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by Jason Couture 06 May '12

06 May '12

Anyone know of any place hiring for entry level it? I'm fairly skilled with both linux system administration and have a good knowledge of windows system administration for small AD setups.

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Reminder: April WLUG Meeting: ZFS: Changed time/location
by Chuck Anderson 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

Here is a reminder for this month's WLUG meeting. See you Thursday at 7PM sharp in the WPI Campus Center, Mid-Centry Room. ----- Forwarded message from Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> ----- From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> To: wlug(a)wlug.org Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 12:42:16 -0400 Subject: [Wlug] Announce: April WLUG Meeting: ZFS: Changed time/location Precedence: list Reply-To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Hi folks, This month, the Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) monthly meeting will be held on THURSDAY instead of the usual Wednesday, and the meeting will be starting promptly at 7PM since we must finish and be out of the room by 8PM. Additionally, the location is different this month: Thursday, April 12, 7:00 - 8:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room (room 331) Longtime WLUG member Tim Keller will be talking about ZFS, the Zettabyte FileSystem for Oracle Solaris and FreeBSD (ports available for Linux too). I'm sure there will be a demo as well. Afterwards, we will go out for pizza and continue our discussions. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [Wlug] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Aljerin Butler,Jr. 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Hello all, This is a LinkedIn issue. I selected several people to connect to and LinkedIn "sneaked in" the rest of my address book contacts. On the original invitation presented by LinkedIn, I assumed that the half dozen or so contacts I saw were all there was. I didn't notice if there were any additional pages from which to select contacts ("Next" button). Al Butler >________________________________ > From: "wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> >To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:41 PM >Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 101, Issue 6 > >----- Forwarded Message ----- > >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. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Jason Couture) > 2. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (E Johnson) > 3. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Eric Martin) > 4. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (E Johnson) > 5. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Eric Martin) > >Just need to be careful letting sites and apps go through your email contacts. >On Mar 23, 2012 6:59 PM, "Eric Martin" <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >It was sent to the wlug mailing list. My guess is somebody gave their address book to LinkedIn, the same thing happened with Facebook a few years back, IIRC (or was that on another mailing list?) >> >> >>On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:33 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>Noooo! >>> >>>Did anyone else from WLUG receive this? If so, let's fix it. >>> >>>Please don't use the private WLUG mailing list contact info for invitations to social sites! >>> >>>Al, please delete me from your Contacts immediately. >>> >>>WLUG: maybe some kind of Privacy statement should be posted on the WLUG website (link on main page). I looked for some statement about how the mailing list contacts should be private, but found none. Private mailing lists are not for mining. >>> >>>Wrong, bad, no, please, no. My contact is not to be shared, not at any time, for any reason. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Liz J >>> >>>If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, you are the product. -Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law (b. 1969) >>> >>> >>>On 23 March 2012 18:14, Al Butler <albutlerjr(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From Al Butler >>>> >>>>Information Technology and Services Professional >>>>Greater Boston Area >>>> >>>> >>>> I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. >>>> >>>>- Al >>>> >>>> >>>>Confirm that you know Al >>>> >>>> >>>>You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Unsubscribe >>>>© 2012, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>Eric Martin >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> My guess is somebody gave their address book to LinkedIn > >Obviously so. > >Jason also commented: > >> Just need to be careful letting sites and apps go through your email contacts > >Not just "be careful" but more like: "Do Not allow" sites and apps any access to your email contacts at all. > >Ppls contact info is not owned by whoever has the person in their Contacts list. > >Maybe a link could be added to the WLUG mailing list signup page, sending a proposed (requesting-to-join) WLUG mailing list member to a page stating Privacy policy (non-share contacts info). If a proposed (requesting) mailing list member must read Privacy policy, then agree (click Yes to Agree) before becoming a member of the mailing list, maybe it would prevent the idea that Contact lists can be so casually given away. > >Liz J > >To clarify Liz, Linked In doesn't have your email address. They have wlug(a)wlug.org, and that contact opened X hundred emails. > > >On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:21 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> My guess is somebody gave their address book to LinkedIn >> >>Obviously so. >> >>Jason also commented: >> >> >>> Just need to be careful letting sites and apps go through your email contacts >> >>Not just "be careful" but more like: "Do Not allow" sites and apps any access to your email contacts at all. >> >>Ppls contact info is not owned by whoever has the person in their Contacts list. >> >>Maybe a link could be added to the WLUG mailing list signup page, sending a proposed (requesting-to-join) WLUG mailing list member to a page stating Privacy policy (non-share contacts info). If a proposed (requesting) mailing list member must read Privacy policy, then agree (click Yes to Agree) before becoming a member of the mailing list, maybe it would prevent the idea that Contact lists can be so casually given away. >> >>Liz J >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > > > >-- >Eric Martin >I should have made that more clear. > >Mail-list address or not, Iit still is not okay to give the WLUG email >address to any other entities whatsoever. Someone shared the WLUG a >mailing address with a certain social/commercial website. Then >secondhandedly WLUG mailing list contacted x number of individual >contacts on behalf of the social/commercial website The message >included a direct link to this commercial website. List members were >invited to click on this link, or else to click on the UNsubscribe >link. > >Even sharing the WLUG contact address with outside entities is Non-OK. >We all got Spammed because someone decided it was okay to give our >email to ___.com.. > >Liz J > >If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, >you are the product. -Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law (b. >1969) > >On 23 March 2012 21:09, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> To clarify Liz, Linked In doesn't have your email address. They have >> wlug(a)wlug.org, and that contact opened X hundred emails. >> > > > >I agree it's not ok to share your address book, but accidents happen. That, and I was more getting at the fact that X service doesn't have our individual email addresses. > > >On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:34 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >I should have made that more clear. >> >>Mail-list address or not, Iit still is not okay to give the WLUG email >>address to any other entities whatsoever. Someone shared the WLUG a >>mailing address with a certain social/commercial website. Then >>secondhandedly WLUG mailing list contacted x number of individual >>contacts on behalf of the social/commercial website The message >>included a direct link to this commercial website. List members were >>invited to click on this link, or else to click on the UNsubscribe >>link. >> >>Even sharing the WLUG contact address with outside entities is Non-OK. >>We all got Spammed because someone decided it was okay to give our >>email to ___.com.. >> >> >>Liz J >> >>If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, >>you are the product. -Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law (b. >>1969) >> >> >>On 23 March 2012 21:09, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> To clarify Liz, Linked In doesn't have your email address. They have >>> wlug(a)wlug.org, and that contact opened X hundred emails. >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wlug mailing list >>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > > >-- >Eric Martin > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

