Re: [SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

2009-08-29 Thread Ben Donohue
HI Bill, sometimes slowing the burn down works. Also check that the blank can write at the nominated speed. Another thought is that sometimes you can update the firmware on these things. Might be worth checking the manufacturer website occasionally. Ben bill wrote: Thanks Tony and Ben As

Re: [SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

2009-08-29 Thread bill
Thanks Tony and Ben As I stated, I tried with 3 PCs and 3 DVD-RW's - the latest being only a recent purchasre - an Asus SATA DVD-RW. Anyway, managed to burn the .iso to a dual/double-layer DVD+R with Brasero under XUbuntu 9.04. at (near) completion I got an error message, but I can play the

Re: [SLUG] Nokia one-ups IBM on Linux marketing

2009-08-29 Thread Daniel Bush
2009/8/28 Adam Kennedy > Hi gang > > You may have noticed recently that Nokia has decided to pack a fairly > beefy Linux setup into their new super high end phone. > > What I didn't notice till today is that they've also had a shot at > making the shiniest ad for a Linux OS yet :) > > http://maem

Re: [SLUG] DNS Appliances/Web Frontends

2009-08-29 Thread Dean Hamstead
Powerdns has a great front ending poweradmin. Apt-cache search pdns Dean On 29/08/2009, at 2:23 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: www.webmin.com Ben UnspecifiedId wrote: Greetings, a) can anyone recommend a good virtual DNS appliance with a decent Web GUI frontend or b) good Web Front ends for

[SLUG] Suggestion for 'short' talks at SLUG

2009-08-29 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi all, Following my presentation on Friday night I was asked about how I'd created some of the images in my presentation. For those who have seen (and will see) the presentation, of particular interest was how I'd managed to create the image wherein the frame is skewed to provide an impression of

Re: [SLUG] DNS Appliances/Web Frontends

2009-08-29 Thread db
Please no. not webmin. There are much better front ends for doing dns. gadmin-bind (the newer ) version is fairly decent -> google is your friend / apt-cache search dns blah 2009/8/29 Ben Donohue : > www.webmin.com > > Ben > > > > > UnspecifiedId wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> a) can anyone recomme