November 2006 - StaffsLUG Archive of staffslug@staffslug.org.uk

VMware Workstation 5x on linux- Tutorials, help?

by Kris Douglas

Hi, I have never been a fan of RPM setups in Linux...i nortmally brake something...or it just does not work. I have been wanting to get VMWare working on linux for ages, because that means i can run the faster, more stable versions of linux as my main OS instead of bloody Windows(!) I have tried to install VMWare Workstation 5X with my genuine key for ages on Suse, Fedora and Kubuntu....with NO success... So i was wondering if anyone here has any ideas or tutorials to install it? -- Regards, Kris Douglas ------------------------------------ www.softdel.net Tel: +44(0)2030023641 Mob: 07918101493 Mail: kris(a)softdel.net

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Mcr, Saturday

by Richard Smedley

Hello all, For those young enough at heart to tolerate a night out or two (yes, that counts me out ;) DNSCon, Continuity, and Mcr2600 all converge on Manchester this weekend, apparently: http://www.technolabs.co.uk/continuity/schedule.html Ceerss, - Richard -- Richard Smedley, richard(a)sc.lug.org.uk Sustainable IT Consultant http://m6-it.org/ ``Software Freedom for the Voluntary Sector''

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Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] Early Day Motion No 179 - Software in Education

by Richard Smedley

For those who have not given up on the political process ;) ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [sf-uk-discuss] Early Day Motion No 179 - Software in Education Date: Wednesday 22 November 2006 11:03 From: John Ingleby <john(a)coronet.co.uk> To: sf-uk-discuss(a)googlegroups.com John Pugh MP has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons entitled Software in Education, number 179. Please write to, or email, your MP within the next week with a request that he or she add their name to this motion. "That this House congratulates the Open University and other schools, colleges and universities for utilising free and open source software to deliver cost-effective educational benefit not just for their own institutions but also the wider community; and expresses concern that Becta and the Department for Education and Skills, through the use of outdated purchasing frameworks, are effectively denying schools the option of benefiting from both free and open source and the value and experience small and medium ICT companies could bring to the schools market." This is a huge opportunity to put FLOSS on our politicians agenda, and the issue is precisely where we want the DfES to take action. Please let Ian Roberts <ian.roberts(a)opensourceconsortium.org> know about your letters. Iain is co-ordinating this effort on behalf of the Open Schools Alliance www.openschoolsalliance.org Don't delay. I'm happy to forward anyone a copy of my letter if you email me individually. Let's make this one really fly! John **** --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Schoolforge-UK Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to sf-uk-discuss(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sf-uk-discuss-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sf-uk-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- ------------------------------------------------------- -- Richard Smedley, richard(a)sc.lug.org.uk Sustainable IT Consultant ``Software Freedom for the Voluntary Sector''

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Fwd: [opensuse] Invitation to OpenSUSE developers

by Dick Turpin

Hi All It looks like Mr Shuttleworth wants to become the Bill Gates of the Linux community. Not content with hypeing his product out of all proportion he has now shown an incredible depth of insensitivity by offering to poach the best brains from OpenSuSE! Sure its wrapped up in treacly "I bare the banner of freedom" what about fair play Mr Shuttleworth? talk about kick a man when he's down, SuSE users are still reeling from the Novell/Microsoft deal and your so called Freedom ethos just dosen't hold water in relation to Debian from what I've read. I bet the Red Hat guys are rubbing their hands with glee, is the community about to implode? Who else is waiting in the wings to take over what was a community driven solution yet more and more is heading towards a corporate product. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [opensuse] Invitation to OpenSUSE developers Date: Friday 24 November 2006 18:16 From: Mark Shuttleworth <mark(a)ubuntu.com> To: opensuse(a)opensuse.org, opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org Novell’s decision to go to great lengths to circumvent the patent framework clearly articulated in the GPL has sent shockwaves through the community. If you are an OpenSUSE developer who is concerned about the long term consequences of this pact, you may be interested in some of the events happening next week as part of the Ubuntu Open Week: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek We are hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to join the Ubuntu community - in any capacity, including developers and package maintainers. If you want to find out how Ubuntu works, how to contribute or participate, or how to get specific items addressed, there will be something for you. I’ll also be on IRC on Tuesday 28th to answer any questions you may have of me specifically, such as Luis’ questions about our position on software patents at http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/11/22/and-ubuntus-patent-stand/ There are a couple of sessions that would be particularly interesting for folks familiar with OpenSUSE. The Kubuntu team is hosting some events during the week to look at KDE and Ubuntu and to discuss the roadmap of their project. There are also a few events being hosted by the Ubuntu Desktop team’s, which I think should include some discussion of the ideas that came from the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit in Mountain View. There are a couple of Packaging 101 and Package Maintenance sessions too, specifically for developers. Ubuntu is structured to empower our community to get things done, and to maximise the opportunity for collaboration between teams that share a common vision (even if it’s not 100% of their vision, such as between the Gnome, KDE and XFCE desktop teams). While we’re always open to new members, we thought it would be a good idea to identify a dedicated week where new members would be the focus for our whole project. If you have an interest in being part of a vibrant community that cares about keeping free software widely available and protecting the rights of people to get it free of charge, free to modify, free of murky encumbrances and “undisclosed balance sheet liabilities”, then please do join us. I know that posting this message to an OpenSUSE list will be controversial. I'm greatly respectful of the long tradition of excellence in the SuSE product and community and have no desire to undermine that with this post. That said, I think the position taken by Novell leadership in their contract with Microsoft is hugely disrespectful of the contributions of thousands of GPL programmers and contributors to SuSE, and I know that many are looking for a new place to get involved that is not subject to the same arbitrary executive intervention. Ubuntu is one option, as are Gentoo, Debian and other communities. Please accept this mail in that spirit. Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org ------------------------------------------------------- -- Regards Peter Cannon "There is every excuse for not knowing there is no excuse for not asking" -- Dick Turpin "Stand and Deliver your money or your life"

