New KDE tablet to liberate Linux enthusiasts from walled garden
by Peter Reutemann
Just came across this article on ars technica:
"KDE developer Aaron Seigo has announced a new upcoming tablet
computer, called the Spark, that will ship with KDE's Plasma
environment. The device, which has a seven-inch display and a 1GHz ARM
CPU, will sell for €200 ($262). Underneath the shiny KDE surface, the
Spark reportedly runs Mer, a community-driven fork of the Linux-based
MeeGo platform. Seigo says that the device will be open and that users
will be able to install custom firmware."
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/new-kde-tablet-to-liberate-li...
Cheers, Peter
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8 years, 4 months
Garage Cleanout Redux
by Daniel Lawson
Hi all
I still have some bits and pieces that may be of interest to WLUG members.
2x HP Jetdirect EX Plus Printserver (10Mbit RJ45 + BNC). No PSU, 13VDC,
looks like it may be HP proprietary.
1x Axis 550 printserver (10MBit RJ45 + BNC), with psu i think.
1x Axis 83 Device Server. RISC based embedded system, lots of
hackability.
http://www.lilax.net/textfiles/2003-04-19/axis_82_82_lowres.pdf. 32bit
RISC ETRAX 100LX MCM2+8 CPU, 6MB Flash, 16MB ram, dual ethernet, dual
rs232 serial, single rs485 serial, USB1.1 port. Lots of support for
building custom linux builds to go on here, eg ddwrt. (I've definitely
built custom images to go on this system, although I can't find current
links to any docs)
2x External modems. Two PSUs that probably go with these, but I'm not sure.
1x 3com Homeconnect DSL Modem. DSL1 only, runs with pppoe back to your
host, so it terminates the IP on your machine. No wifi. Dates back to
when DSL was first introduced in NZ.
Industrial patch cables. 7 x 2m, RJ45 (8P8C) to XP85, and 2x2m XP85 to
XP85. XP85 is basically a secure screw fitting around an RJ45/8P8C jack.
It looks like this:
http://www.alternetivo.cz/industrial-patch-cord-utp-xp85-to-mc5-1-5m-yell...
<http://www.alternetivo.cz/industrial-patch-cord-utp-xp85-to-mc5-1-5m-yell...>
Some old Fibrechannel gear. One Emulex LP8000, which had current driver
support (lpfc.ko) in debian lenny at least, and two Compaq Tachyon
adapters, which show up on the bus, but don't seem to have active
drivers since around 2.6.8. There's still 2.4 kernel support for them
however. There's also a pair of Compaq Fibrechannel Hubs. Everything has
optical modules, and there's a few fibre patches as well.
2x ISDN cards. Single basic-rate ports I think, I can't recall the name,
if you're interested I'll dig them out.
1x 17" CRT monitor, in good condition, works well.
All the above is free to whoever wants them, you must pickup from
Hillcrest area, or from the CBD during business hours. No guarantee that
any of it works.
If it doesn't go here, it's going to the new HCC e-waste facility (
http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145835076) on or around the 18th.
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8 years, 4 months
Re: [wlug] LibreCAD
by GJB
hi,
thanks for that, had not heard of it.
I have also used the package "qcad" http://www.qcad.org/ ... it is
available as a package from the Ubunutu repositories at least that I
know of.
Regards.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [wlug] LibreCAD
> From: Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz>
> Date: Fri, January 06, 2012 9:02 am
> To: wlug <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>
>
>
> Hi there
>
> If you're looking for an open source 2D-CAD program, you might want to
> check out LibreCAD:
> http://librecad.org/
>
> The current version 1.0 is still Qt3-based, but work on 2.0 which is
> Qt4 is already underway.
>
> LibreCAD is licensed under GPLv2.
>
> Cheers, Peter
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> Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
> http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
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8 years, 4 months
LibreCAD
by Peter Reutemann
Hi there
If you're looking for an open source 2D-CAD program, you might want to
check out LibreCAD:
http://librecad.org/
The current version 1.0 is still Qt3-based, but work on 2.0 which is
Qt4 is already underway.
LibreCAD is licensed under GPLv2.
Cheers, Peter
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http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
8 years, 4 months
Mint's Cinnamon hits 1.1.3
by Peter Reutemann
Being now a Linux Mint convert (SuSE -> Ubuntu -> Kubuntu -> Mint),
I'm looking forward to what the Mint community comes up with their
Cinnamon fork of the Gnome shell. They are attempting to use Gnome 3
technology to give you a Gnome 2 layout:
http://h-online.com/-1402913
Why did I change Linux distributions?
- SuSE -> Ubuntu: back in the days, the SuSE distro that I had
downloaded via dial-up was riddled with bugs including the update
manager. Updating manually turned out to be way too tedious. An Ubuntu
live CD came in handy there.
- Ubuntu -> Kubuntu: Unity, nuff said. Also, originally long-time KDE user.
- Kubuntu -> Mint: Kubuntu being a bit sluggish and the taskbar buggy
(didn't like long sessions with opening/closing lots of windows).
If you haven't tried Linux Mint, give it a go. It is a very polished
Linux distro. Personally, I'm running version "Katya".
http://linuxmint.com/
Cheers, Peter
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8 years, 5 months
