Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem

s.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller > > > ------ > *From:* John C Nash > *To:* Pedro I. Sanchez > *Cc:* linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:57:07 AM > *Subject:* Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Th

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem

Gave this a try. It looks like the way I'll go, though a bit of a nuisance that it does not seem to get mbox (used by Tbird). Actually maildir seems to be a bit nicer in some respects, so I can probably live with having the backup in a different format from active files. Thanks to Pedro and all

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem

copy for offline use and it makes it a lot easier to archive > the messages if they are already locally available. > > Scott > > On 2012-10-09, at 2:59 PM, John C Nash wrote: > >> Twice this year I've lost some archived messages when moving files from an >>

[OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem

Twice this year I've lost some archived messages when moving files from an IMAP account to local files on Thunderbird. The problem appears to be that the IMAP server is slow to mark messages, and the "move" then deletes them before moving them. Since I discovered the problem in Feb, I've been ca

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] late delivery of oclug mail

OK thanks. That was the one. JN On 09/08/2012 09:15 AM, Dave O'Neill wrote: > If you mean the message about ARM development, it was caught in the spam > filter and > released this morning. > ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.

[OCLUG-Tech] late delivery of oclug mail

Eric may not be only afflicted by digest. I got a msg this morning (Sept 8) from Aug 28. JN ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] help switching over to Linux

from windows. and thanks to > everyone for > there input and help. its greatly appreciated for sure. > > Dale...a happy Linux camper > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM, John C Nash <mailto:nas...@uottawa.ca>> > wrote: > > I generally agree, but Dale i

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] help switching over to Linux

ty of using one of these Live CDs as > a starting point. > > regards, > eds > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:58 AM, John C Nash wrote: >> Looks like we have several folk interested. And we've already got an old >> hard drive to >> allow for an install withou

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Stress-testing a troublesome Windows 7 system with a Kubuntu LiveCD

Given that liveCD works, I think I'd spend the <$100 and get a USB backup disk. Then I'd write a script to find and appropriately save image files (and maybe later some of other types). Hardware seems to be OK, so it's likely some bug / corruption in Windows. For what it's worth, I have a progr

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] help switching over to Linux

Looks like we have several folk interested. And we've already got an old hard drive to allow for an install without having to mess with repartitioning Dale's. There are also several offers of liveCDs. So it is now a matter of logistics. This week for me may be awkward, but sometime in next 10 d

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] help switching over to Linux

Charles raises a good question. If you use any special applications, especially games or things like that, then it is more difficult to switch to Linux. If you are doing "ordinary" things: - email - web - simple office documents, including Word and Excel from other people as long as

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux in the Wild 2012

For info (taken from oclug.on.ca) > Date: July 15, 2012 at noon > Location: Strathcona Park Ottawa On 07/09/2012 07:29 PM, Rob Echlin wrote: > The Annual Linux in the Wild picnic will be held at Strathcona Park. > > Everyone is welcome. > It's always a good time. > > There will be pop for all

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Use of libreoffice to do high school work

In my statistics courses, graphs were kind of essential. While I agree with the sentiments of Bill's comment, statistics done with no graphs is generally a vegetarian steak dinner. The real messages are: - allow as much flexibility of tools to create material as possible - specify a format tha

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Use of libreoffice to do high school work

As a (former) prof at uOttawa, I tried very hard to allow students to use whatever they liked, but insisted that pdf be submitted. I also made sure the course website (actually we started before web sites, but ...) had info on how to create the required formats in several ways, always including

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] GUI for OCR

There is an option to "save_as" with xsane that does attempt OCR. I've not been much pleased with the results. Even the best open source stuff doesn't seem to be in the same league as the commercial (and expensive) stuff. Similarly, I've written a script that scans a document like a photocopier

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] email clients

nfc.ca (it's the username and pw bit that > seems to be difficult to set up separately). If it goes through, then > that is the approach I can use. > > JN > > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:38:19 -0400 > The Linux Doctor wrote: > >> On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 14:30 -0

[OCLUG-Tech] email clients

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with claws-mail or kmail. I've been using Thunderbird (on Ubuntu Lucid) but recently experiencing slowness and some glitches that have been losing files. (I'm not alone -- TBird claims they've "fixed" things. Not as far as I can see.) Claws looks nice, but

