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NAS advice?
by Sean Crago 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

I'm now the proud adopted father of a 60GB Playstation 3, a native DLNA-compliant UPNP player. I've had an N800 in the house for a while too, so it'd be nice to be able to start utilizing those capabilities. My current desktop dual-boots and stores most of the files that I make available over my home intranet on a pair of removable hard drives. I'm torn, however, between buying a hardware NAS (Can any of them really handle transcoding a decent variety of codecs?) or building a Solaris/BSD box. The NAS I'd stuff with three or four newly purchased hard drives, preferably purchased separately. If I were to build a Solaris/OpenSolaris/Nexanta/FreeBSD/whatever box, I'd be running a JBOD ZFS array with the two pre-existing drives (gutted from the removable chassies) and two new ones that are each twice the size of the older ones. If I were to go down homebrew road, we'd be talking about an Atom, a Nano, or some other reasonably low-power processor and motherboard - As long as I get enough performance to saturate an 802.11g connection, I'll be fine. More interested in being able to stretch out its life on a UPS. The added flexibility and the massive cost savings (largely from the JBOD capabilities) of the going the homebrew way seem nice, but does anyone have any words of wisdom about problems that I might run into trying to run a decent transcoding UPNP server on an OS with a mature ZFS implementation (ie, presumably not Linux just yet - I'm not running a four disk array under FUSE), or point out any other concerns that might push me towards an off-the-shelf NAS? A few other concerns that might influence what I ought to do: 1: My house is concrete and brick throughout, with basically no way to run CAT6 without punching holes in the floor. As such, the wifi connection is most likely to be the interface that all this stuff runs off of. 2: The current drives I'm using are about a year and a half old. If you think I'm better off getting all new drives, that's fine - I can sell my old ones easily enough here. 3: I'll definitely have the new NAS behind a UPS, regardless, but Kathmandu is "down" to 12 hours of rolling blackouts from last month's high of 16 hours/day, and I'm not about to burn enough of your tax dollars in my generator to keep the house powered up 24/7. Unattended shutdown or, at the very least, the ability to safely recover from an abrubt shutdown is an absolute necessity. Thanks, Sean Crago Kathmandu

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"Open Source Bridge" conference announcement
by David Nicol 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

