Re: [LUAU] 12 hour power outage at UH...Mirror will be down 26 March 2013

2013-02-06 Thread Julian Yap
Awesome! Just a note that if you want to help contribute to make the actual web page more 'user friendly' perhaps for your favorite distro, the source code is on GitHub: https://github.com/jyap808/mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu_website Thanks, Julian On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Mike Gonsalves wrot

Re: [LUAU] A reflection on the state of the Linux desktop

2012-08-31 Thread Julian Yap
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Peter Besenbruch wrote: > On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:17:03 -1000 > Jeff Mings wrote: > >> Gnome 3 is not really ready for prime time. >> >> If you're using Ubuntu 12.04 and don't like Unity, go straight to Mate >> Desktop and don't waste your time playing with the oth

Re: [LUAU] HOSEF Mirror down?

2012-06-13 Thread Julian Yap
Hi All, The mirror is now at: http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/ Please update your bookmarks. The web site is something I quickly put up to make it more user friendly but feel free to fork it on GitHub to make improvements: https://github.com/jyap808/mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu_website I wasn't a part

Re: [LUAU] Colocation or plain old hosting

2012-06-02 Thread Julian Yap
It sounds like a virtual server is the only real option for you. For your needs, a local host who hosts things physically locally would always be more expensive. Hawaii just has higher fixed costs such as energy, property and bandwidth costs. Are you willing to pay a local premium for the same

Re: [LUAU] Precise Pangolin is looking good

2012-03-20 Thread Julian Yap
I've been a long time desktop Linux user but the recent Gnome3 and Unity has soured my hopes of the future. I still run Fedora 16 on of my work PCs but I switched it to Gnome 3 fallback mode (kind of like Gnome 2 but crappy). The argument with Linux is 'just install x desktop' but the problem i

Re: [LUAU] Favorite Linux backup programs?

2012-03-16 Thread Julian Yap
For my servers I use Safekeep. Safekeep is just a wrapper for Rdiffbackup. So you can roll your own with Rdiffbackup. - Julian From: Jason Axelson To: Hawaii Linux Enthusiasts Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 11:43 AM Subject: [LUAU] Favorite Linux backup pro

Re: [LUAU] Thread on merits of package backups

2011-11-28 Thread Julian Yap
For servers I usually backup /etc but that depends if the server has critical files that can't be replicated easily elsewhere. And for servers I usually have a base install which can be replicated easily.  So you can just document this part in the install and other generic things performed aft

[LUAU] Apache DoS vulnerability

2011-08-24 Thread Julian Yap
Here is an article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/24/devastating_apache_vuln/ Try running the proof of concept here: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51714 I ran it on some CentOS 5 and 6 (running httpd-2.2.15-5.el6.centos.x86_64) servers which reported no issues.  It ma

Re: [LUAU] ubuntu with python can't see multicast traffic

2011-05-19 Thread Julian Yap
Maybe the required Python libraries aren't installed on your Ubuntu 11.x machine? If it's a small script then try running all the module imports manually at the CLI to see if one fails. - Julian - Original Message - From: Brian Chee To: LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org Cc: Sent: W

Re: [LUAU] IP address on Cable

2011-03-04 Thread Julian Yap
--- On Thu, 3/3/11, Jon wrote: > However, I see most malware through compromised sites and ads, via the web > these days. > > I'll second Jon's suggestion of FireFox/NoScript for tech savvy folks. For > others, start with an ad blocker and Chrome if Win7/IE8 doesn't seem to be > doing the tric

Re: [LUAU] RSync help

2011-01-28 Thread Julian Yap
If in doubt, explicitly specify using SSH: rsync -avz -e ssh remoteuser@remotehost:/remote/dir /this/dir/ --- On Thu, 1/27/11, James Handsel wrote: > From: James Handsel > Subject: Re: [LUAU] RSync help > To: luau@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org > Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 11:40 PM > >

Re: [LUAU] Eek, major PHP remote exploit bug

2011-01-07 Thread Julian Yap
this bug > be exploited remotely on web > applications?  I filter ids to only expect integers... > is there an integer > equivalent that will trigger this bug? > > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Julian Yap > wrote: > > > This bug leads to a PHP/server

[LUAU] Eek, major PHP remote exploit bug

2011-01-06 Thread Julian Yap
This bug leads to a PHP/server hang. Bug: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53632 More discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2066084 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/04/weird_php_dos_vuln/ Looks to effect 32-bit systems running various 5.x versions of PHP. I was able to reproduce it.