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] where are we going is the question, not where are we meeting was Re: AGM - discussing change

A minor note: the rather unofficial Ubuntu group celebrates releases at Atomic Rooster. It is a reasonable spot for a brunch get-together for a modest group. JN On 03/25/2012 11:57 AM, Jeff Moncrieff wrote: > I am not going to be attending as I just moved. To Vancouver so I am joining > vanlug

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

get tossed closer to 10:30pm-11pm unless special arrangements > are made. ;-) > > Andrew. > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:50 PM, John C Nash wrote: >> Complaints about parking and about not being able to access until 7 (so >> delay setting up), >> no projector (OCLUG doesn

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

Complaints about parking and about not being able to access until 7 (so delay setting up), no projector (OCLUG doesn't have one of their own), and then being tossed at 8:45. JN On 03/23/2012 04:51 PM, David O'Neill wrote: > > On Mar 23, 2012 11:18 AM, "Brenda J. Butler"

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

I think that we should be considering "online" options. I doubt (maybe this is personal bias) that it will be popular as a full-time alternative, but I support exploring the options and trying it out, as I can see how it could fill a void. JN On 03/22/2012 12:55 PM, Bill Strosberg wrote: > Furt

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

Thanks to at least 2 people who have offered to serve. That is encouraging. Locations: From a personal perspective, I support a central meeting location. However, I'll repeat my call for concrete suggestions (location, cost, amenities?). I don't think there's any opposition to the idea of anothe

[OCLUG-Tech] AGM discussion -- location of meetings

The two topics that seem to have generated most response relating to the future of OCLUG are - specialist vs generalist meeting topics - location of meetings The former is a perennial split, and there is likely no universal resolution, though it is possible -- and definitely part of current Bo

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

Location of meetings is always an issue for OCLUG. I personally would prefer more central choice. If folk have ideas, perhaps they could research them and either post or have ready for AGM discussion. A bit of history: - Lees Avenue -- good bus, some parking (?? how good), price (??), facil

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] spam lists on yahoo

Note the I did NOT subscribe. Someone else subscribed me. That is the issue. JN On 03/10/2012 12:38 PM, shawnhcorey wrote: > On 12-03-10 12:08 PM, John C Nash wrote: >> In the last year or so, and especially in last month, I've been "subscribed" >> to som

[OCLUG-Tech] spam lists on yahoo

In the last year or so, and especially in last month, I've been "subscribed" to some clearly fake yahoo groups. e.g., > Hello, > > I've added you to my skwft group at Yahoo! Groups, a free, > easy-to-use service. Yahoo! Groups makes it easy to send and receive > group messages, coordinate even

[OCLUG-Tech] Corrupt download of Thunderbird email messages

In case this affects others: This is to alert Mozilla Thunderbird users to a potential glitch that jumped up and bit me. I use T-bird as my email client in a way that is perhaps a bit different from other folk. My setup has IMAP accounts at uOttawa and gmail, with an outgoing smtp server at nc

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] No 'chances' tonight

Rob Echlin wrote: > Where is this new Royal Oak? > Rob > > > ------ > *From:* John C Nash > *To:* Rob Echlin > *Cc:* OCLUG- Lists > *Sent:* Thursday, March 1, 2012 4

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] No 'chances' tonight

New Royal Oak might be an improvement! JN On 12-03-01 04:54 PM, Rob Echlin wrote: > Chances R is closed in the evenings for renovations, for the next several > days. > We can discuss alternate spots in the meeting. > Board meeting for a few minutes after. > > Rob > > > -- > Rob Echlin, B. Eng.

[OCLUG-Tech] Yahoo "join" spam

Anyone else getting this sort of crap? I tried several months ago to get yahoo to act on their "abuse" policy, but they want you to join first! Sort of like having to pay so you don't have to pay something you didn't owe in the first place. As far as I know, I'm not a member of yahoo groups. I'

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] outreach help -- undeliverable

lay access denied Part 1.2 Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Outreach help From: John C Nash Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:41:11 -0500 To: Darcy Whyte I actually suspect problem is not computer but connection/setup to Rogers cable modem. Possibly new version of Thunderbird needs a tweak. My neighbour often

[OCLUG-Tech] Outreach help

As part of my efforts to widen the community, I've been setting folk up with Ubuntu for email and text processing etc. One of the people is my next-door neighbour, who I actually lent an old Compaq laptop with Lucid (10.04LTS). The payback is she looks after our condo unit for us when we are awa

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to determine the *usable* size of an SD card?

