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Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009

by Jamie Guinan

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Hi Everybody, > > My apologies for the late notice. We do indeed have a WLUG meeting on > Wednesday evening, October 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM on the WPI campus. > > Our speaker will be WLUG member Tim Keller, and the topic will be Pygame. Hi All, I wanted to follow up on a few threads from last night's meeting... - I learned from Tim's presentation that Pygame wraps SDL, as well as providing other useful classes and code. I happened to be poking around the Spore installation on my Macbook, and I found that it uses SDL, and even includes source! guinan@macbook:~ $ find /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app/ ... /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/Headers /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/Headers/begin_code.h /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/Headers/close_code.h /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/Headers/SDL.h ... /Applications/SPORE/SPORE.app//Contents/Frameworks/SDL.framework/SDL-source-with-transgaming-updates.tar.gz ... Not Linux-specific, sure, but neat that SDL is used in one of the biggest games of the past year. - Possible solution for the broken sound device on that laptop, http://rightsock.com/~kjw/Tech/usb-sound-C-Media.html - Andy and other ham enthusiansts, you might like this podcast, http://soldersmoke.com/ Its mostly about Ham radio, but also homebrew electronics in general, with some amateur astronomy, and in recent episodes he's been doing more and more with Linux. Later, -Jamie

Oct. 22, 2009

WLUG Meeting Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, My apologies for the late notice. We do indeed have a WLUG meeting on Wednesday evening, October 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM on the WPI campus. Our speaker will be WLUG member Tim Keller, and the topic will be Pygame. The meeting room is near the former Access Grid room. If you walk into the main entrance to Morgan Hall, and turn right toward the dining hall, you will see a door on your right just before the dining hall. Enter that door and there will be a short hallway. We will be in the room on the right. This is the same place where we met last month. I'll try to remember to put up a penguin poster to guide you. Afterwards, we'll go out for pizza and more great conversation, as is our tradition. Any and all are welcome to attend. Andy - -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFK3njWOjiraCaOTOoRAo3bAKCijU6mXTrGXDSpSX4nl8dEaGMFSACeLIXb 0OrUMEB7JG35tcjTs8Yeits= =0Iuj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Oct. 21, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2

by Caobin zhu

Thank you, Billy. See you there. > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:00:04 -0400 > > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 (Caobin zhu) > 2. Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 (Billy Hnath) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:07:47 -0400 > From: Caobin zhu <globecstar(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <BLU106-W15954F6025FA36A2B8913FDBD30(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > Hi, > > thank you for your info about the meeting. However i am new to the group and never went to WPI for any meeting so i don't know the meeting location. Can you please let me know the location, building name, sreet name? Is that ACM a building name/ > > thanks again. > > caobin > > > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:00:03 -0400 > > > > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at > > 7pm. (Billy Hnath) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:28 -0400 > > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > > Subject: [Wlug] Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd > > at 7pm. > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Message-ID: > > <24f493190909302040n43177dc2w3c93ff5b4d2ea08(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hey all, > > > > I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this > > Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers from > > Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the Open > > Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. > > Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo Rep > > may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is sure > > to > > be interesting and fun. > > > > I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to Linux > > with their first-time installs. > > > > Thanks and hope to see you there, > > > > --Billy > > WPI ACM President > > > > -- > > William R. Hnath, Jr > > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > > Class of 2010 > > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20090930/d55b7fb8/attachmen… > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > *********************************** > > _________________________________________________________________ > Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20091001/1dd301f2/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:22:06 -0400 > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <24f493190910011222p20328471o785366419a71f708(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi Caobin, > > Our event will be in Fuller Laboratories in Upper Perrault Lecture Hall. Our > School is at 100 Institute Road Worcester MA 01609. You may park > in the parking lot on Boynton Street which is next to our library and Fuller > Labs and across the street from a new, large residence hall. > > If you google maps 30 Boynton Street, Worcester MA 10609, you will be right > across from where you can park and Fuller Labs is up a ramp to the north end > > of the lot. > > Hope to see you at the event, > > --Billy > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Caobin zhu <globecstar(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > thank you for your info about the meeting. However i am new to the group > > and never went to WPI for any meeting so i don't know the meeting location. > > Can you please let me know the location, building name, sreet name? Is that > > ACM a building name/ > > thanks again. > > caobin > > > > > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:00:03 -0400 > > > > > > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > > > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at > > > 7pm. (Billy Hnath) > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:28 -0400 > > > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > > > Subject: [Wlug] Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd > > > at 7pm. > > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > Message-ID: > > > <24f493190909302040n43177dc2w3c93ff5b4d2ea08(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this > > > Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers > > from > > > Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the > > Open > > > Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. > > > Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo > > Rep > > > may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is > > sure > > > to > > > be interesting and fun. > > > > > > I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to > > Linux > > > with their first-time installs. > > > > > > Thanks and hope to see you there, > > > > > > --Billy > > > WPI ACM President > > > > > > -- > > > William R. Hnath, Jr > > > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > > > Class of 2010 > > > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > URL: > > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20090930/d55b7fb8/attachmen… > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > > *********************************** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you.<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > -- > William R. Hnath, Jr > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > Class of 2010 > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20091001/fb09f6e5/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 2 > *********************************** _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/

