Re: [LUAU] Floppy drive not mounting / found

2007-02-23 Thread R. Scott Belford
Scott E Foulk wrote: Aloha, One of our teachers, Derek Esibill, is trying to get his floppy drive to work on his LTSP server. Any ideas why it suddenly would not work? It is a standard type of fd, not USB. Is the floppy light coming on when trying to mount or format the floppy?

[LUAU] PHP/MySQL Code Generator

2007-02-16 Thread R. Scott Belford
Is there a free and open source toll that can be used to generate PHP/MySQL code? Someone has asked me about this; they want to use it to build quick apps. --scott ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau

Re: [LUAU] From the Star Bulletin

2007-02-02 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Feb 2, 2007, at 12:04 AM, R. Scott Belford wrote: >> One of the assurance we gave the C&C was that the bad sites would be >> blocked. We are not in a position to be cavalier about this. Members >> of our neighborhood board have pressed me

Re: [LUAU] From the Star Bulletin

2007-02-02 Thread R. Scott Belford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Peter Besenbruch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I thought I would pass on this little snippet from today's paper: Ewa Beach basks in free Wi-Fi What did you all use for your wireless gear and is there any throttling of the bandwidth going on? Could there be any legal r

Re: [LUAU] furthering the drive away from Windows at all costs

2007-01-30 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: > Microsoft plans to go after mid-sized businesses which it >suspects< of > using "illegal" copies. > > http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8235 > >> Microsoft will take a new approach toward mid-size companies it >> suspects of using unlicensed software, sending

Re: [LUAU] Computers for Samoa Schools

2007-01-15 Thread R. Scott Belford
with that. Currently we have packaged 40 of 100 computers that we are sending to the Philippines. I am not the best at self-promotion. More information at: http://www.aces-samoa.org/ Jacques Honolulu --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundat

[LUAU] PTC Email Garden

2007-01-09 Thread R. Scott Belford
d can help, let me know. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.ho

Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2007-01-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
Nakashima wrote: Having complete confidence in the delivery person :-) , I'm pretty sure you got mine, right? Mercy The exceedingly generous gift from you and your family has been well received, Peter, and we are quite grateful. Thanks for following through. The gentle nudging has put al

Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2007-01-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
HawaiiDakine.com wrote: Did You Get my Check? I sent it before Christmas. Aloha Al Our thanks to you and Julie. Yours did arrive. One of the four hard drive checks arrived, too. Technically we received two. It's no big deal, at all, Michael is rich, ;-), but I thought a little remind

Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2007-01-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
Michael Bishop wrote: Vince Hoang wrote: Since Michael offered to help, I am going to ask him to handle the order and have HOSEF reimburse him. Let Scott know if you need a donation receipt. OK, so I'm ordering (4) Western Digital 500G HDs and (1) 3ware 9500S-4LP. I'll post when it arrives.

[LUAU] PFOSSCON 2007

2007-01-02 Thread R. Scott Belford
from companies utilizing Free and Open Source Software. Dave Roberts, Vice President Strategy and Marketing, will be their representative. Please register now and join us on January 20, 2007 from 10-5. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Educ

Re: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSS friendly?

2006-12-28 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: > > > On Dec 25, 2006, at 9:53 PM, Julian Yap wrote: >> Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? Any good? >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 > > I've got two, but I don't use either one for a NAS. > > I've been sorta kicking around the idea of a GigE NAS. All but one of > the com

Re: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSS friendly?

2006-12-27 Thread R. Scott Belford
Julian Yap wrote: > Things are starting to get unwieldy and the amount of HD storage > required for files which can be offloaded (namely music, photos) has > increased to the point where I need to consider other storage options. > Basically I want a cheap NAS (and that cheap to run, so not a PC). >

Re: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSS friendly?

2006-12-27 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: You might conclude that I'm considering building a product around all this. About 70% of what I'm thinking is in this thread http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ss4000-E/ This runs a Linux kernel. Is it a m0no0wall derivative rather than being based on free

Re: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSSfriendly?