Re: [LUAU] Using a 3rd party DNS providers effects routing from CDN's?

2011-01-01 Thread Julian Yap
t has address 96.17.8.24 .. Eek, using Akamai's servers directly! - Julian --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Julian Yap wrote: > From: Julian Yap > Subject: Using a 3rd party DNS providers effects routing from CDN's? > To: "LUAU" > Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 1:25 PM

[LUAU] Using a 3rd party DNS providers effects routing from CDN's?

2010-12-31 Thread Julian Yap
This is the first I've heard about this but apparently using a 3rd party DNS server like Google DNS can effect your routing for a CDN like Akamai. "CDNs like Akamai, which Apple works with to deliver iTunes downloads, use DNS lookup information to locate where users are, and then optimize conten

Re: [LUAU] RR SMTP should resolve with OpenDNS

2010-12-03 Thread Julian Yap
Yeah, all the outbound hawaii.rr.com mail flows through 4 mainland servers I use Google Public DNS at home: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/ The Hawaii.rr.com DNS servers are really bad and don't honor TTL's.  They just have very long caching and it varies depending on the DNS server you

Re: [LUAU] Job opportunity

2010-11-09 Thread Julian Yap
jobs for a real company that doesn't just hire and fire. It's kind of strange but I tend to get a lot of decent candidates via Craigslist.  Not so many through tech forums and lists. - Julian --- On Thu, 11/4/10, Julian Yap wrote: From: Julian Yap Subject: Job opportunity To: &q

[LUAU] Job opportunity

2010-11-04 Thread Julian Yap
This is an early email out to this list while I formalize some other job postings. We are looking for an engineer to join out Telco/VoIP department.  Must have experience with Linux.  Bonus points if you have:  - Understanding of SIP protocol and related network components (Proxy, SBC, User A

[LUAU] Fedora Beta 12 - Delta RPMs

2009-10-30 Thread Julian Yap
bject: Re: [LUAU] HOSEF mirror now has CentOS 5.4 and Fedora Beta 12 > To: "LUAU" > Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 11:42 AM > That's great! These mirrors are much > appreciated! Thanks! >   ----- Original Message - >   From: Julian Yap >   To: LUAU ;

[LUAU] HOSEF mirror now has CentOS 5.4 and Fedora Beta 12

2009-10-22 Thread Julian Yap
You can find the latest CentOS 5.4 ISO's on the HOSEF mirror here: http://mirror.hosef.org/centos/5.4/isos/ I also pulled down the latest Fedora Beta 12 DVD's: http://mirror.hosef.org/fedora/ Other items of note: - We are an official Debian mirror. - We are an official Archlinux mirror. - We a

[LUAU] AVCHD editing program

2009-07-21 Thread Julian Yap
I just bought a High Def camcorder (JVC model GZ-HM200A) to recording some life moments. I noticed compared to my standard point an shoot digital camera that it records to AVCHD format. Anyone recommend a good FOSS video editing program (which supports AVCHD) that they use? Thanks, Julian _

Re: [LUAU] traceroute missing on Ubuntu 8*

2009-07-01 Thread Julian Yap
--- On Tue, 6/30/09, R. Scott Belford wrote: > >  Ubuntu's built on Debian, and Debian is an extremely > stripped-down > > distro.  C Compiler? not included. Basic networking > utilities? not > > included.  Etcetera, etcetera. On Fedora, GCC isn't installed on a 'standard default' install. It's

Re: [LUAU] Open Source Pizza - Tuesday, January 20

2009-01-22 Thread Julian Yap
All, Scott has posted a video of his presentation here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/open-source-pizza --- On Mon, 1/19/09, Robert Green wrote: > From: Robert Green > Subject: Re: [LUAU] Open Source Pizza - Tuesday, January 20 > To: "LUAU" > Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 8:47 PM > Aloha,

Re: [LUAU] Something Linux Related

2008-07-04 Thread Julian Yap
One thing I liked about KDE3 was their version of Konsole (X terminal program). I had set up nice settings for it so it felt like Firefox with the tab shortcuts and a few other things like you could make different display settings for the title bar and the tab text. You could do this thing wher

Re: [LUAU] Fwd: Bad Random Number Generator

2008-05-21 Thread Julian Yap
Reading more, this is a pretty scary bug. Here is a link to the original security advisory: http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571 The detection tool was kinda tricky to figure out how to use so more info is here: http://wiki.debian.org/SSLkeys#head-45e521140d6b8f2a0f96a115a5fc616c4f1baf