Can we have an answer to RD's question as to how to get the capacity info easily? I use df to find filesystem size, but my guess is that there is some function/command that will give the actual number of blocks. JN On 01/19/2012 03:10 PM, Singer X.J. Wang wrote: > Exactly.. :) as it should h

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Re: Linux jobs - Java is number one skill

longside experienced folk for a bit. Much quicker and more focussed than waiting for them to graduate. Moreover, along the way the organization can develop their own style or standards. JN On 12/16/2011 01:40 PM, Jean-François Bilodeau wrote: > On 16/12/2011 12:50 PM, John C Nash wrote: >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux jobs - Java is number one skill

Job ads reflect present perceived "needs". When I started university, there were hundreds of ads for geophysicists. I did chemistry and physics and computational stuff (there was no Computer Science yet). When I graduated, there were ads for computer skills, but geophysicists were first in the l

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] anyone local do really fine soldering?

It's been about 30 years, but I built, for example, the North Star FPU -- 6 * 10" S100 board with several hundred connections for high power Schottky chips. Used a fine iron, and some magnifying spectacles. And a steady hand. JN On 12/13/2011 04:40 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > just got my

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] handbrake

d.net/~stebbins/+archive/handbrake-releases > > Good luck. I hope you can get it working at your end. > > Peter > > -=-=-=- > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 14:13, John C Nash <mailto:nas...@uottawa.ca>> > wrote: > > Hmm. I wonder why I'm getting no acti

[OCLUG-Tech] handbrake?

Has anyone got any experience with handbrake dvd->mpeg package. I'm running Ubuntu Lucid and installed it, but could not get the "start" button to become active. There is some noise on forums about "start button greyed out" but I couldn't get a clear idea of what is wrong or what I should do. T

[OCLUG-Tech] Word and Text Processing -- second Leavitt Memorial Seminar

Apologies to those of you on both Linux and GOSLING lists for duplicates. This is to announce that OCLUG intends to run a second Leavitt Memorial Seminar. The proposed topic this time is FLOSS Word and Text Processing. The main emphasis is likely to be Open/Libre Office writer, with mention of A

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OT: NTSC tuner card

We discovered that our converter box (An Access HD from Walmart at $49+env fee + tax = $58) worked better than the ASTC decoder in the TV we have. It is able to tune more stations. So we now have a box for each TV. And yes, it outputs composite (on channel 3) or RGB. We also like that we can put

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [More than solved] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

One of the folk dancers turned out to have developed more than just the tool requested. SOmething that actually tries to do the formatting. I also put in Darcy's suggestion on a description, with the link to the dance formatter. All on http://macnash.telfer.uottawa.ca/playford/index.php/Dance_Ins

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

> There is probably a plugin where they could highlight text and mark it for > pre formatting. > > > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:01 PM, John C Nash <mailto:nas...@uottawa.ca>> > wrote: > > HTML is a 4 letter word for my users. And I try to avoid mix

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

wrote: > html pre? > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:19 PM, John C Nash <mailto:nas...@uottawa.ca>> > wrote: > > I have a wiki that has instructions for several hundreds of folk dances. > The simplest way > for

[OCLUG-Tech] web app for adding spaces to front of text lines?

I have a wiki that has instructions for several hundreds of folk dances. The simplest way for folk to put these in is as plain text, then use the "grey box" wiki feature to maintain a monospaced font, as it helps to give the A, B and C parts of the music and the bar counts for each figure -- a v

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] why does my new ASUS laptop not run the memory test?

I've an Asus laptop, but likely different from yours. I just tried the Crunchbang live (mine is on USB) and went to memtest and it fires right away. I wanted to see the presentation, as I believe most of these are essentially the same code. Do you have a different liveCD/liveDVD/liveUSB to try?

