Sam,
I did post to list about the mail pod meeting - it showed up in my digest... The day after the last meeting. I requested suggestions for a venue...? And proposed topics :)
Kind regards Mark Wastling
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Today's Topics:
- Fellowship meeting: Mar. 29th: JACK audio system (Sam Tuke)
- Re: Live CD (Sam Tuke)
- Re: Free Cryptography Course (Sam Tuke)
- Re: Mailpod Meetings (Sam Tuke)
- Re: Mailpod Meetings (D.Bolton U0970268)
- Re: Free Cryptography Course (D.Bolton U0970268)
Message: 1 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:51:49 +0000 From: Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org To: manchester@lists.fsfe.org, nwdc-announcements@googlegroups.com Cc: fellowship-uk@lists.fsfe.org, fsuk-manchester@nongnu.org Subject: [FSFE-Manc] Fellowship meeting: Mar. 29th: JACK audio system Message-ID: 201203091651.49676.samtuke@fsfe.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
The March Manchester FSFE Fellowship meeting will take place on Thursday 29th at 19.00 in MadLab.
Bob Ham, GNU/Linux audio developer and coordinator of Liverpool Linux User Group, will introduce and explain the JACK Audio Connection Kit - a professional Free Software sound server for audio recording, mixing, editing, and more.
JACK is at the cutting edge of professional media software, and powers the most powerful Free Software applications in the field, including:
- Ardour: http://ardour.org/
- Hydrogen: http://www.hydrogen-music.org
- Blender: http://www.blender.org/
- VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
- PureData: http://puredata.info/
JACK does things that the most expensive proprietary software cannot, as was originally funded and still developed by British programmer Paul Davis.
Bob's description:
A short history and discussion of the JACK Audio Connection Kit, its operating principles, design and implementation
- A short history of JACK
- Some sound card basics
- The JACK system
- Demonstration
The talk is a bit technical and contains phrases like "sound card buffer" and "callback".
There will also be discussion about recent news from the politics of Free Software, and a report from Document Freedom Day, which takes place the day before. Please bring your own topics for discussion with you, and present them to the group.
How to find MadLab: http://madlab.org.uk/contact/
See you there!
Sam.
Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke@jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
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Message: 2 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 18:51:40 +0000 From: Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org To: manchester@lists.fsfe.org Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Live CD Message-ID: 201203091851.40371.samtuke@fsfe.org Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On Tuesday 06 March 2012 18:35:36 D.Bolton U0970268 wrote:
Success! Now running off a 1gb USB stick.
Congratulations! Which guide did you use?
As regards installing Wary Puppy on my Asus machine - I'll take things carefully.
If you manage to get around the wifi issue, I can heartily recommend crunchbang. It goes like the clappers, has a very minimalist UI, and includes tweaks and kernel extensions that I've never even heard of.
I used to use it on an old Acer netbook as my studio audio distro. It managed to cough up real time audio processing on a 1.6ghz single core 10.1 inch screen!
Thanks,
Sam.
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Message: 3 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 18:53:12 +0000 From: Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org To: manchester@lists.fsfe.org Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Free Cryptography Course Message-ID: 201203091853.13044.samtuke@fsfe.org Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On Wednesday 07 March 2012 12:39:31 D.Bolton U0970268 wrote:
Stanford University is hosting a free online course in cryptography - start date 12th March.
That does sound really good; if I had a little more time I'd like to take it.
If you like the course then perhaps you could give us a talk on what you will have learned at some stage :)
Sam.
Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke@jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
Message: 4 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 19:06:19 +0000 From: Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org To: manchester@lists.fsfe.org Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Mailpod Meetings Message-ID: 201203091906.20201.samtuke@fsfe.org Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="windows-1252"
On Thursday 08 March 2012 12:41:23 D.Bolton U0970268 wrote:
Any news on a venue for the 20th?
I was hoping that Mark was going to post to the list about it.
Which venue would you like? Arcspace would be better due to local server access and lots of computers to use, but harder / less likely to book. Madlab does not have the above facilities but is more likely to accommodate us.
By the way the 20th is Manchester Free Software's meeting, so perhaps we should reschedule? Could you do Monday 19th David?
