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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitcoin http://www.bitcoin.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin Bitcoin p2p monetary information technology: A demo for geeks & techies. Abstract: We begin with a brief historical background of monetary information technologies, digital currencies and p2p currency. Next is an introduction to the open source bitcoin protocol, block-chaining, the coin issuance algorithm, the recording and securing of transactions. After these preliminaries, the talk will be an open-floor format discussion with demonstrations. A short user-space demo of web wallet, bitcoin client and send/receive public key address usage will be given. Next we'll go "under the hood" and look at how the code and the network is functioning. Topics that can be covered include, but not limited to; location of significant files, configuration of the bitcoin.conf file, securing the private keys contained within wallet.dat file, running "bitcoind" on a linux machine with the command line query/response interface, building the code from source and alternate clients. Finally, we'll finish up with a demonstration of a 6 node GPU OpenCL GPGPU cluster, aka bitcoin "mining rig" in action.

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Need to make custom film cables
by Bryce Utting 12 Jun '11

12 Jun '11

Hiyas, I figure someone in Wlug might be able to point me in the direction of how to get this done (or have some nice fancy gear at work): I need a couple of board-to-board film cables printed; 1.5 mm spacing at one end (and thickened, to insert into a connector), and 2.625 mm spacing at the other (mated face-to-face with exposed traces at the end of a membrane circuit). Hand-painting the missing traces on the existing ones I've got just isn't cutting it, so I figure it's best to find someone who can screen-print this sort of thing. I have two different cable shapes, need three or four of each, and can provide PNG masks. Anyone able to help? ta, Bryce

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Garage cleanout
by Daniel Lawson 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Hi all I've got some boxes of old bits that I've hoarded over the years, that I now think I really need to get rid of. 2x HP Jetdirect EX Plus Printserver (10 Mbit RJ45 + BNC). No PSU for these, they'll need a 13C DC centre-positive psu. 3x 56k external modems. One is a 3com US Robotics, the other two are unbranded as far as I can tell. I may have a 4th modem somewhere as well, I can't recall right now There are two PSUs that probably go with these, one is a 12V 1A PSU, the other is a multi-voltage 3V-12V, 0.5A one. 2x speedtouch pro DSL routers, with PSUs. Both were working fine when I last used them, which was around 3 years ago. 1x Compaq Evo T20 thin-client + PSU, part # 238365-001. This is probably running WinNT embedded, but it can be reflashed to run linux. 300Mhz processor, 64MB flash, 128MB RAM (I think). I put some notes up at http://www.wlug.org.nz/CompaqEvoT20Notes about reflashing them, and I think I still have the CDs of tools that I used, which I'll put in with this. There's quite a few resources on the internet for reflashing these too, eg http://www.mowson.org/karl/evo_t20/ and http://open-evot20.sourceforge.net/wiki/ Industrial patch cables. 7 x 2m, RJ45 (8P8C) to XP85, and 2x2m XP85 to XP85. XP85 is basically a secure screw fitting around an RJ45/8P8C jack. It looks like this: http://www.alternetivo.cz/industrial-patch-cord-utp-xp85-to-mc5-1-5m-yellow… <http://www.alternetivo.cz/industrial-patch-cord-utp-xp85-to-mc5-1-5m-yellow…> A fairly pristine looking 3Com Ergo Audrey. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Com_Audrey). This is a very early internet appliance (~2000), running QNX. It's missing a PSU, and I don't know what condition it's actually in as a result. New PSUs can be purchased from http://www.audreymadness.com/, (they're a fairly non-standard pinout and voltage supply). I also have some old Fibrechannel gear. One Emulex LP8000, which had current driver support (lpfc.ko) in debian lenny at least, and two Compaq Tachyon adapters, which show up on the bus, but don't seem to have active drivers since around 2.6.8. There's still 2.4 kernel support for them however. There's also a pair of Compaq Fibrechannel Hubs. Everything has optical modules, and there's a few fibre patches as well. A Sun Netra T100, missing disks and ram. The disks are standard SCSI SCA disks, but the RAM is harder to source - you need "Mezzanine modules", like these: http://www.memoryxsun.com/netrat1.html. I had actually ordered some for it at one point, but the seller managed to lose my order. Pretty sure this system also has a quad-port 10/100 NIC in it, but if you want the NIC, you take the whole lot. Finally, my old desktop. Athlon 1800+XP, 1GB of ram (I think), single SATA disk (80GB?), DVD writer. PSU was changed not long before I stopped using it. I can't recall what the graphics card in it is, but it's not super flash. Was working fine when I stopped using it. All the above is free to whoever wants them, you must pickup from Hillcrest area, or from the CBD during business hours. No guarantee that any of it works. If it doesn't go here, I'll either put it for $1 reserve on trademe or dump it.

