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Fwd: Invitation- complimentary Tech Briefing: IBM software for the on demand operating environment in Boston on March 15

by Andy Stewart

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Invitation- complimentary Tech Briefing: IBM software for the on demand operating environment in Boston on March 15 Date: Tuesday 01 March 2005 6:56 pm From: Karen C Lee <leekc(a)us.ibm.com> To: Join us and extend this invitation to your user group members, colleagues, faculty and students for the complimentary IBM Technical Briefing: IBM software for the on demand operating environment in Boston on March 15. Lunch will be provided. Register today at: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ IBM software for the on demand operating environment This full-day briefing will cover the broad scope of IBM's software strategy and how our middleware products work together to deliver the on demand operating environment. It features more than 30 live demonstrations of IBM WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, and Rational products showing how new technologies like service-oriented architecture, business process modeling, enterprise service bus, portal based collaboration, content integration, application development life cycle, and a virtualized I/T infrastructure can deliver the responsiveness and flexibility that today's businesses demand. Learn how IBM middleware capabilities compare to those from Microsoft .NET, SAP NetWeaver and Oracle. This briefing is designed for business managers and IT professionals. If you want to know more about IBM's support for the on demand business, or if you are just trying to understand which vendor offers the best software platform, then don't miss this briefing! cities and dates include: * Boston on March 15 * NYC on March 17 * Chicago on March 22 * Minneapolis on March 24 * Washington, DC on April 5 * Toronto on April 7 Register today at: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ For more information on these briefings or any of the other complimentary developerWorks Live! briefings being offered in various locations worldwide, visit: http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings/ We look forward to seeing you soon. The developerWorks Team. ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

March 2, 2005

New meeting dates for March/April 2005

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, I've just updated the WLUG website. The meeting dates for our next two meetings are: Wednesday, March 23rd Wednesday, April 20th Discussion topics are still TBD. Also, I've just posted Scott Venier's slides from his Vesta talk at the February meeting. Thanks again, Scott! Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 26, 2005

Reminder: WLUG Meeting Thursday 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 17th at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. Let's hope it doesn't snow this time....... :-) Our guest speaker will be Scott Venier, a long time WLUG member, who will be discussing Vesta, a software configuration management system. Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at supporting development of software systems of almost any size, from fairly small (under 10,000 source lines) to very large (10,000,000 source lines). It is both a revision control system and a build system. Vesta provides full automatic dependency detection and guarantees exact repeatability of any build. See ya there! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 16, 2005

RE: [Wlug] Quick Question if anybody knows conserning .ppt and DV D's

by Keller, Tim

The other "kludgy" solution would be to run the slideshow, and then dump the output into a capture card... Tim. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Sawyer Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:35 PM To: Tom Misilo; Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Quick Question if anybody knows conserning .ppt and DVD's The only thing I can think of is to save each frame as a picture. Then burn a picture disc. On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:29:06 -0500, Tom Misilo <tmisilo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if anybody knew how I could convert a .ppt Power Point > File into a Movie file (such as .avi .mpg or such) so that it could be > put onto a DVD or VCD > > Thanks, > Tom Misilo > -- > Tom Misilo > Saint Bernard's High School '06 > _______________________________________________ > 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

Feb. 15, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Quick Question if anybody knows conserning .ppt and DVD's

by Patrick Sawyer

The only thing I can think of is to save each frame as a picture. Then burn a picture disc. On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:29:06 -0500, Tom Misilo <tmisilo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if anybody knew how I could convert a .ppt Power Point > File into a Movie file (such as .avi .mpg or such) so that it could be > put onto a DVD or VCD > > Thanks, > Tom Misilo > -- > Tom Misilo > Saint Bernard's High School '06 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Feb. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Teach an old guy new tricks.

