[KLUG Members] KLUG Meeting Notes for 03/11/2003
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13 Mar 2003 22:34:01 -0500
KLUG Meeting Notes: Tuesday - March 11, 2003 7:00PM
I. PRESENTATION RECAP
II. NEXT WEEK'S MEETING INFO <=== UniData!!!
III. KLUG MAILING LISTS
IV. KLUG NEWS FLASHES
V. KLUG CONTACT & MEETING INFO
Tonight's Meeting Moderator: KLUG Chairperson Todd Pillars
During the attendee introductions tonight, Todd passed around a
graphic of the first NERD as drawn by Dr. Seuss! The word "nerd"
first appeared in 1950 in Dr. Seuss's "If I Ran the Zoo."
Tonight's question to answer was - Name your favorite Dr. Seuss
book! "The Cat in the Hat" was the most frequently mentioned.
I. PRESENTATION RECAP
THIS WEEK'S KLUG PRESENTATION: (23 active KLUG participants)
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HylaFax; Just the Fax
by Adam Williams
HylaFax is a comprehensive faxing solution, coupled with other
common Open Source packages it can support sending, receiving,
viewing, and logging of fax communication. Fax clients are
supported on a wide variety of platforms. Come to the meeting
and see the inner workings of HylaFax, the gotchas, and how to
avoid them.
PRESENTATION SUMMARY:
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Adam's detailed content can be found on the KLUG web site:
[Look at the Past Presentations page]
Tonight we revisited a great Open Source software project
that has produced a commercial level fax server solution.
We saw Adam's 52 slides produced by the OpenOffice.Org v1.0.1
Impress application and you can too! He used his laptop
running Red Hat v8.0 and the Gnome2 desktop and the KLUG SVGA
projector to give us a detailed professional IT experience.
After delivering "Just the Fax!" he listed 10 fax clients
that work with HylaFax. His outline included:
Features
Prerequisites
Modems & Modem Classes
Components
Processes
Directories Explained
faxgetty Configuration and Functions
faxrcvd Configuration and Functions
fax2pdf (a conversion std. under Linux)
faxsend Configuration and Functions
hfaxd Configuration and Functions
sendq Description
Document Conversions (from TIFF/F)
Destination Controls & Blocking 911 Calls
faxq Configuration and Functions
Maintenance - faxcron, faxclean,
Those 10 Fax Clients - Win32 & Linux, Check them out!
Fax directly from MS Outlook...
and Hylafax faxes directly from Star/OpenOffice
faxsetup Configuration and Functions
faxconfig Functions
Cover Pages - faxcover uses Postscript
[You can do direct fax cover pages from MS Office]
Questions and Answers followed
Sending IP to IP
Fax Routing
Others...
HylaFAX is freely available under copyright in complete source
form. It may be used in commercial applications in part or in
whole without charge. http://www.hylafax.org/
Compare with the cost and features of Vsifax.
http://www.esker.com/esker_com/products/vsifax_home.html
VSI-FAX FOR WINDOWS NT/2000 & LINUX V4.1 $1,199.99
THE ENTIRE 52 OPENOFFICE IMPRESS SLIDE PRESENTATION IN .PDF FORMAT!
ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/HylaFAX.pdf
Adam is a network administrator based in Grand Rapids, but the
network he deals with is all over Michigan, with a couple of
hundred workstations, running Linux and other Operating Systems.
Not only does he deal with domain issues at work, but he is also
the owner of the domain "whitemice.org". Adam has been a regular
contributor to technical discussions on our main mailing list,
both presenting and solving some of the most challenging
networking and configuration problems.
II. NEXT KLUG MEETING - TUESDAY 03/18/2003
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UniData (Multivalued database)
by Dirk Bartley
Tonights topic is the multivalued database "Unidata". Ardent
Software released Unidata as one of the earliest databases
available on the Linux OS. Unidata was purchased by Informix
which was then purchased by IBM. Big Blue now sells and supports
the Unidata database. Dirk will explain some of the similarities
and differences between Uniquerry and SQL. Also some of the
differences beween accessing and changing data in a Unibasic
environment as opposed to an SQL environment. This is not a
standard "Free Software" presentation. Unidata is not
distributed under an Open Source License and is not free.
Come to this meeting if you are interested in an understanding
of a conceptually different databse than an SQL database.
MORE on UniData:
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/u2/unidata/
UniData is an extended relational database designed for
embedding in vertical applications. Unidata simplifies DM
and query logic, providing more power for online
high-transaction applications.
Dirk Bartley, a WMU graduate, works as a systems administrator for
Schupan Aluminum Sales, a division of Schupan and Sons. His passion
for free software comes second to spending time with his wife Dawn,
an Upper Peninsula native, and taking Shelly, their sheltie/terrier
mix pound pooch, for a walk. These interests are only followed by
his love of playing ice hockey.
III. K L U G M A I L I N G L I S T S
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Diversified mailing lists can be found on the KLUG web site.
http://kalamazoolinux.org/listserv/
Facilitated by - John Bridleman listmaster@kalamazoolinux.org
Sign up and participate to serve the Open Source community!!!
IV. K L U G N E W S F L A S H E S ! ! !
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KLUG WILL BE AT THE A1SCS COMPUTER SHOW IN KALAMAZOO ON MARCH 29TH!
Stu Gillis, KLUG Vice-Chair is lookjng for volunteers to staff the
KLUG display at the A1SCS Computer Show http://www.a1scs.com/ on
the last Saturday of the month from 10:00AM TO 3:00PM! E-mail Stu
at showguy@kalamazoolinux.org The big yellow KLUG banner and the
inflatable TUX will be proudly displayed as we sell BSWare and let
the public know about the KLUG organization and invite them to join
us for an exciting KLUG meeting! IT WILL BE FUN AND EDUCATIONAL!
