Hi Everybody,
This e-mail is to remind you about the upcoming WLUG meeting which is being
held on Thursday, June 13th at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI Campus in
Worcester, MA, USA.
With the arrival of my new daughter two weeks ago (May 24), it has been very
busy at my house. Combined with some unrestful evenings, I have not had any
time to prepare a presentation for this meeting.
The floor is open for anybody who has a reasonable presentation to make to the
group. Please contact me to make arrangements. As you've seen in the past,
the presentation need not be extremely fancy. Feedback I've received from
group members indicates that these presentations are well received, and are
certainly better alternatives to sitting around for an hour trying to figure
out what to discuss. :-)
Recent Linux developments that might be fodder for discussion are KDE 3.0.x,
United Linux, aptget-rpm, Mozilla 1.0, OpenOffice.org 1.0, and probably many
other things.
At this meeting, we can also attempt to finalize our plans for a WLUG summer
barbecue. It might be a good idea to combine this with a 5th year
anniversary celebration, as WLUG was originally founded in July of 1997.
After the meeting, we will make our monthly pilgrimage to the Boynton
Restaurant.
--
Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA USA
http://www.wlug.org
Hi
Bill Smith wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I've got this idiot little USB camera that I got as part of a promotion.
> (Specifically, it's a QuickVideo weeCam USB from Alaris that I got a
> couple years back from Earthlink.)
>
> Near as I can figure, there are no drivers for this fool thing for
> Linux.
>
> IF I were to attack the problem, where should I start?
You might find the WLUG slides for the Oct 11 2002 meeting helpful
as background. While I was dealing with a compact flash reader and
USB, you may still find the basic ritual informative. It certainly
will not take long to skim. :-)
(Just go to the WLUG website, click the "here" under "Past meeting
Information" on the main page, and then the "view" under the third
meeting from the top.)
doug
$*(@#&^&*^!!!
I need to get my calendar fixed...
Greg
Andy Stewart wrote:
> HI everybody,
>
> This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting to be held this Wednesday
> evening, May 15th, at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus.
>
HI gang,
I have one person who has confirmed that he will bring his laptop to the
meeting for a PLIP demonstration. Is there one other person who will do the
same?
Now, keep in mind that although one group member who shall remain nameless is
notorious for yanking on power cords (most especially while they are still in
use), it should be safe to be tethered to his laptop with my LapLink cable
for the demo at the meeting. You have been warned! :-)
Later,
Andy
--
Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA USA
http://www.wlug.org
From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 08:10:48 -0400
At this meeting, Andy Stewart will give a short presentation about
his recent experiences with PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol).
The Linux PLIP software allows the user to connect two computers
together via their printer ports. A network is run between the
parallel interfaces. If you ever wanted to build a cheap, quick
(as in rapid setup), and dirty point-to-point network that actually
functions, this is it.
Speaking of parallel port hacking, I want to do some parallel port
line sniffing to determine exactly what command sequence the Windows
driver sends to a particular printer. Has anyone done anything like
this? Is the simplest thing likely to be to simply set up Samba on
the Linux box and strace it?
--
Robert Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/
Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2
Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf(a)uunet.uu.net
Project lead for Gimp Print/stp -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net
"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
--Eric Crampton
HI everybody,
This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting to be held this Wednesday
evening, May 15th, at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus.
At this meeting, Andy Stewart will give a short presentation about his recent
experiences with PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol). The Linux PLIP
software allows the user to connect two computers together via their printer
ports. A network is run between the parallel interfaces. If you ever wanted
to build a cheap, quick (as in rapid setup), and dirty point-to-point network
that actually functions, this is it.
If two people would like to bring their laptops, I'll bring the cable and we
can try a live demo. Be sure you have parport, parport_pc, and plip compiled
as modules. My cable has male DB25 connectors.
As I don't expect the PLIP presentation to be lengthy, if there are others who
would like to do a quick presentation, please let me know.
Afterwards, we'll visit the Boynton Restaurant for pizza and beer. All are
invited to attend.
See ya later!
Andy
--
Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA USA
http://www.wlug.org
Hello,
It's kind of interesting that an email about this very topic landed in my
inbox this morning. Here's the link:
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/filters/specialreport/0,14622,6022528
,00.html
Good luck.
Matthew
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:44:37 -0400, Stephen C. Daukas wrote:
>In case you haven't heard, M$ is auditing a dozen or so large school
>districts for compliance on licensing. Of course, this will be ugly and
>will run one district an estimated $1,000,000 per year to comply with
>M$. That's $1,000,000 more then they pay now. M$ is offering a simplified
>arrangement whereby a school system pays a flat fee for every Intel box
>(regardless of what it might actually be running) that would run that same
>district about $30,000. You can see where this is headed!
>
>Aside from noting that people's dishonesty about paying the real costs
>associated with M$ software has gotten them into this trouble (if only
>because the real costs are not apparent to "management"), I'm wondering
>what is available as a real alternative to M$ for the great unwashed
masses.
>
>Of course, the answer I would expect to hear is "Linux!", but...
>
>I'm talking about a solution that is useable by those who are not rabid
>members of a LUG, or Sys admins in their day job. I'm talking about
>productivity software that will seamlessly read and write M$ file formats
>(Excel, Word, etc.). I don't know, for example, if Star Office is a real
>alternative because I don't know how well it interoperates with those who
>use Word, for example, on a daily basis. Perhaps there is a solution that
>will reliably run M$ applications without having to buy the OS, but that is
>only a step in the right direction.
