April 2006 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

How fast is your CD burner with Linux ?
by Andy Stewart April 15, 2006

April 15, 2006

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, I asked this question at the most recent WLUG meeting. I've noticed that my CD burner (according to K3B) averages about 24X, even though it is advertised as a 48X CD burner. Is this to be expected, or do I have a cheap(er) drive that can't sustain the data rate? It is an IDE/ATAPI drive (NEC3550). It takes approx. 4 minutes for me to burn a 700MB CD (including some fiddling and diddling about calibrating power, fixating, etc). I use Memorex CD-R media (52X, 700MB, 80 min). I'm curious about your CD buring experiences, especially if they are faster than mine. I'd like to know what drive you have, the media you use, and most importantly, how did you determine your drive speed? Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEQDWxHl0iXDssISsRAleKAJ9te/Y/JJJilRrsM7l3iHSwO3H9qwCfanO+ y6iI3UzEL8uI6wnYM8yfWYU= =lp+Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Raffle prize - who won the Gagne book ?
by Andy Stewart April 13, 2006

April 13, 2006

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, I don't remember who won the book "Moving to Linux - Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye" by Marcel Gagne. The book originally came with a CD which I had removed. The winner didn't get the CD because I couldn't find it last night. I have found the CD and would like to give it to the raffle winner. Whomever that may be, please send me an email. Thanks! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEPso4Hl0iXDssISsRAqFoAJ41GaOvmT8CVBTyQc44eWOFJUxQSACfTDDj gOsto+WlX+f1IjV6cfq7hTY= =P1BC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Meeting topic
by Mike Leo April 13, 2006

April 13, 2006

Not a technical one, but I have been coming to meetings for maybe a year now, and have not had a chance to introduce myself, and more importantly, haven't found out who you all are. With no topic tonight, can we just have an re-introduction of the members so we know who these emails are coming from? thanks

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Recycling centers
by John Stoffel April 12, 2006

April 12, 2006

Anyone have a good suggestion for a place to recycle junk computers cheaply. I've got a pile of dead equipment starting to fill my garage and now that it's spring, it's time to get rid of it all. Most of it actually works, it's just all P133 or PIIs and they're not worth the effort to keep running any more. Plus I've got some work stuff to get rid of too, monitors and such. John

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Meeting Wed Apr 12 7PM WPI
by Andy Stewart April 11, 2006

April 11, 2006

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Our WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday, April 12 at 7:00 PM in "the usual place" (Access Grid Room, WPI campus, Worcester, MA USA). I hope a few people will be there who attended Linux Expo in Boston - I'm curious to hear about it, and I hope others are as well. Bring your Linux questions - you can ask the group and I'm sure somebody will have an answer. All Linux related topics are fair game at this meeting! I'll bring a few items for raffle (and others might also...). We'll adjourn to the Tech Pizza restaurant after the meeting. See ya soon, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEPB2THl0iXDssISsRAsqBAJ4vvwT1eRhB7/f/SZiMqNENj+K42gCbBJyF sTKbC8tnSRJ6f7hGgsCz7ck= =982L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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network bandwidth monitor
by Mike Leo April 10, 2006

April 10, 2006

A few meetings ago, someone had a network bandwidth monitor...anyone remember what it was? it was not nload or iftop, but something else that i can't think of! can you remember?

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 30, Issue 1
by David Hardy April 9, 2006

April 9, 2006

> > I think the idea about PDAs is cool, and would also be interested in > hearing about experiences with multimedia, especially downloaded music > files. I'm trying to help one of my brothers with his new home-built Fedora > Core Four box; he's loving it so fah but having a spot of frustration with > getting music files humming. And also, IMHO, security is always a good area to look at as we all are forced to deal with it on a daily, if not hourly, basis now. Dave Hardy Today's Topics: > > 1. Upcoming meeting agenda (or lack thereof) (Andy Stewart) > 2. Re: Upcoming meeting agenda (or lack thereof) (Adam Keck) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:42:08 -0400 > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > Subject: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting agenda (or lack thereof) > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <4437E7E0.6040004(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > HI Everybody, > > We have a meeting coming up soon, but so far, there is neither a speaker > nor a topic for the meeting. If anybody has any last minute ideas, > please speak up! We've had a couple of excellent meetings recently, and > I'm hopeful that we can keep the ball rolling. > > Thanks! > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEN+fgHl0iXDssISsRAiAiAJ0T0GXOGldn8iCOeBedVQIk2cuJDgCdEecw > /xFC7tbM2qUayVWs57ffD9g= > =Eyqp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 23:17:17 -0400 > From: Adam Keck <ghostis(a)mac.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting agenda (or lack thereof) > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <200604082317.17449.ghostis(a)mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello All, > > Would it be possible for someone to present the state-of-the-art > of Linux on > PDAs? > > - Adam > > > On Saturday 08 April 2006 12:42, Andy Stewart wrote: > > > > HI Everybody, > > > > We have a meeting coming up soon, but so far, there is neither a speaker > > nor a topic for the meeting. If anybody has any last minute ideas, > > please speak up! We've had a couple of excellent meetings recently, and > > I'm hopeful that we can keep the ball rolling. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Andy > > > > -- > > Andy Stewart, Founder > > Worcester Linux Users' Group > > Worcester, MA, USA > > http://www.wlug.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 30, Issue 1 > *********************************** >

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Upcoming meeting agenda (or lack thereof)
by Andy Stewart April 9, 2006

April 9, 2006

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, We have a meeting coming up soon, but so far, there is neither a speaker nor a topic for the meeting. If anybody has any last minute ideas, please speak up! We've had a couple of excellent meetings recently, and I'm hopeful that we can keep the ball rolling. Thanks! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEN+fgHl0iXDssISsRAiAiAJ0T0GXOGldn8iCOeBedVQIk2cuJDgCdEecw /xFC7tbM2qUayVWs57ffD9g= =Eyqp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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