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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Idea for one of the meetings (Peter Hemmings)
2. Re: openSUSE 13.2 - Wastebin capacity (Mik Phelps)
3. Re: openSUSE 13.2 - Wastebin capacity (Amias Channer)
4. Re: Idea for one of the meetings (Amias Channer)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 17:34:46 +0100
From: Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Idea for one of the meetings
Message-ID: <55479FA6.9010606@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
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Alex,

On 04/05/15 11:40, Alex wrote:
> I've been sitting in the background on this debate for too long and have
> sort of lost the plot.

There is no plot!

>
> I know nothing about meetup.com or doodle. Facebook, well It would
> always be a no for me, seen the film, heard the stories. Wouldn't touch
> it with a barge pole.
>
> I've only occasionally attended meetings at the Knights Templar, the
> venue's too noisy, I can hardly hear the person sitting next to me let
> alone someone on the other side of the table.

As was said, it was originally a lot quieter, and was picked because
it was large and had power points..

This group has decided to have informal meetings BUT there have been
more formal ones in the past, the last one being LinuxLive which was a
bit of a disaster due to poor advertising which I was partially
responsible for.

In trying to get something more formal organized someone must take
charge and initiate proceedings such as getting a small group of like
minded people together and getting answers to the following questions,
then when you have some ideas get feedback from the list then modify the
proposals as necessary.

>
> Have we a list of topics?
No

> Have we a list of venues?

Some have already been mentioned

> Do we know how far people wish to travel and how do they travel?

No

I don't
> have a car, so train or bus is my only option.
> What's our preference for transport hub?

People in Bristol have generally preferred Bristol TM as it easiest for
longer distance travelers, but most people can access the center of the
city.

Bristol Temple Meads, Lawrence
> Hill Railway Station, Bristol Bus Station, Bath Bus Station, Bath
> Railway Station, somewhere else or have car will travel?

I, and others can advise you on possible venues but FYI we had the
Watershed free as a "one off" and would be quite expensive for a day
(about ?200 I think was an original quote).

>
> Alex
>

I am not a "Party Pooper" but FYI we have over 240 members on the list
some are abroad and some are not local, but out of say 100 who are, we
rarely get more than 8 at the KT and last week there was 4 of us but not
at the same time!!

I you (and others) wish to put something on, then go ahead and come up
with proposals, people periodically express concerns over the KT and
they have also suggested more formal events with speakers but rarely
does anyone put themselves forward to organize it!

Maybe it will be different this time!

Regards

--
Peter H



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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 09:29:34 +0100
From: Mik Phelps <ha1ry.g1t@mypostoffice.co.uk>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [bristol] openSUSE 13.2 - Wastebin capacity
Message-ID: <55487F6E.6090705@mypostoffice.co.uk>
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All
many thanks for your replies and suggestions on this.

Found a utility by entering 'wastebin' in the start menu options - I
really should look more thoroughly before posting!

Have increased wastebin capacity to 310GB and enabled the 'delete
largest file' option. Plenty of HD space on this laptop so shouldn't be
a problem,

Have yet to try it for the Audio Recorder SD Cards, but can increase the
max capacity further if needed.

Files are 3 or 4 hour long monitoring of neighbour noise nuisance over
many months late at night which has been diagnosed by a Medical
Specialist as causing muscle weakness and my collapsing every so often -
amongst other things such as short term memory loss.

A brief 7 minute Sample of one 4 hour recording has appeared to have the
occupants of the flat above to go quiet for the last few days- but for
how long after 14 months of disturbance

Mik



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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 10:39:40 +0100
From: Amias Channer <me@amias.net>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] openSUSE 13.2 - Wastebin capacity
Message-ID:
<CAMgU7XU_FXfPYeDavk3oqgy7fHyGokUiMyRSi4BmyebVb9YXcg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Mik,

http://spek.cc/ might help you analyse the audio files without having to
listen to them

also, if you have a complex partition setup the wastebin might not work as
expected , if could be on a smaller partition than the file if it doesn't
span disks.