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Announce: April WLUG Meeting: ZFS: Changed time/location
by Chuck Anderson 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

Hi folks, This month, the Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) monthly meeting will be held on THURSDAY instead of the usual Wednesday, and the meeting will be starting promptly at 7PM since we must finish and be out of the room by 8PM. Additionally, the location is different this month: Thursday, April 12, 7:00 - 8:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room (room 331) Longtime WLUG member Tim Keller will be talking about ZFS, the Zettabyte FileSystem for Oracle Solaris and FreeBSD (ports available for Linux too). I'm sure there will be a demo as well. Afterwards, we will go out for pizza and continue our discussions. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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Talk for April...
by Tim Keller 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

Hey Everybody, At the last meeting, there was some talk about ZFS... Would people be interested in me doing a talk about ZFS? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Al Butler 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

LinkedIn ------------ I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Al Al Butler Information Technology and Services Professional Greater Boston Area Confirm that you know Al Butler: https://www.linkedin.com/e/-guplyd-h05sfzre-19/isd/6412973860/N4Pmccpb/?hs=… -- You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Click to unsubscribe: http://www.linkedin.com/e/-guplyd-h05sfzre-19/uSTdRBL8TntbriFQlbXcoPTDk9Qxi… (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

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Using Meetup
by Henrique 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

Hey, Yesterday I was browsing around Meetup.com, and found another group called Worcester Web Technology <http://www.meetup.com/Worcester-Web-Technology/>, and they are also meeting at WPI, apparently on the third Thursday of every month. (today) I recommend WLUG also create a meetup group for attracting new members. Also Meetup is nice for sending out reminder emails about the meetings on the day before. Cheers, Henrique "nican" Polido.

