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How to run an Arduino (clone) on a 9V battery for weeks or even months
by Peter Reutemann 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

"It is quite possible to run an ATMEGA with Arduino code for weeks if not months on a normal 9V battery, but it requires a different/special Arduino (clone)." -- source: http://hwstartup.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/how-to-run-an-arduino-on-a-9v-bat… Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Atheros open sources firmware for two wireless chips
by Peter Reutemann 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

"Qualcomm Atheros has open sourced the firmware for its 802.11n wireless chips AR9271 and AR7010. The source code, build tools and instructions are available on GitHub." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1820950 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Intel's graphics driver installation program for Linux
by Peter Reutemann 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

"Intel has released an installation program that provides Fedora and Ubuntu with newer versions of its graphics drivers by replacing parts of the distribution packages." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1820608 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Samsung plans to turn smartphones into data safes
by Peter Reutemann 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

"Like the home of the US government's gold reserves, Samsung's KNOX project is all about keeping intruders out. Samsung's version, however, will not protect precious metals, but business data in mobile device storage. KNOX, which was unveiled today, is based on SE Android, the Android version of SELinux that was originally developed by the US National Security Agency (NSA)." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1816663 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Canonical reveals plans to launch Mir display server
by Peter Reutemann 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

'On the evening before the first online Ubuntu Developer Summit, Canonical has revealed its plans for "Mir", a next-generation display server which will run as a system-level component to replace the X Window system. Canonical has rejected Wayland, seen by many as the successor to X Windows, because they feel it recreates X semantics in its input event handling and parts of the protocol include privileged shell integration which the Mir specifiers would rather not have. The decisions along this path of development appear to have been taken in the summer of 2012.' -- source: http://h-online.com/-1815982 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Dell Sputnik now being sold in Europe
by Peter Reutemann 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

"Dell is now selling its Sputnik developer laptop, pre-installed with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, in its UK and German online stores. In the UK, customers save £120 (ex VAT) compared to the regular Windows model" -- source: http://h-online.com/-1814767 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Ubuntu Touch Beats Firefox OS For 'Best of MWC' From CNET
by Peter Reutemann 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

"This week at Mobile World Congress both Firefox OS and Ubuntu have been wooing the audience with their mobile offerings. CNET reviewed both and felt that Ubuntu was 'the clear winner.' From the article, 'The team thought that Ubuntu Touch, the tablet version of which we got our hands-on for the first time at MWC, feels more like the complete package at this point. We liked its slick, elegant interface that makes use of every side of the screen and puts your content and contacts front and center, minimizing the time spent hopping back to a home screen.'" -- source: http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/02/28/2120252/ Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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ipv6 webcam
by Bruce Kingsbury 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

I've got a machine running apache2/php5/mysql and motion at pi.fairfield.org.nz (ipv6 only outside our lan) In theory it should work, but it seems motion is ipv6 only. is there some way eg php script that I can have apache connect to localhost:8081 and just forward the raw data through to the browser? I set up two scripts webcam.php and webcam2.php that are supposed to do this, but neither seem to work (as far as I can test them; I won't have ipv6 at home until tomorrow). webcam.php is this; <?php $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP); socket_connect($socket, '127.0.0.1', 8081); $reply = ""; do { $recv = ""; $recv = socket_read($socket, '1400'); if($recv != "") { $reply .= $recv; } } while($recv != ""); echo($reply); ?> webcam2.php is this; <?php system(nc 127.0.0.1 8081); ?>

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Booting desktop Linux on the Chromebook Pixel
by Peter Reutemann 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

"Google engineer Bill Richardson has detailed how to boot Linux Mint on the new Chromebook Pixel. The Pixel is the first Chromebook to include the option of booting other operating systems with a third-party bootloader." -- source: http://h-online.com/-1809912 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Special General Meeting 25th March 2013 - Change of Charter
by Rene Bartosh 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Notice is hereby given of a special general meeting to take place at 7:30pm on Monday 25th March 2013 at MS4.G.02. A draft of the revised charter will be tabled, this will reduce the quorum to the smaller of 5 members or 50% of the general membership, and reduce the size of the committee to 4. Regards, Rene Bartosh WLUG Secretary -- >From Rene Bartosh (Gmail account) <kirjava(a)gmail.com> Personal: http://kirjava.net.nz/

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