From dtbell91 at gmail.com Tue Sep 1 07:14:48 2015 From: dtbell91 at gmail.com (David Bell) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 07:14:48 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Fwd: Printers that work with Ubuntu 14.04 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Shelagh, First, let me get this out of my system: printers suck. Second, have you taken a look at Ubuntu's Hardware Support pages? This one looks specifically at printers: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters >From there it'd just be a matter of finding printers that fit in your price range/required feature set and comparing them to that list. Cheers, David On 31 August 2015 at 21:59, shelagh.manton at gmail.com < shelagh.manton at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all > > I'm in the market for a multifunction printer. I've looked at the Brother > MFC-L2703DW which is a laser monochrome printer that scans and does duplex > printing and the HP Laserjet pro M127fn (similar spec) > I've had success with Brother printers in the past, and I know that HP > work hard at Linux compatibility. I would have no hesitation with a printer > that just prints with either of these brands but with the scanning > functions, I understand that it becomes more complicated. > > Has anyone had experience with either of these printers? Could you > recommend one that you know does work well? I'm looking in the price range > of < $250.00. > Searching on the internet for comments from users is just confusing. The > more expensive HP printer/scanners have good recommendations but I don't > need the extra functionality and I don't want to spend the money. > > Cheers > > Shelagh > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zhangweiwu at realss.com Tue Sep 1 10:25:09 2015 From: zhangweiwu at realss.com (Weiwu Zhang) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 00:25:09 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Fwd: Printers that work with Ubuntu 14.04 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Shelagh Open Printing database is where I would look first: http://www.openprinting.org/printers I have good experience with a few HP multi-functions. Every one of them scans well on Linux, often with the HP Imaging component that they designed for Linux. That was about 2 years ago. Now, even if the scanner works prefectly fine and fully compatible with Ubuntu, I still prefer using apps like Genius Scan+. I also thought that I would say bye bye to printers forever since I moved to "developed country" the Australia, but soon my wife gets into gift sending business (she own a small online store http://enveloped.com.au ) and cards are impossible to avoid when sending gifts so here I am ready to deal with printing problems... Best regards Weiwu Z. From tim at wirejunkie.com Tue Sep 1 16:55:54 2015 From: tim at wirejunkie.com (Tim Serong) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:55:54 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] OSDC 2015 (Hobart, TAS) Registrations now Open! Message-ID: <55E54BFA.2090204@wirejunkie.com> Greetings, I am pleased to announce that registrations for the Open Source Developers' Conference 2015 are now open! This year OSDC is coming to Hobart for the first time, and will be held from October 27-29, at the Wrest Point Convention Centre. To whet your appetite, the draft schedule is now online: https://2015.osdc.com.au/schedule/ Tickets can be purchased at: https://ti.to/osdc/2015 Please note that all tickets cover morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea during the main conference days, as well as the conference dinner (Tuesday evening). For accommodation, we have reserved a block of rooms at Wrest Point. You are of course welcome to stay anywhere you like :) but if you want to be right there at the venue, please see: https://2015.osdc.com.au/accommodation/ More information about OSDC 2015 can be found on our web site at https://2015.osdc.com.au/ Cheers, Tim (on behalf of the OSDC 2015 team) -- Tim Serong Lead Organiser OSDC 2015 https://2015.osdc.com.au/ From donakk at gmail.com Wed Sep 2 14:02:15 2015 From: donakk at gmail.com (Don Knowles) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 14:02:15 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Multifunction Printers that work with Linux Message-ID: Hi, I was given a Canon MFP that stopped "copying", and found that the program "Simple Scan" included in many lightweight distros just worked. No setup, no fiddling ... connect the MFP, turn it on, start scanning. YMMV, but I personally wouldn't give any thought to the scan function being difficult to setup. -- Regards, Don Knowles, Rockhampton, Australia a Founding Member of Central Queensland Linux User Group ?---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "shelagh.manton at gmail.com" To: linux-aus Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 21:59:12 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Fwd: Printers that work with Ubuntu 14.04 Hi all I'm in the market for a multifunction printer. Cheers Shelagh? