Kubuntu local feedback
I have recently bought a video camera which can save AVCHD files (High definition). I have found what looks like a very good Video Editor for Linux - kdenlive. Unfortunately my current distro does not have the latest version which is redesigned for KDE4. I have installed Kubuntu in Virtualbox and upgraded to KDE 4.2 and tested kdenlive successfully but before I switch distros I wondered if there are any pros and cons from this list (about Kubuntu). War stories? Any better ideas? Rob
Re: Kubuntu local feedback
On Thursday 29 January 2009 20:59:37 Robert Fisher wrote: I have recently bought a video camera which can save AVCHD files (High definition). I have found what looks like a very good Video Editor for Linux - kdenlive. Unfortunately my current distro does not have the latest version which is redesigned for KDE4. I have installed Kubuntu in Virtualbox and upgraded to KDE 4.2 and tested kdenlive successfully but before I switch distros I wondered if there are any pros and cons from this list (about Kubuntu). I love it. Kde-4.x works pretty well for me. Takes a bit of fiddling trouble to get the desktop set up, but I like the end result. -- With Sincerity, Christopher Sawtell
Re: Kubuntu local feedback
I tried kubuntu out of queriosity about a month ago, ended up scrambling x while trying to change the colours of kde4 and have yet to reinstall. For your movies I recently used kino for the 1st time, very pleased with the result but would like to add a menu to the next one. There are however some tricks needed to include jpegs (for headings etc) Barry Robert Fisher wrote: I have recently bought a video camera which can save AVCHD files (High definition). I have found what looks like a very good Video Editor for Linux - kdenlive. Unfortunately my current distro does not have the latest version which is redesigned for KDE4. I have installed Kubuntu in Virtualbox and upgraded to KDE 4.2 and tested kdenlive successfully but before I switch distros I wondered if there are any pros and cons from this list (about Kubuntu). War stories? Any better ideas? Rob
Re: Kubuntu local feedback
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 9:14:15 pm Barry Marchant wrote: For your movies I recently used kino for the 1st time Kino does not, as far as I can tell, handle the AVCHD files.
Re: Ubuntu apt-get issue
2009/1/27 Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz: apt-get clean all Many thanks; that did the trick when apt-get clean didn't. (Ether that or the issue coincidently resolved itself at the same moment...) Roy.
Re: Feb meeting...
On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:51:10 Zane Gilmore wrote: Although I like the idea of getting together for a geeky chin-wag over a few beers, I think that we can put together a few talks. Occasionally people will turn up who are worth listening to and right now we could easily do a couple a talks right now. I arranged for Derek to do a talk on what he was up to. And Andrew and I could do a presentation on what went down at LCA (linux.conf.au). There were some very cool things that happened there. (e.g http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22752/1090/1/0/ ) BTW Have you seen that the next one is in Wellington!? Hi, OK, So for those who are still recovering from post LCA trauma; so many projects so little time.. The meeting scheduled for 7:30pm on February 10th 2009, will be at the St Albans Community Resource Centre, 1047 Colombo Street. The speaker will be: Derek Smithies And there might be other things discussed during the tea break. Can I get confirmation on this so I can mark it on the family room calendar. Thanks, Andrew
clug - future of the wiki
Hey, As I've recently returned from attending my second LCA and have gained some extra enthusiasm for the social gathering and participation concept. So, I was trolling randomly around the interweb the other day and ended up on the clug wiki where about halfway down on the first page there is a paragraph that begins by stating that there is ongoing discussion as to the wiki's relevance and its current physical server location and maintenance thereof? Firstly, thanks Jim for spending the time to provide this resource to the clug. My questions are; Is this discussion actually current because I followed the link to the archives and became really confused. Has the wiki been moved, relocated, stopped or killed and I've just not noticed. Has this message just dragged up a topic that had been left to die for a reason. regards, Andrew
RE: Feb meeting...
