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Fwd: [FSF] New Zealand in urgent danger of software patents
by Aleksey Tsalolikhin 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hello dear Waikato Linux Users Group, Just wanted to make sure you saw this massage and call for action from the Free Software Foundation. Best, Aleksey Tsalolikhin UNIX Sys Admin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Brown <peterb(a)fsf.org> Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM Subject: [FSF] New Zealand in urgent danger of software patents To: info-fsf(a)gnu.org The director of the End Software Patents campaign Ciaran O'Riordan writes to warn of an imminent threat of software patents in New Zealand: Dear Free Software Supporters, The New Zealand government has proposed allowing unlimited software patenting. They are accepting comments until July 2nd, but participation from the people who will be harmed seems very low. The details of how to participate can be found on swpat.org: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/New_Zealand Participation of the free software community is particularly important because, although SME federations and consumer rights groups are sometimes the most influential lobbies against software patents, it's often the free software community that raises awareness of the issue and gets these other groups moving. The July 2nd deadline is very close, so work is needed now. We thus urge you to participate in the consultation, but also to raise awareness on blogs, news sites, and among email groups, and to contact related interest organisations and companies to ask them to get involved too. Some other swpat.org pages that may be useful: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Organising_a_campaign http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Software_patents_harm_SMEs http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Studies_on_economics_and_innovation http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Harm_to_standards Ciaran O'Riordan Director End Software Patents Tel: +32 487 64 17 54 email: ciaran [at] fsf.org end. -- Peter T. Brown Executive Director Free Software Foundation www.fsf.org www.gnu.org info-fsf mailing list info-fsf(a)gnu.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf

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Is the Meeting on Monday 29th still on
by Robert D Davidson 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

HI Wlug, Can you please tell me if the meeting sometimes advertised on Monday 29th at 7.30 is still on? Cheers Robert

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Fwd: Resignation
by Chris O'Halloran 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Resignation From: James Pluck <james(a)courage.co.nz> To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Thursday 09:23:02 Dear WLUG Members, In the last month to 6 weeks my wife and I have been asked by CYFS to undertake the care of two more foster children in permanent placements. Because of the changes this new circumstance has made to our lives and to our schedules I find that I can no longer guarantee to attend all WLUG and WLUG-committee meetings. As President this is not acceptable to me. As I am also the Librarian this means that the library is unavailable to members. This I also cannot condone in myself. So out of respect for the WLUG I tender my resignation from the position of president and from the Committee and Librarian position effective immediately. I do not do this happily as I would much prefer to finish the year completing what I promised to do, but this is in the best interests of the WLUG. I will remain a financial member of the WLUG as I still believe in FOSS and still enjoy the many friendships I have made. In the interim, Bruce will step up from VP to President and Liz Quilty will move into the role of VP. John Billings has offered to take over the library. I wish Bruce, Liz, John and the rest of the committee the very best and will remain available to assist where I can with events. The remaining members of the committee will appoint an interim seventh committee member shortly. Thank you for your trust in me and I apologise for being unable to see it through. However, my family commitments must take priority. Wishing you all well. James Pluck WLUG Past President.

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VOIP Presentation
by Chris O'Halloran 22 Jun '09

22 Jun '09

Greetings, I've created a web safe version of my presentation this evening (scrubbed phone numbers and contact details) and corrected a few spelling errors. I've also included a few links at the end of the presentation in response to some of the questions I fielded at the end of the evening. http://www.wlug.org.nz/~cmoman/voip_presentation/VOIP_presentation_20090622… For those of you considering the VOIP route as a replacement for your phone line, consider taking things one step at a time. Ie get your VOIP up and working before going the Naked DSL route. Make sure you are comfortable with the level of reliability of your VOIP service: No power, no phone. router offline, no phone. Special services such as alarm monitoring or St John ambulance etc aren't suitable for VOIP. A good starting point is using 2talks free service. It doesn't cost anything to set up an account and gives you a few free minutes a month such that you configure and test your hardware/softphone. It's always free to make calls to other 2talk users. Chris