if i sent this to kulua too i would get yelled at for crossposting. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Reid Beels <reid(a)opensourcebridge.org> Date: Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:19 PM Subject: Kansas City Perl Mongers + Open Source Bridge To: davidnicol(a)gmail.com Hi david, I'm one of the organizers of Open Source Bridge, a new open source developers’ conference being held June 17–19, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. We’re aiming to connect people across projects, languages and experience and would love to have members of the Kansas City Perl community involved as speakers and participants. Details about the conference are included below. Bridge isn’t a typical conference. It’s entirely volunteer-run, by developers, for developers. Session tracks are technology agnostic, based instead around shared community experiences and focused on similarities between projects, not differences. Plus, we’ll be running a 24-hour hacker lounge for code sprints, bug bashes, bouncing ideas, starting new projects or just mingling. We’d be delighted it if you could mention Open Source Bridge at your user group meetings, post this email to your mailing list, and get us in touch with others in your community interested in participating. We just extended our call for proposals through April 10th, which is fast approaching, so please pass this information on as soon as possible. We don’t expect something for nothing, so we’re giving all of your user group members a discounted registration rate of $150. That’s $25 off the Early Bird rate, and $100 off our regular registration. User groups are very important to the chairs of our conference — that’s how they both got started in the open source community. We’re also offering a free conference pass to give away to a member of your group. If you’re interested in more ways to promote the conference, let us know! Thank You! Reid Beels Open Source Bridge reid(a)opensourcebridge.org http://opensourcebridge.org/ CONFERENCE PASS RAFFLE INFORMATION: You get one free conference pass to raffle off to a member of your group! We’ve found the most successful raffles tend to follow these conditions: 1) Let all of your members know about the conference, dates, and URL: http://opensourcebridge.org/ 2) Allow anyone in the group to sign up for the raffle. 3) Draw the winner at random, preferably at a public meeting. When you have selected a winner, email usergroups(a)opensourcebridge.org, CC the winner, and we’ll register them for you. DETAILS TO SHARE WITH YOUR GROUP’S MEMBERS: Open Source Bridge http://opensourcebridge.org Open Source Bridge is a new conference for developers working with open source technologies. It will take place June 17-19 in Portland, OR, with five tracks connecting people across projects, languages and experience to explore how we do our work and why we participate in open source. The conference structure is designed to provide developers with an opportunity to learn from people they might not connect with at other events. Open Source Bridge is run entirely by volunteers who believe in the need for an open source conference that focuses on the culture of being an open source citizen, regardless of where in the stack you choose to code. All proceeds from conference registration and sponsorship go directly to the costs of the conference. Our sessions and events will share in-depth knowledge about using, creating and contributing to open source as citizens of a greater community. You’ll find relevant information whether you write web apps for the cloud, tinker with operating system internals, create hardware, run a startup, or blog about technology. We're still seeking proposals — and just extended the deadline to April 10th — so submit yours before time runs out. Some examples of our proposals so far: Brian Aker on Drizzle, a reboot of MySQL designed “for the cloud”; Linux Kernel hacker Greg K-H about how Linux manages development; Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, about what’s next in collaboration; Amber Case, an anthropologist living in both the physical and virtual worlds, about Cyborg Citizenship. (You can view all current proposals at http://opensourcebridge.org/proposals/) In addition to regular conference sessions, we will hold an unconference day for free-form sessions, and host a 24-hour dedicated “hacker lounge” at the top of the Portland Hilton. In addition to hosting the hacker lounge, the Hilton has offered Open Source Bridge attendees steeply discounted room rates, starting at $139/night. The city of Portland is a great place to visit. It has a thriving technical community, a love of all things open source and offers many attractions for visiting geeks, including Powell’s technical books, dozens of local brewpubs, and large greenspaces like Forest Park—all accessible by mass transit. Visit http://opensourcebridge.org/ to learn more about the conference, see our session proposals, and register to attend. Thanks! PS: Interested in taking advantage of the user group discount code that will allow user group members to register for $150? Enter “osb4228” when you register to receive the discount. -- "Your appreciation is my glorious gratuity." -- Herman Melville on IP rights

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Fwd: [alg] [OT] Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries
by Oren Beck 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: sistersays <sistersays(a)gmail.com> Date: 2009/3/29 Subject: [alg] [OT] Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries To: "The Austin (TX) Linux and General Discussion Mailing List" < alg(a)austinlug.org> HD . . . you have any inside scoop on this?? Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/29spy.html?_r=2&partner=rss&em… _______________________________________________ ALG Mailing List http://austinlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/alg -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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KCLUG on Linkedin
by Jim Herrmann 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

If you are on Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com) then add yourself to the KCLUG group there. Just search groups for "Kansas City Linux" and we're the only group. Not much going on there, but it will show your Linux community involvement in your profile. Peace, Jim Herrmann -- - That One - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUOHKznUyI

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Php / MySQL Programmers?
by Ty Unes 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

I have a client that needs a php / MySQL programmer to debug and fix a few things on their website. This is a paid gig. If anyone is interested, please contact me off list and I will give them more information and contact. Thanks all. Ty Unes - Point b Computer Services riverty(a)(googlemail.com)

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Fwd: [alg] Sixteen Full-Height (42U) Server Cabinets for Sale
by Oren Beck 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cody Jarrett <cody.jarrett(a)itfreedom.com> Date: 2009/3/24 Subject: [alg] Sixteen Full-Height (42U) Server Cabinets for Sale To: alg <alg(a)austinlug.org> We're moving into our new data center shortly and unloading sixteen full-height server cabinets, pretty cheap. Please reply to me alone if you're interested, so as not to clutter the list. http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/1088605302.html ------------------------------ Cody Jarrett *IT Freedom *direct 512.351.4965 cody.jarrett(a)itfreedom.com helpdesk 512.419.0070 : fax 512.419.0080 _______________________________________________ ALG Mailing List http://austinlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/alg -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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IPTABLES Questions: CISCO-style routing?
by Joe Brouhard 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Just a general question. I know I can build IPTABLES to do security, firealling, stateful packet inspection... but I've had this nagging question: Can it do routing (IP routing) the same way CISCO IOS can ? I'm looking for an easier-on-the-budget solution to some of my business' routing issues. Thanks in advance. -- Joe Brouhard jbrouhard(a)gmail.com

