KCLUG November 2007

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ITEC: Missing CDs, general thoughts
by Leo Mauler 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

We didn't have any Linux CDs yesterday, so we have been telling people to go to shipit.ubuntu.com. I just checked ShipIt this morning and the turnaround time for a free Ubuntu Linux CD is up to ten weeks, so anyone who came by our booth on Wednesday is in for a bit of a shock if they want to try out Linux. I'll see if I can find some paper sleeves and burn a dozen or two Ubuntu Linux CDs, but the official Ubuntu CDs we had last year would look a lot better. In general ITEC's new management is a mixed bag. They don't seem to have charged regular IT people for admission, not even to attend the conference lectures, but to compensate for this they have raised exhibitor booth rates. Even with free admission to everything, attendance wasn't as high as last year. OTOH, they did hand out free box lunches to everyone, exhibitors and attendees, including choice of soda or bottled water. They also didn't mind giving you a second box lunch if the first one wasn't quite enough. If word gets around about the free box lunches they hand out around noon, Thursday attendance may be a lot higher than Wednesday. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Leapord "More Like Windows"
by Jonathan Hutchins 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

For anybody who knows someone who thinks what Linux needs is "to be more like Windows", some warning words: Apple users are finding that Lepoard is, and they don't like it: http://svextra.com/blogs/gmsv/2007/11/microsoft_finds_spokesman_for_windows… ( http://tinyurl.com/3auosq ) (I know all of you are bright enough not to hold such idiotic opinions.)

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Concerns about ITEC: Exhibitor logins, badges, setup times?
by Leo Mauler 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

I went browsing through last year's KCLUG list around this time of year, and according to last year's schedule we needed an actual Exhibitor's Badge to get on the floor before the show started. Setup was from 9am to 6pm Tuesday, which is today, and no setup times were listed for Wednesday. I can bring things in after 4pm today, but I'm a little concerned that I might not be able to get onto the exhibit floor to set them up. I see from the www.goitec.com website that there is on-site registration Wednesday and Thursday starting at 8am. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Reiser geeky comments on Fark
by Steven Hildreth 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

I got a kick out of the comments to the Reiser murder trail on Fark; http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3184937 Regards, Steven

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Re: ITEC
by Leo Mauler 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Considering that ITEC is November 7th & 8th, and today is the 3rd of October, the shipit order should go in somewhere around, oh, now. --- Brandon Holtsclaw <brandon(a)imbrandon.com> wrote: > I cant do the hardware this year but I wouldent > mind helping man the booth as the token Ubuntu > Dev as somone stated ;) and getting us the Ubuntu > CD's again this year. Let me know ASAP so I can > get a shipit order in. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7

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ReactOS
by Julie 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Hi, Has anyone ran across this? http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html What do you think about it? Julie @};- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: ASUS Eee PC for sale at MicroCenter
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jeffrey McCright <jmccright(a)hotmail.com> > > > As of today Sunday, 4 November 2007, Micro Center at 93rd and Metcalf had only 4 > white Eee PC's in the 4 GB Solid State Storage, 512 MB Ram model in stock, none > on display but the salesman opened one up out of stock to show me. He did not > install the battery or let me power up the system, but it looks nice and is > incredibly light. Available colors are White, Black, Silver, pastel pink, and > pastel blue. I am going to hold out for the 8GB, 1GB Ram model, myself. > > Thanks, > > Jeffrey A. McCright, A+ > 816-210-3107 > jmccright(a)hotmail.com > Do these have a working wireless card (not just in there for Windows) in them for Wardriving (securing networks)? Right now I am using a bootable cd distro and a USB hard drive or memory stick for my transportation needs, but there are times a laptop would be nice. That is the one application that I both would like to play with, and get tired of having to use a relatives laptop, when he screws up his network for.

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Do we have an ITEC booth?
by Leo Mauler 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

I'm all set to man the booth, but I don't have an ITEC Exhibitor username/password to register myself for an Exhibitor badge. I'm hoping that there's no cutoff date for registering as an Exhibitor, since this coming Wednesday is the start of ITEC. I was hoping I could do better but my current demo machine is a 1Ghz system with 512MB RAM. Not bad for some things but probably not a Beryl/Compiz machine. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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ASUS Eee PC
by Tim reid 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Check this out: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=748 someone has already upgraded the Eee to 2Gb of RAM. Warning: weird Chinese to English translation

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ASUS Eee PC for sale at MicroCenter
by Jon Pruente 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

So the Eee PC that I've been waiting for is out. And in real brick-n-mortars too. Apparently it's available from MC online and some stores are getting them in stock too. I was hoping to get out to the one here in town to see if they have any on display but car troubles got in the way. If I'm lucky I can swing by tomorrow evening and they might have one or two in stock (that I can't buy yet...) and MAYBE a demo out. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0275847 900Mhz/630Mhz on 100/70MHz bus (BIOS upgrades lets you change it) Celeron M 353 512MB RAM 4GB SSD WiFi Ultraportable- $400 is a steal for this class of subnotebook. http://www.microcenter.com/search_results_e.phtml?category_title=Name+Brand… Jon.

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