[nlug] FCC acts to preserve internet freedom and openness

2011-01-21 Thread Russ Crawford
Is the FCC order a good idea for consumers? http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1221/DOC-303745A1.pdf Verizon Sues F.C.C. to Overturn Order on Blocking Web Sites What happens if Verizon prevails in its appeal? Comcast and ATT will likely want the same as Verizon. Is there

Re: [nlug] FCC acts to preserve internet freedom and openness

2011-01-21 Thread Kevin Wurm
I see the ISP's real intentions. Yes, it's good for customers. Kevin Wurm On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Russ Crawford russ.m.crawf...@gmail.com wrote: Is the FCC order a good idea for consumers? http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1221/DOC-303745A1.pdf Verizon Sues

[nlug] Photo Editing ... Simplified

2011-01-21 Thread Jack Coats
This is to help my wife out, she is looking at using Picnik for online picture editing. The problem is we have between no and very low bandwidth available. We need a downloadable open source, and simple program that will run on XP. This will be used in a 2 hour class, only 1 really at the

Re: [nlug] Photo Editing ... Simplified

2011-01-21 Thread Paul W. Roach III
Paint.Net -- it's not photoshop, but it's great. Not sure if it's open source, but it's free. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote: This is to help my wife out, she is looking at using Picnik for online picture editing. The problem is we have between no and very

RE: [nlug] Photo Editing ... Simplified

2011-01-21 Thread Mark J. Bailey
What about gimp for windows? It has gotten quite functional in the more recent releases (layers, etc) Mark J. BaileyJobsoft Design Development, Inc. 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100Franklin, TN 37064 EMAIL:

RE: [nlug] Photo Editing ... Simplified

2011-01-21 Thread Mark J. Bailey
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html Gimp works pretty good under XP It is not the easiest necessarily to get started with BUT, there are lots of resources online (youtube included) and it is open source and free (and runs on linux too). But, it is quite functional. I have done

Re: [nlug] cloud services/comparisons -- Stopping the thread jacking.

2011-01-21 Thread Michael Chaney
The whole reason for Openstack is because of the need for Eucalyptus to have copyright assignment to them. Further the fact that they can reject updates based on it conflicting with the corporate sales and inclusion of not openly released code. Any project can reject updates, anyway.

Re: [nlug] Photo Editing ... Simplified

2011-01-21 Thread John Ford
Gimp may be as good as it gets for free software. It's been around a long time and is still being developed, has zillions of downloads and plenty of resources. I've got it on my Ubuntu Linux machine so it's on several platforms. John Ford http://www.pbase.com/sfzjohn On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:23

[nlug] LinuxFest January 22!!!

2011-01-21 Thread Howard White
Hey guys, Haven't heard any yellow bellied southerners complaining that they can't travel around Nashville. I am operating on the assumption that we are still on for the LinuxFest from 1000 until 1600 at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film on Rosa Parks Blvd. I just did a quick reconn

RE: [nlug] LinuxFest January 22!!!

2011-01-21 Thread john
This morning started out messy (at one point, an ambulance passed my house, with the siren and lights going but only moving about ten MPH), but the streets are mostly clear now. Just watch out for shaded spots that still have ice. ---Original Email--- Subject :[nlug] LinuxFest January

Re: [nlug] LinuxFest January 22!!!

2011-01-21 Thread Curt Lundgren
I will certainly be there. Let's say that LinuxFest is on, fancy snowflakes and all. Curt On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:02 PM, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: This morning started out messy (at one point, an ambulance passed my house, with the siren and lights going but only moving about ten MPH),

Re: [nlug] LinuxFest January 22!!!

2011-01-21 Thread Kevin Eldridge
Yay! Fancy snowflakes. I will be bringing my computer and finally installing Linux on it. I have not done this in a very long time. Ever since I got this new computer, I never installed Linux on it. This will be just what the Doctor ordered. :) On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Curt Lundgren

Re: [nlug] LinuxFest January 22!!!

2011-01-21 Thread Chris McQuistion
Yeah. We will be open. Chris Sent from my iPhone On Jan 21, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Howard White how...@usit.net wrote: Hey guys, Haven't heard any yellow bellied southerners complaining that they can't travel around Nashville. I am operating on the assumption that we are still on for the

[nlug] Summary: Photo Editing ... Simplified

2011-01-21 Thread Jack Coats
Ok, I have downloaded both Gimp for Windows and Paint.net (with the MS .NET 3.5 from M$) and put them on a CD for my wife to test. I know Gimp, but it has a learning curve for kids that aren't familiar with it. I appreciate all the feedback! ... Thanks ... Jack Whatever you do, work at it with

Re: [nlug] cloud services/comparisons -- Stopping the thread jacking.

2011-01-21 Thread Tilghman Lesher
On Thursday 20 January 2011 09:14:57 Steven S. Critchfield wrote: BTW, while I didn't download the code to look for the license in it, the agreement that you have to sign to contribute code back means it is not really a fully open project. The assignment of copyrights and patents to the

Re: [nlug] FCC acts to preserve internet freedom and openness

2011-01-21 Thread Paul Boniol
On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Russ Crawford russ.m.crawf...@gmail.com wrote: Is the FCC order a good idea for consumers? http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1221/DOC-303745A1.pdf Verizon Sues F.C.C. to Overturn Order on Blocking Web Sites What happens if Verizon

Re: [nlug] Photo Editing ... Simplified

2011-01-21 Thread Jim Peterson
Not sure about its openness, but Google's Picasa is downloadable to an XP machine. Got it at work use it some. On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 15:05 -0600, Jack Coats wrote: This is to help my wife out, she is looking at using Picnik for online picture editing. The problem is we have between no and

Re: [nlug] LinuxFest January 22!!!

2011-01-21 Thread Jim Peterson
I'll be there. Roads are surprisingly clear, as long as you stay on the mains. 3 is nothing until the melt refreezes! Jim On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 18:13 -0600, Chris McQuistion wrote: Yeah. We will be open. Chris Sent from my iPhone On Jan 21, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Howard White

Re: [nlug] Photo Editing ... Simplified

2011-01-21 Thread Jack Coats
Thanks to all. I have a list and a few downloads I gave to my wife for her to evaluate. Sofar she thinks Gimp is to complicated to teach even the basics in under an hour. So she is going to work on others. Thanks ... Jack -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [nlug] VMWare on Linux Running through VNC

2011-01-21 Thread Paul Boniol
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: The free VMWare Server simply runs a web server on your Linux machine and you don't need graphical access to the server at all, you just need access to the appropriate ports from a remote machine. Chris I was

Re: [nlug] VMWare on Linux Running through VNC

2011-01-21 Thread Chris McQuistion
Virtualbox is pretty decent for that sort of thing but I don't know what the status of that project is since Oracle bought Sun. Chris Sent from my iPhone On Jan 21, 2011, at 10:50 PM, Paul Boniol paul.bon...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Chris McQuistion