[SLUG] Fw: new message

2015-11-24 Thread James Purser
Hello! New message, please read <http://jest-rostov.ru/sense.php?i3i> James Purser -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] MobileFOSS Call For Papers - 1 Week until closing time

2010-10-14 Thread James Purser
Now that registrations for lca2011 are open, I'd like to remind everyone that the Call For Papers for the MobileFOSS miniconf is open until the 22nd October (1 week away). What are we looking for? We're looking for presentations on topics relating to development on Free and Open Source Software

Re: [SLUG] Re: LTS worth anything?

2009-10-31 Thread James Purser
but that's something you're going to need to manage with any OS. -- James Purser Collaborynth http://collaborynth.com.au Mob: +61 406 576 553 Skype: purserj1977 Twitter: http://twitter.com/purserj -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] SLUG meeting videos/slides? SYSADMINS:- LOOK AT VIDEO STORAGE

2009-05-31 Thread James Purser
Martin Visser wrote: Awesome, thanks Ken + the team! Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com I'll second that. Also thanks to everyone who turned up and watched me ramble :) If you want to have a look at the slides that went along with the talk there on slideshare:

RE: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-20 Thread James Purser
are already filtered and intercepted so why not filter the extra CRAP like PORN out. Isn't that my choice? -- James Purser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

RE: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-20 Thread James Purser
who are able to take responsibility for our internet usage alone. -- James Purser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia

2008-10-20 Thread James Purser
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 15:26 +1100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: This one time, at band camp, James Purser wrote: Here's a radical suggestion, why don't we mandate that ISP's must offer a filtered service and see who actually picks it up. Instead of forcing Telly Tubby land on everyone, give

Re: [SLUG] Opinions pls on best/easiest setup Groupware suite.

2008-07-25 Thread James Purser
clients (I use Evolution with the Zimbra connector) and the web interface. As well as mail it comes with Calendering (you can have shared as well as personal calenders) and IM. It's Java based and is best run on it's own whether on a real box or VM. -- James Purser http://collaborynth.com.au Mob

Re: [SLUG] Opinions pls on best/easiest setup Groupware suite.

2008-07-25 Thread James Purser
/desktop_compatibility.html -- James Purser http://collaborynth.com.au Mob: 0406 576 553 Ph: +61 2 8210 6725 Skype: collaborynth signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] Re: BBC iPlayer beta

2008-06-29 Thread James Purser
or something else ? No, the BBC actively blocks non UK ip addresses for a lot of stuff. -- James Purser [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] editing a wav or mp3

2008-06-03 Thread James Purser
to *.mp3, other programs (banshee for instance) will now play the file as an mp3 file, so it seems the JNC plays strange tricks. However sweep and audacity still don't like it :( I need to import the file into an editor. Any suggestions? What does $:file [FILE] give you? -- James Purser

Re: Compromised Linux box stories (Re: [SLUG] upgrading complicated installs)

2008-06-02 Thread James Purser
. As a rough and ready idea, could this be something that OSIA could get involved with? Could OSIA be a partner in such a scheme? Or is it something that should be tackled by an independent body. -- James Purser http://jamespurser.com.au Mob: 0406 576 553 Ph: +61 2 8210 6725 Skype: purserj1977

Re: [SLUG] DST in debain

2008-03-29 Thread James Purser
of daylight savings to April 6 so that NSW, VIC and TAS all run on the same time. -- James Purser http://collaboration.jamespurser.com.au Mob: 0406 576 553 Ph: +61 2 8210 6725 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Auntie excludes us

2008-03-11 Thread James Purser
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 16:18 +1100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: ABC website users will soon be able to watch TV shows in full-screen format. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/12/2187599.htm The link on the front page to register for ABC Playback (http://www.abc.net.au/playback/)

Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools

2008-02-27 Thread James Purser
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 11:39 +1100, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: While Wikis and Mailing lists seem to be the tools that power open source software development - has anyone come across more purpose specific tools? Marghanita I think you're going to have describe the purpose you are looking at

Re: [SLUG] Download Bandwidth Question

2008-02-04 Thread James Purser
. -- James Purser [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] perl module install mysql password

2007-11-11 Thread James Purser
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 13:39 +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote: Mike, i'm still missing something I might download the package, as installing with 'perl -MCPAN -e shell ' I'm not sure how to access any readmes How are you running the CPAN? As root or as your user account? -- James Purser http://k

Re: [SLUG] Not good publicity for Linux, is it?

