From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Jul 1 15:55:58 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:55:58 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] developer view of windows Message-ID: <609b18560807011555o11f1f21fg2eb9fbc0d2357ed6@mail.gmail.com> http://i80andtech.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-is-wrong-with-microsoft-windows.html hope you find interesting -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080701/da8a9c03/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Jul 1 16:07:29 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:07:29 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] view of MS OS gambit Message-ID: <609b18560807011607l73cc5dacs9ec51f4b5f038b77@mail.gmail.com> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Microsofts-Open-Source-Gambit/ -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. 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Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080702/6ad8e3c0/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Thu Jul 3 22:03:57 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:03:57 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Linux EU hp MS Message-ID: <609b18560807032203s27c772f4nddbe06994bbccf31@mail.gmail.com> Is everyone aware of these facts? MS and Open Source http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5008032165.html Some reasons EU is adopting Open Source - good reasons for your organization?? http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=989 hp 2133 - interesting story, I thought. http://www.linuxjournal.com/video/open-letter-hp -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The address is: Speakeasy, Inc. 1201 Western Ave, Seattle WA We're meeting in a conference room on the 7th floor. Let someone in the lobby know that you're here for GSLUG and they'll show you up. As usual, all information can be found on the wiki: http://gslug.org/index.php/Meeting_2008-07-12 If you'd like to give a talk (and I hope you do) or are just planning to attend, please RSVP by adding yourself to the wiki page. Let me know if you have any questions, I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend! And if you're looking for internet, phone, or other networking services, take a look at http://www.speakeasy.net/. - Eric (Please forward this email to friends and other local mailing lists!) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080708/135f3173/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Wed Jul 9 12:15:29 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:15:29 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Wall Street Journal view of Open Source Software Message-ID: <609b18560807091215y7030103cr105f095f74308d2d@mail.gmail.com> WSJ Interview with MySQL Mikos *BUSINESS INSIGHT:* *And what is their [contributors] motivation, as far as you can tell?* *MR. MICKOS:* Those who contribute to us are as selfish as anybody else. There's rarely any charitable aspect of this. Their No. 1 reason is that they are contributing so that they will get, in return, a better-functioning product. They are looking after their own business interests. No. 2, and almost equally important, is their desire to build a reputation for themselves. We will say publicly what they have done. So they get great recognition for being smart engineers and brilliant programmers. That gives them better job offers and it gives them a feeling of usefulness in the world. They get a lot of emotional and practical benefits. *BUSINESS INSIGHT:* *Couldn't a potential competitor use your code as a starting point to get into the business -- and crush you?* *MR. MICKOS:* Even if someone studied us in tiny detail, I don't think they could really match us. We've shown them our code, and nobody has been able to measure up against what we have. *BUSINESS INSIGHT:* *Why is that?* *MR. MICKOS:* Even if I showed you my DNA, you wouldn't know how to become me. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121494378874020445.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/147879/move_your_business_from_windows_to_linux.html -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080711/fedf5799/attachment.htm From randygrein at comcast.net Fri Jul 11 18:43:04 2008 From: randygrein at comcast.net (Randy Grein) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:43:04 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Fwd: Chip maker sues to quash research on RFID smart card security flaws References: Message-ID: <2A2AFA6C-70F5-4831-8A1C-3A45382E0484@comcast.net> Why should Brandon have all the forwarding fun? (grin) The lead article is typical, although it isn't exactly the first time an RFID 'security' device was quickly or easily compromised. The real problem is, of course that a card can be cracked at a distance; I seriously question the wisdom of using autosending broadcast radio to transmit a security key. Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA Begin forwarded message: > From: "Computerworld Security" > > Date: July 11, 2008 11:43:38 AM PDT > To: randygrein at comcast.net > Subject: Chip maker sues to quash research on RFID smart card > security flaws > > ___________________________________________________________ > Computerworld Security > July 11, 2008 > ___________________________________________________________ > > ***************SPONSOR************************************** > > Prevent Email Threats from Getting to Your Network > > Register to learn how MessageLabs can help protect your network with > their complimentary 30 day trial. 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I > don't have a lot of data to say yes or no, but I have an example > that shows one company might be feeling the effects... > > To view the rest of the post, click the following link. > http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3350368/106251/125448/2/ > > > > Tech Dispenser: Russian blogger jailed for blogging his opinion > > The other day I blogged about Chinese bloggers writing backwards to > escape government censors and about Iranian bloggers facing a > possible death sentence if they say the wrong thing ... > > http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3350368/106251/125338/2/ > > > > Shark Tank: Do I Have the Right Help Desk? > > Pilot Fish: I'm working on the help desk this morning, and the first > words out of the mouth of one of the users that called in were, "Do > I have the right help desk?" > > http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3350368/106251/125337/2/ > > > > > ___________CONTACTS/SUBSCRIPTIONS___________________________ > > > FEEDBACK > -------- > To submit feedback about Computerworld's e-mails, contact our > online customer service group at online at computerworld.com. > Please include your subscriber e-mail address in all > correspondence: randygrein at comcast.net > > > ADVERTISING > ----------- > For information on advertising, contact > Sean_Weglage at computerworld.com. > > > PRIVACY POLICY > -------------- > Computerworld's online privacy policy is at: > http://www.computerworld.com/action/pages.do?command=viewPage&pagePath=/about_policies > > > > SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES > --------------------- > You are currently subscribed to computerworld_security as: randygrein at comcast.net > . > To unsubscribe, change your preferences, or change your e-mail > address, go to the following URL: > > http://www.computerworld.com/action/member.do?command=newsletterLogin > > If the above URL is not enabled as a link, please copy it in to your > browser window to access our Subscription Page. > > Did you know Computerworld has 46 other e-mail newsletters that may be > of use to you? go to the following URL to find out more... > http://www.computerworld.com/action/member.do?command=registerNewsletters > > Copyright 2008 > Computerworld Inc. > 1 Speen Street > Framingham MA 01701 From randygrein at comcast.net Tue Jul 15 05:57:32 2008 From: randygrein at comcast.net (Randy Grein) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:57:32 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Fwd: Biometric blooper? References: <5415837.1216125941778.JavaMail.root@nwfnews.com> Message-ID: <0E4A1C1F-B7C9-479F-83F3-66048BF2404F@comcast.net> Are you contemplating biometrics? Alone? Maybe you should reconsider, although I don't think he has addressed the primary problem. Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA Begin forwarded message: > From: Network World on Security Strategies > > Date: July 15, 2008 5:45:42 AM PDT > To: Randy Grein > Subject: Biometric blooper? > Reply-To: Security Strategies Help > > NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: M. E. KABAY ON SECURITY STRATEGIES > ALERT > 07/15/08 > > Biometric blooper? > http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecstrat148670 > > By M. E. Kabay > > Frank Platt writes: The U.K. is planning to launch a national > biometric identity card next year, along with a national > database to include all the citizenry. This card will certainly > be convenient when purchasing or banking or to quickly > authenticate one's identity. But the whole idea may be deeply > flawed.Read full story > http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecstrat148670 > > M. E. Kabay mailto:mekabay at gmail.com , PhD, CISSP-ISSMP is > Program Director of the Master of Science in Information > Assurance at Norwich [http://www2.norwich.edu/mkabay > University [http://www2.norwich.edu/mkabay . > > _______________________________________________________________ > This newsletter is sponsored by Citrix > Server Virtualization that Fits Your Bus > > Discover simple, economical server virtualization that's easy to > deploy in any IT environment in this whitepaper, "Virtualization > Everywhere." Learn how you can improve application availability, > business continuity and support fast provisioning and end-to-end > visibility. Get all of the details today. > Download this white paper now. > http://adserver.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=265961 > _______________________________________________________________ > > Compare Patch and Vulnerability Management Products > Get side-by-side product comparisons, buying tips, market trend > information, case studies and more with Network World's newly > enhanced Patch and Vulnerability Management Buyer's Guide. Visit now. > http://www.nww.com/rpgx.jsp?c=XU1PTA3113Z2193 > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS > > Privaris releases Bluetooth-supported portable biometric > authentication device > http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2008/0121id2.html > Last fall I told you about Privaris's PlusID, a neat little > second-factor wireless biometric authentication device. Now the > company has gone and released PlusID 75, and with support for > Bluetooth, it's even neater. > > U.K. airport gets iris recognition program > http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecstrat148671 Manchester has > implemented what it claims is the U.K.'s first biometric access > control system based on iris recognition. The system officially > went live just before Christmas, and is used to control access > to secure ... > > Washington state passes RFID anti-spying law, 03/27/2008 > http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecstrat148672 Washington Gov. > Chris Gregoir this week signed a bill making it a Class C felony > to use RFID technology to spy on someone. > > RFID tech turned into spy chips for clandestine surveillance, > 03/20/2008 http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecstrat148673 An > employee looking to steal confidential information from his > employer sneaks into what should be a secure back room after > hours. He pulls charts and files from a top-level financial > meeting and slides them into his briefcase before heading back > out. > > ACLU files lawsuit to challenge surveillance law, 07/10/2008 > http://www.networkworld.com/nlsecstrat148674 The American Civil > Liberties Union (ACLU) and several other groups have filed a > lawsuit in an effort to strike down a new law allowing the U.S. > government to intercept the phone calls and e-mail messages of > people with suspected ties to terrorism. > > LIVE CHAT: NAC FACE-OFF: Joel Snyder vs. Richard Stiennon > http://www.networkworld.com/chat/ > Is network access control a worthwhile technology today? Joel > Snyder says yes and Richard Stiennon says no. 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(or if you are ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marsee Henon Date: Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:29 AM Subject: UG News--Going to OSCON? To: brando.fouts at gmail.com Hi Are you attending OSCON in Portland this year? Let me know. I'll be hanging around the sessions and our expo hall booth. Can you pass this note along to your members who are going to OSCON? Got any old O'Reilly shirts at home? If so, bring them to OSCON! Be one of the first 50 people to come by the O'Reilly booth (#313) wearing one of our t-shirts to win cool prizes and be included in our t-shirt photo collage. The grand prize goes to the person who has more O'Reilly shirts than everyone else, so bring 'em all! Follow the O'Reilly booth on Twitter during the conference: http://twitter.com/oreillyatoscon for your chance to win prizes during the show. You can also follow http://twitter.com/oscon for ongoing conference updates throughout the show. 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From brando.fouts at gmail.com Sun Jul 20 20:03:23 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:03:23 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Table of Equivalent Software In-Reply-To: <48833460.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> References: <48833460.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> Message-ID: <609b18560807202003h731f326cpe689ac8d3bb9da9f@mail.gmail.com> another place to check - http://www.psnug.org/oo/openss.html On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Steve Singhose wrote: > Hi: > > Something for those of you upgrading to Open Source solutions. > > http://www.libervis.com/wiki/index.php?title=Table_of_Equivalent_Software > > Take care. > > Steve. > > > _______________________________________________ > News mailing list > News at psnug.org > http://psnug.org/mailman/listinfo/news_psnug.org > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080720/b8547be6/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Jul 22 11:29:55 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:29:55 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Linux Plumbers Conference Speaker Proposal -URGENT Message-ID: <609b18560807221129j3792a401i3d32e1f495831fcd@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Today's Topics: 1. Linux Plumbers Conference Speaker Proposal Submission Deadline Extended (Brandon Philips) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:37:05 -0700 From: Brandon Philips Subject: Linux Plumbers Conference Speaker Proposal Submission Deadline Extended Speaker Proposal Submission Deadline Extended Linux Plumbers Conference 17-19 September 2008 Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ Speaker Proposal Submission Deadline Extended The deadline for Linux Plumbers Conference speaker proposals has been extended to July 31st. We are looking for proposals from knowledgeable speakers on timely technical topics related to core Linux software - kernel, utilities, graphics, libraries, etc. The ideal proposal will address a specific technical problem or opportunity and suggest solutions. Proposals targeting issues which cross sub-system boundaries - such as power management and suspend/resume - are especially encouraged. Talks will be 25 minutes or less and serve as a starting point for round-table discussion. LPC is an opportunity to work on technical problems face-to-face with other developers, especially between developers who seldom attend the same conference or summit. The conference is organized into small working groups - microconferences - focusing on specific topics, such as storage, power management, and graphics. One conference track is reserved for talks not part of microconferences and new microconferences, created as needed by popular demand. Submissions are encouraged for all Linux "plumbing" related topics, not just the topics of the microconferences. Example topics: * Networking architecture * Wireless utilities and infrastructure * Tools for optimizing embedded Linux applications * Integration of system libraries, window managers, and the kernel * Network file systems and utilities * Support for upcoming hardware features * Real-time/low latency Current microconference topics include: * The future of Linux storage * Video input infrastructure and V4L2 * Power management and tools for efficient resource usage * Future displays and input devices * Dbus for desktop integration * Linux server management * XCB and graphics * Audio * Kernel/userspace interfaces * Debugging, tuning, tracing, and profiling If in doubt about the appropriateness of your topic for LPC, please submit anyway. Speakers will receive free registration to the conference, which includes access to all technical sessions, the joint Kernel Summit and LPC party on Tuesday night, and an evening reception sponsored by Intel. For details on submission format, see our call for speakers: http://linuxplumbersconf.org/cfp/ Sponsors Major sponsors of the Linux Plumbers Conference include Intel, IBM, and NetApp. The LPC is underwritten by the Linux Foundation. LPC is a revenue-neutral event. -- Linux Plumbers Conference 17-19 September 2008 Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ ______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce at linuxplumbersconf.org http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/announce -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080722/e18c5018/attachment.htm From randygrein at comcast.net Tue Jul 22 22:04:51 2008 From: randygrein at comcast.net (Randy Grein) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:04:51 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Speed report Message-ID: <07A568A0-2C07-407F-9085-9D16826EF60A@comcast.net> OK, it's probably not news to some of you, but Vista 40% SLOWER than XP? No wonder it has a 17% end user approval rating! http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2008/07/windows_desktop.