Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help

2009-12-14 Thread Matt Amory
Thanks all! On 12/14/09, peter.ne...@parliament.vic.gov.au peter.ne...@parliament.vic.gov.au wrote: Depends what you are trying to do. If you are just after a more linux like shell for windows and some scripting then something like UWIN or cygwin would suit. If however, you want linux in

[CODE4LIB] Update: Support for attending Code4Lib2010

2009-12-14 Thread Eric Hellman
I'm happy to report that the ad hoc committee to support attendance at Code4Lib will be able to provide the requested help. I'd also like to thank Serials Solutions for their offer of support. Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA

[CODE4LIB] VuFind 1.0RC2 Released

2009-12-14 Thread Demian Katz
Hello, everyone. It's been a long time in the making, but we're finally able to announce a new release of the VuFind library discovery interface. VuFind 1.0RC2 is more configurable than ever before, features the latest Solr 1.4 index engine, and resolves many bugs from the previous release.

Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help

2009-12-14 Thread Cloutman, David
Cygwin++ / Wubi++ / Virtual box - heard good things from people who know Those three solutions give you respectively the choice between partial emulation / dual boot / and virtualization. Like others have, or are likely to say, it depends on what you're trying to do (and why you're trying to do

Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help

2009-12-14 Thread stuart yeates
Matt Amory wrote: I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option? While lots of other people have answered this question already, I'd like to point out that without information on what it is you want to use Linux for, it's almost impossible to

[CODE4LIB] Version 77, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography

2009-12-14 Thread Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
Version 77 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,620 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the

[CODE4LIB] seeking examples of web-based voice or video calling (VoIP) in libraries

2009-12-14 Thread Char Booth
Greetings, and apologies for cross-posting. In the coming months I will be compiling a Library Technology Report (http://www.alatechsource.org/ltr/index) that investigates one of the more under-the-radar/utilitarian library technologies of recent years, web-based voice and video calling and