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Computer Algebra Systems under GNU/Linux, May 23

Paul Elliott — 2013-05-23T00:57:32

Start: 2013-05-23 21:00
End: 2013-05-23 23:00

Again Thrursday, May 23, from 7-9pm Austin Linux Group will have
elections at: New Horizons Computer Learning Center

300 E. Highland Mall Blvd
Suite 100
Austin TX 78752
Enter through the back of the building.
http://goo.gl/TnR9p

Conventional calculator software manipulates numbers. Computer Algebra
Systems (CAS) manipulate symbols. Free software CAS should begin to
replace propriety CAS. One of the most powerful Free Software CAS,
SAGE, is available online.

Alg meeting at Waterloo IceHouse May 16

Paul Elliott — 2013-05-16T08:37:07

Start: 2013-05-16 19:00
End: 2013-05-16 21:00

Thursday, May 16, from 7-9pm we will have the Austin Linux Group
meeting at WaterLoo Icehouse on Burnet which is located here.
http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/photos/10237888
http://goo.gl/2XmGH

It is not far from Burnet/Colfax Bus stop.
http://goo.gl/q6cWU

We will discuss GNU Linux and try to answer any questions.  I will try
to arrive early to reserve a spot close to the electric outlet by the
plug.

Kali linux in VMs?

Tristan Mendoza — 2013-05-14T02:32:05

Has anyone had any trouble installing Kali Linux (the successor to 
Backtrack) on a virtual machine?  I am getting those fun errors during 
install that don't say anything other than "it failed"
-T

Re: Adobe consequences... let Gip, etc prevail!

Tristan Mendoza — 2013-05-11T23:55:48

To those forking forkers who fork around with forking source code, 
forking fork.......

ok I tried to make something funny there but ran out of gas.  Sorry
-T

Re: Adobe consequences... let Gip, etc prevail!

Tristan Mendoza — 2013-05-11T23:51:32

FORKING IS NOT BAD.
hallelujah
-T


On 5/11/13 6:34 PM, Tess Snider wrote:
I occasionally want to fork GIMP and Blender and just fix everything I 
hate about them.  But everyone tells me that forking is bad.  Mmph!

Inkscape, in contrast, is actually pretty good!  My workflow is a bit 
slow, but there may be a workaround for the biggest thing that's slowing 
me down, and I mean to investigate that, at some point.

Tess

Re: Adobe consequences... let Gip, etc prevail!

Tristan Mendoza — 2013-05-11T23:49:00

I don't have an Enterprise running with me, so I have no corporate 
interest. CS5 is fine here.  If I ran an Enterprise network I would be 
fine with it.  (the same reason I wouldn't upgrade to Vista or Windows 8)

- certainly gimp has drawbacks.  Adobe also has the same- I have 
pre-Phohotshop 7 plugins that were wonderful but useless. Kai's Power 
Tools got bought by Corel and they destroyed it.

-Besides- all they add is since Adobe bought Macromedia is "we are your 
platform" -ware to make it a MS Office suite style of "trust us" to be 
your POC for all your business needs

- Adobe, cloud only? bye bye

-T



On 5/11/13 6:34 PM, Tess Snider wrote:

Re: Adobe consequences... let Gip, etc prevail!

Tess Snider — 2013-05-11T23:34:28


I have a seen a lot of people complain, but I don't know if they actually
represent the meat of Adobe's paying user base.

I use Adobe applications on a daily basis, and a wide variety of them, at
that.  The subscription service is actually quite appealing to me, for a
number of reasons. Heck, given my hourly, I probably save $600 a year just
by having the latest version of their software, instead of the one from two
years ago.  For my use case, it is all-win.

I have always advocated open source software for people who couldn't afford
Adobe's or Autodesk's offerings.  However, most of these applications are
not for me.  They have some serious workflow and usability problems, which
are a huge detriment to my productivity. To the extent that I have looked
into fixing any of those problems (which, as a programmer, I am capable of
doing), the communities involved in those projects seem extremely defensive
about the way they are designed.

