Hello all,
Is there a tool in ubuntu that a user can start that reports the real world ip
address and configures a home router to open a port to allow remote
administration?
I have a friend or two for whom it would nice to get them to start a program,
report to me the details via MSN or Skype or telephone etc and allow me to
log in and fix or make a configuration change to their machine. I know how
to set things up using ssh etc but that relies on some initial configuration
at the their end. KDE has a nice VNC invite function but it won't do the
router config part.
It appears the likes of KTorrent and Azuereus have the ability to do some to
the router via UPnP to open ports up on the router dynamically so I am
guessing all this is possible.
Cheers
(reposted without the mentioned attachment. The PDF will be uploaded later
today to the WLUG server and a link posted later on.)
Hi All,
I was wondering if there was any interest in feilding a team from the WLUG
in the Relay For Life next March.
I have all the forms and I've attached the PDF of the recent newsletter.
If there is enough interest then this could be a good thing to hand to the
incoming committee to organise.
Cheers
James.
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We invite you to attend eDay in Hamilton on 5th October 2008. Your
support of the event and attendance would be greatly appreciated.
eDay is a drive-through recycling event which gives New Zealand
households and community organisations the opportunity to recycle old
computers and mobile phones in an environmentally sustainable way. eDay
will be held in 30 locations across the country, from Invercargill to
Kaitaia, on the 4^th and 5^th of October. //
eDay in Hamilton will take place on Sunday 5^th October* *2008 from
9am -- 3pm. You are most welcome to attend at any time during the day as
a volunteer.
The eDay venue details are as follows:
Mainfreight Depot
Foreman Rd (off Avalon Dr)
Hamilton**
* *
*Who is attending eDay in Hamilton*
§ eDay sponsors and stakeholders such as Hamilton City Council
Voulnteers, Velocity Networks, Easy Technology and Waikato 2020
Communications Trust
§ Local media will be invited
§ Local community disposing of their e-waste; we are expecting up to
800 cars and households to drop-off e-waste.
eDay was created by the Computer Access New Zealand Trust (CANZ) in
response to a growing concern about the volume of electronic waste
(e-waste), especially computers and computer monitors, being dumped in
New Zealand landfills.
e-waste can seriously harm the environment, wildlife and human health
when dumped in landfills. Landfilling e-waste is not a solution because
it stores potentially toxic waste rather than allowing for recovery and
reuse of valuable materials.
eDay aims to increase community awareness of the hazardous nature of
electronic equipment, making it clear that disposal in landfills is not
a sustainable option. It also provides a mechanism and convenient
drop-off points for households and community organisations to dispose of
computer equipment and mobile phones in an environmentally sustainable
manner.
I hope you can join us on 5^th of October. / /
/ /
Please RSVP
Regards,
Vanessa Mohi-Goodchild
eDay Project Manager
Waikato 2020 Communications Trust
Ph 07 855 6206
Mob 021 11 00 226
vanessa(a)wainet.org <mailto:vanessa@wainet.org>
Your best chance in 2008 for you and your friends to get rid of that
environmentally hazardous computer stuff without feeling guilty.
I am sure they would be delighted if you volunteer to help as well. They
need as much help as they can get, especially from those who actually
know something about computers.
Rod
FYI
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek(a)ubuntu.com>
Date: 2008/9/24
Subject: Serious, potentially hardware-damaging e1000e driver issue on
Intrepid
To: ubuntu-devel-announce(a)lists.ubuntu.com
Reports have been coming in that the e1000e ethernet driver for Intel GigE
chipsets, as included upstream in Linux 2.6.27, may under certain conditions
irreparably damage your ethernet hardware by corrupting the on-board
firmware.
While we expect alphas to include a fair number of bugs, and rely on your
continued support and testing to help resolve these bugs for Ubuntu
releases, bugs that damage hardware are quite another matter. As a result
of this bug we must recommend that users do *not* use Intrepid alphas,
including the LiveCDs, on machines with Intel GigE ethernet.
Efforts to safeguard the hardware of affected users are ongoing, though
initially this will consist of a workaround in the form of disabling the
e1000e driver. Alpha 6 CD images will not be re-issued for this fix, so
affected users are advised to either use daily CD images once a resolution
is in place, or to wait for the release of the 8.10 beta, due to be released
on October 2.
Further discussion of this issue can be found on the ubuntu-devel mailing
list at
<https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-September/026559.html>,
and progress on resolving this issue can be tracked at
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555>.
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> S-Block, Waikato University, Saturday 20th. It'll be great to have you there.
Hey folks. Just thought I'd drop a line to the list as a way of
introducing myself
and to acknowlege the effort the group obviously put into SFD last weekend.
I'm a web developer type who's been working with open-source tech for many
years now, some of the Uni folk on the list will know me, I saw a few familiar
faces in S-block on Saturday.
I was really impressed with what you'd put together. I took a couple of friends
along who are also techies, none of us are hard-core Linux desktop users (yet)
but two of us have been using *nix back-ends for some time now.
Was great to be met on the door (sorry didnt catch the guy's name, my mate
Matt used to work with him at Telecom), getting a warm reception at an event
like that is so important, especially so I imagine for those who may not be as
familiar with all the lingo etc and feeling a bit intimidated by all
the Alpha-Geeks.
Awesome to see the number of folk there who weren't afraid to be asking
questions and finding out about stuff that they could see themselves personally
using. Its easy to give people too much info, but from what I saw the speakers
and folks at the demos in the reception area had the balance right, not too
much, not too condescending.
One thing that did strike me was the fact that a lot of the attendees were
pretty much already FOSS converts, not too many total noobies, I guess it's
tough raising awareness of an event and topic like this, but I wonder if
maybe being on the edge of town (ie at the Uni) might not be too far
away for some people, would it be better in a central location where casual
bypassers could be tempted to pop in and find out whats goin on?
All in all, it was very well done, I look FWD to popping along to the
next one :-)
Dean Stringer
By DAVE THOMPSON - The Press | Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Every week we get someone asking about Linux what is it, why is it and
should I do it? The answer is complicated.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4701954a28.html
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The WLUG AGM will be on October 20th, 7:30pm at MS4G02
More details will be on the wiki soon
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The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the
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A few of us got out on the streets of Stockholm to spread to good word.
As some of you know I'm a expat Kiwi from Hamilton living in and working
in Sweden as a Linux Systems Admin.
Here are some pics. I'm the one with the Redhat cap on :)
http://geraner.vox.com/
My blog about our day.
http://nordickiwi.no-ip.com/blog/?p=160
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