm somewhat surprise
--- Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Apr 17, 2005, at 17:16, Jeff Smith wrote:
>
> > it might be too easy - everyone does it,
> > then expects it to be robust
>
> Aye, there's the rub - one might not expect it to be
> scalable, but it
Not that it's a replacement, but a tool to help in
migrating stuff is mdbtools (http://mdbtools.sf.net). It's
a set of FLOSS tools to extract Access databases into other
db's. Unfortunately, it only deals with the DB, not all
the forms and reports. I admit I'm curious about base,
because Access,
--- Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There are probably plenty of use cases for mounting
> multiple file
> systems on the same mount point. For instance, suppose
> you have a
> mangled root file system, or even a read-only file system
> which
> prevents you from doing something you n
--- Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There are probably plenty of use cases for mounting
> multiple file
> systems on the same mount point. For instance, suppose
> you have a
> mangled root file system, or even a read-only file system
> which
> prevents you from doing something you no
Speaking of laptops (and starting an new topic), I've found
I can easily mod my Latitude C600 to accept a miniPCI
wireless care (specifically a Netgate 5004 a/b/g card). All
I need is the connector cable to the built-in antenna, Dell
Part #37THY. I've had no luck getting it from Dell (lots
of "wha
--- Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 12:29 -0500, Numberwhun wrote:
> > Hello! I am just curious if anyone here has had any
> experience with
> > using wireless cards with Linux? I have one of the
> Linksys pci cards
> > that holds one of the pcmcia wireless (802.11b) ca
thanks for the report (& post to Groklaw). Overall great
wrapup. Did you get to the other talks?
My comments below (IANAL, recognize you're just reporting,
etc) -
--- Bill Sconce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It's encouraging that these messages (all of the messages
> at this
> conferenc
I need some help! I have a debate going on about moving
Brookline Schools (primary education) from Windows to
Linux. Anyone have pointers/experience with primary
education software for Linux (I'll even settle for open
source that runs on Windows - but am shooting for linux).
Also, pointers to ca
My mail messed up first time - resend the contents:
--- Jeff Smith wrote:
> Figures. The ONE thursday I have a conflict (this month
> only) - oh well, I'll shoot for attending the April
> meeting. Below for more.
>
> --- Ken D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro
Figures. The ONE thursday I have a conflict (this month
only) - oh well, I'll shoot for attending the April
meeting. Below for more.
--- Ken D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [And this time, I'll even send it from an address the
> listserv knows.
> *sigh* Please excuse if you get a dupl
Don-t know if it's any relation (since I run custom
kernels), but 2.6.11 broke dell laptop keyboards - fixed
in 2.6.11.1 (patch on kernel.org).
jeff
(running 2.6.11.1 on a Dell laptop now - so whatever it was
was fixed).
--- Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 17:17
--- Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2005, at 6:41 AM, Jeff Smith wrote:
>
> > If anyone checks out the latest "Linux User &
> Developer" there's an
> > interview with our own maddog in there.
>
> Is that the British magazine
If anyone checks out the latest "Linux User & Developer"
there's an interview with our own maddog in there. One
interesting thing he talks about is the "total cost of
non-ownership" - how much does it cost you to not be able
to do things because you don't own the code. Example - the
code (proprie
--- Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 05:50 -0800, Jeff Smith wrote:
> > -- Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I connected a usb-storage device to my system. The
> kernel
> > > says:
> > >
-- Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I connected a usb-storage device to my system. The kernel
> says:
>
> Feb 26 22:15:46 localhost kernel: uba: device 2
> capacity nsec
> 240119808 bsize 512
> Feb 26 22:15:46 localhost kernel: uba: device 2
> capacity nse
I'll try and make it, let me know the time (or the usual
1800/1830?)
jeff
--- Ken D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Donald Leslie {74279} wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if we should have a social meeting
> tomorrow and maybe
> > discuss the future of the group .
>
> Well, I guess I should
Since (a) I haven't found the answer to the debian
question, and (b) I'm going to stay out of the "my distro's
better than your distro" war, I thought I'd introduce a new
question:
I'm looking for a reasonably portable scanner to go with
the rest of my mobile office (currently fits in two
comput
A quick debian search
(http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=eclipse&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all)
indicates eclipse is packaged for unstable, but not testing
(in contrib). A search on ubuntu linux
(http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/EclipsePackaging/view?
Congratulations.
jeff
--- David J Berube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> GNHLUG has a new chair - myself. More info soon.
>
> Take it easy,
>
> --
>
> David Berube
> Berube Consulting
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (603)-485-9622
> http://www.berubeconsulting.com/
>
>
>
--- "Kevin D. Clark"
wrote:
>
> Benjamin Scott writes:
>
> > Note that the action in question had nothing to do
> with Derek Martin's
> > bitching, but rather was due to an off-list issue with
> a party outside
> > GNGNHLUG
>
> Sorry, I don't recall hearing this before.
>
I don't remember
On 05 Jan 2005 10:13:10 -0500, Travis Roy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > Excellent - this is exactly the kind of thing I want to
> hear about. Can
> > you be more specific about which 3rd party packages
> were causing
> > problems?
>
> Flash, newer version of Firefox, mplayer, to name a few.
>
> >
Russ
Dave Lundy wrote:
Jeff Smith wrote:
> I recently bought a usbhdtv box
(http://www.usbhdtv.com/).
> According to them and the box I got Thu, it does both
> unecrypted QAM and the onair format. It connects to the
> computer via usb2.0.