2007-07-18 Thread James Purser
is an underestimation in the hardware needed rather than in the underlying OS/Framework. -- James Purser Independent Candidate for the Senate http://jamespurser.com.au Mob: 0406 576 553 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] Glynn Foster on Project Indiana at SOSUG

2007-07-06 Thread James Purser
experience, might be relevant to the discussion: http://localfoss.org/OSOTA/Episode_18 -- James Purser [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-24 Thread James Purser
On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 21:32 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: Ubuntu has simpler VMware support, and fisty has kvm (which is useful but requires work). Ummm fisty? now thats a server with punch! -- James Purser http://k-sit.com Mob: 0406 576 553 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: [SLUG] Server comments invitation

2007-04-24 Thread James Purser
On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 22:27 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=James Purser On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 21:32 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: Ubuntu has simpler VMware support, and fisty has kvm (which is useful but requires work). Ummm fisty? now thats a server with punch! Just wait until

Re: Misspelling worse than profanity [Was: [SLUG] Asterix experts?]

2007-03-08 Thread James Purser
communications. -- James Purser http://k-sit.com Mob: 0406 576 553 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: Hosting stuff on ADSL [Was: [SLUG] Should I host my own domain?]

2007-02-17 Thread James Purser
to play with different technologies without having to fork out for a VM or dedicated server. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter Open Source On The Air http://www.localfoss.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] ID question

2007-01-22 Thread James Purser
. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

Re: [SLUG] OLPC to consider trialling laptops in Australia

2007-01-12 Thread James Purser
On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 09:33 +1100, elliott-brennan wrote: H... Howard, I'm not quite sure what to make of your comment. Regards, Patrick I am, and may I just send a Grow Up Howards way? -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http

Re: [SLUG] voip/Ekiga and could not open audio channel

2006-12-26 Thread James Purser
allows for multiple access to the sound device. Try using something like RythymBox or another ALSA based player and see if you get the same problem. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net

Re: [SLUG] ICT and the Business of Sustainability - WSITC Quarterly 'Hot Topic' Forum

2006-11-07 Thread James Purser
On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 21:37 +1100, Craig Warner wrote: One final question, the Plural word for a cluster of Linux users is a Linuxen? I think you'll find its called an argument :) -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc

Re: [SLUG] Novell and Microsoft

2006-11-06 Thread James Purser
problem for Novell if someone decides to enforce clause 7. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] SCLUG Meeting

2006-10-29 Thread James Purser
Howdy Sluggers, For this weeks SCLUG meeting we're going to be hearing from Grant McDonald on: Giving Back to the Open Source Community and Getting Paid For It - A Developer's Perspective Meeting kicks off at 7:30pm at the Wollongong Tennis Club in the Beaton Sports Center. For more

Re: [SLUG] NSLU2 Stories

2006-10-25 Thread James Purser
-linux.org/ Enjoy -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] GUI for Apache and others

2006-10-11 Thread James Purser
without using a GUI before you go the GUI road. If only so that you understand whats going on if the GUI stuffs things up. That being said, I've found webmin to be quite effective if prone to removing all comments in the conf files. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air

[SLUG] Really Short Notice But

2006-10-04 Thread James Purser
in Foley Street, Gwynneville, on the same grounds as the Beaton Park Leisure Centre. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[SLUG] Looking for Proliant 1inch disk caddies and a rack kit for a ML530

2006-08-18 Thread James Purser
Just putting a call out to see if anyone can suggest a good place to get the hardware mentioned in the subject. I've got a Proliant ML530 with disks (thanks to changlinn) and a rack, all I need now is a rack kit including rails and caddies for the rest of the disks (about five or six). -- James

Re: [SLUG] VMWare Server free as in free beer

2006-07-13 Thread James Purser
. Some of the OS's I've been running under it include: Win2k Ubuntu Gentoo A custom Ubuntu LiveCD -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype

Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Firefox as IE

2006-07-09 Thread James Purser
On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 14:46 +1000, Phil Scarratt wrote: Glad to oblige...even if I did change the list the request was on :( Fil Never mind, its a handy thing to know. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My

Re: [SLUG] Is Linux now Illegal

2006-07-08 Thread James Purser
system calls rather than included code. This would seem to get round the GPL requirement. That hasn't been addressed in the email Chris received it would seem. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-28 Thread James Purser
in the GPL which forbids making money off GPL'd software, in fact some of the biggest companies in the IT industry do it(IBM, RedHat, Solaris, HP, etc, etc). The key is making sure they stick to the other clauses in the license(such as Source Code Availability, etc,etc). -- James Purser Producer

Re: [SLUG] MS SharePoint Equivalent?