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Re: [wlug] Thursday Night Christmas Curry
by Eric Light 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

David did you ever get a response to this? I'd be interested, couldn't do weekly but I'd be able to make either fortnightly or monthly, with a spattering of regularity. Anyone else? Cheers, - Eric On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:00, <wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:19:40 +1300 > From: David Hallett <david(a)pulsar.net.nz> > To: Hamilton Thursday Night Curry > <hamilton(a)list.thursdaynightcurry.com>, Waikato Linux Users < > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Cc: waikato(a)nzcs.org.nz > Subject: [wlug] Thursday Night Christmas Curry > > We're looking to start running Hamilton curry nights again. > The recent Christmas Curry had a good number of registrations. It was there > that a suggestion was made there to reinstate the Hamilton Thursday Night > Curry. > > If you are interested in attending (even irregularly) please let me know > you > intention, and whether you prefer weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. > I'm going to use the NZCS Events System ( > http://www.nzcs.org.nz/events/waikato_bop) to manage RSVPs and booking, > thus > significantly reducing the administration overhead. > > Kind regards, > > David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS ITCP > P.O. Box 15-516 > Hamilton, New Zealand > > Phone: +64-7-210 5520 > Mobile: +64-21-802 256 >

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7" ASUS eeepc (early model)
by Michael McDonald 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

A friend is wanting to sell his eeepc ... asking "a couple of hundred bucks". Running Linux, of course. Anybody interested? Send a personal reply and I'll put you in touch. Michael

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Johns Jacket: Your tux is in your penguin hole
by Ian Stewart 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

John, I dropped by your company's depot and the dude in the staff office recommended that I put your jacket in your pigeon hole. I hope you got it OK. cheers, Ian. > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:14:07 +1200 > From: John<jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > To: Waikato Linux Users Group<wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: Re: [wlug] WLUG Workshop Meeting June 4th - Tommorrow > Message-ID:<1307333647.2499.1.camel@sniffy> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi All, > I left my jacket at the meeting room. Did anyone happen to grab it on my > behalf? >

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WLUG Workshop Meeting June 4th - Tommorrow
by Chris O'Halloran 05 Jun '11

05 Jun '11

http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2011-06-04 Hi guys, It is late notice we know but we are on for a WLUG Saturday Workshop tommorrow! Bring your laptops, desktops, tablets, plug computers and any thing else you'd like to tweak, modify, troubleshoot or just show off. We'll start at 10am and run till mid afternoon. See the above link for more details. If you're not already a WLUG member and plan to come along, please consider joining on the day. We have a fast internet connection available for downloads and distro updates. Cheers, Chris

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Workshop day. Meet up at the university - usual meeting room for Monday meetings. http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4 We'll have internet access (48Mbit/s) for you to update your Linux box or download various linux distros. Meet up with others - share ideas - trouble shoot hardware and software issues. Install the lastest Linux distro or whatever you'd like to try. If you are considering installing Linux on a MS Windows, please have all your data backed up prior attempting any partitioning of your hard drives. WLUG will not be liable for any loss of data. Entry is free for visitors and club members. However, if you, as a visitor, wish to connect your computer to the internet for more than a few minutes, a fee of $4 dollars to cover internet costs would be appreciated. We will accept membership applications on the day ($20). There are no kitchen facilities within the room. Cafe's and toilets will be available around the campus.

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Malware Scam via Indian Call Centre
by Wayne Grimsey 31 May '11

31 May '11

Hi guys. Here's a scam that's been doing the rounds. One of my friends in Dunedin received such a phone call: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres One of the commenters below the article said he was runnng Linux ... and the caller said that may have caused the problem with his Windows! If they ring me, I might just say something in broken English along the lines of, " Sorry, I can't download your nasty fraudalent expensive malware on my broken abacus, should I try the garbage disposal unit instead?" Wayne

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Window Manager Login
by Graham Lauder 27 May '11

27 May '11

I installed Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 2.9 on a friends comp. It's based on Meerkat Kubuntu and it always wants to log into KDE. I have to specify Gnome at login everytime rather than it remembering the last environment that was logged into. Whereabouts can I get to this and fix it. cheers GL

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