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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

Re: [Wlug] Linux on the XO-1

by soup

Nick Nassar wrote: > > PCF has an XO-1. I played with it when they first got it. “Sugar” runs > on top of Fedora, so there’s no real reason to re-install unless you > want Debian or Ubuntu. I’m too lazy to find instructions on how to get > it to boot into XFCE instead of Sugar. I seem to remember you could > basically “yum install“ your way to a full desktop. > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components > Yeah, I looked in to just installing xfce or even just keeping it at runlevel3 but the official repository doesn't have much. Not to mention I'm used to deb anyway. The XFCE instructions are on the olpc wiki, for those interested. It's an excellent resource for some things. > > > Overall, I wouldn’t recommend it for adults-- it really is designed > for children. Sugar has lots of awesome stuff for creativity and > learning, but it’s not designed to let typical users do work. On the > hardware end, the keyboard is child sized, the CPU is too slow to run > a typical Linux desktop well, and there’s no support for hibernating > to disk. > I think it's a great little machine, the display is definitely one of the best I've seen at the size. The keyboard is a bit small but it's not unusable, at least it's got the keys in sane places, unlike some small machines (dell mini). I think it makes the perfect portable terminal or ebook reader. Parts are very cheap and it's not difficult to work on. It's a bit like a more modern HPLX machine, though a little larger. Power management support- with the stock build is very recent anyway. I don't think it could even suspend to ram until earlier this year. I'm not certain how many more updates it'll get with the two new hardware versions (and windows) coming. That's one of my main reasons for sniffing around for alternatives. :) Take care, James

Sept. 23, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Linux on the XO-1

by soup

Adam Keck wrote: > Hi James, > > I haven't looked into getting full Linux onto my XO yet, but I want > to get more use out of it. If you do get a distro onto yours, could > you post an outline of your process? I can, but I'll just be following the directions written by people better versed than me. > > On a separate note, did you have keyboard trouble with yours? Mine > suffered the notorious "sticking ctrl key" issue, so I had to disable > the built-in keyboard. :-/. Haven't had any keyboard trouble with mine. I wouldn't bother using it if I couldn't use the keyboard. I know replacements are ridiculous cheap though. I think the keyboard is $18. http://www.ilovemyxo.com > > Thanks, > > -Adam

Sept. 23, 2009

Unable to make it tonight... still planning on presenting in Oct.

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, I'll be unable to make it to the meeting tonight, however I still plan on doing a talk next month on "pygame". What's "pygame" you ask?!? "pygame" is a set of python libraries that wrap SDL written in C and assembler. These libraries take the nitty gritty out of writing games with python, or as they put it "we take the pure out of game development". I'm going to talk about the libraries in depth (with slides), show off a silly game I've written and then dive into the code of the game so you can see how absurdity easy it is to use. Obviously my talk is going to be python centric, but no worries. I'm using this as an excuse to teach myself python so it'll be educational to the python guru and the python neophyte alike. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 23, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Linux on the XO-1

by Adam Keck

Well not for general computing, but I find it to be a nice PDF reader with its nifty screen. ;-) While I like the reader in Sugar, I want to see how well the other FOSS readers work on the platform. If I get some time, I might take your suggestion to simply yum install a light-weight desktop. Thanks, -Adam On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Nick Nassar <nassar(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > PCF has an XO-1. I played with it when they first got it. “Sugar” runs on > top of Fedora, so there’s no real reason to re-install unless you want > Debian or Ubuntu. I’m too lazy to find instructions on how to get it to boot > into XFCE instead of Sugar. I seem to remember you could basically “yum > install“ your way to a full desktop. > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components > > > > Overall, I wouldn’t recommend it for adults-- it really is designed for > children. Sugar has lots of awesome stuff for creativity and learning, but > it’s not designed to let typical users do work. On the hardware end, the > keyboard is child sized, the CPU is too slow to run a typical Linux desktop > well, and there’s no support for hibernating to disk. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] *On > Behalf Of *Adam Keck > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:22 AM > *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [Wlug] Linux on the XO-1 > > > > Hi James, > > I haven't looked into getting full Linux onto my XO yet, but I want to > get more use out of it. If you do get a distro onto yours, could you post > an outline of your process? > > On a separate note, did you have keyboard trouble with yours? Mine > suffered the notorious "sticking ctrl key" issue, so I had to disable the > built-in keyboard. :-/. > > Thanks, > > -Adam > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:30 AM, soup <soupforare(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm looking for it- something that isn't Sugar, anyway. The two popular > ones seem to be DebXO and teapot's ubuntu build. > Has anyone played with either of these? > > Take care, > James > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >

Sept. 23, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Linux on the XO-1

by Nick Nassar

PCF has an XO-1. I played with it when they first got it. “Sugar” runs on top of Fedora, so there’s no real reason to re-install unless you want Debian or Ubuntu. I’m too lazy to find instructions on how to get it to boot into XFCE instead of Sugar. I seem to remember you could basically “yum install“ your way to a full desktop. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components Overall, I wouldn’t recommend it for adults-- it really is designed for children. Sugar has lots of awesome stuff for creativity and learning, but it’s not designed to let typical users do work. On the hardware end, the keyboard is child sized, the CPU is too slow to run a typical Linux desktop well, and there’s no support for hibernating to disk. _____ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Adam Keck Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:22 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Linux on the XO-1 Hi James, I haven't looked into getting full Linux onto my XO yet, but I want to get more use out of it. If you do get a distro onto yours, could you post an outline of your process? On a separate note, did you have keyboard trouble with yours? Mine suffered the notorious "sticking ctrl key" issue, so I had to disable the built-in keyboard. :-/. Thanks, -Adam On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:30 AM, soup <soupforare(a)gmail.com> wrote: I'm looking for it- something that isn't Sugar, anyway. The two popular ones seem to be DebXO and teapot's ubuntu build. Has anyone played with either of these? Take care, James _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Sept. 23, 2009

WPI ACM Installfest

by Billy Hnath

Hi all, Sorry to say that I wont be able to make the meeting tonight because I have class, but I figured I would talk to you all in email so you may be able to discuss this tonight. I am the ACM president at WPI and on October 2nd we are having an Installfest starting at 7pm in Fuller Labs. I am in the process of getting some speakers from various linux distros and O'Reilly for a panel discussion/Q&A session and afterwords we will have an installfest in one of the labs. If anyone here is interesting in attending or even better interested in talking/volunteering to help with the Install that would be much appreciated. You can reach me by email (bill.hnath(a)gmail.com) with any questions. Thanks for your time and have a great meeting tonight, --Billy -- William R. Hnath, Jr Worcester Polytechnic Institute Class of 2010 Alpha Chi Rho - Delta Sigma Phi Chapter

Sept. 23, 2009

Linux on the XO-1

by soup

I'm looking for it- something that isn't Sugar, anyway. The two popular ones seem to be DebXO and teapot's ubuntu build. Has anyone played with either of these? Take care, James

Sept. 23, 2009