For example, why is it possible to get GIMP into a state where you can'

Re: [alg] Adobe programming

Tristan Mendoza — 2013-05-11T23:20:13

Because sometimes you need to be able to use these tools to keep a job?
-T


On 5/11/13 6:09 PM, Tess Snider wrote:

Re: [alg] Adobe programming

Tristan Mendoza — 2013-05-11T22:11:10

Lars has a good point.   Let's take this further: Programming.  Adobe 
abolished Macromedia Director and Lingo programming as Flash 
Actionscript became a standard. (Now to be replaced by html5 and another 
Adobe promise for accommodation)

On 5/11/13 4:56 PM, Lars Noldan wrote:
We can of course, code in a text editor.  Is there something that 
developers might contribute as a good ActionScript assist program, since 
Flash came to mind?  What do you use, everyone?

Or do you like VI, EMACS, or nano?   :)

Turning learned stuff into certification efficiency

Tristan Mendoza — 2013-05-04T15:07:43

So after a few years of taking extensive notes on my certification 
videos for RHEL, I look at the objectives for the LPIC Cert and go oh 
shit- it must be more granular to pass the exam. I am now going through 
each segment of the exam, taking from my notes and trying to anser every 
test objective with a memorizable set of memory keys.

Example output:

101.1 Determine and configure hardware settings
Weight - 2
Description - Candidates should be able to determine and configure 
fundamental system hardware.

Key Knowledge Areas:
- Enable and disable integrated peripherals.
BIOS>Integrated Peripherals
- Configure systems with or without external peripherals such as keyboards.
Disable in BIOS- keeps keyboard from halting system to do so
- Differentiate between the various types of mass storage devices.
SATA/IDE/SSD/USB/Firewire = /dev/sd* - older systems show as /hd*
RAID arrays = sd* or sc*, CD/DVD /dev/sr* /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd
- Set the correct hardware ID for different devices, especially the boot 
devi

Alg meeting at Waterloo IceHouse May 2

Paul Elliott — 2013-05-02T07:48:51

Start: 2013-05-02 19:00
End: 2013-05-02 21:00

Thursday, May 2, from 7-9pm we will have the Austin Linux Group
meeting at WaterLoo Icehouse on Burnet which is located here.
http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/photos/10237888
http://goo.gl/2XmGH

It is not far from Burnet/Colfax Bus stop.
http://goo.gl/q6cWU

We will discuss GNU Linux and try to answer any questions.

I will try to arrive early to reserve a spot close to the electric
outlet by the plug.

Linux in the "Big Data" space at New Horizons.

Paul Elliott — 2013-04-20T19:52:44

Start: 2013-04-25 19:00
End: 2013-04-25 21:00

Again Thrursday, April 25, from 7-9pm Austin Linux Group will have
elections at:

New Horizons Computer Learning Center
300 E. Highland Mall Blvd
Suite 100
Austin TX 78752
http://goo.gl/TnR9p

Enter through the back of the building.

Linux is used for many things within IT and development, but in more
recent years Linux has become a key player in areas uch as "Big Data"
and "The Cloud". No previous experience with "big data" is necessary,
but anyone with experience is invited to share some of the hurdles and
"gotcha's".

Alg meeting at Waterloo IceHouse April 18

Paul Elliott — 2013-04-18T02:41:13

Start: 2013-04-17 19:00
End: 2013-04-17 21:00

Thursday, April 18, from 7-9pm we will have the Austin Linux Group
meeting at WaterLoo Icehouse on Burnet which is located here.
http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/photos/10237888
http://goo.gl/2XmGH

It is not far from Burnet/Colfax Bus stop.
http://goo.gl/q6cWU

We will discuss GNU Linux and try to answer any questions.  I will try
to arrive early to reserve a spot close to the electric outlet by the
plug.

Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

Bill Morita — 2013-04-11T21:43:37

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- Bill

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Sr System Programmer / Sr Product Programmer 3 at Computer Task Group
Austin, Texas Area

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Alg meeting at Waterloo IceHouse April 4

Paul Elliott — 2013-03-31T15:18:48

Start: 2013-04-04 00:19
End: 2013-04-04 00:21

Thursday, April 4, from 7-9pm we will have the Austin Linux Group
meeting at WaterLoo Icehouse on Burnet which is located here.
http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/photos/10237888
http://goo.gl/2XmGH

It is not far from Burnet/Colfax Bus stop.
http://goo.gl/q6cWU

We will discuss GNU Linux and try to answer any questions.  I will try
to arrive early to reserve a spot close to the electric outlet by the
plug.

ALG elections at New Horizons Computer LearningCenter

Paul Elliott — 2013-03-27T06:12:30

Start: 2013-03-28 19:00
End: 2013-03-28 21:00

Again Thrursday, march 28, from 7-9pm Austin Linux Group will have
elections at:

New Horizons Computer Learning Center
http://goo.gl/TnR9p
300 E. Highland Mall Blvd
Suite 100
Austin TX 78752
Enter through the back of the building.

All dues paying members can vote in the election.

after the election we will have general discussion of GNU Linux.

Fun tip

Tristan Mendoza — 2013-03-24T22:29:01

For those of us that bought those 200mHz Aspen servers in 2001 off the 
list and finally demolish them, the processor is firmly glued to the 
heat sink, but it has two little holes on it to make it the perfect geek 
pen holder!  :)
-T

Alg meeting at Waterloo IceHouse March 7

Paul Elliott — 2013-03-04T10:36:01

Start: 2013-03-07 19:00
End: 2013-03-07 21:00

Thursday, March 7, from 7-9pm we will have the Austin Linux Group
meeting at WaterLoo Icehouse on Burnet which is located here.
http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/photos/10237888
http://goo.gl/2XmGH

It is not far from Burnet/Colfax Bus stop.
http://goo.gl/q6cWU

We will discuss GNU Linux and try to answer any questions.  I will try
to arrive early to reserve a spot close to the electric outlet by the
plug.

Re: ALG Meeting Reminder: Do It Yourself Organic Internet at New Horizons

Robert Parkhurst — 2013-02-25T19:04:54

Greetings Everyone,

I hope your Monday is going well.  I just wanted to let everyone know
that we'll be in the "Lonestar" room again -- the same room we're
typically in.  Take the elevator to the second floor and from there
it'll be the first classroom on your left.


Thank you,

Robert Parkhurst, President, Austin Linux User Group

On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Charles Wyble <charles-U+4qAyKZp4WlvEq7d74qNA< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: ALG Meeting Reminder: Do It YourselfOrganicInternet at New Horizons

Charles Wyble — 2013-02-24T14:54:33

The site is coming along quite nicely. We are very excited to unveil it to this group. Please join us for this historic event. This is the first serious alternative to time warner,  att etc to emerge in a very long time. 

We will officially be launching at south by south west, but join us for early access to the site, and a deep dive into a powerful web application. We cover how we built, secured, scaled it, and all of the mapping backend. 

Robert Parkhurst <robert.parkhurst-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

ALG meeting at New Horizons Computer Learning Center; do it yourself organic internet

Paul Elliott — 2013-02-15T08:33:25

Start: 2013-02-28 19:00
End: 2013-02-28 21:00

Again Thrursday, February 28, from 7-9pm Austin Linux Group will meet at:
New Horizons Computer Learning Center
http://goo.gl/TnR9p
300 E. Highland Mall Blvd
Suite 100
Austin TX 78752
Enter through the back of the building.

The Free Network Foundation has long been looking to replicate the
very successful community network efforts underway around the world in
the USA. Through the launch of guifi.us the foundation is taking a
major step in bringing this vital effort to folks across the United
States.