Re: [LUAU] Ubuntu and grub menu

2008-05-11 Thread Julian Yap
Jim, The simplest option is to just comment out the Window 2000 menu item in /boot/grub/menu.lst file. eg. It would looks something like this (may vary slightly): title Windows 2000 rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 Change it to this: #title Windows 2000 #rootnoverify

[LUAU] Linux distros as anime characters

2008-04-17 Thread Julian Yap
So I was reading this Linux article when it had this image: http://hehe2.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/anime-linux-distros.png I found it was originally from: http://juzo-kun.deviantart.com/art/Linux-tan-Lineart-23093548 (click on Full View on the left of image) ... Which led to some wallpapers

[LUAU] Serving Apples: Integrating Mac OS X clients into a Fedora network

2008-01-20 Thread Julian Yap
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/01/17/serving-apples-integrating-mac-os-x-clients-into-a-fedora-network/ A tutorial on Directory Services using OpenLDAP in a typical scenario... This is why Active Directory dominates the market. - Julian ___ LUAU@

[LUAU] Recommended FOSS network backup tool

2007-11-01 Thread Julian Yap
Normally I use command line tools to do network backups. eg. rsync, mysqldump It works but it's time for a dedicated tool to remove the thought cycles. Also tools can have pretty graphs. Does anyone have any FOSS network backup tools that they swear by? Main requirements: - Simple to configur

Re: [LUAU] POSTFIX......

2007-10-20 Thread Julian Yap
For 3 domains, don't use MySQL unless you're using MySQL for other reasons as well. You don't need the added overhead of running a full database server. MySQL is just one of many backends. You can also just use local files. See also: http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html There's probably

[LUAU] Sonia's August Open Source Pizza talk now online

2007-09-23 Thread Julian Yap
http://www.hosef.org/wiki/Open_Source_Pizza_-_2007#August_2007 Direct links: http://www.hosef.org/media/audio/OpenSourcePizza-SoniaLeeGushi-20070821.mp3 http://www.hosef.org/media/audio/OpenSourcePizza-SoniaLeeGushi-20070821.ogg http://www.hosef.org/media/presentations/OpenSourcePizza-SoniaLeeGush

Re: [LUAU] Joyous Giving

2007-09-14 Thread Julian Yap
--- "R. Scott Belford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > KHON came out for a few pictures, and KITV did a marvelous > piece that > focused on precisely what we care most about - getting > computers into > the hands of those without. A few more reports are in the > works. For > now, enjoy this. (Ple

[LUAU] Eric Jeschke's audio and slides

2007-08-21 Thread Julian Yap
Eric Jeschke's audio and slides are now online: http://www.hosef.org/wiki/Open_Source_Pizza_-_2007#July_2007 Direct links: http://www.hosef.org/media/audio/OpenSourcePizza-EricJeschke-20070717.ogg http://www.hosef.org/media/presentations/OpenSourcePizza-EricJeschke-20070721.pdf A reminder that So

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, August 21st - Sonia Lee-Gushi from Blue Cliff, Inc.

2007-08-17 Thread Julian Yap
HOSEF is proud to present the following public lecture and presentation. Please join us. --==[ VistA - The Best Healthcare Anywhere ]==-- http://www.hosef.org/civicspace/opensourcepizza/august2007 http://www.cyberpizzahawaii.com Info: Tue, Aug 21 @ 5:50-7:30pm - University of Hawaii Manoa Campus

Re: [LUAU] so much for OpenBSD

2007-08-06 Thread Julian Yap
--- Jim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linux has the SElinux extensions which are now part of the 2.6 > kernel > series, though not enabled by default, when last I checked. SELinux is enabled by default (targeted policy) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora. In Fedora at least since ve

Re: [LUAU] Dealing with the Bleeding Edge

2007-07-13 Thread Julian Yap
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 22:22 -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote: > Julian Yap wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 16:38 -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote: > >> Fedora's desktop is a lot prettier, though. If > >> they would only use APT for RPM, I would be quite satisfied.

Re: [LUAU] Dealing with the Bleeding Edge

2007-07-12 Thread Julian Yap
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 16:38 -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote: > Fedora's desktop is a lot prettier, though. If > they would only use APT for RPM, I would be quite satisfied. ;) Would this work? :P $ yum info apt Loading "installonlyn" plugin Available Packages Name : apt Arch : i386 Version: 0.

