Re: [nlug] the iPad Killing Intel?

2010-08-11 Thread j...@coats.org
I agree, the 'Intel Architecture' is not the same old architecture. It is the same old architecture with bolt-ons. It has been enhanced through evolution. In many ways IBM has done the same to the IBM 360 instruction set, that has been bolted on-to and changed the same way since the early 1960's

[nlug] 3D Printing - links, notes and observations

2010-08-11 Thread j...@coats.org
http://khnumstudio.com/ - As a plug for our speaker of last night... Thanks to John... The discussion last night started going toward 3D fabrication, so here are some links and a few notes/observations... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diy_3d_printing_and_fabrication/ - is the yahoo group where

Re: [nlug] 3D Printing - links, notes and observations

2010-08-11 Thread Steven S. Critchfield
Thanks for the post. Looks like a really interesting meeting. Looks like more people are getting into the Maker mood lately. Many of the links I was already aware of from my own maker mood and research. But many in there are completely new to me, and getting me excited. I have some equipment I

Re: [nlug] 3D Printing - links, notes and observations

2010-08-11 Thread Greg Jones
--- On Wed, 8/11/10, j...@coats.org j...@coats.org wrote: The discussion last night started going toward 3D fabrication, so here are some links and a few notes/observations... Thanks for all the info and the plug, Jack. Great research. I enjoyed presenting very much. I wanted to include on

Re: [nlug] the iPad Killing Intel?

2010-08-11 Thread Richard Thomas
On 8/11/2010 9:15 AM, j...@coats.org wrote: I agree, the 'Intel Architecture' is not the same old architecture. It is the same old architecture with bolt-ons. It has been enhanced through evolution. In many ways IBM has done the same to the IBM 360 instruction set, that has been bolted on-to

[nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread Paul Boniol
Last night's meeting sounded very interesting, but I had to work. (We're getting ready for the students to return, so everyone has their last minute requests.) Tonight's Quandary It's been a long time since I've needed to keep an existing Windows install and install Linux on the same box.  So I

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
gPartEd does pretty well, but be sure to DEFRAG your volume first! On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 17:48, Paul Boniol paul.bon...@gmail.com wrote: Last night's meeting sounded very interesting, but I had to work. (We're getting ready for the students to return, so everyone has their last minute

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 05:48:37PM -0500, Paul Boniol wrote: I see several free and some commercial products in my search results. I was just wondering if anyone had positive/negative experiences with partition management software, esp. shrinking a Windows NTFS partition?  (Yes, I know a

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread Howard White
On 08/11/2010 05:48 PM, Paul Boniol wrote: Last night's meeting sounded very interesting, but I had to work. (We're getting ready for the students to return, so everyone has their last minute requests.) Tonight's Quandary It's been a long time since I've needed to keep an existing Windows

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread Paul Boniol
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com wrote: gPartEd does pretty well, but be sure to DEFRAG your volume first! It's been a long time since I've needed to keep an existing Windows install and install Linux on the same box.  So I need to shrink up the

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread Paul Boniol
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Howard White how...@usit.net wrote: On 08/11/2010 05:48 PM, Paul Boniol wrote: It's been a long time since I've needed to keep an existing Windows install and install Linux on the same box.  So I need to shrink up the Windows (XP Pro) partition so I have room

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread JMJ
On 08/11/2010 06:39 PM, Paul Boniol wrote: I have a partly filled external USB drive (and some thumb drives :-) ). Not enough space for a complete backup. How much space do you need? I've got a few old laptop drives (10-30GB) laying around that I'd be glad to give ya 1 or 2 of. You'd just

RE: Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
I would recommend buying a drive, either internal or external, that can record DVDs. Both internal and external drives are now below $100. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [nlug] Partition Management From :mailto:paul.bon...@gmail.com Date :Wed Aug 11 18:39:11 America/Chicago 2010

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread Paul Boniol
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:44 PM, JMJ roadr...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/11/2010 06:39 PM, Paul Boniol wrote: I have a partly filled external USB drive (and some thumb drives :-) ).  Not enough space for a complete backup. How much space do you need?  I've got a few old laptop drives (10-30GB)

[nlug] Linux Backups

2010-08-11 Thread j...@coats.org
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1T1piy6scxaDHLSmfXt0eCv7amx7ogxZtZUsgcmZs0bA I just added a line to this table about CrashPlan. If others have updates, please let me know. I was just asked by a presenter at BLU.org the Boston MA Linux group, if they could use it in a presentation there,

Re: [nlug] Linux Backups

2010-08-11 Thread gm5729
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 19:38, j...@coats.org j...@coats.org wrote: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1T1piy6scxaDHLSmfXt0eCv7amx7ogxZtZUsgcmZs0bA I just added a line to this table about CrashPlan. If others have updates, please let me know. I was just asked by a presenter at BLU.org

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread Chris McQuistion
Another vote for Gparted. I've used it many, many times and have never had any problems. I don't usually defrag first. Gparted can move the data if it needs to. It makes partition resizing take longer, but I don't think there are any real data integrity issues introduced by not defragging

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-11 Thread Roger Corley
Big fan of GParted as well. As far as PMagic being discontinued I purchased the new version last May for a client. On Windows machines I use ut pretty regularly. On Aug 11, 2010 8:12 PM, Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: Another vote for Gparted. I've used it many, many times and