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-07-22 Oh, early warning - we have a general membership meeting next week, July 30. There just may have some surprises in store, stay tuned. Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA From brando.fouts at gmail.com Wed Jul 23 11:32:53 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:32:53 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] off topic - T. Boone Pickens energy plan Message-ID: <609b18560807231132t2e6054e1p4e135b4ae20e8a3c@mail.gmail.com> You'll find Pickens energy plan on the below link. http://www.cspan.org/Topics/Energy.aspx www.pickensplan.org - quick summary flash video and you should find this - http://firstlook.3tiergroup.com/ http://www.iags.org/WP070608.pdf [3 pages on alternative (non-fossil) fuels] closer look at why we should get off the "oil addiction" http://www.iags.org/Korin_HFRC_052208.pdf I hope you find some of the below interesting http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_DE-PROD/PROD0000000000181487.pdf?dbiquery=null%3Ashale reminder this report is from 2004 - so correct crude oil prices MCF (M=thousand cubic feet) Europe is $18 while US varies from $7-$11 (MCF=8gallons gasoline) also note price comparisons of natural gas vs fuel oil (diesel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas natural gas info http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/ngw/ngupdate.asp http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/data_publications/crude_oil_natural_gas_reserves/historical/2005/cr2005.html -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. 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Highlights for me at this early stage include Unbuntu's Mark Shuttleworth's keynote on Tuesday night (and i'm meeting with Jono Bacon this aft so that should be fun too), Chris DiBona of Google talking about the latest and greatest from their group, Dave Ascher from Mozilla Messaging on Mozilla 3, Nat Friedman from Novell, and EnterpriseDB's new CEO Ed Boyajian are just a few of the well known names I'm looking forward to seeing...It should be a blast! http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/ http://news.cnet.com/openroad/?keyword=%22OSCON%22 _______________________________ Open Source vs Pirated software - interesting perspectives such as: Open Source asks people to help give back and contribute code. Pirated software users say, 'Why should I help? I have free copy of MS office. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=17&articleId=9110560&intsrc=hm_topic from top URL ______________________________ compare cell phone to Power G4 and other interesting stats. http://www.go-nowires.com/wireless-blog/open-warfare-at-oscon/ _______________________________________ -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080724/d8bfc8b4/attachment.htm From randygrein at comcast.net Fri Jul 25 19:45:31 2008 From: randygrein at comcast.net (Randy Grein) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:45:31 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Completely off topic Message-ID: As a group we deal with some odd subjects. This caught my eye mostly because the idea has been around for some time - the economic value often traded for ecological assets. A powerful argument for considering the economic costs of potential environmental damage BEFORE we act. Enjoy! http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/372125_pugetsound25.html Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA From brando.fouts at gmail.com Mon Jul 28 12:30:26 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:30:26 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] MS ODF PDF Fwd: ODF Alliance Newsletter July08 Message-ID: <609b18560807281230m44272ad0p24b3eb33549dbac8@mail.gmail.com> Microsoft says ODF has won - yes, MS will support ODF format - see attached newsletter NATO and others supporting ODF also check out APPLICATIONS adding ODF (especially PDF/ODF translating features) and NEW ALLIANCE MEMBERS and EVENTS ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: ODF Alliance Newsletter - July 2008 You can sign up to receive the free newsletter or download a PDF version: http://www.odfalliance.org/mail_list.php ---------------------------------------------------------------- URUGUAY ADOPTS ODF AS RECOMMENDED STANDARD Uruguay's AGESIC (Agency for the Development of Government Electronic Management and Information and Knowledge Society), which is responsible for proposing IT standards for the federal government, has officially recommended the use of ODF for editable documents and PDF for documents in final, published form. ODF has now firmly taken root in South America, with Uruguay joining Brazil and several regional governments, including Parana (Brazil) and Misiones (Argentina), as ODF adopters. http://www.agesic.gub.uy/Sitio/descargas/Estandares_de_Ofimatica_v08.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------- NATO TO SUPPORT THE USE OF ODF NATO has included ODF in its list of mandatory standards to promote interoperability. Also included under NATO's Interoperability Standards and Profiles are Rich Text Format (RTF), extensible markup language (XML) and Office XP formats as requirements for the sharing of data. The list does not include Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML). http://nhqc3s.nato.int/architecture/_docs/NISPv2/volume2/ch03s04.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS ODF Citing the preservation of and long-term access to government information as vital in a democratic society, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) adopted a resolution urging the federal government to mandate the use of open, interoperable, and vendor-neutral standards such as ODF for government information wherever possible and encourages other library-related organizations to do the same at all levels of government. CLA also made known its support for the Standards Council of Canada's opposition to Microsoft's OOXML. http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=AGM_2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------- EUROPEAN INTEROPERABILITY FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDS USE OF OPEN STANDARDS The European Commission has invited public comments by September 22 to its new version of the European Interoperability Framework v2.0. EIF v1.0 had received worldwide attention and is often referenced when interoperability is discussed. The draft, which strongly endorses the use of open standards to encourage interoperability, should be read by anyone interested in open standards and the ability to communicate electronically with government using the software of your choice. http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7728 ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEW OR IMPROVED ODF APPLICATIONS SUPPORT Aspose.Words, which enables .NET and Java applications to read, modify and write Word documents without utilizing Microsoft Word, now comes with support for "save as odt". http://www.freepressreleases.co.uk/Press_Releases/Computer/Convert_Word_documents_in_OpenDocument_Text_-_ODT_and_MHTML_format_with_Aspose.Words_2008060921735/ EuroOffice.Dictionary (EOD) Extension allows you to quickly translate words and expressions without leaving the convenience of ODF-supporting OpenOffice.org. http://www.multiracio.com/eurooffice/products/eurooffice-dictionary OpenOffice PDF Importer Extension is now available in beta for OpenOffice.org 3.0, allowing you to modify existing PDF files for which the original source files do not exist. http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport PrimoPDF's PrimoOnline automatically makes PDF files from ODF and other formats, without the need to install any PDF software. http://online.primopdf.com/Default.aspx Docvert 3.4 is an open source OpenDocument-to-HTML converter (both ways) that can convert office documents to webpages and make them fit into any website