[SLUG] e-commerce software/ supplier recommendations ?

2007-09-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Hi, an association I am associated with has recently purchased a 5-year e-commerce hosting account with Melbourne-IT. They provide (by way of referral) an $1800 basic e-commerce website. What recommendations are there for providors of such a site - we need it in the next week (or two max),

[SLUG] Wireless Broadband for Linux

2007-09-12 Thread Bryce Robilliard
Dear SLUG, I was wondering if the SLUG knew of any ISPs that support the use of a wireless broadband service for Linux, or if there were any drivers out there for the various USB, PCMCIA and ExpressCard devices for the wireless broadband services. Whether there is support out there (for

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Broadband for Linux

2007-09-12 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Bryce Robilliard wrote: I was wondering if the SLUG knew of any ISPs that support the use of a wireless broadband service for Linux, or if there were any drivers out there for the various USB, PCMCIA and ExpressCard devices for the wireless broadband services. Most of it works. In my day

[SLUG] Software Freedom Day: official announcement for Sydney

2007-09-12 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
SYDNEY CELEBRATES SOFTWARE FREEDOM, THIS SUNDAY For the second time running, The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has been selected to form the centrepiece of Software Freedom Day in Sydney. Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our

Re: [SLUG] Audio skipping on Ubuntu kernels

2007-09-12 Thread James Gregory
Just a quick follow-up on this. I discovered last night that the reason that switching to 'performance' made the problem go away is *not* that more CPU power was available, it was that the CPU frequency no longer changed. My correlation of 'more CPU usage == music skipping' was in fact basing my

[SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

2007-09-12 Thread James Gregory
Can anyone recommend a laptop that is small (11.1 - 13.3 inches), reasonably fast, and can do suspend (both to RAM and disk) easily? Oh, and that I can buy now; old models aren't so interesting to me. Ubuntu is my OS of preference, but if it makes a difference, I'd consider switching to something

Re: [SLUG] Wireless Broadband for Linux

2007-09-12 Thread Joseph Goncalves
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Bryce Robilliard wrote: I was wondering if the SLUG knew of any ISPs that support the use of a wireless broadband service for Linux, or if there were any drivers out there for the various USB, PCMCIA and ExpressCard devices for the wireless

Re: [SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

2007-09-12 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=James Gregory Can anyone recommend a laptop that is small (11.1 - 13.3 inches), reasonably fast, and can do suspend (both to RAM and disk) easily? Oh, and that I can buy now; old models aren't so interesting to me. Ubuntu is my OS of preference, but if it makes a difference, I'd

Re: [SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

2007-09-12 Thread James Gregory
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 12:30 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=James Gregory Can anyone recommend a laptop that is small (11.1 - 13.3 inches), reasonably fast, and can do suspend (both to RAM and disk) easily? Oh, and that I can buy now; old models aren't so interesting to me. Ubuntu is

Re: [SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

2007-09-12 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 13:46 +1000, James Gregory wrote: I'm very happy with the Dell D420, which has been updated to Core 2 Duo with the newer Dell D430. Robert Collins has one of these, so he can tell you how sweet it is. :-) Mine works really nicely, with Intel top-to-bottom. Neat.

Re: [SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

2007-09-12 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=James Gregory Neat. Thanks dude. Looks a little slow though -- 1.2 GHz. Do you find it so? Not really, it was the fastest machine in the house until I replaced the TV and server with a very sexy Core 2 Duo box with gobs of RAM and fast disks. That's an unfair comparison for a laptop

Re: [SLUG] Suspenseful laptops

2007-09-12 Thread James Dumay
I find my Apple Macbook really excellent. As far as I can tell, most of the hardware issues have been fixed in Gutsy. (wifi driver needs to be installed separately.) ~James On 9/13/07, James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone recommend a laptop that is small (11.1 - 13.3 inches),