Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to start ripping all my music CDs?

2013-03-25 Thread George Standish
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:16:28AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > given lots of disk space, my initial idea is to rip everything to FLAC > format, which is of course the least efficient but is lossless. for now, > i won't care about space efficiency, i can always convert to a different > for

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what are the "five myths about open source"?

2011-06-28 Thread George Standish
> On 11-06-28 08:25 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> >> a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most >> pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion, >> what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their >> brutal and savage debunking.

[OCLUG-Tech] PC-BSD in VBox?

2010-12-08 Thread George Standish
I picked up one of Dru's PC-BSD DVDs from the meeting the other night and tried installing it in VBox. The CD/DVD boots, but does not start the install. Has anyone had any success with this? I got an AMD64 disc, but have and AMD64 CPU which supports CPU virtualization and have successfully insta

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ottawa Release Party for Ubuntu 10.10

2010-09-26 Thread George Standish
Lisa, I'm sorry that wasn't clear (for next release I'll make this point clearly). It's purely a social event. In fact, Ubuntu releases are typically not until late afternoon (here in Eastern time zone) on day of release, so it is unlikely we will even have any ISO images burned of the final CD

[OCLUG-Tech] Ottawa Release Party for Ubuntu 10.10

2010-09-24 Thread George Standish
For anyone that is interested. We are having a breakfast-party (due to it being Canadian Thanksgiving weekend) for the release of Ubuntu 10.10 at the Atomic Rooster located at 303 Bank Street, on Sunday October 10th at 10:10AM. Link to Ubuntu Loco Directory event at http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/

[OCLUG-Tech] Ottawa Ubuntu Hour - Thursday 8PM The Exchange Pub (Rideau Center)

2010-09-08 Thread George Standish
If anyone is interested in discussing Ubuntu or Ubuntu related issues, please join me tomorrow (my regular Ubuntu-partner-in-crime is unavailable, I don't want to drink alone). Thursday 8PM at the Exchange Pub (Rideau Center) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour#Ontario or http://loco.ubuntu.com/event

[OCLUG-Tech] Michael Geist directly addresses Linux DVD issue in new Canadian copyright law!

2010-06-09 Thread George Standish
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5100/125/ ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

[OCLUG-Tech] New Copyright Bill C-32

2010-06-04 Thread George Standish
Late last night I posted a question to the Ubuntu-ca mailing list, asking if anyone could confirm or deny my suspicion that the new copyright law would be bad for linux and open source. CBC headlines like "Copyright bill would ban breaking digital locks", this sounds bad for DVD playback on linux

[OCLUG-Tech] Ubuntu Hour Thursday 8PM NEW Location

2010-05-12 Thread George Standish
For anyone interested, "Ubuntu Hour" Ottawa will meet tomorrow night (Thursday) 8PM at our new location The Parliament Pub, 101 Sparks St. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour#Ontario http://www.parliamentpub.com/ We would love to see some new faces in your new location :) George _

[OCLUG-Tech] Ubuntu 10.04LTS (Lucid Lynx) Release Party

2010-04-28 Thread George Standish
If anyone is interested in an Ubuntu Release Party (social gathering) here in Ottawa. Friday 8PM (April 30th) at The Royal Oak 318 Bank Street, Ottawa. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseParties/ConfirmedParties#Canada Hope to see you there, George __