Oct. 2, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1

by Billy Hnath

Hi Caobin, Our event will be in Fuller Laboratories in Upper Perrault Lecture Hall. Our School is at 100 Institute Road Worcester MA 01609. You may park in the parking lot on Boynton Street which is next to our library and Fuller Labs and across the street from a new, large residence hall. If you google maps 30 Boynton Street, Worcester MA 10609, you will be right across from where you can park and Fuller Labs is up a ramp to the north end of the lot. Hope to see you at the event, --Billy On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Caobin zhu <globecstar(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > thank you for your info about the meeting. However i am new to the group > and never went to WPI for any meeting so i don't know the meeting location. > Can you please let me know the location, building name, sreet name? Is that > ACM a building name/ > thanks again. > caobin > > > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:00:03 -0400 > > > > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at > > 7pm. (Billy Hnath) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:28 -0400 > > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > > Subject: [Wlug] Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd > > at 7pm. > > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > Message-ID: > > <24f493190909302040n43177dc2w3c93ff5b4d2ea08(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hey all, > > > > I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this > > Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers > from > > Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the > Open > > Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. > > Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo > Rep > > may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is > sure > > to > > be interesting and fun. > > > > I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to > Linux > > with their first-time installs. > > > > Thanks and hope to see you there, > > > > --Billy > > WPI ACM President > > > > -- > > William R. Hnath, Jr > > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > > Class of 2010 > > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20090930/d55b7fb8/attachmen… > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > > *********************************** > > ------------------------------ > Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you.<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290> > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- William R. Hnath, Jr Worcester Polytechnic Institute Class of 2010 Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter

Oct. 1, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1

by Caobin zhu

Hi, thank you for your info about the meeting. However i am new to the group and never went to WPI for any meeting so i don't know the meeting location. Can you please let me know the location, building name, sreet name? Is that ACM a building name/ thanks again. caobin > From: wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:00:03 -0400 > > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at > 7pm. (Billy Hnath) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:28 -0400 > From: Billy Hnath <bill.hnath(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd > at 7pm. > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <24f493190909302040n43177dc2w3c93ff5b4d2ea08(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hey all, > > I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this > Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers from > Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the Open > Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. > Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo Rep > may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is sure > to > be interesting and fun. > > I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to Linux > with their first-time installs. > > Thanks and hope to see you there, > > --Billy > WPI ACM President > > -- > William R. Hnath, Jr > Worcester Polytechnic Institute > Class of 2010 > Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20090930/d55b7fb8/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 72, Issue 1 > *********************************** _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290

Oct. 1, 2009

Reminder: WPI ACM Installfest this Friday, October 2nd at 7pm.

by Billy Hnath

Hey all, I wanted to remind you all of the Installfest we are having at WPI this Friday, sponsored by the Worcester Chapter ACM. We will have developers from Gentoo, Debian and Redhat along with a couple of other activists in the Open Source community to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session. Later in the evening we will beging the actual Installfest. Our Gentoo Rep may also being doing a short presentation on Embedded Linux, which is sure to be interesting and fun. I invite you all come by for the talks and even help out new users to Linux with their first-time installs. Thanks and hope to see you there, --Billy WPI ACM President -- William R. Hnath, Jr Worcester Polytechnic Institute Class of 2010 Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter

Oct. 1, 2009