Re: melodrama at CentOS?

with his team. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: melodrama at CentOS?

I heard he is visiting Hans Reiser :-) On 07/30/2009 11:36 AM, Michael ODonnell wrote: Anybody know anything beyond what's mentioned in this open letter to CentOS's Lance Davis signed by a number of key CentOS players? http://www.centos.org/ -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston

reminder Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XV tomorrow, Saturday

-bin/calendar/2009-bbq15 -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

Boston Linux Meeting tomorrow, July 15, 2009 Another Look at MythTV and MythDora

for our after meeting meeting. remember that the BLU BBQ will be held this Saturday, July 18, 2009. Please refer to the BLU website for further information and directions. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607

Boston Linux Meeting Wed, July 15, 2009 Another Look at MythTV and MythDora

plenty of free parking in the E-51 parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or on Amherst St. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XV

-bin/calendar/2009-bbq15 -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

Re: Analog Modems?

so as not to have to use any one computer as the router... -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Boston Linux Meeting Wed, June 17, 2009 Municipal Wireless, and BLU Birthday with cake and pizza

to go to Atasca, but they close too early. We also may not be hungry. We'll play it by ear. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: VirtualBox Ubuntu host with existing Vista

://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=984437highlight=vista+virtualboxpage=6 and language like Remove anything not necessary, some trial and error may be required if you are not sure what you need makes me leary to try it. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key

Re: [OT] DTV switch-over (was: Mythtv users + Comcast subscribers)

the CATV companies could basically keep sending analog signals forever. Or are they jumping on the digital-only bandwagon, too? http://www.dtv.gov/topfaqs.html#faq3 -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XXXIII Saturday May 30, 2009

floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Reminder Boston Linux Meeting tomorrow, Wed, May 20, 2009 Hacking your Portable Linux Server

. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Where are the c header files on my system?

/include. In addition, if you are doing some coding with thinks like KDE, the header files may be in the KDE or QT directories. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc

Re: Where are the c header files on my system?

to build a System V or BSD variant, but all is in the man pages. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Where are the c header files on my system?

of the standards. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Hacking your Portable Linux Server

in the E-51 parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or on Amherst St. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

Re: Limit CPUs

- That's not a kernel param... :) I believe 'maxcpus=x' is what we're looking for here. THAT'S the one ;-) -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc

Interop Roadshow - Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM in Waltham

://www.microsoft.com/CRMRedirector/default.aspx?TC=100145582 to register or learn more about the event. Other locations can be found at http://www.technetevents.com/interop -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow, April 15, 2009 UNIX, Linux, and BSD: A Look Back

. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, March 15, 2009 UNIX, Linux, and BSD: A Look Back (again)

. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, April 15, 2009 UNIX, Linux, and BSD: A Look Back (again) (fixed subject)

. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: OT? Shipping issues?

the money to my wife. If you can get the fedex documents, try to file a claim on the manufacturer. Certainly, FedEx would be responsible if they mishandled it, but if the item was shipped in improper packaging, then it is the shippers fault, not Fedex. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux

Re: OT? Shipping issues?

to drink themselves shitfaced when they returned back to base after a day of combat assaults. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: REDHAT vs SUSE *Ding-Ding

other thing to look at is what the customer is going to use Linux for, and who told them to use SuSE. SuSE tends to have quite of bit of strength in the European market historically while Red Hat has a stronger presence here in the US. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key

Re: recommendations on virtualization software

it. With the guest add ons, the cursor is integrated, so the VM cursor behaves like it does with a normal window. I have not personally tried Xen.Virtualbox 2.1.4 is the latest release and it is a free download. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key

Re: recommendations on virtualization software

On 03/19/2009 12:12 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: On 03/19/2009 11:55 AM, Mark Ellison wrote: Hi, I am seeking recommendations and pros/cons of different virtualization software. The physical machine is a Intel T9400 quad core with 8GB ram, 2x500GB sata disks and 1Gb nic. My current plan

Re: Grub issues

directly, was having to use a super-grub-disc (this is after re-mapping the drives in grub so I could boot windows). Whatever I did last I acutally wiped out the grub installation, there is no menu.1st or kernel on sda3. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP

