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How do I contribute something to KDE?
by Glyn Webster 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

I've written a Kate (KDE editor) syntax-highlighting file for Ocaml, and I'd like to contribute it to KDE. What's the most painless way to do this? I don't want to join anything: just hand it over with an explanation of what it is and what it's good for. -- Glyn Webster ~ Simplicity Himself. ~ glyn(a)wave.co.nz ~ http://tiddly-pom.com

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Wiki for beginners
by Craig Box 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Hi everyone, I've been doing some tidying up of the Wiki (our web site) lately, with reference to the comments about beginners being lost. The home page has been rearranged so that it's (hopefully) a bit more obvious where to start. The sidebar has been shrunk a bit too (thanks Perry) so that the backlinks are more prominent. This way, you see not only what the current page links to, but what other pages link to this concept; a really good way to learn what connects to what in the world of Linux. I'd like to encourage anyone who thinks they qualify to look at http://www.wlug.org.nz/NewToLinux, and add suggestions/hints/whatever they need to get the information that you want to hear, on the wiki. (People normally add what they learn, which is why there's a lot about the newer things, but not as much about learning from the ground up, because most of the regular authors did that many years ago.) As a note, debates that are off topic for the mailing list might very well be on topic on the Wiki; please remember however it is another public face of the incorporated society so standard graces need apply. Craig

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RE: [wlug] OFF-TOPIC NZADSL Petition
by DrWho? 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

My 1cent worth. I belive, rather then up the bandwidth, telecom should allow ISPs to operate thier own full rate portals for ftp. This will be off more benifit then upping regular bandwidth! At 16:42 9/09/2003 +1200, you wrote: > >Does anyone here really believe that TNZ gives a toss. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andrew Thrift @ Millennium >> [mailto:andrew@millenniumtechnology.co.nz] >> Sent: Tuesday, 9 September 2003 15:50 >> To: wlug >> Subject: [wlug] OFF-TOPIC NZADSL Petition >> >> >> There is a petition online to Telecom New Zealand regarding their >> current crappy data plans. >> >> It can be signed at: >> >> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/nzadsl/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wlug mailing list >> wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >> http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlu> g >> >> >_______________________________________________ >wlug mailing list >wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Market Day
by Paul Jonassen 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Who: Hamilton Amateur Radio Club. Date: Saturday 20th September. Location: Main hall, Claudelands Showgrounds, Hamilton. Time: 10am Public entry. (FREE!) Contents: Electronics, Computers, Communications, Food, X, ?. Email me off list if you would like vendor information. L8R jono!!

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RE: [wlug] OFF-TOPIC NZADSL Petition
by Lindsay Druett 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Does anyone here really believe that TNZ gives a toss. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Thrift @ Millennium > [mailto:andrew@millenniumtechnology.co.nz] > Sent: Tuesday, 9 September 2003 15:50 > To: wlug > Subject: [wlug] OFF-TOPIC NZADSL Petition > > > There is a petition online to Telecom New Zealand regarding their > current crappy data plans. > > It can be signed at: > > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/nzadsl/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlu> g > >

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OFF-TOPIC NZADSL Petition
by Andrew Thrift ＠ Millennium 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

There is a petition online to Telecom New Zealand regarding their current crappy data plans. It can be signed at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/nzadsl/

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Waikato University Linux
by Edward Murrell 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

I was discussing the use of Linux at uni today. One of the main points I was asked to defend was essentially; "Why does Linux sucks so much?" This persons experience with Linux had pretty much centred round the R block, and G basement computers at uni - and I can't say I disagree with her. As far as I can make out, those computers are running some ancient version of Slackware (I think?) with GNOME 1.4, and KDE2. Most of the other WMs seem to be broken. Fonts are abysmal, and the default browser is Netscape 4. The CDRom/fstab is only correctly setup on some of the machines. Frankly, it's embarrassing. While I can understand that the uni staff don't exactly have time to be reinstalling Linux every six months, and that stability is very important, this is the same config that I was using when I attempted second year for the first time back in 2001. >From a brief poke around the /proc/ fs, it's clear the machines are easily capable of running something far more up to date. I would really like to see something along the lines of GNOME 2.X, KDE3, a fairly recent version of say Mozilla, Galeon, or Konqueror, and for the love of god, decent fonts. Given the varsity centric nature of the WLUG, I'm hoping someone can tell me why the Linux machines are in such as sad state. Do the admins not care? Or have they simply forgotten what's running there. Regards Edward

