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• i want to insert values from table1 to table2 with incremantal value

  - by adnan

  i tried something like this but the id value is not changing, getting the value for first record and set the value for all rest... insert into table1 (Id,b,c,d) (select (select max(Id)+1 from table1),x,y,z from table2 where... )

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• How do I extract Info associated with any OpenID provider?

  - by Adnan

  OpenID providers like GOogle,Yahoo etc also stroes user info like Name,email etc. Is it possible to retrieve it by using OpenID Selector(http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/)? If yes then how do I fetch it? is the OpenID URL same every time when a user logs in? if yes ten may I store that handler in DB? I am using PHP.

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• how to enter text into uitextfield

  - by adnan

  I have implemented the delegates for UITextField and also method for these text field. Below are the methods: - (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField { [textField resignFirstResponder]; } - (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)aTextField { [aTextField resignFirstResponder]; return YES; } My problem is that when I want to enter text into UITextField its delegate does not allow me to enter the text into textfields. Kindly tell me how i can enter the data into textfields

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• group by country with ActiveRecords in Rails

  - by Adnan

  Hello, I have a table with users: name | country | .. | UK | .. | US | .. | US | .. | UK | .. | FR | .. | FR | .. | UK | .. | UK | .. | DE | .. | DE | .. | UK | .. | CA | . . What is the most efficient way with ActiveRecords to get the list of countries in my view and for each country how many users are from, so: US 123 UK 54 DE 33 . . .

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• remove duplicate from string in PHP

  - by Adnan

  Hello, I am looking for the fastest way to remove duplicate values in a string separated by commas. So my string looks like this; $str = 'one,two,one,five,seven,bag,tea'; I can do it be exploding the string to values and then compare, but I think it will be slow. what about preg_replace() will it be faster? Any one did it using this function?

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• Group by with ActiveRecord in Rails

  - by Adnan

  Hello, I have a the following table with rows: ================================================================ id | name | group1 | group2 | group3 | group4 | ================================================================ 1 | Bob | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1| ================================================================ 2 | Eric| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1| ================================================================ 3 | Muris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1| ================================================================ 4 | Angela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1| ================================================================ What would be the most efficient way to get the list with ActiveRecords ordered by groups and show their count like this: group1 (2) group2 (1) group3 (1) group4 (4) All help is appreciated.

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• get all values except { } in regex

  - by Adnan

  Get all values from a string except the brackets { } So the string; now table { five } should be now table five I need it to be as regex

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• alternative of microsoft project along API :)

  - by adnan

  Dear, I am looking for well known Microsoft Project alike applications which somehow i get to know through this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/729926/alternatives-to-microsoft-project but I also need to know their API/Library through which I can pro grammatically read their files using .NET Hope m not asking for much :)

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• retrieving data from memcache

  - by Adnan

  Hello, I am starting to learn the benefits of memcache, and would like to implement it on my project. I have understood most of it, such as how data can be retrieved by a key and so on. Now I get it that I can put a post with all of its details in memcache and call the key POST:123, that is OK, and I can do it for each post. But how to deal with the case when I query the table posts to get the list of all posts with their titles. Can this be done with memcache, or should this always be queried from the table?

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• simple search in rails

  - by Adnan

  Hi, I'm making a simple search form in rails. In my search view I have two select boxes with fixed values like: SELECT BOX 1 SELECT BOX 2 ALL, ALL, FR, FR, US, US, DE DE And I have 2 fields in my DB with country_from and country_to. So for making a simple search like from FR to US I use: @search_result = Load.find(:all, :conditions => "country_from='#{params[:country_from]}' AND country_to='#{params[:country_to]}'" ) that is fine, but I need to implement the ALL option as well, so when I make a search like from DE to ALL I get a list with all countries in country_to I image I can do it with ifs...but what would be the most efficient way to do it?

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• Validate a statment from string in JAVA

  - by Adnan

  I have a string; String allIn = "(50 > 100) AND (85< 100)"; Now I need to evaluate if the conditions inside are TRUE or FALSE, how can I do it? In real the string will be a value from a field in my DB, where I will substitute different values and they will form a string as shown above.