2006-12-27 Thread R. Scott Belford
Brian Chee wrote: My biggest bitch about "normal" machines is that I want my NAS up all the time and a 350watt power supply could potentially add something like $20/month to my electric bill As a partial aside - if a power supply is rated at 350 watts, does this mean that it constantly pul

Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-21 Thread R. Scott Belford
Vince Hoang wrote: To whom do I send the tax deductable gift? Hosef? HOSEF PO Box 392 Kailua, HI 96734 Our address has changed. The above address is still active but rarely checked. HOSEF PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 Since Michael offered to help, I am going to ask him to handle t

[LUAU] (Free and) Open Source Pizza - Tonight

2006-12-19 Thread R. Scott Belford
Pizza, $7, otherwise it is Free For directions, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] For parking please write [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope to see you there. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation P

Re: [LUAU] s/hosef.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors.hosef.org/g

2006-12-17 Thread R. Scott Belford
en people are passionate about something, heated debates will occur. This is free and open source software. It's all about the passion. No one is getting paid for this, so what else is there if not passion? What else is there if not passion? How about civility and respect. --jc

Re: [LUAU] s/hosef.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors.hosef.org/g

2006-12-17 Thread R. Scott Belford
deductible to the extend of the law. Thanks folks. Thank you all very much. Yes, thank-you. -Vince --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED

[LUAU] OSP December 19, 2006

2006-12-14 Thread R. Scott Belford
-- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau

[LUAU] Open Source PIzza, December 19

2006-12-14 Thread R. Scott Belford
Pizza, $7, otherwise it is Free For directions, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] For parking please write [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope to see you there. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box

Re: [LUAU] Its time to simply ban Windoze machines from the Internet

2006-10-18 Thread R. Scott Belford
Tim Newsham wrote: Its not that simple. Windows boxes are a heckuva lot easier to populate with the software that creates botnets. They're an open infection vector. I don't agree at all. There are sufficient server and client vulnerabilities in *BSD, linux, OS X and windows. Many of the

Re: [LUAU] Update: Fighting Nudity at the Ewa Beach Park

2006-10-05 Thread R. Scott Belford
Wilson Chan wrote: ==Screenshot of locked Proxy Settings== http://tinyurl.com/m9a4z Notice how "Manual proxy configuration" is selected and all the other fields are greyed out. Outstanding work, Wilson. This seems to be a bit of what we got from Larry Mateo and a lot of your own concoction

Re: [LUAU] Fighting Nudity at the Ewa Beach Park

2006-10-04 Thread R. Scott Belford
Robert Green wrote: This is probably off topic, but how did you come up with the subject line? Are the firefox settings being used to prevent access to adult content? Woops. Thanks, Robert. I did not elaborate. With each update of Firefox, the universal proxy settings are overwritten. Addi

[LUAU] Fighting Nudity at the Ewa Beach Park

2006-10-04 Thread R. Scott Belford
Aloha All With each firefox update of our K12LTSP lab at the park in Ewa Beach, the proxy settings are overwritten. Wilson Chan has so kindly shown how to correct this, but a savvy kid can still edit his/her personal preferences for a direct connection to the Internet. I posted the followin

Re: [LUAU] not using SED to extract song, artist, and album from my iTunes Music List Export

2006-10-03 Thread R. Scott Belford
Vince Hoang wrote: *eyes roll* Vince made short order of it. Thanks, Vince. I don't know the lyrics to "eyes roll." -Vince --scott

Re: [LUAU] not using SED to extract song, artist, and album from my iTunes Music List Export

2006-10-02 Thread R. Scott Belford
So, what is kind of tragic for me is that I still cannot parse my export file for the data I seek. I know no programming language, I can't follow half of what I have read, and I continue seeking a solution. I must have come to a Linux users group. :-) I have uploaded the file here. http://

Re: [LUAU] not using SED to extract song, artist, and album from my iTunes Music List Export

2006-10-02 Thread R. Scott Belford
So, what is kind of tragic for me is that I still cannot parse my export file for the data I seek. I know no programming language, I can't follow half of what I have read, and I continue seeking a solution. I must have come to a Linux users group. :-) I have uploaded the file here. http://w

Re: [LUAU] not using SED to extract song, artist, and album from my iTunes Music List Export

2006-09-28 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: Oops, Vince is right. Okay, so I paste this into my terminal window cat Music.txt | awk '{FS="\t";RS="\r";printf("\"%s\" %s %s\n", $1, $2, $4)}' < /tmp/scott > /tmp/scott.out and I get this on my osx machine awk: i/o error occurred on /dev/stdin source line number 1

Re: [LUAU] Using SED to extract song, artist, and album from my iTunes Music List Export

