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Thanks Frank and Chuck

by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com

Thanks again Frank and Chuck for opening the Access Grid Room early last night and helping me set up. Doug

Oct. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Please attend this Wednesday's WLUG, and bring your friends

by Joe Riopel

> Thanks for the talk tonight. I had mentioned to you a tool named Ant. I > figured I'd follow up and give you some more info. > > Ant can be found at: http://ant.apache.org/ For any mono/.NET developers, there is NAnt, which is very similar to Ant. http://nant.sourceforge.net/

Oct. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Wednesday's WLUG - noob question on XML editor

by Joe Riopel

> My question is: what's your favorite editor for XML? The built in Netbeans XML editor is pretty nice. You'd have to install Netbeans, afaik, but it's free.

Oct. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Truecrypt and Backups

by Frank Sweetser

On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:15:11PM -0400, Mike wrote: > B) Backups -- Giving finite resources/knowledge what software do people > use to do full backups? Simple is better. And drive images are an option. > I'm actually proxying this question for someone not on this list. My personal reccomendation these days for backups is bacula. http://www.bacula.org/ It currently supports backing up to files and tapes, with encryption and DVD backups in the current beta version (soon to be the released version). -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

Oct. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Please attend this Wednesday's WLUG, and bring your friends

by Mike

Doug, Thanks for the talk tonight. I had mentioned to you a tool named Ant. I figured I'd follow up and give you some more info. Ant can be found at: http://ant.apache.org/ As I had mentioned Ant has some similarities to 'make'. Here is an example of an build.xml file that can perform an XML Transformation. <project default="transform"> <target name="init"> <input message="Input XML: " addproperty="input"/> <input message="Output XML: " addproperty="output"/> <input message="Style: " addproperty="style"/> </target> <target name="transform" depends="init"> <echo message="Transforming ${input} to ${output} with ${style}"/> <xslt style="${style}" in="${input}" out="${output}"/> </target> </project> Hope that is useful. Cheers, Mike <quote who="douglas.r.aker(a)verizon.com"> > Hi All: > > Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm working hard to make my preso at > this Wednesday's WLUG meeting (October 11) interesting, informative, > innovative. Something different, without being annoying. > > Bring any of your friends that might be interested in data visualization, > web design, XML, SVG, etc. > > During the preso, interrupt me with questions as much as you want, and > make a mental note where my presentation isn't clear or drags. I'm hoping > to get as much feedback as possible so that the next time I present this > topic it will be better. > > Thanks, > Doug_______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin

Oct. 12, 2006

Truecrypt and Backups

by Mike

Hi there, These two topics are completely unrelated. I was going to mention this tonight but it slipped my mind... A) I was curious if anyone is or has use(d) the truecrypt file system (truecrypt.org) If so do you have any recommendations or possible alternatives. I am thinking of using truecrypt for a partition on a USB thumb drive. B) Backups -- Giving finite resources/knowledge what software do people use to do full backups? Simple is better. And drive images are an option. I'm actually proxying this question for someone not on this list. Any insight is useful. Thanks, Mike -- They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin

Oct. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Looking for a new system

by Jamie Guinan

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, John Stoffel wrote: > >>>>> "Jamie" == Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com> writes: > > Jamie> I've built a few PCs over the past few years, so I can share > Jamie> some experiences. > > Jamie> #3: AMD64 x2, Tyan motherboard with NVidia chipset, > Jamie> Coolermaster Centurion case. This is my main system these > Jamie> days, it runs quiet, and I'm happy with every part of it. > Jamie> Wattage numbers: > > How good is the video? Do you need the NV proprietary kernel module? > I'm really just interested in great 2-D graphics, with some 3-d, but I > don't play games much at all these days, so I don't care. Mostly, I'm > looking for clear crisp text. Its marketed as a server board, so it has cheap onboard ATI video, but I found the quality was not crisp at all (probably meant for use as a console and not much else). http://www.tyan.com/PRODUCTS/html/tomcatk8e_anrf.html But I do play games enough to want decent 3D (quake2, X-Plane), so I put in a fanless NVidia 6200, and use the evil Nvidia module. Incidentally, I've had much better luck with the evil Nvidia module than the evil ATI module, which gave me no end of lockups. The NV *chipset* soldered onto the Tyan provides IDE, audio, ethernet, and so on, and all that stuff is supported by in-kernel (GPL) drivers. Except maybe the NVRAID, which I wouldn't use anyway. It will be interesting to see where AMD goes with their acquisition of ATI. -Jamie

Oct. 11, 2006

Re: [Wlug] need to test notebook

by Gregory Avedissian

> Gregory Avedissian wrote: >> >> AC adapter for a Dell Inspiron 18000 Richard Klein wrote: > > Are you sure that's the right model number? I've got an Inspiron 8200, > and I bet you're talking about an Inspiron 8100. If that's the case, > then you can try it out with my AC adapter. Rich, The correct model number is 8000. According to the first link you provided, the adapter will work. I'll bring the notebook to the meeting tonight. Many thanks for your help. Andy Stewart wrote: > > Do you happen to know the voltage that the laptop wants to see? > According to the ad for the replacement part, the adapter puts out 20V. If there are cheaper replacements, that would be helpful. Thanks, guys, Greg

Oct. 11, 2006

Re: [Wlug] need to test notebook

by Richard Klein

Gregory Avedissian wrote: > A friend of mine just got a used notebook computer, but it has no AC > adapter, and the battery is dead. He'd like to test it out before he > invests any significant money into it. I'm wondering if anyone has an AC > adapter for a Dell Inspiron 18000 and would be willing to bring it to the > meeting, so we can see if this thing will fire up. And does anyone know of > a good place to get used parts locally (like an AC adapter)? Are you sure that's the right model number? I've got an Inspiron 8200, and I bet you're talking about an Inspiron 8100. If that's the case, then you can try it out with my AC adapter. If that works, he'll be looking for one of these: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19… or http://tinyurl.com/p6tpa If your friend can find a "service tag" number he can find a lot of information about how the laptop was configured when sold: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/… or http://tinyurl.com/3qzsp That doesn't have anything to do with the AC adapter; it's just nice to know. -- Rich

Oct. 11, 2006

Re: [Wlug] need to test notebook

by Stephen C. Daukas

Andy, You aren't going to do your X-Men thing again, are you? ;-) Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org > [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Andy Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:57 PM > To: Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Wlug] need to test notebook > > Greg, > > Do you happen to know the voltage that the laptop wants to see? > > Later, > > Andy

Oct. 11, 2006