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ALSA v. the rest
by Syd Hancock 25 Jan '04

25 Jan '04

The recent thread about ALSA prompts me to ask something that I've wondered for some time. What are the differences and relative merits (or otherwise) of ALSA and other ways of producing sound in linux? Is that even an accurate description of ALSA etc? Syd

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FOSS for Libraries HOWTO
by MJ Ray 25 Jan '04

25 Jan '04

You may have read about Bob Kerr's work in getting CDs of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) into libraries. Because he's moving on to other things, he has allowed me to take over maintenance of his guide and turn it into a HOWTO. I have made a small web page for this and put the latest copy (with source code) at http://www.affs.org.uk/~mjr/libraries/ ALUG is one of the first groups that I have mentioned this to. Please be gentle. Is it just me, or do you have to register to even look at the OO.org issue tracker now? I keep getting bounced to the login screen each session. I hate public bug trackers that do that. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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Bash scripting
by Graham Trott 24 Jan '04

24 Jan '04

I have a requirement to process a folder full of files (converting .avi to .mp2 and .m1v, as it happens, en route to DVD authoring). To convert a single file I use the command line lav2wav +p foo.avi | mp2enc -V -o foo.mp2 I find the whole area of regular expressions etc confusing; is there a kind expert who could show how to get the above to work for all the files in a folder, such as for name in *.avi do (How would I do the above with each file?) done In particular, how do I match just the filename and leave off the extension? -- GT

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RE: [ALUG] I'm sure I've asked this before
by Ricky Bruce 24 Jan '04

24 Jan '04

im sure i remember alien as being very helpful when trying to deal with packages from other distros, but its been a while since i used it, check google. >From: beneboy <mail(a)psychoferret.freeserve.co.uk> >To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >Subject: [ALUG] I'm sure I've asked this before >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:19:20 +0000 > > >If so, then apologies... > >Does anyone know of an easy way to extract the files from a .deb or .rpm? I >want to play around with winex, but the version which gets around copy >protection is only available as a debian or rpm package, and since I'm >using >LFS that isn't much use ;) From the depths of my memory I seem to recall a >program called rpm2gz but google only throws up one result for that can't >be >it... > >anyone? please? > >BenE > >_______________________________________________ >main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >http://www.alug.org.uk/ >http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main >Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo

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Sunday's meeting attendance
by Syd Hancock 24 Jan '04

24 Jan '04

Who is intending to be at the meeting in Norwich on sunday? BTW it is possible that I will not be able to attend and I will not know this until saturday morning. Many apologies if this is the case and I certainly hope to be there. Is there a volunteer to collect in and pay the fifteen pounds room hire charge? Thanks Syd

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I'm sure I've asked this before
by beneboy 24 Jan '04

24 Jan '04

If so, then apologies... Does anyone know of an easy way to extract the files from a .deb or .rpm? I want to play around with winex, but the version which gets around copy protection is only available as a debian or rpm package, and since I'm using LFS that isn't much use ;) From the depths of my memory I seem to recall a program called rpm2gz but google only throws up one result for that can't be it... anyone? please? BenE

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Norwich meeting on Sun.
by Jenny Hopkins 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

> On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 06:42, Syd Hancock wrote: > > Who is intending to be at the meeting in Norwich on sunday? I can't make this one, I'm afraid - I have a karate grading from noon onwards on that day. Jen

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Re: Sound (ALSA)
by MJ Ray 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

On 2004-01-22 13:54:03 +0000 Kevin Clarke <kg.clarke(a)virgin.net> wrote: > I am having no luck using ALSA and wondered if anyone could help? > Please let me know what you need to know and I will Email it to > you..... Distribution and version: Kernel version: (command "uname -a" should tell you if you don't know) Sound card model/type: Any error messages: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html may suggest other things that might be useful. Sent to ALUG and Kevin, as requested. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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Wanted: short talks, posters and demos on web software
by MJ Ray 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

As discussed at the last meeting, next month's ALUG meeting in King's Lynn will be on Wed 18 Feb and have the theme: "How The Web Works on GNU/Linux" It will be an introduction to using and creating web sites with GNU/Linux. If you can talk about something related to this for 5-20 minutes, prepare an A2 display or bring a demonstration system, please email me directly. We have some speakers, but I think it's still all quite flexible. You don't need to be a guru, just be willing to share your experiences. Plenty of help is available. Also, if you know that you want to come to the meeting (or help organise it!), please email me. Announcements of this meeting will appear in the town's libraries and computer shops this week. It will also be announced to web sites, mailing lists and newsgroups as normal. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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Sound (ALSA)
by David Templer 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

Hi , I am having no luck using ALSA and wondered if anyone could help? Please let me know what you need to know and I will Email it to you..... K.Clarke Arch 0.6 KDE 3.1 Linux user Please CC any replies to me thank you you :-)

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