[Cialug] April Meeting Notes

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Nice write-up.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: timwilson011@mchsi.com [mailto:timwilson011@mchsi.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 11:42 PM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: [Cialug] April Meeting Notes
> 
> 
> Meeting Notes 04/20/2005
> 
> MythTV
> The majority of the discussion was tabled until next month.
> Hauppauge cards are supported by most modern distributions.
> See http://www.hauppauge.com for more details.
> The Hauppauge PVR-150 is newer and cheaper than the PVR-250.  
> The PVR-350 has
> an MPEG-2 hardware encoder and decoder, where the 250 and 150 
> decode in
> software.  The PVR-150 and 350 have a hardware Video CD 
> encoder, the 250 does
> not.  PVR Cards are best for slower machines, but any TV 
> tuner card will work
> with MythTV, as long as there are Linux drivers for the card. 
>  Without a PVR
> card (or equivalent), you would probably need 1GHz or more.
> 
> MythTV Features:
> Basic video editing
> PIP support with more than one tuner
> Rip and play music in MP3, OggVorbis, and other formats.
> Picture Viewer
> A front-end to play MAME, NES, SNES, and other games.
> Weather module
> For more, see http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythFeatures 
> 
> Iowa Training Days
> Josh More gave a Linux in Schools presentation
> Makes sense in public schools, but makes even more sense in 
> alternative schools.
> Difference between training and educating: Training shows how 
> to use software,
> versus how they work so you can expand your knowledge beyond 
> the training.
> Find the presentation at:
> http://www.starmind.org/Professional.White_Papers.Linux_In_Sch
> ools.html
> 
> System Monitoring Tools
> BigBrother, Nagios, AWStats, Webalizer, and PHPMyStats were 
> mentioned.  Nagios
> is nice, but a giant pain to get running.  AWStats 
> graphically shows what
> pages are hit the most, from where, and the average download 
> size.  This will
> allow you to see if a lot of people are canceling the 
> download, or are having
> problems downloading.  Go to http://freshmeat.net/browse/245/ 
> to see more log
> analyzers.
> 
> Misc Info
> http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/features/yast
> .html Suse and
> Yast make installs easy.  For example, during an install, 
> LDAP was setup
> automatically.  Yast is a system installer, making easy setup 
> DNS, DHCP, and
> others.  It is not a package manager, but it does install 
> packages via rpm.
> http://www.bookpool.com for O'Reilly books where they often 
> have a 43% off
> sale.  Search for bookshelf to find O'Reilly CD Bookshelf 
> titles.  These
> titles include HTML, which is searchable.
> http://www.digg.com People post interesting sites they've 
> found, the posts get
> "diggs" to move to the front page.
> http://www.techbooksforfree.com A decent selection of tech 
> books for free
> viewing or download.
> http://propel.phpdb.org Reads your DB schema and generates an 
> XML file, and
> spits out PHP code.
> http://www.comfortkeyboard.com A keyboard that can be re-arranged in a
> multitude of configurations.
> 
> Humor
> http://www.gizoogle.com translates pages into urban language.
> http://www.starmind.org/cgi-bin/mangle_phrase.cgi Translates 
> a phrase into
> various languages, and back to English.  Some very humorous 
> translations!
> Found at http://www.fark.com: An April Fools day column where 
> Star Trek fans
> had a re-enactment of a Civil War battle.  See
> http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/columni
> sts/tim_chitwood/11281515.html
> for more.
> 
> Cooperative Asterisk
> Qwest PRI: $585/month for a 3-year term.  Has a max of 23 simultaneous
> connections.
> Dave W. has a dual PII 450MHz server.
> Dave W. would cover half of the cost, at about $300/month.
> Others would have to make up the difference.  For example, 
> for $10/month,
> would require 30 people to sign up.
> There would not be E911/911 service.  The reason is the fire 
> department would
> go to the co-location, not your house.  A small asterisk 
> server can run on a
> WRT54G router.
> http://www.asterisk.org
> Everyone would need an IAXy to plug a phone into it.
> http://www.digium.com
> 
> 
> --
> Tim W.
> _______________________________________________
> Cialug mailing list
> Cialug@cialug.org
> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
> 

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Nice write-up.</FONT>
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&gt; -----Original Message-----
 &gt; From: timwilson011@mchsi.com [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:timwilson011@mchsi.com">mailto:timwilson011@mchsi.com</A>=
]
 &gt; Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 11:42 PM
 &gt; To: cialug@cialug.org
 &gt; Subject: [Cialug] April Meeting Notes
 &gt; 
 &gt; 
 &gt; Meeting Notes 04/20/2005
 &gt; 
 &gt; MythTV
 &gt; The majority of the discussion was tabled until =
next month.
 &gt; Hauppauge cards are supported by most modern =
distributions.
 &gt; See <A HREF=3D"http://www.hauppauge.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.hauppauge.com</A> for more details.
 &gt; The Hauppauge PVR-150 is newer and cheaper than =
the PVR-250.&nbsp; 
 &gt; The PVR-350 has
 &gt; an MPEG-2 hardware encoder and decoder, where =
the 250 and 150 
 &gt; decode in
 &gt; software.&nbsp; The PVR-150 and 350 have a =
hardware Video CD 
 &gt; encoder, the 250 does
 &gt; not.&nbsp; PVR Cards are best for slower =
machines, but any TV 
 &gt; tuner card will work
 &gt; with MythTV, as long as there are Linux drivers =
for the card. 
