From higleylh at gmail.com Wed Feb 1 22:01:16 2012 From: higleylh at gmail.com (Lowell Higley) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:01:16 -0800 Subject: [Lvlug] Petition for Free Software in the US Government Message-ID: Lower the national debt by expanding the government's use of Free Software such as GNU/Linux and LibreOffice. https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/lower-national-debt-expanding-governments-use-free-software-such-gnulinux-and-libreoffice/jkLbwPDC -- Linux. Life without Windows. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lvlug.org/pipermail/lvlug/attachments/20120201/95803d24/attachment.htm From mmrtnt at earthlink.net Mon Feb 13 07:08:42 2012 From: mmrtnt at earthlink.net (Mike Martinet) Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:08:42 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Subject: [Lvlug] Open Source at the Movies Message-ID: <25694360.1329145722897.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lvlug.org/pipermail/lvlug/attachments/20120216/4e11e9b8/attachment.htm From tom.garland at gmail.com Thu Feb 16 18:29:26 2012 From: tom.garland at gmail.com (Tom Garland) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:29:26 -0800 Subject: [Lvlug] raspberry pi In-Reply-To: <1329444475.82076.YahooMailNeo@web36807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <1329444475.82076.YahooMailNeo@web36807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4F3DBB86.2030309@gmail.com> On 02/16/2012 06:07 PM, charles frederick wrote: > Tom > > Is this what you were talking about at a recent meeting ? > > If not just info. > > Chuck Frederick > > raspberry pi > http://www.google.com/search?q=raspberry+pi&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a > > Yes, the first entry has the latest info, indicating the general availability won't be until the end of February. I expect them to be sold out of stock within a few hours of the availability announcement. The biggest concern I have is if shipping cost from the U.K. might be about as great as the price of the device itself. Be nice if someone, including me, can get their hands on for the March LVLUG meeting. I'll bring mine to a LVLUG meeting when I get one. Tom -- 'Intellectual Property'. Intellect is virtual. Property is real. 'Virtual Reality' Duh! Have Fun and Be Helpful - Toga #LVLUG on IRC.FREENODE.NET for online chat. From tom.garland at gmail.com Fri Feb 17 14:46:29 2012 From: tom.garland at gmail.com (Tom Garland) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:46:29 -0800 Subject: [Lvlug] LVLUG Meeting tomorrow in Henderson Message-ID: <4F3ED8C5.2020705@gmail.com> Next meeting is Saturday, February 18, 2012 from Noon to 4:00pm. At ITT Tech, Henderson Campus 168 N. Gibson Rd., Henderson, NV. Posted full location detail in case the lvlug.org site is down. I will be going to lv.net Monday to pick up our server to replace a dead disk fan. If you need a particular Linux distro to burn tomorrow, let me know today and I will burn a CD for you. Tom -- 'Intellectual Property'. Intellect is virtual. Property is real. 'Virtual Reality' Duh! Have Fun and Be Helpful - Toga #LVLUG on IRC.FREENODE.NET for online chat. From tom.garland at gmail.com Mon Feb 20 16:44:40 2012 From: tom.garland at gmail.com (Tom Garland) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:44:40 -0800 Subject: [Lvlug] Repaired LVLUG server+ money spent Message-ID: <4F42E8F8.6030704@gmail.com> I replaced the lvlug.org server's drive bay fan. The same one I replaced last year. $17 at radio shack. Paid $5 more than last year hoping this higher quality(?) fan will last longer. Also bought 100 blank CDs and DVDs for $22 each for $44 total. This brings the LVLUG equipment fund to, 63-(44+17) = $2. Tom -- 'Intellectual Property'. Intellect is virtual. Property is real. 'Virtual Reality' Duh! Have Fun and Be Helpful - Toga #LVLUG on IRC.FREENODE.NET for online chat. From tom.garland at gmail.com Mon Feb 20 16:52:51 2012 From: tom.garland at gmail.com (Tom Garland) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:52:51 -0800 Subject: [Lvlug] Movie copy utility Message-ID: <4F42EAE3.4030409@gmail.com> Ralph in last Saturday's LVLUG meeting was asking about storing movies to files. In Linux Today there is an article about "movgrab" - http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2012022000339MMSW also the download tar file is there, looks interesting. I downloaded and compiled it with no problems. Tom -- 'Intellectual Property'. Intellect is virtual. Property is real. 