Boston Linux Meeting tomorrow, March 18, 2009 Doc Searls on Vendor Relationship Management

plenty of free parking in the E-51 parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or on Amherst St. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Doc Searls on Vendor Relationship Management

that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51 parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or on Amherst St. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XXXII reminder tomorrow February 28, 2009

061 is opposite the elevator. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XXXII Saturday February 28, 2009

is opposite the elevator. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: 64 bit C question

On 02/18/2009 07:43 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: On 02/17/2009 05:30 PM, bruce.lab...@autoliv.com wrote: Is there some way to to compile a C or C++ program that will output a 64bit hex value correctly? This is what I have so far... In C++: #include iostream #includecmath int main() { long

Boston Linux Meeting tonight, February 18, 2009 Linux Total Cost of Ownership

is Saturday, February 28. I'll send out a separate notice later. Virtualization Deep Dive Day (http://www.virtg.com/Virtualization%20Deep%20Dive%20Day/default.aspx) is on Friday, Feb 20th. A message has already been sent out on this. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id

Re: linux accounting software or cheap winxp

On 02/16/2009 08:04 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 08:18 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: . Use a workstation VMM (like VMWare Workstation, Virtualbox, KVM/QEMU, Xen). Most can run Windows NT or Windows Vista. And remember, performance is very much a factor of memory

Re: linux accounting software or cheap winxp

On 02/16/2009 09:12 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 08:45 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: But, one option is to try to run your legacy system under WINE or Crossover Office. Moving from one accounting package to another is always a pain. I managed to close out the year using

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Linux Total Cost of Ownership

will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: do {...} while (0)

compilers can figure that out at parse time. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: do {...} while (0)

extraneous code that would be most probably optimized out, but even if it is not, it is in an error condition. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: Uninitialized static int counters?

they are configured, so it is possible that no-one will ever see the message. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Uninitialized static int counters?

. The 32bit version of libraw1394 apparently uses ioctls not supported by the x86_64 kernels... -/ Ok. I'll file that away in my mind. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

Re: C C++ string confusion

construct in your code. Or: char *filenamec = filename.c_str()); You may need to use const char *. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: C C++ string confusion

are rewarded with beer!) -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Uninitialized static int counters?

); } while(0); err = -EINVAL; break; }; return err; } -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: Uninitialized static int counters?

storage class are initialized. But, I have seen many people bitten in the ass because they assumed something like this. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description

Re: Uninitialized static int counters?

are going to see any Portugese messages :-) BTW: The do { ... } while(0) will generate more code than { ... }. The compiler SHOULD easily optimize that out, and since this is really an error case, it does not matter that much even if the code is not optimized away. -- Jerry Feldman g

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

be that Ubuntu did not have good support for the installed graphics chip. Generally, before I buy a laptop, I check online to see if there are any Linux issues. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

will be installed and you can get good resolution. You are going to run into this problem in most systems today. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

On 01/22/2009 03:02 PM, Ben Scott wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: Subsequently once you have Ubuntu (or other Linux) installed, you could install the proprietary Nvidia or FGLRX drivers so that you can get a good resolution. Can

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

On 01/22/2009 03:02 PM, Ben Scott wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote: Subsequently once you have Ubuntu (or other Linux) installed, you could install the proprietary Nvidia or FGLRX drivers so that you can get a good resolution. Can

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

be a better measure if you are going to test it in the store. A number of mail order companies, like eCost, have factory refurbished systems at some decent prices with full factory warranties. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0

Boston Linux Meeting tomorrow Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Improving online education and documentation for developers

meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Improving online education and documentation for developers

meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

Re: compiling gcc q's

-bit libraries should be in /usr/lib64 and /usr/local/lib64. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: On portable C programming

, but it never had a big company behind it to push for more universal application. To late now. (Incidently, the pointer array I mentioned in an earlier post is not needed. The programs can read and write data directly to the host's structs.) -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux

Re: On portable C programming

if data is to be sent to a receiver with another programming language. * -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: libraw1394 struct layouts, i386 vs. x86_64

on the Alpha, the WNT object file format had to be packed. Additionally, pragmas are not standard and are implementation defined. The behavior or #pragma pack on GCC/G++ may be much different than #pragma pack on Visual C++. Avoid pragmas if you can, otherwise wrap them in #ifdefs. -- Jerry Feldman g