Do we know what the topic of the talk will be? -Original Message- From: Andrew Sands [mailto:and...@theatrix.org.nz] Sent: Friday, 30 January 2009 11:44 am To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Feb meeting... On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:51:10 Zane Gilmore wrote: Although I like the idea of getting together for a geeky chin-wag over a few beers, I think that we can put together a few talks. Occasionally people will turn up who are worth listening to and right now we could easily do a couple a talks right now. I arranged for Derek to do a talk on what he was up to. And Andrew and I could do a presentation on what went down at LCA (linux.conf.au). There were some very cool things that happened there. (e.g http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22752/1090/1/0/ ) BTW Have you seen that the next one is in Wellington!? Hi, OK, So for those who are still recovering from post LCA trauma; so many projects so little time.. The meeting scheduled for 7:30pm on February 10th 2009, will be at the St Albans Community Resource Centre, 1047 Colombo Street. The speaker will be: Derek Smithies And there might be other things discussed during the tea break. Can I get confirmation on this so I can mark it on the family room calendar. Thanks, Andrew ** This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch City Council. If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the sender and delete. Christchurch City Council http://www.ccc.govt.nz **
Re: Feb meeting...
The meeting scheduled for 7:30pm on February 10th 2009, will be at the St Albans Community Resource Centre, 1047 Colombo Street. We have a Sat meeting now? That would be royally annoying as I couldn't possibly make anything that weekend. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Re: Feb meeting...
We have a Sat meeting now? Doh. Scratch that. Flips to the *February* calendar... -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Re: Feb meeting...
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:45:04 +1300 Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nz wrote: The meeting scheduled for 7:30pm on February 10th 2009, will be at the St Albans Community Resource Centre, 1047 Colombo Street. We have a Sat meeting now? That would be royally annoying as I couldn't possibly make anything that weekend. Errr that'll be a Tuesday. -- Steve st...@greengecko.co.nz
Re: clug - future of the wiki
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Andrew Sands and...@theatrix.org.nz wrote: Is this discussion actually current because I followed the link to the archives and became really confused. Probably not current, but still relevant. Has the wiki been moved, relocated, stopped or killed and I've just not noticed. Well, you were just reading a page from it, weren't you? :-) It's still there, with a couple of non-addressed problems (like upload permissions that don't work) Has this message just dragged up a topic that had been left to die for a reason. Inertia has a lot to do with it :-) I've been busy moving house, and dealing with family stuff. Now, my base position is this :- I haven't been living in Christchurch for a long time, so my involvement with CLUG consists solely of following this email list, and running the wiki software on a spare server. That server is getting increasingly less spare every day as its real work now consumes more and more resources. phpwiki and mysql between them take up much less than zero admin time, too. Note that the domain names that CLUG use are not owned or managed by me, Nick Rout donates and controls them. The wiki has been somewhat useful over the last few years, but hasn't been used heavily for anything except meeting related tasks. There is a reasonable selection of generic how-to documentation on there, but nothing that isn't already represented on the WLUG wiki (which has a much wider reach of technical information, as well as an incorporated society funding it) (also note that I've contributed some of CLUG's more unique technical data into WLUG already, as we're both using a suitable CC-BY-SA license) My current thoughts are to get a very low-overhead wiki set up on a new server, and to dedicate that to CLUG-specific tasks (i.e. meetings, presentations, etc) only. I may even find some way to hook in auto-reminder emails for events :-) The new server will be virtualised, and dedicated to CLUG, which means I could allow shell/admin access to people who are interested in helping out. I would expect the model for this to be open, and based around some published auditing system (i.e. the mailing list get to see what each server admin is doing), as yet just an embryonic thought! I'm open to suggestions, comments, and offers of help. I reserve the right to make the final decisions regarding my server of course :-) -jim
RE: Feb meeting...
Hi On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Payne, Owen wrote: Do we know what the topic of the talk will be? We do. Quoting from an earlier email to the list on this topic: Last year, Nick wrote quite passionately about local Christchurch companies using linux and wondering if any had any stories to tell in a meeting.. I replied, and noted that a wireless rate control module I had written has been added to the mainline kernel. Now, if you peruse your way to: http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/12825/print where you can read about the five best features in 2.6.28, you will find the comment: Frankly, based on what I've been seeing while using it with my Linux-powered ThinkPad R61, I'd upgrade to 2.6.28 for this feature alone. The wireless rate control module I helped write is called Minstrel. I will describe what wireless rate control modules are, why you need them and how the one I wrote works. Further. There will be examples of it operating at the meeting. Someone will need to bring a projector. I have not yet done the slides/presentation, but anyhow.. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: de...@indranet.co.nz ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