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Throwing a Linux Event for Students, would you like to attend?

> Jeffrey Dean Moncrieff > Moncrieff consulting IT > Vancouver/Ottawa > jeffrey.moncri...@yahoo.ca > > > > From: John C Nash > To: Carson Wilcox > Cc: li...@oclug.on.ca > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:08:24 AM > Subje

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Throwing a Linux Event for Students, would you like to attend?

I'm sure some of us can come. I'll be there for an hour or so -- unfortunately I am calling a dance that night in Kanata, so won't be able to stay full time. Best, John Nash (retired uOttawa prof.) On 09/19/2011 04:45 PM, Carson Wilcox wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Carson Wilcox and I am the

[OCLUG-Tech] Two graphics adapters and two monitors?

I recently bought a new desktop and chose to put in an extra graphics adapter so I could connect two VGA devices (the MB has 3 adapters, and can use VGA + either HDMI or DVI, but I have two older LCD monitors with only VGA). Playing with the BIOS, I've got the splash screen on both monitors, but

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

My first thought also was for GIMP, but I recall Mary and I used Open Office (I now use the Libre Office successor) with some success for an application like this, putting the image as a background. It may, of course, need some GIMPing first to suitably colour or fade the image by adjusting brig

[OCLUG-Tech] internet service in US

I have to spend about 5 weeks in Phoenix this winter. Does anyone have ideas on a good way to get Internet service in a place that doesn't have it installed (condo rental)? There should be a phone line there. Possibly cable, but neither in my name. It appears dialup is a possibility (sigh) at ab

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] tarball differences

ch compression started. MTIME = 0 means no time stamp is > available. > -- > > see: http://www.gzip.org/zlib/rfc-gzip.html#file-format > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:35 PM, John C Nash wrote: >> In preparing a backup script for my server, I wanted to tar a directory, >&g

[OCLUG-Tech] tarball differences

In preparing a backup script for my server, I wanted to tar a directory, e.g., tar czvf mydir.tar.gz /path-to-mydir/ and compare it with the "last" versions e.g., last/mydir.tar.gz Even when no changes made, if I do cmp mydir.tar.gz last/mydir.tar.gz I get mydir.tar.gz last/mydir.tar.gz

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] strange interaction of wireless

e so I'm tempted to say > it /may/ be a > hardware problem. > > J-F > > On 2011-07-21, at 14:00, John C Nash wrote: > >> I'm at a scientific workshop in Santa Barbara. >> >> One of the scientists had to get his machine replaced a couple of week

[OCLUG-Tech] strange interaction of wireless

I'm at a scientific workshop in Santa Barbara. One of the scientists had to get his machine replaced a couple of weeks ago. Quad processor Dell Latitude E6410 running Ubuntu 11.04. While at the hotel, he could run some fairly fancy statistical models that compile C++ (the tool is called AD Mode

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Simple web-based collaboration, project management: emphasis: small scope, simple

I've had some success with using a wiki (I like Dokuwiki as easy to set up. It needs no separate database support.) However, this doesn't have all the features you want, but does have the huge advantage of simplicity. I'm using it at the moment to keep track of Google summer of code work. JN O

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to start page numbering on a given page in OOo?

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Page_numbering#Example:_Restart_page_numbering:_a_preface On 06/30/2011 10:10 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm just about to dig into open office help but given that this is > time-critical, i'll toss

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] nice feature in "#!" not seemingly in Ubuntu or ....

I did install Thunar in Ubuntu, but it behaves differently there. I also tried some of the thunar add-ons that were in the repository, but these did not seem to change things. However, I admit I did not delve. I did note that in Ubuntu, an attempt to unmount drive gave an error msg "Cannot open

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Re: is there an "articulate" alternative for linux?