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Belated announcement
by James Gray 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

After a recent wlug meeting (I think it was December?) I mentioned that my wife and I were expecting a child. Tim asked me to send an announcement to the list. (So this announcement is not completely off topic.) Below is my belated announcement regarding my son's birth. Since I use mostly Linux and my wife Mac OS. We'll have to wait and see which one he picks up first. But at least it won't be Windows. :-) James and Heather Gray are the proud parents of Owen James born 10:26 p.m. December 31st, weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces and 22 inches long. Many fireworks were launched in his honor :-) All is well with Owen, Heather and James.

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OPENINGS - Linux Kernel Engineer - perm in MA
by John Spencer 01 Mar '12

01 Mar '12

Hi All, We have a client in MA looking for a Sr or Prin Linux Kernel Engineer in the networking space. Must have strong and recent experience with Linux kernel development Must have experience with Network drivers Must have strong C experience Must understand TCP/IP and L2/L3. Please send any questions or interest with your resume to jspencer(a)connectedsp.com<mailto:jspencer@connectedsp.com> Regards, John Spencer Connected Systems Partners Connecting Top Talent with Top Companies 978-455-5550 x208 978-621-9743 cell jspencer(a)connectedsp.com www.connectedsp.com <www.connectedsp.com%20%20%20> GET CONNECTED! Unless otherwise explicitly instructed by sender, all information in this email is considered confidential and intended for the view and use of the recipient(s) only.

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Ceph
by Jason Couture 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

Has anyone here used ceph? I'm debating using it in a production cluster and would like input, alternatives, etc. Requirements: High availability, scales dynamically, fault tolerant, NO CODE CHANGES ( must appear as a posix compatible file system and be able to be mounted as such) nodes must be able to be added to the cluster at will. Prefer multi to multi copy for recovery (removed slow disk recovery bottleneck)

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Announce: March WLUG Meeting & Northeast Linux Fest
by Chuck Anderson 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Hi folks, NEXT month, we will have our regularly scheduled WLUG meeting: Wednesday, March 14, 7:00PM but most likely in a slightly different location. Our current meeting room will be in the process of being annexed by the dining hall, so we'll most likely meet in our old/previous meeting room on the opposite side of the same building. ALSO, the Northeast Linux Fest is happening again this year: Saturday, March 17, 9:00AM at Worcester State University. I encourage you to register for free here: http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org/ Thanks, and see you next month! Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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Announce: WLUG Meeting Wednesday 2/8 7PM
by Chuck Anderson 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hi folks, We ARE having a WLUG meeting tonight, Wednesday, February 8 at 7:00 PM at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. The meeting room is in WPI's Morgan Hall (building 'H' on the campus map [1]), down the hallway to the right of the dining hall entrance. [1] http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf After the meeting, we'll go out for pizza. Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

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Postgres cluster
by Jason Couture 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Could someone walk me through building a 3 machine postgres cluster with automatic fail over? I've searched and searched and I'm just not getting it. I currently have postgres 9.1 installed with 1 database as 9.1/main. I'd like to cluster this to provide ha and faster query times. Writes to the DB can be forced to the master only, so read-only slaves are okay (there are far more reads than writes) Can anyone help me out?

