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From: Thomas King <kingttx(a)tomslinux.homelinux.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Subject: [alg] ZDNet: Is it Win7 or KDE4?
To: alg(a)austinlug.org
I got a good chuckle from this one.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Is-it-Windows-7-or-KDE-4-/0,13…
...and for you OCD folks who can't stand it when someone links to something
without an exhaustive description:
"Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4? In this video, we take to Sydney's streets to
find
out what people think of what they think is a Windows 7 demonstration."
Tom King
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I added a "Friendly Groups" section to the website for local groups that
aren't directly Linux related.
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The KCLUG Microblog just got a major upgrade to version 0.7.1, a
facelift, and a shiny new host at Linode, a Free Software Day 2008
sponsor.
Features:
- Send and receive notices using any XMPP/Jabber Client.
- Send and receive notices from your email client or cell phone.
- Send and receive private messages between users.
- No sign up required. Bring your OpenID and pick a nickname.
- If you have a GMail account, or a Yubikey, you already have OpenID.
- Cleaner, less noisy interface.
- Automatically echo your posts to twitter if you have a twitter account.
- Implements twitter API so twitter clients should work with it.
- Subscribe to people on OTHER SITES and vice versa. Federated
network. No single point of failure.
- Export your posts and social network data at any time. No lock-in.
- Start, join, or subscribe to groups of like-minded people.
- Subscribe to all, just a group, or just a person with your RSS reader.
- Instantly keep in touch with all other Members.
- Client software available for most smart phones and OSes.
- IPv6 accessible. (I wonder if that will ever be used.)
- All Creative Commons 3.0 content, and AGPL 3.0 software.
Why Microblog?:
- Heck if I know, but people seem to like it.
- Share how lunch tasted, or what you just stepped in.
- Annoy your friends in 140 characters or less!
What existing users should know:
- The URL has changed from Laconica.KCLUG.com to Micro.KCLUG.com.
- The Email bot has changed from Bot(a)Laconica.KCLUG.com to Micro.KCLUG.com
- The Jabber bot has changed from Bot(a)Laconica.KCLUG.com to Micro(a)KCLUG.com
- Your same logon still works, and the XX's in the
XXXXXXXXXXX(a)KCLUG.com of your private posting alias have not changed.
- Your profile data should have transferred over correctly, but there
are now more fields to fill out if you choose.
- Groups are a new feature.
- These changes were made so you can save some keystrokes on your
mobile devices.
Tonight is the Affiliate Open House of the Cowtown Computer Congress,
and as we are somewhat of an affiliate organization (we share several
members) I thought it deserved an announcement on our mailing list.
There are other events this week as well, as part of our Grand Opening,
so check out our schedule:
http://blog.cowtowncomputercongress.org/events/
Tonights open house will conclude with a showing of the Linux
documentary Revolution OS. It's a great film, and has actual footage of
why Richard Stallman apparently hates Linus Torvalds. You don't want
to miss it!
--Jestin
Does anyone on list know of any Linux / UNIX jobs available in the KC
Metro area? Even a Junior Admin job would be good.
Thanks all.
Sincerely,
Ty Unes
http://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey/
Anyone else interested? They're a hardware authentication token.
Think RSA SecureID without having to read or type, much less
expensive, and much more entropy. There's a pam module out there for
auth, and the manufacturer has a google code project for the utility
that you use to change their internal, private key. (They use
asymmetric crypto.) I'm probably buying mine in a week, so speak up
on list or off if you want one. Count on paying $22 for each. (second
cost bracket, plus splitting shipping)
The manufacturer believes in open source, and has intelligent support.