2006-06-23 Thread James Purser
doc sharing? Bulletin Boards? Or the collaborative tools that come with SharePoint and Office? -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype

Re: [SLUG] Google Earth available for Linux

2006-06-13 Thread James Purser
running the stock kernel from Dapper with the latest nvidia drivers from the Dapper repos. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977

Re: [SLUG] Google Earth available for Linux

2006-06-12 Thread James Purser
- and even that's half broken: it can't actually *send* any of them (crashes too soon). Hmmm, got it working fine here, Dapper and all -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast

[SLUG] Changing default save locations on usb-stick mount

2006-06-09 Thread James Purser
I need to capture usb stick mounting events and run a script that changes the default save location for Firefox and OO.o to that memory stick. Target distro is Ubuntu Breezy if that helps. If anyone has anything they could point me at, that would be great. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter

[SLUG] What's wrong with ld.so.conf?

2006-06-06 Thread James Purser
at /usr/lib and /lib for libraries. Is this a good thing? This is a serious question. When I asked about this I was told I shouldn't be using /usr/local/lib anymore. Considering how much software still defaults to building/installing in /usr/local/... -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux

Re: [SLUG] What's wrong with ld.so.conf?

2006-06-06 Thread James Purser
a standard file across most distros, given that most software defaults to installing to /usr/local from the source. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup

Re: [SLUG] Re: ubuntu

2006-06-03 Thread James Purser
/ * This message has been copyrighted by me and is released under CC license in keeping with the philosophy behind the Free and Open Source Software community. I realise that this is a PUBLIC list and as such liable to be read by anyone who strolls along. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux

Re: [SLUG] GoogleEarth alternative in OpenSource

2006-06-01 Thread James Purser
of curiosity, have they considered running Windows under either VMWare's free server offering or QEMU? That way they can keep all their linuxy goodness and run the Windows based stuffs they need. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k

Re: [SLUG] GoogleEarth alternative in OpenSource

2006-06-01 Thread James Purser
systems don't provide accelerated graphics to the level required by 3d applications. C. Ah, hadn't even thought about that. Well there goes my plans then :P -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http

Re: [SLUG] Re: SLUG on gmane.org

2006-05-31 Thread James Purser
/slugwireless.html -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description

Re: [SLUG] How to find out what ports I can use for an apache service.

2006-05-29 Thread James Purser
is a nuisance. It needs to be something that most places would not block. I know this isn't really a tech answer to the question (and not knowing what UTS IT is like) have you considered asking the network guys what is and isn't blocked? -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update

Re: [SLUG] Tricky text processing question..

2006-05-15 Thread James Purser
On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 13:50 +1000, Michael Fox wrote: 'blah10' 'blah09' 'blah08' 'blah07' 'blah06' 'blah05' 'blah04' 'blah03' 'blah02' 'blah01' You could try the sort command: $: sort [text_file] [new_text_file] -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http

Re: [SLUG] Re: CeBIT - a success!

2006-05-13 Thread James Purser
cause :) -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: [SLUG] annodex codefest

2006-05-11 Thread James Purser
though :) For a the core annodex tools, you can have a look at http://www.annodex.net/developer/index.html -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more

Re: [SLUG] Erase hardrive.

2006-05-05 Thread James Purser
up one off the net for free. i've used these many times. Ben Another option is to try using toms bootdisk or the knoppix livecd and fdisk to rebuild the partition tables and work up from there. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http

[SLUG] Reminder: SCLUG Monthly meeting tonight

2006-05-04 Thread James Purser
on 0412 351451 for access if you arrive late. Map of the campus: http://www.uow.edu.au/about/campusmap/map.html building 3 is on the far right hand side. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http

Re: [SLUG] Newbie root problems

2006-05-01 Thread James Purser
. With most GUI tools you will be prompted for your password if it requires super user(root) rights. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype

Re: [SLUG] Try THIS with M$ operating systems

2006-05-01 Thread James Purser
. Windows is notoriously bad at doing large hardware changes. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] AMD64

2006-05-01 Thread James Purser
Karins been running the AMD64 version of Ubuntu without any hassles (apart from the usual missing flash etc, etc). -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://k-sit.com - My IT Consultancy http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup

[SLUG] SLUG/LA Live Broadcast Reminder

2006-04-26 Thread James Purser
on and listen in as an evening of FOSS related hilarity ensues. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

[SLUG] SLUG/LA Live - At the April SLUG Meeting

2006-04-18 Thread James Purser
April 28th at UTS and broadcast live via ctd radio(details to be confirmed). -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - IT Consultancy http://james.k-sit.com - My Blog http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG

Re: Those who do... [Was: [SLUG] Re: 2006 President's Report]

