April 2006 - KCLUG

Digital cameras
by Luke-Jr 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Anyone know any digital cameras that include open source firmware (Linux-based or otherwise) or have such available?

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Windows firewalls
by Joe Brouhard 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Okay I know this is a bit off topic, and probably get me flammed... i have a friend who runs a Windows server (no, there is no way to convert to linux as she's using a hosted box. App is also locked to Win32, so...) and it's routinely hit by portscanners and has been hacked at least twice now. Anyone know of *GOOD* and *DECENT* Firewalls? Anything but Zonealarm.. it sucks balls. She's also not really in the mood to pay for the software, so i'mlooking for opensource options. i was thinking of an IPtables solution, but i don't think the host will allow cgywin installed on the box. Thanks in advance Joe Brouhard jbrouhard(a)chansata.com

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by Jeffrey McCright 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

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JOBOP: HP Openview contract
by Hal Duston 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Received at the webmaster address this morning. ----- Forwarded message from Bill Joeckel <BillJ(a)tricomts.com> ----- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:10:52 -0500 From: Bill Joeckel <BillJ(a)tricomts.com> Subject: HP Openview contract To: webmaster(a)kclug.org I have a client that is loooking for a HP Openview consultant for a Nimety contract in Wichita kansas. I was wondering if you knew anyone that might be a fit. Thanks Bill Joeckel Senior Technical Recruiter TriCom Technical Services (913) 652-0600 or (800) 280-6919 www.tricomts.com <http://www.tricomts.com/> Principal Accountabilities: 100% Define, configure and implement event management for 200 Windows servers. These servers report to an HP-UX master OVO server. This will involve working heavily on the Unix master, creating and implementing OVO templates for alerts so that appropriate groups have the appropriate action on certain events. This engagement will also involve finalizing the implementation of HP Reporter software for the entire Unix and Windows server environments. Windows infrastructure background is a must. Strong teaming behaviors are required. The ability to accurately troubleshoot HP Openview implementations are a must. Multi-tasking is key to success. Additional Areas: Research problems independently using multiple resources Make independent decisions regarding on the spot operational and application corrections, workloads, and operations within standardized practices and procedures Make recommendations regarding procedures, project scope, deadlines, and budgets, and new technology initiatives Apply innovation and creativity to solving problems Verbal and written communication with I/T professionals and operational people, using appropriate terminology and forms Skills: Required - Expert level knowledge of HP Openview 7.5/8.x and associated suite of products including Reporter, OVPM, OVPA Required - Expert level understanding of enterprise event management discipline and technologies Required - Expert level knowledge of performance management discipline Required - Understanding of HP-UX and Windows 2003 as it relates to the implementation of HP OVO Required - Strong Perl or Shell scripting ability to implement monitors in HP OVO ----- End forwarded message -----

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JOBOP: Adjunct Instructor at ITT-Tech in Kansas City
by Hal Duston 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

----- Forwarded message from Ray Childers at 029 <RChilders(a)itt-tech.edu> ----- I am the chair of Information Technology at the ITT-Tech campus in Kansas City. We are in need of a person to teach Linux at our campus (paid Adjunct Instructor). We need someone with both practical experience in Linux and education (Master's Degree). (We have other Instructor needs also.) If you know of anyone that fits this and is interested in teaching Linux have them contact me. Thank you! Ray Childers Chair, School of Information Technology ITT-KC 1740 W. 92nd Street Kansas City, Missouri 64114 Phone (816) 276-1447 Toll Free (877) 488-1442 ----- End forwarded message -----

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RE: Oracle to become an OS vendor
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Make that the bottom of the second page. >-----Original Message----- > >Can you say big and bloated? >Look at the bottom of the first page. I wonder what ties >Oracle has to Goldman Sachs. I sense some not so subtle stock >manipulation. >

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Oracle to become an OS vendor
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&story ID=2006-04-17T193320Z_01_L17720323_RTRUKOC_0_US-ORACLE.xml&pageNumber=1& imageid=&cap=&sz=13 Can you say big and bloated? Look at the bottom of the first page. I wonder what ties Oracle has to Goldman Sachs. I sense some not so subtle stock manipulation. Personally I'm tired of looking at Larry Ellison's face. He is definitely in the cult of personality club with Steve Jobs. IMHO