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Fwd: [SB] West Midlands Python User group

by Richard Smedley

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [SB] West Midlands Python User group Date: Friday 24 November 2006 02:16 From: "Zeth Green" <theology(a)gmail.com> To: "South Birmingham Linux User Group" <sb(a)mailman.lug.org.uk> On 17/11/06, David Goodwin <david(a)codepoets.co.uk> wrote: > Zeth Green wrote : > > 2. Is there a similar thing for Python too? > > 2) Not that I'm aware of, but I know a number of people that might be > interested in joining one, if there was one. Well I am willing to give it a go, after all, it does not cost me anything to read another mailing list. Is there anyone else around the West Midlands interested in chatting about Python? So without further ado, the mailing list: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pywm and the bare flesh of a webpage: http://pywm.eu/pug/ so please do visit and tell your friends. Best Wishes, Zeth _______________________________________________ Sb mailing list Sb(a)mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sb ------------------------------------------------------- -- Richard Smedley, richard(a)sc.lug.org.uk Sustainable IT Consultant http://m6-it.org/ ``Software Freedom for the Voluntary Sector''

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Merry (early) Christmas

by Andrew Edwards

http://www.star28.net/snow.html -- Andrew

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Linux User gets Windows XP refund from DELL for not using Windows(TM) on a laptop

by Mark Leese

Dear all, If you are fortunate enough to purchase a Dell Laptop and not use the pre-installed XP... then you can claim a refund for the Windows XP part. See link below. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2168953/dell-pays-refund-unwanted Best bit of course... they didn't ask that for the disks back!!! Mark.

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The new Firefox is now out :-)

by Kevanf1

http://www.msfirefox.com/ The video is quite funny too... -- ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(r) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire

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pub cricket [was Re: [Staffslug] Hello]

by Richard Smedley

On Friday 10 November 2006 14:42, Matthew Keay wrote: [moved back on-list to discuss meetings :-] > > I'm near to junction 17, so meetings at Simon's are nearest for > > me, but I'm happy to have an excuse to get to Stafford. :-) > Ooh - near the legs of man then! :) Three points! But seriously, we could have a meeting there[1]. Tuesdays are not too good for me, but name a date :-) - Richard [1] It wouldn't be the first time that Staffslug meetings have crept over the border ;-) -- Richard Smedley, richard(a)sc.lug.org.uk Sustainable IT Consultant ``Software Freedom for the Voluntary Sector''

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RE: [Staffslug] Hello

by jen.phillips2＠pop.ntlworld.com

Hello, Dean, welcome to the LUG. StaffsLUG is generally quite a quiet LUG - we don't have many active members and we all tend to be quite busy. However, I think you'll find everyone generally friendly and we do have occasional meets. Most LUG activity is on this list in the form of Q&A or general FLOSS-related chat. I'm not sure what the issue is with lug.org.uk. Who's officially LUG master and could they perhaps get in touch with people to sort that out? Hugs, Jen -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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StaffsLUG Archive of staffslug@staffslug.org.uk November 2006