design. http://docvert.org/ ODF Wiki gives you full ODF editing capabilities within a Wiki using OpenOffice as an editor. http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/odf_www_an_odf_wiki Zoho Show, Zoho's online tool for making powerful presentations, now exports to odp. http://blogs.zoho.com/show/ Translate.org.za's XLIFF converter, sponsored by NLnet Foundation, a Netherlands-based donor organization focused on open standards and open source software, is developing software that converts ODF documents into XLIFF, a standard used by translators to share and exchange translations, without having to consider what software package they are using. http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0806301302.asp?A=HOME&O=FPMN OpenOffice.org ODF Validation Service is a web page where you can check whether a particular file is a valid ODF file. http://tools.services.openoffice.org/odfvalidator/ KDE's KOffice 2.0 Alpha 8 office suite, KOffice's first release for all three major operating systems, includes major enhancements in its support for ODF. http://www.koffice.org/releases/2.0alpha8-release.php Oxygen XML Editor and Oxygen XML Author allow you to extract, validate, edit and process the XML data stored in OpenDocument files and any other ZIP-based archive. http://www.oxygenxml.com/index.html#new-version Adobe's Buzzword online word processor now provides support for importing and exporting documents in odt. http://blogs.adobe.com/acom/2008/06/buzzword_looking_ahead.html Sun's StarOffice 9 beta now features support for importing ODF v1.2 and other ODF-related enhancements. http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/features/2008-0716/index.jsp ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ALLIANCE MEMBERS Please welcome the following new members: Tarif-Angebote (Germany); Webdesign Senkrecht (Germany); DealzFirst (USA); Finanzen Online (Germany); Emerges (Chile); Webdesign-up2date.de (Germany); F/S Marketing (UK); Versicherungen (Germany); OmegaT+ (Canada), Fraktfritt Sverige (Sweden), ME Data (Sweden), Relevansanalys (Sweden) and Online Kredit Index (Germany). ----------------------------------------------------------------- EVENTS CALENDAR 2nd International ODF User Workshop [9-10 Oct 2008 - Pretoria, South Africa] http://www.odfworkshop.org Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) 2008 [20-23 Oct 2008 - Portland, OR, USA] http://goscon.org/ Open Source World Conference 2008 [20-22 Oct 2008, Malaga, Spain] http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/ OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2008)[5-7 Nov 2008 - Beijing, China] http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ODF IN THE NEWS Microsoft admits ODF won [Andrew Donoghue, ZDNet UK http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008487o-2000331759b,00.htm Red Hat Summit panel: Who 'won' OOXML battle? [Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/19/Red_Hat_Summit_panel_Who_won_OOXML_battle_1.html 'ODF has clearly won,' says Microsoft exec [Egan Orion, itWire] http://www.itnews.com.au/News/78954,odf-has-clearly-won-says-microsoft-exec.aspx OOXML will take second place following Microsoft's announcement to support ODF, says Dr Alex Brown http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40352&hilite= EU's Kroes: open standards are smart business move [Reuters] http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL0935274720080610?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 EC Official Talks Open Standards, Raps Microsoft [Kurt Mackie, Redmond Channel Partner Online] http://rcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=9957 ODF supports EC calls for more open formats [David Neal, IT Week] http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2218962/odf-supports-ec-calls-open EU stumbles on buying Microsoft alternatives [David Lawsky, Reuters] http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSL1381809020080617?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 ISO: there can be only one - Microsoft OOXML or open ODF? [Mark Ballard, The Enquirer] http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/12/iso_one The era of closed formats is dead [Alastair Otter, Tectonic] http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2492 IBM staff advised to use open software [John Collins, The Irish Times] http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0613/breaking2.htm Suncorp Envisages Linux, ODF for 20,000 Desktops [Liam Tung, ZDNet.com.au] http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Suncorp-looks-forward-to-desktop-Linux-ODF/0,130061733,339289679,00.htm XML makes eGovt transparent [Candace Jones, ITWeb] http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0806191101.asp?A=HOME&O=FPMN Microsoft ODF workshop? Cool! [Technoracle] http://technoracle.blogspot.com/2008/06/microsoft-odf-workshop-cool.html Microsoft and the anti-Microsoft [Lou Dolinar, Newsday] http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-bzdolinar5735718jun22,0,2628543.column The customer counts for nothing [Axonn Echysttas, The Inquirer] http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/14/exploring-dark-side To unsubscribe, send an email to: unsubscribe-219507 at elabs3.com with the address: brando.fouts at gmail.com in the subject line. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080728/da1da53a/attachment.htm From ssinghose at wccg.net Mon Jul 28 15:56:54 2008 From: ssinghose at wccg.net (Steve Singhose) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:56:54 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Meeting reminder Message-ID: <488DECB7.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> Hello all. Just a quick reminder that this Wednesday, July 30 is the next PSNUG meeting. Doug Ouzts, Director of Partner Management of Condrey Corporation will be with us to get us up to speed on their current products including Kanaka for Macintosh, DocXchanger and Novell Storage Manager. For more info check the details at the PSNUG web page - http://www.psnug.org/calendar/calendar.html See you Wednesday evening. Food arrives at 18:00 Steve Singhose Vice-President Puget Sound Network Users Group (PSNUG) http://www.psnug.org 206-419-0829 From eric at chhip.org Tue Jul 29 09:02:06 2008 From: eric at chhip.org (Eric Kahklen) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:02:06 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Defcon Message-ID: Is anyone going to Defcon this year? Eric -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080729/9627e2e3/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Jul 29 15:47:31 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:47:31 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Vista downgrade tips? Message-ID: <609b18560807291547k2201fb6ey6c3c839eb3ccffda@mail.gmail.com> I have no idea if all this is true - comments anyone? __________________________________________ Message: 17 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:50:54 -0400 From: "Mike Subject: RE: Vista ? To: "Novell LAN Interest Group" As a system builder let me make a suggestion. If you order Vista Business you are entitled to a downgrade to Windows XP Pro if you currently own Windows XP Pro on another system. This does mean you would need to reload the system but you should consider this fact. If in the future you should decide to use Vista Business you won't need to purchase an upgrade for those systems, just put Vista back on them! This downgrade is only applicable to Vista Business and Vista Ultimate. It will only allow a downgrade to XP Pro not XP Home or Media Center. To downgrade you will need to install Windows XP Pro using the license from another system. DO NOT ACTIVATE THAT LICENSE. Call Microsoft and request a new code for that system. Tell them you are downgrading. They will ask for the Vista code. Give it to them and they should give you the new code. This is perfectly legal. The important thing is not activating the XP license that you use to install the downgrade. If you do it may affect the system that XP Pro is currently installed on. Mike -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080729/0d50f0dd/attachment.htm From randygrein at comcast.net Tue Jul 29 20:11:05 2008 From: randygrein at comcast.net (Randy Grein) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:11:05 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Defcon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Heh. I wished. See you at the meeting tomorrow night? Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Eric Kahklen wrote: > Is anyone going to Defcon this year? > > > Eric > _______________________________________________ > News mailing list > News at psnug.org > http://psnug.org/mailman/listinfo/news_psnug.