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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This meeting has been canceled. We held a meeting earlier this month with speakers Paul Fenwick and Jacinta Richardson. http://www.wlug.org.nz/ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3522/3274121000_41b87810dd_m.jpg

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Automatically adding pics to an OpenOffice presentation
by Glenn Ramsey 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

Hi, Does anyone know if there is a way to automatically generate an OO presentation (or similar) from a number of pictures, where each picture appears on an individual slide? Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This meeting has been canceled. We held a meeting earlier this month with speakers Paul Fenwick and Jacinta Richardson. http://www.wlug.org.nz/ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3522/3274121000_41b87810dd_m.jpg

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Relay for Life March 7, 2009
by Liz 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Okay the Relay for Life is coming up and James suggested that we put a group together to help raise our profile and also help those with Cancer. Now James has had a few things crop up and is unable to help out, however there are a few others of us keen to put together a group. You can find more details about it here http://www.relayforlife.org.nz/index/event?EventID=35 Its on March 7, 2009 Key points: * Teams consist of 10 or more: a Team Captain is elected, a Team name selected, and members submit a registration fee which will vary according to where the event is being held. Teams are encouraged to set and achieve their own FUNdraising goals in advance of the Relay and to be as creative as they wish about how they will walk, stroll or run around the track. FUNdraising can be achieved on either an individual basis or as a team. * At least one member of the team should be on the track for the duration of Relay to keep the baton passing. They are encouraged by their supporters and the electric and celebratory atmosphere that is created by the trackside entertainment and the vibrancy of everyone camping together overnight. * After you have registered you will receive a thank you confirmation, a login and password and access to the team captain and team member pages. * Cost $15 per person + whatever fund raising we can make So can I have a show of hands please who would like to help out. Liz ps. Yes this is completely un linux related, however i figure it gets the name noticed, we may be able to get some media coverage, and its good PR

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Kubuntu 8.10 KDE4.2 Akonadi and Kmail
by Chris O'Halloran 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Hello, Just wondered if anyone was using KDE 4.2 and had success getting Akonadi to access their mail and display it in Kmail. I can access an address boo k( via Kontact) to display via Akonadi; and stop and start the Akonadi service without errors. I have it connecting to a few IMAP email accounts but nothing actually get displayed in Kmail. I've tried Mailody http://www.mailody.net but that doesn't seem to connect to Akonadi yet. Perhaps its not functional in Kubuntu 8.10 yet? http://pim.kde.org/akonadi/ Anyone having success or similar experiences. Chris

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Rimuhosting on TV3
by John Billings 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

My employer Max Hedroom, was on tv tonight: http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/CampbellLive/tabid/367/articleID/91372/cat/84/… The interview got better as it went on. It was my day off so I missed all the excitement. I think I saw Ivan compiling KDE at my desk, no wonder my computer was acting strange today.

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A meeting is scheduled for this date, but you haven't told us what you want it to be yet. If you're seeing this message, feel free to suggest or offer to present a meeting topic - the MeetingTopics page might be a good place to start.

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Fwd: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released
by Ian McDonald 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