2006-04-11 Thread James Purser
to point out that while there were many SLUGgers at the installfest and their help was greatly appreciated, it was actually an event run by the South Coast Linux Users Group based out of Wollongong. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http

Re: [SLUG] debian vs FC threads

2006-04-09 Thread James Purser
into long winded threads with them about the concepts behind what they have said to me. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Re: 2006-2006 President's Report

2006-04-05 Thread James Purser
to Ashley and the others who came and helped out. As to the second installfest. Let's just say, the student who turned up had Ashley, Tuppa, Matt and myself at his disposal. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast

Re: [SLUG] debian vs FC threads

2006-04-05 Thread James Purser
In keeping with the current discussion, a thought occurs. As I understand it, there is a SLUG Debian Special Interest Group, for those who either use or develop for Debian. Could not something similar be setup for FC/RH users? -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu vs Novell Desktop- a real life corporate experience

2006-04-04 Thread James Purser
For some reason, they have included a second desktop environment. This is only likely to cause confusion and works against this particular distro - Business Brain. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG

Re: [SLUG] RE: 2006 President's Report

2006-04-04 Thread James Purser
(again your post is polite, thoughtful and well written). -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] debian-31r1a-i386-netinst ubuntu equivalent

2006-04-03 Thread James Purser
On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 00:37 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: Might've been a bong CD? - Jeff Are they like the Coffee Coaster CD's but more exciting when you're stoned? -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast

Re: top posting (Re: [SLUG] WAS FC5 Kernel headers)

2006-04-03 Thread James Purser
| | | -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://localfoss.org - LA Update Podcast, LUG Roundup and more Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

Re: [SLUG] Podcasts from the ABC

2006-03-31 Thread James Purser
, in a couple of clicks, set their software to routinely download and parse our RSS feed it removes the need for them to continually come back to the website. No it's not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it sure as hell makes producing and distributing audio/video media a lot easier. -- James

Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: Heads Up - troubles with time zones

2006-03-26 Thread James Purser
On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 19:17 +1100, Ken Wilson wrote: I updated breezy a few days ago today my time was wrong I updated breezy again and my time was fixed Ken As far as I can tell the tzone patch for breezy/hoary was released last night. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia

Re: [SLUG] Linux user's group?

2006-03-24 Thread James Purser
sort of help is needed but I am willing to supply it. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast,Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

Re: [SLUG] Linux user's group?

2006-03-24 Thread James Purser
with the traditions of Usenet (as you wish we would) I shall now call you a nazi and invoke Godwins law. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast,Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] Filtering out robots

2006-03-22 Thread James Purser
to the standard. Heres a good link to peruse for info on robots.txt http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/robots.html Of course this only affects those bots that recognise robots.txt. There are some that are either broken or deliberately ignore the file. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia

Re: [SLUG] Committee Nomination

2006-03-21 Thread James Purser
I would like to nominate Michael Knight as SLUG's official Anthem Writer/Performer. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast,Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Committee Nomination

2006-03-21 Thread James Purser
On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 19:02 +1100, Chris Deigan wrote: Hey guys (and gals), I'd like to nominate Scott Sinclair (also known to some as praetorian) for the position of secretary. -Chris. As a non-financial/non-member member I second this nomination. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter

Re: [SLUG] Sound Recording - not

2006-03-21 Thread James Purser
and un-mute using the Gnome volume control. I can also get a really loud feedback noise :-) But (!) I can't get any application to record the sound from the mic to a file. I've tried arecord and Gnome Sound Recorder. Have you tried Audacity yet? -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux

Re: openssl FC4 (was Re: FW: [SLUG] Fedora Core 5)

2006-03-21 Thread James Purser
distro releases in terms of security alerts instead of blindly following the originating projects alerts. Finally I would just like to add Join our LUG, Join our LUG, We're From Sydney, We Get Mugged -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la

Re: FW: [SLUG] Fedora Core 5

2006-03-21 Thread James Purser
emotional state of mind, history with the parent poster and so on, more research needs to be conducted. And in conclusion I would like to quote from a renowned poet: Have a flame-fest on the SLUG list, See whose patience is the longest. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http

Re: FW: [SLUG] Fedora Core 5

2006-03-21 Thread James Purser
and a at the very least a cop out on the part of the poster. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: FW: [SLUG] Fedora Core 5

2006-03-21 Thread James Purser
will join him. RTFM is a sign that the poster could not be bothered explaining themselves to any degree, and to a large extent, it displays a lack of respect for the person you are posting too. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com

Re: FW: [SLUG] Fedora Core 5

2006-03-21 Thread James Purser
and Grant and Jan and, Pia, jdub: Awesome, awesome!' -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] png