2006-09-26 Thread R. Scott Belford
e run the above as well as the shorter script you suggested, Jim. I get this output in my terminal "Name" Artist Composer So, it appears to work for the first part of the file that maps what is what in the export, but it is not parsing the rest of the goodies. At least it seems

[LUAU] Using SED to extract song, artist, and album from my iTunes Music List Export

2006-09-25 Thread R. Scott Belford
Aloha All I am wanting to generate a human-readable list of my iTunes library. The export from iTunes creates a very busy file as seen below. Is anyone familiar enough with SED to share how to extract name, artist, and album from the exported file? I want it to look something like this. Au

[LUAU] Still an Opportunity

2006-09-20 Thread R. Scott Belford
g out literature, and networking. If you are willing or able, the times we need help are as follows Thursday 8-3 Friday 8-5 Saturday 9-4 Parking is free for volunteers, and refreshments are available. Please call or email me if you would like to help --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Exec

[LUAU] Building an Amazing Website and Paying Nothing for Software

2006-09-19 Thread R. Scott Belford
Auditorium, The University of Hawaii If you want Pizza, $7, otherwise it is Free For directions, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] For parking please write [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Fo

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza for September 19

2006-09-11 Thread R. Scott Belford
otherwise it is Free For directions, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] For parking please write [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 808.689.6518 phone/

[LUAU] Managing Two Events Promoting FOSS and Computer Recycling

2006-09-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
On September 21-23 HOSEF will be participating in the City and County's recycling fair at the Blaisdell. If anyone has time and interest, you would be very valuable tending the booth and handing out information. Please let me know if you are able to assist. The event hours are as follows: T

Re: [LUAU] community wifi and mesh routing?

2006-08-17 Thread R. Scott Belford
R. Scott Belford wrote: Tim Newsham wrote: How close is mesh routing to be ready for prime time? It sounds like the city of new orleans is finding it indispensible. How strict is oceanic and hawaiiantelcom about bandwidth sharing? Wasn't HOSEF setting up some community wireless pro

Re: [LUAU] community wifi and mesh routing?

2006-08-17 Thread R. Scott Belford
kes off of some broadband link, though. Perhaps, Tim, you will soon see our free4ewa essid in your neighborhood. Tim Newsham http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/ --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 80

Re: [LUAU] Edubuntu thin client screen logon

2006-07-27 Thread R. Scott Belford
Tim Newsham wrote: One more question here folks, I ( me and Derek Esibill) have installed Edubuntu LTSP in Derek's science lab and in the new Boy's and Girl's club here at Kailua Intermediate School. The thin clients boot up (with PXELINUX NIC's) to the Edubuntu login screen, but when you log

Re: [LUAU] after e2fsck, system reverts to 2005

2006-07-20 Thread R. Scott Belford
David Imai wrote: Thanks for the suggestions, Julian and Vince. It's a RAID-1 system after all. Using a live CD i was able to mount one of the hard drives and I saw that the 2006 files were still there. Next I tried taking the hard drives and attaching them to a system running Ubuntu. I installed

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza Tonight - 3D Blending

2006-07-18 Thread R. Scott Belford
directions, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[LUAU] Interesting Report on the use of FOSS within the DOD

2006-07-07 Thread R. Scott Belford
Aloha all This came to us from our friend John Weathersby at the OSSI. Given the preponderance of military installations in Hawaii, the following should be of interest to us: The U.S. Department of Defense just released their strategic roadmap for open source (Open Technology) development

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza - July 18

2006-07-06 Thread R. Scott Belford
: Marine Sciences Auditorium, The University of Hawaii If you want Pizza, $7 For directions, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI

[LUAU] Volunteering to help HOSEF

2006-06-09 Thread R. Scott Belford
This whole gnu/linux/foss thing can be overwhelming. That is why we got started a few years ago. The thinking was simple - let's get more Linux labs into schools using Free eWaste and Free Software. Along the way, let's do it openly so that folks can help and learn at the same time. We've done

Re: [LUAU] Ubuntu... Legalities

2006-06-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: I really wish someone could have shown me his/her Ubuntu installation so I wouldn't have to waste the past weekend. But I understand we all have our priorities. In the interest in saving future weekends, please know that you can come by McKinley any Saturday t