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• Deprecated Preference Activity method

  - by Adnan Nazir

  package com.adi.preferencedemotest; i am working on PreferenceActivity but when i call my preference xml(prefs.xml) with the help of addPreferencesFromResource it says this method is deprecated and "This function is not relevant for a modern fragment-based PreferenceActivity" is there any alternative of this method? how i can handle ? public class PrefsActivity extends PreferenceActivity { @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") <------- @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.prefs); <------- } } Note: may be my question rate as duplicated but i didn't find any.

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• list all files from directories and subdirectories in Java

  - by Adnan

  What would be the fastest way to list the names of files from 1000+ directories and sub-directories? EDIT; The current code I use is: import java.io.File; public class DirectoryReader { static int spc_count=-1; static void Process(File aFile) { spc_count++; String spcs = ""; for (int i = 0; i < spc_count; i++) spcs += " "; if(aFile.isFile()) System.out.println(spcs + "[FILE] " + aFile.getName()); else if (aFile.isDirectory()) { System.out.println(spcs + "[DIR] " + aFile.getName()); File[] listOfFiles = aFile.listFiles(); if(listOfFiles!=null) { for (int i = 0; i < listOfFiles.length; i++) Process(listOfFiles[i]); } else { System.out.println(spcs + " [ACCESS DENIED]"); } } spc_count--; } public static void main(String[] args) { String nam = "D:/"; File aFile = new File(nam); Process(aFile); } }

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• regular expression for replace

  - by Adnan

  I have a string; text="Label" and I need to replace it to: text="{resourceManager.getString('trad', 'Label')}" What would be the easiest expression to do this?

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• how can i show ccessarychecked cell values in alertbox

  - by adnan

  i have created uitableview and cell in uitableview are accessarychecked . i have implemented an action named -(IBAction) checkBoxClicked . what i need is that i wanted to show accessarychecked cell values in alertbox when i click on button this is the code which i have written #import "ViewController.h" @implementation ViewController @synthesize cell; - (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section { return 7; } - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { cell= [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"cell"]; if (cell == nil) { cell = [[ UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:@"cell"]; } cell.textLabel.text = [myarray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]; /* NSString *imagefile = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"cellimage" ofType:@"png"]; UIImage *ui = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:imagefile]; cell.imageView.image = ui;*/ NSString *check = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"checkbox_not_ticked" ofType:@"png"]; UIImage *bi = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:check]; cell.imageView.image = bi; cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone; return cell; [cell release]; } - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]; if (cell.accessoryType == UITableViewCellAccessoryNone) { cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark; } else { cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryNone; } } -(IBAction) checkBoxClicked { NSArray *array = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:[myarray objectAtIndex:cell.accessoryType]:UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark]; if (array.cell.accessoryType == UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark) { UIAlertView *msg = [[ UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"selected items are given: " message:array delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil ]; [msg show ]; [msg release]; [myarray release]; } } //-(IBAction)checkBoxClicked{} - (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning { [super didReceiveMemoryWarning]; // Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use. } #pragma mark - View lifecycle - (void)viewDidLoad { myarray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"mondey",@"tuesday", @"wednesday",@"thursday",@"friday",@"saturday",@"sundey", nil]; [super viewDidLoad]; // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib. } - (void)viewDidUnload { [myarray release]; [super viewDidUnload]; // Release any retained subviews of the main view. // e.g. self.myOutlet = nil; } - (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated { [super viewWillAppear:animated]; } - (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated { [super viewDidAppear:animated]; } - (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated { [super viewWillDisappear:animated]; } - (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated { [super viewDidDisappear:animated]; } - (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation { // Return YES for supported orientations return (interfaceOrientation != UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown); } @end

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• date in future for Rails

  - by Adnan

  Hello, I am trying to make a validation that will validate that the entered date is in future and that the selected date is in the next 7 days. In order to validate if the date is in future I use; valid_until.future? and this one works fine, but to make a validation to check if the date selected is withing 7 days from now?