by Ira Krakow

Ken, > I miss the problem solving and the camaraderie of > the work place. 1) Find a problem you want to solve, that doesn't have a good solution yet, perhaps hasn't been solved, or has been tackled by a Linux project and you are curious about. Be open to learning more. 2) Check out www.sourceforge.net, which is the repository for open source projects, and search for the projects you might like to contribute. Join their mailing list, look at the pending tasks, and lurk a while to find out how the project is organized. 3) Match your interests and talents with the pending projects and try something that you tackle easily. Confirming or finding a bug (the projects usually have publicly available bug lists) is a good way to start. Maybe you are good at documentation - usually there are many areas where you can contribute - it's also a great way to learn. 4) Once you are confident enough, download the source code and start fixing bugs and suggesting enhancements. Best of luck. Many Linux-based projects need people with your talents. Ira

Feb. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Teach an old guy new tricks.

by Bill Smith

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:29:50 -0500 Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> wrote: > I am interested in getting involved in Linux Open Source development. > > I am a seventy year old retiree. I started programming on the AN/FSQ7 > at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory in 1957. (If you read "Computing in the > Middle Ages" by Severo Ornstein, I was there.) I finished by > professional work life as a Senior Software Engineer at CISCO Systems > in 2003. First, the Bad News: the number of people who shudder at the term "shuffle the deck" is greatly diminishing. Looking at the way some software is developed these days, that may be a Bad Thing. ;) > I miss the problem solving and the camaraderie of the work place. I > wonder whether I can contribute to the development of Linux. How do I > start? The best thing I could suggest is to find a project that interests you, join the development mailing list (if it has one), and ask how you can help. (This will likely be answered in advance by reading that project's TODO list.) There are lots of drivers that need to be written or debugged. Finding something to work on shouldn't be too hard. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com Microsoft Windows doesn't HAVE security holes... It IS a security hole. * TAG! v3.1a *

Feb. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Teach an old guy new tricks.

by Gary Hanley

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Ken Jones wrote: > I am interested in getting involved in Linux Open Source development. > How do I start? This advice from someone who has NOT done any development for Linux but would love to someday after I retire (or are out of work for an extended period of time)... 1: Install Linux on your PC (or whatever compatible hardware you have). 2: Go to this directory: /usr/src/linux/Documentation and read some (or most) of the text files here, notably: * BUG-HUNTING * CodingStyle * SubmittingPatches 3: Become familiar with this site: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/ 4: Have fun! :-) -- Gary

Feb. 13, 2005

Teach an old guy new tricks.

by Ken Jones

I am interested in getting involved in Linux Open Source development. I am a seventy year old retiree. I started programming on the AN/FSQ7 at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory in 1957. (If you read "Computing in the Middle Ages" by Severo Ornstein, I was there.) I finished by professional work life as a Senior Software Engineer at CISCO Systems in 2003. I miss the problem solving and the camaraderie of the work place. I wonder whether I can contribute to the development of Linux. How do I start? Ken Jones

Feb. 12, 2005

Quick Question if anybody knows conserning .ppt and DVD's

by Tom Misilo

I was wondering if anybody knew how I could convert a .ppt Power Point File into a Movie file (such as .avi .mpg or such) so that it could be put onto a DVD or VCD Thanks, Tom Misilo -- Tom Misilo Saint Bernard's High School '06

Feb. 12, 2005

Meeting POSTPONED

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, My sincere apologies for the late notice, but I just got home and the conditions are deteriorating quickly. The WLUG meeting is postponed until next week Thursday, Feb 17th. Please stay home this evening. Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 10, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 10:20 am, Robert Schwein wrote: > Andy > > For us new guys, where is the "usual place"? > > Thanks > > Bob HI Bob, The "usual place" is on the WPI Campus in Worcester, MA USA*, in a room called the Access Grid room. This room is located on the first floor of Morgan Hall. You can find more detailed directions on the WLUG home page at http://www.wlug.org, click on "WLUG Meetings" near the top of the page, and then scroll down to the bottom and click the "Directions" link. I am conscious of the fact that the weather may be inclement. Use your own good judgement - if the weather outside is frightful (but the air is so delightful), don't do anything foolish. Any potential cancellation email would have to be sent out by 4 PM at the latest, so please check your email boxes on Thursday. Later, Andy *I need to say USA since there is a Worcester, England, and once upon a time someone thought we were in the UK since I didn't explicitly say USA. Ahhh, the wonders of a world wide medium. :-) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 10, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Charles R. Anderson