Re: USB enclosure for a laptop IDE drive?

then probably the cheap ones might serve you well, or if you plan to use it full time, you may want to consider things like heat dissipation. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

Re: USB enclosure for a laptop IDE drive?

for a 3in drive. The 3in drive enclosure was mismarked, but they gave it to me for the lower price. Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near Billerica or the Tyngsboro/Nashua and longer. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB

Boston Linux Meeting Reminder today, December 17th, 2008 History of Encryption Technology

Amherst St, or on Amherst St. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 History of Encryption Technology

Amherst St, or on Amherst St. We will adjourn to the Cambridge Brewery for our after meeting meeting. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: Handheld device keyboards

use the address book, calendar, and memo. I can easilysync the calendar to Google, and the rest to Window at work. The challenge over the next month is to get USB to work on KVM/QEMU. I prefer the phone features over the Treo. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id

Re: Handheld device keyboards

On 12/05/2008 03:57 PM, Tom Buskey wrote: On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last year I chose the Blackberry Curve for a number of the same reasons. I found it is more stable than my Palm Treo. I like the built-in GPS

Re: Anybody (else) get ping'ed by Comcast about Port 25 emailing?

that gmail also uses port 587. I use comcast port 587 for my Comcast identity, gmail for my gmail identity and the BLU (via ssh tunnel) for everything else. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C

SCO Files Notice of Appeal in Novell Litigation

, there is a certain amount of uncertainty. My question is where can SCO come up with the funds to followup on the appeal since they are already in Chapter 11, and their SCO vs. IBM is under stay, as is the SCO vs. SuSE arbitration. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XXX1 Saturday November 22, 2008

in front of the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B

Re: Laptop HD repair/recovery question

into a FCFS queue, and your drive will wait for a few days. I think in my case, the total time was about 2 weeks, which was fine, and I'm a happy camper,and have changed my backup procedure. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XXX1 Saturday November 22, 2008

of the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

. The number of Linux laptops produced is very small compared to Windows, and Linux may not be compatible with some hardware options. HP and Compaq did at one time sell Linux laptops and desktops, but they stopped because of the cost. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

to resolve a 0day exploit? Fun. What are they worried about? Microsoft products are head and shoulders above any software written by a bunch of communist-hippie-hobbyists. :] Maybe I'm way off base here. It is before noon. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

When replying, please reply only to the list, not directly to the original senders. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

of a sudden you try to edit a document and find your software license expired and you have no choice but to buy the licensed version. (Most people don't know about FOSS). -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, November 19, 2008 OpenStreetMap Overview

in front of MIT E-51 (2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA). Our next Installfest is Saturday, November 22, 2008. I will send out a separate mailing -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer, Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2

Re: shell, perl, performance, parallelism, profiling, etc.

on a system where the C Shell is not used as a login shell, so it is generally not resident. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Ethtool

switch to prevent MS from hurting our Netgear switches :-) -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: shell, perl, performance, parallelism, profiling, etc.

On 10/22/2008 11:34 AM, Ben Scott wrote: On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original reason for the sticky bit is because some Unix commands are so frequently used and small that keeping them in memory significantly improves performance, especially

Re: shell, perl, performance, parallelism, profiling, etc.

in BASH, CSH, or Perl are very useful, but they have their place. I've seen whole applications written entirely in scripts (Unixshell, Perl, DCL), but once performance becomes an issue then you really need a binary solution. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id

Re: Ethtool

another switch to prevent MS from hurting our Netgear switches :-) I'm curious about this, do you have any more details? Maybe Alex Hewitt can provide the answer to this question :-) -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377

Re: shell, perl, performance, parallelism, profiling, etc.

