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New Zealand Ubuntu LoCo
by Daniel Faulknor (Ubuntu NZ) 15 May '06

15 May '06

Calling all New Zealand Ubuntu Users! There is now a New Zealand Ubuntu LoCo - A LoCo is a group of people that are interested in promoting and supporting ubuntu in our area. We are following the standard form for Ubuntu LoCos. We have a wiki and forum setup for our members to work together/on Any people that have any interest in ubunu are welcome to join - you dont have to run ubuntu to help out with things to do with the group. We have a IRC channel on freenode.net - irc://chat.freenode.net/#ubuntu-nz1 which is a place for members to gather and talk. Our wiki page on ubuntu.com is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NzTeam Our wiki is at http://ubuntu-nz.org and our forum at http://ubuntu-nz.org/forum If anyone has any queries or suggestion feel free to contact me. -- Daniel Faulknor Personal: http://dannz.net.nz Work: http://services.dannz.net

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Re: [wlug] movsl alignment
by Matthew Browne (DSL HN) 15 May '06

15 May '06

> From: Perry Lorier [mailto:perry@coders.net] > > Ah, I remember the good ol' days of doing this myself :) > Although documentation wasn't quite as free flowing as it is > these days. Well the internet has made things easier of course but I always found if you gave the manufacturer a call or a polite email asking for a databook they'd send some on their way to you. I haven't done it much in recent years but in the past chipmakers wouldn't even ask for the cost of shipping the books to NZ. I remember Intel's databook for the 8086, it even had a reference computer design in there that looked surprisingly like the original IBM PC. ;) Matt Browne

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Government open source advice changed
by Ian McDonald 14 May '06

14 May '06

Interesting read here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3667292a28,00.html I think that this is in a large part due to people like Matt Brown who made submissions in regards to the previous SSC policy. Ian -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand

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Remote Control Software
by Leslie Katz 12 May '06

12 May '06

Many thank to both Jonathan and Daniel for their replies to my query. My feelings were a bit bruised by Jonathan's assertion that my reference to the hurt desk was a slip. Even the people who worked on the desk knew my name for it and, to their credit, still tried to help me! Together, Jonathan and Daniel have given me the start I needed. Thanks again, Leslie

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Remote control software
by Leslie Katz 12 May '06

12 May '06

I gave to the son of friends who live a considerable distance away an old laptop with Damn Small Linux installed. I installed the same distribution on another old laptop which I have, so that I could try to help him if problems arose. We have been able to solve some problems that way, but it's a slow process, with me doing things on my laptop, then emailing instructions to him. I remember working in the past at workplaces big enough to have their own hurt desks and having my computer taken over by someone else in an attempt to solve some problem I had. That's made me wonder what the equivalent Linux software is. I wouldn't have to run that software on my DSL laptop, but could run it on my Fedora desktop, taking over the other DSL laptop over the Internet. I'd be very grateful if someone could recommend any such software, just to get me started.

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More eye candy with compiz and XGL
by Craig Box 11 May '06

11 May '06

http://www.compiz.net/viewtopic.php?id=6 As seen in the XGL demo video I showed a couple of WLUG meetings ago, the utility that lets you run applications composited on top of your windows has been released. This lets you fly toasters around on top of your applications. Please debate the usefulness of this feature! Craig

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 10 May '06

10 May '06

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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Committee Meeting To have something added to the agenda for this meeting, please email secretary @ wlug.org.nz. Location: 4 Silhouette Way Provisional agenda: # Minutes from previous meeting # Matters arising # Correspondence # Treasurers report # General business ----- CommitteeMeetingTopics

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Local loop to be unbundled
by Craig Box 05 May '06

05 May '06

http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=25636 Craig

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Thanks and raincoat
by Justin Hyde 04 May '06

04 May '06

A big thank you to the linux (and mythtv) experts who helped out at the workshop last Saturday. Certainly I got a lot out of the day, I reckon I could get mythtv going by myself now. If anyone wants some help then we could test that theory. One of our mature members, who arrived around 3pm, left his raincoat at my place. Please contact me at 8562454 to arrange pickup. Cheers guys! Justin Hyde

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Fibre
by Oliver Jones 03 May '06

03 May '06

I've deleted the email I was going to respond to... damn. Anyway, regarding LLU, the PDF pointed to makes a good point. Really people should be trying to get access to the ground so they can lay fibre. There is some sort of ruling in NY that makes it compulsory for all utility companies to co-operate on all ditch digging activities. If one company wants to lay a cable all other companies must also lay cable in the same ditch. If they don't they can't dig up the same part of the street for some long period of time. I believe this bylaw was put in place because NY city residents were complaining bitterly about the near constant road works and such due to cable/telecoms companies. Regards

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