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SCO: IBM SUIT NOT ABOUT LINUX [The noisiest news of the week.]
The legal action the SCO Group brought against IBM on Thursday has
nothing to do with Linux or the open-source community, Darl McBride,
CEO and president of the SCO Group, stressed in a media conference
on Friday morning. "This case is not about the Linux community or
us going after them.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,921610,00.asp
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/0234251
&mode=thread&tid=136&tid=106&tid=123
http://news.com.com/2100-1016-991464.html
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6706&mode=thread&order=0
http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0310.barr.html
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LINUS COMMENTS ON SCO VS IBM
"Linus comes forth on the SCO v IBM suit and how it pertains (or
doesn't, for that matter) to Linux." He definitely puts a fair
amount of perspective on the whole thing. This story really is
only going to get more bizarre.
http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/03/11/0137251.shtml?tid=106
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THIS IS THE END OF SCO, FOR SURE!
So, I think the claims I've heard are specious, and not enforcible
in court. Why, then, is SCO doing this? They want to be purchased.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=5456337&sid=56225&tid=123
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3D ANIMATION OF KERNEL SOURCE DEVELOPMENT <submitted by TAZ>
"Have a look at this cool 3D animation of the Linux kernel source.
This is how a source browser should look like!"
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/173242&mode
=thread&tid=106
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SIGNIFICANT INTERACTIVITY BOOST IN LINUX KERNAL <submitted by TAZ>
"Linux creator Linus Torvalds recently proposed a patch to offer
interactive processes a boost, greatly benefiting the X desktop,
as well as music and movie players."
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/162218&mode=thread&tid=
104&tid=106
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YET ANOTHER PERL CONFERENCE IN CANADA <submitted by TAZ>
"For anyone interested in Perl, Yet Another Perl Conference is
coming to Ottawa, Canada May 15th and 16th."
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/2313249&
mode=thread&tid=145
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JOHN PERRY BARLOW ON THE DANGERS OF DRM
"In an extensive interview with one of Europe's most renowned IT
publishers, EFF cyber-rights activist John Perry Barlow speaks out
against attempts to bring the entire planet under the control of
dangerous Digital Restrictions Management schemes overprotected
by clones of the dreaded DMCA (Dumbest Mistake on Copyright in
America, or something)."
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/03/11/194256.shtml?tid=126
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MCDONALDS TO GO WIRELESS?
"The AP, by way of AOL *yipe*, is reporting a pilot program by
McDonalds to provide inhouse WiFi with the purchase of a combo meal.
This sure will make roadtrips a lot easier." An hour of access per
combo meal.
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/03/11/135255.shtml?tid=187
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HAPPY GOOGLE HACKS
The links to Tara Calishain's Happy Google Hacks page. It's basically
a collection of interesting ways to do searching.
http://www.buzztoolbox.com/google/
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MANDRAKE LINUX V9.1 BETA RELEASED
This is the last release before Mandrake Linux 9.1 final.
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/91beta.php3
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RED HAT VERSION 8.1 RUMORED TO HAVE AN APRIL RELEASE PLANNED
This rumor was printed in the February 10, 2003 InfoWorld (p. 17)
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KLUG NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO FILL SEVERAL VACANT POSITIONS
Nutrimaster and Education Director volunteer slots are still
vacant. We need additional volunteers to act as the "Meeting
Firewall" to handle Chamber access control and security issues.
The Chamber has asked us to safeguard their assets as KLUG
members come and go from the meeting room each Tuesday night.
Bob and Zac need help with this function which requires that
you get to the meetings early and see that the everything is
locked up as the last person leaves. This means being at the
Chamber at 6:30pm and hanging around until 10:00pm. We have
other volunteer positions available and many of these duties
could be shared if you have an interest. GET INVOLVED IN KLUG!
Volunteers are needed for Beginner's Nights and Installfests.
Please contact installmaster@kalamazoolinux.org for more details.
See http://kalamazoolinux.org/organize for position descriptions.
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KLUG NEEDS SPEAKERS FOR THE WEEKLY LINUX RELATED PRESENTATIONS!
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Contact Adam if you can give a presentation on any area of Linux
related subject or application. He would also like to hear your
suggestions for topics and possible speaker referrals. Do you
know anyone who is using Linux in Southwest Michigan and might
be willing to share their Linux expertise by making a technical
presentation? Professional, individual, or commercial speakers
on Linux accepted. Contact programdirector@kalamazoolinux.org
with your referrals and ideas. See the meeting schedule for open
dates. http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/meetings/schedule.php3
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V. K L U G C O N T A C T & M E E T I N G I N F O
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KLUG WEB SITE http://kalamazoolinux.org
MEMBERS AND GUESTS - COME JOIN US FOR A MEETING!!!
http://kalamazoolinux.org/meetings
WE MEET WEEKLY, EACH TUESDAY AT 7:00PM.
Our meeting site is the Kalamazoo Chamber
of Commerce office building downtown.
346 W. Michigan Ave. - Kalamazoo, MI 49007
http://kazoolug.org/meetings/maps.php3 <=== MAP!
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Kalamazoo Linux Users Group, Inc.
6749 South Westnedge Avenue
Suite K-288
Portage MI 49002
e-mail address: chair@kalamazoolinux.org
Copyright 2003
Kalamazoo Linux Users Group, Inc.
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