 &gt;&nbsp; Without a PVR
 &gt; card (or equivalent), you would probably need =
1GHz or more.
 &gt; 
 &gt; MythTV Features:
 &gt; Basic video editing
 &gt; PIP support with more than one tuner
 &gt; Rip and play music in MP3, OggVorbis, and other =
formats.
 &gt; Picture Viewer
 &gt; A front-end to play MAME, NES, SNES, and other =
games.
 &gt; Weather module
 &gt; For more, see <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=3DMythFeatures" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=3DMythFeatures<=
/A> 
 &gt; 
 &gt; Iowa Training Days
 &gt; Josh More gave a Linux in Schools =
presentation
 &gt; Makes sense in public schools, but makes even =
more sense in 
 &gt; alternative schools.
 &gt; Difference between training and educating: =
Training shows how 
 &gt; to use software,
 &gt; versus how they work so you can expand your =
knowledge beyond 
 &gt; the training.
 &gt; Find the presentation at:
 &gt; <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.starmind.org/Professional.White_Papers.Linux_In_Sch" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.starmind.org/Professional.White_Papers.Linu=
x_In_Sch</A>
 &gt; ools.html
 &gt; 
 &gt; System Monitoring Tools
 &gt; BigBrother, Nagios, AWStats, Webalizer, and =
PHPMyStats were 
 &gt; mentioned.&nbsp; Nagios
 &gt; is nice, but a giant pain to get running.&nbsp; =
AWStats 
 &gt; graphically shows what
 &gt; pages are hit the most, from where, and the =
average download 
 &gt; size.&nbsp; This will
 &gt; allow you to see if a lot of people are =
canceling the 
 &gt; download, or are having
 &gt; problems downloading.&nbsp; Go to <A =
HREF=3D"http://freshmeat.net/browse/245/" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://freshmeat.net/browse/245/</A> 
 &gt; to see more log
 &gt; analyzers.
 &gt; 
 &gt; Misc Info
 &gt; <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/features/yast" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/featu=
res/yast</A>
 &gt; .html Suse and
 &gt; Yast make installs easy.&nbsp; For example, =
during an install, 
 &gt; LDAP was setup
 &gt; automatically.&nbsp; Yast is a system =
installer, making easy setup 
 &gt; DNS, DHCP, and
 &gt; others.&nbsp; It is not a package manager, but =
it does install 
 &gt; packages via rpm.
 &gt; <A HREF=3D"http://www.bookpool.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.bookpool.com</A> for O'Reilly books where =
they often 
 &gt; have a 43% off
 &gt; sale.&nbsp; Search for bookshelf to find =
O'Reilly CD Bookshelf 
 &gt; titles.&nbsp; These
 &gt; titles include HTML, which is =
searchable.
 &gt; <A HREF=3D"http://www.digg.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.digg.com</A> People post interesting sites =
they've 
 &gt; found, the posts get
 &gt; &quot;diggs&quot; to move to the front =
page.
 &gt; <A HREF=3D"http://www.techbooksforfree.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.techbooksforfree.com</A> A decent =
selection of tech 
 &gt; books for free
 &gt; viewing or download.
 &gt; <A HREF=3D"http://propel.phpdb.org" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://propel.phpdb.org</A> Reads your DB schema and =
generates an 
 &gt; XML file, and
 &gt; spits out PHP code.
 &gt; <A HREF=3D"http://www.comfortkeyboard.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.comfortkeyboard.com</A> A keyboard that =
can be re-arranged in a
 &gt; multitude of configurations.
 &gt; 
 &gt; Humor
 &gt; <A HREF=3D"http://www.gizoogle.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.gizoogle.com</A> translates pages into =
urban language.
 &gt; <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.starmind.org/cgi-bin/mangle_phrase.cgi" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.starmind.org/cgi-bin/mangle_phrase.cgi</A> =
Translates 
 &gt; a phrase into
 &gt; various languages, and back to English.&nbsp; =
Some very humorous 
 &gt; translations!
 &gt; Found at http://www.fark.com: An April Fools =
day column where 
 &gt; Star Trek fans
 &gt; had a re-enactment of a Civil War battle.&nbsp; =
See
 &gt; <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/columni" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news=
/columni</A>
 &gt; sts/tim_chitwood/11281515.html
 &gt; for more.
 &gt; 
 &gt; Cooperative Asterisk
 &gt; Qwest PRI: $585/month for a 3-year term.&nbsp; =
Has a max of 23 simultaneous
 &gt; connections.
 &gt; Dave W. has a dual PII 450MHz server.
 &gt; Dave W. would cover half of the cost, at about =
$300/month.
 &gt; Others would have to make up the =
difference.&nbsp; For example, 
 &gt; for $10/month,
 &gt; would require 30 people to sign up.
 &gt; There would not be E911/911 service.&nbsp; The =
reason is the fire 
 &gt; department would
 &gt; go to the co-location, not your house.&nbsp; A =
small asterisk 
 &gt; server can run on a
 &gt; WRT54G router.
 &gt; <A HREF=3D"http://www.asterisk.org" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.asterisk.org</A>
 &gt; Everyone would need an IAXy to plug a phone =
into it.
 &gt; <A HREF=3D"http://www.digium.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.digium.com</A>
 &gt; 
 &gt; 
 &gt; --
 &gt; Tim W.
 &gt; =
_______________________________________________
 &gt; Cialug mailing list
 &gt; Cialug@cialug.org
 &gt; <A =
HREF=3D"http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</A>
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