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Re: [wlug] Top 5 tiny distros
by Michael McDonald 15 May '08

15 May '08

2008/5/15 Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz>: > Haven't read yet myself... > > http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/26480 Looks like there's a few interesting distros to try there ... always useful when a friend a needs a computer in a hurry and you've only got old and ancient computers around that are spare. Seems impressed with Puppy ... and I was when I tried it and had no problems connecting to the Internet with an internal fax/modem. (note ... copy to WLUG) Michael

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 11 May '08

11 May '08

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Previous Minutes # Treasurers report # Correspondence # Matters -Sign up for SFD, what quantity of supplies do we require? -Contact Canonical and get 8.04 CD order underway. (Bruce has put in an order for 100 freebies from shipit, not sure how many we'll get) - Bryce Utting nominated as 'temporary committee member' to replace Simon, as allowed for in the constitution.. no SGM required (it's a lot of hassle for a minor committee position and also Bruce forgot to announce one..) Approved by email vote, but should probably be recorded in some minutes somewhere. - Fund raising.. bank balance is distressingly low. Bruce intends to remind members to pay fees at next meeting. Is there anything else we could do to raise funds? Trust applications? # Server status # General business

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Good Ubuntu 8.04 review
by Ian McDonald 09 May '08

09 May '08

I didn't post all the other reviews but I think Ars did a great job here: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/hardy-heron-review.ars/1 They took about the good things, the bad things and how to fix some of the bad things... -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Open Office 3 beta out now
by Ian McDonald 08 May '08

08 May '08

http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9938521-12.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=… -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Re: [wlug] Upgrading Kubuntu Feisty Fawn to Hardy Heron
by GJB 07 May '08

07 May '08

If you upgrade turn off the lock screen on Xscreensaver (if you use it). If the screen locks during the upgrade the system will not let you back in even with your own password, it does something screwy with PAM modules and locks everybody out whilst waiting for reply to numerous .config replace confirmation prompts. You'll probably have to re-install anyway. Wasn't there just a discussion that it screws around with sudo also ... probably same thing as with PAM module frigging around? > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [wlug] Upgrading Kubuntu Feisty Fawn to Hardy Heron > From: "David Hallett" <david(a)pulsar.net.nz> > Date: Wed, May 07, 2008 11:05 pm > To: "Waikato Linux Users Group" <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Glyn Webster <glyn(a)wave.co.nz> wrote: > > > I'm thinking of upgrading the Kubuntu on my PC from Feisty Fawn to Hardy > > Heron, is there anything special I have to consider? > > > You need to read this: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UpgradeFromOldVersion > > -- > David Hallett, BSc, MNZCS, MNZSA > Pulsar Computer Solutions Ltd > P.O. Box 15-516 > Hamilton, New Zealand > > Mob: +64-21-802 256 > Email: david(a)pulsar.net.nz<hr>_______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Upgrading Kubuntu Feisty Fawn to Hardy Heron
by Glyn Webster 07 May '08

07 May '08

I'm thinking of upgrading the Kubuntu on my PC from Feisty Fawn to Hardy Heron, is there anything special I have to consider? -- Glyn Webster.

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Undersized DVD-ROMs?
by Glyn Webster 07 May '08

07 May '08

I've bought 10 Dick Smith DVD-R's, and they only have 1,852,960 blocks available on them, not the full 2,298,496 (3.5GiB of data, not 4.4GiB). At least that's what K3B and GnomeBaker both claim. It might be my DVD burner at fault, I haven't tried other disks yet. I can't find any explanation of what's going on here, does anyone know? This is K3B's debugging output: System ----------------------- K3b Version: 1.0 KDE Version: 3.5.6 QT Version: 3.3.7 Kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic Devices ----------------------- HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4160B A300 (/dev/hdd, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite] Burned media ----------------------- DVD-R Sequential K3bIsoImager ----------------------- mkisofs print size result: 2267770 (4644392960 bytes) Pipe throughput: 20480 bytes read, 0 bytes written. Used versions ----------------------- mkisofs: 1.1.2 growisofs: 7.0.1 growisofs ----------------------- Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/hdd obs=32k seek=0' :-( /dev/hdd: 1852960 blocks are free, 2267770 to be written! growisofs command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:2267770 -dvd-compat -speed=4 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m mkisofs ----------------------- 2267770 I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings) Using HOOTING_YARD_ON_THE_AIR_000.MP3;1 for HootingYard/Hooting_Yard_On_the_Air_-_November_8th_2007_fixed.mp3 (Hooting_Yard_On_the_Air_-_November_8th_2007.mp3) [snip] Using HOOTING_YARD___OCTOBER_6000.MP3;1 for HootingYard/Hooting_Yard_-_October_6th_2007.mp3 (Hooting_Yard_-_October_6th_04.mp3) mkisofs calculate size command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/genisoimage -gui -graft-points -print-size -quiet -volid HootingYard -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-glyn/k3bfCW2Fb.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-glyn/k3bzHHBec.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-glyn/k3brwA0uc.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-glyn/k3bveJ6fa.tmp mkisofs command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/genisoimage -gui -graft-points -volid HootingYard -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-glyn/k3bzbwN7a.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-glyn/k3b0quX9a.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-glyn/k3bNHqsoa.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-glyn/k3bhKcH7b.tmp

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Computer Manufactures push for open source compatiable hardware
by Ian McDonald 03 May '08

03 May '08

http://www.linux.com/feature/134125 -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Microsoft working on opensource management tools
by Ian McDonald 03 May '08

03 May '08

http://lwn.net/Articles/280495/rss -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Meeting Video
by Shannon Skinner 03 May '08

03 May '08

Now that the meetings are started to be video'ed, where will they end up? Will there be an announcement to the list when they're ready?

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