'Virtual Reality' Duh! Have Fun and Be Helpful - Toga #LVLUG on IRC.FREENODE.NET for online chat. From mjgossett at gmail.com Mon Feb 20 17:47:40 2012 From: mjgossett at gmail.com (Michael Gossett) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:47:40 -0800 Subject: [Lvlug] Repaired LVLUG server+ money spent In-Reply-To: <4F42E8F8.6030704@gmail.com> References: <4F42E8F8.6030704@gmail.com> Message-ID: <8590930907984093375@unknownmsgid> Any reason for not going to Fry's? RadioShack is ridiculously overpriced. On Feb 20, 2012, at 4:44 PM, Tom Garland wrote: > I replaced the lvlug.org server's drive bay fan. The same one I > replaced last year. $17 at radio shack. Paid $5 more than last > year hoping this higher quality(?) fan will last longer. > > Also bought 100 blank CDs and DVDs for $22 each for $44 total. > > This brings the LVLUG equipment fund to, 63-(44+17) = $2. > > Tom > -- > 'Intellectual Property'. Intellect is virtual. Property is real. > 'Virtual Reality' Duh! Have Fun and Be Helpful - Toga > #LVLUG on IRC.FREENODE.NET for online chat. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the Lvlug mailing list Lvlug at lvlug.org > Set options or unsubscribe at http://lvlug.org/mailman/listinfo/lvlug > The Lvlug mailing list is hosted courtesy of LasVegas.Net From tom.garland at gmail.com Mon Feb 20 18:04:40 2012 From: tom.garland at gmail.com (Tom Garland) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:04:40 -0800 Subject: [Lvlug] Repaired LVLUG server+ money spent In-Reply-To: <8590930907984093375@unknownmsgid> References: <4F42E8F8.6030704@gmail.com> <8590930907984093375@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <4F42FBB8.60402@gmail.com> Distance and time, 2 miles compared to 30 miles. Besides the two trips and back to lv.net. On 02/20/2012 05:47 PM, Michael Gossett wrote: > Any reason for not going to Fry's? RadioShack is ridiculously overpriced. > > On Feb 20, 2012, at 4:44 PM, Tom Garland wrote: > >> I replaced the lvlug.org server's drive bay fan. The same one I >> replaced last year. $17 at radio shack. Paid $5 more than last >> year hoping this higher quality(?) fan will last longer. >> >> Also bought 100 blank CDs and DVDs for $22 each for $44 total. >> >> This brings the LVLUG equipment fund to, 63-(44+17) = $2. >> >> Tom -- 'Intellectual Property'. Intellect is virtual. Property is real. 'Virtual Reality' Duh! Have Fun and Be Helpful - Toga #LVLUG on IRC.FREENODE.NET for online chat. From cyberengineer at earthlink.net Wed Feb 22 08:58:51 2012 From: cyberengineer at earthlink.net (Richard Davis) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:58:51 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Subject: [Lvlug] How about this article from Computerworld? Message-ID: <5665436.1329929931673.JavaMail.root@mswamui-bichon.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Linux skills in demand, wages up Senior-level skills most sought-after as companies launch Linux projects By Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld February 16, 2012 10:05 AM ET If you work as a Linux developer or system administrator, your pay should be increasing -- and so should your job offers -- according to a new survey of hiring managers. The survey found that salaries for Linux developers, system administrators and those with related skills increased 5% last year, with bonuses averaging about 15%. The survey of approximately 2,000 hiring managers and staffing agencies was conducted by The Linux Foundation, an industry group, and Dice, an employment jobs board. The study only looked at Linux and didn't benchmark gains across other platforms. Dice has about 11,000 jobs posted on its site that require Linux experience to some extent -- an increase of 17% from last year, said Alice Hill, managing director of Dice.com. Related Content "It's really hard to find talent in a market that is competitive, and that leads to poaching and new ways to attract talent," Hill