[LUAU] Ubuntu Certification Announced

2006-05-30 Thread R. Scott Belford
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntucert2 "Alastair Otter writes: "Six South Africans were this afternoon the first candidates worldwide to write the brand new Ubuntu Professional certification. They wrote the exams, backed by the Linux Professional Association (LPI), during the LinuxWorld show i

[LUAU] Gallery at the Star-Bulletin

2006-05-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
Reading the Star-Bulletin from here on east coast, I cannot help but notice that our friends at the Star-Bulletin are now using FOSS for their photo gallery http://starbulletin.com/gallery/main.php Well Done --scott

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza Tonight

2006-05-16 Thread R. Scott Belford
i.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 2644 Ewa Beach, HI 96706 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [LUAU] Linux-Hackers-onMac

2006-04-25 Thread R. Scott Belford
Tim Newsham wrote: Look at some of the amazing things people do with the blunt object known as IA32. Brilliant. Tim Newsham http://www.lava.net/~newsham/ --scott

[LUAU] Blighted Sun

2006-04-17 Thread R. Scott Belford
https://sgddemo.sun.com/ Welcome to the Sun Secure Global Desktop demonstration server "... well, it was the demonstration server until it got mentioned on Slashdot - now it's only demonstrating how we didn't size it with this sort of load in mind. Probably best to check back in in a couple

Re: [LUAU] Free Ubuntu CDs

2006-04-15 Thread R. Scott Belford
Josh wrote: If anyone could use them let me know. I was using them for introducing people to Linux becuase the packaging makes them look more "legitimate" than a CD-R with "Ubuntu" scribbled on it with a marker... Aloha Josh Our Saturday workshops make for a good venue for Ubuntu CDs. We ge

[LUAU] FTP Improvements

2006-04-13 Thread R. Scott Belford
Let it be known that Vince has done some exceptional work with our FTP mirror. We are now running lighttpd. http://hosef.ics.hawaii.edu After several hardware failures, our mirror is getting whipped into shape. We should all be grateful. Last time I checked, it cost me nothing to reap all

Re: [LUAU] hawaiiantel

2006-04-11 Thread R. Scott Belford
Wayne Maeda wrote: > On Tuesday 11 April 20 > > > What I really needed were my username and hostname to get into my new > Hawaiiantel web site. This information was different from the usual email > username. Nobody could tell me what they were. For what it's worth, I got a call this past Satu

[LUAU] Two Upcoming Events

2006-04-11 Thread R. Scott Belford
We have two events coming up that may merit your attention. The first is Embrace Ewa and the second is a computer lab installation at a City and County Park in Ewa Beach. Embrace Ewa Saturday April 15, 2006. 4-9 p.m. This is an event held at James Campbell High School. It is the first annual,

Re: [LUAU] Network printer

2006-04-11 Thread R. Scott Belford
Bully Soares wrote: > Anyone got a network printer they want to donate to a school? We have plenty, but. > > HOSEF donated a few to us this past year and I'm really thankful for > that. However, Out of the 4 we were only able to make one work. > Now that one's on it's 'last leg' I don't rec

[LUAU] HOSEF TV Appearance

2006-04-05 Thread R. Scott Belford
Last year we had the pleasure of being on Kerry Koide's Tech Talk television program. I did an install of the K12LTSP distro and booted an ewaste thin client from it. This was all on live TV. Kerry asked great questions. If you are thinking of ways to make a difference in your nearby public

Re: [LUAU] more participation

2006-03-24 Thread R. Scott Belford
Dave Burns wrote: On 3/24/06, Julian Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I missed the announcement, and it's not on the HOSEF calendar. What/where/who/when? The HOSEF calendar is for anyone to submit an event to. So if I knew when where and what this event will be, I'd put it in the calendar.

[LUAU] Mini-ITX and MythTV

2006-03-22 Thread R. Scott Belford
Thought this would be interesting to some of you. http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=589 --scott

[LUAU] HOSEF to install Computer lab for Kailua Intermediate

2006-03-16 Thread R. Scott Belford
Aloha Folks This Saturday the volunteers from HOSEF will be installing our third computer lab at Kailua Intermediate. This, like all the others we've done, will consist of a server and thin clients. An anonymous donor is buying the server for the school. We'll be meeting at the school at 1

Re: [LUAU] Re: Goobuntu Linux

2006-02-04 Thread R. Scott Belford
m the Central DOE, and if so, should they be Classifed? > Has the group worked > something out in that area? Everything is a work in process. The fact is this - The push for Standardization in the School is Killing Innovation. We are trying to help. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Di

[LUAU] Clearing the Vault

2006-02-03 Thread R. Scott Belford
We have a vault full of computers that you may be interested in helping us put to use. The vault is leased by CompUSA, and it is full of the remnants from when Computers for Kids partnered with CompUSA to store computers. Whatever we don't remove tomorrow will be going to the Gulch. You heard me

Re: [LUAU] Am I going to TPOSSCON - If not why?