5:42 -0400 From: Prof. John C Nash Reply-To: nas...@uottawa.ca To: Robert P. J. Day What about Moodle.? Open Source, 40,000 sites, and I know the developers (in Perth Australia). Note that Moodle runs the Open U in UK (>200,000 students) It looks like Articulate is pushing the "pres

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] ok, so there's no july talk

Previous Board had considered moving Linux in the Wild to September, and having a regular monthly meeting in July due to serious problems getting a room for early Sept. We nearly cancelled Sept last year due to lack of venue. Members may wish to comment on this as a positive / negative change. J

[OCLUG-Tech] Leavitt Memorial Seminar planning (for June 25)

Some items we need to sort out for the upcoming seminar: 1) projector. The Library does not have one. Apparently there is a screen (Mike K will check, but if anyone has experience of the Emerald Plaza facilities, do let us know), but no projector. At the OCLUG meeting, Aaron suggested he may be

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Seeing ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions from 'doze ...

I've used Ext2IFS in the past. http://www.fs-driver.org/ Pro -- it really does work Con -- it really does work, giving access to Linux files ignoring permissions and owners! I eventually took it off my machines at uOttawa as I wanted to keep the security on my Linux systems that had dual boot i.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] any personal experience out there with hybrid SSD drives?

This might be exactly the type of topic for a meeting where we try to interest people from "business". JN On 05/05/2011 01:22 PM, R RENAUD wrote: > --- On Thu, 5/5/11, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > | I'm looking at picking up a seriously fast notebook > ... > | but i'm intrigued that this system

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] confusing room numbers on location page

Thanks for noting this. I'll ask if anyone knows which of the two we are in tonight and can post here and copy Roland R. Fortunately both rooms are in the T building. JN On 05/03/2011 05:09 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > just a note, on this page: > > http://oclug.on.ca/location/24/ > > t

[OCLUG-Tech] membership list

After much effort, we now have a list of just 43 members. 20 is the quorum, and they HAVE to be members. Anyone who did not yet confirm had better do so ASAP. Thanks to those who did respond. JN ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oc

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Slow DSL

Is it possible to check speed using a live CD or live USB of a different kernel, since that seems to be a concern? JN On 04/28/2011 11:05 AM, Shawn H Corey wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having problems with my DSL. Currently it's running below 20 KB/s > and it's suppose to max out at 300 KB/s. This

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ticket System

If you don't want to be hand-holding for 26 hours a day, you'll need to wrap whatever you use in a VERY VERY user-friendly front end. My experience of most of the ticket systems is that they are designed by and for geeks, who are a minority of the population. That's OK for source code tracking e

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] options for high-speed net in the market area?

National Capital Freenet (using Teksavvy DSL) is a community-based option some of us like and support. www.ncf.ca Best, JN On 02/27/2011 05:09 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > a couple of us are taking possession of a condo in the market area > 2nd week of april, and we will of course need h

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] anyone out there using a production publishing toolchain?

I recently completed a 313 page book using Latex. The learning cost is heavy, but the rewards are too. Latex is also used by a lot of technical / scientific publishers. I've a paper in process at the moment. Style sheet supplied. Bibliographic support is strong, but again needs learning. There

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Alsaplayer woes in Lucid now seemingly resolved

As some of you are aware, I've been concerned that some Lucid (Ubuntu 10.04) apps don't work correctly. alsaplayer was one of these. However, on Wed. I noted that there was a newer version of alsaplayer in that project's site. It built and ran fine on my ASUS UL30A. However, it did not build to

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Anyone want to install Debian 6 -Squeeze this weekend? Ottawa release party anyone?

Could we ask the Umi cafe folk if it's OK there? JN On 02/02/2011 12:31 AM, Lisa L wrote: > Hello all, thought some of us might be interested in this. ~Lisa > > > Forwarded conversation > Subject: Anyone want to install Debian 6 -Squeeze this weekend? Ottawa > release party anyone? > -

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Problem with the changing order of drives

In watching this thread, I'm reminded of the discussion at the Nov. meeting about some glitches in recent distros, particularly Ubuntu. I've been finding Mint Debian a friendlier choice since an attempt to put Ubuntu (I think 10.10, but may have been 10.04) on an Asus Eee 900 caused a lockup that

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] privoxy or similar tunnel?

choice? Best, JN On 12/27/2010 12:05 PM, Stephen Gregory wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 08:26:57PM -0500, Prof. John C Nash wrote: > >> I've a server in Canada and am thinking of trying privoxy or similar >> tunnel. Does anyone have experience or advice on use of privox

[OCLUG-Tech] privoxy or similar tunnel?

