Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-06-03 Thread Michael Cole
On Tuesday 03 June 2008 2:11:26 pm Gabriel H. Mercado wrote: hey you know what? Why don't we have a swap - meet? how it works is basically we bring in stuff we don't use anymore and trade it for others. We can all write down what we can trade with, and what we're looking for. That way we

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-06-03 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
hey you know what? Why don't we have a swap - meet? how it works is basically we bring in stuff we don't use anymore and trade it for others. We can all write down what we can trade with, and what we're looking for. That way we don't have to haul out all our stuff (although it wouldn't hurt if

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-06-02 Thread Carlos Yu
Ariz Jacinto wrote: i'm also doing a sort of in-car system and even bought a sexy voice font for it. but i won't even try messing with the ECU settings since it would void the insurance. i think i'm going to settle for little tykes for now :-p Cool, would love to see your setup during a

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-29 Thread Kelsey Hartigan Go
Insurance? You mean warranty? On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Ariz Jacinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm also doing a sort of in-car system and even bought a sexy voice font for it. but i won't even try messing with the ECU settings since it would void the insurance. i think i'm going to

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-29 Thread Michael Cole
On Thursday 29 May 2008 4:35:47 pm Kelsey Hartigan Go wrote: Insurance? You mean warranty? On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Ariz Jacinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm also doing a sort of in-car system and even bought a sexy voice font for it. but i won't even try messing with the ECU

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-29 Thread Ariz Jacinto
I mean both. I should've added the word also. thanks Kelsey, for pointing that out. elaborating on Mike's statement, good luck on your insurance claims if you+your car got into an accident which is caused by a faulty electrical wiring/electronics and is traceable to the hack that you did based on

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-29 Thread Michael Tinsay
From: Ariz Jacinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List plug@lists.linux.org.ph Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:25:02 Subject: Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet? I mean both. I should've added the word also. thanks Kelsey

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-28 Thread Louie Miranda
Demonstration on how to hack a Linux system for newbies -- common remote root exploit or local root exploit. -- Louie Miranda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.axishift.com Security Is A Series Of Well-Defined Steps chmod -R 0 / ; and smile :) _

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-28 Thread Michael Cole
On Wednesday 28 May 2008 2:01:34 pm Louie Miranda wrote: Demonstration on how to hack a Linux system for newbies -- common remote root exploit or local root exploit. DVL live CD has it all.. Demonstrations and things like this should be carefully shown to others.. Get a supplier onside so we

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-28 Thread Drexx Laggui [personal]
28May2008 (UTC +8) On Wednesday 28 May 2008 2:01:34 pm Louie Miranda wrote: Demonstration on how to hack a Linux system for newbies -- common remote root exploit or local root exploit. You mean like this? :) I don't consider posting this info here as risky because it's almost

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-28 Thread Rommel Asibal
Sounds like a great way to attract alot of people. Me included. On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Michael Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 28 May 2008 2:01:34 pm Louie Miranda wrote: Demonstration on how to hack a Linux system for newbies -- common remote root exploit or local

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-28 Thread Drexx Laggui [personal]
29May2008 (UTC +8) On 5/26/08, Gabriel H. Mercado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... How to start a business with opensource, like Opening a internet cafe all powered by FOSS. Absolutely more like it! In fact, this is the sort of topic that PLUG can throw it's support to! I think you're on to a

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-28 Thread joebert jacaba
Theoretically a FOSS Internet Cafe sounds attractive. But when you start doing it you encounter a lot of problems. So if there is a venue to put the theory in to practice then all this problems can be sorted out. I've been trying to help Cafe owners for free to have this setup but get frustrated

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-27 Thread Orlando Andico
Carlo, that sounds interesting... So you are connected to a piggyback interface on the ecu? So i'd assume your hack is for a very specific ecu? Or is it generic OBD-II? As i recall the newest cars don't use OBD anymore, but CAN Bus... On 5/27/08, Carlos Yu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-27 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
Good one. Great way to drum up interest for the hobbyists and DYIers as well. On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Carlos Yu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If interested, I am working (hobby) on a Linux based carputer that changes a car's ECU settings (i.e. fuel mixture, spark plug timing, etc...) for

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-27 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
Ok Christian, what specific business concepts do you wish to learn about? On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Christian Masancay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good evening, Hi Gary, I just think business concepts would be a great help for an organization (if we can call PLUG an organization). The

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-27 Thread Ariz Jacinto
i'm also doing a sort of in-car system and even bought a sexy voice font for it. but i won't even try messing with the ECU settings since it would void the insurance. i think i'm going to settle for little tykes for now :-p On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Carlos Yu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-25 Thread david t. asuncion, jr.
How about FOSS in local governments? On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 4:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you can do a lot better than that using FOSS :) On 5/23/08, AC Perdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Topics on: -SME application like billing system ex. jbilling -How to start a business with

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-25 Thread Daniel O. Escasa
Sabi ni david t. asuncion, jr. noong 5/25/08 4:04 PM: How about FOSS in local governments? Speaking of which, has anyone looked at the NCC's eLGU? Has that project been updated lately? -- Daniel O. Escasa independent IT consultant and writer contributor, Free Software Magazine

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-25 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
So far these have been suggested: Topic Suggestion: Discussion on business concepts for technical people. I don't think this is PLUG's work. What business concepts are we talking about here? If I can help I would, but from experience the best way to learn really, is just go and do it. SME

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-24 Thread acjacinto
you can do a lot better than that using FOSS :) On 5/23/08, AC Perdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Topics on: -SME application like billing system ex. jbilling -How to start a business with opensource, like Opening a internet cafe all powered by FOSS. -AC On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:00 PM,

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-23 Thread AC Perdon
Topics on: -SME application like billing system ex. jbilling -How to start a business with opensource, like Opening a internet cafe all powered by FOSS. -AC On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Christian Masancay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/21/08, Rommel Asibal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: agree

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-21 Thread Ryan Ching
Hi Gabriel, If you are looking for alternative for the two softwares: I would suggest GIMP for photoshop, they almost have the same set of features you can use. You can also try Blender for 3D images. For the editing tool, you could try eclipse IDE (this one I am using) or amaya or mozilla.

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-21 Thread eric pareja
hi ryan, i think gabriel's point is not just knowing what he can try out, but rather, he is suggesting topics for possible presentations during a meet up. we can easily find out the equivalents of proprietary software in the free software world using insert name of preferred search engine here

Re: [plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-21 Thread Rommel Asibal
agree with eric... its all in the details... stuff like... * doing simple things like configuring your wireless network * steps in setting up editors like eclipse, etc so they work * examples in using gimp * changing your keymap to dvorak (hihihi) * using linux to dominate the world On Wed,

[plug] What Do You Wanna Learn From A PLUG Meet?

2008-05-20 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
The floor is now open for topics to discuss for our oncoming PLUG Meet. The idea of this thread is to compile possible topics to be discussed during the Meet. I am hoping to add at least 3 suggestions for 'Beginner', 'Intermediate' and 'Advanced' categories. We will schedule these accordingly,