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Vintage Computer Festival East 2012
by Evan Koblentz 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Hello, I'm writing to user groups and hackerspaces to inform your members of a very unique upcoming event -- the Vintage Computer Festival East 8.0, May 5-6, in Wall, New Jersey. If you're not familiar with the Vintage Computer Festival, then please take a moment to keep reading .... The event is run by a user group called MARCH (Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists) of which I'm president. Each day of the weekend-long show contains lectures/workshops (in the morning) and an exhibit hall (in the afternoon.) This year's keynote speakers include Dartmouth's Dr. Thomas Kurtz, who co-invented BASIC (on Saturday) and Apple's Daniel Kottke (Steve Jobs' college buddy, India travel companion, Apple 1 board builder in Jobs' parent's garage, and Apple II/III/Mac engineer), on Sunday. Both days, in the afternoon, is our hands-on exhibit hall. Imagine an antique car show -- the cars are nice to look at, but you can't touch anything, and you certainly can't drive. Well, that is no fun at all! Our exhibitors are required to have their systems up and running for live demos all weekend! People can see minicomputers, punch card machines, teletypes, homebrew-era computers, 8-bit micros, etc., all live and running. The venue for our event is the InfoAge Science Center, which is a grassroots, all-volunteer, non-profit facility. It contains a computer museum (run by my user group), along with museums for antique radio/TV, shipwrecks, military communications, amateur radio, etc. -- all operated by independent clubs. Best of all, our event is dirt-cheap to get in. Adult tickets are just $10 a day and $15 for the weekend. Kids are admitted for free. Proceeds benefit our museum, which is strictly educational in nature -- we're all volunteers. In fact, we all lament that our jobs and families interfere with our volunteer time. :) Details are frequently updated at http://www.vintage.org/2012/east/ and http://www.facebook.com/vcfeast8. We'd be very grateful if you could share this announcement with your group members. People attend the Vintage Computer Festival East from all around the U.S. and even from other countries and continents. For now, however, we're reaching out to our fellow user groups around the northeast and mid-Atlantic. Thank you, - Evan Koblentz (evan(a)snarc.net, cell: 646-546-9999)

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OPENINGS - C, Linux, Network openings - perm and contract in MA
by John Spencer 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

We have several openings with clients in MA for Sr or Prin level Linux engineers. Northwest of Boston - perm (strong networking/datacom/telecom background) Each bullet represents key skills for a different opening * C, Linux kernel, network drivers, network stack experience * C, layer 2, layer 3, strong TCP/IP * C, Linux, (Linux kernel is a plus), Ethernet switching Cambridge - perm * C, embedded Linux, some kernel work, Agile/scrum environment Contract - West of Boston (12+ months) * C, embedded Linux, consumer electronics, wireless experience Regards, John Spencer Connected Systems Partners Connecting Top Talent with Top Companies 978-455-5550 x208 978-621-9743 cell jspencer(a)connectedsp.com www.connectedsp.com <www.connectedsp.com%20%20%20> GET CONNECTED! Unless otherwise explicitly instructed by sender, all information in this email is considered confidential and intended for the view and use of the recipient(s) only.

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Embedded Linux Engineers contract openings
by John Spencer 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

Our client west of Boston has a couple of openings for strong embedded Linux engineers for long-term contracts. Must be US citizen or Perm Resident, must be local Embedded Linux (RTOS) Engineers (12+ mths contracts, west of Boston) Engineers will design, develop and deliver drivers and protocols for a wireless product. Engineer must have experience with low level embedded RTOS design and development including BSP's, board bring up and collaborating with the electrical engineers. Qualifications include: o Extensive experience with embedded Linux including kernel development (other RTOS's such as VxWorks, Integrity, Nucleus, etc. may be considered) o Experience with wireless embedded devices o Experience in audio technologies o Experience developing embedded apps for small devices with processing power a consideration. o Strong C/C++ skills. Assembly would be a strong plus o Experience with OOD. Regards, John Spencer Connected Systems Partners Connecting Top Talent with Top Companies 978-455-5550 x208 978-621-9743 cell jspencer(a)connectedsp.com www.connectedsp.com <www.connectedsp.com%20%20%20> GET CONNECTED! Unless otherwise explicitly instructed by sender, all information in this email is considered confidential and intended for the view and use of the recipient(s) only.