>
> Be aware, I just received it (I a
And, for those looking to transfer mail between Outlook and
real e-mail, a utility I've used is libpst. Homepage is
at: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/libpst/
It's failed on a few .pst files, mainly ones that were bad
in the first place. Otherwise, I've had good luck moving
mail by exporting
Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I suggest heading on over to http://linux.dell.com/ --
> the home of all
> things Linux at Dell. The mailing lists, in particular,
> are full of
> knowledgeable people who use Linux on Dell stuff.
> Nothing specific to
> laptops at this time, I'm afr
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 08:57:16PM -0500, Bill Mullen
wrote:
>> Rather than setting up the Debian install as the default
option in
RH's
>> lilo.conf (as I had originally suggested), a more
prudent approach would
>> be to leave the de
Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I find this all very annoying, but what can I do? I
suppose I can close
> down all my accounts and sign up with a local bank --
only to see them
> bought out by Bank of America or another Really Hugh
Institution a year
> later.
Personally, I haven't used a bank in
Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I find this all very annoying, but what can I do? I
suppose I can close
> down all my accounts and sign up with a local bank --
only to see them
> bought out by Bank of America or another Really Hugh
Institution a year
> later.
Personally, I haven't used a bank i
Actually, they were attempting to quote from a report by
OSRM - the Open Source Risk Management folks who sell
indemnification for Linux. Of course, being MS, they got
it wrong. The study showed that there are 283 UNTESTED
patents IN THE US (only the US recognizes them) that could
be used to go a
Jon maddog Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>>wonder where they _did_ advertise it...
> Having worked for Digital's Marketing Group, I might
guess they put it at the
> Microsoft developer's site.
About on linuxformat magazine's
(http://www.linuxformat.co.uk) answer on electronic
publishing - they
David -
I missed the original question, so I don't know if you were
recommended these resources, but two I recommend are:
1. Linux for Dummies. The original was by our own maddog,
currently shown as by "Dee-Ann LeBlanc, Melanie Hoag, Evan
Blomquist".
2. A book I've seen but not read (so take thi
For those interested in Government use of Linux, Federal
Computer Week has an article about the Energy Department's
National Nuclear Security Administration funding a project
to support Linux tools:
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1025/web-speed-10-25-04.asp
Particularly relevant in light
May I add my support for MV? I never used their high-speed
DSL (too far from my place), but I found them among the few
ISPs who understood & weren't afraid of linux. Every time I
called, I got a real person, most of them extremely
knowledgeable. All were linux-aware and either could help
or would
that could be an interesting topic. Also, how do you do
music with open office (I assume OpenOffice.org)? I've
used xmms for my music, and done some playing with
roseguarden (when I started doing the sound system for my
church - amazing how you become the expert from nothing by
simply saying "I d
Sorry for interupting the political battles, but I need an
e-mail for Charlie (I'm lousy with names, forgotten his
last name, but he used to be a piano tuner). I found an
old piano yesterday in our barn, and need advice on how to
restore/preserve/move the thing.
jeff
Saw in the Nashua Telegraph (Business, 5 Aug edition) - HP
is going to sell a linux-based laptop. Even better, the
cost will be $60 LESS then the cost of a comparable Windows
laptop.
jeff
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I'm interested in both an HDTV card, as well as one that
works off of USB to go with my laptop, since I'll be
travelling so much now.
jeff
ps: the Zaurus is working great, OpenZaurus 3.3.6-pre1
(upgraded to gcc3). For anyone interested, the small
keyboard makes working with it easier (assumin
--- Jon maddog Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> To be clear, SCO does not own the trademark of Unixware.
> The Open Group owns both the trademarks "Unix" and
> "Unixware".
>
> Please see:
>
> http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix.html
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> md
thanks, my mistake. O
Fred -
SCO didn't buy out Caldera, SCO sold the name, Unixware and
Unix system V business (not necessarily the copyrights, etc
- that's a subject of several lawsuits) to Caldera, and SCO
changed their name to Tarantella. About the same time,
Ransom Love left Caldera, current admin came in, and
ev
A couple of quick things -
1) is there going to be wireless access at Martha's
tonight? I finally got mine going, and am playing with
it.
2) Any recommendations for a used PDA to turn into a
Linux PDA? Both hardware and where to buy. I've checked
out the handhelds.org site, but was looking
The SPARC 10 has found a new home in Montgomery.
jeff
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Originally sent to org list, bringing to wider
attention - what do you (GNHLUG) want done with an old
SPARC 10 that needs upgrades/repairs - should I bring
it back from Alabama (only if someone else will take
it over) or dispose of the GNHLUG SPARC here (no
profit to me - donation or recycle).
je
* getting the government to open source all
critical software?
Yes, the preference should be Open Source -
1. Allows all to compete equally (Only MS can produce
MS Office, IBM/Lotus Lotus Notes, etc)
2. Ensures citizen accountability of government
3. Ensures all citizens can access syste
On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 17:01:52 -0500, Randy Edwards
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> it), that at the time was not up to speed, but may
be
>> now: http://www.koha.org/
>
>I've done some work with this system, and once >
installed it into a
> public school's library in Mass. I'd term your info
> as
I'm actually alive in Alabama (and participating
sometimes in MALU - the Montgomery Area Linux Users
Group) when I'm not busy at school. Thought I'd wish
everyone a happy new year.
Also, so Rob's post about library stuff, I thought I
could chime in with some resource (open source library
manageme
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