From tanner at real-time.com Sun Jul 1 16:46:39 2007 From: tanner at real-time.com (Bob Tanner) Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:46:39 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] E-mail relay References: <20070618143652.hrxvcrudoo88g8gs@webmail.northlans.com> Message-ID: jimstreit at northlans.com wrote: > Anyone have any suggestions? Setup mailman plus your favorite MTA (I prefer postfix). http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mailman+postfix+HOWTO+&btnG=Search will get you started. Bulk import your newletter recipient into mailman. Navigate to admin interface for mailman. Click "Membership management..." Click "Mass Subscription" Probably best to "... specify a file to upload:" Wait... Wait... :-) Then navigate to "Membership List", find the members that have opt'd out and click the "nomail [reason]" check box. Viola, opt'd out, but you haven't lost their info. Mass opt'd out could easily be scripted look at the mailman script/bin directory for how to get a CLI to mailman. -- Bob Tanner | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = F785 DDFC CF94 7CE8 AA87 3A9D 3895 26F1 0DDB E378 From jlanpher at stealthnetworking.com Sun Jul 1 16:31:43 2007 From: jlanpher at stealthnetworking.com (Jason Lanpher) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 16:31:43 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Ip Based Phone System. In-Reply-To: <48512.204.212.34.10.1183264495.squirrel@lctn.org> Message-ID: <1050983938.261183325503229.JavaMail.root@ns1> Hey Raymound, I would check out Fonality. They have a great product which I use and outstanding support staff. http://www.fonality.com Jason Lanpher President Stealthnetworking Inc. Website: http://www.stealthnetworking.com Email: jlanpher at stealthnetworking.com Phone: (651) 442-1212 Let us focus on your Information Technology needs so you can focus on your business. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Norton" To: "Dan Smith" Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:34:55 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Ip Based Phone System. > I was given a "project" by my boss to look into a IP based system for our > Small office in St.Paul. Our office currently has 4 people with Phone > Extentions, but Can support up to 6 actual stations. > If you want to do your own, check out freepbx. You can demo a vmware package of trixbox, which uses freepbx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list From tclug at natecarlson.com Sun Jul 1 21:13:15 2007 From: tclug at natecarlson.com (Nate Carlson) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 21:13:15 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Ip Based Phone System. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 30 Jun 2007, Dan Smith wrote: > I was given a "project" by my boss to look into a IP based system for > our Small office in St.Paul. Our office currently has 4 people with > Phone Extentions, but Can support up to 6 actual stations. > > Does anyone have ideas about this? Vonage? You're going to need a few pieces: 1) PSTN connection. This can be VoIP or a physical line. 2) PBX solution. This could be a softswitch you install on a chunk of hardware, or a fully supported piece of hardware. 3) Phones. Lots of options here. :) There are companies that combine it all - a good example would be junction networks. You pay them a fixed monthly fee, and they do everything for you - you just need to plug the phones into an internet connection. As far as the PBX solution, if you really want to roll it yourself, I highly recommend Asterisk. There are also other solutions, such as Fonality and iSoftSwitch, which are supported software. On the other end of the spectrum, there are units like the Linksys IP9000 or Mediatrix gateways that are a chunk of hardware delivered by the vendor with software preloaded. As far as phones, I highly recommend the Polycom phones, but there are lots of good options. ;) You may want to chat with the guys at ATAComm - they are up in Maple Grove, and are one of the larger VoIP resellers. Check out www.atacomm.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From chewie at wookimus.net Mon Jul 2 11:41:20 2007 From: chewie at wookimus.net (Chad Walstrom) Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:41:20 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Ip Based Phone System. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20070702164120.BB94B75BB@skuld.wookimus.net> Onvoy, Inc. offers VoIP services via Asterisk servers and BroadSoft. I know this because my team is responsible for keeping them running; I work there. ;-) I know nothing about how much the services cost, but can tell you they're quite reliable. ;-) Might be worth a call. Chad -- Chad Walstrom http://www.wookimus.net/ assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ From jpschewe at mtu.net Wed Jul 4 23:28:16 2007 From: jpschewe at mtu.net (Jon Schewe) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:28:16 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] capabilities of Linksys router Message-ID: <1183609696.31017.98.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net> I currently have a PC setup as my internet gateway. I'm thinking of replacing it with a Linksys router with modified firmware. The question I have is, can one run squid as a transparent web filter on it? I don't need it to cache data, just to act as a transparent proxy and to filter my web traffic. Thanks. ________________________________________________________________________ Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe Help Jen and I fight cancer by donating to the Leukemia & Lymphomia Society Here's our website: http://www.active.com/donate/tntmn/tntmnJSchewe If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital signature. See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. From thecubic at thecubic.net Thu Jul 5 00:01:07 2007 From: thecubic at thecubic.net (Dave Carlson) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 00:01:07 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] capabilities of Linksys router In-Reply-To: <1183609696.31017.98.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net> References: <1183609696.31017.98.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net> Message-ID: <200707050001.11390.thecubic@thecubic.net> OpenWRT (for WRT54GL) has squid available and behaves roughly like a debian server (you can forward all web traffic into the box into squid with iptables). I highly recommend it. -Dave On Wednesday 04 July 2007 11:28:16 pm Jon Schewe wrote: > I currently have a PC setup as my internet gateway. I'm thinking of > replacing it with a Linksys router with modified firmware. The question > I have is, can one run squid as a transparent web filter on it? I don't > need it to cache data, just to act as a transparent proxy and to filter > my web traffic. > > Thanks. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe > Help Jen and I fight cancer by donating to the Leukemia & Lymphomia > Society > Here's our website: http://www.active.com/donate/tntmn/tntmnJSchewe > If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital > signature. > See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070705/65ff5518/attachment.pgp From admin at lctn.org Wed Jul 4 11:33:04 2007 From: admin at lctn.org (Raymond Norton) Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:33:04 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] capabilities of Linksys router In-Reply-To: <200707050001.11390.thecubic@thecubic.net> References: <1183609696.31017.98.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net> <200707050001.11390.thecubic@thecubic.net> Message-ID: <33520.24.158.30.223.1183566784.squirrel@lctn.org> > OpenWRT (for WRT54GL) has squid available and behaves roughly like a > debian > server (you can forward all web traffic into the box into squid with > iptables). I highly recommend it. > I use WRT for relaying between some Linksys WRT54 routers. Is there enough resources left to run squidguard with the UBL list in this case? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From jpschewe at mtu.net Thu Jul 5 08:31:49 2007 From: jpschewe at mtu.net (Jon Schewe) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:31:49 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] capabilities of Linksys router In-Reply-To: <200707050001.11390.thecubic@thecubic.net> References: <1183609696.31017.98.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net> <200707050001.11390.thecubic@thecubic.net> Message-ID: <1183642309.31017.107.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net> That sounds good. Is there enough processing power on the box to run something like dansguardian? I've run it on a P166 with 384MB RAM and a PII-400 with 128MB of RAM, both were ok. I don't know how the processing power compares to the linksys box. On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 00:01 -0500, Dave Carlson wrote: > OpenWRT (for WRT54GL) has squid available and behaves roughly like a debian > server (you can forward all web traffic into the box into squid with > iptables). I highly recommend it. > > -Dave > > On Wednesday 04 July 2007 11:28:16 pm Jon Schewe wrote: > > I currently have a PC setup as my internet gateway. I'm thinking of > > replacing it with a Linksys router with modified firmware. The question > > I have is, can one run squid as a transparent web filter on it? I don't > > need it to cache data, just to act as a transparent proxy and to filter > > my web traffic. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe > > Help Jen and I fight cancer by donating to the Leukemia & Lymphomia > > Society > > Here's our website: http://www.active.com/donate/tntmn/tntmnJSchewe > > If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital > > signature. > > See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > ________________________________________________________________________ Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe Help Jen and I fight cancer by donating to the Leukemia & Lymphomia Society Here's our website: http://www.active.com/donate/tntmn/tntmnJSchewe If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital signature. See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. From webmaster at mn-linux.org Thu Jul 5 09:55:05 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:55:05 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707051455.l65Et5m14259@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Sale Subject: Home Theater PC for Sale Fully assembled Home Theater PC for sale. Installed Ubuntu, but never used. Includes: Silverstone LC16M home theater case (with VFD controllable by LIRC) Silverstone ST-50 500W silent power supply AMD Athlon x2 4400+ Zalman Silent CPU Cooler Abit KN8 motherboard DVD-RW drive Seagate 320GB SATA II hard drive 1 GB DDR 400 RAM Hauppauge PVR-250 Tuner card pcHDTV High Def Tuner Card Nvidia BFG 6600GT video card Pictures: http://tinyurl.com/2kzayn http://tinyurl.com/3dl2x3 Approximate value of parts on Newegg: $950 For sale for $650 Seller Email address: silwenae at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com Thu Jul 5 11:48:30 2007 From: benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com (Benjamin Gramlich) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:48:30 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Certification Toolkit Message-ID: <1183654110.3158.1.camel@desktop> Hey there folks, I'm interested in getting my A+ certification. Have any of you taken the exam? If so, do you have any suggestions for a book to use a prepatory guide? Also, are there any other certifications that one should acquire in order to be more marketable as an IT Technician? Thanks for your time, Benjamin From klieber at gentoo.org Thu Jul 5 13:11:18 2007 From: klieber at gentoo.org (Kurt Lieber) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:11:18 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Certification Toolkit In-Reply-To: <1183654110.3158.1.camel@desktop> References: <1183654110.3158.1.camel@desktop> Message-ID: <82d43d110707051111j6f237191s2cbc74f0aac80cba@mail.gmail.com> On 7/5/07, Benjamin Gramlich wrote: > > I'm interested in getting my A+ certification. Have any of you taken the > exam? If so, do you have any suggestions for a book to use a prepatory > guide? > > Also, are there any other certifications that one should acquire in > order to be more marketable as an IT Technician? As a hiring manager, I give zero weight to the A+ certification. So many people have it that I question what value it really represents. Give me two resumes, one with the A+, one without and it won't have any bearing whatsoever on my decision. That said, I don't hire hardware techs, so if that's where your passion lies, perhaps its more useful for you. YMMV and all that. As to your other question, specialized certifications will be (in my experience) far more valuable than generalist ones. Also pick ones that have a decent reputation in the industry. By and large, there are very few certifications that I place significant value on because so many of them are textbook certs. (meaning you can earn one by memorizing stuff in a textbook, like the MCSE) Ones that I do place some emphasis on are: CISSP, GIAC, CCIE and, to a lesser extent, the RHCE. (I'm sure there's a lot of other very worthwhile certs -- those are just the ones I know about) --kurt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have had CentOS running on it for quite some time. $75 ============================== eMachines 700Mhz Celeron 256mb memory 6gb hdd Booted Ubuntu live CD and it worked decently. $25 ============================== Netgear Storage Central SC101 http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/NetworkStorage/SC101.aspx NO HDD, ENCLOSURE ONLY AFAIK these only work with Windows I have 2 of these. $35/apiece ============================== Dell Ultrascan P990 19" CRT Monitor The display is a little blurry. FREE ============================== HP iPaq Model #h6315 This is a t-mobile phone/PDA Comes with AC charger, leather case, detachable keyboard, etc. Case is a little beat up, but it works fine. $75 ============================== I will consider best offers for any of these. You can come pick it up in downtown Minneapolis during the day, or meet me somewhere between Minneapolis and Hudson after 3:30 PM. Kevin From chewie at wookimus.net Thu Jul 5 23:19:47 2007 From: chewie at wookimus.net (Chad Walstrom) Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:19:47 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Certification Toolkit In-Reply-To: <82d43d110707051111j6f237191s2cbc74f0aac80cba@mail.gmail.com> References: <1183654110.3158.1.camel@desktop> <82d43d110707051111j6f237191s2cbc74f0aac80cba@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070706041947.F39A014B7@skuld.wookimus.net> I would certainly go for the GIAC if you're at all interested in security. Security Essentials 101 gives you a good base knowledge to both Windows and UNIX/Linux security concerns. I've never really given MCSE's much consideration, but then again, I've never concerned myself with Windows to any great extent. When I hired my replacement at LTi, way back when, I choose a 18 year old highschool graduate with a good "bedside manner", attention to detail, and experience "in the field" with installing and maintaining both Windows and Linux machines. I would have hired Lamer, but he wasn't interested. ;-) Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled geekiness. Chad From rhubarbpie at poetworld.net Fri Jul 6 07:21:42 2007 From: rhubarbpie at poetworld.net (rhubarbpie at poetworld.net) Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:21:42 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Xlock & Hibernate Message-ID: <468E33D6.3030805@poetworld.net> Is anyone successfully using Xlock with suspend2 (now TuxOnIce)? It seems the scriplet in my /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf file does nothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- UseSuspend2 yes Reboot no EnableEscape yes DefaultConsoleLevel 1 Compressor lzf Encryptor none SuspendDevice swap:/dev/sda4 PowerdownMethod 5 LockXLock yes -------------------------------------------- My box does hibernate successfully, but I cannot get Xlock to invoke. Xlock works perfectly otherwise. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070706/710493ba/attachment.htm From austad at signal15.com Mon Jul 9 14:59:16 2007 From: austad at signal15.com (Jay Austad) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:59:16 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] PRI's Message-ID: <8B16AB71-848F-4F06-B065-32FD5CDCDB0B@signal15.com> Does anyone have any recommendations for voice PRI's? I'm looking for something cheap for now. What is the average price you are paying for them? Do they just charge you the loop fee + per minute, or are there other charges? I'm not averse to using a SIP or IAX trunk to a provider if it is cheaper. However, most of the companies out there are much more expensive than a PRI when you need 24 channels or more. ~jay From erikerik at gmail.com Mon Jul 9 15:15:16 2007 From: erikerik at gmail.com (Erik Anderson) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:15:16 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] PRI's In-Reply-To: <8B16AB71-848F-4F06-B065-32FD5CDCDB0B@signal15.com> References: <8B16AB71-848F-4F06-B065-32FD5CDCDB0B@signal15.com> Message-ID: On 7/9/07, Jay Austad wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for voice PRI's? I'm looking > for something cheap for now. What is the average price you are > paying for them? Do they just charge you the loop fee + per minute, > or are there other charges? We get our PRI at work from Time Warner telecom. The voice comes into our building on fiber and then is translated to a T1 in TW's POP in the basement. I'm not sure exactly how the price breaks out, but I believe we're paying about $1k per month for 10Mbit internet and 1 PRI. I believe the internet is about $650 of that so you do the math. I know TWTelecom gets bashed a lot in the consumer markets, but honestly, for enterprise-class voice and data service, they've been second to none in our experience. -Erik From austad at signal15.com Mon Jul 9 14:56:48 2007 From: austad at signal15.com (Jay Austad) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:56:48 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Asterisk vs. CallWeaver (formerly OpenPBX) vs. others Message-ID: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> I'm currently running Asterisk for a few phones, and I've had some annoyances with it. Their SIP implementation is crap. Total crap. It hardly adheres to the RFC, and my application layer gateway throws away the SIP packets generated by it because they don't follow the RFC. Which means, I cannot use the ALG to take care of NAT and dynamic firewall policy assignment for RTP traffic. Dialplan searching is SLOW when you have a huge dialplan. Phones sometimes get deregistered and authentication fails on the first attempt to make an outgoing call, but succeeds on the next attempt. I'm running the latest 1.4 code. Also, a couple of days ago, a remote code execution exploit was found with their crappy SIP implementation. To top it all off, Digium's PRI hardware is total junk. I know people that have had 4 DOA cards in a row. So, I'm thinking about going with CallWeaver, which used to be called OpenPBX. They are based on Asterisk 1.2, but have utilized 3 party libs for codecs, SIP implementation, etc. They also have T38 fax support built in, no crazy patching/hacks to make it work. It really looks like a solid replacement for Asterisk. Does anyone have experience with both? I'm going to use Sangoma cards instead of the Digium ones. I need DUNDI support, which appears to still be in CallWeaver. However, the one thing I'm worried about is that it looks like it is missing the SLA (shared/ bridged line appearance) functionality that was added in the 1.4 train of Asterisk. Also, if there are any other free/open source projects out there that you think are worth mentioning, definitely let me know. Right now, I'm leaning towards CallWeaver. Thanks. ~jay From tclug at natecarlson.com Mon Jul 9 15:26:02 2007 From: tclug at natecarlson.com (Nate Carlson) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:26:02 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Asterisk vs. CallWeaver (formerly OpenPBX) vs. others In-Reply-To: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> References: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Jay Austad wrote: > So, I'm thinking about going with CallWeaver, which used to be called > OpenPBX. They are based on Asterisk 1.2, but have utilized 3 party libs > for codecs, SIP implementation, etc. They also have T38 fax support > built in, no crazy patching/hacks to make it work. It really looks like > a solid replacement for Asterisk. I don't have experience with both (yet), but keep meaning to try out CallWeaver. It does look pertty durn nice. > Also, if there are any other free/open source projects out there that > you think are worth mentioning, definitely let me know. Right now, I'm > leaning towards CallWeaver. I assume you've looked at SER? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From erikerik at gmail.com Mon Jul 9 15:32:11 2007 From: erikerik at gmail.com (Erik Anderson) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:32:11 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Asterisk vs. CallWeaver (formerly OpenPBX) vs. others In-Reply-To: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> References: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> Message-ID: On 7/9/07, Jay Austad wrote: > > > Does anyone have experience with both? I'm going to use Sangoma > cards instead of the Digium ones. I need DUNDI support, which > appears to still be in CallWeaver. However, the one thing I'm > worried about is that it looks like it is missing the SLA (shared/ > bridged line appearance) functionality that was added in the 1.4 > train of Asterisk. > > Also, if there are any other free/open source projects out there that > you think are worth mentioning, definitely let me know. Right now, > I'm leaning towards CallWeaver. Hrm - that's a bummer you're having problems with Asterisk. I'm running it at 5 sites around the world, and it's working great. My locations have very simple dialplans, though, and I'm only running SIP on the LAN, so I don't have to deal with the NAT/firewall issues you mentioned. I'm using IAX trunks for site->site traffic as well as to/from my ITSP. I don't know if IAX is an option for you, but I found it to be *vastly* more reliable for call trunking than SIP was. You'll be quite pleased with Sangoma's hardware. I have yet to have a single problem with it. I have two of their quad port cards and one dual port card in production, and they're all rock-solid. I've not had experience w/ Digium's hardware, so I can't really compare... -erik -- Erik Anderson http://andersonfam.org From tpenney at gmail.com Mon Jul 9 17:17:18 2007 From: tpenney at gmail.com (Tom Penney) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:17:18 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Asterisk vs. CallWeaver (formerly OpenPBX) vs. others In-Reply-To: References: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> Message-ID: <5c596d0e0707091517n71c01e09v7a888383961e90fc@mail.gmail.com> Is bayonne worth considering? It's been years since I worked with it. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070709/3533fc22/attachment.htm From austad at signal15.com Mon Jul 9 19:25:49 2007 From: austad at signal15.com (Jay Austad) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:25:49 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Asterisk vs. CallWeaver (formerly OpenPBX) vs. others In-Reply-To: References: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> Message-ID: <80F4F6C7-2F9D-41EC-BCFE-E12D27AD0DFD@signal15.com> SER is not a full PBX, only a SIP gateway. I have looked at it though, and I will be using it for SRTP/TLS and load balancing. On Jul 9, 2007, at 3:26 PM, Nate Carlson wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Jay Austad wrote: >> So, I'm thinking about going with CallWeaver, which used to be >> called OpenPBX. They are based on Asterisk 1.2, but have utilized >> 3 party libs for codecs, SIP implementation, etc. They also have >> T38 fax support built in, no crazy patching/hacks to make it >> work. It really looks like a solid replacement for Asterisk. > > I don't have experience with both (yet), but keep meaning to try > out CallWeaver. It does look pertty durn nice. > >> Also, if there are any other free/open source projects out there >> that you think are worth mentioning, definitely let me know. >> Right now, I'm leaning towards CallWeaver. > > I assume you've looked at SER? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http:// > www.natecarlson.com | > | depriving some poor village of its idiot since > 1981 | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > From austad at signal15.com Mon Jul 9 19:29:05 2007 From: austad at signal15.com (Jay Austad) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:29:05 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Asterisk vs. CallWeaver (formerly OpenPBX) vs. others In-Reply-To: <5c596d0e0707091517n71c01e09v7a888383961e90fc@mail.gmail.com> References: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> <5c596d0e0707091517n71c01e09v7a888383961e90fc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <54F46405-3877-4CE5-967F-F42E96CE7C8D@signal15.com> It does not appear that Bayonne supports ENUM, DUNDI, or other call routing protocols. I need to be able to route calls among multiple local servers and eventually remote servers. On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:17 PM, Tom Penney wrote: > > Is bayonne worth considering? It's been years since I worked with it. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list From tclug at lizakowski.com Mon Jul 9 19:35:41 2007 From: tclug at lizakowski.com (Jeremy) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:35:41 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] TCLUG Meeting Announcement In-Reply-To: <200706061713.03270.tclug@lizakowski.com> References: <4c4ad4df0704200525t21568452m6dfb8503e3221bcf@mail.gmail.com> <200705311733.32841.tclug@lizakowski.com> <200706061713.03270.tclug@lizakowski.com> Message-ID: <200707091935.41923.tclug@lizakowski.com> Due to the 4th of July holiday, we had planned to hold a TCLUG General Meeting this Wednesday, the 11th. Unfortunately, the speaker had to cancel due to work commitments. Is anyone interested in presenting at the general meeting this Wednesday? The topic could be a demonstration, a description of a project that uses Linux, a tutorial, a linux issue (gplv3?) - there are many possible topics. The format actually works better with multiple speakers, so smaller time slices are possible and encouraged. Having given a presentation myself (a demo of debug tools), I can say that the audience is very gracious :) To make for an orderly process: If we find enough volunteers to fill at least a hour, and if we can do that by 4pm Tuesday, then the meeting will proceed. We are also seeking speakers for upcoming meetings. Based on feedback at the last meeting, the tentative agenda is: Aug: Virtualization (Xen, VMWare, rPath, applications...) Sept or Oct: MythTV If you would like to contribute to these topics, or volunteer otherwise, please reply. Jeremy On Wednesday 06 June 2007 5:13 pm, Jeremy wrote: > Reminder: the June TCLUG meeting is tonight at 6:30pm! > > Address: > University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus > EE/CSci Building, Room: 3-230 ** > 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > ** Note that this is a room change from the May meeting. We will be > meeting in the lecture bowl that is next door to the room used at the last > meeting. > > On Thursday 31 May 2007 5:33 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > Update to the agenda for next Wednesday's meeting: > > Chris Barber has volunteered to talk about a Linux-based file server > > project. > > > > Agenda Topics: > > Intro to Debugging and Profiling in Linux > > valgrind, ddd, strace, and gprof > > Community presentations (describe interesting projects, topics, etc) > > Homemade linux-based file storage server with LCD display (Chris > > Barber) Volunteer! > > General Q&A and discussion > > As time may permit > > Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop > > > > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 3:27 am, Jeremy wrote: > > > The next TCLUG meeting is coming soon! > > > > > > Date: Wed, June 6th > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , Room: > > > 3-230 ** 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > > Topics: > > > Intro to Debugging and Profiling in Linux > > > valgrind, ddd, strace, and gprof > > > Community presentations (10-30 minutes to describe interesting > > > projects etc) Volunteer! > > > General Q&A and discussion > > > As time may permit > > > Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop > > > > > > ** Note that this is a room change. We will be meeting in the lecture > > > bowl that is next door to the room used at the last meeting. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > July meeting: > > > Wed, July 11 > > > > > > On Friday 20 April 2007 7:25 am, Paul Cutler wrote: > > > > Mark your calendars! The Twin Cities Linux User Group is pleased to > > > > announce two upcoming meetings: > > > > > > > > Please feel free to forward this announcement. After a brief hiatus, > > > > we're excited to bring back regular meetings of the TCLUG. The TCLUG > > > > website will be updated soon with the event information as well. > > > > > > > > Date: Wed., May 2nd > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , Room: > > > > 3-210 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > (Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2omnv6) > > > > > > > > Topics: > > > > > > > > 1. Welcome & Introduction > > > > 2. Linux on a USB Flash Drive (Eric Peterson) > > > > 3. Getting involved (TCLUG information, future meetings & meeting > > > > topics, volunteer to speak at a TCLUG meeting) > > > > > > > > Food and drink are not allowed in the U of M classrooms. For those > > > > who would like to get to know each other a little better, we will be > > > > heading out for food and drinks afterward. (Location TBD) We invite > > > > everyone to come along! > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >-- -- -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > June Meeting (Tentative, more information at 5/2 meeting): > > > > > > > > Date: Wed., June 7th > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , Room: > > > > 3-210 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > (Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2omnv6) > > > > > > > > Topics > > > > > > > > 1. Feedback from 5/2 meeting > > > > 2. Lightning talks: We would like to provide short time slots (10 - > > > > 30 minutes) for any member to demonstrate a project or discuss a > > > > topic with the group.. More information will be available at the May > > > > 2nd meeting. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >-- -- -- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > Upcoming events are also viewable on the TCLUG Google Calendar: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2c5d8w (Requires a Google Account). > > > > > > > > If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact > > > > the volunteer meeting organizers: > > > > > > > > Paul Cutler (pcutler at foresightlinux.org) > > > > Jeremy Lizakowski (tclug at Lizakowski.com) > > > > Eric Peterson (srcfoo at gmail.com) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list From tclug at natecarlson.com Mon Jul 9 20:05:35 2007 From: tclug at natecarlson.com (Nate Carlson) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:05:35 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Asterisk vs. CallWeaver (formerly OpenPBX) vs. others In-Reply-To: <80F4F6C7-2F9D-41EC-BCFE-E12D27AD0DFD@signal15.com> References: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> <80F4F6C7-2F9D-41EC-BCFE-E12D27AD0DFD@signal15.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Jay Austad wrote: > SER is not a full PBX, only a SIP gateway. I have looked at it though, > and I will be using it for SRTP/TLS and load balancing. Hey, you said worth mentioning. ;) A lot of people use it as a front-end for Asterisk to get fully compliant SIP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From austad at signal15.com Tue Jul 10 11:53:22 2007 From: austad at signal15.com (Jay Austad) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:53:22 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Asterisk vs. CallWeaver (formerly OpenPBX) vs. others In-Reply-To: References: <41E1E559-3A56-4F45-B6C9-074DE1879ECC@signal15.com> <80F4F6C7-2F9D-41EC-BCFE-E12D27AD0DFD@signal15.com> Message-ID: I haven't set up OpenSER yet. From the documentation, it appears you can either do something like a passthrough authentication where users authenticate directly with the Asterisk boxes behind it, or you have to create users on the OpenSER box. If you are creating users on the OpenSER box, does it pass the authentication credentials through to Asterisk? On Jul 9, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Nate Carlson wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Jay Austad wrote: >> SER is not a full PBX, only a SIP gateway. I have looked at it >> though, and I will be using it for SRTP/TLS and load balancing. > > Hey, you said worth mentioning. ;) > > A lot of people use it as a front-end for Asterisk to get fully > compliant SIP. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http:// > www.natecarlson.com | > | depriving some poor village of its idiot since > 1981 | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > From sraun at fireopal.org Tue Jul 10 14:46:31 2007 From: sraun at fireopal.org (Scott Raun) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:46:31 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? Message-ID: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> What's your favorite wiki, and why? I'm looking to set one up on my home server - I've currently got Python & Perl running, but not PHP. I'd like to get something that could have independent instances - giving my wife one or more wiki's just for her writing has potential. -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org From sfertch at gmail.com Tue Jul 10 15:19:19 2007 From: sfertch at gmail.com (Shawn Fertch) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:19:19 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? In-Reply-To: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> References: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> Message-ID: <67f3084a0707101319p73be41ebt2a44994f63f1b743@mail.gmail.com> On 7/10/07, Scott Raun wrote: > What's your favorite wiki, and why? > > I'm looking to set one up on my home server - I've currently got > Python & Perl running, but not PHP. > > I'd like to get something that could have independent instances - > giving my wife one or more wiki's just for her writing has potential. dokuwiki. It's quick, it's simple. No database requirements at all as it's all flat files. -- -Shawn -Nemo me impune lacessit. Ne Obliviscaris.. From sfertch at gmail.com Tue Jul 10 15:40:19 2007 From: sfertch at gmail.com (Shawn Fertch) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:40:19 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Fwd: What's your favorite Wiki? In-Reply-To: <4693EDD6.4050407@mitechie.com> References: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> <67f3084a0707101319p73be41ebt2a44994f63f1b743@mail.gmail.com> <4693EDD6.4050407@mitechie.com> Message-ID: <67f3084a0707101340s30c9777uc266e7d4137e22ac@mail.gmail.com> Forwarding for LUG readability... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rick Harding Date: Jul 10, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? To: Shawn Fertch Shawn Fertch wrote: > On 7/10/07, Scott Raun wrote: > >> What's your favorite wiki, and why? >> >> I'm looking to set one up on my home server - I've currently got >> Python & Perl running, but not PHP. >> >> I'd like to get something that could have independent instances - >> giving my wife one or more wiki's just for her writing has potential. >> > > dokuwiki. It's quick, it's simple. No database requirements at all > as it's all flat files. > > I have to agree. I run a couple dokuwiki instances and one is for a woodworking group of mainly non-technical people and they can get some ok results out of it. It involved putting php up though. The only non-php wiki I used was moinmoin which seemed ok, but nothing overly impressive on the install I played with. Rick From josh at radkeland.org Tue Jul 10 15:58:26 2007 From: josh at radkeland.org (Joshua Radke) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:58:26 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? In-Reply-To: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> References: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> Message-ID: <4693F2F2.2080400@radkeland.org> Scott Raun wrote: > What's your favorite wiki, and why? > > I'm looking to set one up on my home server - I've currently got > Python & Perl running, but not PHP. > > I'd like to get something that could have independent instances - > giving my wife one or more wiki's just for her writing has potential. > > I've played with kwiki and ProWiki. ProWiki has some very nice features for managing trees of pages, and is also trivial to configure multiple installations. It also uses no db backend. If you're a Perl geek and expect to do some hacking, this is fun to play with. Josh From goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com Tue Jul 10 16:13:16 2007 From: goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com (Brian Dolan-Goecke) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:13:16 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? In-Reply-To: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> References: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> Message-ID: <4693F66C.4050409@Goecke-Dolan.com> I found this link, it has a feature comparison tool for several Wiki's. I use and like MindTouch's DekiWiki (www.opengarden.org), mostly because of the GUI editor for pages. I also like their general look and feel. Although I am not so enthused about their use of mono, and it does require a mysql database so it is not light weight. ==>brian. Scott Raun wrote: > What's your favorite wiki, and why? > > I'm looking to set one up on my home server - I've currently got > Python & Perl running, but not PHP. > > I'd like to get something that could have independent instances - > giving my wife one or more wiki's just for her writing has potential. > > From goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com Tue Jul 10 16:21:06 2007 From: goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com (Brian Dolan-Goecke) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:21:06 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? In-Reply-To: <4693F66C.4050409@Goecke-Dolan.com> References: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> <4693F66C.4050409@Goecke-Dolan.com> Message-ID: <4693F842.20707@Goecke-Dolan.com> Okay, I should include the link... arg. Here is the link to the Wiki comparison tool. http://www.wikimatrix.org/ Sorry. ==>brian. Brian Dolan-Goecke wrote: > I found this link, it has a feature comparison tool for several Wiki's. > > I use and like MindTouch's DekiWiki (www.opengarden.org), mostly because > of the GUI editor for pages. I also like their general look and feel. > Although I am not so enthused about their use of mono, and it does > require a mysql database so it is not light weight. > > ==>brian. > > Scott Raun wrote: > >> What's your favorite wiki, and why? >> >> I'm looking to set one up on my home server - I've currently got >> Python & Perl running, but not PHP. >> >> I'd like to get something that could have independent instances - >> giving my wife one or more wiki's just for her writing has potential. >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > From nate at refried.org Tue Jul 10 16:06:58 2007 From: nate at refried.org (Nate Straz) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:06:58 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? In-Reply-To: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> References: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> Message-ID: <20070710210658.GA21686@refried.org> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 02:46:31PM -0500, Scott Raun wrote: > What's your favorite wiki, and why? I like MoinMoin. It runs on Python. It's very easy to program macros. It also supports restructured text which I like to use. Nate From thecubic at thecubic.net Tue Jul 10 19:44:11 2007 From: thecubic at thecubic.net (Dave Carlson) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:44:11 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? In-Reply-To: <20070710210658.GA21686@refried.org> References: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> <20070710210658.GA21686@refried.org> Message-ID: <13168.163.231.6.88.1184114651.squirrel@castor.thecubic.net> +1 on MoinMoin. I administer a shared moinmoin installation (3 instances) that about 70 people use daily. My favorite features are the flat files (for clustered Wiki over NFS mount), the ability to edit Wiki files from a non-web python script, and the very straightforward (once you understand the OO structure) macro programming. A new instance takes less than an hour for me to set up. And I'm running them on white-elephant OpenPowers. > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 02:46:31PM -0500, Scott Raun wrote: >> What's your favorite wiki, and why? > > I like MoinMoin. It runs on Python. It's very easy to program macros. > It also supports restructured text which I like to use. > > Nate -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dave Carlson From jpschewe at mtu.net Tue Jul 10 21:53:41 2007 From: jpschewe at mtu.net (Jon Schewe) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:53:41 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] What's your favorite Wiki? In-Reply-To: <4693F842.20707@Goecke-Dolan.com> References: <20070710194631.GA6716@fireopal.org> <4693F66C.4050409@Goecke-Dolan.com> <4693F842.20707@Goecke-Dolan.com> Message-ID: <1184122421.18755.96.camel@jon.mn.mtu.net> I've been using mediawiki at work and like it a lot. The only thing I find missing is fine grained access controls, but that's only because of the type of work we do sometimes needs to be more compartmentalized. On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 16:21 -0500, Brian Dolan-Goecke wrote: > Okay, I should include the link... arg. > > Here is the link to the Wiki comparison tool. > > http://www.wikimatrix.org/ > > Sorry. > > ==>brian. > > > Brian Dolan-Goecke wrote: > > I found this link, it has a feature comparison tool for several Wiki's. > > > > I use and like MindTouch's DekiWiki (www.opengarden.org), mostly because > > of the GUI editor for pages. I also like their general look and feel. > > Although I am not so enthused about their use of mono, and it does > > require a mysql database so it is not light weight. > > > > ==>brian. > > > > Scott Raun wrote: > > > >> What's your favorite wiki, and why? > >> > >> I'm looking to set one up on my home server - I've currently got > >> Python & Perl running, but not PHP. > >> > >> I'd like to get something that could have independent instances - > >> giving my wife one or more wiki's just for her writing has potential. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ________________________________________________________________________ Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital signature. See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 From tclug at lizakowski.com Wed Jul 11 11:45:21 2007 From: tclug at lizakowski.com (Jeremy) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:45:21 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] TCLUG Meeting Announcement In-Reply-To: <200707091935.41923.tclug@lizakowski.com> References: <4c4ad4df0704200525t21568452m6dfb8503e3221bcf@mail.gmail.com> <200706061713.03270.tclug@lizakowski.com> <200707091935.41923.tclug@lizakowski.com> Message-ID: <200707111145.21231.tclug@lizakowski.com> > To make for an orderly process: If we find enough volunteers to fill at > least a hour, and if we can do that by 4pm Tuesday, then the meeting will > proceed. The meeting for tonight is cancelled. However, if anyone would like to help present at the August meeting, please reply. The topic will Virtualization, which includes tools like Xen, VMware, colinux, etc. Has anyone used Xen or VMware with Linux? Jeremy On Monday 09 July 2007 7:35 pm, Jeremy wrote: > Due to the 4th of July holiday, we had planned to hold a TCLUG General > Meeting this Wednesday, the 11th. Unfortunately, the speaker had to cancel > due to work commitments. > > Is anyone interested in presenting at the general meeting this Wednesday? > The topic could be a demonstration, a description of a project that uses > Linux, a tutorial, a linux issue (gplv3?) - there are many possible topics. > The format actually works better with multiple speakers, so smaller time > slices are possible and encouraged. Having given a presentation myself (a > demo of debug tools), I can say that the audience is very gracious :) > > To make for an orderly process: If we find enough volunteers to fill at > least a hour, and if we can do that by 4pm Tuesday, then the meeting will > proceed. > > We are also seeking speakers for upcoming meetings. Based on feedback at > the last meeting, the tentative agenda is: > > Aug: Virtualization (Xen, VMWare, rPath, applications...) > Sept or Oct: MythTV > > If you would like to contribute to these topics, or volunteer otherwise, > please reply. > > Jeremy > > On Wednesday 06 June 2007 5:13 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > Reminder: the June TCLUG meeting is tonight at 6:30pm! > > > > Address: > > University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus > > EE/CSci Building, Room: 3-230 ** > > 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > ** Note that this is a room change from the May meeting. We will be > > meeting in the lecture bowl that is next door to the room used at the > > last meeting. > > > > On Thursday 31 May 2007 5:33 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > > Update to the agenda for next Wednesday's meeting: > > > Chris Barber has volunteered to talk about a Linux-based file server > > > project. > > > > > > Agenda Topics: > > > Intro to Debugging and Profiling in Linux > > > valgrind, ddd, strace, and gprof > > > Community presentations (describe interesting projects, topics, etc) > > > Homemade linux-based file storage server with LCD display (Chris > > > Barber) Volunteer! > > > General Q&A and discussion > > > As time may permit > > > Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop > > > > > > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 3:27 am, Jeremy wrote: > > > > The next TCLUG meeting is coming soon! > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, June 6th > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , Room: > > > > 3-230 ** 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > > > > Topics: > > > > Intro to Debugging and Profiling in Linux > > > > valgrind, ddd, strace, and gprof > > > > Community presentations (10-30 minutes to describe interesting > > > > projects etc) Volunteer! > > > > General Q&A and discussion > > > > As time may permit > > > > Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop > > > > > > > > ** Note that this is a room change. We will be meeting in the > > > > lecture bowl that is next door to the room used at the last meeting. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > July meeting: > > > > Wed, July 11 > > > > > > > > On Friday 20 April 2007 7:25 am, Paul Cutler wrote: > > > > > Mark your calendars! The Twin Cities Linux User Group is pleased to > > > > > announce two upcoming meetings: > > > > > > > > > > Please feel free to forward this announcement. After a brief > > > > > hiatus, we're excited to bring back regular meetings of the TCLUG. > > > > > The TCLUG website will be updated soon with the event information > > > > > as well. > > > > > > > > > > Date: Wed., May 2nd > > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , > > > > > Room: 3-210 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > (Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2omnv6) > > > > > > > > > > Topics: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Welcome & Introduction > > > > > 2. Linux on a USB Flash Drive (Eric Peterson) > > > > > 3. Getting involved (TCLUG information, future meetings & meeting > > > > > topics, volunteer to speak at a TCLUG meeting) > > > > > > > > > > Food and drink are not allowed in the U of M classrooms. For those > > > > > who would like to get to know each other a little better, we will > > > > > be heading out for food and drinks afterward. (Location TBD) We > > > > > invite everyone to come along! > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >-- -- -- -- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > June Meeting (Tentative, more information at 5/2 meeting): > > > > > > > > > > Date: Wed., June 7th > > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , > > > > > Room: 3-210 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > (Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2omnv6) > > > > > > > > > > Topics > > > > > > > > > > 1. Feedback from 5/2 meeting > > > > > 2. Lightning talks: We would like to provide short time slots (10 > > > > > - 30 minutes) for any member to demonstrate a project or discuss a > > > > > topic with the group.. More information will be available at the > > > > > May 2nd meeting. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >-- -- -- -- > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Upcoming events are also viewable on the TCLUG Google Calendar: > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2c5d8w (Requires a Google Account). > > > > > > > > > > If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact > > > > > the volunteer meeting organizers: > > > > > > > > > > Paul Cutler (pcutler at foresightlinux.org) > > > > > Jeremy Lizakowski (tclug at Lizakowski.com) > > > > > Eric Peterson (srcfoo at gmail.com) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list From tclug at lizakowski.com Wed Jul 11 13:43:05 2007 From: tclug at lizakowski.com (Jeremy) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:43:05 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] TCLUG Meeting Announcement In-Reply-To: <200707111145.21231.tclug@lizakowski.com> References: <4c4ad4df0704200525t21568452m6dfb8503e3221bcf@mail.gmail.com> <200707091935.41923.tclug@lizakowski.com> <200707111145.21231.tclug@lizakowski.com> Message-ID: <200707111343.06073.tclug@lizakowski.com> > Has anyone used Xen or VMware with Linux? Also, has anyone used Amazon EC2? On Wednesday 11 July 2007 11:45 am, Jeremy wrote: > > To make for an orderly process: If we find enough volunteers to fill at > > least a hour, and if we can do that by 4pm Tuesday, then the meeting will > > proceed. > > The meeting for tonight is cancelled. However, if anyone would like to > help present at the August meeting, please reply. The topic will > Virtualization, which includes tools like Xen, VMware, colinux, etc. > > Has anyone used Xen or VMware with Linux? > > Jeremy > > On Monday 09 July 2007 7:35 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > Due to the 4th of July holiday, we had planned to hold a TCLUG General > > Meeting this Wednesday, the 11th. Unfortunately, the speaker had to > > cancel due to work commitments. > > > > Is anyone interested in presenting at the general meeting this Wednesday? > > The topic could be a demonstration, a description of a project that uses > > Linux, a tutorial, a linux issue (gplv3?) - there are many possible > > topics. The format actually works better with multiple speakers, so > > smaller time slices are possible and encouraged. Having given a > > presentation myself (a demo of debug tools), I can say that the audience > > is very gracious :) > > > > To make for an orderly process: If we find enough volunteers to fill at > > least a hour, and if we can do that by 4pm Tuesday, then the meeting will > > proceed. > > > > We are also seeking speakers for upcoming meetings. Based on feedback at > > the last meeting, the tentative agenda is: > > > > Aug: Virtualization (Xen, VMWare, rPath, applications...) > > Sept or Oct: MythTV > > > > If you would like to contribute to these topics, or volunteer otherwise, > > please reply. > > > > Jeremy > > > > On Wednesday 06 June 2007 5:13 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > > Reminder: the June TCLUG meeting is tonight at 6:30pm! > > > > > > Address: > > > University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus > > > EE/CSci Building, Room: 3-230 ** > > > 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > > ** Note that this is a room change from the May meeting. We will be > > > meeting in the lecture bowl that is next door to the room used at the > > > last meeting. > > > > > > On Thursday 31 May 2007 5:33 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > > > Update to the agenda for next Wednesday's meeting: > > > > Chris Barber has volunteered to talk about a Linux-based file server > > > > project. > > > > > > > > Agenda Topics: > > > > Intro to Debugging and Profiling in Linux > > > > valgrind, ddd, strace, and gprof > > > > Community presentations (describe interesting projects, topics, > > > > etc) Homemade linux-based file storage server with LCD display (Chris > > > > Barber) Volunteer! > > > > General Q&A and discussion > > > > As time may permit > > > > Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 3:27 am, Jeremy wrote: > > > > > The next TCLUG meeting is coming soon! > > > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, June 6th > > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , > > > > > Room: 3-230 ** 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > > > > > > Topics: > > > > > Intro to Debugging and Profiling in Linux > > > > > valgrind, ddd, strace, and gprof > > > > > Community presentations (10-30 minutes to describe interesting > > > > > projects etc) Volunteer! > > > > > General Q&A and discussion > > > > > As time may permit > > > > > Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop > > > > > > > > > > ** Note that this is a room change. We will be meeting in the > > > > > lecture bowl that is next door to the room used at the last > > > > > meeting. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >- > > > > > > > > > > July meeting: > > > > > Wed, July 11 > > > > > > > > > > On Friday 20 April 2007 7:25 am, Paul Cutler wrote: > > > > > > Mark your calendars! The Twin Cities Linux User Group is pleased > > > > > > to announce two upcoming meetings: > > > > > > > > > > > > Please feel free to forward this announcement. After a brief > > > > > > hiatus, we're excited to bring back regular meetings of the > > > > > > TCLUG. The TCLUG website will be updated soon with the event > > > > > > information as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Wed., May 2nd > > > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , > > > > > > Room: 3-210 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > > (Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2omnv6) > > > > > > > > > > > > Topics: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Welcome & Introduction > > > > > > 2. Linux on a USB Flash Drive (Eric Peterson) > > > > > > 3. Getting involved (TCLUG information, future meetings & meeting > > > > > > topics, volunteer to speak at a TCLUG meeting) > > > > > > > > > > > > Food and drink are not allowed in the U of M classrooms. For > > > > > > those who would like to get to know each other a little better, > > > > > > we will be heading out for food and drinks afterward. (Location > > > > > > TBD) We invite everyone to come along! > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >-- -- -- -- -- > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >- > > > > > > > > > > > > June Meeting (Tentative, more information at 5/2 meeting): > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Wed., June 7th > > > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , > > > > > > Room: 3-210 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > > (Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2omnv6) > > > > > > > > > > > > Topics > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Feedback from 5/2 meeting > > > > > > 2. Lightning talks: We would like to provide short time slots > > > > > > (10 - 30 minutes) for any member to demonstrate a project or > > > > > > discuss a topic with the group.. More information will be > > > > > > available at the May 2nd meeting. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >-- -- -- -- -- > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Upcoming events are also viewable on the TCLUG Google Calendar: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2c5d8w (Requires a Google Account). > > > > > > > > > > > > If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to > > > > > > contact the volunteer meeting organizers: > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul Cutler (pcutler at foresightlinux.org) > > > > > > Jeremy Lizakowski (tclug at Lizakowski.com) > > > > > > Eric Peterson (srcfoo at gmail.com) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list From webmaster at mn-linux.org Wed Jul 11 16:04:15 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:04:15 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707112104.l6BL4FI14556@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Sale Subject: HP Pavilion a706n - price drop! Still available: HP Pavilion a706n Athlon 2.10 Ghz 512 MB RAM Specs on the HP website $200 o/b/o All original parts, bought new two years ago, in fine condition. I've been using it as my main desktop since I bought it, but I'm moving and I don't want to bring it with. No HD, no monitor (I could throw in an old 10GB HD and/or CRT if you need it, gratis). $200 or best offer, pick up in south Minneapolis. --- Also: Epson Stylus C86 inkjet printer, found in back of my closet, free, come get it. Seller Email address: TeeAhr1 at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From mbditt at plauditdesign.com Fri Jul 13 16:33:14 2007 From: mbditt at plauditdesign.com (Matt Dittbenner) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:33:14 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] 64-bit vs. 32-bit Message-ID: <4697EF9A.5000600@plauditdesign.com> Alright... I did my googling and after poring over several pages of forum posts, I still wasn't able to find an answer that satisfied me. I've got a server with an "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+" running Gentoo. Everything has been compiled as 32-bit (i686). I am in the process of looking at a new server from Dell with a 64-bit Intel Processor (currently comparing the Xeon E5310 & the Xeon 5130). Questions are as follows: 1. If I plan on getting 8GB of RAM, will I need (or really want) to install 64-bit linux? Are there gains by going 64-bit or is it better to enable high ram support in the kernel, compile as 32 and call it done? 2. Will I be able to use the same binaries from the old server on the new one if I install 64-bit? I'd really prefer to copy as much of the data from the old server to the new one as I can. I am aware that a 64-bit chip can run 32-bit software, but I don't know the details. Do I need a 64-bit kernel? How about libraries? I realize these questions are probably very generalized, but I have basically zero knowledge of the subject so I don't really even know where to start. If people need more info to be able to answer, I'd be happy to provide it. Essentially, it comes down to this: Should I use 8 GB of RAM in a 32-bit machine? How much work is it to transition a machine from 32-bit to 64? I really appreciate all the help TCLUG has been in the past. A good group of solid techies. Thanks. -Matt -- Matt Dittbenner *EMAIL* . matt at plaudit.com *WEB* . www.plaudit.com *PHONE* . 651.646.0696 *FAX* . 651.917.0600 *ADDRESS* . 2470 University Ave. W. St. Paul, MN 55114 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070713/8b642ac8/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Ciao, benjamin From stuff at cb1inc.com Fri Jul 13 18:07:07 2007 From: stuff at cb1inc.com (Chris Barber) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:07:07 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] 64-bit vs. 32-bit In-Reply-To: <4697EF9A.5000600@plauditdesign.com> References: <4697EF9A.5000600@plauditdesign.com> Message-ID: <4698059B.80801@cb1inc.com> There are issues with running a 32-bit OS with more than 4GB of RAM. You will need to enable PAE in order for the OS to see more than 4GB and even then a 32-bit process can only allocate 2GB of RAM unless the app has been written to take advantage of PAE. So, in my opinion, if you have a 64-bit processor and more than 2GB of RAM, then without a doubt, use the 64-bit version. I would do a fresh install if you are switching to 64-bit. I don't think there is any issues with running 32-bit apps on a 64-bit OS since I'm doing it right now. Just about all open source Linux apps have a 64-bit port. There are a few apps that they haven't made a 64-bit version (Flash, Acrobat, etc), but I managed to get 32-bit Flash to work in 64-bit Firefox. I would also make sure you can get 64-bit Linux driver support. Even Windows doesn't have great 64-bit driver support. -Chris http://www.cb1inc.com Matt Dittbenner wrote: > Alright... I did my googling and after poring over several pages of > forum posts, I still wasn't able to find an answer that satisfied me. > > I've got a server with an "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+" running > Gentoo. Everything has been compiled as 32-bit (i686). I am in the > process of looking at a new server from Dell with a 64-bit Intel > Processor (currently comparing the Xeon E5310 & the Xeon 5130). > Questions are as follows: > > 1. If I plan on getting 8GB of RAM, will I need (or really want) to > install 64-bit linux? Are there gains by going 64-bit or is it > better to enable high ram support in the kernel, compile as 32 > and call it done? > 2. Will I be able to use the same binaries from the old server on > the new one if I install 64-bit? I'd really prefer to copy as > much of the data from the old server to the new one as I can. I > am aware that a 64-bit chip can run 32-bit software, but I don't > know the details. Do I need a 64-bit kernel? How about libraries? > > I realize these questions are probably very generalized, but I have > basically zero knowledge of the subject so I don't really even know > where to start. If people need more info to be able to answer, I'd be > happy to provide it. > > Essentially, it comes down to this: > > Should I use 8 GB of RAM in a 32-bit machine? > How much work is it to transition a machine from 32-bit to 64? > > I really appreciate all the help TCLUG has been in the past. A good > group of solid techies. Thanks. > > -Matt > > -- > > > Matt Dittbenner > *EMAIL* . matt at plaudit.com > *WEB* . www.plaudit.com > *PHONE* . 651.646.0696 > *FAX* . 651.917.0600 > *ADDRESS* . 2470 University Ave. W. > > St. Paul, MN 55114 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070713/94d552b9/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Are there gains by going 64-bit or is it > better to enable high ram support in the kernel, compile as 32 and > call it done? It depends. In 64 bit mode you can access the extra registers, as well as use the old registers in new ways. You pay by having larger code size and larger memory consumption (the pointers double). Note that Xeon 51xx is the old, power hungry Netburst architecture, while the 53xx is the new and more efficient Core architecture. Both support 64 bit mode, but on the Netburst it is significantly slower (you pay, but not gain anything). > 2. Will I be able to use the same binaries from the old server on the > new one if I install 64-bit? I'd really prefer to copy as much of > the data from the old server to the new one as I can. I am aware > that a 64-bit chip can run 32-bit software, but I don't know the > details. Do I need a 64-bit kernel? How about libraries? You can use the same binaries, but you'll have to have two sets of libraries, thus increasing the memory requirements. When you have the same program running in many instances, like a server, the OS keeps only one copy running in the memory; it is the same with libraries, but if you have one 32-bit program and one 64-bit program all using the "same" library, they cannot share the image. > I realize these questions are probably very generalized, but I have > basically zero knowledge of the subject so I don't really even know where > to start. If people need more info to be able to answer, I'd be happy to > provide it. > > Essentially, it comes down to this: > > Should I use 8 GB of RAM in a 32-bit machine? It depends. What will the machine do? Do you have a process that can use that much memory by itself (like a database), or do you have many smaller processes and you want plenty of cache for the disk I/O? In the first case, the 64 bit route is much simpler and more efficient code (less swapping and messing up with switching pages around). In the second case, it does not matter much. On the 32 bits you can access up to 64 GB. > How much work is it to transition a machine from 32-bit to 64? For a regular server you should see no extra work. > I really appreciate all the help TCLUG has been in the past. A good group > of solid techies. Thanks. Feel free to post more detailed questions. Cheers, florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I've followed the recent posts on the > list about the software side, so what I'm really looking for is > something that can tell me what additional hardware I may need as well > as discuss integrating a secure wifi solution. Check out IPCOP (http://ipcop.org) and LEAF (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/) . florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070713/ad3c5b8e/attachment.pgp From poptix at poptix.net Fri Jul 13 18:16:19 2007 From: poptix at poptix.net (Matthew S. Hallacy) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:16:19 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] 64-bit vs. 32-bit In-Reply-To: <4697EF9A.5000600@plauditdesign.com> References: <4697EF9A.5000600@plauditdesign.com> Message-ID: <469807C3.50001@poptix.net> Matt Dittbenner wrote: > > 1. If I plan on getting 8GB of RAM, will I need (or really want) to > install 64-bit linux? Are there gains by going 64-bit or is it > better to enable high ram support in the kernel, compile as 32 and > call it done? You can use 8GB of ram in 32bit mode, single applications will still be limited though. Any gains from 64bit mode will depend on the applications you run. > 2. Will I be able to use the same binaries from the old server on the > new one if I install 64-bit? I'd really prefer to copy as much of > the data from the old server to the new one as I can. I am aware > that a 64-bit chip can run 32-bit software, but I don't know the > details. Do I need a 64-bit kernel? How about libraries? Yes. You can run 32bit binaries just fine under 64bit kernels as long as you have enabled 32bit emulation (CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION). All distributions enable this, as far as I know. > How much work is it to transition a machine from 32-bit to 64? Depends on the distribution, I would recommend reinstalling the 64bit branch of whatever distribution you run. From auditodd at comcast.net Fri Jul 13 19:17:28 2007 From: auditodd at comcast.net (auditodd at comcast.net) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:17:28 +0000 Subject: [tclug-list] if i build it, they won't come Message-ID: <071420070017.23764.469816180007AB1800005CD422134843730B0B019B070B9A0E@comcast.net> I use Smoothwall. http://www.smoothwall.org/ I've been using it for almost 6 years and have never had an intrusion into my home network. -- ========== Todd Young -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: gramlich > I've got an old first gen athlon based machine which I'd like to setup > as a firewall/router. But I've got no idea what steps I need to take. > Could any of you folks out there point me to some literature (preferably > free!) that could help me out? I've followed the recent posts on the > list about the software side, so what I'm really looking for is > something that can tell me what additional hardware I may need as well > as discuss integrating a secure wifi solution. > > Ciao, > > benjamin > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list From joey.rockhold at gmail.com Fri Jul 13 19:59:08 2007 From: joey.rockhold at gmail.com (Joey Rockhold) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:59:08 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] if i build it, they won't come In-Reply-To: <1184367070.7117.2.camel@sietch-tabr> References: <1184367070.7117.2.camel@sietch-tabr> Message-ID: <101e49ea0707131759l5927c7b4gc65737e0b3f2f141@mail.gmail.com> I would like to put in a second vote for IPCop. I've used it for some time now, and it's pretty easy to use. It's also really easy to upgrade without losing your settings. - Joey On 7/13/07, gramlich wrote: > > I've got an old first gen athlon based machine which I'd like to setup > as a firewall/router. But I've got no idea what steps I need to take. > Could any of you folks out there point me to some literature (preferably > free!) that could help me out? I've followed the recent posts on the > list about the software side, so what I'm really looking for is > something that can tell me what additional hardware I may need as well > as discuss integrating a secure wifi solution. > > Ciao, > > benjamin > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070713/06533cef/attachment.htm From benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com Fri Jul 13 20:01:07 2007 From: benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com (gramlich) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:01:07 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] if i build it, they won't come In-Reply-To: <101e49ea0707131759l5927c7b4gc65737e0b3f2f141@mail.gmail.com> References: <1184367070.7117.2.camel@sietch-tabr> <101e49ea0707131759l5927c7b4gc65737e0b3f2f141@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1184374867.7117.4.camel@sietch-tabr> What hardware should I get besides the basic computer? It only has one nic. Do I need another nic? Or do you folks suggest another solution? bg On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 19:59 -0500, Joey Rockhold wrote: > I would like to put in a second vote for IPCop. I've used it for some > time now, and it's pretty easy to use. It's also really easy to > upgrade without losing your settings. > > - Joey > > On 7/13/07, gramlich wrote: > I've got an old first gen athlon based machine which I'd like > to setup > as a firewall/router. But I've got no idea what steps I need > to take. > Could any of you folks out there point me to some literature > (preferably > free!) that could help me out? I've