Hi, My wife wants to view some TVO transmissions over the Net while in the USA, but gets a message that she is in the USA and content is only for Canada. I've a server in Canada and am thinking of trying privoxy or similar tunnel. Does anyone have experience or advice on use of privoxy or simil

[OCLUG-Tech] Proposal for workshop series

Following the death of former OCLUG founding member Randal Leavitt, it was proposed with some enthusiasm that OCLUG consider how to do something in his memory. At the November Board meeting, the Board decided to initiate a series of workshops to be held at public venues such as Public Libraries

[OCLUG-Tech] Migration of Tux to new hardware

After consultation and discussion, the Board has codified the migration plan that is now on the (existing) Tux wiki at http://devel.oclug.on.ca/wiki/MigrationPlan For members, the main effect will be that we are implementing an Acceptable Use Policy once the new system is running. This will

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Linutop OS4.0 is available!

I'm passing this on for info. I've no opinion of its value/utility. JN Original Message Subject: Linutop OS4.0 is available! Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:11:13 +0100 (CET) From: Linutop Team Reply-To: Linutop Team To: i...@oclug.on.ca Hello, We are happy to announce Linutop O

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Need Presenter Information ASAP

The Board did discuss topic below at last exec meeting, but did not really make a decision. I had already suggested that for a WINE session it makes no sense to talk in generalities -- one needs to have a set of applications which are to be run BEFORE presenting or will get "Does it run XYZ?" q

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Need Presenter Information ASAP

Sending this again. We seem to still have moderation / mailing list problems. JN Original Message Subject: Fwd: Need Presenter Information ASAP Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:43:41 -0500 From: Prof. John C Nash Reply-To: nas...@uottawa.ca To: linux The Board did discuss topic

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Need Presenter Information ASAP

From: Prof. John C Nash Reply-To: nas...@uottawa.ca To: linux The Board did discuss topic below at last exec meeting, but did not really make a decision. I had already suggested that for a WINE session it makes no sense to talk in generalities -- one needs to have a set of applications which are

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux platform differences

For what it's worth, there's been a lot of traffic on the R-devel list in the past few months about Windows builds. They are done under cygwin with a kit of tools (Rtools) from Duncan Murdoch at UWO who is a longstanding colleague of mine. Very nice work, but also very fiddly if you stray from t

[OCLUG-Tech] Agenda for Oct 5

Dear OCLUG members: I've received a lot of conflicting advice on an agenda for tonight's meeting. There are 3 big items, and probably time for only 1.5, so I am going to take the Chairman's prerogative and set an agenda that I hope is a reasonable -- but inevitably unsatisfying -- compromise.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Can't change default application

On a closely related issue, I've used Gnome-Commander for some time and generally like it, but it really seems to be impossible to change the defaults for it (which are not the same as for Gnome! Go figure.) I'm now looking into emelfm2 which seems to have more active development, but is a bi

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: hp iPaq hx2410 for android/linux

One of my Telfer colleagues is interested in getting Linux on this device. Anyone know much about the issues. As he says, he needs wifi WPA2 enterprise. JN Original Message Subject:hp iPaq hx2410 for android/linux Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:06:54 -0400 From: James,

[OCLUG-Tech] Slightly silly

On a highly non-tech tangent, Loblaws is selling "Little Penguin" crackers on special until Sept 16. Essentially "fish" but in form of penguins. $1.49 per box. Thanks to Mary Nash for buying some to provide a little joy to the day. JN ___ Linux mailin

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] informing the masses of IPv6 [Was: Canadian domain registrar with IPv6 support]

-- Original Message > Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] informing the masses of IPv6 [Was: Canadian > domain registrar with IPv6 support] > From: Bart Trojanowski > Date: Mon, September 06, 2010 11:42 am > To: nas...@uottawa.ca > Cc: Michael Richardson, oclug politics > , oclug t

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] informing the masses of IPv6 [Was: Canadian domain registrar with IPv6 support]

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Prof. John C Nash wrote: >> On 09/06/2010 08:48 AM, Bart Trojanowski wrote: >>> Panic! Only 270-some days of IPv4 left! :P >> >> This may be worth pushing as an "event" for OCLUG and others (GOSLING?), say >> on the "onl