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Super Wifi arrives in Hanover County, NC
by Tom Poe 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Just read that Hanover County, NC, is moving to the FCC's authorized use of unlicensed broadcast frequency ("white spaces"). So, maybe it's a good time to put a proposal together to get our state counties to do the same. Anyone know the technical specs that would lay out a viable solution our county commissioners can consider? If you're interested, please contact me, or maybe we could discuss this as a topic on the mail list (best). Thanks, Tom

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Where to find a software contractor?
by Andy Stewart 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

HI guys, I know a small businessman who is interested in potentially hiring somebody to write a piece of custom software. He is wondering where he would look to seek out contractors with the right credentials for this small project. He didn't mention too many details, but it sounds like the project will have something to do with bar code scanning, optical character recognition, and some type of graphical interface, most probably in a Windows environment. Where would you look if you were seeking a software professional on a short term contract basis? Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

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Re: [Wlug] Where to find a software contractor?
by Steven Greenberg 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

The Boston PHP group has job fairs and many members, some are software contractors. www.bostonphp.org -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: http://www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 99, Issue 13
by David Hardy 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Depending on how critical the need; local college and university boards and, of course, user groups; also local Craigslist and the local/regional temp contract agencies like Adecco Technical and Engineering, CTG, etc. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> wrote: > 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. Where to find a software contractor? (Andy Stewart) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:27:01 -0500 > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > Subject: [Wlug] Where to find a software contractor? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <4F14CE65.1030302(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > HI guys, > > I know a small businessman who is interested in potentially hiring > somebody to write a piece of custom software. He is wondering where he > would look to seek out contractors with the right credentials for this > small project. > > He didn't mention too many details, but it sounds like the project will > have something to do with bar code scanning, optical character > recognition, and some type of graphical interface, most probably in a > Windows environment. > > Where would you look if you were seeking a software professional on a > short term contract basis? > > Thanks, > > Andy > > -- > Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) > Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group > Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group > President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 99, Issue 13 > ************************************ >

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IPv6
by William Smith 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

I read the powerpoint presentation that was posted here a short while ago and found it a bit helpful. I started setting up IPv6 on my home LAN last year. I got as far as setting up my Linux server to open a tunnel through SixXS. My ISP doesn't offer IPv6 quite yet, and even if they did, my firewall doesn't support it. That's why the tunnel. What I can't do yet is use IPv6 from other systems on my LAN. From the server, I can get almost anywhere I want to go using IPv6. Using the notes from the PPT presentation, I found out that I might have only STARTED setting it up. It looks like parts that should be there aren't, but I don't want to blindly set things without fully understanding what I'm messing with. I'm not sure if I have to put an address on the ethernet interface and set up a route or what. Any thoughts on what to watch for? -- Bill Smith Fall River, MA

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Meeting this week???
by Tim Keller 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

Hey gang, Are we going to have a meeting this week? If so, what topic would people like to talk about? Thanks, Tim.

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second annual Northeast Linux Fest
by Jonathan Nadeau 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

Hello list Announcing the 2nd annual Northeast GNU/Linuxfest. Where: Worcester State University, Worcester MA When: March 17, 2012 Info: http://northeastlinuxfest.org Last year we had just speakers at the event. This year we are stepping it up considerably. We are featuring a hackerspace competition where teams from across the Northeast will compete for prizes for best design. This years theme is accessibility. We will also hold LPI and BSD exams on the morning of the event. The folks from Open Street Map will hold workshops throughout the day. We also have tables from various sponsors. Among the keynote speakers this year will be the other organizer for the event Jonathan Nadeau. Jonathan is blind but this has not prevented him from working with Debian, Fedora and Triquel in hopes of making each distribution more accessible for vision impaired or physically disabled. This is an event that can also be used to meet other people in the linux world and make new contacts. This is an all day event. All events will be held in the main student center. There is also a cafeteria on the second floor which features a $5 all you can eat buffet. Last but not least, if you are 21 or older we have our very popular after party event at Jillians. We also have arranged to get special room rates at the Worcester Marriott. You must reserve your room before February 17, 2012 to get this rate. You can either use the link off the Northeastlinuxfest website or you can make reservations over the phone but be sure to mention the Northeast Linuxfest group to get the rate. You can get to Worcester by train or bus if you do not have a ride. You can find that information on the website as well. We hope you can attend and most most important, the admission is free! The website again is http://northeastlinuxfest.org Take back control of your software, take back control of your computer! -- Jonathan Nadeau http://www.jnadeau.org Northeast GNU/Linux fest http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org

