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Review of AntiX for older PCs
by Ian McDonald 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

This is an interesting looking distro for the likes of people already using Mepis, DSL etc. http://www.linux.com/feature/115203 -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz WAND Network Research Group

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 7:30pm, TW.2.07 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TW). Note date change. MurrayPearson from WandGroup will be speaking on RuralLink and will have an http://www.wlug.org.nz/OLPC unit as well that he will be demoing and talking about. ----- MeetingTopics

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Saving power on Linux
by Ian McDonald 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Interesting article here: http://news.com.com/2100-1007_3-6192865.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&sub… -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz WAND Network Research Group

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is tomorrow!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

There is a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting tomorrow: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 7:30pm, TW.2.07 (http://www.wlug.org.nz/TW). Note date change. MurrayPearson from WandGroup will be speaking on RuralLink and will have an http://www.wlug.org.nz/OLPC unit as well that he will be demoing and talking about. ----- MeetingTopics

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Remember - WLUG is on Wednesday this week
by Ian McDonald 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Just in case you're getting ready to turn up tonight - it's on Wednesday and will feature RuralLink and the OLPC. -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz WAND Network Research Group

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SysFS
by Daniel Lawson 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Ian, Following your comment on the wlug wiki at http://www.wlug.org.nz/SysFs, I was wondering if you had any more info on what sysfs is being replaced with, and what the motives were? I've looked at all the obvious places, but don't feel like trawling through lkml archives. That said, don't go and trawl through said archives yourself if you don't know. I'll go look later on.

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Interesting link; you can play hddvd and/or blueray disks in Ubuntu.
by Bruce Kingsbury 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD

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Greetings from a Funky Penguin in Africa!
by David Young 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

Hi WLUG! :) I've been "lurking" on the list for a few weeks now, and figured it was about time I spoke up and introduced myself... My name is David Young. I'm a South African Linux Geek, and I run a small consulting company over here called "Funky Penguin". For the past three years, we've been assisting clients with Open Source systems, developments, and customizations. I've subscribed to this list because my wife and I are giving very serious consideration to immigrating to your fine country. (South Africa is not the safest place to start a family). I'd want to ply my trade as a consultant over there, while continuing to manage my fledgling company back in SA. I enjoy working with technology in general, specifically open-source software, and if you asked me to define my specialties, I'd have to say : mySQL / PHP development and customization ( http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=wp-phplist - although it's not my favorite pastime), network and open source systems setup, wireless hotspots (working on a pay-for-play model to resell your connection to your neighbors / customers), and (really esoteric) jabber logging ( http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=jabber+bandersnatch) The wife and I are coming over there for a month in August, to get a "feel" for the place, before making our final, life-altering decision. I'm hoping to make friends and contacts on this list, and to establish some "street cred". So, I'll try to make intelligent posts and comments where appropriate, will welcome questions, contact via Facebook, Skype, etc., and hope to meet some of you in August! :) -- Regards, David Young [image: David Young's Facebook profile]<http://www.facebook.com/p/David_Young/580695413> [image: My status] <skype:funkypenguin?add>

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Download Flash image
by Leslie Katz 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Thank you both to Mathew and Bruce for your replies. It seems that another blogger, whose blog I follow regularly, knew how to do what I wanted to do, because he had an image of the very type that I had wanted yesterday on his blog today. I just used his image on my blog: http://stumblng.tumblr.com/post/4000923 Thanks again, Leslie -- Visit http://stumblng.tumblr.com An Australian lawyer's tumblelog about things (some legal, most not) you might otherwise have missed

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Peer Review Starts for Software Patent Applications
by Chris O'Halloran 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

<quote> The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office begins an unprecedented experiment this week that will allow you (yes, you!) to review software patent applications. The USPTO is hoping the wider community of programmers and engineers will do a better job of spotting bad claims and thereby prevent innovation-killing legal tussles. </quote> http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun07/5275 http://www.peertopatent.org/

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