>
>I was hoping to hear suggestions about what is out there and if Linux is
>ready to work seamlessly in heterogeneous High-Tech world. This might be a
>good topic for one of the WLUG meetings...
>
>Steve
>
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Star Office in its various iterations is pretty damn solid, and that is
after using three different releases over the years. There are
occassional glitches in representation of the same document between M$
and SO, but to be fair to the SO suite there are occassional glitches
in representation of the same document between M$ and M$ (assuming you
are not trapped from even opening the document in the first place.)
Also the filters to Word Perfect etc etc are two way filters (not
import only) and allow kids who have family computers running
alternative software more flexibility. The other benefit of SO (and OO
if you decide that the admin is up to a little more complexity (and you
seem to imply that they are not)) is that they can run it on their Win
boxes and dabble in Linux without causing confusion to the office suite
end user. That makes it possible for them to consider jumping ship in a
silent revolution should they build up the confidence.
Just some thoughts to ignore.
Colin
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:44:37 -0400, Stephen C. Daukas wrote:
>In case you haven't heard, M$ is auditing a dozen or so large school
>districts for compliance on licensing. Of course, this will be ugly and
>will run one district an estimated $1,000,000 per year to comply with
>M$. That's $1,000,000 more then they pay now. M$ is offering a simplified
>arrangement whereby a school system pays a flat fee for every Intel box
>(regardless of what it might actually be running) that would run that same
>district about $30,000. You can see where this is headed!
>
>Aside from noting that people's dishonesty about paying the real costs
>associated with M$ software has gotten them into this trouble (if only
>because the real costs are not apparent to "management"), I'm wondering
>what is available as a real alternative to M$ for the great unwashed masses.
>
>Of course, the answer I would expect to hear is "Linux!", but...
>
>I'm talking about a solution that is useable by those who are not rabid
>members of a LUG, or Sys admins in their day job. I'm talking about
>productivity software that will seamlessly read and write M$ file formats
>(Excel, Word, etc.). I don't know, for example, if Star Office is a real
>alternative because I don't know how well it interoperates with those who
>use Word, for example, on a daily basis. Perhaps there is a solution that
>will reliably run M$ applications without having to buy the OS, but that is
>only a step in the right direction.
>
>I was hoping to hear suggestions about what is out there and if Linux is
>ready to work seamlessly in heterogeneous High-Tech world. This might be a
>good topic for one of the WLUG meetings...
>
>Steve
>
>_______________________________________________
>Wlug mailing list
>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org
>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
In case you haven't heard, M$ is auditing a dozen or so large school
districts for compliance on licensing. Of course, this will be ugly and
will run one district an estimated $1,000,000 per year to comply with
M$. That's $1,000,000 more then they pay now. M$ is offering a simplified
arrangement whereby a school system pays a flat fee for every Intel box
(regardless of what it might actually be running) that would run that same
district about $30,000. You can see where this is headed!
Aside from noting that people's dishonesty about paying the real costs
associated with M$ software has gotten them into this trouble (if only
because the real costs are not apparent to "management"), I'm wondering
what is available as a real alternative to M$ for the great unwashed masses.
Of course, the answer I would expect to hear is "Linux!", but...
I'm talking about a solution that is useable by those who are not rabid
members of a LUG, or Sys admins in their day job. I'm talking about
productivity software that will seamlessly read and write M$ file formats
(Excel, Word, etc.). I don't know, for example, if Star Office is a real
alternative because I don't know how well it interoperates with those who
use Word, for example, on a daily basis. Perhaps there is a solution that
will reliably run M$ applications without having to buy the OS, but that is
only a step in the right direction.
I was hoping to hear suggestions about what is out there and if Linux is
ready to work seamlessly in heterogeneous High-Tech world. This might be a
good topic for one of the WLUG meetings...
Steve
HI everybody,
This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting which will be held this
coming Thursday, April 11th, at 7 PM in Kinnicutt Hall at the WPI campus
in Worcester, MA.
At this meeting, WLUG member Tim Keller will describe to us a problem he
had with Linux and how he chose to modify his copy of the Linux kernel to
add a new signal to solve the problem. This talk will cover some kernel
internals and programming. A more detailed abstract can be found on the
WLUG website.
There will be a raffle as well. Addison Wesley sent me a copy of a book
entitled "Embedded Linux - Hardware, Software, and Interfacing" which I'll
give to the lucky raffle winner. There is no cost to be in the raffle.
I'd also like to entertain a discussion regarding content for future
meetings. Here are some thoughts which I had:
a) bakeoff between VMware, Win4Lin, and Bochs
b) KDE3
c) representative from FSF to discuss GPL and free software
d) Maddog
e) SuSE 8.0
Please think about this and bring your thoughts to the meeting. If you're
bashful or unable to attend the meeting, send them to me via e-mail.
Afterwards, we'll make our ever popular pilgrimage to the Boynton
Restaurant for pizza and beer, good Linux talk, bashing of evil empires,
and the like. We always have a great time so if you've never joined us
after a meeting, now would be a good time to start!
See ya later,
Andy
--
Andy Stewart
Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
