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Any USB 3G broadband usable under Linux?
by Mark Trickett 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hello All, I have a friend currently running Windows on a laptop, where IE was so woeful that they were looking to upgrade the USB wireless broadband dongle. When I installed Firefox, matters improved, but some of the AV and malware software is not playing nice. As a result, I would like for them to be able to run Linux from a USB stick as a first trial before expunging Windows. This will require supporting the current connection with a Telstra Elite Mobile Broadband USB Modem, which is activated. I am aware that it has a dual personality, with the storage holding the install software, and having to be switched into the modem mode for communications. What I would appreciate is personal experience with this device, and what it can be made to do, and what the limitations are. I would also appreciate any pointers to what I might also consider for my personal use, where I will not require to run Windows for the activation phase. I am currently on dialup, but I have "issues" when I try to get the digital version of Linux Journal. Specifically, there is something in the network path causing undue ping times, whereas I can do much the same to grab similarly sized files from other sites, and it does work. Having limited amounts of prepaid quota would be very helpful for intermittent use, as would further information that will assist in dealings with Telstra's marketing, and ostensibly not supporting Linux. Regards, Mark Trickett

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Buffalo routers
by James Harper 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

I have a few OpenWRT installations on Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2 routers that mostly works great, but one appears to have just lost the radio. The router can scan and see other wireless networks around, but mostly nobody can see it apart from sporadic periods where they can see the ssid but not successfully connect. It was working fine and then suddenly wasn't, even after a power cycle. So I think the radio tx is dying or dead... does anyone have any anecdotal evidence of a problem with this particular router, or maybe I was just unlucky? Thanks James

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Re: Wiki software
by Rick Moen 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Quoting Trent W. Buck (trentbuck(a)gmail.com) > CNK. If you think gitit has simple deps, you obviously haven't > compiled them in cabal. On a system with a "mere" ???1GB RAM and > 7200RPM disks. Or at least, not the optional code markup part. I actually meant the extent and quantity of binary package dependencies, and, yeah, just doing 'apt-get install gitit', if feasable. (I'm lazy and spoiled by Debian's build infrastructure.) Build dependencies are of course a whole different thing, and a point worth noting for situations where it's relevant.

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Wiki software
by Tony Langdon 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Can anyone recommend a Wiki package that can be run on a Linux host (LAMP or otherwise)? I might have a project which requires a wiki. 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com

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Raspberry Jam Meeting
by Alec Clews 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

G'Day, Just to let people know that Raspberry Jam (for the Raspberry Pi Linux computer) is being held 4/Aug at Melbourne Connected Community Hacker Space. Details http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Raspberry-Jam/events/75258142/ Places are limited to you'll need to register on the meetup page please. Thanks -- Alec Clews Personal <alec.clews(a)gmail.com> Melbourne, Australia. Jabber: alecclews(a)jabber.org.au PGPKey ID: 0x9BBBFC7C blog:http://alecthegeek.wordpress.com/

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Universe repository on Ubuntu
by Chandra Amarasingham 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Hi, Does know of an official note on how software ends up in the universe repository on ubuntu. Given it's community maintained and not officially supported, is it considered safe enough for production use....safe in the sense of being free of malevolent elements. Stability is not an issue. Regards Chandra

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IOgear network attached USB hub
by Keith Bainbridge 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

G'day All, Anybody had any experience with either of these: IOGear Wireless 4-Port USB Sharing Station IOGear 4-Port USB Sharing Hub Both come with installation CD which raises concerns. Or any suggestions on similar devices? Thanks Keith Bainbridge PO Box 324 BELMONT Vic 3216 Australia +61 (0)408 522 706 keith.bainbridge.3216(a)gmail.com

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Urgent / Important: Is "Computer Science" Science?
by Donna Benjamin 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Hi all, Submissions regarding the Draft Senior Science Australian Curriculum close **tomorrow**. This article in today's age made me think... http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/science-subject-comes-under-fir… Hang on - Where's computer science? Oh that's right it doesn't exist in the brave new world of the new Australian Curriculum. It's a general capability (ICT) or a "Technology" along with design, woodworking, cooking and agriculture - in a strand called "Digital Technologies" I've been to a couple of Google sponsored workshops advocating for the promotion and redevelopment of computer science in high school. #CS4HS So I have some thoughts on this. Perhaps you do too? You have less than 24 hours to make a submission with your thoughts. The draft curriculum is here: http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Info+Sheet+-+Draft+Senior +Secondary+Science+FINAL.pdf (and hopefully attached) Email submissions to Science(a)acara.edu.au Make sure to use this cover sheet http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Static/docs/Senior% 20Secondary/Senior%20Secondary%20feedback%20cover%20sheet.docx docx ? Oh no. Ok. I will attempt to attach it converted to odt. More info here: http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ please redistribute or agitate, as you see fit. cheers Donna -- Donna Benjamin - Executive Director Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414

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dev block physical block size
by Colin Fee 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

A colleague has asked if there is any utility, application, or command to show a disks physical block size. He's particularly interested in interrogating a drive to see if it's an Advanced Format drive i.e. with native 4096 byte sectors or 512e sectors etc. -- Colin Fee tfeccles(a)gmail.com

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dumping data from gdb
by Russell Coker 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

I have a multi-threaded program that has just SEGV'd. I want to extract a chunk of data from the program to run in a test program to try and reproduce the problem. Is there a way of telling gdb to dump a chunk of data to a file? The data in question is a regular C string. I tried using p fopen() but it seems that you can't do that sort of thing in a multi-threaded program. p open() fails and I can't work out why. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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