Nice tip about the Safari site, I wasn't aware we had free access here. -Nicholas
On Jan 29, 2008 2:42 PM, Bernie Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, that link should have been: > > http://safari.oreilly.com/ > > For those who don't know you get free access to safari through the > libraries at UMD and (using vpn) you can read books from the comfort > of your own home. > > -Bernie > > On Jan 29, 2008 2:35 PM, Bernie Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > AFS access and how to use it. It's great being able to access your AFS > > shares off campus. > > umd-secure for wireless, getting it set up under network manager (or > > just with wpa_supplicant) is a total pain. > > x-tunneling through ssh (does anybody do that anymore?) > > file editing with kate using the fish:// protocol > > using the vpn connection to get access to safari.orielly.com (free tech > > books) > > what printers you can print to for free :-) > > > > -Bernie > > > > > > On Jan 29, 2008 2:00 PM, Peter Teuben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > under 8) > > > > > > Another *good* thing to do is to go over the official tools > > > people need to be good UMD citizens. Some of this is on OIT > > > pages, but we should regularly check that linux is well > > > represented (or else written down on our pages). > > > Examples are: > > > > > > 1) phone dialup (now probably totally abandoned) > > > 2) vnc > > > 3) vpn (needed for doing UMD stuff off-site on comast, verizon etc.) > > > 4) email (thunderbird, kmail, ....) setup for UMD stuff > > > 5) anything else I haven't thought of > > > > > > and guess what, I got my first DOCX attachment yesterday :-( > > > > > > - peter > > > > > > > > > On [Tue Jan 29 13:51], Ed Kohlwey wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm trying to plan an introductory presentation for next Wednesday on > > > > 'neat' open source applications. If we can get 3-4 people to volunteer > > > > to present an app (or apps), we'll go ahead with it, if not our first > > > > presentation will be Wednesday the 16th at 6:00 pm (the Rsync > > > > presentation). If you have any spiffy, guified Linux apps you'd like to > > > > present, please let me know. Here's a list of examples I'm thinking of, > > > > but if you have anything else please let me know: > > > > > > > > 1. Cool desktop managers - Gnome, KDE, Compiz > > > > 2. Office applications - OpenOffice, Evolution > > > > 3. Communication - Konversation, Pidgin > > > > 4. Graphics - Gimp, Inkscape, Cinelerra > > > > 5. Multi - user functionality via VNC/SSH/Xorg > > > > 6. Database management tools - MySQL GUI tools, anything Oracle related? > > > > 7. Anything multimedia - Mythtv, Amarok, Banshee, Mplayer, Xine, VLC > > > > 8. Anything else I haven't thought of... > > > > > >
