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by Ronnie Collinson
Sounds good. Just some small typos corrected and I booked the room for 25/2:
Regrettably, I must inform you all, that we failed to attain quorum at
the AGM last night, with only 7 members arriving. As by the charter,
we will hold a second AGM on February 25th (after Christmas and summer
festivities).
If we fail to obtain quorum or a new committee, we may have no choice
but to file for dissolution with the registrar (could be re-registered
for a fee of $204.45). If this is needed we will endeavour to leave as
much of the online presence running as possible. The club does however
remain in good financial standing.
If any member is unable to attend the AGM, we will be happy for you to
attend via IRC, we will attempt to stream the meeting too (perhaps
audio-only via mumble).
On behalf of committee
7 years, 3 months
Raspberry Pi Team Launches Pi Store
by Peter Reutemann
"Raspberry Pi developer team has introduced the Pi store, a place to
get software for Raspberry Pi, in collaboration with IndieCity and
Velocix. The team hopes that the store will become a one-stop-shop for
Raspbian Pi users. The store already has 23 major applications
available for users including LibreOffice and Asterisk. There are
classic games like Freeciv and OpenTTD and Raspberry Pi exclusive
Iridium Rising. The team also managed to get 'one piece of commercial
content: the excellent Storm in a Teacup from Cobra Mobile.'"
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/12/17/1353255/raspberry-pi-team-launch...
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
7 years, 5 months
How to install Ubuntu on Acer's $199 C7 Chromebook
by Peter Reutemann
"Maybe you think the price of Acer's new $199 C7 Chromebook is
appealing and that the hardware doesn't look bad, but you're a little
worried about using Chrome OS to get your work done. Or maybe you're
looking for a small, cheap laptop to run Ubuntu, and you're not really
interested in buying a computer running a Windows license you'll never
use. If either of those sentences describe you and you aren't afraid
of the command line, it's actually pretty easy to convert the cheapest
Chromebook yet into a nice little Linux laptop."
-- source: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/12/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-acers-199...
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
7 years, 5 months
Samba 4.0 Released: the First Free Software Active Directory Compatible Server
by Peter Reutemann
"We released Samba 4.0 today, containing the first compatible Free
Software implementation of Microsoft's Active Directory protocols.
'Samba 4.0 comprises an LDAP directory server, Heimdal Kerberos
authentication server, a secure Dynamic DNS server, and
implementations of all necessary remote procedure calls for Active
Directory. Samba 4.0 provides everything needed to serve as an Active
Directory Compatible Domain Controller for all versions of Microsoft
Windows clients currently supported by Microsoft, including the
recently released Windows 8. The Samba 4.0 Active Directory Compatible
Server provides support for features such as Group Policy, Roaming
Profiles, Windows Administration tools and integrates with Microsoft
Exchange and Free Software compatible services such as OpenChange.'"
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/12/11/1922220/samba-40-released-the-fi...
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
7 years, 5 months
Linux 3.7 Released
by Peter Reutemann
"Linux kernel 3.7 has been released. This release adds support for the
new ARM 64-bit architecture, ARM multiplatform — the ability to boot
into different ARM systems using a single kernel; support for
cryptographically signed kernel modules; Btrfs support for disabling
copy-on-write on a per-file basis using chattr; faster Btrfs fsync();
a new experimental 'perf trace' tool modeled after strace; support for
the TCP Fast Open feature in the server side; experimental SMBv2
protocol support; stable NFS 4.1 and parallel NFS; a vxlan tunneling
protocol that allows to transfer Layer 2 ethernet packets over UDP;
and support for the Intel SMAP security feature. Many small features
and new drivers and fixes are also available. Here's the full list of
changes."
-- source: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/12/11/160259/linux-37-released
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
7 years, 5 months
Old-ish Fiber-Optic Gear For Disposal
by Elroy
Need to clear garage.
Have various older hubs (~16-24 ports 10Mbps ethernet plus optical
ports), various older fiber-optic cables (mainly patch (less than 1m)),
and other bits and pieces.
Most gear is untested, was bought as-is.
Also have a couple 100Mbps UTP <==> 100Mbps fiber converters.
Would prefer they go to non-profit/educational homes; if for-profit,
then I'd appreciate a few dollars to a good cause I know of (wikipedia
being one).
Will try to get a more detailed list shortly.
Elroy.
7 years, 5 months
Python Creator Guido van Rossum Leaves Google For Dropbox
by Peter Reutemann
"Guido van Rossum, the proclaimed Python Benevolent Dictator For Life,
has left Google to work for Dropbox. In their announcement, Dropbox
says they relied heavily on Python from the beginning, citing a mix of
simplicity, flexibility, and elegance, and are excited to have GvR on
the team. While this is, without a doubt, good news for Dropbox, the
big question is what this will mean for Python (and for Google)."
-- source: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/12/07/2242237/python-creator-guid...
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174
7 years, 5 months
