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vortexbox
by Peter Alcibiades 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

Got this and installed it, and really recommend it. You just put in your CDs and it rips them. It runs headless, and you log in to a gui using a web browser or using ssh from a terminal. There is also supposed to be a way of managing your files remotely in Nautlilus but I don't use gnome. Then playing them is really simple too. Its not all that elegant in terms of user interface graphics, but it works just fine. If you have an old machine lying around this would be a great use for it. Or put together a simple fanless itx with one of those atom boards and maybe an SSD. Brilliant. Beats carrying around a ton of CDs if you live in more than one place. This and the little nook ereader from Argos for 30.00 the last time I looked, and you can carry library and music in your backpack and hardly even notice they are there. The little nook is brilliant too, you can hack it to a proper android box if you want, but I have not bothered because it works so well as is. I also have XBMC burned to CD but this is so all right for the purpose that I probably won't bother. Al

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Fwd: A new member
by Bob Moss 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

It helps if I actually send this to the list! lol (My apologies also if you go by Anthony & not 'Tony' as your email address suggested) Bob Begin forwarded message: > From: Bob Moss <bobbyjmoss(a)me.com> > Date: 5 August 2013 12:17:09 BST > To: Anthony Anson <tony.anson(a)girolle.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [ALUG] A new member > > Hi Tony, > > On 5 Aug 2013, at 06:25, Anthony Anson <tony.anson(a)girolle.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 01/08/13 11:53, Bob Moss wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Seeing as the welcome email for this mailing list suggest I send something to >>> this effect, I thought I'd introduce myself as a new member! >> >> Welcome to the list. ITYF it friendly and informative. > > Thanks, I'm looking forward to meeting people. Will be moving to Ipswich around 24/08, so will be looking out for next meetings after that :) > >> >>> ==This LUG== >>> The reason I'm interested in this LUG is because I'm moving to Ipswich in the >>> last week of August 2013. This is to start a new job with BT on their graduate >>> scheme as a software engineer (I've no idea what I'm working on yet!). I don't >>> know anyone in the area, but I think it'd be cool to meet people with similar >>> interests. :) >> >> Ah, oh... >> >> I've a bone to pick with BT - but you're far enough away from Bunwell to just snigger... > > *Ducks for cover* I'm not going to be working in an OpenReach van as a network engineer or in customer care, so if you have line problems/slow broadband I'm probably not the guy to ask! lol. > > Although maybe you're thinking about Cameron's porn-blocking plans? That's probably worth it's own mailing list thread... lol > >> >>> ==Linux Stuff== >>> My interest in Linux originally started back in 2005 with live copies of >>> Mandriva and Ubuntu (which I ran on my parents' computer to scare the crap out >>> of them!). In 2007 however my parents bought me my first new laptop (512MB RAM) >>> for college, but it came with Vista Home Basic pre-installed ...this didn't run >> >> Didn't it? How strange... > > It did actually run when I had the machine back in 2007, but as soon as you tried to run anything else (eg Office 2007) you'd spend most of your time staring at a non-spinning hourglass! lol > On the other hand, Linux seemed to make much better use of the hardware, and so my time with Linux began :) > > My current machine is a Sony VAIO I bought in late 2009 that dual-boots Windows 7 & Fedora 19 (2.4GHz Core i5, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD). It's served me well (having been used to try different distros/OSs, taken all around Europe & has done everything my CompSci degree had thrown at it pretty well). > In recent years though it's had problems (eg needs a cooling stand to avoid overheating, trackpad's mostly dead, HDD has had to be replaced twice & support for the ATI graphics card seems to have been dropped from Catalyst 12.10 onwards for some bizarre reason). Will probably be looking to replace it in the next 6 months or so. > >> >> I bought this little pre-loved MSi U-100 cheaper because I didn't want Windows on it. Has Debian and Mint installed ATM >> >>> well. >>> The first distribution I ever committed to HDD was Ubuntu 7.07 "Feisty Fawn", >>> which I dual-booted with Windows XP. >> >> Mine was Lasermoon's Linux FT, dual-booted with Win 3.11 - FT was bought-out and SuSE developed from it. > > That's impressive! I'm roughly the same age as Linux itself (being born 4 months before Linus Torvalds made his infamous announcement) so the only *old* distro I'm vaguely familiar is Slackware, mostly because it's still being maintained. > >> >> Then an hiatus, and Debian by itself in a HDD in one tray, Win 2000 in another and Win 98 2nd Ed in a third >> >>> Since then I've learned more about the >>> philosophy behind open source and free software and try to use FOSS wherever I >>> can. I also wandered around FOSDEM in 2012 (albeit with quite a hangover from >>> the night before!). >> >> Ah. You ought to be nearer Norwich - the pub we meet in is also the Chalk Hill Brewery, so that's a challenge for you. >> >> (Crool nurse has just had to have three attempts at get any blood out of me today - don't they realise I'm running on empty?) >> >> Oh, BTW, your post arrived 4th - 5th Aug datestamped 1st Aug: your pooter seems to be a few days in arrears or the item has been held for authentication/moderation, perhaps. > > Indeed, I got an email to that effect. Perhaps this was down to me committing the cardinal sin of sending an email from iCloud? lol > >> >>> Some of you may recognise my name. This is because aged 17 this happened: >>> http://www.tuxradar.com/files/LXF113.roundtab.pdf. A few months later in March >>> 2009 I wrote my first articles for Linux Format magazine. Apparently they liked >>> me, so I was invited back to work at LXF towers the same summer, and then wrote >>> articles as a freelancer from September 2009-November 2011 while doing my >>> Computer Science degree. >>> >>> I've tried a range of different distros (and even played around with Linux From >>> Scratch) but I'm very much a Fedora user when I need to actually get things >>> done! I'm currently teaching myself Python (I know it's a little overdue!) and >>> am presently pondering whether to get a Raspberry Pi, Ouya or both! >> >> Mmmmm! Pi! >> >> One day I shall get round to acquiring one - assuming today's procedure is a success... > > Indeed. It seems like one of those things hobbyists *ought* to get but I've never gotten around to actually buying one. > >> >> -- >> Tony >> http://www.girolle.co.uk/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >> http://www.alug.org.uk/ >> http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main >> Unsubscribe? 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A new member
by Bob Moss 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