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080729/2a77330a/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 12:26:09 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:26:09 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Linux Plumbers Conference Message-ID: <609b18560807301226t346876ddvdf36ecca7b9918f5@mail.gmail.com> Hopefully you have seen the URL on the PSNUG home page and below read more details - (see you tonight, if you have time) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jul 30, 2008 Subject: Featured Speakers, Early Bird Registration Deadline, and Conference Wiki (Brandon Philips) Send Announce mailing list submissions to announce at linuxplumbersconf.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to announce-request at linuxplumbersconf.org You can reach the person managing the list at announce-owner at linuxplumbersconf.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Announce digest..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 29 Jul 2008 12:18:00 -0700 From: Brandon Philips Subject: Featured Speakers, Early Bird Registration Deadline, and Conference Wiki Linux Plumbers Conference 17-19 September 2008 Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ Featured Speakers at Linux Plumbers Conference The Linux Plumbers Conference is pleased to announce two featured speakers for the upcoming conference. Greg Kroah-Hartman will give the conference keynote, speaking about the Linux ecosystem and why it matters. Jonathan Corbet will give a featured talk entitled "The Kernel Report," which will include results from the Kernel Summit, held just prior to LPC. Greg Kroah-Hartman is a Novell Fellow in the SuSE Labs division and maintains many crucial subsystems in the Linux kernel. Greg founded and runs the Linux Driver Project, which writes and maintains drivers for hardware vendors at no cost. Greg is an experienced speaker whose hard-hitting talks often drive the technical and political direction of Linux. Greg's speaking credits include the keynote speech for Ottawa Linux Symposium 2006, "3 Myths, 2 Lies, and 5 Truths about Linux Kernel Development," and "State of the Linux Kernel" at OSCON 2004-2007. Greg will also be running the "User and Kernel Interfaces" microconference at LPC. Jonathan Corbet is the editor-in-chief of Linux Weekly News, a Linux kernel developer, and chronicler of many past Kernel Summits. Jonathan will give the Kernel Report, presenting the key results of the 2008 Kernel Summit and his thoughts on the current state of Linux development and where it may be heading in the near future. Early Bird Registration Deadline The registration fee for Linux Plumbers Conference is $250 until August 18th, when it will increase to $300. Speakers get free registration and speakers who register before accepted talks are announced will have their registration fee refunded in full. Register here: http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/register/ Conference Wiki Open The wiki for Linux Plumbers Conference is now open: http://wiki.linuxplumbersconf.org/ The wiki is for conference members to organize meetings, ad-hoc technical sessions, and meet-ups in "unconference" style. It can also be used to organize social events, bicycle rides, and excursions to the wide variety of Portland dining and drinking establishments. About the conference The Linux Plumbers Conference is a developer conference for the open source community. LPC brings together the top developers working on the "plumbing" of Linux - kernel subsystems, core libraries, windowing system, etc. - and gives them three days to work together on core design problems. LPC is co-located with and held directly following the 2008 Kernel Summit, in Portland, Oregon. Major sponsors of the Linux Plumbers Conference include Intel, IBM, and NetApp. The LPC is underwritten by the Linux Foundation. LPC is a revenue-neutral event. -- Linux Plumbers Conference 17-19 September 2008 Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce at linuxplumbersconf.org http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/announce End of Announce Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1 ************************************** -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080730/f7a9d9db/attachment.htm From randygrein at comcast.net Wed Jul 30 17:34:23 2008 From: randygrein at comcast.net (Randy Grein) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:34:23 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] IT Roadmap show this month Message-ID: <4B27CC44-8450-4B86-8BCE-DAC0E89AD0EF@comcast.net> For your viewing pleasure - IT Roadmap, a conference sponsored by Network World, is coming to Seattle in August: Great News! IT Roadmap Conference & Expo is coming to Seattle in 2008! ? and this is your special opportunity to secure your seat TODAY! www.networkworld.com/ERM8SPPUG Seats are filling up, and this is a fantastic time to become part of Seattle's annual IT event that is the fastest route to success on the 10 most-challenging tracks in IT. And for 2008 we've enhanced and added more session tracks since last year: > Virtualization- NEW > Enterprise Mobility > Network Management, Automation & Control > Network & Application Acceleration > NAC: Network Access Control > Data Centers Infrastructure and Management > Security and Compliance > VoIP, Video and Unified Communications > Next-Generation WAN Services- NEW > SaaS and Cloud Computing- NEW The idea behind IT Roadmap Seattle is that we're turning a single day focused on the latest developments in IT - into a year of practical, profitable solutions. Bringing together IT's brightest analysts -- most-effective technology partners -- and most-innovative users to give you the kind of timely, hands-on insights, and ready-to-implement answers you need now. High-return on my time investment ?An in-depth plethora of interviews, presentations, discussions, round- tables, vendor exhibitions, and professional networking brought together in one place. Rarely do I get such a high return on one day of my time investment. I?m much more prepared now to understand and resolve my network concerns and to select solution providers.? ---Dale Donchin, CAD Director - Analog Devices Inc. 2008 is the year to attend! Check out the days agenda: http://www.networkworld.com/events/2008/agenda.html And get ready to join us and go from 0 to 60 Solutions on IT's 10 Most Critical Topics! NETWORK WORLD LIVE PRESENTS IT Roadmap: Seattle Tuesday -- August 12th, 2008 Washington State Convention & Trade Center Click quick, confirm your information and you're in! www.networkworld.com/ERM8SPPUG Don?t forget to check out our Principal, Platinum and Gold Sponsors. http://www.networkworld.com/events/2008/expo.html Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA From ssinghose at wccg.net Thu Jul 31 12:29:38 2008 From: ssinghose at wccg.net (Steve Singhose) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:29:38 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Fwd: DocXchanger Files References: <3500131640A0@support.condreycorp.com> Message-ID: <4891B031.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> Now wasn't that fun last night? Good food, good presenter. For those that are interested, Doug send along this link to access his info files on DocXchanger. Of course they are viewable using DocXchanger and he has granted us one week of access. If you don't get them now, let me know and I can arrange it with Doug to send them out to you. See you next month when Brian Tuttle of Metageek will be with us demo one of their new products. http://www.metageek.net/ Now this thing is nifty. This access is provided by Doug ouzts. Web access: https://docxchanger.condreycorp.com:443/DX/T/050D268F39E1F39B79BF7432855386EE Provider's Information: http://www.condreycorp.com Novell Storage Manager http://www.storagemgr.com Steve Singhose Vice-President Puget Sound Network Users Group (PSNUG) http://www.psnug.org 206-419-0829 From brando.fouts at gmail.com Mon Aug 4 18:36:39 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:36:39 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] =?windows-1252?q?Fwd=3A_Don=92t_Miss_VMworld_200?= =?windows-1252?q?8_=96_Register_Now!?= In-Reply-To: <3267206C5E2A45279E83FDC24227982B@524> References: <3267206C5E2A45279E83FDC24227982B@524> Message-ID: <609b18560808041836w4ee0b62ake15380426f921ea3@mail.gmail.com> FYI - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The VMworld Team Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:15 AM [image: VMworld 2008] Start Planning Your VMworld 2008 Experience With VMworld(R) 2008 less than eight weeks away, now is the time to register for the leading virtualization event. 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What the heck does that mean? see above URL. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For those of you who weren't there, the address is: Speakeasy, Inc. 1201 Western Ave, Seattle WA We're meeting in a conference room on the 7th floor. Let someone in the lobby know that you're here for GSLUG and they'll show you up. As usual, all information can be found on the wiki: http://gslug.org/index.php/Meeting_2008-08-09 If you'd like to give a talk (and I hope you do) or are just planning to attend, please RSVP by adding yourself to the wiki page. Let me know if you have any questions, I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend! And if you're looking for internet, phone, or other networking services, take a look athttp://www.speakeasy.net/. Be sure to thank them for supporting the local linux community! - Eric (Please forward this email to friends and other local mailing lists!) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080807/46c13888/attachment.htm From rbliss at msn.com Fri Aug 8 15:13:18 2008 From: rbliss at msn.com (Rodney Bliss) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:13:18 -0600 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] GroupWise turns 20 Message-ID: For anyone that remembers "the old days," today 8/8/08 is the 20 year anniversary of the first release of GroupWise (formally WordPerfect Office) for DOS. 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Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080811/0f755c0e/attachment.htm From ssinghose at wccg.net Tue Aug 12 15:18:53 2008 From: ssinghose at wccg.net (Steve Singhose) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:18:53 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Looking for Beta Testers for Riva GroupWise Integration for SageCRM References: <48A169A6020000A80002C897@mail.omni-ts.com> <48A16C11020000A80002C89A@mail.omni-ts.com> <48A16D7A020000A80002C89D@mail.omni-ts.com> <48A16D7B.B3DF.00A8.0@omni-ts.com> Message-ID: <48A1A9DD.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> Our friend Aldo from OmniTS is looking for beta testers. Get in contact with him if you would like to participate. Steve. >>> "Aldo Zanoni" 8/12/2008 10:01 >>> Hello, Just a quick note to let you know that we are looking for private beta testers for Riva GroupWise Integration for SageCRM. I would appreciate your help in spreading the word. If you know of anyone you think might be interested in being a Riva SageCRM beta tester, please forward this email to them. Riva CRM Integration for GroupWise runs on Linux or Windows. You can beta test either or both the Single-user Desktop Edition or the Enterprise Edition. You will need at least GroupWise 7.0.3 with SOAP enabled on the post office of users who are testing. It doesn't matter what server OS you run GroupWise on. There are no client side restrictions. Your CRM synchronised information is transparently available on all GroupWise clients: Windows, Mac, Linux, WebAccess, BES, GMS, Outlook, Evolution, ... If you and/or your company are interested, please send me an email off-list with your contact information. We support SageCRM versions 6.x. Riva GroupWise Integration for SageCRM provides the same advanced SmartConvert, ConnectBar and transparent bi-directional address book and calendar synchronisation functionality as Riva for our other supported CRMs (Salesforce, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft SharePoint, Info at hand, SugarCRM and Bluefin CRM). We host regularly scheduled web seminars and also have On-demand Webcasts of the Riva Overview and Integrated CRM Client if you want more information: http://www.omni-ts.com/omni-web-seminars.html http://www.omni-ts.com/quicktours/ I look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Aldo -- Aldo Zanoni CEO, Managing Director Omni Technology Solutions Inc. The GroupWise Integration Company aldo at omni-ts.com www.omni-ts.com +1.780.423.4200 Office Ext. 232 -- Visit http://www.ngwlist.com for help unsubscribing From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Aug 12 22:42:42 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:42:42 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Linux 32 laptops Message-ID: <609b18560808122242h2ebd149do7954902fc270548@mail.gmail.com> 32 Ultra Mobile Personal Computers (i.e. tiny laptops) that run Linux http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/08/04/32-ultra-mobile-pcs-that-run-linux/ -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." 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Broadcasters oppose the plans by Google and other tech companies such as Microsoft, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard, arguing that unlicensed use would interfere with their signals, distort TV pictures for millions of viewers, and give tech giants free use of the spectrum. news article: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_10238656?source=rss Campaign to get public support (FCC makes all the rules) http://freetheairwaves.com/ -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080818/c074cf86/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 15:11:57 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:11:57 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] helping kids Message-ID: <609b18560808201511v4cfb0c5fp49881cd4c976c2c0@mail.gmail.com> a father shares his experience at kids school - about computers, learning, robots, etc. http://blip.tv/file/1137045 -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. 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At TelecomTV, we believe this is fundamentally wrong and will damage Internet neutrality along with European citizens' civil rights and liberties." two short commercials: http://newteevee.com/2008/08/17/throttle-the-package-europes-fight-for-net-neutrality/ ____________ consider: http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/20756.html "This is a sneaky hit and run job and the danger is that European ISPs and Internet users will be outflanked and overwhelmed before they know what has happened." -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." 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Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080824/625f164f/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Aug 26 11:02:39 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:02:39 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] PSNUG Monthly meeting reminder Message-ID: <609b18560808261102i57048c91mb8f7543ce0652bc6@mail.gmail.com> August 27, 2008 - Wednesday (tomorrow) Brian Tuttle of Metageek will demo their new products. 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Anecdotally he explains a 20,000 node network using pricey switches could cost as much as $28 million to construct; with commodity gear, the same network would ring up at closer to $4 million. reminder: Google servers only use 10Mb NICs - they don't want/need a single server to clog a 100Mb connection, let alone a Gb connection. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/082208-network-architecture.html?netht=ts_082508&nladname=082508dailynewsamal -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." 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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080826/fdf5cf08/attachment.htm From ssinghose at wccg.net Wed Aug 27 21:54:53 2008 From: ssinghose at wccg.net (Steve Singhose) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:54:53 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] The discount code for this evenings presenter Message-ID: <48B5CD2D.