If you want a rock solid distribution then Debian 5 is out. It may take a little more work configuring and doesn't have the latest version of everything but you can count on it running, and running and running... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar(a)debian.org> Date: Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:58 PM Subject: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released To: debian-announce(a)lists.debian.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released press(a)debian.org February 14th, 2009 http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed "Lenny") after 22 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB. Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of twelve architectures are supported: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386), IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm, armel), IBM S/390 (s390), and AMD64 and Intel EM64T (amd64). Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" adds support for Marvell's Orion platform which is used in many storage devices. Supported storage devices include the QNAP Turbo Station series, HP Media Vault mv2120, and Buffalo Kurobox Pro. Additionally, "Lenny" now supports several Netbooks, in particular the Eee PC by Asus. "Lenny" also contains the build tools for Emdebian which allow Debian source packages to be cross-built and shrunk to suit embedded ARM systems. Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" includes the new ARM EABI port, "armel". This new port provides a more efficient use of both modern and future ARM processors. As a result, the old ARM port (arm) has now been deprecated. This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as the K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.22.2, the Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment, LXDE 0.3.2.1, the GNUstep desktop 7.3, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox), Icedove 2.0.0.19 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird), PostgreSQL 8.3.6, MySQL 5.0.51a, GNU Compiler Collection 4.3.2, Linux kernel version 2.6.26, Apache 2.2.9, Samba 3.2.5, Python 2.5.2 and 2.4.6, Perl 5.10.0, PHP 5.2.6, Asterisk 1.4.21.2, Emacs 22, Inkscape 0.46, Nagios 3.06, Xen Hypervisor 3.2.1 (dom0 as well as domU support), OpenJDK 6b11, and more than 23,000 other ready-to-use software packages (built from over 12,000 source packages). With the integration of X.Org 7.3 the X server autoconfigures itself with most hardware. Newly introduced packages allow the full support of NTFS filesystems and the use of most multimedia keys out of the box. Support for Adobe(R) Flash(R) format files is available via the swfdec or Gnash plugins. Overall improvements for notebooks have been introduced, such as out of the box support of CPU frequency scaling. For leisure time several new games have been added, including puzzle games as well as first-person shooters. Also notable is the introduction of "goplay", a graphical games browser offering filters, search, screenshots and descriptions for games in Debian. The availability and updates of OpenJDK, GNU Java compiler, GNU Java bytecode interpreter, Classpath and other free versions of Sun's Java technology, into Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 allow us to ship Java-based applications in Debian's "main" repository. Further improvements in system security include the installation of available security updates before the first reboot by the Debian Installer, the reduction of setuid root binaries and open ports in the standard installation, and the use of GCC hardening features in the builds of several security-critical packages. Various applications have specific improvements, too. PHP for example is now built with the Suhosin hardening patch. For non-native English speaking users the package management systems now support translated package descriptions and will automatically show the description of a package in the native language of the user, if available. Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME is the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. Other desktop environments - KDE, Xfce, or LXDE - can be installed through two new alternative CD images. Again available with Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 are multi-arch CDs and DVDs supporting installation of multiple architectures from a single disc; and this release adds Blu-ray Discs, allowing the archive for an entire architecture to be shipped on a single BD. In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now also be directly used without prior installation. The special images used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks, and netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and i386 architectures only. The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 has been improved in many ways: among many other improvements, support for installation from more than one CD or DVD has been restored, firmware required by some devices can be loaded by using removable media, and installations via Braille display are supported. The installer boot process has also received much attention: a graphical menu can be used to choose front-ends and desktop environments, and to select expert or rescue mode. The installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been translated to 63 languages. Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorrent (the recommended way), jigdo or HTTP; see Debian GNU/Linux on CDs [1] for further information. It will soon be available on DVD, CD-ROM and Blu-ray Disc from numerous vendors [2], too. Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 from the previous release, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed "Etch") are automatically handled by the aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always, Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the release notes [3] for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release. 1: http://www.debian.org/CD/ 2: http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors 3: http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/releasenotes Dedication ---------- Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. Thiemo was involved in Debian in many ways. He has maintained several packages and was the main supporter of the Debian port to the MIPS architectures. He was also a member of our kernel team, as well as a member of the Debian Installer team. His contributions reached far beyond the Debian project. He also worked on the MIPS port of the Linux kernel, the MIPS emulation of qemu, and far too many smaller projects to be named here. Thiemo's work, commitment, broad technical knowledge and ability to share this with others will be missed. Thiemo's contributions will not be forgotten. The high standards of his work make it hard to pick up. About Debian ------------ Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, developed by more than a thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature, and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux distributions. The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to provide the best operating system possible. Debian 5.0 is another important step in that direction. Contact Information ------------------- For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to <press(a)debian.org>. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-announce-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/, http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Fwd: Moonshine: drinking fermented Windows Media content on Linux
by Ian McDonald 13 Feb '09

13 Feb '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz> Date: Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 6:58 AM Subject: Moonshine: drinking fermented Windows Media content on Linux To: ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz Sent to you by Ian McDonald via Google Reader: Moonshine: drinking fermented Windows Media content on Linux<http://feeds.arstechnica.com/%7Er/arstechnica/everything/%7E3/2qyxyzMxnQ8/m…> via Ars Technica - All Ars Technica Content <http://arstechnica.com/> by segphault(a)arstechnica.com (Ryan Paul) on 2/13/09 [image: companion photo for Moonshine: drinking fermented Windows Media content on Linux]<http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/moonshine-drinking-fermented-…> Novell developer Aaron Bockover has created a clever Firefox plugin that uses Moonlight to play conventional Windows media streaming video content at websites like C-SPAN. The plugin takes advantage of the video codecs that Microsoft provides for Moonlight, Novell's open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application framework. Moonlight 1.0, which was officially released Wednesday<http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/02/moonlight-10-brings-silverl…>, automatically downloads a proprietary codec pack from Microsoft in order to provide Linux users with legally licensed support for Microsoft's video formats. Bockover's plugin uses the NPAPI to register itself as the default consumer of Windows Media content and then, when it is invoked by the browser, uses Moonlight to embed a Silverlight-based streaming video player—which he wrote entirely in XAML and JavaScript—in the page to handle WMV. Click here to read the rest of this article<http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/moonshine-drinking-fermented-…> <http://feedads.googleadservices.com/%7Ea/XpCyimPYLHl6yKMzb5wwO9wZb1E/a> Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Ars Technica - All Ars Technica Content<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.arstechnica.com…>using *Google Reader* - Get started using Google Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with *all your favorite sites* -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/, http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Fwd: Auto-discard notification
by Chris O'Halloran 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gavin Grieve <ggrieve(a)ihug.co.nz> To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:54:34 +1300 Subject: Re: [wlug] Thursday 12th Feb, Paul Fenwick & wife Jacinta Richardson talk at Waikato Uni SG01 Liz wrote: > > Hes gone out of his way to come give this talk to WLUG today, he was actually holidaying breifly! So make sure you turn up and show him a great time. I am so totally jealous and wish I could come up from sunny *cough* Wellington. Nice catch guys. -- Gavin

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