KCLUG June 2005

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Linux, Zaurus, cheap wireless internet
by Jared 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

So I have this idea that you could take a Zaurus-like box stripped down to bare minimum and have it dedicated to running a single application, Mozilla. Plug in a wireless card, and make enough of them to sell for about $100 or $200, cheap enough for poor people to afford. Then put up a few hotspots, charge $10 a month for unlimited download to these devices, and make a living thereby. Or convince a city council to do so. It's just an idea, and I'm already making a living, so it's all speculative, but here's my question: Being that the Zaurus still sells for just under $1000, how could this happen: a. Acquire a boatload of used Zauruses from Ebay b. Make a contract with China for Zaurus-lite thingys c. Some other form of hardware device I don't know about which already exists, and which costs less. d. Angel investors, inspired by the noble cause of closing the digital divide. Any suggestions? -Jared

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RE: Re: GTE and a potential fix
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

Can you get the yahoo or SBC DSL in St. Joe? They are supposed to be offering it for $14.95/mo. If you do a self install, just don't install the stupid software, which is useless. I actually had to reload a winders PC for someone after their fine software hosed the system. All you have to do is call em when the self install kit arroves and read off the MAC of the DSL "modem" so the provisioning can happen and set everything for DHCP and you're golden. If you know enough, you can work around the fact that you don't have winders connected when you troubleshoot. Hell, I had Knoppix on my laptop that I whipped out during my last Comcast install. I just verified that I got an IP and pulled up the current Slashdot. Done. The guy didn't even blink at me about it. A lot of it is attitude, as in an "air of knowledge", that you present yourself with on the tech support line. I always go into it with, "I have tried this, this and this, and I think this is the problem, can you please verify from your end." But don't be an ass on the phone. Treat them how you want to be treated. Later, Brian -----Original Message----- From: Postmaster(a)KCC.USDA.GOV [mailto:Postmaster@KCC.USDA.GOV] On Behalf Of Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:41 PM To: Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO Subject: Fwd: Re: GTE and a potential fix

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Re: GTE and a potential fix
by ghildebrand＠centurytel.net 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

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PostgreSQL Performance Tuning
by Frank Wiles 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Hi Everyone, Not sure how many people on this list use PostgreSQL, but I recently posted an article that helps gather the "generally accepted best practices" for tuning a PostgreSQL database. You can read it here: http://www.revsys.com/writings/postgresql-performance.html Comments, feedback, etc. are always welcome. --------------------------------- Frank Wiles <frank(a)wiles.org> http://www.wiles.org ---------------------------------

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CenturyTel -- anti Linux
by ghildebrand＠centurytel.net 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

I'm writing this from a friend's WINDOWS machine . . . . For the last 10 days I've been WITHOUT internet service. Once again I can not dial into the Savannah CenTel servier, yet I can dial into other locl ISP's and connect (at least the modems do). After raising a big #$%^&$%^# stink with Corporate, they dispatched a tech, who found NOTHING wrong with the phone lines, and blamed LINUX for not working. Even after I showed him exactly what was going on. My next goal is to file a formal complaint with the PSC and the MO AG and maybe they'll take my complaints seriously. Their standard cop-out is: WE DON'T SUPPORT LINUX Then they stop thinking. Yet it has worked just fine with Linux -- it is an intermittent and they have NO interest in finding out WHY. I've heard from just about everyone that CenturyTel has rotten "customer service" -- and I have to concur. Sorry about the rant, but I think CenTel doesn't deserve the business it has from its captive customers (ex GTE customers). Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph, MO

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dual head nvidia board config for two monitors
by hanasaki 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Getting the two monitors two work side by side as one really wide screen was darn easy. What other configs can be done? Can the following be done? how? login once to get both monitors going on the same login. Each monitor is its own screen. I got this running fine with two independent "Screen" sections both contained in the XFree config layout. Just cant get the cursor into the 2nd screen....

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Ever hear of this?
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

Anybody here ever use Blue Martini software? http://www.bluemartini.com/ "Blue Martini Software is a leading provider of sales optimization systems. Our software proactively guides salespeople, partners, and customers.... " Someone I know is trying to help a placement company find someone experienced with that specific tool. There may be a small amount of money for finding someone.

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RE: Brother Jonathan reaches 0.9.0
by Jared 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

Inneresting. I really did send that email in mid-March, and it really did finally arrive today. Wonder where it's been for 3 months. -Jared

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jsuix
by Jared 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

coolest thing i've seen in a while: http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/ now, what do we do with a flavor of unix that runs entirely in your browser? -Jared

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Re: Recommendations for CMS
by Jared 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

Here is a gigantic list of cms software to consider, http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ Nearly as useful: http://www.cmsinfo.org/ Having installed about a dozen different CMS over the years, I can only say: Don't take recommendations from others--the range of options and quality is so diverse that no single person can recommend to you what you need. Instead, I gotta say, if you're into content management delivery, you will fall in love with this website, because it allows you to demo dozens of CMS (click on 'portals' in the menu on the left): http://www.opensourcecms.com/ Have fun. -Jared

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