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Photoshop in Linux ... almost
by Shannon Miller 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 12:00 -0500, kclug-request(a)kclug.org wrote: > Photoshop in Linux ... almost Have you tried f-spot for managing and editing your photos in Linux? For gimp tips and tricks related to photo editing and touch up I would recommend http://gimpguru.org To learn how to use the Gimp for the many other things it is capable of beyond simple photo editing you may find these links useful: http://gug.sunsite.dk/ http://www.gimptalk.com/ http://jimmac.musichall.cz/gimp2demos.php

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RE: Ubuntu and Kubuntu vs. Mepis.... Gentoo?
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

Yep. That's it. Isolinux vs. syslinux. My newer boxes have no problem, but if I get the syslinux image, it will work anywhere. A distro like DSL (Damn Small Linux) and IPCop HAS to release in syslinux format because of the amount of people using it that have older PCs and laptops. I'm actually surprised that Ubuntu doesn't do the same, since they are trying to make a distro for everybody, especially 3rd world countries that take in a lot of the recycled hardware. >-----Original Message----- >From: On Behalf Of Charles Steinkuehler >Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 11:40 PM > > >Brian Kelsay wrote: >> This problem booting tips me off to one problem I've run >into on older >> PCs with newer distros. I was a frequent user of DSL on a laptop >> until a new version came out and it wouldn't boot. I skipped a >> version or two and then came back. It turns out that a lot of people >> had a problem. I don't recall the exact reason, but now they release >> two .iso files and the one that works has syslinux in the title and >>it has something to do with how the kernel is bootstrapped. >>Can someone else explain? > >Kind of grasping at straws, but there are several ways to boot >off of a CD. Syslinux is generally a floppy-based (or at >least FAT-12/16) boot loader, which would typically be used on >a CD-Rom in floppy emulation mode. In this boot method, a >chunk of data on the CD gets read into memory and used by the >BIOS to emulate a floppy disk. > >Other methods of making bootable CDs include using a hard-disk >image for emulation (instead of a floppy), or not using an >emulated disk at all. > >I suspect the newer images used isolinux or something that >does a no emulation (or hard-disk emulation) boot that older >BIOSes didn't generally support very well, while using >syslinux on an emulated floppy image should generally work >anywhere, even on older machines with wacky BIOSes (you're >just limited to a maximum 2880K floppy image). > >See the mkisofs man page for details on the -b, -hard-disk-boot, >- -no-emul-boot, -boot-load*, and -c switches (and probably others). > >- -- >Charles Steinkuehler >

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RE: Ubuntu and Kubuntu vs. Mepis.... Gentoo?
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 11 Apr '06

11 Apr '06

Sounds to me like you may have CD burner problems or possibly many bad downloads. If I were you, I'd check MD5 sums on your .iso image downloads. Also, if you are talking about hardware issues with your laptop, then you may need to use some boot options, like noapic, noapm or nolapic. Since you didn't say what your issues were, who can tell. I've actually heard of some people finally having success with the OPL3Sax sound chips with some of the LiveCDs. Which is good news, but about 2 years and one Diet Coke too late for me. Anyone recall the Coke I spilled all over the perfectly fine, older, free laptop I had. For Apt-pin issues, I was referring to stuff pinned by Mepis. It would either keep me from installing or uninstalling software. Many times, just an upgrade would be impossible, due to some specific version being required. With the switch to Ubuntu repositories, and other internal fixes, some/most of this should go away. Does anyone have apt-get update/upgrade called in a cron job to stay up to date? >-----Original Message----- >From: On Behalf Of Jack >Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:58 PM snip >On the Ubuntu front. Every version I've installed has had >hardware issues, preventing a clean install. >I've totally failed to build a Kubuntu CD that would install >clean (whereas sometimes Ubuntu would install clean). It's >been a long time since I've had a distro that would flake out >on me on some hardware. I've run Mepis for many years and >never had much issues with it. >It's still a nice distro. > >As far as apt-get issues, I have a few apt-pin problems, but >if someone has apt-pin problems it is <<< always >>> the >fault of the person who is maintaining the system and has no >relation to the flavor of Debian or Debian itself. Basically, >you should never apt-pin, and if you do you should be prepared >to pay the price. The price being eventual apt-pin problems. >

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