Re: [OCLUG-Tech] A New Linux Users Group

2013-03-24 Thread Rob Echlin
Hi Rick, I'm going to snip a lot and top-post. First, I agree with most of what Rob Day says. - focus - structure - schedule - but don't be quite as abrupt as Rob says, beacuse you want more speakers g All those points are what ToastMasters taught me. - Consider joining ToastMasters - they

[OCLUG-Tech] ARM, uImage and multiplatform builds

2013-03-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i just started digging into the new ARM multiplatform support in the kernel and ran across *exactly* this issue when trying to build a uImage for my new AM3517 experimenter kit: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap@vger.kernel.org/msg84204.html i hadn't realized this, so i'm going to dig

[OCLUG-Tech] script to automate setting of screensaver

2013-03-24 Thread Prof J C Nash (U30A)
Has anyone used a script to set the screensaver rather than the interactive GUI? I'm using Mint, but other pointers welcome. I'm looking into a script to set up new machines e.g., when I visit colleagues and can have a VM, that would have the components and settings I like, and it would be

[OCLUG-Tech] Software freedom day spawns: Culture freedom day

2013-03-24 Thread Rob Echlin
Let's see: - Software Freedom Day - Hardware Freedom Day - Culture Freedom Day What would Freedom Freedom Day mean? g Rob   -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 -  Ottawa, ON http://talksoftware.wordpress.com  - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller