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Audio Recording Splitter
by Peter Hunter 10 Jul '05

10 Jul '05

Hi, After having connected my Hi-Fi system to the computer, I have been recording a serias of talks from the radio, using gaRecorder, and saved the one long file (all talks) as a .wav (wave) file. What I need to do now is to split the one big file into several small files - individual talks. Once I've done that I intend burning these onto a CD that I can listen to in the car. I'm sure I can do that with K3B, so that part of it isn't a problem. What I need to know is: Is there a Linux program for splitting wave files? Under Windoze I used to use a free program called 'Wave Splitter'. Regards peter

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Nearly new member
by Roy Child 10 Jul '05

10 Jul '05

Hello all I have been lurking on the mailing list for ages and I thought it was about time I introduced myself. I was wondering if any in the group have a background in Acorn computers. I live in Cambridge and my tiny family business in Yeldham has run on several Acorn computers for many years. Now, aided by Nick Daniels in Linux evangelist mode, I have two or three boxes running Suse and doing excellent service. Why do I like LInux? Well I like the flexibility. When and if I get the hang of it I feel I will be in control and be able to mould the system to suit me and the way I work (and play). I do not want to be fitted into the rigid framework demanded by win software. I also like the security. Like many small retail businesses I have (on a temporary basis!) customer's credit card numbers and their names and addresses on a hard drive. If you were a customer would you like your card details to be sitting on a windows machine connected to the internet? Far too many online retailers use windows. There the nice feeling that Linux software has been created and maintained by thousands of amazing people all over the world working and cooperating for the common good. Last but not least, Linux users seem to like beer! Best regards to all in ALUG Roy Child -- Peter Child Woodturning Supplies Tools, equipment, materials for woodturning and pyrography http://www.peterchild.co.uk

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Open Tech 2005 details
by Karamoon 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

Opentech schedule is now out: http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/schedule/ You must pre-register. People who fail to attend Opentech forfeit any right to complain about the UK stuff ever again. Matthew __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/

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Missing network adapter
by Wayne Stallwood 08 Jul '05

08 Jul '05

I've just upgraded my Fujitsu Lifebook P1120 from 802.11b to 802.11g I've removed the original prism2 based card (that also had an integrated modem) and inserted an Intel 2915abg. This card is I believe just an OEM version of the 2200. ubuntu had no issues whatsoever with the new card, but since installing it my wireless lan has moved from eth1 to eth0 and the Ethernet port that was on eth0 has vanished. Any ideas on how I get the Ethernet port back on eth0 and the wireless back on eth1 Cheers Wayne

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OSS and Indy Media
by Karamoon 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

On Saturday 16th July there is an event in Norwich which may be of interest to many Aluggers. The event is EASF, a one-day conference about bad stuff that's going on and how to fix it. There will be talks, workshops, documentaries and discssions. Of particular interest to Aluggers will be the launch of Norwich Indy Media(which will utilise lots of Linux and other OSS), discussions about ID cards, how people can regain control of technology. If there is interest, we could have a meeting there about Software Freedom Day which is coming up in September. All in all it will be a very interesting day and a good chance to promote Linux and OSS to peopel who could benefit greatly from using it. Matthew __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Linux Format
by David Arrowsmith 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

Hello Folks I have a large mound of Linux Format Magazines with disks I would like to give away, before I move house. Would be a shame to recycle them so if you live in west Norwich and want to pick them up let me know. David chasboz(a)dsl.pipex.com

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Re: [ALUG] Making backups
by Peter Hunter 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 18:57 +0100, Peter Onion wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 17:05 +0100, Peter Hunter wrote: > > > > > I've been using nothing but evolution. I have many many messages and an > > address book full of email addresses. How can I be sending emails if I > > am not using evolution? And please don't suggest I am using Kmail > > because I tried that in a previous installation and didn't like it. > > Last time I tried it , it sucked (but that was a few years ago !) > > > > > Which version of evolution ? Things did change between the 1.9.X and > the 2.0.X releases, so maybe that's why things arn't were I would expect > them to be (I have 2.0.1 here on Suse 9.2) > > Peter I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't like it Peter. I have just checked, it's 2.2.1 Peter > >

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Anyone interested in helping?
by Mike Banahan 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

I'm asking to see if anyone can lend some technical assistance ... I don't think this will count as off-topic or the wrong kind of posting, but if it does, I apologise in advance. Cutter (http://cutterproject.co.uk) is unusual but loosely similar to some other projects in the Open Source world in that it's there to provide SUPPORT not software. We think that in markets such as schools, it's crucial to be able to purchase support for something close to an off-the-shelf or turnkey solution. Telling schools to roll their own and support themselves is not going to lead to large-scale adoption in a short timescale. We are having some initial success and generating a significant amount of publicity for what we are doing. There is something deeply satisfying about seeing classrooms full of youngsters using predominantly Free Software on their desktops. We think we have a good idea about what's needed by consumers in this area. We are committed to publishing any original software that we write and adhering to the the GPL where we further develop packages like LTSP. It would be great to have a large stream of revenue that allows us to take on full-time paid developers. We aren't that far down the road yet unfortunately. At the same time, there is a number of technical issues that we want to address and are appealing for help with. We can provide some very modest funding if necessary and would like to hear from developers with good development skills who would be interested to work with us on ironing out some of the knottier matters and liaising with other similar efforts. Amongst the items on the technical roadmap at present are: - Setting up a managed Subversion repository - Improving sound support on LTSP thin clients (a challenge) - LDAP configuration of thin clients (Perl/MySQL/LDAP) - LDAP configuration of users (Perl/MySQL/LDAP) - Productising the 'grabber' classroom/terminal management tool (C++/Qt) We have to produce highly reliable software, so releasing stuff at alpha level doesn't cut it. There is a 'project office' of sorts in Cottenham near Cambridge (UK), so it would seem to make sense to focus on people who are in the area to make it easier to hold occasional face-to-face meetings. We'd be happy to hear from anyone who thinks they might enjoy working on a project that has a combination of Free and commercial imperatives intermixed. Sorry this is so long! Mike Banahan

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Formatting floppy
by Bob Dove 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

Hi folks, From desktop (if you use it) look at your mounted disks, drop down menu will invite you to format floppy if one is in your floppy (A) drive. Only successful thing I've done in Linux so far! And by the way, thanks to those amongst you who offered advice on writing to NTFS formated (windoze) HDs, I'm afraid I'm not that far advanced in Linux knowledge to know what you are talking about. Old dogs n that! Cheers, BD. NB: This is from 'live' SuSe 9.3 using KDE?

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RE: [ALUG] New user
by Keith Watson 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

> From: Wayne Stallwood Sent: 06 July 2005 22:11 > > On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 10:43 +0100, Brett Parker wrote: > > > > Before Amstrad got their grubby paws on it, then :) God, I remember > > the days of autoexec.bat and config.sys, and am very glad > that I don't > > have to deal with that any more :) > > Actually I sort of miss those days. > > I remember hours of fun trying to balance loaded TSR's with > available (and pretty scarce) RAM. Oh and remember the > different areas of Ram Extended and Expanded wasn't it ? PC > Tools and early versions of Norton Utils ? > > Not forgetting having to use Debug to low level format Hard > Drives and manually parking heads before moving machines. > > OK you're right it wasn't that much fun was it :-) <nostalgia> Ahh!! </nostalgia> and let's not forget punched cards and..... paper tape. Oh! those were the days. Regards, Keith ____________ EGOTIST, n. - A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. - Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary

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