2006-01-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
Matt Darnell wrote: On 1/29/06, R. Scott Belford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Novell *has* migrated their own stuff. They address this subject well. Rana Dutt definitely could have taught you a few things about big time VOIP deployments. I fear, Matt, you are determined to stick t

Re: [LUAU] Am I going to TPOSSCON - If not why?

2006-01-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
Stan Baptista wrote: Normally a conference is not mic'd up to capture audience questions. So mic them. Although this thread is discussing the pros/cons of attending a conference and what the topics should be, fact is not everyone can do that. The Q&As are extremely useful. Thanks, Stan. I

Re: [LUAU] Am I going to TPOSSCON - If not why?

2006-01-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
- a lot of the names looked familiar. Most of the names were not even vaguely familiar. Aaron Seigo, Robin Miller, and John Terpstra were my only repeat visitors. Thanks for your feedback. Feedback is a gift. I'm here to help :) We are definitely interested in informed, pro-active

Re: [LUAU] Am I going to TPOSSCON - If not why?

2006-01-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
Matt Darnell wrote: A little late but here are my answers Am I going - No I find your response most interesting and obviously a little late to be helpful. Ironically, you made no such comments after our first year, when, let's see, you spoke and were an in-kind sponsor. Why? - None

[LUAU] HOSEF and Computer Guts to be Featured on Channel 2 News

2006-01-24 Thread R. Scott Belford
teaches kids to build a computer, install software, and type an essay. They keep their computer, one of the many donated to HOSEF, upon graduation. >From 6:30 - 8:00 a.m. you can see the future stars of Hawaii. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawaii Open Sou

[LUAU] LDAP for PTC

2006-01-14 Thread R. Scott Belford
Aloha Folks If you are one with LDAP, and you wish to radiate your knowledge with others, we have a really great chance, NOW. To put some icing on the cake of our email garden at PTC this week, HOSEF is trying to set up LDAP. The purpose is for delegates, using Squirrelmail, to look one ano

[LUAU] The Birth of HOSEF - Your LUG in Action

2006-01-02 Thread R. Scott Belford
3) status, and more. LUGs promote and sustain FOSS in a variety of ways, and HOSEF is here to see that FOSS is promoted and sustained. Aloha --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 392 Kailua, HI 96734 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[LUAU] Great Videos

2005-12-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
If you haven't looked, yet, the TPOSSCON videos are up http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=tposscon It's tough, though, to go to google video and not look around. Look what I found: Video Game (this kills me it is so funny) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7356511607150727925

[LUAU] Re: [HOSEF-managers] Three Chances to Save the World

2005-12-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
R. Scott Belford wrote: With a request for Clarification, let me say that the Friday mentioned below is *tomorrow*, Saturday is the 31st, and Tuesday is the 3rd. 1. Computers to Cambodia In cooperation with BYUH and the USAF, we are going to ship a pallet of computers to Cambodia next

[LUAU] Three Chances to Save the World

2005-12-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
Okay, so you've only got 3 days to make up for all the bad you did this past year. HOSEF can help. We have 3 opportunities for you to make this a better world. I *need* *YOUR* help. We always have fun, and the world will be rounder because of you. Yes, YOU. 1. Computers to Cambodia In c

[LUAU] ntop

2005-12-23 Thread R. Scott Belford
I am not sure if anyone else is using ntop on this list http://www.ntop.org but, it sure is worth a spin. I installed it some time ago when on a Debian Dselect Shopping Spree, but it wasn't until a Poster on the K12osn list brought it up that I took action. *Wow* Talk about eye candy and g

[LUAU] Handling SSH breakin attempts

2005-12-21 Thread R. Scott Belford
A few weeks ago Clifton and Tim did some unreal python scripting that assessed and dropped ssh brute force break-in attempts. Watching PUG, the Python Users Group, at work, was impressive. Along those lines, I just learned of a very nice tool at Sourceforge fail2ban.sourceforge.net that can