followed the recent posts > on the > list about the software side, so what I'm really looking for > is > something that can tell me what additional hardware I may need > as well > as discuss integrating a secure wifi solution. > > Ciao, > > benjamin > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > From florin at iucha.net Fri Jul 13 23:08:38 2007 From: florin at iucha.net (Florin Iucha) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:08:38 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] if i build it, they won't come In-Reply-To: <1184374867.7117.4.camel@sietch-tabr> References: <1184367070.7117.2.camel@sietch-tabr> <101e49ea0707131759l5927c7b4gc65737e0b3f2f141@mail.gmail.com> <1184374867.7117.4.camel@sietch-tabr> Message-ID: <20070714040838.GM30326@iucha.net> On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 08:01:07PM -0500, gramlich wrote: > What hardware should I get besides the basic computer? It only has one > nic. Do I need another nic? Or do you folks suggest another solution? You really need two (or three if you want DMZ) nics. You can make it work with one, but it will be hard to get straight and not mess it up afterwards. florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070713/c10dfe7d/attachment-0001.pgp From joey.rockhold at gmail.com Sat Jul 14 10:59:12 2007 From: joey.rockhold at gmail.com (Joey Rockhold) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:59:12 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head Message-ID: <101e49ea0707140859s4153b32eg6d227494eac445af@mail.gmail.com> I have a screw head that broke off on a hard drive. Does anyone have an easy trick to extract the rest of the screw out of the hard drive without damaging the threads (or the hard drive for that matter). It is recessed in a little bit. Thanks for the help. - Joey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070714/6c6444d0/attachment.htm From jkjones at tcq.net Sat Jul 14 14:24:18 2007 From: jkjones at tcq.net (Kraig Jones) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:24:18 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head In-Reply-To: <101e49ea0707140859s4153b32eg6d227494eac445af@mail.gmail.com> References: <101e49ea0707140859s4153b32eg6d227494eac445af@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <469922E2.7090205@tcq.net> Joey Rockhold wrote: > I have a screw head that broke off on a hard drive. Does anyone have > an easy trick to extract the rest of the screw out of the hard drive > without damaging the threads (or the hard drive for that matter). It > is recessed in a little bit. > > Thanks for the help. > > - Joey My best screw-removing trick, though I really doubt that it would work in your case, is to cut a slot into what's left of the screw. The slot can be cut into the material surrounding the screw as long as the damage done that way does not matter otherwise. I cut the slot with a hacksaw or Dremel tool. Then carefully back the screw out with an ordinary flat screwdriver. I assume the screw is far too small to drill out and use an Easy-out extractor. Another method that's worked for me once or twice, but again is probably not too likely in this case, is to attempt to solder a stiff wire or other extension to the top of the screw. But unless the screw is very loose and the heat from soldering does no damage, this method doesn't work. Good luck! Kraig From noly747 at gmail.com Sat Jul 14 15:25:56 2007 From: noly747 at gmail.com (jerry Nolan) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:25:56 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] tclug-list Digest, Vol 31, Issue 11 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: purchase a left hand drill bit that is about 3/4 the size of screw shank. Use a center punch to tap an indentation as close to the exact center as you can. Put drill in reverse so bit bites into shank. if you are lucky the shank will back out. If you aren't the hole will be large enough so that you can put an EZ out into the hole and then back it out. An alternate method is to cut a slot into the shank (if there is room) and use a small screw driver and back it out that way. Use a good quality screw driver for this (craftsman or equivalent) other wise tip will just bend...Good luck!! On 7/14/07, tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org wrote: > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Broke off screw head (Joey Rockhold) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:59:12 -0500 > From: "Joey Rockhold" > Subject: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head > To: "tclug-list at mn-linux.org" > Message-ID: > <101e49ea0707140859s4153b32eg6d227494eac445af at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have a screw head that broke off on a hard drive. Does anyone have an > easy trick to extract the rest of the screw out of the hard drive without > damaging the threads (or the hard drive for that matter). It is recessed in > a little bit. > > Thanks for the help. > > - Joey > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070714/6c6444d0/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > End of tclug-list Digest, Vol 31, Issue 11 > ****************************************** > From iipreca at hotmail.com Sat Jul 14 18:52:21 2007 From: iipreca at hotmail.com (G J) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:52:21 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head In-Reply-To: <101e49ea0707140859s4153b32eg6d227494eac445af@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: If the screw is loose...you also might be able to take a pencil eraser and shave off the edges so it fits in the hole and try and spin it out as well. Jesse G >From: "Joey Rockhold" >To: "tclug-list at mn-linux.org" >Subject: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head >Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:59:12 -0500 > >I have a screw head that broke off on a hard drive. Does anyone have an >easy trick to extract the rest of the screw out of the hard drive without >damaging the threads (or the hard drive for that matter). It is recessed >in >a little bit. > >Thanks for the help. > >- Joey >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 From hewhocutsdown at gmail.com Sat Jul 14 22:53:05 2007 From: hewhocutsdown at gmail.com (Jordan Peacock) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:53:05 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Nautilus Scripts: FLAC to LAME V0. Syntax question. Message-ID: Working on a script so I can select multiple folders containing flac files, and have them automatically encode the flac files to .mp3 V0 for my brother's ipod. I'm close to having things working, just missing this last bit. Where it says "lame -V 0" it wants two parameters: source file and destination file. Unfortunately, that is singular, and it doesn't seem to like the wildcard in destinations. Any ideas for alternatives? I'm not a programmer, but I've stumbled through some programs. Here's the code as it stands (untested bits commented out). #!/bin/bash IFS=" " for i in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS do if [ -d "$i" ] then cd "$i" flac -d *.flac lame -V 0 *.wav *.mp3 # rm -f *.wav # cd .. fi done -- Jordan Peacock hewhocutsdown at gmail.com hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com From s.earl.martin at gmail.com Sun Jul 15 09:56:46 2007 From: s.earl.martin at gmail.com (Sam Martin) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:56:46 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Nautilus Scripts: FLAC to LAME V0. Syntax question. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oops... forgot the reply-all on this one... sm On 7/15/07, Sam Martin wrote: > You could loop over the files with something along the lines of: > > for i in *.flac ; do ; done > > As a side note, I'd probably also pipe the output of "flac -d > " directly to lame, avoiding messing with the intermediate > *.wav files. Something like > > > for i in *.flac > do > filebase=`basename "$i"` > flac -d -o - "$i" | lame -V0 - > "$filebase.mp3" > done > > > ought to suffice. I haven't tried it, but it should work with some tinkering. > > Alternatively, I've had good luck with MP3FS > (http://mp3fs.sourceforge.net/), which lets you mount a tree of flac > audio files as a parallel tree of "virtual" mp3 files. You can then > copy the mp3 files (e.g., to an ipod), at which point they're encoded > from the flac sources. > > sm > > > > On 7/14/07, Jordan Peacock wrote: > > Working on a script so I can select multiple folders containing flac > > files, and have them automatically encode the flac files to .mp3 V0 > > for my brother's ipod. I'm close to having things working, just > > missing this last bit. > > > > Where it says "lame -V 0" it wants two parameters: source file and > > destination file. Unfortunately, that is singular, and it doesn't seem > > to like the wildcard in destinations. Any ideas for alternatives? I'm > > not a programmer, but I've stumbled through some programs. > > > > Here's the code as it stands (untested bits commented out). > > > > #!/bin/bash > > IFS=" > > " > > for i in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS > > do > > if [ -d "$i" ] > > then > > cd "$i" > > flac -d *.flac > > lame -V 0 *.wav *.mp3 > > # rm -f *.wav > > # cd .. > > fi > > done > > > > > > -- > > > > Jordan Peacock > > hewhocutsdown at gmail.com > > hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > From josh at joshwelch.com Sun Jul 15 12:57:26 2007 From: josh at joshwelch.com (Josh Welch) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:57:26 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head In-Reply-To: <469922E2.7090205@tcq.net> References: <101e49ea0707140859s4153b32eg6d227494eac445af@mail.gmail.com> <469922E2.7090205@tcq.net> Message-ID: <20070715125726.z38g616pjp28oww8@bullwinkle.joshwelch.com> Joey Rockhold wrote: > I have a screw head that broke off on a hard drive. Does anyone have > an easy trick to extract the rest of the screw out of the hard drive > without damaging the threads (or the hard drive for that matter). It > is recessed in a little bit. > > Thanks for the help. > > - Joey I can't remember the real name, we called them easy outs when I was working in the hardware business (hardware as in Home Depot, not as in Microcenter). You drill a small hole in what remains of the screw and wedge the easy out in that hole and use that to turn the screw out. I'm not sure if they make them in a size small enough for your use case, but it might be worth looking into. Josh From josh at joshwelch.com Mon Jul 16 07:36:21 2007 From: josh at joshwelch.com (Josh Welch) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:36:21 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Fwd: Re: Broke off screw head Message-ID: <20070716073621.7d8fzbsltbswwsc0@bullwinkle.joshwelch.com> I believe that this was intended for the list... ----- Forwarded message from sos at zjod.net ----- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:17:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Steve Siegfried Reply-To: Steve Siegfried Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head To: Josh Welch Josh Welch wrote: > > Joey Rockhold wrote: > > I have a screw head that broke off on a hard drive. Does anyone have > > an easy trick to extract the rest of the screw out of the hard drive > > without damaging the threads (or the hard drive for that matter). It > > is recessed in a little bit. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > - Joey > > I can't remember the real name, we called them easy outs when I was > working in the hardware business (hardware as in Home Depot, not as > in Microcenter). You drill a small hole in what remains of the screw > and wedge the easy out in that hole and use that to turn the screw > out. I'm not sure if they make them in a size small enough for your > use case, but it might be worth looking into. > > Josh Or... you could just leave it there. Most hard drives have 4 screw holes to secure 'em to their mounting bracket. Normally, two screws do the job quite nicely (unless you subject the box to a lot of vibration by, say, mounting it in the trunk of your car). Once installed a drive using Velcro sticky tape and it's still working'idly, -S ----- End forwarded message ----- From wdtj at yahoo.com Mon Jul 16 10:38:04 2007 From: wdtj at yahoo.com (Wayne Johnson) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:38:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Fwd: Re: Broke off screw head In-Reply-To: <20070716073621.7d8fzbsltbswwsc0@bullwinkle.joshwelch.com> Message-ID: <609902.50572.qm@web53802.mail.re2.yahoo.com> There's also super glue and duct tape 8{)> Josh Welch wrote: I believe that this was intended for the list... ----- Forwarded message from sos at zjod.net ----- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:17:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Steve Siegfried Reply-To: Steve Siegfried Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Broke off screw head To: Josh Welch Josh Welch wrote: > > Joey Rockhold wrote: > > I have a screw head that broke off on a hard drive. Does anyone have > > an easy trick to extract the rest of the screw out of the hard drive > > without damaging the threads (or the hard drive for that matter). It > > is recessed in a little bit. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > - Joey > > I can't remember the real name, we called them easy outs when I was > working in the hardware business (hardware as in Home Depot, not as > in Microcenter). You drill a small hole in what remains of the screw > and wedge the easy out in that hole and use that to turn the screw > out. I'm not sure if they make them in a size small enough for your > use case, but it might be worth looking into. > > Josh Or... you could just leave it there. Most hard drives have 4 screw holes to secure 'em to their mounting bracket. Normally, two screws do the job quite nicely (unless you subject the box to a lot of vibration by, say, mounting it in the trunk of your car). Once installed a drive using Velcro sticky tape and it's still working'idly, -S ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list --- Wayne Johnson, | There are two kinds of people: Those 3943 Penn Ave. N. | who say to God, "Thy will be done," Minneapolis, MN 55412-1908 | and those to whom God says, "All right, (612) 522-7003 | then, have it your way." --C.S. Lewis --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From brockn at gmail.com Mon Jul 16 12:22:15 2007 From: brockn at gmail.com (Brock Noland) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:22:15 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] small distro for app In-Reply-To: <4975.10.10.1.1.1184603576.squirrel@lctn.org> References: <4975.10.10.1.1.1184603576.squirrel@lctn.org> Message-ID: <741dcbb80707161022i227a8f5es4c3fdb4eb368a7d3@mail.gmail.com> Lamppix is a relative of Damn Small Linux. It already has mysql and is 157M, http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/lamppix/. http://lamppix.tinowagner.com/ Brock On 7/16/07, admin at lctn.org wrote: > I am looking for a small distro to run bacula on. Hoping to keep it under > 100Mb. I know there is a ton out there, but not sure which one would have > everything necessary to install bacula with mysql, or sqlite. > > Raymond > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > From webmaster at mn-linux.org Mon Jul 16 12:31:38 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:31:38 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707161731.l6GHVcV24266@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Free Subject: IBM Intellistation SuSE Open Linux 10.2 box. Pentium II, 375MB RAM, 12GB IDE DRIVE, SCSI on board, NIC. Great for server (FTP,DNS,DHCP) and speed for surfing and emai. Windows Server 2003 has been run on this box as Active Directory DC. Seller Email address: gary at jollymore dot net http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu Mon Jul 16 12:38:35 2007 From: mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu (Mike Miller) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:38:35 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Nautilus Scripts: FLAC to LAME V0. Syntax question. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Jordan Peacock wrote: > Working on a script so I can select multiple folders containing flac > files, and have them automatically encode the flac files to .mp3 V0 for > my brother's ipod. I'm close to having things working, just missing this > last bit. > > Where it says "lame -V 0" it wants two parameters: source file and > destination file. Unfortunately, that is singular, and it doesn't seem > to like the wildcard in destinations. Any ideas for alternatives? I'm > not a programmer, but I've stumbled through some programs. > > Here's the code as it stands (untested bits commented out). > > #!/bin/bash > IFS=" > " > for i in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS > do > if [ -d "$i" ] > then > cd "$i" > flac -d *.flac > lame -V 0 *.wav *.mp3 > # rm -f *.wav > # cd .. > fi > done I think you need an internal for loop like so: #!/bin/bash IFS=" " for i in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS do if [ -d "$i" ] then cd "$i" for file in `\ls -` *.flac | perl -pe 's/^(.*)\.flac$/$1/'` ; do flac -d "${file}.flac" lame -V 0 "${file}.wav" "${file}.mp3" # rm -f "${file}.wav" # cd - done fi done The perl bit is just taking the .flac extension off of the filename so that you can use the rest of the file name with .wav, .mp3, or whatever. Mike From webmaster at mn-linux.org Mon Jul 16 12:43:37 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:43:37 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707161743.l6GHhbB27519@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Free Subject: Rack Mount PC MEPIS 2.6 Linux w/Intel motherboard. Pentium II, 378MB RAM, 10GB IDE DRIVE, NIC. Has had Windows Server 2003 running as Domain Controller. Pickup in Lake Elmo. Seller Email address: gary at jollymore dot net http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu Mon Jul 16 14:30:18 2007 From: mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu (Mike Miller) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:30:18 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Nautilus Scripts: FLAC to LAME V0. Syntax question. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Mike Miller wrote: > #!/bin/bash > IFS=" > " > for i in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS > do > if [ -d "$i" ] > then > cd "$i" > for file in `\ls -` *.flac | perl -pe 's/^(.*)\.flac$/$1/'` ; do That line had a typo: a back tick was supposed to be a 1: for file in `\ls -1 *.flac | perl -pe 's/^(.*)\.flac$/$1/'` ; do That should help a lot! Mike > flac -d "${file}.flac" > lame -V 0 "${file}.wav" "${file}.mp3" > # rm -f "${file}.wav" > # cd - > done > fi > done > > > The perl bit is just taking the .flac extension off of the filename so > that you can use the rest of the file name with .wav, .mp3, or whatever. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > From webmaster at mn-linux.org Mon Jul 16 14:49:52 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:49:52 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707161949.l6GJnq802697@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Sale Subject: Supermicro, 4U, Dual 2.4, 4GB, 3Ware RAID Supermicro 4U Chassis, X5DPE-G2 Motherboard, Dual 2.4GHz Xeon CPU, 4GB RAM, 1-80GB WD HDD, Triple Redundant 600W Power Supply, CD, 3Ware 7506-8 ATA 133 Raid Controller Card (controls 8 drives), Slide Rails, 15-Drive Bays-NO DRIVES (Avid Caddy IP-010-2104 2-E IP-010-2103 2-E for ATA/IDE Hard Drive), RHEL 2.4.2 (password on system). These systems are configured as a Unistar NAS $500 each 3-pcs still available Sincerely, Casey M. DuBois N-VINT, Inc. 616-656-5500 Office 866-337-2686 Direct AOL IM: CaseyNVINT cdubois at n-vint.com Seller Email address: cdubois at n-vint dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From hewhocutsdown at gmail.com Wed Jul 18 16:32:36 2007 From: hewhocutsdown at gmail.com (Jordan Peacock) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:32:36 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Nautilus Scripts: FLAC to LAME V0. Syntax question. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The internal loop was a great idea....however the mp3fs app beat the pants off of everything!!! It took mere minutes to set up and I had a full virtual filesystem of mp3s, and I could even right-click on the parent directories to get the 'size' of the mp3s inside, once they would encode. Brilliant and thank you. -- Jordan Peacock hewhocutsdown at gmail.com hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com From tclug at greatlakedata.com Wed Jul 18 17:33:57 2007 From: tclug at greatlakedata.com (greg wm) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:33:57 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] esd clue? Message-ID: <469E9555.3080400@greatlakedata.com> i want to capture sound along with a remote vnc session and play it where i'm viewing the session (eg running firefox and sometimes flash). i can't even come up with the proper incantation to the google god, i get incessant irrelevant answers. esd supposedly makes this easy, but i'm in need of a clue. (fc5) tia, greg wm From andyzib at gmail.com Thu Jul 19 12:51:22 2007 From: andyzib at gmail.com (Andrew Zbikowski) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:51:22 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Certification Toolkit In-Reply-To: <20070706041947.F39A014B7@skuld.wookimus.net> References: <1183654110.3158.1.camel@desktop> <82d43d110707051111j6f237191s2cbc74f0aac80cba@mail.gmail.com> <20070706041947.F39A014B7@skuld.wookimus.net> Message-ID: Speaking as the guy Chad hired to replace him... It's my experience that hardware in the enterprise is disposable. Our shop is almost entirely Dell. If the hardware in question is still covered by warranty, we get warranty parts via parts direct. If it's out of warranty and it's a problem beyond swapping the hard drive, memory, or PCI/AGP/PCIe/whatever card with whatever we have in the spare parts bin, the box goes into our recycle bin. Our servers have extended service plans so they don't end up in the recycle bin. Most hardware troubleshooting comes down to recognizing the symptoms and the likely causes of those symptoms. A+ can teach you some of this, but experience will teach you more. MCSE does have some value IF you have experience to back up the MCSE. If you don't have any experience on your resume, MCSE really only shows that you can read a Microsoft text book and regurgitate the content of the book on the test page. I've worked through multiple MS certification books, and the labs are often just the tip of the iceburg. You may touch a few of the most common things and configurations, but I've found most of the information to be here's the tool you use for this task, and here are a few simple settings that won't break anything. Search google (or read the helpfile) to figure out what the rest of the settings do. The main vendor certification you want to look at is Cisco. I have a Cisco certification book handy for reference, but I haven't gone in depth and tried to pass the certification exams yet. If you want to get involved in networking at all, you'll want to at least know Cisco. At the very least you'll want to be able to tell your interviewer how the most common method used to reset the password on Cisco equipment from memory. And now that I've posted that, I'll have to remember to review my Cisco book before I interview for any future jobs as I've been a good admin the past few years and documented all the switch/router passwords. :) I've only glanced at the security certifications, but they look good, though I worry about some of them falling into the same trap as MCSE down the road as security is the current hot thing for making a buck in IT. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue >0; 0 rows returned From benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com Fri Jul 20 08:36:35 2007 From: benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com (gramlich) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:36:35 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming Message-ID: <1184938595.6351.14.camel@sietch-tabr> Does anyone on the list have experience programming in Assembly? If so, do you have a favorite book that you've used to learn the language in intel pentium processors? Thanks, Benjamin From samir.list at gmail.com Fri Jul 20 12:45:57 2007 From: samir.list at gmail.com (Samir Faci) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:45:57 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Job Posting Message-ID: <1e6142750707201045x1814bf3ej4e65a4da642c5eba@mail.gmail.com> Hello everyone, My current employer is looking for a full time IT administrator. A good bit of the job will be dealing with maintaining servers, mail servers, asterisk, probably some minor abuse of perl/python, infrastructure design, maybe a little bit of Cisco if needed. Virtually 95% of the company is being run on Linux, Gentoo specifically. if you have any interest, email me off-list. -- Samir PS. don't be discouraged if you're missing some of the skills I listed. Email me anyways if you have any interest. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070720/4f456738/attachment.htm From bhurt at spnz.org Fri Jul 20 18:08:01 2007 From: bhurt at spnz.org (Brian Hurt) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:08:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming In-Reply-To: <1184938595.6351.14.camel@sietch-tabr> References: <1184938595.6351.14.camel@sietch-tabr> Message-ID: On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, gramlich wrote: > Does anyone on the list have experience programming in Assembly? Yes. > If so, > do you have a favorite book that you've used to learn the language in > intel pentium processors? I learned it from the Intel manuals, and reading the output of gcc, but this was back in the days of the 386sx, and I'd had an assembly language class back in college. If you want to learn assembly language in general, kudos to you- and I recommend starting with the 68K, or maybe the PPC. A nice, simple, regular instruction set, and not the bloated chaotic beast which is the x86. Note that assembly language is, effectively, assembly language- if what you want is an understanding of what the computer is doing at the lowest levels, and how it's doing it, knowing just about any assembly language is sufficient (and necessary, IMHO). The main operations of the x86 are no different than that of the 68K or PPC. And those architectures are a lot easier to understand. And, if you have the time, the x86 is a lot easier to understand once you understand those simpler architectures. If it's the x86 specifically you need, i.e. you're going to be doing some serious x86 hacking, you want the intel books- although they're probably not the books you want to learn from. I haven't read any of the recent crop of "learn assembly language of the x86" books, so I can't advise you there. Sorry. Brian From benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com Fri Jul 20 18:26:47 2007 From: benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com (gramlich) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:26:47 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming In-Reply-To: References: <1184938595.6351.14.camel@sietch-tabr> Message-ID: <1184974007.24532.3.camel@sietch-tabr> Well, I am interested in learning assembly to understand the computer, I was just thinking that x86 would be the way to go since it's the type of machine I own. How successful would I be trying to get a ppc processor emulated in Qemu? I've used it for testing out other distros, but it seems a bit unstable even when the emulated machine is an x86. What's your advice? Also, what is this high level assembly I keep reading about. Is it pseudo code for teaching purposes or is it legitimate? Thanks, Benjamin On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 19:08 -0400, Brian Hurt wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, gramlich wrote: > > > Does anyone on the list have experience programming in Assembly? > > Yes. > > > If so, > > do you have a favorite book that you've used to learn the language in > > intel pentium processors? > > I learned it from the Intel manuals, and reading the output of gcc, but > this was back in the days of the 386sx, and I'd had an assembly language > class back in college. > > If you want to learn assembly language in general, kudos to you- and I > recommend starting with the 68K, or maybe the PPC. A nice, simple, > regular instruction set, and not the bloated chaotic beast which is the > x86. Note that assembly language is, effectively, assembly language- if > what you want is an understanding of what the computer is doing at the > lowest levels, and how it's doing it, knowing just about any assembly > language is sufficient (and necessary, IMHO). The main operations of the > x86 are no different than that of the 68K or PPC. And those architectures > are a lot easier to understand. And, if you have the time, the x86 is a > lot easier to understand once you understand those simpler architectures. > > If it's the x86 specifically you need, i.e. you're going to be doing some > serious x86 hacking, you want the intel books- although they're probably > not the books you want to learn from. I haven't read any of the recent > crop of "learn assembly language of the x86" books, so I can't advise you > there. Sorry. > > Brian From cncole at earthlink.net Fri Jul 20 18:37:22 2007 From: cncole at earthlink.net (Chuck Cole) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:37:22 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming In-Reply-To: <1184938595.6351.14.camel@sietch-tabr> Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of gramlich > > Does anyone on the list have experience programming in Assembly? If so, > do you have a favorite book that you've used to learn the language in > intel pentium processors? > > Thanks, > > Benjamin Haven't done much recently, but have done a bunch on various types of processors. Best way to learn is to look through open source examples to see how various groups do supportable code or systems work, etc. If you are trying to learn PC coding, I think it's best to mostly ignore other processor types that are very different because their coding approaches will be different also at system compatibility levels. While one must go to "reference manuals" for the exact syntax, etc, one may only learn spagetti code that way and may not use a form or style that fits with operating system contexts. Some/most environments set up register usage conventions so that calls can pass parameters in a standard way. Knowing tricks like that can save needing to do cumbersome "workaround code" to interface interrupts, etc. The result will be more lean and bug-free. Find something like utilities or applications you like and spruce them up as a learning exercise. Chuck From benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com Fri Jul 20 18:56:12 2007 From: benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com (gramlich) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:56:12 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1184975772.26678.1.camel@sietch-tabr> Another question along these lines. What's the difference between 32-bit assembly and 64-bit assembly for x86? Are the 64-bit instructions a superset or are there other changes I should be aware of? bg From bhurt at spnz.org Fri Jul 20 19:04:32 2007 From: bhurt at spnz.org (Brian Hurt) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:04:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming In-Reply-To: <1184974007.24532.3.camel@sietch-tabr> References: <1184938595.6351.14.camel@sietch-tabr> <1184974007.24532.3.camel@sietch-tabr> Message-ID: On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, gramlich wrote: > Well, I am interested in learning assembly to understand the computer, I > was just thinking that x86 would be the way to go since it's the type of > machine I own. The problem with the x86 is all the legacy crap. Not to mention quite a few flat out bad designs, plus a whole boatload of unnecessary complexity no one uses- now or ever. > > How successful would I be trying to get a ppc processor emulated in > Qemu? I've used it for testing out other distros, but it seems a bit > unstable even when the emulated machine is an x86. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I think 68K would be a better first assembler. There are quite a few 68K assemblers kicking about. EASy68k looks nice, but it's windows-only: http://www.monroeccc.edu/ckelly/EASy68K.htm One other thing I'd consider is finding an old PPC or 68K Mac to play on- one can probably be had for cheap if not free. This list is a good place to ask. > > What's your advice? Also, what is this high level assembly I keep > reading about. Is it pseudo code for teaching purposes or is it > legitimate? It's called "C", and I recommend learning it after learning assembly language. C makes a heck of a lot more sense if you know what's going on at the assembler level (*any* assembler)- for example, the pointer/array confusion makes perfect sense when you remember that a pointer is just an address on the assembly level. Brian From joey.rockhold at gmail.com Fri Jul 20 20:33:21 2007 From: joey.rockhold at gmail.com (Joey Rockhold) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:33:21 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming In-Reply-To: <1184938595.6351.14.camel@sietch-tabr> References: <1184938595.6351.14.camel@sietch-tabr> Message-ID: <101e49ea0707201833h18fe5beap2f26603a2da31370@mail.gmail.com> Assembly Langugage Step-by-Step: Programming with DOS and Linux. http://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Language-Step-step-Programming/dp/0471375233/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/002-3524459-7238467?