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Alug 2nd Thursday Social Meeting Reminder
by Steve Engledow 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Hello Norwich Aluggers, Our monthly ALUG Norwich social meeting will be held this Thursday, 14th November at The Coach and Horses (82 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1BA). The meeting officially starts at 8pm, although some people may arrive earlier. More information on those people can be found on the list and the IRC channel. If you are unsure if you will recognise us then make yourself and your intent to attend known by either posting on list or visiting us on IRC so we can look out for you rather than hiding in the corner. Optionally you could ask at the bar if they know where the geeky computer weirdos are and they'll point you in the right direction (seriously!). Another possibility is look for heaps of electronics on a table that may possibly look like movie props that would used for detonating explosives. Feel free to bring electronics/laptops/gadgets to the meet, you will by no means be alone. Steve Engledow aka Stilvoid

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how to read outlook express files
by mick 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

Hi guys I have been given a large stash of (email I believe) files with the extension .eml. I think these were created with outlook or outlook express. I have no MS software. The files appear to be text/XML but reading them with a text editor is difficult in many cases. Does anyone know of a linux based application I can use to make this task any easier. Cheers Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick Morgan gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 http://baldric.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fw: Make this your moment
by mick 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

All See below mail from ORG. Is anyone interested in the possibility of setting up a cryptoparty? Anyone from norwich2600 on the list with views? Is there likely to be a demand for such a party in Norfolk (or perhaps the wider Anglia region? Anyone with any similar experience (such as key signing parties)? Mick Begin forwarded message: Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 05:43:48 -0500 (EST) From: ORG- Ruth Coustick-Deal <ruth(a)openrightsgroup.org> To: mick(a)rlogin.net Subject: Make this your moment Dear Mick Morgan, How can we protect our email, IM chat and web browsing from the prying eyes of GCHQ and the NSA? Over the last few months we've learnt more and more from Edward Snowden and The Guardian about just how exposed our online communications are. To help protect our online privacy, we're looking to help you put on a Cryptoparty in your local area. Could you be a key organiser for one near you? Reply to this email to let us know. https://www.openrightsgroup.org/cryptoparties Cryptoparties are an easy and effective way to extend technical knowledge of encryption programs. All they require is a venue with internet access and power sources. We're also looking for people who are happy to teach others how to use encryption tools such as PGP, OTR and Tor. Are you able to provide this technical knowledge? Or are you keen to help organise the event? If so, it'd be great if you could be a key organiser of a local Cryptoparty. Reply to this email to let us know you're interested. https://www.openrightsgroup.org/cryptoparties We'll help you organise along the way and provide the essential materials to help make the event a success. There may already be an existing local ORG group in your area. https://www.openrightsgroup.org/groups/ If you'd like more information on how to organise a Cryptoparty, help can be found here: http://www.cryptoparty.in/organize/howto If you have any questions on how we could support you further, then of course just email me on campaigns(a)openrightsgroup.org So as Cryptoparty say - let's party like it‘s 31st December 1983! Thanks and best wishes, Olivia ___ Olivia Jardine Campaigns Intern Open Rights Group Follow us on: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/openrightsgroup Google+ - https://plus.google.com/116543318055985390327 ORG relies on supporter donations to run campaigns like this. Please join us to support ORG's work. https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join This email was delivered to: mick(a)rlogin.net If you wish to opt out of future emails, you can do so here. http://action.openrightsgroup.org/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.i… --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick Morgan gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 http://baldric.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Parsing XML from commandline
by Mark Rogers 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Given the following: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project> <Network> <Unit> <UnitType>Type1</UnitType> <SerialNumber>123456</SerialNumber> </Unit> <Unit> <UnitType>Type2</UnitType> <SerialNumber>abcdef</SerialNumber> </Unit> [... snip...] </Network> </Project> .. I need to extract all the serial numbers where UnitType is "Type2". I have never managed to get my head around XPath etc, and all the examples I find seem either too general or too complex for me to make much progress. I always end up writing some code that parses it as text which is a massive cop out. How best can I do this correctly using XML tools, and which tools should I use? Mark -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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Re: [ALUG] Uninstall problem
by Bev Nicolson 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