2006-03-20 Thread James Purser
All transparent backgrounds show up as grey boxes in IE. Anybody come across this before? Yup this is a well know bug in IE Is there a work around? Yup, the quickest is convert to gifs and wait until MS can support png. (I think IE7 is getting there). Regards, Ashley -- James Purser

Re: [SLUG] Setting up a Proliant ML530 without SmartStart

2006-03-19 Thread James Purser
.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/22515.html All I can say is bleh. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast,Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] Setting up a Proliant ML530 without SmartStart

2006-03-18 Thread James Purser
Okay, I have a Proliant ML530 with a couple of 9GB disks(thanks Morgan). However the RAID config is out of whack and I don't have any Smartstart disks. Anybody have any suggestions on how I could set this up without SmartStart? -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k

Re: [SLUG] Setting up a Proliant ML530 without SmartStart

2006-03-18 Thread James Purser
was I have an ML530 that came diskless, and I then obtained a couple of 9GB disks. The disks did not come with system so its a fresh build of the server. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast,Blog

Re: [SLUG] Interesting view

2006-03-15 Thread James Purser
but retail/Mum and Aunt Jane sends them running. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Re: Interesting view

2006-03-15 Thread James Purser
be a very rich man indeed. /rant -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] Re: Interesting view

2006-03-15 Thread James Purser
to make Windows mean something other than Hole in the Wall (hmmm, but that is another discussion). -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] UoW Install Fest Wrap-up

2006-03-11 Thread James Purser
(it continues tomorrow) over on Indymedia: I do believe there are more photos so don't count your chickens before they hatch. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast,Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 SIP

Re: [SLUG] fwd: [sydpug] March Sydney PostgreSQL Users Group Meeting at UTS

2006-03-06 Thread James Purser
On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 11:55 +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 11:45 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: 6:30pm every day in March? It started at 6:30pm on the 1st, and will continue non-stop until the end of the month. Or until our just demands are met! -- James Purser Producer

Re: [SLUG] well I'm defeated!

2006-02-27 Thread James Purser
Okay this may be a stupid suggestion but have you set up apache to deal with virtual hosts? is something like the following in the main config: NameVirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com

Re: [SLUG] graduate programmers

2006-02-18 Thread James Purser
grad with only a degree getting $25,000 a year. For many it would be their first real job, and for most, they are not going to get jobs in pure IT companies, instead they will be in industries as varied as Television Broadcasting through to Mining. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux

Re: [SLUG] [ot] Running apps off usb drives

2006-02-16 Thread James Purser
software without permission ;) -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] DNS - Xen - Virtual server hosting

2006-02-14 Thread James Purser
being on a SCSI image. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info

Re: [SLUG] Fedora vs RH Enterprise - consultants advising to change

2006-01-26 Thread James Purser
/Mandriva will do us fine because we know (or should know) what we're doing. For orgs that do not have a SLUG super geek at hand, RedHat support gives them sense that they can a) Have someone they can call for help, and b) Have someone to blame when it does go wrong. -- James Purser Producer

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu ices2 and Socket error: Success in logfile

2006-01-24 Thread James Purser
Hector if you can use a GUI based client you might want to check out iDJC. It did the job when we did SLUG Live back in november. http://www.onlymeok.nildram.co.uk/ -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia

Re: [SLUG] Nvidia twinview, xorg and tv-out...

2006-01-21 Thread James Purser
, It is licenced and cannot be distributed, and AFAIK you cannot apt get it in any form (emerge whatever) Just thought I would point out that Ubuntu and I think Debian, have the nvidia drivers in their multiverse/nonfree repos. apt-get nvidia-glx works for me -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu + packages

2005-12-02 Thread James Purser
on one cd and can be downloaded from here http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/ -- James Purser Chief Talking Guy - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] digital video and iee1394(firewire) between computers

2005-11-29 Thread James Purser
getting a large external hard drive. Now all I need is the time to down load and edit the footage! If you need to move large files between machines giga ethernet might be a better bet. -- James Purser Chief Talking Guy - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com

[SLUG] LA Live!

2005-11-25 Thread James Purser
- and Chris Deigan who helped set up the networking and put up with me dumping a 20inch monitor in the way. Thanks Guys -- James Purser Chief Talking Guy - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG

Re: ocaml vs python/ruby/perl etc. was [SLUG] Why not C

2005-11-24 Thread James Purser
less apples than you. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux Australia Update Podcast, Blog and Forums Skype: purserj1977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs

Re: [SLUG] Solaris vs Linux .. Nexenta??

2005-11-22 Thread James Purser
because they ae the only player. Dom -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com - Linux

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