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> For that of you that couldn't make it to this evening meeting I have a special offer to pass along to you. Steve Johnson, Senior Code Geek from Metageek put on a great presentation of their Wi-Spy 2.4x spectrum monitoring tool. http://www.metageek.net/products/wi-spy24x I think Ed even had fun turning the microwave oven on and off so he could see the spectrum real time on the screen on the other end of the room. The folks at Metageek have extended a very kind, limited time offer to PSNUG, a 20% discount on the Wi-Spy 2.4x. Just enter the coupon code: PSNUG at checkout. This coupon code will work for just one week so best count your penny's soon and place the order ;+) See you next month. Take care. Steve Singhose Vice-President Puget Sound Network Users Group (PSNUG) http://www.psnug.org 206-419-0829 From brando.fouts at gmail.com Sun Aug 31 20:04:42 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:04:42 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Fwd: Linux Plumbers Conference Message-ID: <609b18560808312004h5ee5de3al903f89a6005929a0@mail.gmail.com> FYI - (find conference link at www.psnug.org) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Valerie Henson" Subject: [lpc-announce] Room Scheduling Wiki Open Room Scheduling Wiki Open Linux Plumbers Conference 17-19 September 2008 Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ Room Scheduling Wiki Open The Linux Plumbers Conference will have several rooms available for BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), informal talks, working groups, and any other gathering. Rooms may be reserved either at the conference or in advance using the room scheduling wiki: http://wiki.linuxplumbersconf.org/bofschedule Attendance is Limited - Register Soon! The Linux Plumbers Conference is limited to 300 attendees and is on track to sell out. Reserve your space by registering now: http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/register/ Regular registration fee is $300, which includes access to the entire technical program, the joint Kernel Summit/Linux Plumbers Conference party on Tuesday night, and the Wednesday reception. The student registration fee is $50. About the conference The Linux Plumbers Conference is a developer conference for the open source community. LPC brings together the top developers working on the "plumbing" of Linux - kernel subsystems, core libraries, windowing system, etc. - and gives them three days to work together on core design problems. LPC is co-located with and held directly following the 2008 Kernel Summit, in Portland, Oregon. Major sponsors of the Linux Plumbers Conference include Intel, IBM, and NetApp. The LPC is underwritten by the Linux Foundation. LPC is a revenue-neutral event. -- Linux Plumbers Conference 17-19 September 2008 Portland, Oregon USA http://linuxplumbersconf.org/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce at linuxplumbersconf.org http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/announce End of Announce Digest, Vol 7, Issue 1 ************************************** -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." 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Message-ID: <609b18560809011808h4196c27r5980e770dac1927c@mail.gmail.com> Yet another reason to start using OpenOffice.org or Sun StarOffice or Novell version - they are all share the same basic code. _____________________________________________ The significance of OOXML as a standard is waning: Microsoft does *not* expect to make its current generation of office productivity software, Office 2007, compliant with the ISO/IEC version of OOXML. Microsoft plans instead to add compatibility with ISO/IEC 26300 OpenDocument Format standard used by OpenOffice.org, Sun Microsystems' StarOffice and IBM's Symphony software http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146558/venezuela_joins_line_appealing_ooxml_standard_approval.html -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Darwin _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080901/14723ae7/attachment.htm From randygrein at comcast.net Mon Sep 1 19:13:25 2008 From: randygrein at comcast.net (Randy Grein) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:13:25 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] US Internet advantage on the decline Message-ID: <3F9AEDA7-41C4-40D5-B4AE-0785464F7BB8@comcast.net> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/30pipes.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin You will need a NY Times login to read the article, but they do seem to honor basic consumer rights. What's amazing is the incredible obviousness of the change that seems to have caught people by surprise. Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA From randygrein at comcast.net Tue Sep 2 09:33:57 2008 From: randygrein at comcast.net (Randy Grein) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:33:57 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] RFID security through intimidation Message-ID: <7ACB151F-B622-4DB9-B926-9E4C37B31266@comcast.net> I'm sure I am not the only PSNUG member who watches Mythbusters!, but how many watch Mobuzz to get your daily fill of tech TV? Today's episode is particularly interesting - not only do Jamie and Adam paint a replica of the Mona Lisa using paintguns, listen to Adam explain why they won't be showing any RFID hacks. http://dailybuzz.mobuzz.tv/ or subscribe through iTunes. Next time we talk about security technology, remember that technology protected by lawyers isn't. Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA From ssinghose at wccg.net Wed Sep 3 06:00:06 2008 From: ssinghose at wccg.net (Steve Singhose) Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:00:06 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] GroupWise 8 in Public BETA!! References: <48BE3431.7395.002F.0@gw.novell.com> Message-ID: <48BE27E6.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> >>> "Dean Lythgoe" 9/3/2008 05:52 >>> Introducing GroupWise 8!! Public beta of Bonsai is here! Also the code name is gone ? the next version of GroupWise is officially GroupWise 8! Please download it at the following link: www.novell.com/groupwisebeta Along with our authorized beta sites, our internal Novell IS&T team and several customers and partners, we are pleased to bring you a very solid, well tested and superbly engineered update to the Novell Collaboration family. As preparation for public beta, GroupWise has gone through an extensive round of testing, validation and automated review. Here are a few highlights: Automation: The Quality Control team has continued an effort to automate several of our test cases and testing processes. The automated tests are run everyday as soon as a new build of the code with the latest changes is complete. The automated test cases continue to expand in number and coverage. They are our first indication that we have a solid build on a daily basis. The automation test cases have not failed once in the last 45 days. Test Cases: The testing organization has written and executed over 9000 test cases, many of them multiple times in order to catch regressions and ensure quality. The P1 test cases represent about 8300 of the overall test case database and were recently executed again as part of our public beta preparedness. Those test cases passed at 93%. Engineering has already fixed several of the issues that were uncovered by those test cases and we will target the rest of them to be resolved before FCS. Authorized BETA sites: We have had excellent participation from the 50+ authorized beta sites. They recommended and approved that we move onto public beta. Several of the beta sites have already deployed GroupWise 8 into their production systems and environments. Their participation, input and testing has been invaluable and they have helped shape the product as well as find issues and validate scenarios. Internal Rollout: Our own IS&T department has been very aggressive in making sure that GroupWise 8 is rolled out and being used by Novell as a corporation. We have almost every Post Offices inside of Novell running GroupWise 8 on Linux and Netware. (Over 20 in all) Those post offices are located in Provo, Waltham, Europe and Asia. We also have MTAs, two of our main GWIAs and WebAccess all running GroupWise 8. Over 4000 employees are on a Bonsai post office while just over 400 are currently using a Bonsai client (Windows, Linux, Mac and WebAccess). We expect to expand this rapidly over the next few weeks. Quality Metrics: As mentioned in a few of my blog posts, Novell is pushing every product line to increase their quality and to be able to measure it. One of those metrics is based on the severity of bugs/defects found and fixed in the product. Here are some of the metrics that represent the state of the GroupWise 8 public beta code, including the public beta goals. Critial bugs: 91% resolved - 90% is the goal for public beta Major bugs: 93% resolved - 85% is the goal for public beta Normal bugs: 75% resolved ? 75% is the goal for public beta Minor bugs: 75% resolved ? 50% is the goal for public beta Lighthouse Project: Novell is also sponsoring an early adopter program. We have 12 customers that have agreed to rollout GroupWise 8 into production with the public beta code. This will provide real world experience and help us gauge our readiness for final shipment. In all, including Novell, its beta sites and the Lighthouse program, there should be almost 10,000 people using GroupWise 8, in production, by the time we ship the final version. We are confident that you will find GroupWise 8 to be very solid, well-tested and with more new features than any previous release of GroupWise. I k now that we will not satisfy everyone, but I am confident that there is something in this release of GroupWise that will make it a ?must? upgrade for you and your organization. Check out the ?What?s New? section of the documentation to find your favorite feature. http://www.novell.com/documentation/gw8 During the final push before final shipment, we will continue to polish and make it shine. Please help us by participating in the public beta and by providing feedback. Enjoy!! Same post will be made to my blog at: http://www.novell.com/communities/blogs/dlythgoe Dean Lythgoe Director, GroupWise Engineering dlythgoe at novell.com 801-861-1159 Novell Software for the Open Enterprise From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Sep 9 12:34:55 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:34:55 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] dot NET crash - useful info ? Message-ID: <609b18560809091234r6599585fyd7510c3fb7d1a0ee@mail.gmail.com> http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_suffers_net_crash -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." 