sorry to hear about your neighbour noise

Cheers
Amias

On 5 May 2015 at 09:29, Mik Phelps <ha1ry.g1t@mypostoffice.co.uk> wrote:

> All
> many thanks for your replies and suggestions on this.
>
> Found a utility by entering 'wastebin' in the start menu options - I
> really should look more thoroughly before posting!
>
> Have increased wastebin capacity to 310GB and enabled the 'delete largest
> file' option. Plenty of HD space on this laptop so shouldn't be a problem,
>
> Have yet to try it for the Audio Recorder SD Cards, but can increase the
> max capacity further if needed.
>
> Files are 3 or 4 hour long monitoring of neighbour noise nuisance over
> many months late at night which has been diagnosed by a Medical Specialist
> as causing muscle weakness and my collapsing every so often - amongst other
> things such as short term memory loss.
>
> A brief 7 minute Sample of one 4 hour recording has appeared to have the
> occupants of the flat above to go quiet for the last few days- but for how
> long after 14 months of disturbance
>
> Mik
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 10:48:50 +0100
From: Amias Channer <me@amias.net>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Idea for one of the meetings
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Hello Luggers,

Maybe we should do a quick survey of members so we can find about more
about what people want from the group then base discussions on that
evidence. I propose a survey with results would be posted back to the group.

Some possible questions :
1. Age ranges
2, Location
3. Would like to attend meetings
4. Special Requirements ( open to better terms for this btw)
1. Quietness for hearing
2. Wheelchair Access
3. Alcohol free venue
4. Dietary options
5. Transport Options

On 4 May 2015 at 17:34, Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

> Alex,
>
> On 04/05/15 11:40, Alex wrote:
>
>> I've been sitting in the background on this debate for too long and have
>> sort of lost the plot.
>>
>
> There is no plot!
>
>
>> I know nothing about meetup.com or doodle. Facebook, well It would
>> always be a no for me, seen the film, heard the stories. Wouldn't touch
>> it with a barge pole.
>>
>> I've only occasionally attended meetings at the Knights Templar, the
>> venue's too noisy, I can hardly hear the person sitting next to me let
>> alone someone on the other side of the table.
>>
>
> As was said, it was originally a lot quieter, and was picked because it
> was large and had power points..
>
> This group has decided to have informal meetings BUT there have been more
> formal ones in the past, the last one being LinuxLive which was a bit of a
> disaster due to poor advertising which I was partially responsible for.
>
> In trying to get something more formal organized someone must take charge
> and initiate proceedings such as getting a small group of like minded
> people together and getting answers to the following questions, then when
> you have some ideas get feedback from the list then modify the proposals as
> necessary.
>
>
>> Have we a list of topics?
>>
> No
>
> Have we a list of venues?
>>
>
> Some have already been mentioned
>
> Do we know how far people wish to travel and how do they travel?
>>
>
> No
>
> I don't
>
>> have a car, so train or bus is my only option.
>> What's our preference for transport hub?
>>
>
> People in Bristol have generally preferred Bristol TM as it easiest for
> longer distance travelers, but most people can access the center of the
> city.
>
> Bristol Temple Meads, Lawrence
>
>> Hill Railway Station, Bristol Bus Station, Bath Bus Station, Bath
>> Railway Station, somewhere else or have car will travel?
>>
>
> I, and others can advise you on possible venues but FYI we had the
> Watershed free as a "one off" and would be quite expensive for a day (about
> ?200 I think was an original quote).
>
>
>> Alex
>>
>>
> I am not a "Party Pooper" but FYI we have over 240 members on the list
> some are abroad and some are not local, but out of say 100 who are, we
> rarely get more than 8 at the KT and last week there was 4 of us but not at
> the same time!!
>
> I you (and others) wish to put something on, then go ahead and come up
> with proposals, people periodically express concerns over the KT and they
> have also suggested more formal events with speakers but rarely does anyone
> put themselves forward to organize it!
>
> Maybe it will be different this time!
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Peter H
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bristol mailing list
> Bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
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