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OT: My wife's Campground is opening Real soon and we wish to give KCLUG folks a priority chance to...
by Oren Beck 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

The Campground my wife owns is in it's pre-opening rush. Which means opportunity for anyone in KCLUG wishing to trade skills/labor for camping, and even some payments in cash for select items. And even some services we might pay for:. We prefer to spend money and/or barter credits with group members. The short list of skills/services is sort of obvious. 1. Manual Labor of the "cub/boy scout troop to do litter patrol and haul debris to burn piles kind. A bonfire the likes of which most scouts rarely get to see could follow. t2 The use of a small backhoe and bobcat type units for a few hours emergency repair type work now- and later operations in the summer. Folks having sources of cheap construction supplies,delivered here would Be best- but beggars can't be picky. 3.We need a RESERVATION PROGRAM if anyone has such skills- and yes- you would be able to retain sale rights of the system subject to the campground getting licence #1 as part of the deal.. 4.. All the other skills called "Remodelling are needed. 5." Anyone having a commercial paint sprayer and being good at using it would be terrific. These tasks could get a whole bunch of camping nights Call or email with questions. This is NOT spamming the list,Tt's making a legit offer of barter to group member's Thanks in advance . -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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Help? PCLinuxOS 2007 KDE 3.5.9. lost window decorations....again
by Julie 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi Everyone, OK, here's the scoop: I made the colossal mistake up going into Synaptic and checking updates to the screen saver apps already showing installed but having those updates to add. During installation of the updates I got an Error message that stated over and over again that it could not connect with the Debian and internode mirrors. After that is when it lost lost some of the window decorations. E.G.: Window Boarders, the _ , minimize/maximize box and the red X up at the right hand upper corner of the window. This occurs in ALL windows no matter where one navigates or what mode one is in. Also, a couple of games come up in a minimized window that is totally unmovable. The clock, clipboard and volume icons are missing from the task-bar as well. I also lost some of the screen savers...one of which is the clock one that I like to use. AND "Configure your computer" won't open at all no matter how one goes about trying to do so. I *can* still navigate by using the words at the top of the windows. Thank heavens they are still there! Here's the fly in the ointment. I have some files on there that I need to try to keep if at all possible. I can not put them on floppy for a couple of reasons. First, if those of you who helped me the last time I did this can recall, the subsequent re-installation of the OS didn't pick up the floppy drive and no one could get it to. I didn't think I'd really need it, anyway, so I let that go. Plus some of my RPMs are a *lot* bigger than "1.4 mb". So putting files on floppy is out due to that. The specs on the computer that I'm using to learn PCLOS on are: Pentium III-1000/700 CPU 128MB of SDRAM 256KB L2 cache PCLinuxOS 2007/KDE 15-inch active-matrix screen ATI Rage Mobility 128 graphics chip with 8MB of SGRAM 20GB hard drive, 8X DVD-ROM drive V.90 modem network adapter As you can see, the DVD-ROM drive is _not_ a "Writer". Therefore, I can not burn those files that I would like to keep. NOW, I've posted about this in a couple of non-Linux forums and had only a very small handful of people address my problem. Two of which said, in essence, that it is possible to reinstall the OS/Root account/partition while leaving the user account/partition ALONE. The rest didn't have any info that I could use. Well, I do not know how to do that. ...Or, at least I don't recall an option coming up during installation to do that. So, can someone please help me out here or off list? I can not make it to the meeting due to transportation challenges at this time. Any help from anyone will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Julie

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vi the bat
by David Nicol 15 Mar '09

15 Mar '09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KNwRohDvpU -- "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"

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