On 10/22/2008 03:49 PM, Kevin D. Clark wrote: Jerry Feldman writes: However, my thought is that if you are concerned with the performance of a shell or Perl script, then you have the wrong language, and should consider a more traditional compiled language. On the BLU server, we had a script

[Fwd: Presentation tonight - Free FUN - Open Source Video Games - -10/15/08 - 6:30-8ish]

-- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss

Boston Linux Meeting Reminder Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Free Fun - Open Source Video Games

Parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or on Amherst St. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Free Fun - Open Source Video Games

Parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or on Amherst St. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss

Re: Price/Performance of time

On 10/01/2008 01:52 PM, Ben Scott wrote: On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the exception of Connecticut, each POS had only 4K of memory ... Okay, since it has to be asked: What was different about Connecticut? :) Taxes. Connecticut

Re: Price/Performance of time

systems became available, the cost of these systems were about $5000 per store. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Questions about Ubuntu

be sufficient, with or without a raster display. Even Apple gets this right. -- waves red flag at bulls I don't agree that it is a bug. When I first installed Ubuntu, I was used to the root password, and it was confusing for a while. -- -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix

Re: Questions about Ubuntu

On 09/19/2008 10:26 AM, Thomas Charron wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 09/18/2008 07:53 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: On Sep 18, 2008, at 10:49, mike ledoux wrote: What do you need the root password to do in Fedora? If you

Linux distro release cycles, upgrades, etc.

switched rom Debian to SuSE because the release cycles were too slow. -- -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Questions about Ubuntu

seriously considering Ubuntu at home. I've got 2 SuSE9.3 machines that I need to upgrade! How's wireless these days? In the old days that used to be a bear. I hope it is painless now. -- -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377

Boston Linux Meeting Reminder Tonight, September 17, 2008 Annual PGP Key signing meeting

that. The official cutoff time is 4:30 pm. For more information please check the BLU main site: http://www.blu.org There is usually plenty of parking in front of MIT E-51 (2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA). - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer, Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org

Re: Video projector recommendations?

was broken. I would also stick with the Boss' recommendations because i the unit craps out, you can always point back at him ;-). -- -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Annual PGP Key signing meeting

the meeting. For more information please check the BLU main site: http://www.blu.org There is usually plenty of parking in front of MIT E-51 (2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA). - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer, Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Annual PGP Key signing meeting

that. The official cutoff time is 4:30 pm. For more information please check the BLU main site: http://www.blu.org There is usually plenty of parking in front of MIT E-51 (2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA). - -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer, Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XXX reminder tomorrow August 23, 2008

://www.blu.org) for further information and directions. Parking is available in front of the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer Boston Linux and Unix user group http

Reminder Boston Linux Meeting tomorrow, August 20, 2008 An evening at One Laptop per Child

as the underlying OS, and Sugar, the user interface portion of the XO. There will be some XO laptops available for a hands-on demonstration. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB

Re: not good news for ODF :(

, after all. IBM should know that personally, given their experience with OS/2. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc

Tomorrow's Boston User Groups Virtualization Event has been postponed.

The Virtualization Deep Dive Day has been postponed, probably to October or November. http://bug.bostonusergroups.org/Lists/Groups%20Calendar/DispForm.aspx?ID=3Source=http%3A%2F%2Fbug%2Ebostonusergroups%2Eorg%2Fdefault%2Easpx -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer Boston Linux and Unix

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XXX Saturday August 23, 2008

. Parking is available in front of the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Treasurer Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint

Re: Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ Saturday July 19, 2008 Waltham, Ma

-- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug

Boston Linux Meeting Today, July 16, 2008 Don Becker, CTO Penguin Computers - Beowulf clusters

There is a parking lot adjacent to building E-51 at 2 Amherst St. Note: The after-meeting meeting will be at The Cambridge Brewery. Also remember that the BLU BarBQue is on Saturday July 19 http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2008-bbq14 I'll post a separate message next week. -- Jerry Feldman

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Don Becker CTO Penguin Computing

meeting will be at The Cambridge Brewery. Also remember that the BLU BarBQue is on Saturday July 19 http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2008-bbq14 I'll post a separate message next week. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, July 16, 2008 with abstract: Beowulf clusters

There is a parking lot adjacent to building E-51 at 2 Amherst St. Note: The after-meeting meeting will be at The Cambridge Brewery. Also remember that the BLU BarBQue is on Saturday July 19 http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2008-bbq14 I'll post a separate message next week. -- Jerry Feldman

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