Re: [LUAU] Aloha List Monitor

2007-07-12 Thread Julian Yap
I've made this change. For future reference, you can make changes to your LUAU subscription here: http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau Right at the bottom of the page are links to the LUAU admins, so you don't need to email the list. Thanks, Julian --- "HawaiiDakine.com" <[EMAI

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, July 17th - Eric Jeschke, Subaru Telescope, Hilo, HI

2007-07-12 Thread Julian Yap
HOSEF is proud to present the following public lecture and presentation. Please join us. --==[ Use of open source technologies at Subaru Telescope ]==-- http://www.hosef.org/civicspace/opensourcepizza/july2007 http://www.cyberpizzahawaii.com Info: Tue, July 17 @ 5:50-7:30pm - University of Hawai

Re: [LUAU] Google calendar?

2007-07-04 Thread Julian Yap
On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 14:45 -1000, Dave Burns wrote: > Next question - why aren't the Saturday McKinley events or computer guts > etc. on this calendar? Board meetings? Because HOSEF is currently a small volunteer organization. The number of people actively involved with organizing events can be

Re: [LUAU] Google calendar?

2007-07-03 Thread Julian Yap
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 16:16 -1000, J. David Beutel wrote: > Is there, by any chance, a public Google calendar of HOSEF events such > as Cyberpizza? I'd like to subscribe. > > Cheers, > 11011011 David, Subscribe to this URL in Google Calendar: webcal://www.hosef.org/civicspace/event/ical/all/al

[LUAU] Jim Thompson's recent talk. Slides and Audio.

2007-06-23 Thread Julian Yap
Nice to see so many attendees at last Tuesday's Open Source Pizza presentation. The slides and audio are now on the web: http://www.hosef.org/wiki/Open_Source_Pizza_-_2007#June_2007 We have speakers lined up for the next few months (July, August and September) but we're always on the look out for

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, June 19th - Jim Thompson, Netgate

2007-06-13 Thread Julian Yap
HOSEF is proud to present the following public lecture and presentation. Please join us. --==[ Linux in 2010 and beyond: The near-future of FOSS ]==-- http://www.hosef.org/civicspace/opensourcepizza/june2007 http://www.cyberpizzahawaii.com Info: Tue, June 19 @ 5:50-7:30pm - University of Hawaii

[LUAU] Fedora 7 i386 DVD on the HOSEF mirror

2007-06-01 Thread Julian Yap
FYI, Fedora 7 i386 DVD is now on HOSEF mirrors: http://mirrors.hosef.org/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/i386/iso/ For other arch's, try the torrents: http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ This month for Open Source Pizza, Jim Thompson will be speaking. Next month with have Eric Jeschke from the Big Islan

[LUAU] Price of freedom is a $50 saving

2007-05-25 Thread Julian Yap
Ars Technica reports that the Windows tax is approximately $50: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070525-windows-tax-is-50-according-to-dell-linux-pc-pricing.html Here's another report with some fairly comparative systems: http://www.cs.uml.edu/~ntuck/dellbuntu/ + you get the added benefit o

[LUAU] Project Indiana: Binary distro of OpenSolaris is coming...

2007-05-24 Thread Julian Yap
http://blogs.sun.com/aland/entry/svosug_project_indiana_get_the "Ian Murdock, Chief Operating Platform Strategist for Sun Microsystems, will be talking about and explaining Project Indiana. Project Indiana is a binary distribution of OpenSolaris which Ian plans to work on in an open environment, w

Re: [LUAU] Dell releasing pre-installed consumer Linux machines today

2007-05-24 Thread Julian Yap
--- Peter Besenbruch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julian Yap wrote: > > Here's the blog report: > > http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/24/15994.aspx > > > > There's a video with interviews with the Dell Linux team but > it > > come

[LUAU] Dell releasing pre-installed consumer Linux machines today

2007-05-24 Thread Julian Yap
Here's the blog report: http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/24/15994.aspx There's a video with interviews with the Dell Linux team but it comes down really slow. I've mirrored it here: http://hosef.org/media/video/dell_linux_20070524.ogg - Julian _

[LUAU] New utility for tickless kernel to help tune battery life

2007-05-22 Thread Julian Yap
Interesting new utility called PowerTOP: http://www.linuxpowertop.org "A typical Linux distribution has many components that wake the processor up frequently for no good reason. In our testing with PowerTOP, we have seen many cases where with some simple fixes, the battery life of typical laptops