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 21 Jun '09

21 Jun '09

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This meeting is being rescheduled for July due to some scheduling conflicts. VikOlliver Vik will be presenting the RepRap 3D printer. This is a machine which can produce 3D objects that you define in software, much like printing to any ordinary 2D printer. The goal of the project is to create a low cost 3D printer which has the capability to replicate new and improved versions of itself. This meeting will be held in Events Room 1 in the HUB at Wintec, not at our usual meeting room at the University of Waikato. There is a map here: http://www.wintec.ac.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145827879

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 21 Jun '09

21 Jun '09

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The meeting we had planned (http://www.wlug.org.nz/MeetingTopics.2009-06-29) is being rescheduled for July. Instead we are going to have an informal social night. We will have pizza, refreshments and other treats. We will do some short presentations on using Skype on a Linux box, and provide answers to any questions you might have about Linux or Free/Open Source Software. A couple people will be hacking a wireless Internet Access Point using a LightWire account. If they are successful there will be free Internet access. We might talk about preparations for SoftwareFreedomDay. 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) (zcat notes that 'skype' is non-free software, and volunteered to demo ekiga as well)

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GNU/Linuxification
by Andrew Crosby 21 Jun '09

21 Jun '09

hi I am preparing to GNU/Linuxify my fathers business, is there anything i should be aware of? Cheers Andrew

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decent, independent statistics for New Zealand internet users?
by Stuart A. Yeates 21 Jun '09

21 Jun '09

Does anyone know whether there is anyone producing decent statistics of New Zealand internet users? I'm aware that the area is fraught, I'm really just looking for an analysis from someone that can at least spell "vested interest" and "self-selected sample." Ideally the statistics would include things like: 1) OS / browser used 2) bandwidth of connection 3) use of English/Maori and/or ethnicity 4) social networking sites used The best I've found so far is: http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research-institutes/icdc/projects/world-inter… which has good coverage of (2) and the ethnicity aspects of (3). I've also got our own google analytics stats with >a million "unique users", but this these seem to be pretty much contaminated by the fact that _lots_ of our users access our site from school. cheers stuart

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Re: [wlug] wlug Digest, Vol 216, Issue 3
by Wayne Luxton 21 Jun '09

21 Jun '09

Hi folk I am also from rural Morrinsville and am looking to switch completely to Linux as soon as possible. As an older guy I get tired eyes looking at a sreen too much so was looking for some base literature to read on Linux structures, protocols etc. to get my mind in the grove. I used to write software a lot and am familiar with DOS which I guess is getting quiet obsolete. Am intending to be at the Social night on Monday so wonder if some of the library could be available. Hi to the other guys from this way, looking forward to meeting Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: <wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> To: <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: wlug Digest, Vol 216, Issue 3 > Send wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hi From Morrinsville (Robert D Davidson) > 2. Re: Hi From Morrinsville (Ronnie Collinson) > 3. Re: Hi From Morrinsville (Robert D Davidson) > 4. Re: Hi From Morrinsville (Ronnie Collinson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:58:59 +1200 > From: "Robert D Davidson" <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz> > Subject: [wlug] Hi From Morrinsville > To: <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Message-ID: <102D03ACD01C433CA2F51E932FED6774@compaqn610c> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Wlug, > > I represent two Linux newbies in Morrinsville. We have Ubuntu and Open Suse going but no modem and a trial version of Xandros going on another machine with no modem problems. > > In the medium term I want to get a C IDE like Ajuta going to do some C programming. > > Does anyone want to do some handholding for us by email? > > > > Cheers > > > > Robert > > > Robert D Davidson > Director > Genatron Ltd www.genatron.com > Datamatrix New Zealand Ltd www.datamatrix.co.nz > Owner > www.exalpy.com > www.comardo.com > >

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Games
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 20 Jun '09

20 Jun '09

Hi All Any one who is likely to play Freedroid rpg or is able to help with its development may like this 15 minute video from Fosdem in February http://fosdem.unixheads.org/2009/lightningtalks/freedroidrpg.xvid.avi Regards John

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