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RE:ci.Doctor Mccann
by kclug＠kclug.org 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

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Create your own click-wrap EULA
by Brian Kelsay 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

http://xkcd.com/501/

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Update on the bad update
by Haworth, Michael A. 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Thanks for the help on recovering my system. Still not 100% sure what the pebkac was but everything is running normal again and I am now forging back into getting Fedora 10 to performing the duties that we will need from a desktop OS. Michael Haworth PAS Technologies Inc. Direct Line: (816) 556-5157 Mobile Phone: (816) 585-1033

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Fwd: [alg] AISD cluelessness?
by Oren Beck 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

ALG forward to show what we still have to battle in schools. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matthew Ray <matthewhray(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:48 AM Subject: [alg] AISD cluelessness? To: "The Austin (TX) Linux and General Discussion Mailing List" <alg(a)austinlug.org> http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html Surprised this hadn't been linked here. Hopefully this is an isolated incident, I know a couple of people associated with AISD who are quite tech-savvy. Anyone know more details? -Matt _______________________________________________ ALG Mailing List http://austinlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/alg -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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Whoops! Caught a bad update
by Haworth, Michael A. 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Looks like I caught a bad update from Fedora on Monday - I got the update alert with x number of bugfixes, updates, etc. and reviewed it like I would any windows update - had some dbus bugfixes, some ALSA, and a few others... Went ahead and applied them and then decided that I wanted to tinker with a few other things and add some packages. I open Add/Remove Software to search for what I am after and as soon as I click on a category I get greeted with "The group could not be queried Running the transaction failed" and under more details it cites that it failed to get a TID because of a security policy"... I immediately went to Google to see if there was an answer to be found that would make me look like a n00b, but there isn't - there is only some acknowledgements that the error has been noticed - no solution. All of my Software Sources are missing, so even if a patch is to be released, I won't be able to see it at this point. I know that wiping and re-installing is the Windows way of fixing this, but I was wondering - is there a way to just 'undo' the updates that I applied the other day? I know that Linux doesn't have the 'Restore Point' functionality, but shouldn't there be a way to remove/regress packages (with no Software Source) to get back to a version that is preferred/functional? I'm not really worried at this point - just that I haven't had to re-format for almost a week now (last one was due to some bad ATI drivers...), and was hoping to keep it going a few more days before I do something else foolish to my new OS. Michael Haworth PAS Technologies Inc. Direct Line: (816) 556-5157 Mobile Phone: (816) 585-1033

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VMGL brings 3-D effects to VMs
by Billy Crook 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

One less excuse for dual booting... http://www.linux.com/feature/154368

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IBM proud to return to early 1980s
by David Nicol 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10113197-92.html -- "Refusing to move when ordered, he was tragically mulched." -- The Onion

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Re: USB microphone support
by Sean Crago 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

Most generic USB audio devices work just fine in Linux - Just look to see if it says that drivers are required for current Windows builds. If not, it probably works just fine in Linux too. That said, I've always found it far easier to work with devices that use my PC's front 1/8th inch audio jacks tend to be far easier to work with, especially when faced with applications that are more poorly written than Skype & Ekiga and don't, on the application-level, allow you to select the audio device you're going to use. I personally use and swear by my Sennheiser PC151 headset (~$25-45), and can vouch for it being perfectly comfortable to use eight hours a day, five days a week. Headsets like this beat the hell out of all the phone-like wifi Skype devices and USB faux-phone speaker/microphone combinations. If you're dead set on having a separate USB device to jack it into, pick up a nice USB sound card to plug it into or pay an extra $15-20 and pick up the version of the PC1** series headsets with a USB adapter included. Sean Crago Kathmandu

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USB microphone support
by Matthew Copple 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

I've been hunting for a cheap USB microphone to use for skype and such. Is it possible to use any generic USB mic from wal-mart or best buy, or are there gotchas to be aware of when purchasing for use with Linux? -- Matthew G. Copple mcopple(a)kcopensource.org

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Fwd: [alg] D-Bus article
by Oren Beck 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

I thought this a worthy interlist crosspost. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas King <kingttx(a)tomslinux.homelinux.org> Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM Subject: [alg] D-Bus article To: alg(a)austinlug.org This is a pretty decent article for a nuts-and-bolts explanation of D-Bus. http://foss-boss.blogspot.com/2008/11/ride-d-bus-control-your-linux-desktop… Tom King _______________________________________________ ALG Mailing List http://austinlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/alg -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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