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184981310&sr=8-4 This is a book I read most of sometime around the 2000-2001 timeframe. I don't believe I finished it, mostly because I got busy with other languages I was actually using ;) But I do recommend it for beginners to assembly, it's fun. - Joey On 7/20/07, gramlich wrote: > > Does anyone on the list have experience programming in Assembly? If so, > do you have a favorite book that you've used to learn the language in > intel pentium processors? > > Thanks, > > Benjamin > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070720/0d83ecd6/attachment.htm From bhurt at spnz.org Sat Jul 21 09:58:58 2007 From: bhurt at spnz.org (Brian Hurt) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:58:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming In-Reply-To: <1184975772.26678.1.camel@sietch-tabr> References: <1184975772.26678.1.camel@sietch-tabr> Message-ID: On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, gramlich wrote: > Another question along these lines. What's the difference between 32-bit > assembly and 64-bit assembly for x86? Are the 64-bit instructions a > superset or are there other changes I should be aware of? Well, the main difference is that registers now are 64 bits wide, instead of just 32 bits wide. There are also 8 new registers, plus a couple of new addressing modes (to allow you to manipulate 32-bit data in 64-bit more), and some other minor details. But AMD's 64-bit extension is about as unobtrusive as you could have hoped for. At the level you're at, there isn't much of a difference. The ideas are still the same. Brian From s.earl.martin at gmail.com Sat Jul 21 20:01:53 2007 From: s.earl.martin at gmail.com (Sam Martin) Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:01:53 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] esd clue? In-Reply-To: <469E9555.3080400@greatlakedata.com> References: <469E9555.3080400@greatlakedata.com> Message-ID: On 7/18/07, greg wm wrote: > i want to capture sound along with a remote vnc session and play it > where i'm viewing the session (eg running firefox and sometimes flash). > i can't even come up with the proper incantation to the google god, i > get incessant irrelevant answers. > > esd supposedly makes this easy, but i'm in need of a clue. (fc5) I got curious, and the only relevant document I came across via some random Googling was a howto targeted at linux server -> windows client (http://www.liquid-reality.de/main/projects/esound). I haven't tried it, so it may need tinkering to get it to work: *nix connection)> On the client: $ esd -tcp -public On the server: $ ESPEAKER=:16001 Where is the ip address of your client, and is the application whose audio you want to send to the remote machine. I don't know how picky you are about A/V sync, but I'd imagine that it would be annoying for watching, e.g., a flash video. I also don't know if firefox will use esd by default on your system. You may need to set FIREFOX_DSP to "esd" (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=84371 -- an Ubuntu forum thread, I realize, but relevant). You could give it a shot, though. If you're flexible as to the remote desktop app, you could try using freenx with an nx client. I believe audio is directly supported by freenx, and the visuals are generally quite a bit snappier than VNC, especially over slower links. sm From webmaster at mn-linux.org Sun Jul 22 15:34:45 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:34:45 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707222034.l6MKYj805564@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Sale Subject: cisco 1100 access point cisco 1100 wireless access point, includes power over ethernet injector. currently has an 802.11b radio in it, however, you can get different flavored radios for this unit. includes stand. Seller Email address: sulrich at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From webmaster at mn-linux.org Sun Jul 22 15:38:41 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:38:41 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707222038.l6MKcfa07807@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Sale Subject: cisco 806 dual ethernet router cisco 806 dual ethernet router with 8M flash and 32M of DRAM. recently upgraded the home configuration on this and i'm putting this for sale. this unit supports IPSec and the firewall feature sets. it's a very nice little unit. a picture of the back of this can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/2z5sod asking $200 / OBO. Seller Email address: sulrich at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From webmaster at mn-linux.org Sun Jul 22 21:25:57 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:25:57 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707230225.l6N2PvM15722@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Sale Subject: powerbook g4 (1.25 Ghz) 1.25Ghz PowerPC G4 powerbook - 512M of RAM, 80G hard drive. it's been a trusty companion for a couple of years now and makes for a handy floater laptop around the house. misc. additional stuff - integrated bluetooth - integrated Wireless - integrated gigabit ethernet - USB 2.0 ports - firewire 400 port - firewire 800 port - fully patched fresh install of OS X (10.4.10) - includes spare battery - includes system restoration disc $200 / OBO more pictures here: http://tinyurl.com/252yd3 Seller Email address: sulrich at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From samir.list at gmail.com Mon Jul 23 10:46:34 2007 From: samir.list at gmail.com (Samir Faci) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:46:34 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Job Posting In-Reply-To: <1e6142750707201045x1814bf3ej4e65a4da642c5eba@mail.gmail.com> References: <1e6142750707201045x1814bf3ej4e65a4da642c5eba@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1e6142750707230846i2da2c165la2d734251b4f8bf1@mail.gmail.com> Hi all, So, I made a minor goof up. For some reason, I thought the tclug was a local list in the area. (The Job I posted was for the Chicago area. ) Now, I'll be happy to take resumes and pass them on to my employer, but just be aware of the location. If you're still interested feel free to contact me, sorry about this. -- Samir On 7/20/07, Samir Faci wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > My current employer is looking for a full time IT administrator. A good > bit of the job will be dealing with maintaining servers, mail > servers, asterisk, probably some minor abuse of perl/python, > infrastructure design, maybe a little bit of Cisco if needed. > > Virtually 95% of the company is being run on Linux, Gentoo specifically. > > if you have any interest, email me off-list. > > -- > Samir > PS. don't be discouraged if you're missing some of the skills I listed. > Email me anyways if you have any interest. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please feel free to drop Jeremy (tclug at lizakowski) and myself (pcutler at foresightlinux.org) an email. Thanks! Paul From tnelsonmn at gmail.com Mon Jul 23 21:51:26 2007 From: tnelsonmn at gmail.com (Troy Nelson) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:51:26 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Seeking presenters on Open Source development Message-ID: <67987e230707231951s72a21271sc27bfc8d94b6e04f@mail.gmail.com> Hello all, My name is Troy Nelson and I am the Program Chair for the metro area Association of Information Technology Professionals (www.nwaitp.org) I am seeking presenters for an upcoming AITP meeting who have first-hand experience working on Open Source projects. Our organization's focus is on helping our membership learn about various opportunities and options in the Information Technology field. Our membership ranges from students to junior developers, all levels of IT leaders. Our focus this year is on "Web 2.0" and collaborative technologies. Our membership is seeking one or more presenters to discuss their experiences working on Open Source development projects with distributed teams. We're most interested in the project management and collaborative efforts involved and how they differ from the traditional corporate IT approach to solutions development. If you or anyone you know is interested, I would appreciate an opportunity to discuss your experiences and have you present at an upcoming meeting. Please check out our site at www.nwaitp.org for more information. Thanks, Troy Nelson tnelsonMN at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Steve -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ From rhubarbpie at poetworld.net Wed Jul 25 16:17:54 2007 From: rhubarbpie at poetworld.net (rhubarbpie at poetworld.net) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:17:54 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Fluxbox auto hide taskbar and maximized applications Message-ID: <46A7BE02.9080804@poetworld.net> What's the Fluxbox auto hide taskbar configuration for maximized applications? The taskbar hides as it should but won't appear if I have one or more applications maximized. Moving my cursor to the screen bottom produces no taskbar. If I have no applications maximized the taskbar appears with the same action. From webmaster at mn-linux.org Thu Jul 26 17:44:34 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:44:34 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707262244.l6QMiYJ16295@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Sale Subject: Hard Drive Disk Shelf Selling a Compaq Proliant Disk shelf that contains 12 x 9.1GB SCSI hard drives and a compaq raid controller. I have provided the software to configure the raid controller. This was pulled from a working enviroment. I used it to backup up documents/pictures/music and desktops at my house. I am also throwing in two extra drives incase of a failure. $100/bo . Seller Email address: aptget79 at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com Fri Jul 27 02:20:28 2007 From: goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com (Brian Dolan-Goecke) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:20:28 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 Message-ID: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> First I want to thanks the people that have been having the TCLUG meeting over the last few months, that is great! Unfortunately I am unable to attend a meeting during the week, it is not feasible for me to work all day then drive to a meeting and get home around 9. So that is why I am starting this meeting Saturdays at TIES. If people are interested I will continue to have the meeting, (right now I have meeting dates scheduled through November). This is not meant as a "challenge" to the TCLUG meeting, it is just another option. Go to a meeting that works best for you, or talk about something you are interested in. With that said, I am having a Linux Meeting this coming Saturday July 28, 2007 starting at 10:00. I will talk about "Monitoring your hard disks status" (see the web page http://www.PenguinsUnbound.com for more info) I plan on talking for about 1 hour, then I will open up for any Linux or OSS questions. If you are questions or comments you can email me at penguinsunbound at Goecke-Dolan.com Thanks, I hope to see you at a Linux Meeting someday! ==>brian. BTW. I am planning an "Back to school with Linux Install Fest" August 18th, see the web page for info. From nate at refried.org Fri Jul 27 08:07:38 2007 From: nate at refried.org (Nate Straz) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:07:38 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 In-Reply-To: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> References: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> Message-ID: <20070727130738.GA14693@refried.org> On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 02:20:28AM -0500, Brian Dolan-Goecke wrote: > So that is why I am starting this meeting Saturdays at TIES. Where is "TIES?" Can you post an address and directions? Nate From dalan at visi.com Fri Jul 27 11:48:13 2007 From: dalan at visi.com (Don Sparish) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:48:13 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] [tclug-announce] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 In-Reply-To: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> References: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070727/52d6ad33/attachment.htm From beck0778 at umn.edu Fri Jul 27 12:19:18 2007 From: beck0778 at umn.edu (beck0778 at umn.edu) Date: 27 Jul 2007 12:19:18 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] [tclug-announce] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 Message-ID: I'm not associated with TIES, but here's what I found: http://www.ties.k12.mn.us/ TIES apprears to be a colaboration between 40 school districts in Minnesota, to provide "cutting-edge software applications, hardware and software, Internet services and professional development." It appears that Brian Dolan-Goecke is employed at TIES, and they are graciously allowing him to hold meetings there on Saturdays. The building is located at 1667 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108 (at the intersection of Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues). For directions, see http://www.ties.k12.mn.us/Find_TIES.html Hope to see you there, Matthew beck0778 at umn.edu From dru at druswanderings.net Fri Jul 27 12:05:33 2007 From: dru at druswanderings.net (The Wandering Dru) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:05:33 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] [tclug-announce] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 In-Reply-To: References: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> Message-ID: <46AA25DD.5020007@druswanderings.net> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Don Sparish wrote: > I would like to attend, but I don't know where TIES is. Could you > provide an address where this meeting will be held? >> disks status" (see the web page >>http://www.PenguinsUnbound.com for more >> info) It's all there on the website under "Location for Meetings". - -- Andy Moore The Wandering Dru GnuPG Key: 0x506A915F http://www.druswanderings.net Get nifty TCLUG merchandise at the TCLUG Store! http://www.cafeshops.com/tclug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) iD8DBQFGqiXdiwhv4FBqkV8RAlaKAJ9WwdSIs0aJqgF1/1+7eJFnTEJr4ACfR6Vk vTqYCAS8f6/vmF8bjilqYjc= =a2g1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com Fri Jul 27 12:36:26 2007 From: goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com (Brian Dolan-Goecke) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:36:26 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 In-Reply-To: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> References: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> Message-ID: <46AA2D1A.4030508@Goecke-Dolan.com> Sorry about lack of location informatoin. There location info is on the web site, I also added a link to the bottom of the meeting page. TIES is located at the corner of Snelling and Larpentuer (the old grand building on the south west corner). We will be meeting in the Learning and Technology Conference room, which is on the first floor in the west wing of the building. The doors under the skyway to the parking garage will be unlocked, please enter there. You can park in the parking lot just south of the building. The front door will be LOCKED, only the west doors in the west wing of the building will be open. Here are some links to help you get there Meeting page location link, http://www.penguinsunbound.net/Location_for_Meetings Link to "How to find TIES" on the ties webpage http://www.ties.k12.mn.us/Find_TIES.html Link to a google map of TIES. http://www.google.com/maps?q=1667+Snelling+Ave+N,+St+Paul,+MN+55108,+USA&ie=UTF8&ll=44.991148,-93.166981&spn=0.054449,0.062828&t=h&z=14&om=1 Thanks. ==>brian. Brian Dolan-Goecke wrote: > First I want to thanks the people that have been having the TCLUG > meeting over the last few months, that is great! > > Unfortunately I am unable to attend a meeting during the week, it is not > feasible for me to work all day then drive to a meeting and get home > around 9. So that is why I am starting this meeting Saturdays at TIES. > If people are interested I will continue to have the meeting, (right > now I have meeting dates scheduled through November). This is not meant > as a "challenge" to the TCLUG meeting, it is just another option. Go to > a meeting that works best for you, or talk about something you are > interested in. > > With that said, I am having a Linux Meeting this coming Saturday July > 28, 2007 starting at 10:00. I will talk about "Monitoring your hard > disks status" (see the web page http://www.PenguinsUnbound.com for more > info) I plan on talking for about 1 hour, then I will open up for any > Linux or OSS questions. > > If you are questions or comments you can email me at > penguinsunbound at Goecke-Dolan.com > > Thanks, I hope to see you at a Linux Meeting someday! > > ==>brian. > > BTW. I am planning an "Back to school with Linux Install Fest" August > 18th, see the web page for info. > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > From cncole at earthlink.net Fri Jul 27 14:07:32 2007 From: cncole at earthlink.net (Chuck Cole) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:07:32 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 In-Reply-To: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> Message-ID: Sounds good! The TIES location sure beats going to UMN for me on any day. Got wireless there for meeting folk? Not critical, but nice for getting some relevant stuff. Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Brian Dolan-Goecke > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 2:20 AM > Subject: [tclug-list] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 > > > > Unfortunately I am unable to attend a meeting during the week, it is not > feasible for me to work all day then drive to a meeting and get home > around 9. So that is why I am starting this meeting Saturdays at TIES. > > With that said, I am having a Linux Meeting this coming Saturday July > 28, 2007 starting at 10:00. > From cncole at earthlink.net Fri Jul 27 14:20:38 2007 From: cncole at earthlink.net (Chuck Cole) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:20:38 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 In-Reply-To: <46AA2D1A.4030508@Goecke-Dolan.com> Message-ID: Implied, but not stated that meetings will be monthly. 