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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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Re: [Wlug] Topic ideas for next meeting...
by Eric Martin 21 Jun '16

21 Jun '16

I'm game On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab? It's basically > your own personal Github. > > I could also dove tail this into a general talk about Git / Source > Control, etc. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Re: [Wlug] Topic ideas for next meeting...
by Frank Sweetser 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Sounds like a great idea! We've been getting more into it for some group projects here over the last few months, and would love to hear more about it. Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken On 06/19/2016 07:43 AM, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab? It's basically your > own personal Github. > > I could also dove tail this into a general talk about Git / Source Control, etc. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Re: [Wlug] Topic ideas for next meeting...
by Keith Wright 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab? At first I thought that this was a message on the other mailing list, because the Guile-Scheme mailing list has broken into discussion of Gitorious, Github, etc. > It's basically your own personal Github. Great, I can collaborate with myself, and not bother other people with my half-baked ideas! > I could also dove tail this into a general talk about > Git / Source Control, etc. Sounds good to me. Is GitLab the same as git itself? I don't know much about this, but might be able to keep my mouth shut long enough to learn. In other words, if you do a presentation, then Yes, I'll listen, but if you lead a discussion, then you lead from before. -- Keith

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Topic ideas for next meeting...
by Tim Keller 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

Hey Gang, Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab? It's basically your own personal Github. I could also dove tail this into a general talk about Git / Source Control, etc. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Pizza and snacks...
by Tim Keller 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Awesome!!! Thanks Robert! On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Robert Schwein <robert.athol.mass(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The IEEE has put this meeting information out to it's members. There may > be a boat-load of people there tonight. > > Bob > > On 6/9/2016 1:17 PM, Tim Keller wrote: > > Hey, > > Jon has to bug out early tonight. My plan is to bring a pizza for John > and his buddy as well as bring along some snacks for us and we'll go out > afterwards. > > If the crowd is large enough we might have to change venues, but I figure > we'll roll with it. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing listWlug@mail.wlug.orghttp://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Pizza and snacks...
by Robert Schwein 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

The IEEE has put this meeting information out to it's members. There may be a boat-load of people there tonight. Bob On 6/9/2016 1:17 PM, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey, > > Jon has to bug out early tonight. My plan is to bring a pizza for > John and his buddy as well as bring along some snacks for us and we'll > go out afterwards. > > If the crowd is large enough we might have to change venues, but I > figure we'll roll with it. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Pizza and snacks...
by Tim Keller 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Hey, Jon has to bug out early tonight. My plan is to bring a pizza for John and his buddy as well as bring along some snacks for us and we'll go out afterwards. If the crowd is large enough we might have to change venues, but I figure we'll roll with it. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder!!!! Next Meeting: June 9th @ 7pm! Speaker: Jon "maddog" Hall!!!!
by Tim Keller 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Hey Gang, Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting! Here's the details: Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232 Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why you should care Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking about some of the projects he is working on: (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care) (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care) (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you should care) NOTE: John has informed me he needs to head off right after the meeting... So I'm going to arrange to have some pizza delivered! I expect that after the meeting we're going to head off to wooberry or elsewhere for dessert. Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall? Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator. He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China. While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested for psychometrics. Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro. Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking to university students over pizza and beer. Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer. Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend university to both attend university and get real-life job experience. Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a blog for Linux Pro Magazine. Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting as a member of their advisory board. Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time, speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York (1977). In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project: maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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