[LUAU] TPOSSCON 2006 - Putting Linux to Work

2005-12-20 Thread R. Scott Belford
ound here http://128.171.104.110/ Aloha --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 392 Kailua, HI 96734 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[LUAU] Terpstra registration - Turning $25 to $195

2005-12-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
Some of you have not yet registered for the Terpstra class. This is a good thing. Let me let you in on a secret. HOSEF members get 10% off any class we do, and Terpstra attendees get Free TPOSSCON admission. This means that if you spend $25 to become a HOSEF member, you save $75 off of the c

[LUAU] FOSS Petting Zoo

2005-12-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
ASAP if you are interested. We will be working at McKinley the next two Saturdays, so you have plenty of time to show your skills. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 392 Kailua, HI 96734 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [LUAU] Re: Python (Was Re: Hosef)

2005-12-02 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Friday 02 December 2005 10:39, Tim Newsham wrote: > > So is this going to be a Python, etc.. meet up? > > Yes, If people show up. If not hopefully Scott can keep me busy > with something. There is a little tiny something. I generally get an F in PR, and this month is no exception. The next

Re: [LUAU] Server rack anyone?

2005-12-02 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Friday 02 December 2005 09:13, Laurence Laforga wrote: > Brian, are those enclosed racks? If HOSEF wants 'em then that's fine. I think that they are open, and that Brian offered them to us at some point. Logistics, storage, recipients, and the whole lot of procedures that go with responsibly

[LUAU] The Complete Open Source Workshop

2005-11-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 392 Kailua, HI 96734 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [LUAU] Re: Python (Was Re: Hosef)

2005-11-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
Tim Newsham wrote: Would anyone be interested in starting up a very informal Hawaii Python Users' Group? Probably more of an occasional meet-up and chat, but we could see what evolves from it. Ok, so lots of people are interested. What's the next step? It would be good to come together som

Re: [LUAU] Re: Free Software will Make you Younger

2005-11-11 Thread R. Scott Belford
Bully wrote: Warren Togami wrote: "Free Software will Make you Younger" The uninitiated would read "Free Software" and "Make you Younger" and immediately assume it is spam. Just a random thought... Warren Togami [EMAIL PROTECTED] Even the "initiated" would read 'spam' out of those headi

Re: [LUAU] Hosef

2005-11-10 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 09:47 pm, Jim Thompson wrote: > James A. Stroble wrote: > >On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 19:03 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: > >>LUAU (Linux Users AnonymoUs) is mostly (at this point) a mailing list > >>(hosted on HOSEF's server) for linux, free and open source advocacy in > >>Hawa

[LUAU] Re: [HOSEF-managers] The VC Squeeze, Desktop Linux and Hawaii's future

2005-11-10 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Thursday 10 November 2005 03:52 am, Jim Thompson wrote: > > HOSEF's mission needs tweaking. Introducing kids to computers is > interesting and exciting, but Hawaii needs more startups, more > businesses that can be run out of a spare bedroom or two. I don't come > to denigrate the efforts thu

[LUAU] Free Software will Make you Younger

2005-11-10 Thread R. Scott Belford
n be yours for free at 5:45 on November 15 by attending the Open Source Pizza extravaganza.  Please join Free and Open Source Software advocate, R. Scott Belford, at UH's Marine Science Auditorium as he shows you how Linux on the Desktop makes for a saner computing experience. A user of Linux

Re: [LUAU] Re: StarBasic (Was: Hosef)

2005-11-10 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Thursday 10 November 2005 11:42 am, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: > "StarBasic" > > Just in case anyone is interested, you can download a copy of the user > manual (in pdf) below: > > http://www.eiu.edu/~itshelp/software/staroffice8/StarOffice_Basic_Guide_en- >US.PDF > > Or if you prefer an on-l

[LUAU] OPEN SOURCE PIZZA - TONIGHT

2005-10-18 Thread R. Scott Belford
hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] Look forward to seeing you there. -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 392 Kailua, HI 96734 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [LUAU] Open Source Pizza - October 18, 2005

2005-10-16 Thread R. Scott Belford
Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: R. Scott Belford wrote: From the original posting in this thread, the title can be found: Peak Oil, FOSS, Hawaii & You That's exactly what I meant, "not-yet-titled". BTW 16-node should be 16-way. Oops. I don't think that you are ma

