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Re: [Wlug] Next meeting?

by Keith Wright

> From: Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > MIME-version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Sender: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org > > PiBGcm9tOiBBbmR5IFN0ZXdhcnQgPGFuZHlzdGV3YXJ0QGNvbWNhc3QubmV0Pgo+ID4gCj4gPiBK > YW51YXJ5IDE3LCAyMDA4IMKWIFRodXJzZGF5Cj4gPiBBY2Nlc3MgR3JpZCBSb29tCj4gPiBMb3dl <yada yada> > bG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby93bHVnCg== Hey! I sent that as plain Ascii. Who decided to convert it to Mime, base64, utf-8? Follows another try at Ascii. -- Keith > > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > > > > > January 17, 2008 \226 Thursday > > > Access Grid Room > > > Lower Wedge > > > Morgan Hall > > > 7:00 PM > > > Topic: TBD > > > > > Hi Gang, > > > > Yes indeed, that's the date for the next meeting, and there is no > > speaker scheduled (yet) for this meeting. Any volunteers? > > > > Failing that, I doubt folks would be interested in seeing a real XO > > laptop. ;-) I could bring one if people are interested. That would > > give me incentive to learn how to use most of the programs. However, > > there isn't any VGA output, so I don't know how to get the image on the > > screen where an audience could see it. VNC perhaps? I'm not sure. I'll > > play with it over the weekend. For external connections, the machine has > > USB ports, wireless (WEP only), microphone and speaker jacks. > > Silence gives consent, but I learned soon after puberty > that enthusistic acceptence gives a better time for all. > > So, I would like to break the silence on this to say: > > yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes. > -- James Joyce, Ulysses > > I would consider it worthwhile to go to WPI Thusday just > to see an OLPC computer. If somebody knows something about > the software on it, or the politics behind it, or the > engineering inside it, that would be a bonus, but > it's worth the (short) trip just to watch it boot. > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 15, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Next Meeting: Thursday, Jan 17, 7:00 PM

by howard＠howardwhite.net

I have an XO laptop and might even go to my very first WLUG meeting (after having been on the mailing list for a couple of years.) I would also like to see how the mesh networking looks in action. Howard White Hudson

Jan. 15, 2008

Reminder: Next Meeting: Thursday, Jan 17, 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, The topic of this upcoming meeting will be the XO laptop from the One Laptop per Child project. I'll lead the discussion with a demonstration of the hardware and software features of the laptop. If you have an XO laptop, please bring it, as I haven't yet had a chance to try out the mesh networking, and it would be fun to try in a live demo. Remember: Thursday, Jan 17th, 2008, 7:00 PM on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA, in the Access Grid room on the ground floor of Morgan Hall (ok, its the wedge between Morgan and Daniels). Afterwards, we'll head out of pizza at a restaurant chosen by the group. 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 iD8DBQFHjBIZHl0iXDssISsRAowwAKCEDxPHflpHMXd55n4d+VxB7Y1cAgCdEUAy jOf536AyHVG5IRnJzqfqH0E= =r+i2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Jan. 15, 2008

Re: [Wlug] CRT's

by Pete Wason

Mike Leo wrote: > I have a young friend who is looking for a second/third monitor. > > Any one have any unused old crt's they are willing to part with? > > Thanks > Mike > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug I have: Viewsonic PT775 17" Nokia 447z (I think) 17" (low-emissions, built-in speakers/microphone) Dell Trinitron P780 17" Sony CPD1420 14" I've been waiting for an excuse to buy more LCDs.... :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Pete Wason* Hy Noom Publications /codevark(a)aim.com/ 508.865.5414

Jan. 15, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Next meeting?

by Keith Wright

> From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > > > January 17, 2008 Thursday > > Access Grid Room > > Lower Wedge > > Morgan Hall > > 7:00 PM > > Topic: TBD > > > Hi Gang, > > Yes indeed, that's the date for the next meeting, and there is no > speaker scheduled (yet) for this meeting. Any volunteers? > > Failing that, I doubt folks would be interested in seeing a real XO > laptop. ;-) I could bring one if people are interested. That would > give me incentive to learn how to use most of the programs. However, > there isn't any VGA output, so I don't know how to get the image on the > screen where an audience could see it. VNC perhaps? I'm not sure. I'll > play with it over the weekend. For external connections, the machine has > USB ports, wireless (WEP only), microphone and speaker jacks. Silence gives consent, but I learned soon after puberty that enthusistic acceptence gives a better time for all. So, I would like to break the silence on this to say: yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes. -- James Joyce, Ulysses I would consider it worthwhile to go to WPI Thusday just to see an OLPC computer. If somebody knows something about the software on it, or the politics behind it, or the engineering inside it, that would be a bonus, but it's worth the (short) trip just to watch it boot. -- Keith

