Re: Wiki Software

Take a look at SpeedyWiki.  It is very basic and simple to use/manage.  If you 
are looking for any sort of advanced feature, forget about it, but it is 
still great for modest needs.

On Tuesday 31 March 2009 5:35:14 pm Brian Dolan-Goecke wrote:
> Yea, I didn't make that clear.
>
> The two most important things I am looking for are:
>    - Something easy to use for non-technical people, something your mom
> or grandma could use
>    - Something easy to manage/administer
>
> I have found the wiki's that use mark up languages difficult to use, and
> I am sure my mother would not be able to use.
>
> ==>brian.
>
> Eric F Crist wrote:
> > On Mar 31, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Brian Dolan-Goecke wrote:
> >> I am looking for some new wiki software.  I was wonder what people are
> >> using out there ? or any suggestions ?
> >>
> >> What suggestions people have ?
> >> What are you using ?
> >> Would you recommend it ?
> >> Is it easy to use ? ubereasy to use ?
> >> Easy to manage ?
> >
> > I use Mediawiki in a half-dozen locations and have had lots of luck with
> > it.  You don't mention what you're trying to get away from, so I'm not

Re: DIY Router/Firewall/MediaServer

Hi there,

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, benjaminGramlich wrote:

> I'm interested in building my own router/firewall box. Do any of you
> know of a good tutorial or resources?

I think there's something called the Linux Router Project. Which has 
apparently been superseded by LEAF (http://leaf.sourceforge.net/). Or you 
can check this list on wikipedia: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions

> Additionally, would it be too much to include a media server in such a 
> box?

Probably not too much from a performance point of view, but the mere idea 
of running a media server on a firewall/router kinda makes me cringe, 
security-wise. Technically you want your firewall/router/gateway to be 
EXTREMELY secure, so putting any unneccesary applications on it would be 
very bad. Even if you really only mean an NFS file server, it's probably 
best avoided.

-Yaron

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Replacement for Yahoo Groups

I'm looking for alternatives to Yahoo Groups. I like the Yahoo Groups 
features of archiving messages, having a place to archive files, and 
being able to schedule events (with automatic reminders) on a calendar. 
Ranked features from most to least important are:

1. One email address which reflects to everyone on the list.
2. Closed list (only members can send email, joining list must be approved)
3. Calendar reminders

Nice, but not necessary:
4. File archives
5. Message archives

There are a few drawbacks of Yahoo Groups. First, I want to add/remove 
people to the list without the list member having to do anything 
special. Some of the members of my lists have email but are 
computer-challenged. Second, Yahoo Groups sometimes gets bogged down and 
timely messages (like calendar reminders) don't go out when scheduled.

My group of volunteers has no funding, so very cheap, preferably 
open-source suggestions are most appreciated.

Thanks!

-Jeff

Re: Missing lib dependency

Yes, I did "ln libldap-2.4.so.2.2.0 libldap-2.3.so.0" command, and it 
created  link  file libldap-2.3.so.0.

Did I do the wrong command? Syntax off? I am not that experienced using 
ln, but I have in the past fixed
lib compatibility doing this, so I am little confused. Ok, actually very 
confused and lost. So I figured either my
syntax is off, or I have linked to the wrong files.

Bob De Mars wrote:
> Not to sound silly, buy when you made the links did you name them
> libldap-2.3.so.0 & liblber-2.3.so.0  ??
>
>  
> Bob De Mars
> T: 651 925 1510       bob <at> grunners.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tclug-list-bounces <at> mn-linux.org
> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces <at> mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Sean Waite
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:21 AM
> To: tclug-list
> Subject: [tclug-list] Missing lib dependency
>
> I have openldap 2.4 installed. On a system I have that has Php5.1 I 
> tried to upgrade to 5.2, but I get an error message that I need two
> libs:
>
> libldap-2.3.so.0 is needed by package php-ldap
> liblber-2.3.so.0 is needed by package php-ldap

Meeting this Month?

I was checking the web site, but was not able to see if there is a
meeting this month.

Is that an oversight with the web sites "problems" recently or will
there be no meeting Saturday?

Neal

Re: Replacement for Yahoo Groups

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Re: Replacement for Yahoo Groups

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Re: Replacement for Yahoo Groups

> My group of volunteers has no funding, so very cheap, preferably 
> open-source suggestions are most appreciated.

Just curious, but what group? What's its purpose? If it is an open
source software project, SourceForge will of course provide these
services and many others. I vaguely recall projects on SourceForge that
didn't even have code, rather were centered around documentation or
education or something. Ah, here's one:
http://sf.net/projects/slrn-doc/ .

I also use Google Groups (free as in beer, not speech). They provide a
decent service.

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Re: Meeting this Month?

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Re: DIY Router/Firewall/Media Server

> I'm interested in building my own router/firewall box. Do any of you
> know of a good tutorial or resources?

That depends.  Are you looking to build a firewall/router from scratch
for learning purposes, or are you looking for an easy throw in disk,
wait 12 minutes, reboot & you have a firewall solution?

If you are looking to learn, then grab your favorite distro & do a
google search (ie: Slackware firewall, or what ever) and you will find
what you seek.  Or simply search Linux firewall, and you will be busy
for awhile.

If you are looking for an all in one situation, then I would recommend
checking out

www.smoothwall.org

www.ipcop.org

www.freesco.org

I have been running smoothwall at my home for about 7 or 8 years, and I
like it a lot.  It supports 4 NIC's to separate your internet, dmz, LAN,
and wireless (if you want to be paranoid about it like me).  For home it
rocks.  I have even used it to connect three offices at work via vpn in
the pastas well.  This setup was kicked to the curb one day when a
handful of Cisco PIX 501's fell into my lap however.  I have been
running Smoothwall on a Pent Pro 200 w/ 128Megs of ram with out
problems.  Runs nice, and has a web gui config if you like that kinda
stuff. I would recommend this one.

IPCop is good too.  This project started as a fork from Smoothwall
several years back.  Not sure why anymore, but a couple friends of mine
use it and have nothing but kind things to say about it.

If all you can dig up is a 100Mhz processor or less check out fresco.
This is a nice & easy solution that can run on hardware picked up in the
back alley somewhere.  

There are more, but I have never tried them so I cannot say.

> Additionally, would it be too much to include a media server in such a

> box?

Abort mission on this.  Although what you propose is possible, it kinda
defeats the purpose of the firewall.  Keep the media server separate,
and safely behind the firwall.

Good Hunting!

Bob De Mars
IT Manager
T: 651 925 1510       bob <at> grunners.com
Cell: 612 850 6940   www.grunners.com