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• intel dg31pr heat issues

  - by user17077

  Hi there, I have got Intel 8400 processor installed on a DG31PR board. My board gets hot quite quickly and the temperature hovers around 50-65 C at normal load. I have got a good cooling system but I wonder if its a problem in my mobo. Can you guys kindly suggest what to do? My processor runs fine and stands at 30-32 C. Thanks. Regards, Adnan

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• Upcoming events 2011 IT Camp Saturday Tampa and Orlando Code Camp 2011

  - by Nikita Polyakov

  I’ll be speaking at a few upcoming events: Saturday March 19th 2011 IT Camp Saturday Tampa http://itcampsaturday.com/tampa This is a first of it’s kind – IT Pro camp, a more topic open then many traditional Code Camp and no so much code focused. Here is just a small sample: Adnan Cartwright Administrating your Network with Group Policy Nikita Polyakov Intro to Phone 7 Development Landon Bass Enterprise Considerations for SharePoint 2010 Michael Wells Intro to SQL Server for IT Professionals Keith Kabza Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Overview Check out the full session schedule for other session, if you are in the IT Pro field – you will find many sessions of interest here: http://itcampsaturday.com/tampa/2011/03/01/schedule/   Saturday March 26th 2011 Orlando Code Camp http://www.orlandocodecamp.com/ Just a highlight of a few sessions: Design & Animation Chris G. Williams: Making Games for Windows Phone 7 with XNA 4.0 Diane Leeper: Animating in Blend: It's ALIVE Diane Leeper: Design for Developers: Bad Design Kills Good Projects Henry Lee: Windows Phone 7 Animation Konrad Neumann: Being a Designer in a Developer's World Nikita Polyakov: Rapid Prototyping with SketchFlow in Expression Blend WP7 Henry Lee: Learn to Use Accelerometer and Location Service (GPS) in Windows Phone Application Joe Healy: Consuming Services in Windows Phone 7 Kevin Wolf: Work From Anywhere = WFA (Part 1) Kevin Wolf: Work From Anywhere = WFA (Part 2) Nikita Polyakov: WP7 Marketplace Place and Monetization Russell Fustino: Making (More) Money with Phone 7

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• Extract / Parse Tags from Mixed Content String

  - by Andreas

  Hello, i want to parse Tags from a mixed Content String. The string goes like this: "<PERSON>yasir arafat</PERSON> , the president of the <LOCATION>palestinian authority</LOCATION> , on the defensive , mr . sharon believes , a government official" I only want to use jaxp. Got anybody an idea for this. May an easy way with Expressions. But i need the Element names as well though. Best Regards Andreas

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• How do we achieve "substring-match" under O(n) time?

  - by Pacerier

  I have an assignment that requires reading a huge file of random inputs, for example: Adana Izmir Adnan Menderes Apt Addis Ababa Aden ADIYAMAN ALDAN Amman Marka Intl Airport Adak Island Adelaide Airport ANURADHAPURA Kodiak Apt DALLAS/ADDISON Ardabil ANDREWS AFB etc.. If I specify a search term, the program is supposed to find the lines whereby a substring occurs. For example, if the search term is "uradha", the program is supposed to show ANURADHAPURA. If the search term is "airport", the program is supposed to show Amman Marka Intl Airport, Adelaide Airport A quote from the assignment specs: "You are to program this application taking efficiency into account as though large amounts of data and processing is involved.." I could easily achieve this functionality using a loop but the performance would be O(n). I was thinking of using a trie but it seems to only work if the substring starts from index 0. I was wondering what solutions are there which gives a performance better than O(n)?

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• Database Logon Error in crystal report

