[Lancaster] Meeting interest ...

Ken Hough kenhough at btinternet.com
Tue May 14 19:56:45 UTC 2013 

Wayne,

I believe all of what you say about ras Pi. If I hadn't got lots of other 
things to do, I would most likely get one. How many 70 year olds would say 
that?   :-)

Regards

Ken Hough
Kendal
Cumbria



On Tuesday 14 May 2013 20:00:07 Wayne Ward wrote:
> 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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