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, May 14th - GotVoice

2007-05-15 Thread Julian Yap
HOSEF is proud to present the following public lecture and presentation. Please join us. --==[ Building a Large-scale VOIP Application with FOSS Tools ]==-- http://www.hosef.org/civicspace/opensourcepizza/may2007 http://www.cyberpizzahawaii.com Info: Tue, May 14 @ 5:45-8:30pm - University of Hawa

Re: [LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, April 17th - OahuTech

2007-04-08 Thread Julian Yap
--- Edward Haddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aloha, > How would I get there from Wahiawa? Do I need to validate > parking or > anything like that? Edward, Directions: on UH Campus take Dole turn north on East West Rd. – FIRST LEFT into unnamed access road to lot # 11 Mention to the guar

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, April 17th - OahuTech

2007-04-07 Thread Julian Yap
HOSEF is proud to present the following public lecture and presentation. Please join us. We are in the early stages of HOSEF's 2007 fundraising campaign. http://hosef.chipin.com/ http://hosef.org/civicspace/donate Please consider donating to HOSEF. Mahalo! --==[ Virtualization and XenSource ]==

Re: [LUAU] Debian script question and whale song

2007-04-03 Thread Julian Yap
--- Brian Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the problems are: > > 1. The script doesn't run at startup Can you run the script normally? ie. Executable permissions on the script are there. > 2. The script isn't restarting the audio. Because of the first issue? - Julian ___

Re: [LUAU] Dis N Dat

2007-03-31 Thread Julian Yap
Jaques, See below for some of my responses. On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 19:05 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: > On Mar 30, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Jacques L. Yerby wrote: > > Some questions: > > 1. You guys have been partial to Ubuntu in the past. What is/are > > the more > > popular easy to install distributi

Re: [LUAU] hosef MIRROR

2007-03-26 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 23:13 -1000, Vince Hoang wrote: > > > 2. Can we place the ISO snapshot of Current 7.* in > > > development on the mirror? They update it about every 2 > > > months. > > When the new hard disks are installed we should have more space, > so all I would need is an rsync target f

Re: [LUAU] hosef MIRROR

2007-03-25 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 16:24 -1000, HawaiiDakine.com wrote: > 1. Why is the size of the ISO file for free BSD 6.2 on the Hosef mirror > small compared with the ones I download from the FreeBSD site? > I would like to copy the disc1 and disc2 ISO's for the 6.2 RELEASE > version. I usually use the

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-23 Thread Julian Yap
--- Maddog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it's more of a supply and demand proposition. There > are not a lot of > software development companies here and worker demand is low, > therefore > employers can pay whatever workers will accept and workers > have to accept > what is offered or no

Re: [LUAU] hosef MIRROR

2007-03-21 Thread Julian Yap
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 18:13 -1000, HawaiiDakine.com wrote: > > Who maintains the hosef Mirror for us? Pretty much Vince Hoang. I help out occasionally on that side of things if things get wedged. > I would like to ask about an addition to the FreeBSD segment. Yep, that would be good, I agree.

Re: [LUAU] AMD 500 CPU

2007-03-21 Thread Julian Yap
Yeah, HOSEF has quite a few P3's pre-installed with Edubuntu 6.06LTS. There are some nice ones with SCSI disk drives that came in a whole batch... and P2's a plenty. All pre-installed and tested. Naturally you and install your favorite libre OS. McKinley Adult School is closed this coming Satu

Re: [LUAU] Ian Murdock’s Weblog » Joining Sun

2007-03-20 Thread Julian Yap
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 20:39 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: > Ian Murdock (the "Ian" in "Debian") has gone to work at Sun > Microsystems. I wonder if Sun has talked to Daniel Robbins of Gentoo recently. - Julian ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Julian Yap
Out of interests sake, this is what you get when you sort by the Cost of Living column. Top 10: CitySalary --- San Francisco $92,570 206 $ 44,937 San Jose$99,250 192 $ 51,693 Oakland $92,570 180 $ 51,428 San Diego

Re: [LUAU] Top 10 Best / Worst Cities For Software Developer Pay

2007-03-19 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 22:04 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: > Honolulu does not rank well on this: > > http://www.delatores.com/blog/default.aspx?id=14&t=Top-10-Best-Worst- > Cities-For-Software > > While Honolulu ranks fourth from the top in raw salary levels, when > adjusted for cost of living, H

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, March 20th - eHawaii.gov

2007-03-15 Thread Julian Yap
HOSEF is proud to present the following public lecture and presentation. Please join us. --==[ eHawaii.gov - Managing an Enterprise Network with Open Source Software ]==-- http://www.cyberpizzahawaii.com http://www.hosef.org/civicspace/opensourcepizza/march2007 Info: Mar 20 • Tue • 5:45-8:30pm •

[LUAU] Dell opens up Linux Survey - Take it!

