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word perfect
by donald vitkus 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

can not install word perfect 8.0 on united linux any ideas

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Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?
by John Stoffel 29 Sep '18

29 Sep '18

Hi, Anyone on here using Charter Telephone VOIP service? I've currently got Verizon, but the wife hates it because our phone lines get flaky all the time, esp when it rains. So I'm thinking to save money and combine all my stuff onto Charter. I've already got High Speed internet and regular old cable. Not wild about Digital Cable since I'm happy with Tivo and I don't want yet another set top box to have to deal with... So, any horror stories about Charter Phone VOIP quality and service? Thanks, John

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AMD Releases 3D Programming Documentation
by Chuck Anderson 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_tcore_release&num=1 "AMD has just published the first bits of open-source 3D programming documentation for ATI GPUs. This 3D programming documentation covers the R500 series and even goes back with information on the R300/400 series as well. The R600 3D programming guide will also be out soon. This information available today is what will foster the growth of open-source R500/600 3D support for the Radeon and RadeonHD drivers as well as R600 2D acceleration."

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Scheduler Program mentioned in meeting
by Eric Stein 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Hi all, Yeah, I'm still *in* the meeting. Glory be to laptops. I'm building a PyGTK scheduling application. It can be downloaded at: http://cons.truct.org/projects/psyched.html Release 0.1.0 is usable, but I suggest using the SVN trunk - it's better. I'm probably going to be releasing 0.1.1 in a few weeks. Eric

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REMINDER: Meeting on Thursday, Feb 21st
by Andy Stewart 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Our next meeting is this Thursday, Feb 21st, 2008 at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. I'll update the website when it comes back up. For some reason, I cannot access www.wlug.org at this time. There is currently no specified topic for this meeting. If somebody would like to address the group, please let me know. Otherwise, what I might do is bring in the Ubuntu 7.10/KDE4 CD and we can explore it together. I've only had a brief glimpse of it. Afterwards, we'll retire to a local pizza restaurant for pizzas, sodas, and great conversation on Linux and other related topics. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHupl3Hl0iXDssISsRAgmQAJ4xjy96KHV5j1OxDqJO8rBU34aM+gCfcPyN EB6CF792/EVkdF2AWK7cjG4= =krOA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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JOB - Linux Applications, C/C++ contract openings
by John Spencer 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Our client in northern MA has 2 openings for Linux Application Engineers. These are 4 + mths contracts. The work includes some design, full implementation of code, code reviews, integration with hardware and other software, writing test plans, and executing test plan. Linux, multithreaded, multiprocessor, strong C/C++ (emphasis on C++), strong debugging, good communication skills, and team player. Most of our Linux applications are user space processes that are in C++, use a lot of interprocess communications both on the same processor and on other processors in the system. The IPC is CORBA and Sockets. We are using Wind River 2.0 release which has Linux 2.6.21. Processors are Freescale 8548. Source control is Perforce. Would be required to design, document designs, and follow company standard practices and processes. Regards, Optimal Engineering Partners Inc. is now Symphony Services! John Spencer Office: 978-256-1113 ext 7608 Fax: 978-256-1184 jspencer(a)symphonysv.com <mailto:jspencer@symphonysv.com> Symphony Services 1 Technology Park Drive Westford , MA 01886 www.symphonysv.com <blocked::file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\hripley-boyd\Application %20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\www.symphonysv.com> This electronic transmission (and any attached documents) contains information from Symphony Services and is for the sole use of the individual or entity it is addressed to. If you receive this message in error, please notify me and destroy the attached message (and all attached documents) immediately.

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WPI ACM Swapfest this Saturday 02/09
by Chuck Anderson 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

The WPI chapter of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) is holding a Swap meet in the WPI Campus Center Odeum this upcoming Saturday from 10am-6pm. Come by to buy/sell/trade computer hardware This event has also been advertised in the MIT swap chain. http://web.mit.edu/w1gsl/Public/ne-fleas 9 Feb Worcester MA WPI ACM @Campus Ctr Odeum @10AM Free Bob 908 672 2841 + The Campus Center is building #7 on the 2D walking map: http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/campusmap.html

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Interview with Fred Weber
by Chaim The Squirrel Keeper 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

I just started listening to this interview, and there's a lot of interesting history being recounted about the supercomputer industry and microprocessor (particularly AMD) industry and design. I bet a lot of you would find it interesting, too. They have MP3 and Ogg Vorbis links in the article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/08/fred_weber_scc13/ -- Rich

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WLUG February 2008