>> >> Win. Or 'whoot', depending on your preference. Your next challenge, >> should you choose to accept it, is to get the locked file off the >> desktop. Have tried swapping to desktop and purging but no dice. Nor >> will it dragged and dropped into Trash or any other folder. >> >> Bev. >> > > On 05/11/13 14:32, Ben Whyall wrote: > How about > > open a terminal > > cd ~/Desktop > sudo rm -rf <name of file> > > Ben Off list (prob by accident) Ben suggested this and it worked. Hoorah. Cheers, Ben. To answer Brett, Gnome. Not that it matters much now. Bev

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Uninstall problem
by Bev Nicolson 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Somehow (and clearly it wasn't sensible) I've got Calibre on this machine but it doesn't show as installed in Synaptic so I can't remove it. What can I do? I get permission denied if I try to delete it. Thoughts? Polite ones, if poss. Own silly fault etc. Bev.

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xsane is sulking!
by Ted.Harding＠wlandres.net 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

Greetings All! I would welcome anything in the way of useful advice/tips about the following. I have a (rather old) Epson Perection 2400 scanner (USB). This has been working very well for years on an old desktop, using xsane. When xsane is started up on that machine there is an initial fairly lar egwindow which allows (if needed) configurations. I now want to use this scanner with a more recent laptop which is running a 2011 version of Debian. It seems that xsane is correctly installed. Now: With the scanner powered on, I plug its USB lead into the laptop. After a second or two, the scanner makes the usual "initialisation" noises (scanner arm shifting up & down). So something is OK, at least at the scanner end. I then invoke xsane at the command line. Up comes a little window (not the big window like on the other machine) with a message "scanning for devices". Then the window says: "failed to open device 'v4l:/dev/video0" and the only option remaining is to close the window, at which point the instance of xsane closes. I have no idea why it should be looking for a *video* device! I can find no work-round for this. It might be that the laptop had not detected the scanner (how can I tell?). There is no icon for it on the GNOME desktop (but that didn't happen either when I connected my USB printer; and that works perfectly well). Any suggestions gratefully received! Best wishes to all, Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)wlandres.net> Date: 02-Nov-2013 Time: 21:25:23 This message was sent by XFMail -------------------------------------------------

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Best distro for XP users
by Mark Rogers 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

I'm being asked quite frequently now for Linux options to replace XP. What would people here pick? Hardware will generally be pretty old so good support for older hardware is important. I note that current Ubuntu versions only get updates for 9 months from release (ie 3 months after they cease to be current) which is fine as long as the next version updates smoothly, but that would depend on continued support for the older hardware, and I know from experience that updates aren't always smooth (typically graphics issues as an older card loses support). I can go with the LTS version of-course, would that be better? Mint follows the same release cycle but doesn't (AFAIK?) provide upgrades. There's no point replacing XP because it's reached EOL with a Linux distro that will go EOL a few months later unless updates are pretty much guaranteed to work without my assistance. (I use Kubuntu in general on my own boxes and would prefer to stick with .deb -based systems, which rules out Fedora/OpenSUSE/etc.) And then there's the choice of desktop - probably something less memory hungry than KDE - or do I look at MATE, Cinnamon, etc with which I have no experience? I'm not great at Linux advocacy because I don't have the confidence in my ability to pick the right option for friends and family who "want" XP... -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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Re: [ALUG] 2600 meeting at 18:00 on Friday the 1st November.
by Steve Engledow 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

On 29/10/13 02:00, Viperfang wrote: > Quick heads up about this months Norwich 2600 meeting, > more info at http://www.norwich2600.co.uk So the 2600 reminder is coming through alright then :)

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2600 meeting at 18:00 on Friday the 1st November.
by Viperfang 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Quick heads up about this months Norwich 2600 meeting, more info at http://www.norwich2600.co.uk

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