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Is MS becoming less evil?

by Clint Moyer

I'd say no, but there is this: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/02/red-hat-virtualization-deal… http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/02/15/Microsoft-and-Re…

Feb. 17, 2009

REMINDER: Upcoming meeting THURS 7PM

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, Our monthly WLUG meeting will be held this coming Thursday, Feb 19th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. We don't have a specific topic for this meeting unless we get a volunteer from the audience between now and the meeting time. As always, light refreshments will be available at the meeting, and we'll go out for pizza afterwards. 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 iD8DBQFJminTHl0iXDssISsRAtsWAJ0SUghV2rZBFgAZ+vQ0r102C/YfswCfeUi3 P3IOTZmoXAfc33wsQe84umY= =bCTv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Feb. 17, 2009

GIMP tutorials

by E Johnson

A couple of WLUG members had been interested in GIMP a few months back. A presentation I gave to the group last Fall may have been effective that it could have been, since we couldn't get the big monitors working in the meeting room. But now while looking for one piece of info, I came across this in article Linux Haxor: "50 Tutorials To Get You Started With Gimp." http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2009/02/09/50-tutorials-to-get-you-started-with-g… Some of these tutorials seem to be concerned with specific special effects, but others, such as "Using and Manipulating Layers with Gimp" and "Retouching hair and eye (video)" might be of interest to non-artist persons, and to those who want to work with photos they have uploaded from digital camera. Enjoy, Liz J

Feb. 14, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Miro gets a makeover

by nassar＠alum.wpi.edu

PCF is amazingly efficient at turning the little money they have into usable software. If you can, give them a donation. https://www.miroguide.com/donate >>>>> "Rich" == Richard Klein <richspk(a)gmail.com> writes: Rich> I haven't read the article yet, but it looks like Miro 2.0 has Rich> launched. Miro was the topic of last month's meeting. Rich> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/10/miro-gets-a-makeover/ Rich> -- Rich _______________________________________________ Wlug Rich> mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Rich> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 14, 2009

Re: [Wlug] tux's new prison

by Keith Wright

> From: Doug Mildram <dmildram(a)gmail.com> > > Tux looks a bit worried in his "new" computer room..... > OK so he's homeless and I merely bought him a bottle and > a limited air supply with the other derelicts in my man-cave... > > ( ! warning, no disturbing images, 3 boring pix at.... ) > > http://dmildram.jalbum.net/Server+DesktopClutter/index.html It's good this came with a warning, or else I would have been very disappointed to find no disturbing pictures of Penguins in Bondage. -- Keith PS: so Google it or ask a Zappa fan.

Feb. 14, 2009

Re: [Wlug] tux's new prison

by Richard Klein

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Doug Mildram <dmildram(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Suffering from "temporary" (winter) shrinkage, > Tux looks a bit worried in his "new" computer room..... > OK so he's homeless and I merely bought him a bottle and > a limited air supply with the other derelicts in my man-cave... > > ( ! warning, no disturbing images, 3 boring pix at.... ) > > http://dmildram.jalbum.net/Server+DesktopClutter/index.html Looks like Twisted Pair was playing at Sir Morgan's Cove. :-) -- Rich Sent from: Belmont Massachusetts United States.

Feb. 14, 2009

tux's new prison

by Doug Mildram

Suffering from "temporary" (winter) shrinkage, Tux looks a bit worried in his "new" computer room..... OK so he's homeless and I merely bought him a bottle and a limited air supply with the other derelicts in my man-cave... ( ! warning, no disturbing images, 3 boring pix at.... ) http://dmildram.jalbum.net/Server+DesktopClutter/index.html

Feb. 13, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Lenovo S10 Netbook

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> writes: Mike> not odd, no....but i have nothing else to do with this netbook Mike> so I thought I'd try and tweak the heck out of it! Go for it! I'm tempted to get a netbook at some point... but since work gives me a laptop, it's not a huge rush. Though it's possibly something my wife could use for her work... while keeping her main machine downstairs for photo editing, etc. John

Feb. 13, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Lenovo S10 Netbook

by Mike Leo

not odd, no....but i have nothing else to do with this netbook so I thought I'd try and tweak the heck out of it! ________________________________ From: John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:00:51 AM Subject: Re: [Wlug] Lenovo S10 Netbook Eric> Maybe I'm odd, but boot time is almost completely unimportant to Eric> me.I never reboot my desktop and my laptop goes on suspend 49 Eric> times out of 50. It's impressive that they have boot time that Eric> low now though. I don't think you're odd at all. Like you say, I don't reboot my desktop that oftern, and I reboot my main home file server even less often. My work laptop is WinXP (soon to be Vista... sigh) and while it suspends ok, the hardest part is the wait for the wireless network to come back up. :] But, on the other hand, I can understand wanting to have a quicker bootup time, since turning the system *off* saves more power than suspending, and suspending is still a black art. Every week or so my WinXP box loses it's mind and I have to reboot no matter what. It's not simple. Cheers, John _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Feb. 13, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Lenovo S10 Netbook

by John Stoffel

Eric> Maybe I'm odd, but boot time is almost completely unimportant to Eric> me.I never reboot my desktop and my laptop goes on suspend 49 Eric> times out of 50. It's impressive that they have boot time that Eric> low now though. I don't think you're odd at all. Like you say, I don't reboot my desktop that oftern, and I reboot my main home file server even less often. My work laptop is WinXP (soon to be Vista... sigh) and while it suspends ok, the hardest part is the wait for the wireless network to come back up. :] But, on the other hand, I can understand wanting to have a quicker bootup time, since turning the system *off* saves more power than suspending, and suspending is still a black art. Every week or so my WinXP box loses it's mind and I have to reboot no matter what. It's not simple. Cheers, John

Feb. 13, 2009