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shelagh.manton at gmail.com Thu Sep 3 18:36:08 2015 From: shelagh.manton at gmail.com (shelagh.manton at gmail.com) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 18:36:08 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Multifunction Printers that work with Linux In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all those who offered feedback. Much appreciated, it made me go over many of the sites I visited the first time round, but for whatever reason, not tired, more idea what to look for I was able to find a printer I want to buy. Thanks to all Shelagh On 2 September 2015 at 14:02, Don Knowles wrote: > Hi, > > I was given a Canon MFP that stopped "copying", and found that the program > "Simple Scan" included in many lightweight distros just worked. > No setup, no fiddling ... connect the MFP, turn it on, start scanning. > > YMMV, but I personally wouldn't give any thought to the scan function > being difficult to setup. > > -- > Regards, > > Don Knowles, Rockhampton, Australia > a Founding Member of Central Queensland Linux User Group > > ?---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "shelagh.manton at gmail.com" > To: linux-aus > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 21:59:12 +1000 > Subject: [Linux-aus] Fwd: Printers that work with Ubuntu 14.04 > Hi all > I'm in the market for a multifunction printer. > > Cheers > Shelagh? > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lists at ebourne.me.uk Thu Sep 3 22:02:16 2015 From: lists at ebourne.me.uk (Martin Ebourne) Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 21:32:16 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] Multifunction Printers that work with Linux In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1441281736.9045.7.camel@ebourne.me.uk> I just bought a Fuji Xerox DPCM305df today. Currently $349 at MSY plus $100 cashback offer from Xerox. I have everything working now, the network printing over lpd using standard drivers included in cups (fedora) and the scanning - both to ftp onto my shared storage and also by email. I haven't tried to get local scanning or printing working over USB from linux because that doesn't interest me. I had to fiddle with a few settings to get it all set up, nothing out of the ordinary. The web interface makes it easy to configure from any platform. The printer is quite large but very impressive and a ridiculous bargain for a colour auto-duplex laser printer with sheet feeder and also a scanner with sheet feeder. That I can use all of the features without any proprietary or non-standard stuff is great. http://www.fujixeroxprinters.com.au/en/products/multifunctionprinters/d ocuprintcm305df.aspx Cheers, Martin On Thu, 2015-09-03 at 18:36 +1000, shelagh.manton at gmail.com wrote: > Hi all those who offered feedback. > > Much appreciated, it made me go over many of the sites I visited the > first time round, but for whatever reason, not tired, more idea what > to look for I was able to find a printer I want to buy. > > Thanks to all > > Shelagh > > On 2 September 2015 at 14:02, Don Knowles wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was given a Canon MFP that stopped "copying", and found that the > > program "Simple Scan" included in many lightweight distros just > > worked. > > No setup, no fiddling ... connect the MFP, turn it on, start > > scanning. > > > > YMMV, but I personally wouldn't give any thought to the scan > > function being difficult to setup. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-aus mailing list > > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au Wed Sep 9 21:14:09 2015 From: andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 21:14:09 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Grant Request - CompCon 2015 - Speaker Travel Funding Message-ID: Date: 2015-09-09 Project Name: CompCon 2015 - Russell Keith-Magee Aim of Project: To allow Russell Keith-Magee of the Django Software Foundation to present a talk on open source development at CompCon 2015 Person Responsible for Request: Andrew Donnellan (Chair, CompCon Inc - andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au) Request: We request funding for travel and accommodation for Russell Keith-Magee to attend the CompCon 2015 conference and give a talk on open source software development. CompCon 2015 is being held at the University of Queensland from 3-5 October 2015. CompCon is a national conference for computing students (primarily undergraduates, but also high schoolers and postgraduates), first held at the Australian National University in 2013. CompCon is organised by CompCon Inc, a registered charity operated entirely by current students and recent graduates. CompCon 2013 had attendance of over 130 people, and we are hoping for CompCon 2015 to exceed this. While CompCon is not specifically an Open Source/Free Software conference, open source will be strongly represented in the schedule. More information is available at http://compcon.net.au. Russell is the President of the Django Software Foundation, a Django core developer, and a well-known member of the Australian open source community. He has an established speaking record at a number of major conferences, including several PyCon AU conferences (run by Linux Australia). He was personally recommended by a member of CompCon Inc's committee on the basis of his talks at PyCon. The expected benefit to the wider Australian open source community is that the talk will provide an opportunity for students interested in open source and free software development to learn from and network with a well-known developer. Estimated costs: * Return flights PER -> BNE, 3 October - 5 October = $900 * Accommodation for 2 nights = $300 Total = $1,200 (CompCon Inc