2007-03-13 Thread Julian Yap
Dell is listening. Answering the 6 questions will to help Dell determine "how to best prioritize our resources for this effort". (Survey will be open March 13-March 23). http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey The Dell Inspiron 6000 pages on my web site have received over 10,000 page views. It's hard

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, February 20th - OpenOffice.org

2007-02-10 Thread Julian Yap
HOSEF is proud to present the following public lecture and presentation. Please join us. A reminder that Open Source Pizza is held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. --==[ OpenOffice.org: The Time is NOW! ]==-- http://www.cyberpizzahawaii.com http://www.hosef.org/civicspace/opensourcepizza/februar

[LUAU] Sun adds further comments to GPLv3 Solaris possibilities

2007-02-09 Thread Julian Yap
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6157761.html A GPLv3 Solaris kernel would be good news for the Free Software community as it would mean they could leave the Linux kernel (and the politics) where it vocally wants to stay at GPLv2. Schwarz on the other hand is a supporter of GPLv3: And regarding

Re: [LUAU] From the Star Bulletin

2007-02-01 Thread Julian Yap
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would like to maybe try to get our LUG up here to start > doing some of the > things I have been watching you all do for the past few years. Jon, are you from Hawaii? - Julian ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http:

[LUAU] PFOSSCON 2007 audio recordings are up

2007-01-29 Thread Julian Yap
In case you were not able to attend the event or would like a re-cap, audio for the conference is now online: http://www.hosef.org/wiki/PFOSSCON_2007_media Slides for the Dave Roberts and Barton George presentations should hopefully reach my Inbox this week. Scott Belford is working on the video.

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for Tuesday, January 16 - Moodle

2007-01-14 Thread Julian Yap
HOSEF is proud to present the following public lecture and presentation. Please join us. A reminder that PFOSSCON is next week (http://www.pfosscon.org). --==[ Moodle - A Free, Open Source Course Management System for Online Learning ]==-- http://www.cyberpizzahawaii.com http://www.hosef.org/civi

[LUAU] iPhone - closed as closed can be

2007-01-12 Thread Julian Yap
"We define everything that is on the phone," he said. "You don’t want your phone to be like a PC... These [iPhones] are devices that need to work, and you can’t do that if you load any software on them," he said. "That doesn’t mean there’s not going to be software to buy that you can load on them

Re: [LUAU] PFOSSCON 2007

2007-01-03 Thread Julian Yap
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 20:35 -1000, Matt Darnell wrote: > > > Please register now and join us on January 20, 2007 from 10-5. > > > > I recommend you post an agenda or schedule of events as not everyone can > > devote a full 7 hours on a weekend. > > I agree, an agenda would be very good. We should

[LUAU] Warren Togami - Cyberpizza talk on January 2, 2007, on the Fedora Project

2006-12-30 Thread Julian Yap
Warren will be speaking this coming Tuesday evening in a presentation organized through HOSEF. Unfortunately Warren wasn't able to extend his stay to be on island for PFOSSCON (http://www.pfosscon.org) so this is a rare chance to see him speak before he flies back to the mainland. --==[ The Fedor

[LUAU] Oracle Unbreakable Linux - 9000 downloads in first 30 days

2006-12-28 Thread Julian Yap
"Oracle Unbreakable Linux" was downloaded 9,000 times in the first 30 days, according to Oracle’s president Chuck Phillips: http://seekingalpha.com/article/22626 It could be argued that the first 30 days would mark the peak in interest for Oracle's rebranded Linux. Comparatively, Fedora Core 6 re

[LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSS friendly?

