KCLUG January 2005

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Re: Meeting time
by lerninlinux＠comcast.net 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

Microsoft Bob, Windows version 1, Dad's still functional Ibm XT, 8 bit soundblaster, Timex Sinclair 1000, Maybe grandpa's old printer (an attachment for a typewriter that hit the keys via signals sent to it via a serial cable), brothers old Atari 800 (even had a 300 baud modem), Green screen. Programing Punch cards. And I'm only 34 Scary what we could come up with if we all got together > So what do you use, old 386 laptop? IBM PS/2? Copy of Windows ME? AOL CDs? 1x > CD-ROMs? ARCNet equipment? Old MAUs and vampire taps? Roll of Thicknet? BASIC > (or name your obsolete language) programming book? Shares of Boo.com (or name > your defunct web company from the late 90s, early 2000s)? Copy of anything by > Jon Katz? > > What can the rest of you come up with? > > > > Brian Kelsay > > >>> "Monty J. Harder" <> 01/11/05 08:08PM >>> > > The problem with the back seat is that someone can see the laptop > bag, and do a smash-n-grab. I generally put my laptop in the trunk or > cover it with something that doesn't look like it's worth stealing. > > > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug

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RE: best eye candy for Linux
by Brian Densmore 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

Well, I'll agree with that statement as long as we qualify it. Enlightenment has the best eye candy out of the box. But... KDE and Gnome both have plenty of downloadable eye candy. Both of these window managers can be customized every which way from Sunday (whatever that means, kind of like what does "dead as a doorknob" really mean when you'd think "dead as a coffin nail" is a more appropriate allusion, but if the mighty Dickens felt unworthy to challenge tradition who am I to do it.). In fact even some of the "lighter" desktops can be loaded down with this eye-candy, were someone so inclined. But out of the box, Enlightenment will do the most to tax your graphics card and chew up your RAM. Why anyone would want to intentionally bog down their Desktop to make it as slow as they possibly can is beyond me, but such is the nature of freedom. For KDE eye candy: look here. www.kde-look.org For Gnome you'll have to google on your own. I don't use it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Wiles > > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:41:12 -0600 > jeffslists wrote: > > > Hi, I'm developing speech control jukeboxes and I'm using linux for > > one of the systems. I'm looking for the window manager > with the best > > eye candy. As far as I know Enlightenment > (http://enlightenment.org) > > has the best eye candy I have seen. This window manager is > a work of > > art. Does anyone know of any window manager as pretty as > > Enlightenment? > > Nope, Enlightenment pretty much has the monopoly on "eye candy". > >

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RE: best eye candy for Linux
by Brian Densmore 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Ok, I'll bite. Instinctive response: I try to avoid life reducing substances. How long it takes depends on dosage. Other response: Looked up ratpoison in google. Since I'd never heard of it as anything except a substance to avoid. Still not certain what it is, other than knowing it is a sparse window manager. Not sure if it runs on X or not as there is no reference anywhere. Near as I can tell there is no menu or desktop. I'd say it is not a very friendly or usable interface and would question the reason for using it over the CLI. In fact I'd go as far as saying the CLI is probably more user-friendly than ratpoison. But then I would say the same thing about some of the other window managers (like tvm). At least with the CLI you can access help readily. Confused In K.C. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Nicol > > > Has anyone used ratpoison enough to get comfortable with it? How long > did it take?

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Re: Meeting time
by Brian Kelsay 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

So what do you use, old 386 laptop? IBM PS/2? Copy of Windows ME? AOL CDs? 1x CD-ROMs? ARCNet equipment? Old MAUs and vampire taps? Roll of Thicknet? BASIC (or name your obsolete language) programming book? Shares of Boo.com (or name your defunct web company from the late 90s, early 2000s)? Copy of anything by Jon Katz? What can the rest of you come up with? Brian Kelsay >>> "Monty J. Harder" <> 01/11/05 08:08PM >>> The problem with the back seat is that someone can see the laptop bag, and do a smash-n-grab. I generally put my laptop in the trunk or cover it with something that doesn't look like it's worth stealing.

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RE: Meeting time
by Brian Densmore 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Combs > > Brian Kelsay wrote: > > So what do you use, old 386 laptop? IBM PS/2? Copy of > Windows ME? AOL CDs? 1x CD-ROMs? ARCNet equipment? Old > MAUs and vampire taps? Roll of Thicknet? BASIC (or name > your obsolete language) programming book? Shares of Boo.com > (or name your defunct web company from the late 90s, early > 2000s)? Copy of anything by Jon Katz? > > > > What can the rest of you come up with? > > A U-Haul blanket. Nasty dirty diapers.

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"free software" magazine
by David Nicol 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_01/

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AMD Turion
by Brian Kelsay 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050107-4510.html http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3456411 http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050110_124351.html Anybody heard any real details on this 64-bit mobile processor? One thing's for certain, it'll put out enough heat to bake your walnuts. Anyone actually use one of the Athlon-64-Mobile chips in a laptop? I know dj_goku has drooled over them, but let's hear from someone that has used one. Brian Kelsay

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Re: Meeting time
by mike＠handuma.com 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

It was basically a freeze out. The library closed and only two people made it to Denny's -- Hal and myself. Next time it'll be different. Michael handuma.com http://www.handuma.com

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RE: Infrared scanners for recording fingerprints and Linux
by Brian Densmore 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

The problem there is sensitivity. Children's fingerprints can be quite densely compacted and getting a clear print may be challenging to say the least. Basically I have been asked to improve on the CHIPS program for child protection. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Hutchins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:42 AM > To: kclug(a)kclug.org > Subject: Re: Infrared scanners for recording fingerprints and Linux > > > On Tuesday 11 January 2005 10:33 am, Gerald Combs wrote: > > > Jonathan Hutchins wrote: > > > A conventional scanner would give you the flexability to take > > > fingerprints, palmprints, and/or footprints. That would > probably be a > > > better way to go. The fingerprint scanners I've seen are > mostly intended > > > to take a single, adult finger. > > > Does a conventional scanner have enough resolution and/or > contrast to > > pick up the ridges in a fingerprint? Would it show all of > the loops, > > arches, and whorls, or a picture of a finger? > > I was thinking of taking a conventional print first, then > scanning that. > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug >

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Infrared scanners for recording fingerprints and Linux
by Brian Densmore 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

Anyone done anything with this? A friend has asked me to build a system to record a child's fingerprints, photos, and general characteristics in a user friendly manner and write the data to a "business card cd". Doing all from a laptop. I can handle the photo and the user-friendly interface easily enough, but don't know where to start with the IR fingerprint scanner. Also, I'm not entirely sure an IR fingerprint is the way to go. Brian Densmore CompuTech Business Solutions, Inc. (816) 880-0988 ext. 215 densmoreb(a)ctbsonline.com

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