[Lancaster] Meeting interest ...

[Wayne Ward]

sounds interesting ken i just got these two raspberrys to use as front 
ends for xbmc to stream media from my nas, although i have installed and 
used a desktop machine and had quake 3 running on them.. great for media 
servers, ive just updated both of them to the latest version of xbian 
and xbmc andthey are running great i think the machines lack optical out 
or a module that plugs in for optical out as a lot of people are using 
for home cinema setups!
they are quiet cheap to buy and cases are like 5 pound each if you want 
to change the case! you can also power of a mobile phone charger or from 
the USB on your TV!

Wayne

On 14/05/13 14:47, Ken Hough wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 May 2013 14:14:58 you wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>   
>> did you get a look at the raspberry Pi ken...
> I've been reading about it in Linux Format, etc, but I just don't have the
> time to play with one. I do have an old Arduino and have developed software
> for it to control a couple of stepper motors via a home made interface/driver
> board. This software can be compiled to run either as a stand alone app
> controlled via Arduino I/O lines, or via USB to a PC. I've also developed a
> matching GUI app to drive the Arduino app from a PC. All done under Linux of
> course.
>
> The raspberry Pi is clearly a much more powerful and complete device than
> Arduino. Maybe one day......
>
> Regards
>
> Ken Hough
> Kendal
> Cumbria
>
>> Wayne
>> 07957448652
>>
>> http://linuxconnect.co.uk/
>>
>> On 14/05/13 09:00, Ken Hough wrote:
>>> Wayne,
>>>
>>> I didn't realise that you were the creator of this Lug. Well done!
>>>
>>> My first contact was at the Folly  --  just across the road from the
>>> prison, My contacts with the LUG have been patchy, mainly because I live
>>> so far away. It's definitely not because of lack of interest in Linux.
>>> The more I see of recent MS Windows developments (shenanigans?), the
>>> more I appreciate Linux. I recently got to play with Windows 8  ---
>>> Ughhh!
>>>
>>> I mentioned that I've recently installed the latest version of Debian (64
>>> bit Wheezy v7.0.0). For anyone thinking of doing likewise, there are a
>>> few points that might be of interest:
>>>
>>> 1. Synaptic
>>> Before running synaptic, run the command 'apt-get update', otherwise when
>>> trying to do a package search, Synaptic simply and unceremoniously shuts
>>> down! Someone has messed up on this one.
>>>
>>> 2. Annoying speech synthesiser
>>> By default, all keyboard actions are reported via a speech synthesiser
>>> -- even to the extent that sounds of individual key letters are spoken.
>>> I found that this rapidly becomes VERY annoying. I intend to disable
>>> this ASAP.
>>>
>>> 3. Don't like Gnome 3!
>>> It's quite pretty, but not very sensible in ergonomic terms. For example,
>>> to access the windows box down the RIGHT hand side of the screen, one
>>> must first click on "Actions"  which is situated at the top LEFT hand
>>> side of the screen. IMHO, very silly! Why not show the box when the
>>> curser is pushed up to the right hand side of the screen? For now, I've
>>> reverted to "classic gnome" and am renewing contact with KDE. I used to
>>> use KDE3.
>>>
>>> My main PC is fitted with plug-in hard drive caddies, so it's easy to
>>> swap drives. So just now, I have my normal working system on one drive
>>> (which I'm using just now) and other trial systems on other drives. This
>>> makes trying out new stuff a breeze.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Ken Hough
>>> Kendal
>>> Cumbria
>>>
>>> On Monday 13 May 2013 17:48:18 Wayne Ward wrote:
>>>> Ah somebody is still on the list!!
>>>> The amateur radio stuff sounds interesting ken
>>>>
>>>> I used to swear by debian its solid i used to use the studio64 edition
>>>> used to work a treat for me, im currently running ubuntu on my
>>>> workstation and laptop and soon will be using it on the nexus 4 and
>>>> nexus 7 when the final release of debian touch arrives! Im using unity
>>>> but im going to try gnome on a VM when i get my new dell xps developer
>>>> edition this week! Its good hearing from you ken and glad to hear your
>>>> still running linux and hopefully see you at one of the next meetings
>>>>
>>>> im just trying to date back when i originally created the LUG and its
>>>> going back to 2000 im thinking because i did the first meeting at the
>>>> george and dragon back in 2000 and it didnt work so the folly created
>>>> one in 2002 as faras i can see from the archive on the mailing lists!
>>>> did you attend the first meeting at the george and dragon on the quay i
>>>> cant remember it was that long ago!!!
>>>>
>>>> wayne
>>>>
>>>> RE
>>>>
>>>> Hi Wayne,
>>>>
>>>> It's good to see that you are keeping the LUG ball rolling. I haven't
>>>> been down to Lancaster for some time, mainly because other interests
>>>> are taking up my time -- mainly amateur radio.  I now have a full
>>>> amateur radio license which means that not only can I transmit on any
>>>> of the amateur radio frequencies, but I am also allowed to build my own
>>>> transmitters, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Of course I still use Debian Linux as my main OS with VirtualBox for the
>>>> odd occasion when I have to use Win XP. I use 'wine' for a few Win apps
>>>> that can be run via wine.
>>>>
>>>> Last night I downloaded and installed the latest and very recently
>>>> released version of Debian Linux (Wheezy v7.0.0). As expected with
>>>> Debian, installation went faultlessly.
>>>>
>>>> Not sure that I like the latest desktop, but then I'm still a Gnome 2
>>>> user who is used to a big VDU (Dell Ultrasharp 24") and a comfortable
>>>> mouse. It seems to me that recent desktops are really aimed at small
>>>> touch screens. I dislike recent versions of Ubuntu for the same reason.
>>>>
>>>> Time will tell.
>>>>
>>>> Keep up the good work.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes to all.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Ken Hough
>>>> Kendal
>>>> Cumbria
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