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Canadian domain registrar with IPv6 support

This may be worth pushing as an "event" for OCLUG and others (GOSLING?), say on the "only 6 months left" date. It is a political and managerial issue (Canada falling behind) as well as a technical issue. Perhaps we can get some interest to run a 1/2 day or 1 day overview at one of the univers

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Suggestions for stable hosting providers

Given that there are discussions about different service providers and there are concerns WHERE things are hosted: Dreamhost appears to be in California. Freelists says it is a service of Avenir Technologies. They are in Islamabad Pakistan. JN On 09/04/2010 12:28 PM, Brenda J. Butler wrote:

[OCLUG-Tech] NOTE: Change of venue for Sept meeting

So nobody goes to the wrong location, we're meeting at uOttawa in Desmarais 7170 on September 7 at 1900. Algonquin has not yet released rooms, and there was a danger of no room at all. See oclug.on.ca. JN ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.c

[OCLUG-Tech] 32MB PC100 SDRAM

I've a page in a book I'm writing that generates a 17.2MB file. And my printer has just 8MB, so things go a little amiss. May have to downsample the graphics. Does anyone have an old 100 pin SDRAM in 16 or 32 MB size? Or even 2 8MB strips. There are two open slots on my Laserjet 2200. On net

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

Thanks Dave. JN On 10-08-04 10:50 AM, Dave O'Neill wrote: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 07:34:13AM -0400, Dave O'Neill wrote: >> I've got the go-ahead to get OCLUG set up on Hosted CanIt. Someone in >> charge needs to fill out http://www.roaringpenguin.com/node/hostedform >> to get things rolling. >

[OCLUG-Tech] Bootable USB

This might be doable. I've managed with a 1G, but a 2G would be better if other materials to be supplied. A 1G ran out of space as a couple of packages were added. This is a bootable USB with private space that is persistent. Rather nice, but sometimes a bit slow. Perhaps we could set up a "w

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

Prof. John C Nash Reply-To: nas...@uottawa.ca User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100713 Thunderbird/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike , Lisa , Eric Brackenbury , R RENAUD , John Sebastien Taylor Subject: Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender C

[OCLUG-Tech] Linux in the Wild

Note that there is a sign-up list on the wiki -- this page is accessible from the main oclug.on.ca page. You need a login, but can create one if you need to. JN ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

[OCLUG-Tech] 10 June Brookstreet Hotel - Top Vendors giving open Technical Seminars and Demo'g New Products

This came to i...@oclug.on.ca JN Original Message Subject:10 June Brookstreet Hotel - Top Vendors giving open Technical Seminars and Demo'g New Products Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:12:44 -0700 From: Sally Bixby To: /Dear //Vic,/ / I know the timing is pretty s

[OCLUG-Tech] notes on persistent live USB

To follow up on my queries of a few days ago, here are my findings so far. Comments offline unless I've made egregious errors. I'm planning to put them on the wiki assuming no major issues. I used 1GB USB keys or a 1GB SD card in a USB carrier. 1) Getting persistent live USB. I found the Ubu

[OCLUG-Tech] persistent live usb

Following up on J-F's interesting presentation, I tried a Linux Mint live USB. This works fine. I also tried using usb-creator to make one that is persistent, but a test file saved in /home/mint is not being kept. Anyone had any experience with perstistent live USB? Seems like a nice idea. Thi

[OCLUG-Tech] 64 bit check -- Solved thanks

Several folk responded REALLY quickly. Thanks. 'file' seems to work just fine, and on top of this it works in Windows/Cygwin. JN ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

[OCLUG-Tech] 64 bit executable check

With a colleague I've been building some statistical tools for Lin and Win. We want 64 bit. Does anyone know of a quick check to see if a binary is 64 bit. I think there should be something like checkbin myfile that will return the type e.g., ELF 32, ELF 64 etc. Of course, we'd like to

[OCLUG-Tech] SHMConfig woes

I've a new Asus UL30 that is quite nicely running Ubuntu 9.10. (For info, Debian testing AMD64 crashed the wired ethernet -- rebooting in the Win7 even showed no adapter! Had to power down and restart. If anyone wants to try to sort this out to submit a bug report, contact me off list.) Howe

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