2006-12-25 Thread Julian Yap
Things are starting to get unwieldy and the amount of HD storage required for files which can be offloaded (namely music, photos) has increased to the point where I need to consider other storage options. Basically I want a cheap NAS (and that cheap to run, so not a PC). Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2

Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-22 Thread Julian Yap
On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 14:24 -1000, HawaiiDakine.com wrote: > Can anyone recommend a spam blocker, with a how to, that works? I was > told that Spam Assissin is good, but I tried it and it does not kill off > the spam and return it to sender. It does mark it as spam, but I could > do the same man

Re: [LUAU] Love of disagreements

2006-12-22 Thread Julian Yap
On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 23:45 -1000, Jimen Ching wrote: > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Jim Thompson wrote: > > Eben Moglen has participated in a great many technical discussions. > > Its part of his vocation (job) and avocation (the thing he loves). > > Do we have the same definition of technical? I'm talk

Re: [LUAU] s/hosef.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors.hosef.org/g

2006-12-16 Thread Julian Yap
On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 17:10 -1000, Vince Hoang wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:32:48AM -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: > > Personally, I'd rather have a Debian/Ubuntu .deb respository, a > > Fedora rpm repository, and a local CVSup tree for freebsd than > > a bunch of ISO images. (Does anyone instal

Re: [LUAU] s/hosef.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors.hosef.org/g

2006-12-16 Thread Julian Yap
On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 16:30 -1000, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: > Jim Thompson wrote: > > LUAU is HOSEF. HOSEF is LUAU. > > > Who said so? As of 2005, Hawaii has an estimated population of 1,275,194. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Hawaii We're far too small to have this kind bickering

[LUAU] PFOSSCON 2007 Registration

2006-12-16 Thread Julian Yap
PFOSSCON (Pacific Free and Open Source Conference) will be held during the day on Saturday January 20 at the University of Hawaii. Our currently confirmed speakers are: - Richard Stallman, founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation - Barton George, a member of Linux Strategy and Produc

Re: [LUAU] s/hosef.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors.hosef.org/g

2006-12-16 Thread Julian Yap
On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 09:08 -1000, Matt Darnell wrote: > > The ISOs for various releases have squeezed out most of the > > updates, so Julian is correct, only updates for the Debian and > > SuSE repositories are available. As the ISOs get larger, the SuSE > > repository will drop, and finally Debia

[LUAU] "YouTube is almost entirely written in Python"

2006-12-15 Thread Julian Yap
A recent post from Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-December/070323.html "And I just found out (after everyone else probably :-) that YouTube is almost entirely written in Python. (And now I can rub shoulders with the de

Re: [LUAU] s/hosef.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors.hosef.org/g

2006-12-14 Thread Julian Yap
On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 17:37 -1000, Dave Burns wrote: > On 12/14/06, Julian Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think we only have Suse and Debian update repositories from what I can > > tell. Vince, correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > What distribution do you u

Re: [LUAU] s/hosef.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors.hosef.org/g

2006-12-14 Thread Julian Yap
I think we only have Suse and Debian update repositories from what I can tell. Vince, correct me if I'm wrong. The Suse updates are here: http://mirrors.hosef.org/suse/i386/update/10.0/ What distribution do you use? Yep, there's no pages on the Wiki with instructions on how to set up the reposi

Re: [LUAU] the term "open source" is dead, says Eben Moglen

2006-11-24 Thread Julian Yap
On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 10:58 -1000, Jimen Ching wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Julian Yap wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 13:25 -1000, Jimen Ching wrote: > >> YOU don't NEED to care. A lot of people don't NEED to care. As long as > >> there are people who

Re: [LUAU] the term "open source" is dead, says Eben Moglen

2006-11-23 Thread Julian Yap
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 13:25 -1000, Jimen Ching wrote: > YOU don't NEED to care. A lot of people don't NEED to care. As long as > there are people who do care and are willing to fight for those rights. > You'll continue to enjoy the benefits. That's how it worked in the past. > That's how it's

Re: [LUAU] the term "open source" is dead, says Eben Moglen

2006-11-21 Thread Julian Yap
On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 18:16 -1000, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: > Jim Thompson wrote: > > The "term" Open Source was a marketing campaign, promulgated by Eric > > Raymond, > What's wrong with a marketing campaign? The more the merrier. > > If I can live comfortably on donations, I wouldn't mind

Re: [LUAU] further thoughts on Sun using the GPL for Java

2006-11-15 Thread Julian Yap
There's the 'Honolulu Coders', which is 'List for discussing both Honolulu Java Users Group and Honolulu Ruby Users group': http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/honolulu-coders/ The list activity has been very quiet since June or so. I tried earlier on in the year to contact the main co-ordinators