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Monitor resolution ...
by David Glaser 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

I was looking at monitors at WurstBuy and noticed that the maximum vertical resolution is 1080 lines. I then looked at the sites of the various monitor manufacturers and also noticed that almost all of their offerings has a maximum vertical resolution of 1080 lines. You could get higher resolution but the prices are through the roof. Can anyone shed some light on the trend? -David

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Re: [Wlug] Acer Flat-screen monitor, needs repair, does anyone want?
by Jason Couture 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

You can give me a call sometime if you like, and I can tell you what you need to know. Its a bit much to type out. If you're interested reply directly to me and ill give you my number. On Jan 4, 2012 11:54 PM, "Jason Couture" <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If you open the casing, you'll find 1 to 4, 2 wire electrical connectors. > (Usually two). The wires are usually pink and white, but can be different. > They are the power wires for the back light, which is ccfl? I think? They > require a high voltage to operate (30,000v) the inverter changes the > internal voltage (5-12v) to the required voltage. If its burnt out, the > back light may not work at all, or may work at first and then turn off. If > you look carefully the picture will still be on the screen but almost > impossible to see. Attached are some pictures of the wires from a lamp I > removed from an Acer LCD panel. Of all the ones I've taken apart this is > more or less universal. The inverter is usually highly specific to the > monitor. Easiest way to find one is to take the old one out and get the > model number off of it. > On Jan 4, 2012 11:40 PM, "E Johnson" <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I bought a new monitor. We cannot be down, this was being used for a >> project. This is now a (non-working) retired spare. >> >> Can you tell us more about whatever inverter it might need, or how to >> diagnose? >> >> I would like to hear how to fix these, in case Monitor 2 (identical >> twin) goes down. Identical twin was actually bought earlier & is 5 >> seconds out of warranty, but still rock-solid. But if it dies we will >> not be happy campers. >> >> Thanks, >> Liz >> >> On 4 January 2012 23:22, Jason Couture <plaguethenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Sounds like the inverter, did you see if they were available? There >> usually >> > fairly easy to change. >> > >> > On Jan 4, 2012 11:20 PM, "E Johnson" <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Offering this here first. I have a monitor which started blacking out >> >> 3 days ago. I always liked this monitor (had 2, the other one still >> >> doing just fine!). >> >> >> >> This is an Acer Flat-screen monitor, 19-inch screen, 1680x1050, DVI or >> >> VGA input. The resoultion on this is especially nice. Good color, at >> >> least I always enjoyed it. >> >> >> >> Specs: >> >> Acer X193WBD. 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - 5ms, 1680x1050, (WSXGA+), >> >> 2000:1, DVI, Black (A179-1944) >> >> >> >> This ls not-quite 3 years old, still in warranty. It powers on, but >> >> flickers, then black-screens. Acer says they can and will fix it >> >> (free parts / labor) . It needs to be shipped back to Acer (in Texas), >> >> who will fix it & return within a few weeks. >> >> Shipping might be around $40.00, but is still considerably cheaper >> >> than buying a new monitor like this. Acer ships back at no cost, the >> >> only shiping cost is one-way, TO Acer. >> >> >> >> Or if you are good at fixing stuff like this, it might be just the >> thing. >> >> >> >> E-mail me for details if interested. I'm in Worcester near Elm Park. >> >> >> >> Liz J >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >

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