  - by yasar arafat

  am really very dumb as this problem is being answered so many times but eally its above my head. i dont have any idea about working with crystal reports or asp.net but due to some reason i have to work on it. after trying very hard i m able to design on crystal report connecting it with mysql database. now when i see in the crystalreport preview i am able to see the report and the data ![enter image description here][1] but when i try to run it on server it says database logon failed![enter image description here][2] now i really dont know what to do i am pasting my aspx and aspx.vb code here and please repley in english not computer language believe me i m super dumb enter code here aspx codes <%@ Page Title="" Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/Master/Site.master"AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="ManHourCostExpenditure.aspx.vb" Inherits="ManHourCostExpenditure" %> <%@ Register assembly="CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304" namespace="CrystalDecisions.Web" tagprefix="CR" %> <asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" Runat="Server"> </asp:Content> <asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" Runat="Server"> <CR:CrystalReportViewer ID="CrystalReportViewer1" runat="server" AutoDataBind="True" EnableDatabaseLogonPrompt="False" EnableParameterPrompt="False" GroupTreeImagesFolderUrl="" Height="1202px" ReportSourceID="CrystalReportSource1" ToolbarImagesFolderUrl="" ToolPanelView="None" ToolPanelWidth="200px" Width="903px" BorderColor="#660033" BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="1px" HasCrystalLogo="False" /> <CR:CrystalReportSource ID="CrystalReportSource1" runat="server"> <Report FileName="CrDiscProjManHoursActVsEst.rpt"> </Report> </CR:CrystalReportSource> </asp:Content> aspxdotvb codes Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine Imports CrystalDecisions.Shared Imports CrystalDecisions.Enterprise Imports CrystalDecisions.ReportSource Imports CrystalDecisions.Web Imports CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms Imports MySql Imports MySql.Data Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient Imports System.Collections Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.Text Imports CrystalDecisions Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports Imports CrystalReportsReportDefModelLib Partial Class ManHourCostExpenditure Inherits System.Web.UI.Page Dim CrRpt As New CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load Dim StrConn As String = "SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=fluor;UID=root; PWD=root;" Dim Conn As New MySqlConnection(StrConn) Conn.Open() Dim CrRpt As New CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument 'Session.Add("REPORT_KEY", CrRpt) CrRpt.Load(Server.MapPath("CrManHourCostExpenditure.rpt")) CrRpt.PrintOptions.PaperOrientation = PaperOrientation.Landscape 'If IsPostBack Then ' CrRpt = CType(Session.Item("REPORT_KEY"), Group) ' CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = CrRpt 'End If CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = CrRpt 'CrystalReportViewer1.DataBind() CrystalReportViewer1.RefreshReport() Conn.Close() 'CrRpt.Close() 'CrRpt.Dispose() End Sub Protected Sub Page_Unload(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Unload 'CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource.Close() CrRpt.Close() CrRpt.Dispose() End Sub 'Protected Sub CrystalReportViewer1_Unload(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CrystalReportViewer1.Unload ' CrRpt.Close() ' CrRpt.Dispose() 'End Sub End Class please help me. thanks in advance.... yasir

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• Corsair Hackers Reboot

  It wasn't easy for me to attend but it was absolutely worth to go. The Linux User Group of Mauritius (LUGM) organised another get-together for any open source enthusiast here on the island. Strangely named "Corsair Hackers Reboot" but it stands for a positive cause: "Corsair Hackers Reboot Event A collaborative activity involving LUGM, UoM Computer Club, Fortune Way Shopping Mall and several geeks from around the island, striving to put FOSS into homes & offices. The public is invited to discover and explore Free Software & Open Source." And it was a good opportunity for me and the kids to visit the east coast of Mauritius, too. Perfect timing It couldn't have been better... Why? Well, for two important reasons (in terms of IT): End of support for Microsoft Windows XP - 08.04.2014 Release of Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support - 17.04.2014 Quite funnily, those two IT dates weren't the initial reasons and only during the weeks of preparations we put those together. And therefore it was even more positive to promote the use of Linux and open source software in general to a broader audience. Getting there ... Thanks to the new motor way M3 and all the additional road work which has been completed recently it was very simple to get across the island in a very quick and relaxed manner. Compared to my trips in the early days of living in Mauritius (and riding on a scooter) it was very smooth and within less than an hour we hit Centrale de Flacq. Well, being in the city doesn't necessarily mean that one has arrived at the destination. But thanks to modern technology I had a quick look on Google Maps, and we finally managed to get a parking behind the huge bus terminal in Flacq. From there it was just a short walk to Fortune Way. The children were trying to count the number of buses... Well, lots and lots of buses - really impressive actually. What was presented? There were different areas set up. Right at the entrance one's attention was directly drawn towards the elevated hacker's stage. Similar to rock stars performing their gig there was bunch of computers, laptops and networking equipment in order to cater the right working conditions for coding/programming challenge(s) on the one hand and for the pen-testing or system hacking competition on the other hand. Personally, I was very impresses that actually Nitin took care of the pen-testing competition. He hardly started one year back with Linux in general, and Kali Linux specifically. Seeing his personal development from absolute newbie to a decent Linux system administrator within such a short period of time, is really impressive. His passion to open source software made him a living. Next, clock-wise seen, was the Kid's Corner with face-painting as the main attraction. Additionally, there were numerous paper print outs to colour. Plus a decent workstation with the educational suite GCompris. Of course, my little ones were into that. They already know GCompris since a while as they are allowed to use it on an IGEL thin client terminal here at home. To simplify my life, I set up GCompris as full-screen guest session on the server, and they can pass the login screen without any further obstacles. And because it's a thin client hooked up to a XDMCP remote session I don't have to worry about the hardware on their desk, too. The next section was the main attraction of the event: BYOD - Bring Your Own Device Well, compared to the usual context of BYOD the corsairs had a completely different intention. Here, you could bring your own laptop and a team of knowledgeable experts - read: geeks and so on - offered to fully convert your system on any Linux distribution of your choice. And even though I came later, I was told that the USB pen drives had been in permanent use. From being prepared via dd command over launching LiveCD session to finally installing a fresh Linux system on bare metal. Most interestingly, I did a similar job already a couple of months ago, while upgrading an existing Windows XP system to Xubuntu 13.10. So far, the female owner is very happy and enjoys her system almost every evening to go shopping online, checking mails, and reading latest news from the Anime world. Back to the Hackers event, Ish told me that they managed approximately 20 conversion during the day. Furthermore, Ajay and others gladly assisted some visitors with some tricky issues and by the end of the day you can call is a success. While I was around, there was a elderly male visitor that got a full-fledged system conversion to a Linux system running completely in French language. A little bit more to the centre it was Yasir's turn to demonstrate his Arduino hardware that he hooked up with an experimental electrical circuit board connected to an LCD matrix display. That's the real spirit of hacking, and he showed some minor adjustments on the fly while demo'ing the system. Also, very interesting there was a thermal sensor around. Personally, I think that platforms like the Arduino as well as the Raspberry Pi have a great potential at a very affordable price in order to bring a better understanding of electronics as well as computer programming to a broader audience. It would be great to see more of those experiments during future activities. And last but not least there were a small number of vendors. Amongst them was Emtel - once again as sponsor of the general internet connectivity - and another hardware supplier from Riche Terre shopping mall. They had a good collection of Android related gimmicks, like a autonomous web cam that can convert any TV with HDMI connector into an online video chat system given WiFi. It's actually kind of awesome to have a Skype or Google hangout video session on the big screen rather than on the laptop. Some pictures of the event LUGM: Great conversations on Linux, open source and free software during the Corsair Hackers Reboot LUGM: Educational workstation running GCompris suite attracted the youngest attendees of the day. Of course, face painting had to be done prior to hacking... LUGM: Nadim demoing some Linux specifics to interested visitors. Everyone was pretty busy during the whole day LUGM: The hacking competition, here pen-testing a wireless connection and access point between multiple machines LUGM: Well prepared workstations to be able to 'upgrade' visitors' machines to any Linux operating system Final thoughts Gratefully, during the preparations of the event I was invited to leave some comments or suggestions, and the team of the LUGM did a great job. The outdoor banner was a eye-catcher, the various flyers and posters for the event were clearly written and as far as I understood from the quick chats I had with Ish, Nadim, Nitin, Ajay, and of course others all were very happy about the event execution. Great job, LUGM! And I'm already looking forward to the next Corsair Hackers Reboot event ... Crossing fingers: Very soon and hopefully this year again :) Update: In the media The event had been announced in local media, too. L'Express: Salon informatique: Hacking Challenge à Flacq

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• Feedback on meeting of the Linux User Group of Mauritius