Hi everyone, Seeing as the welcome email for this mailing list suggest I send something to this effect, I thought I'd introduce myself as a new member! ==This LUG== The reason I'm interested in this LUG is because I'm moving to Ipswich in the last week of August 2013. This is to start a new job with BT on their graduate scheme as a software engineer (I've no idea what I'm working on yet!). I don't know anyone in the area, but I think it'd be cool to meet people with similar interests. :) ==Linux Stuff== My interest in Linux originally started back in 2005 with live copies of Mandriva and Ubuntu (which I ran on my parents' computer to scare the crap out of them!). In 2007 however my parents bought me my first new laptop (512MB RAM) for college, but it came with Vista Home Basic pre-installed ...this didn't run well. The first distribution I ever committed to HDD was Ubuntu 7.07 "Feisty Fawn", which I dual-booted with Windows XP. Since then I've learned more about the philosophy behind open source and free software and try to use FOSS wherever I can. I also wandered around FOSDEM in 2012 (albeit with quite a hangover from the night before!). Some of you may recognise my name. This is because aged 17 this happened: http://www.tuxradar.com/files/LXF113.roundtab.pdf. A few months later in March 2009 I wrote my first articles for Linux Format magazine. Apparently they liked me, so I was invited back to work at LXF towers the same summer, and then wrote articles as a freelancer from September 2009-November 2011 while doing my Computer Science degree. I've tried a range of different distros (and even played around with Linux From Scratch) but I'm very much a Fedora user when I need to actually get things done! I'm currently teaching myself Python (I know it's a little overdue!) and am presently pondering whether to get a Raspberry Pi, Ouya or both! ==Contact Me== For people who want to find out more about me, you'll find me on twitter under the bob_moss handle, or you can check out my blog at http://jininga.com (I'll soon be replacing this with a Wordpress site I'm working on, which you can see @ http://beta.jininga.com). Bob

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[ALUG Announce] ALUG Norwich Pub Meet Thursday 8th August
by Viperfang 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Hello Norwich Aluggers, Our monthly ALUG Norwich social meeting will be held this Thursday, 8th August 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. Ben Bewick aka Viperfang NB: This mail is automated, please refer to the usual sources for more information. ALUG Contact Details: Website : http://www.alug.org.uk/ IRC : #alug on irc.alug.org.uk List : http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo Twitter : http://twitter.com/anglianlug Identica: TBA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2381613902 ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Re: [ALUG] Mint
by Ewan Slater 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

FWIW, I have been running Xubuntu on a not very beefy Dell Zino box for about a year now. When I had it running Ubuntu or Debian with the full gnome desktop it struggled to cope with netbeans plus the usual stuff all running at once. Under Xubuntu it is quite happy running netbeans plus Coherence as well as the usual desktop stuff. Cheers, Ewan

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Forgotten...
by Anthony Anson 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

MSi U-100 running Mint with Gnome. Months and months ago I turned the webcam off. Now I can't remember how I did it or how to restore it when needed. And I can't find anything useful in Cheese. And I have looked through the menu, but there doesn't seem to be anything appetising. -- Tony http://www.girolle.co.uk/

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Mint
by Bev Nicolson 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

I'm asking this on behalf of a friend. Thoughts on Mint, please. He's after an operating system that works on a usb stick and wants a 'bulletproof workstation not a server'. Does Mint have better firewall/security than Debian/Ubuntu? He is Puppy aware, by the way. If you have additional contributions on CrunchBang, lob them in too. Bev.

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linux equivalent for Cocktail Audio X10 HDD HiFi
by Peter Alcibiades 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

I was reading the Guardian as one does occasionally and getting increasingly discouraged by the chorus of gloom about the impending catastrophic overheating of the planet, exploitation of the working class by evil corporations in pursuit of short term profit etc. So I turned to the reader offer pages for relief and came on the X10 device. Question:: is there a linux distro that does what the X10 does? What it seems to do is, you give it a CD and it then automagically rips it and sticks it into a database. Then it acts as a searchable player/server. Its basically a music server with an integrated ripping function. In short order and only by feeding it your CDs you seem to end up with a proper collection in easily usable format. Here is a review: http://www.whathifi.com/review/cocktail-audio-x10-500gb Is there a distro with all this stuff integrated for the purpose? Or a package? Do people do this with their old CD collections and if so what do they use. Al [Feeling somewhat more cheerful having diverted my attention to a safe technical topic... Must remember not to go there again!]

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2600 meeting at 18:00 on Friday the 2nd August.
by Viperfang 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

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

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Using a Pi as a print server
by Chris Walker 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Is there a dedicated Pi mailing list where I should ask this question or will this be ok here? In view of my failing to set up my printer as a device off my router, I'm now thinking that I can use the same USB socket on the router to power a Pi which can then act as a print server for my printer. If I were to use a pre-configured distro like Raspbian, it would have all the desktop stuff installed and I don't want that. So is there an easy way to do a minimal install on a Pi? I would experiment on my own Pi but I've lent it to somebody to use in their own OS experiments so apologies for having to ask this question.

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