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 01:26:00PM -0800, Ira Krakow wrote: > --- Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll be going to Linux World on Wednesday and > > probably on Thursday > > since WPI was nice enough to plan academic advising > > day on thursday :) > > I'll be going all 3 days. BTW, if you plan on going > Wednesday, the Boston Linux User Group, at: > > http://www.blu.org/ > > is scheduling a LinuxWorld "bull session" at MIT from > 7pm to 9pm. Might be worth it to exchange ideas. > It's a short walk from the Hynes. I'll be at LWCE and FUDCon1 too.

Feb. 9, 2005

Re: RE: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Gary Hanley

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Clint Moyer wrote: > Actually, 4 to 8 inches, Chicken Little. If you believe any of it you probably have not lived in the Northeast very long. Snow forecasts around here are usually inaccurate. Too many $VARIABLES at play to predict reliably. Best bet is to prepare for the high-end of the forecast and hope for the low-end. -- Gary

Feb. 9, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Ira Krakow

I'll be going all 3 days. BTW, if you plan on going Wednesday, the Boston Linux User Group, at: http://www.blu.org/ is scheduling a LinuxWorld "bull session" at MIT from 7pm to 9pm. Might be worth it to exchange ideas. It's a short walk from the Hynes. Ira --- Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'll be going to Linux World on Wednesday and > probably on Thursday > since WPI was nice enough to plan academic advising > day on thursday :) > > Chuck > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:18:26 -0500, Keller, Tim > <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I wonder how many people are going to show > considering NOAA is talking about > > 20 inches of snow for the area. > > > > > > > > Also, other than myself, who else intends to > attend the Linux World Expo in > > Boston next week? > > > > > > > > Later, > > > > Tim. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org > [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On > > Behalf Of Robert Schwein > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:21 AM > > To: andystewart(a)comcast.net; Worcester Linux > Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM > > > > > > > > > > Andy > > > > For us new guys, where is the "usual place"? > > > > Thanks > > > > Bob > > > > Andy Stewart wrote: HI Everybody, This is a > reminder about the upcoming > > WLUG meeting which will be held on Thursday, Feb. > 10th at 7:00 PM in the > > usual place. Our guest speaker will be Scott > Venier, a long time WLUG > > member, who will be discussing Vesta, a software > configuration management > > system. Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at > supporting development of > > software systems of almost any size, from fairly > small (under 10,000 source > > lines) to very large (10,000,000 source lines). It > is both a revision > > control system and a build system. Vesta provides > full automatic dependency > > detection and guarantees exact repeatability of > any build. See ya there! > > Andy ________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________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 > > > > > > > > > -- > Chuck Haines > chaines(a)gmail.com > ------------------------------------------- > Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity > TKE-ZM Web Coordinator > ECE Systems Administrator > ------------------------------------------- > AIM: CyberGrex > YIM: CyberGrex_27 > ICQ: 3707881 > ------------------------------------------- > GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD > CCB5 4BD7 0989 > GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Feb. 9, 2005

Re: RE: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Jeff Kinz

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 01:29:29PM -0500, Clint Moyer wrote: > Actually, 4 to 8 inches, Chicken Little. (Be fair to the poor guy, late last night 20+ inches was 'cast) 7-10 inches, starting as rain going to mix, most accumulation on Thurs. - local TV noon report. > > http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MAZ012&warnco… > Trim your posts people ! -- Linux/Open Source: Your infrastructure belongs to you, free, forever. Idealism: "Realism applied over a longer time period" http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ http://kinz.org http://www.fedoratracker.org http://www.fedorafaq.org http://www.fedoranews.org Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.