  Once upon a time in a country far far away... Okay, actually it's not that bad but it has been a while since the last meeting of the Linux User Group of Mauritius (LUGM). There have been plans in the past but it never really happened. Finally, Selven took the opportunity and organised a new meetup with low administrative overhead, proper scheduling on alternative dates and a small attendee's survey on the preferred option. All the pre-work was nicely executed. First, I wasn't sure whether it would be possible to attend. Luckily I got some additional information, like children should come, too, and I was sold to this community gathering. According to other long-term members of the LUGM it was the first time 'ever' that a gathering was organised outside of Quatre Bornes, and I have to admit it was great! LUGM - user group meeting on the 15.06.2013 in L'Escalier Quick overview of Linux & the LUGM With a little bit of delay the LUGM meeting officially started with a quick overview and introduction to Linux presented by Avinash. During the session he told the audience that there had been quite some activity over the island some years ago but unfortunately it had been quiet during recent times. Of course, we also spoke about the acknowledged world dominance of Linux - thanks to Android - and the interesting possibilities for countries like Mauritius. It is known that a couple of public institutions have there back-end infrastructure running on Red Hat Linux systems but the presence on the desktop is still very low. Users are simply hanging on to Windows XP and older versions of Microsoft Office. Following the introduction of the LUGM Ajay joined into the session and it quickly changed into a panel discussion with lots of interesting questions and answers, sharing of first-hand experience either on the job or in private use of Linux, and a couple of ideas about how the LUGM could promote Linux a bit more in Mauritius. It was great to get an insight into other attendee's opinion and activities. Especially taking into consideration that I'm already using Linux since around 1996/97. Frankly speaking, I bought a SuSE 4.x distribution back in those days because I couldn't achieve certain tasks on Windows NT 4.0 without spending a fortune. OpenELEC Mediacenter Next, Selven gave us decent introduction on OpenELEC: Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center (OpenELEC) is a small Linux distribution built from scratch as a platform to turn your computer into an XBMC media center. OpenELEC is designed to make your system boot fast, and the install is so easy that anyone can turn a blank PC into a media machine in less than 15 minutes. I didn't know about it until this presentation. In the past, I was mainly attached to Video Disk Recorder (VDR) as it allows the use of satellite receiver cards very easily. Hm, somehow I'm still missing my precious HTPC that I had to leave back in Germany years ago. It was great piece of hardware and software; self-built PC in a standard HiFi-sized (43cm) black desktop casing with 2 full-featured Hauppauge DVB-s cards, an old-fashioned Voodoo graphics card, WiFi card, Pioneer slot-in DVD drive, and fully remote controlled via infra-red thanks to Debian, VDR and LIRC. With EP Guide, scheduled recordings and general multimedia centre it offered all the necessary comfort in the living room, besides a Nintendo game console; actually a GameCube at that time... But I have to admit that putting OpenELEC on a Raspberry Pi would be a cool DIY project in the near future. LUGM - our next generation of linux users (15.06.2013) Project Evil Genius (PEG) Don't be scared of the paragraph header. Ish gave us a cool explanation why he named it PEG - Project Evil Genius; it's because of the time of the day when he was scripting down his ideas to be able to build, package and provide software applications to various Linux distributions. The main influence came from openSuSE but the platform didn't cater for his needs and ideas, so he started to work out something on his own. During his passionate session he also talked about the amazing experience he had due to other Linux users from all over the world. During the next couple of days Ish promised to put his script to GitHub... Looking forward to that. Check out Ish's personal blog over at hacklog.in. Highly recommended to read. Why India? Simply because the registration fees per year for an Indian domain are approximately 20 times less than for a Mauritian domain (.mu). Exploring the beach of L'Escalier af the meeting 'After-party' at the beach of L'Escalier Puh, after such interesting sessions, ideas around Linux and good conversation during the breaks and over lunch it was time for a little break-out. Selven suggested that we all should head down to the beach of L'Escalier and get some impressions of nature down here in the south of the island. Talking about 'beach' ;-) - absolutely not comparable to the white-sanded ones here in Flic en Flac... There are no lagoons down at the south coast of Mauriitus, and watching the breaking waves is a different experience and joy after all. Unfortunately, I was a little bit worried about the thoughtless littering at such a remote location. You have to drive on natural paths through the sugar cane fields and I was really shocked by the amount of rubbish lying around almost everywhere. Sad, really sad and it concurs with Yasir's recent article on the same topic. Resumé & outlook It was a great event. I met with new people, had some good conversations, and even my children enjoyed themselves the whole day. The location was well-chosen, enough space for each and everyone, parking spaces and even a playground for the children. Also, a big "Thank You" to Selven and his helpers for the organisation and preparation of lunch. I'm kind of sure that this was an exceptional meeting of LUGM and I'm really looking forward to the next gathering of Linux geeks. Hopefully, soon. All images are courtesy of Avinash Meetoo. More pictures are available on Flickr.

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