4th Saturday recurrence? > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Brian Dolan-Goecke > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 12:36 PM > To: Brian Dolan-Goecke > Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 > > > Sorry about lack of location informatoin. > > There location info is on the web site, I also added a link to the > bottom of the meeting page. > > TIES is located at the corner of Snelling and Larpentuer (the old grand > building on the south west corner). We will be meeting in the Learning > and Technology Conference room, which is on the first floor in the west > wing of the building. The doors under the skyway to the parking garage > will be unlocked, please enter there. You can park in the parking lot > just south of the building. The front door will be LOCKED, only the west > doors in the west wing of the building will be open. > > Here are some links to help you get there > > Meeting page location link, > http://www.penguinsunbound.net/Location_for_Meetings > > Link to "How to find TIES" on the ties webpage > http://www.ties.k12.mn.us/Find_TIES.html > > Link to a google map of TIES. > http://www.google.com/maps?q=1667+Snelling+Ave+N,+St+Paul,+MN+5510 > 8,+USA&ie=UTF8&ll=44.991148,-93.166981&spn=0.054449,0.062828&t=h&z=14&om=1 > > Thanks. > > ==>brian. > > Brian Dolan-Goecke wrote: > > First I want to thanks the people that have been having the TCLUG > > meeting over the last few months, that is great! > > > > Unfortunately I am unable to attend a meeting during the week, > it is not > > feasible for me to work all day then drive to a meeting and get home > > around 9. So that is why I am starting this meeting Saturdays at TIES. > > If people are interested I will continue to have the meeting, (right > > now I have meeting dates scheduled through November). This is > not meant > > as a "challenge" to the TCLUG meeting, it is just another > option. Go to > > a meeting that works best for you, or talk about something you are > > interested in. > > > > With that said, I am having a Linux Meeting this coming Saturday July > > 28, 2007 starting at 10:00. I will talk about "Monitoring your hard > > disks status" (see the web page http://www.PenguinsUnbound.com for more > > info) I plan on talking for about 1 hour, then I will open up for any > > Linux or OSS questions. > > > > If you are questions or comments you can email me at > > penguinsunbound at Goecke-Dolan.com > > > > Thanks, I hope to see you at a Linux Meeting someday! > > > > ==>brian. > > > > BTW. I am planning an "Back to school with Linux Install Fest" August > > 18th, see the web page for info. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.22/922 - Release Date: > 7/27/2007 6:08 AM > > From webmaster at mn-linux.org Sat Jul 28 15:40:22 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:40:22 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707282040.l6SKeMQ13356@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Free Subject: netgear ps110 free to a good home. you have to pick it up. netgear ps110 in perfect condition. Seller Email address: sulrich at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From webmaster at mn-linux.org Sat Jul 28 15:41:49 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:41:49 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707282041.l6SKfnX14361@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Free Subject: netgear fs108 (8 port 10/100 switch) free to a good home. 8 port 10/100 switch (unmanaged) netgear fs108 Seller Email address: sulrich at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From webmaster at mn-linux.org Sat Jul 28 18:42:00 2007 From: webmaster at mn-linux.org (TCLUG Classifieds) Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:42:00 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] New TCLUG Classified Ad Message-ID: <200707282342.l6SNg0j24706@crusader.real-time.com> New TCLUG Classified Ad Category: Computer Type of Ad: For Free Subject: netgear fs116 (16 port 10/100 switch) free to a good home. 16 port 10/100 switch (unmanaged) Seller Email address: sulrich at gmail dot com http://www.mn-linux.org/cgi-bin/classifieds/index.cgi From wdtj at yahoo.com Sun Jul 29 20:44:55 2007 From: wdtj at yahoo.com (Wayne Johnson) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Assembly programming In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <404024.61078.qm@web53807.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I started out on an IBM 360 assembler out of school. The 360 used stone knives and bear skins. I picked up Mac80 (as they called it back then) from the Intel manuals. Now I find myself digging through X86, PPC and Sparc in dumps quite often. Don't know how anyone can debug code without knowing a little assembly. I found that reading the assembly that comes out of the compiler is a good starting point, along with a machine code reference manual. Might I suggest downloading the Atmel IDE and compiler. Atmel chips run everything from 8 pin ICs to 64 pin with Mbs of flash, eeprom and RAM memory. The IDE has a fairly nice emulator that lets you watch as instructions are run. Gives you a nice feel for using registers, stacks, and mapped IO. The IDE is much like the VisualC++ 6.0 IDE and there are Linux versions as well. Even runs gcc. Brian Hurt wrote: On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, gramlich wrote: > Well, I am interested in learning assembly to understand the computer, I > was just thinking that x86 would be the way to go since it's the type of > machine I own. The problem with the x86 is all the legacy crap. Not to mention quite a few flat out bad designs, plus a whole boatload of unnecessary complexity no one uses- now or ever. > > How successful would I be trying to get a ppc processor emulated in > Qemu? I've used it for testing out other distros, but it seems a bit > unstable even when the emulated machine is an x86. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I think 68K would be a better first assembler. There are quite a few 68K assemblers kicking about. EASy68k looks nice, but it's windows-only: http://www.monroeccc.edu/ckelly/EASy68K.htm One other thing I'd consider is finding an old PPC or 68K Mac to play on- one can probably be had for cheap if not free. This list is a good place to ask. > > What's your advice? Also, what is this high level assembly I keep > reading about. Is it pseudo code for teaching purposes or is it > legitimate? It's called "C", and I recommend learning it after learning assembly language. C makes a heck of a lot more sense if you know what's going on at the assembler level (*any* assembler)- for example, the pointer/array confusion makes perfect sense when you remember that a pointer is just an address on the assembly level. Brian _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list --- Wayne Johnson, | There are two kinds of people: Those 3943 Penn Ave. N. | who say to God, "Thy will be done," Minneapolis, MN 55412-1908 | and those to whom God says, "All right, (612) 522-7003 | then, have it your way." --C.S. Lewis --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070729/e8dd8361/attachment.htm From al7amdlellah at yahoo.com Mon Jul 30 08:43:06 2007 From: al7amdlellah at yahoo.com (MIM) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:43:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Moodle In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <814619.59514.qm@web51405.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I was wondering if we can have a meeting on how to install and setup Moodle. That will be great. Any comments ??? --------------------------------- Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070730/0c276505/attachment.htm From admin at lctn.org Mon Jul 30 08:59:05 2007 From: admin at lctn.org (admin at lctn.org) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:59:05 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [tclug-list] Moodle In-Reply-To: <814619.59514.qm@web51405.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <814619.59514.qm@web51405.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <36500.64.8.149.66.1185803945.squirrel@lctn.org> > I was wondering if we can have a meeting on how to install and setup > Moodle. That will be great. Any comments ??? I run moodle with 1300 users, and 60+courses. I would be glad to contribute. From goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com Mon Jul 30 13:11:47 2007 From: goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com (Brian Dolan-Goecke) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:11:47 -0500 Subject: [tclug-list] Moodle In-Reply-To: <814619.59514.qm@web51405.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <814619.59514.qm@web51405.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <46AE29E3.8050303@Goecke-Dolan.com> I double checked with a friend of mine, but he said moodle on ubuntu (6.06 or newer) should install (with all necessary parts) with just a apt-get install moodle now that is just the install, you will need to configure it how you want it. But usually they install it to a working state, asking any questions that need to be answers to get it working. Good Luck. Anyone is welcome to come and talk on a Saturday meeting, just drop me an email or give me a call ==>brian. -- Brian Dolan-Goecke Email Via Web at: http://www.goecke-dolan.com/Brian/sendmeail.php Phone: 612-759-0967 MIM wrote: > I was wondering if we can have a meeting on how to install and setup > Moodle. That will be great. Any comments ??? > > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email > wherever > you're surfing. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Jul 31 04:31:41 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:31:41 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/07/udell.html Through AltaVista I could find, and then possess, things that I already possessed but could not find. If he were writing that today he would have said Google instead of Altavista, but I remember that AltaVista was king back in 1997 but by 2001 it was definitely Google. It's a tough business because it is so easy for the user to drop you for someone else! > I'd check out Florin's recommendations first. So far grep and sylpheed > have served me well. :) Ever try "grepmail"? It's great for mbox files: http://grepmail.sourceforge.net/ Still falls way short for many uses. Simple example: Suppose you are searching for "Mike Jones" and your message happens to look like this: You really ought to talk to Mike Jones about that issue. Well, with Mike and Jones on two different lines, it won't match. We need something that allows us to handle the newline appropriately. Mike From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Jul 31 04:31:41 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:31:41 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Zonbu Desktop, Standard plan, Billing every two years = $412.95 Thats standard options after all discounts, plus $358.80 after two years for more support. Also, their "Cancel anytime policy" warns that if you cancel the membership service, your device will not give you access to your data after 3 months. They do have a free/no support option, but I'd probably want to talk to a sales person before I went with that. I guess it depends on what their support covers, but I don't see much there that strikes me as worth $180 a year. From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Jul 31 04:31:41 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:31:41 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Disaster proof storage - Very doable and cheap. Free automatic software upgrades - Most linux distros have this. Unlimited Internet support - You are reading this on a mailing list. ;-) Remote file access "anywhere, anytime, any browser (no plugins)" - That just sounds scary to me. Overnight free hardware replacement limited warranty - Nice, but that's an extra $60 a year. My $0.02 would be that everything looks nice, but personally I'd rather pay more up front for something without a huge service contract, or required membership service. ymmv, Chris Frederick From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Jul 31 04:31:41 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:31:41 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: What Will Seagate Do? If Seagate authorises a product to=20 be returned to Seagate or an authorised service provider,=20 Seagate will replace the drive without charge with a=20 functionally equivalent replacement product. Seagate=20 may replace a product with a product that was previously=20 used, repaired and tested to meet Seagate specifications.=20 By sending product for replacement, ownership of the=20 original product will be transferred to Seagate. Seagate=20 will not return original drives to consumers. Data=20 recovery is not covered under this warranty and is not=20 part of the repair or exchange process. If you would=20 like data recovery performed on your drive, it is=20 available from Seagate as a separate service for an=20 additional charge. Seagate warrants that repaired or=20 replaced products are covered for the greater of=20 either the remainder of the original product warranty=20 or 90 days. >>> On 10/3/2007 at 4:20 PM, in message <47040788.1000808 at umn.edu>, = Jonathan Osborne wrote: > Why does a five-year warranty make them great? I own a couple seagates > and they've been good so far. But the warranty doesn't really mean > anything. They probably figured out that if they advertise a five-year > warranty, they'll sell more drives, offsetting (or perhaps even > exceeding) the cost of replacing drives further into the future. >=20 > Besides, it's the data that's important, not the drive. And even if > they make good on the warranty 4 1/2 years from now, it'll probably be a > "refurbished" drive anyway. Would you trust that? > Marc Skinner said the following on 10/03/2007 16.03 >> Troy.A Johnson wrote: >>>>>> On 10/3/2007 at 3:12 PM, in message <4703F7C5.40107 at e-skinner.net>, = Marc >>> Skinner wrote: >>>> Chad Walstrom wrote: >>>>> Is it the 7200.10 series or 7200.9 series. Go for the .10 if you = can >>>>> get it. NewEgg.com has the .10 series for $119 as well. >>>>> >>>> yup it is: >>>> Device Model: ST3500630AS >>>> 16mb of cache as well! >>> I bought a couple of the 7200.10 disks recently, but one is clicking a = bit. >>> It works for now, but I see myself using that warranty sometime in = the=20 > future. >>> >> i learned my lesson a long time ago, i don't have any drives in my = house >> that aren't raid-1 or raid-5. it is a life saver! i also do backups = of >> my most critical data, so far, raid has saved me from ever having to = dip >> into a restore. but there will come a time. the seagates are great >> cause they have a 5 year warranty. i know have 10 of those drives, = i'll >> see what happens, but so for 6 of them have been running non-stop for >> about 4 months now, the other 4 i just put into servers today. From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Jul 31 04:31:41 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:31:41 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: used drive swapped out and a working used drive swapped in. It's just as trustworthy as your other used drives and Seagate backs that up with thei= r warranty. Chris From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Jul 31 04:31:41 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:31:41 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: preferred terminal emulator is.). Run lspci. This should display all the PCI/AGP devices in your system. This should help you to discover what your video card is. For example, the server I happen to be logged into displays 0000:00:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) as the 5th line of output from lspci. If you're not comfortable editing the config file your self you can run the following command on a Ubuntu or Debian system: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to reconfigure your xserver (I'm sure Ubuntu has a pretty GUI tool that runs in X, but I never use it!) After changing the config file you will have to restart your XServer. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue >0; 0 rows returned From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Jul 31 04:31:41 2007 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:31:41 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: does sound like a more ideal location for TCLUG meetings, especially considering the majority demographic that I've observed at the meetings. I have nothing against the UofM as an organization, or the students (especially geeks) therein. I have no knowledge about the past bad behavior of the U that some are alleging. I also have no "tie" to TIES (sorry, couldn't resist). Just looking at the facts that have been presented (nevermind the heated opinions and conjecture), here is what I see: Arguments for meeting @ TIES, rather than the UofM ---------------------------------------------- (1) Location, location, location -- it's not in the heart of the worst traffic congestion area during that time slot (2) Free Parking Arguments for meeting @ UofM, rather than TIES ---------------------------------------------- (1) I am a UofM student, or live in the City, so it is more convenient for me The consensus appears to be that TCLUG is not specifically a student group (presumably also not a group geared toward City dwellers), so it seems that the former arguments hold more water than the latter. This is assuming, of course, that the facts that have been presented on both sides have been accurate and complete. I don't think anybody is threatening a boycott of any sort, and I don't think it's fair to call peoples' arguments "fluff" because you happen to disagree with them. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Here's hoping we come up with a rational outcome that is in the best interest of TCLUG as a whole! Bijoy On Nov 8, 2007 9:13 AM, Elvedin Trnjanin wrote: > Chris Schumann wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:14:47 -0600 > >> From: "Chuck Cole" > >> > > > > > >> Really great "big pipe" internet wired and WiFi connections, since that's > >> what TIES is all about. TIES provides internet and other online support for > >> MN schools and teachers. Large and multiple meeting spaces, > >> well-equipped - probably since they do some training for teachers also. > >> > > > > I hope it's not just me, but I've never seen TCLUG as a student group. > > > Neither have I, mainly because Wednesday nights are nights when most > students have night class so I wouldn't expect many to be present during > the meetings. In my 5 semesters at the U so far, I've never had a free > Wednesday night. > > Also related to this, if classes are still held at the time of the > meetings, isn't parking a bit harder to find if you don't want to use > the ramp? I imagine it would be better if the meetings are held during > the weekend but I'm sure there is a very good reason for the current > time slot and location. If it's convenient for the most people than any > other day, then I certainly wont complain. > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >