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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Linux live streaming transmission software? (Mike Yates)
2. Re: Hello Bristol Linux User Group (Steve Plenty)
3. Re: Hello Bristol Linux User Group (Martin)
4. Re: Installing GRUB2 on RAID (Martin)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 16:55:31 +0000
From: Mike Yates <bblug@fonehelp.co.uk>
To: "d.hockinbt" <d.hockin@btinternet.com>, Bristol and Bath Linux
User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Linux live streaming transmission software?
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Lovely comment, Dave!
I got a lot of flack many years ago on sci.archaeology for suggesting that
we should try harder to stop the transatlantic brain-drain because those
wide open spaces were obviously decaying the exported grey matter, with
which we failed to export any sense of humour...


On 9 January 2014 16:38, d.hockinbt <d.hockin@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Yes that lack of flash is a pain at times. All these stupid firms having
> continuous quarrel with each other - Apple in Particular. All acting as
> uncontrollable children. But the Apple and co. are yanks - and they as a
> nation have yet to grow up.
>
> Dave.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Yates
> To: d.hockinbt
> Cc: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 9:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [bristol] Linux live streaming transmission software?
>
>
> Yes, Dave, the iplayer app also works perfectly on my Nexus4 (LG) and
> Nexus7 (Asus) but that's not seeing the live stream while you're in the
> kitchen.
>
> At least BBC "Watch Live" is only 10-30 secs delayed (compared to Sky,
> more to DTV) but it requires Adobe Flash, for which, AFICS, only "illegal"
> substitutes are available for Android, due to Google's spat with Adobe.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> On 7 January 2014 23:41, d.hockinbt <d.hockin@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> BBC incompatible with Android???
>
> BBC Iplayer works perfectly on my Samsung Galaxy S2 phone! And the screen
> at a comfortable hand-held distance is the same angle of view a my 32"
> Panasonic TV at 12 feet! Very handy for missed programmes!
>
> Dave .(Posset)
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Yates
> To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 2:51 PM
> Subject: [bristol] Linux live streaming transmission software?
>
>
> <Hi guys
>
>
> <All I want is a 10" screen in our very small kitchen, displaying
> simultaneously the output of the Sky box, but....
>
> <That includes BBC whose own streaming is also delayed and incompatible
> with Android.
>
> <Also, would frame-adaptation of 720p TV for streaming be too
> processor-intensive for the PB Dot2, which is dual-core 64bit with an SSD
> but only <1GB RAM ?
>
>
>
> <TIA
>
> <Mike
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 19:40:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: Steve Plenty <steve.plenty@yahoo.co.uk>
To: "bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Hello Bristol Linux User Group
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Hi Nige,<br/><br/>I am very interested in joining the group please can you tell me more about the group, as I am fairly new to using the terminal command line and I like trying new distro's. <br/><br/>I look forward to hearing from you.<br/><br/>steve. <a href="http://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS"><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a>
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:35:57 +0000
From: Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [bristol] Hello Bristol Linux User Group
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On Thu, 2014-01-09 at 19:40 +0000, Steve Plenty wrote:
> Hi Nige,
>
> I am very interested in joining the group

You already have! BBLUG is a ... ummm ... loosely affiliated leaderless
collective or something like that. Being on the mailing list (and
perhaps "self identifying" as a member) is all there is to joining.

> please can you tell me more about the group,

BBLUG has been running ... since the mid-late 90's or so. There has
been a once a month meeting (as in, anyone who feels like it turns up at
the pub and talks about ... well ... generally anything and everything
and very occasionally Linux) since early 2000's or so. Occasionally
there are events that are organised by members or under the aegis of
BBLUG. In this vein I think there were some people here plotting an
install fest. There is no official leadership as such so things get
done when someone chooses to do them.

Who is on the list / in the group is kind of difficult to tell. Last
time I spoke to Dave (our tireless list admin) he said there were about
200 people on the list and this had been fairly constant, perhaps with a
slight upward trend over the years and a churn of a couple of people a
month. Then again this was probably in 2007 or something so I may be
completely out of date. Most folks lurk and like most online groups,
less than 10% of people actively post. It's hard to get a feel for what
the 'average' member is like but there is an age range between students
to retirees, an interest range from dabbling hobbiest to professional
and a knowledge range from newbie to kernel hackers.

Somewhere [ aside -- I've just looked at our website ... looking good;
my thanks to any / all involved in resurecting / improving it ] there
are some vauge statements about community norms and what few rules we
have.

> as I am fairly new to using the terminal command line and I like
> trying new distro's.

Cool! From the questions people ask it seems we have a reasonable
selection of distros represented, although (IMHO) the differences
between them are a lot less than they used to be.

> I look forward to hearing from you.

Does this help?

Cheers,
- Martin






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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:55:18 +0000
From: Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [bristol] Installing GRUB2 on RAID
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On Wed, 2014-01-08 at 10:04 +0000, Martin Moore wrote:
> I have 2 identical servers with hotswap drives. Having got one configured
> (Debian Jessie) and running I want to put one of the drives into the 2nd
> server. To do so I presumably need to install GRUB on the drive in the new
> server as GRUB isn't RAIDed (using mdadm). Am I correct?

Is this an attempt to clone the machine? If so then there are better
ways of doing this than using a RAID rebuild.

Cheers,
- Martin





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