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RE: [wlug] Waikato University Linux
by Jodi Thomson 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

If I recall correctly SCMS is investigating a move from Slackware to a different distro due to its fading support. However that's not something to take lightly, and the number of different services that SCMS support staff have to deal with means a change won't be for a while yet. Plus there's the old saying to bear in mind: if it works and ain't broke - leave it alone Jodi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Jodi W. Anderson, Mr (BA, A+, MCP) - Computer Systems Consultant Waikato University Library - Computing Operations Group Ph: +64 7 838 4323 email: jodi(a)waikato.ac.nz "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before." > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Shepherd [mailto:kims@waikato.ac.nz] > Sent: Tuesday, 9 September 2003 10:16 a.m. > To: wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: Re: [wlug] Waikato University Linux > > > On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 08:31:01PM +1200, Edward Murrell wrote: > > I was discussing the use of Linux at uni today. One of the > main points > > I was asked to defend was essentially; "Why does Linux > sucks so much?" > > > > This persons experience with Linux had pretty much centred > round the R > > block, and G basement computers at uni - and I can't say I disagree > > with her. As far as I can make out, those computers are > running some > > ancient version of Slackware (I think?) with GNOME 1.4, and > KDE2. Most > > of the other WMs seem to be broken. Fonts are abysmal, and > the default > > browser is Netscape 4. The CDRom/fstab is only correctly > setup on some > > of the machines. > > > > Frankly, it's embarrassing. While I can understand that the > uni staff > > don't exactly have time to be reinstalling Linux every six > months, and > > that stability is very important, this is the same config > that I was > > using when I attempted second year for the first time back in 2001. > > > > >From a brief poke around the /proc/ fs, it's clear the machines are > > easily capable of running something far more up to date. I would > > really like to see something along the lines of GNOME 2.X, KDE3, a > > fairly recent version of say Mozilla, Galeon, or Konqueror, and for > > the love of god, decent fonts. > > > > Given the varsity centric nature of the WLUG, I'm hoping > someone can > > tell me why the Linux machines are in such as sad state. Do > the admins > > not care? Or have they simply forgotten what's running there. > > > > Regards > > Edward > > Do the people raising these issues have student home > directories? Do they browse the web using their student > account? Do they print to charged print queues? Do they ever > use www.waikato.ac.nz? Or igate? Do they use University mailing lists? > > There are a myriad of other services running solely on Linux, > of course.. these are just the ones that I can think of right now. > > Then again, you're probably talking about SCMS lab PCs, which > I've never seen, and SCMS don't use a bunch of our services anyway. > > -k. > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlu> g > >

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RE: [wlug] Waikato University Linux
by Matthew Browne (DSL HN) 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

> From: Edward Murrell [mailto:edward@murrell.co.nz] > > I was discussing the use of Linux at uni today. One of the > main points I > was asked to defend was essentially; "Why does Linux sucks so much?" > > This persons experience with Linux had pretty much centred round the > R block, and G basement computers at uni - and I can't say I disagree > with her. As far as I can make out, those computers are running some > ancient version of Slackware (I think?) with GNOME 1.4, and KDE2. Most > of the other WMs seem to be broken. > Fonts are abysmal, and the default browser is Netscape 4. The > CDRom/fstab is only correctly setup on some of the machines. I've talked about this problem with others a number of times. It's been ages since I was at uni now but when I was there all of the machines were well behind in their operating systems. Not just Linux machines but the Macs and Windows boxes too (well the few windows boxes I saw anyway). Whenever someone put down another OS based purely on using uni computers I just used to say to them "If you had an <insert their favourite OS here> machine set up the way they are at uni would you like to use that?". Nobody ever said yes. Matt Browne

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.geek.nz - last day to vote
by nzserver 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

good thing it got brought in :) http://www.domainname.geek.nz > I haven't heard anything yet, no doubt Dean Pemberton will tell us in > the first instance when he can. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gavin Denby [mailto:redhat at ihug.co.nz] > Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2003 10:09 > To: wlug > Subject: Re: [wlug] FW: [nznog] .geek.nz - last day to vote > > > .. Any results yet ???????????????? > > > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:00, Lindsay Druett wrote: > > Hi There, > > > > We need your support here... > > If you want a .geek.nz domain, vote yes. > > > > Word has it that heaps of people have voted "no", we need your > > support. >

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