Re: [LUAU] Open Source Pizza - October 18, 2005

2005-10-16 Thread R. Scott Belford
Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Jim (& I am sure yourself too) has a wide spectrum of knowledge. Any discussion here can be a potential subject of his not-yet-titled Pizza talk. From the original posting in this thread, the title can be found: Peak Oil, FOSS, Hawaii & You

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza - October 18, 2005

2005-10-14 Thread R. Scott Belford
Peak Oil, FOSS, Hawaii & You A discussion of how Free and Open Source Software will foster innovation and economic growth, maybe even competitive advantages, in the face of rising fuel prices. About the Speaker Jim Thompson has been noodling around the UNIX world for far too long a time.

[LUAU] FOSS Instructors Needed

2005-10-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
d you to share your knowledge and earn money at the same time. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 392 Kailua, HI 96734 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[LUAU] Chinese Desktop Rollout in Schools

2005-10-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
For those who have not yet heard me say this, Alex Banh and Sun Wah will be here for TPOSSCON in January. http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20051005183120307 NANJING, China – Six PC makers, including Haier and Founder, announced yesterday that they have won contracts to provide a tot

[LUAU] Open Source Speaking Event

2005-10-05 Thread R. Scott Belford
Aloha All If interested, please join me Thursday evening for the HOSEF road show. I have a lot of fun doing this, and I hope that you will tell someone about it. An Economic Revolution: Linux and Open Source Software Thursday, October 6, 2005 7:00 p.m. The University of Hawaii Krauss Hall Yuki

[LUAU] Setting up Kaneohe Elementary

2005-10-05 Thread R. Scott Belford
ution. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 392 Kailua, HI 96734 808.689.6518 phone/fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [LUAU] Which Linux VPN Solution?

2005-09-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: ---snip much illumination-- > > If you've got a cast-off P3 box, its fairly trivial to give it a pair > of PCI NICs and run m0n0wall from an ISO image. This will result in > higher throughput for the IPSEC side of things. > > The other way to improve performance would

Re: [LUAU] Slingbox @ CompUSA

2005-09-26 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: On Sep 23, 2005, at 7:46 AM, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: C) Build a MythTV box. Record what you want, when you want, compress at will. Actually MythTV may be the best option, all things considered. (When are you going to give your "M"TV de

[LUAU] Installation at Kailua Intermediate - Saturday 10 -

2005-09-22 Thread R. Scott Belford
Aloha All HOSEF will be installing two computer labs for Kailua Intermediate on Saturday. One lab was set up by HOSEF volunteers, Bully, Michael, and Ted, several months ago. The teacher now wants more clients added. The second lab is a ground-up install of a 30 station room. The clients ar

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza Tonight

2005-09-20 Thread R. Scott Belford
A reminder that from 5:45 to 8:30 we'll be having our inaugural Open Source Pizza tonight at the Marine Sciences Auditorium at The University of Hawaii. For directions, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ and click on Marine Science [E4] Novell will be our first guests, and Jim Thompson will

[LUAU] Unlikely Wireless Hotspot

2005-09-18 Thread R. Scott Belford
It is so amazing to me that I had to share with you folks that here in Georgia, at Krystal (think White Castle if you are up North) http://www.krystal.com/ there is a free wireless hotspot. Now, in a "major" city, I can see it. But, I am in Garden City, http://www.gardencityga.org/ which,

[LUAU] Open Source Pizza, September 20 at 5:45

2005-09-13 Thread R. Scott Belford
own right Novell continues that effort and assures its customers and partners that it intends to deliver standards based solutions that interoperate with existing and new technologies. --scott -- R. Scott Belford Founder/Executive Director The Hawai`i Open Source Education Foundation PO Box 392 K

[LUAU] Change in Kailua Intermediate Install Date, Now 9-24

2005-09-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
Aloha folks, Apologies to those of you who might have made plans to join us in putting together a computer lab this Saturday at Kailua Intermediate. At the request of the Tech Coordinator, we have rescheduled for two weeks from now, September 24. Watch the Calendar at hosef.org for any further de

[LUAU] Installation Success at Halau Lokahi

2005-09-07 Thread R. Scott Belford
We had a great installation this past Saturday at Halau Lokahi. We did not have any new faces. We did have some seasoned veterans, though. For those accustomed to HOSEF installations, this was strikingly different in a few ways. For one, we did not have to run cable. The school's tech coordinat

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