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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm MS4.G.02 (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map?MS4) Robert O'Callahan (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/) will talk about Firefox 3 development FOXHOLES: News From The Front Line Of The Browser Wars Web browsers have become a primary application platform, arguably more important than traditional client operating systems. They are also a key security frontier, a vigorously competitive market, and a crucial front in the battle for free software and open standards. For these and other reasons, browser development is both extremely challenging and extremely important. As a core Firefox developer, I will discuss challenges facing our project: competition from Internet Explorer and other browsers; changes to fundamental assumptions about code-level security vulnerabilities; sustaining and evolving a complex and fragile codebase; and the successes and failures of our tools and processes as one of the world's flagship open source projects. Looking forward, I will discuss our efforts to keep the Web vital, in concert with like-minded browser vendors and standards organizations, by enhancing the Web platform with vector and 3D graphics, offline Web applications, accessibility, ric her typography and layout, enhancements to the Javascript language, efforts to improve cross-browser compatibility, and more. I will talk about why everyone should care and what people can do to help --- which includes joining Mozilla to hack on Gecko with my team!

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Kernel based video mode setting
by Ian McDonald 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

http://www.osnews.com/story/19661 Shows where graphics is going in Linux at a low level.. -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Open sourcing web video
by Ian McDonald 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9918865-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=254… Haven't actually checked out the project fully but sounds interesting. -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Thrusday Night Curry
by Lindsay Druett 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

Hey Guys, Further to Friday's email... I can believe the week is going so fast. I absolutely must now by tomorrow lunch time who's coming so that I can book a place, hopefully Little India. Please email me off list if you're attending or place your name on the wiki. http://hamilton.thursdaynightcurry.com/index.php/Next_event Please pass this around other lists... nznog, wand, wellyLug, Auckland, Wellington TNC.

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Fwd: Waikato Committee Meeting
by David Hallett 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Peter has the following dates available this month: 16,22,28,29 & 30. The last 3 subject to change at short notice. Do these correlate with any dates you have available? If so, please let us know on list which days. (ASAP!) Otherwise, May 1st or May 8th are the next Thursdays on which we can meet. Thanks, David Unfortunately we had too many last minute cancellations to ensure that we met quorum for our committee meeting. We need to have one this month! Can people please advise on list what dates they can attend. We need attendance commitment from committee members otherwise we end up wasting each other's time. Apologies to Ivan who didn't get my email and was the only person who turned up to the last scheduled committee meeting. I have also received an email from Paul Matthews (CEO) who informed me that we need to appoint a Branch Secretary (it's an "officer" of the branch, and hence a constitutional requirement). Can someone willing to perform this role please volunteer - that last thing we want to do is draw straws for the position!

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Fwd: [NGNOPS'08] CFP: IEEE Workshop on Open Source and Next-Generation Networking, Applications and technologies
by Ian McDonald 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

This might be of interest to some who are studying?? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <cbalakri(a)glam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:33 PM Subject: [NGNOPS'08] CFP: IEEE Workshop on Open Source and Next-Generation Networking, Applications and technologies To: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald(a)jandi.co.nz> Call for Papers, Workshop. ========================== The IEEE NGNOPS'08 workshop is colocated with the IEEE NGMAST'08 conference and scheduled on the Sep 18, 2008, Cardiff, Wales, UK. http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/NGMAST08/workshops/ngnops/index.htm IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission: 30 April 2008 Notification of Acceptance: 30 May 2008 Camera Ready 22 June 2008 Author/Early Registration 22 June 2008 Workshop 18 September 2008 Exhibition 17-18 September 2008 Conference Dates 17–19 September 2008 Objective of the workshop =================== The objective of the NGN-OPS workshop is to discuss the open source activities contributing to aspects Next Generation Networking (NGN), mobile devices, development environment and open source technologies enabling in creating an open ecosystem. We are inviting both theoretical, developmental and experimental papers as well as work-in-progress research projects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Open Source software development projects and community efforts relating to o Next Generation Networking o Mobile Devices o Mobility Technologies o Pervasive Networking o Mobile Applications Development Frameworks and Tools o Deployment of Community Networks using Open Source software and tools * Open Standards efforts relating to o Next Generation Networking o Mobile Applications and Web 2.0 o Network Management for NGNs * Open Source based o NGN Services prototypes o NGN Services test beds * Community based efforts in Wireless Networking PAPER SUBMISSION: ================= Full papers reporting original and unpublished research results on NGMAST topics are solicited. Submissions must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere while being evaluated for this conference. * FORMATTING: The proceedings will be published by the prestigious IEEE Computer Society Press. Submissions must be in IEEE two-column format and must not exceed 6 pages, including figures, tables and references. The cover page should contain title, author names, affiliations, and email addresses. Please indicate clearly the corresponding author. Include up to five keywords from the above list and an abstract of no more than 300 words. * HOW TO SUBMIT: The paper submission for IEEE NGNOPS 2008 will only be accepted through the EDAS Paper Submission System accessible from the link on the website. Only papers in PDF will be accepted for reviewing. Submissions as e-mail attachment will not be accepted. * REVIEWING: Consistent with standard practice, each submitted paper will receive rigorous peer reviewing. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance and clarity of presentation. Selection will be based on full papers. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. All accepted papers of the conference are expected to be presented and will be included in the conference proceedings. * CAMERA READY MANUSCRIPT: Accepted papers will need to be formatted in IEEE format (see publication guidelines on the conference website). Camera ready papers must be submitted directly to IEEE through a link that will be activated on the conference website. Again: Only PDF files will be accepted! -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Cisco allowing people to use Linux on ISR
by Ian McDonald 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/04/cisco-set-to-dominate-linux-ma… http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3740106 I don't know enough about Cisco routers to know which series this applies to. Maybe Lindsay might like to comment? -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Hamilton Curry - 17th April 2008 - upcoming to the Hamilton 400 V8 Supercars
by Lindsay Druett 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Yes, we're definitely well overdue for a Thursday night curry in H'tron. And with geeks coming to the tron to watch the V8 supercars in action, well, what's a better time to get together and have a curry ? So far, I have got 4 people keen for an early curry, personally 6:30pm onwards would suit me. Because of the nature of the upcoming event, the Hamilton 400 V8 Supercars, I really need to get firm numbers so that I can book ahead At this stage, I'm looking at Little India in Alexandra St which is in Hamilton CBD. On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:57 +1200, David Hallett wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Shane Hobson > <shane(a)velocitynetworks.co.nz> wrote: > > > > I'm keen, but would prefer an earlier start. > Any thoughts on 6:00 pm ? > Leave from work, goto to TNC ? > > > I like your thinking Shane. I'm keen on that suggestion. > Especially makes life easier for those of us who live rurally. > Otherwise it's an hour-round trip! > > -- > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Hamilton mailing list > Hamilton(a)list.thursdaynightcurry.com > http://list.thursdaynightcurry.com/mailman/listinfo/hamilton

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hamiltron V8s
by Brenda Wallace 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hi folks i'm heading to tron for the V8 races. Are there any WLUG gatherings around this time? i'm in town from afternoon on 17th, leaving on the 21st. -Brenda

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wtb .. pci serial card
by stephen pearce 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Hi Wanted to buy or beg pci serial card .. preferably 2 ports Tnx -- Stephen Pearce Whangarei ph 021 390 997

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