Re: [LUAU] Some newbie FreeBSD questions

2006-11-14 Thread Julian Yap
Thanks Vince. FreeBSD makes a lot more sense now. Yeah, I was running -RELEASE. It's a bit confusing when you run the pkg_add and you see it download a file Latest.tgz but I guess it makes sense how they do it to keep everything in a fixed/known state. ~ Julian _

Re: [LUAU] Dedicated Hosting

2006-11-13 Thread Julian Yap
If you want co-location, you can try LavaNet, located on Bishop St: http://lava.net/sales/server_colo Disclaimer: My employer --- luau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering what options there are in Hawaii for setting > up hosting services. > > Paul

[LUAU] Sun releases Java under the GPL

2006-11-13 Thread Julian Yap
http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/ I think it's great that Sun chose the GPL. Really impressive. Is 4Q meant to be 'big news' time in the tech industry? ~ Julian ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinf

Re: [LUAU] My experience with using Fedora Core 6 on a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook

2006-11-13 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 19:43 -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote: > >> The link doesn't work. > > > Try this one instead: > > http://julianyap.com/wiki/Fedora_Core_6_%22Zod%22_on_a_Dell_Inspiron_6000_notebook > > I went to the site and did a search for Fedora. I got a laptop from > rCubed with Fedora 5

Re: [LUAU] Groklaw's take on Microsoft-Novell alliance

2006-11-13 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 21:48 -1000, Michael Bishop wrote: > Very good article on the Microsoft-Novell alliance. Warrent Togami has > some good points... > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061103073628401 On a related note, this is a good speech by Richard Stallman on 'The Dangers of S

Re: [LUAU] My experience with using Fedora Core 6 on a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook

2006-11-12 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 18:01 -1000, Julian Yap wrote: > On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 17:49 -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote: > > Julian Yap wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > A quick search found few notebook write ups about FC6 so I though I'd > >

Re: [LUAU] My experience with using Fedora Core 6 on a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook

2006-11-12 Thread Julian Yap
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 17:49 -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote: > Julian Yap wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A quick search found few notebook write ups about FC6 so I though I'd > > post my review. > > > > Link: > > http://julianyap.com/wiki/Fedora_Core

[LUAU] My experience with using Fedora Core 6 on a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook

2006-11-12 Thread Julian Yap
Hi all, A quick search found few notebook write ups about FC6 so I though I'd post my review. Link: http://julianyap.com/wiki/Fedora_Core_6_"Zod"_on_a_Dell_Inspiron_6000_notebook Overall I am more that satisfied with Fedora Core 6 on my notebook. Previously I ran and used (not just installed for

[LUAU] Some newbie FreeBSD questions

2006-11-11 Thread Julian Yap
Hi all, I'm doing some reading/research to check out FreeBSD. I have installed on a virtual machine. Just have some questions for the experts on LUAU. Why is it that when I initially add a package using 'pkg_add' it doesn't grab the latest version for that package? For example, I installed fir

[LUAU] Search for LUAU

2006-11-09 Thread Julian Yap
I have successfully submitted the LUAU mailing list to The Mail Archive. "The Mail Archive provides a simple service - keeping searchable archives of public internet mailing lists." You can reach the search page directly at this URL: http://www.mail-archive.com/luau@lists.hosef.org/ Originally I

Re: [LUAU] Setup Hawaiian TelCom DSL modem from Linux

2006-10-28 Thread Julian Yap
I'm not sure if the CD for HawTel requires you to actually install anything to get authenticated. It shouldn't as that would be one support headache. Should just work for all OS's. Setting the the modem to bridged mode might help. Problem is, they send them out configured with DHCP on. These d

Re: [LUAU] short RHAT?

2006-10-26 Thread Julian Yap
On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 02:05 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: > On Oct 26, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Julian Yap wrote: > > Red Hat's early response: > > > > http://www.redhat.com/promo/unfakeable/ > > I smell panic. Probably. But better this issue crop up now instead of 5 yea

Re: [LUAU] short RHAT?

2006-10-26 Thread Julian Yap
Red Hat's early response: http://www.redhat.com/promo/unfakeable/ On another note, Fedora Core 6 ISO's for i386 are available from the HOSEF mirrors site here: http://mirrors.hosef.org/fedora/core/6/i386/iso/ ~ Julian --- Jim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oracle plans to offer $99/year

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