Feb. 9, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Chuck Haines

I'll be going to Linux World on Wednesday and probably on Thursday since WPI was nice enough to plan academic advising day on thursday :) Chuck On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:18:26 -0500, Keller, Tim <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > > > > I wonder how many people are going to show considering NOAA is talking about > 20 inches of snow for the area. > > > > Also, other than myself, who else intends to attend the Linux World Expo in > Boston next week? > > > > Later, > > Tim. > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On > Behalf Of Robert Schwein > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:21 AM > To: andystewart(a)comcast.net; Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM > > > > > Andy > > For us new guys, where is the "usual place"? > > Thanks > > Bob > > Andy Stewart wrote: HI Everybody, This is a reminder about the upcoming > WLUG meeting which will be held on Thursday, Feb. 10th at 7:00 PM in the > usual place. Our guest speaker will be Scott Venier, a long time WLUG > member, who will be discussing Vesta, a software configuration management > system. Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at supporting development of > software systems of almost any size, from fairly small (under 10,000 source > lines) to very large (10,000,000 source lines). It is both a revision > control system and a build system. Vesta provides full automatic dependency > detection and guarantees exact repeatability of any build. See ya there! > Andy ________________________________ > _______________________________________________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 > > > -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

Feb. 9, 2005

Re: RE: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Clint Moyer

Actually, 4 to 8 inches, Chicken Little. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MAZ012&warnco… > > From: "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> > Date: 2005/02/09 Wed AM 11:18:26 EST > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: RE: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM > > I wonder how many people are going to show considering NOAA is talking about > 20 inches of snow for the area. > > > > Also, other than myself, who else intends to attend the Linux World Expo in > Boston next week? > > > > Later, > > Tim. > > > > _____ > > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On > Behalf Of Robert Schwein > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:21 AM > To: andystewart(a)comcast.net; Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM > > > > Andy > > For us new guys, where is the "usual place"? > > Thanks > > Bob > > Andy Stewart wrote: > > HI Everybody, > > This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting which will be held on > Thursday, Feb. 10th at 7:00 PM in the usual place. > > Our guest speaker will be Scott Venier, a long time WLUG member, who will be > > discussing Vesta, a software configuration management system. > > Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at supporting development of > software > systems of almost any size, from fairly small (under 10,000 source lines) to > > very large (10,000,000 source lines). It is both a revision control system > and a build system. Vesta provides full automatic dependency detection and > guarantees exact repeatability of any build. > > See ya there! > > Andy > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > <http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug> > > > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 9, 2005

RE: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Keller, Tim

I wonder how many people are going to show considering NOAA is talking about 20 inches of snow for the area. Also, other than myself, who else intends to attend the Linux World Expo in Boston next week? Later, Tim. _____ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Schwein Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:21 AM To: andystewart(a)comcast.net; Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM Andy For us new guys, where is the "usual place"? Thanks Bob Andy Stewart wrote: HI Everybody, This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting which will be held on Thursday, Feb. 10th at 7:00 PM in the usual place. Our guest speaker will be Scott Venier, a long time WLUG member, who will be discussing Vesta, a software configuration management system. Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at supporting development of software systems of almost any size, from fairly small (under 10,000 source lines) to very large (10,000,000 source lines). It is both a revision control system and a build system. Vesta provides full automatic dependency detection and guarantees exact repeatability of any build. See ya there! Andy _____ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug <http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug>

Feb. 9, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Robert Schwein

Andy For us new guys, where is the "usual place"? Thanks Bob Andy Stewart wrote: >HI Everybody, > >This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting which will be held on >Thursday, Feb. 10th at 7:00 PM in the usual place. > >Our guest speaker will be Scott Venier, a long time WLUG member, who will be >discussing Vesta, a software configuration management system. > >Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at supporting development of software >systems of almost any size, from fairly small (under 10,000 source lines) to >very large (10,000,000 source lines). It is both a revision control system >and a build system. Vesta provides full automatic dependency detection and >guarantees exact repeatability of any build. > >See ya there! > >Andy > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Feb. 9, 2005