said. The average salary for a Linux professional, across all categories of skills, last year was $86,432, up from $82,575 from the previous year, according to the survey. Michael Dsupin, the CEO of The Talener Group, a recruiting company that was started five years ago to recruit people with Linux skills, said there is particular demand for senior Linux developers and system administrators. He said the 5% salary increase found in the survey "sounds a little bit low." Dsupin said companies are seeking senior Linux developers "because they don't have a strong background in [Linux, and] they want to make sure their initial steps are with senior people." In many cases, companies are doing their first Linux-based projects with the help of a consulting firm, Dsupin said. Rob Byron, a principal recruiter at the staff firm Winter, Wyman who focuses on system engineering and administration, said people who have Linux and cloud experience have "a very marketable skill set right now." Byron said the demand for Linux skills is on par with .Net developers and people with business intelligence and data warehousing skills. There is more competition for developers with Linux skills versus Windows skills primarily because there are many people with Windows skills in the market, said Bryon, echoing a view that was shared by recruiters at ROI Staffing. At Houston-based ROI, recruiters are seeing a lot of demand for people with Linux skills in the oil and gas and banking industries. During the recession, many projects at these companies were put on hold, but today, the budgets are back. In hiring, a big factor with a lot of clients is the communications skills of prospective hires, according to Alan Zigelman, a recruiter at the firm. "That's the biggest hurdle," he said. Patrick Thibodeau covers cloud computing and enterprise applications, outsourcing, government IT policies, data centers and IT workforce issues for Computerworld. Follow Patrick on Twitter at @DCgov or subscribe to Patrick's RSS feed . His email address is pthibodeau at computerworld.com . Read more about linux and unix in Computerworld's Linux and Unix Topic Center. -----Original Message----- >From: Tom Garland >Sent: Feb 20, 2012 4:52 PM >To: The Las Vegas Linux Users Group >Subject: [Lvlug] Movie copy utility > >Ralph in last Saturday's LVLUG meeting was asking about storing >movies to files. > >In Linux Today there is an article about "movgrab" - >http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2012022000339MMSW >also the download tar file is there, looks interesting. I >downloaded and compiled it with no problems. > >Tom >-- >'Intellectual Property'. Intellect is virtual. Property is real. >'Virtual Reality' Duh! Have Fun and Be Helpful - Toga >#LVLUG on IRC.FREENODE.NET for online chat. >_______________________________________________ >Sent via the Lvlug mailing list Lvlug at lvlug.org >Set options or unsubscribe at http://lvlug.org/mailman/listinfo/lvlug >The Lvlug mailing list is hosted courtesy of LasVegas.Net From tom.garland at gmail.com Tue Feb 28 00:15:14 2012 From: tom.garland at gmail.com (Tom Garland) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:15:14 -0800 Subject: [Lvlug] Linux Job Post In-Reply-To: <5cd75d1c0239811accb120e43c6cc9a2@lvlug.org> References: <5cd75d1c0239811accb120e43c6cc9a2@lvlug.org> Message-ID: <4F4C8D12.9050106@gmail.com> On 02/27/2012 11:38 PM, LVLUG.org Linux Rocks! wrote: > Ray Ward submitted the following Information: > Email ray at lauray.net > Comments > > Do you have people who could do a small Linux programming job for me? > I will be attending your up coming meeting in March. > Is There anyone I should ask for at that time? > Hi Ray, I'll re-post this to the LVLUG mailing list, which you are welcome to join. That way people can respond directly to you. There's no telling who will be at the next LVLUG meeting as most of those that work with Linux don't usually come to the meetings. So the LVLUG mailing list is your best bet. You might also be more specific on what you need done, and what skill requirements are needed. Tom -- 'Intellectual Property'. Intellect is virtual. Property is real. 'Virtual Reality' Duh! Have Fun and Be Helpful - Toga #LVLUG on IRC.FREENODE.NET for online chat.