At the last regular FSFE meeting we talked about having a set of web pages as a ?front end? for the mailpod (albeit hosted on another server). I would be keen to see this achieved in as simple a way as possible, without resorting to overly complex layouts, and gimmicky scripts.
People visit websites for information ? not to marvel at the layout. It is the duty of the webmasters to ensure that the information is clear, and easy to read ? also that pages are easily navigable, and follow a logical sequence.
Another reason for keeping it simple is that the source should always be easy to understand, and hence edit/modify, by other people.
I agree that it should be simple to read and edit. Perhaps a git repo containing markdown files would be best? This would allow people to edit pages who don't know HTML at all. We can always add support for dynamic content in future if we need it.
So, what sort of information do we wish to put on the website? What is the website meant to do?
Personally I think the most important things are:
- Explain what mailpod does
2, Explain why it does it 3. Explain why people should use our services 4. Allow people to sign up and pay for our services 5. Look professional and trustworthy 6. State the association with FSFE and Arcspace
Too much, or too little?
Out of interest this is the Fripost site: https://fripost.org/index.en.html
Thanks,
Sam.
Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke@jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
Message: 5 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 21:20:11 +0000 From: "D.Bolton U0970268" U0970268@unimail.hud.ac.uk To: "manchester@lists.fsfe.org" manchester@lists.fsfe.org Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Mailpod Meetings Message-ID: 021D3CFD19B65D4C954EC10485C3ACE7209BFEE6@DB3PRD0104MB104.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com
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Hi Sam,
By the way the 20th is Manchester Free Software's meeting, so perhaps we should reschedule? Could you do Monday 19th David?
I have a clash on Monday 19th (every other Monday I help run a playreading group for Oldham Coliseum Theatre) - however, I'm not leading the session on the 19th, so could skip it (although the two people who normally rely on me for lifts will have to catch the bus home). So yes - if the 19th is better for everyone else - I'll be there (wherever we meet).
I agree that it should be simple to read and edit. Perhaps a git repo containing markdown files would be best? This would allow people to edit pages who don't know HTML at all. We can always add support for dynamic content in future if we need it.
I'm up for anything - I'm just concious that if we start debating it too much it might be next xmas before a sensible-looking site is up.
Personally I think the most important things are:
- Explain what mailpod does
2, Explain why it does it 3. Explain why people should use our services
Definately
- Allow people to sign up and pay for our services
Are customers all supposed to live in and around Manchester? Are we going to ask for their real name and address? Will there be any vetting?
- Look professional and trustworthy
Yes - we want people to feel comfortable enough to pay!
- State the association with FSFE and Arcspace
Certianly - even if only to lend us some extra credibility
Too much, or too little?
Enough to start with, I reckon.
Out of interest this is the Fripost site: https://fripost.org/index.en.html
Did Fripost actually get its initial 50 customers? If so, the text on the site hasn't been updated.
David
Message: 6 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 21:37:01 +0000 From: "D.Bolton U0970268" U0970268@unimail.hud.ac.uk To: "manchester@lists.fsfe.org" manchester@lists.fsfe.org Subject: Re: [FSFE-Manc] Free Cryptography Course Message-ID: 021D3CFD19B65D4C954EC10485C3ACE7209C31DA@DB3PRD0104MB108.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com
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Sam wrote:
If you like the course then perhaps you could give us a talk on what you will have learned at some stage :)
If I get through it ok, then I most certainly will :-)
It isn't going to be easy - they dive straight into the maths - and require students to code their own cipher-cracking software from scratch. Interstingly, the examples are written in Python. However, in the interest of speed I've actually resorted to coding in good old MS QBASIC for the first week's homework - as I'm more at ease with the array handling syntax (students are allowed to use any language they want to generate the answers).
By the way, I found this excellent site on the legal aspects of cryptography http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/
David
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Mark wrote:
I did post to list about the mail pod meeting - it showed up in my digest... The day after the last meeting. I requested suggestions for a venue...? And proposed topics :)
I remember suggesting the Black Lion in Salford. Just tried looking up the Future Artists webside (the coop that runs the place) - but got a warning about the "Blackhole Exploit Kit" virus from AVG. Not sure if it came from their website or something that linked from it...
David