Reminder: Meeting Thurs 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting which will be held on Thursday, Feb. 10th at 7:00 PM in the usual place. Our guest speaker will be Scott Venier, a long time WLUG member, who will be discussing Vesta, a software configuration management system. Vesta is a portable SCM system targeted at supporting development of software systems of almost any size, from fairly small (under 10,000 source lines) to very large (10,000,000 source lines). It is both a revision control system and a build system. Vesta provides full automatic dependency detection and guarantees exact repeatability of any build. See ya there! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Feb. 9, 2005

CUPS + Accounting System

by Chuck Haines

Does anyone have any experience / know of an accounting system that I can use with CUPS? I'm getting ready to migrate our print server from lprng to cups, but I need a new accounting software. The only one is homebrew, but I'd like to move to something more sophisticated if possible. The only basic needs I have for the accounting system is to set a price per page and have the costs and page counts dumb to MySQL so my web front end will work. Thanks, -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity TKE-ZM Web Coordinator ECE Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt

Feb. 2, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Anyone running Linux on Pegasos?

by Brian Waite

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:33:28 -0500, Pete Wason <codevark(a)netscape.net> wrote: > Just curious... I have a Peg I, but I'm running MorphOS. > > Boots in about 4 seconds ;-) > > Pete Wason > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > A bit OT. But I have boards based on the same chipsets as the Peg and I know it is currently being tested with 2.6.11... I have been helping out with the chipset dev under 2.4 and 2.6. Are you just curious about who is doing what or do you need some help. I would be more than happy to help you bring it up under 2.6 becuse it would give another test point. Thanks Brian

Feb. 2, 2005

Re: [Wlug] xbiff

by Jeff Kinz

On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 05:11:58PM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote: > ==> Regarding Re: [Wlug] xbiff; Jeff Moyer <jmoyer(a)redhat.com> adds: > > ==> Regarding Re: [Wlug] xbiff; Jeff Kinz <jkinz(a)kinz.org> adds: > jkinz> Also- didn't something called "inotify" just make it into the > jkinz> kernel? I think that is also a file change notification utility? > > jmoyer> It's not in the kernel as of 2.6.10. There are patches, of course, Its in Andrew's tree, with patches being applied (quickly) as people find problems. :) > jmoyer> but even if it were in the kernel, it wouldn't be a drop in > jmoyer> replacement for xbiff (obviously). Ya, its a lower level facility one would use to build an xbiff replacement. > jmoyer> Though, it wouldn't be too difficult to write a replacement using > jmoyer> inotify. Ah, yes, quite. :) > > I just looked into this further. It seems inotify, in its current form, > has little chance of inclusion in mainstream kernels. Al Viro puked all > over it, and with good reason. Al did point out a problem with a umount call in the middle of a inotify operation, but someone else (Mike Waychison) provided a patch for that problem. (Which may or may not be accepted, but Robert seems to like it). (FOI "For other's information" - background) Inotify is supposed to provide the low level dnotify-like functionality but with a much lower resource impact. I like that (assuming it can be done.) I've always hated seeing how much CPU fam was using, it seems like such a waste for something that appears to be trivial. (but like all things, may be harder than they appear). -- http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ http://www.fedoratracker.org http://www.fedorafaq.org http://www.fedoranews.org Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.

Feb. 2, 2005

RE: [Maybe Spam] Re: [Wlug] Anyone running Linux on Pegasos?

by Martin, Eric J.

I put Linux on my Beige G3... -----Original Message----- From: Webmaster [mailto:webmaster@atari-users.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:04 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Maybe Spam] Re: [Wlug] Anyone running Linux on Pegasos? A Pegasos is a PPC based system. MorphOS is somewhat of an Amiga OS clone. The Pegasos has had Linux ported to it. But my question for Pete is.. think Genesi (Pegasos company) will be around a year from now? check out http://www.pegasosppc.com fro info on the board. Rob Mahlert Charles R. Anderson wrote: >On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 07:33:28PM -0500, Pete Wason wrote: > > >>Just curious... I have a Peg I, but I'm running MorphOS. >> >>Boots in about 4 seconds ;-) >> >>Pete Wason >> >> > >What's a Pegasos? > >Looks like we have a volunteer to present at the next meeting :) >_______________________________________________ >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

Feb. 2, 2005