Jan. 15, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Disapointment

by Brian J. Conway

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:30:08 -0700 dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com wrote: > Already disabled SELinux. Just disabled yum-updatesd. Yum seems to > be a much bigger memory hog than before. Firefox + yum update is > generally sufficient to bog the system. > > I'll try disabling some more services. Just shocks me that even > though I use the system the same way, the performance is that much > worse. Maybe the memory improvements with firefox 3 will help low > memory systems when it comes out. > > Dennis Payne > dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com It sounds like you're on the right track, sorting 'ps' or 'top' by memory usage and picking off items is where I'd start. I don't know what desktop/window manager you're using (or which Fedora includes, actually), but you have tried a more lightweight alternative? Xfce is one I hear recommended regularly, it's pretty slick. I still won't give up Window Maker no matter how many iterations of hardware I go through. ;) Brian J. Conway

Jan. 12, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Disapointment

by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com

Quoting Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU>: > 256M isn't a lot of memory these days, but I'm running a handful of virtual > machines with only 256M and they work well enough. You might try to > check out > what's running on your system, and prune out extra daemons and the like that > you don't need. Use the chkconfig and ntsysv commands to manage > what services > are started up. Already disabled SELinux. Just disabled yum-updatesd. Yum seems to be a much bigger memory hog than before. Firefox + yum update is generally sufficient to bog the system. I'll try disabling some more services. Just shocks me that even though I use the system the same way, the performance is that much worse. Maybe the memory improvements with firefox 3 will help low memory systems when it comes out. Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

Jan. 12, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Fedora Disapointment

by Frank Sweetser

dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com wrote: > I understand that my laptop is old. Every time I've upgraded Red > Hat/Fedora, I've liked the new system until Fedora 8. I didn't always > upgrade. I skipped Fedora 7 since the live CD didn't boot on my > laptop but Fedora 6 ran great. Fedora 8 is a dog with my small amount > of memory (256M). I'm thinking I'll buy more memory but it > disappoints me that Fedora runs poorly with 256M. (I would buy a new > laptop but I'm just not impressed with the current offerings.) 256M isn't a lot of memory these days, but I'm running a handful of virtual machines with only 256M and they work well enough. You might try to check out what's running on your system, and prune out extra daemons and the like that you don't need. Use the chkconfig and ntsysv commands to manage what services are started up. Also, you may want to try disabling the SELinux security extensions. Edit /etc/sysconfig/selinux , make sure the SELINUX variable is set to disabled, reboot, and see if that helps. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

Jan. 12, 2008

Fedora Disapointment

by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com

I understand that my laptop is old. Every time I've upgraded Red Hat/Fedora, I've liked the new system until Fedora 8. I didn't always upgrade. I skipped Fedora 7 since the live CD didn't boot on my laptop but Fedora 6 ran great. Fedora 8 is a dog with my small amount of memory (256M). I'm thinking I'll buy more memory but it disappoints me that Fedora runs poorly with 256M. (I would buy a new laptop but I'm just not impressed with the current offerings.) Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com

Jan. 12, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Next meeting?

by Walt Sawyer

How about setting it up so one of the cameras can capture it and put it up on the screen? Walt Andy Stewart wrote: > James Gray wrote: > > All of the meetings for 2008 have been scheduled and are on wlug.org > > (via the WLUG Meetings link at the top of the page). No topic has > > been announced yet for this meeting. > > > January 17, 2008 Thursday > > Access Grid Room > > Lower Wedge > > Morgan Hall > > 7:00 PM > > Topic: TBD > > > Finally a question on this list I can answer. :-) > > -James > > Hi Gang, > > Yes indeed, that's the date for the next meeting, and there is no > speaker scheduled (yet) for this meeting. Any volunteers? > > Failing that, I doubt folks would be interested in seeing a real XO > laptop. ;-) I could bring one if people are interested. That would > give me incentive to learn how to use most of the programs. However, > there isn't any VGA output, so I don't know how to get the image on the > screen where an audience could see it. VNC perhaps? I'm not sure. I'll > play with it over the weekend. For external connections, the machine has > USB ports, wireless (WEP only), microphone and speaker jacks. > > Later, > > Andy > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Jan. 12, 2008