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Deadline for proposals is September 17. *The future is waiting, but not for long!* If you are working on the next big technological breakthrough, we want to hear from you, and soon. The deadline for submitting a proposal is September 17. After that, the future just might take place without you. We're especially interested in demonstrations of technologies that will help us transition from a consumer culture fueled by cheap energy and focused on material plenty to one focused on sustainable living for everyone. How will emerging technologies sustain our quality of life on the planet? We want to hear from inventors, entrepreneurs, visionaries, sustainability designers, technologists, resource strategists, coders, and hackers who want to change the way world works. Submit a proposal This year we're looking for new approaches and breakthrough ideas in these exciting new areas: - *City Tech* Suddenly cities are fashionable and exurbs look like a failed idea. Can technology can create a livable, prosperous, sustainable city? Does the density of infrastructure represent a solution? Will shared citizen data make cities smarter? Is there a future for the megalopolis? - *Sustainable Living* Clean tech promises a bright green future for our homes, our cars, our way of life. Which emerging technologies are poised to deliver a brighter, greener future? What can we learn from Europe? What technologies are currently taking shape in the sustainable cities of Dubai? - *Personalized Healthcare* In the future, we'll be more responsible for our health and our healthcare than ever before. What are the breakthroughs in technology, genomics, medicine, anti-aging, drug development and delivery that will make a difference in extending our lives and enhancing our quality of life? - *Synthetic Biology* Can you build a better molecule? Deliver DNA sequencing faster, cheaper, and more accurately? Redesign bacterium? Exploit the behavior of intracellular physics? 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Today's Topics: 1. Online Registration Closes Friday (Valerie Henson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:04:11 -0700 From: "Valerie Henson" Subject: [lpc-announce] Online Registration Closes Friday To: announce at linuxplumbersconf.org Message-ID: <70b6f0bf0809101404i335f1fbdwae9772a84739beda at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Online Registration Closes Friday Online registration for Linux Plumbers Conference closes Friday, September 12th, or when the limit of 300 attendees has been reached, whichever comes first. Register here: http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/register/ If you plan to attend, we recommend registering as soon as possible as the conference is nearly sold out. Regular registration fee is $300, which includes access to the entire technical program, the joint Kernel Summit/Linux Plumbers Conference party on Tuesday night, and the Wednesday reception. The student registration fee is $50. About the conference The Linux Plumbers Conference is a developer conference for the open source community. LPC brings together the top developers working on the "plumbing" of Linux - kernel subsystems, core libraries, windowing system, etc. - and gives them three days to work together on core design problems. LPC is co-located with and held directly following the 2008 Kernel Summit, in Portland, Oregon. Major sponsors of the Linux Plumbers Conference include Intel, IBM, and NetApp. The LPC is underwritten by the Linux Foundation. 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URL: http://psnug.org/pipermail/news_psnug.org/attachments/20080911/fd73a9fd/attachment.htm From brando.fouts at gmail.com Fri Sep 12 23:30:10 2008 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:30:10 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Fwd: Linux SIG meeting Tuesday Sep 16, 2008, A+ Computer Recycle Message-ID: <609b18560809122330s5c21f12by7472c4872412a80d@mail.gmail.com> FYI - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:17 PM Subject: Remember to be at Linux SIG meeting Tuesday Sep 16, 2008, A+ Computer Recycle To: Fox7777 at carlsonco.net Linux SIG Meeting: Linux is the revolution that is becoming the computer operating system of the future! Say good bye to expensive proprietary operating systems, viruses, worms, crashes, forced upgrades, infuriating pop-ups & get a better, complete Linux operating system with all the applications you need for a very affordable price. Now is the time to make the move to Linux. We welcome you to join us. The September 16, 2008 Linux SIG meeting is on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Lakewood Fire Station, 5000 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 (by the water tower & on the West side of the complex) in Training Room #1 (note that we are requesting Room #1 due to increasing attendance. However I haven't verified this yet so it could still be in training room 2). Doors open by 6:30 PM for setup. Super fast T-1 internet connections available. We will look at the new released Linux distributions including Mepis Linux 8.00 (which runs on Debian & Kubuntu and adds improvements), PCLinuxOS 2007 (which is well suited to new users), OpenSUSE 11.0 with One Click Software Install, Puppy Linux 4.1 for old/low capacity computers, flash drives, etc, Kubuntu 8.10 & Fedora 9. We will explore Virtual Private Networks (VPN), such as OpenVPN or Krdc, virtual online meetings using Gizmo or Skype, Speech Recognition, such as XVoice and wireless security. As always, you are encouraged to use Linux as your operating system since Linux is much more secure, more affordable and the best solution for home or office use. You can run Linux on all off-the-shelf standard hardware from new back to approx. Pentium I. The goal is to get you started or advanced with Linux. See http://www.Linux-Now.us A+ Computer Recycle: A+ Computer Recycle, 2724 Pacific Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501, 360-754-1311, http://home.comcast.net/~fox7777/A+.htmlis opening approx. Sep 22, 2008. A+ Computer Recycle is a vendor at the following two events. Saturday September 20th at South Sound Speedway southsoundspeedway.com . Saturday September 27th at Thurston County Fairgrounds, http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/fair/default.asp . Please contact us if you are interested. Thanks, Joel Carlson -------- Original Message -------- Subject: TAPCUG Laptop From: "NEIL STAHFEST" Date: Fri, September 12, 2008 3:03 pm While setting up for the Open Lab session this morning, I discovered that TAPCUG's laptop compute would not power up. I unplugged the external power cable and plugged it back in, checked to see that the power strip in the cabinet was energized (it was), and removed the battery and replaced it. No joy. The computer simply wont turn on. Possible causes; the external power supply isn't working and the internal battery is discharged, the problem is something inside the computer. The laptop worked when I demoed the Disk of the Month at the August General Meeting. During today's Open Lab, Jim Cosgrove dropped by for something and mentioned that the laptop would not power up when he tried to use it during his last S.I.G. meeting (on Sept 5?). I didn't use it for the Flight Simulator S.I.G. on Aug 29 (I used my own laptop). - Neil P.S. 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Steve Singhose Vice-President Puget Sound Network Users Group (PSNUG) http://www.psnug.org 206-419-0829 From ssinghose at wccg.net Wed Sep 24 08:48:44 2008 From: ssinghose at wccg.net (Steve Singhose) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:48:44 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org News] Additional info on tonights meetings Message-ID: <48D9FEEC.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> Hi everyone. Brandon has posted some links to Barracuda data sheets on the PSNUG web site. http://www.psnug.org/calendar/calendar.html See everyone tonight. Steve Singhose Vice-President Puget Sound Network Users Group (PSNUG) http://www.psnug.org 206-419-0829