waives the conference registration fee for speakers) --- I made a similar grant request on behalf of CompCon in 2013 to fund Elena Williams' travel to Canberra, which was successful. I don't have exact numbers, but Elena's talk filled a lecture theatre almost to capacity - if we had known how many people were interested in open source we would've had to allocate her a larger room! We're hoping for a similar level of interest this year. I declare that I am a member of Linux Australia Inc, I am appropriately authorised to submit this request, and that I agree to undertake the relevant responsibilities if the grant is approved. Andrew -- Andrew Donnellan Chair, CompCon Incorporated E: andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au M: +61 406 711 748 W: http://compcon.net.au CompCon Incorporated, ABN 80 658 343 393 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shelagh.manton at gmail.com Thu Sep 10 07:02:56 2015 From: shelagh.manton at gmail.com (shelagh.manton at gmail.com) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 07:02:56 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Multifunction Printers that work with Linux In-Reply-To: <55F01717.1080004@baonline.com.au> References: <55F01717.1080004@baonline.com.au> Message-ID: Hi Andrew Your blog looks useful. I did finally decide to go with the brother MFC as it is available locally through Officeworks. It is a shame your blog did not turn up in a search when I was looking. Strangely, Google results seem to favour 2010-12 results instead of results from the past year. When I specified "past year", I got a much more relevant set of results for my search (but still did not turn up your blog) I intend to report the results of my installation on the openprinting database as it seems useful but outdated. Cheers Shelagh On 9 September 2015 at 21:25, Andrew McDonnell wrote: > Hi Shelagh > > I'm a bit late chiming in, but I've used about three different brother > MFC, I > got them all going under Debian > > I blogged about it here > > http://blog.oldcomputerjunk.net/2014/using-a-brother-network-scanner-with-linux/ > Since then I acquired another model which I was able to setup to email me a > PDF, but the method described using brsane still works as well. > > All the supported models can be found on the brother website > > --Andrew > > -- > http://blog.oldcomputerjunk.net > https://github.com/pastcompute > Twitter: @pastcompute > GPG: http://www.andrewmcdonnell.net/gpg.html > > On 03/09/15 18:06, shelagh.manton at gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all those who offered feedback. > > > > Much appreciated, it made me go over many of the sites I visited the > first > > time round, but for whatever reason, not tired, more idea what to look > for I > > was able to find a printer I want to buy. > > > > Thanks to all > > > > Shelagh > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, Josh On 09/09/15 21:14, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > Date: 2015-09-09 > > Project Name: CompCon 2015 - Russell Keith-Magee > > Aim of Project: To allow Russell Keith-Magee of the Django Software > Foundation to present a talk on open source development at CompCon 2015 > > Person Responsible for Request: Andrew Donnellan (Chair, CompCon Inc - > andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au ) > > Request: > > We request funding for travel and accommodation for Russell > Keith-Magee to attend the CompCon 2015 conference and give a talk on > open source software development. > > CompCon 2015 is being held at the University of Queensland from 3-5 > October 2015. CompCon is a national conference for computing students > (primarily undergraduates, but also high schoolers and postgraduates), > first held at the Australian National University in 2013. CompCon is > organised by CompCon Inc, a registered charity operated entirely by > current students and recent graduates. CompCon 2013 had attendance of > over 130 people, and we are hoping for CompCon 2015 to exceed this. > While CompCon is not specifically an Open Source/Free Software > conference, open source will be strongly represented in the schedule. > More information is available at http://compcon.net.au. > > Russell is the President of the Django Software Foundation, a Django > core developer, and a well-known member of the Australian open source > community. He has an established speaking record at a number of major > conferences, including several PyCon AU conferences (run by Linux > Australia). He was personally recommended by a member of CompCon Inc's > committee on the basis of his talks at PyCon. > > The expected benefit to the wider Australian open source community is > that the talk will provide an opportunity for students interested in > open source and free software development to learn from and network > with a well-known developer. > > Estimated costs: > > * Return flights PER -> BNE, 3 October - 5 October = $900 > * Accommodation for 2 nights = $300 > Total = $1,200 > > (CompCon Inc waives the conference registration fee for speakers) > > --- > > I made a similar grant request on behalf of CompCon in 2013 to fund > Elena Williams' travel to Canberra, which was successful. I don't have > exact numbers, but Elena's talk filled a lecture theatre almost to > capacity - if we had known how many people were interested in open > source we would've had to allocate her a larger room! We're hoping for > a similar level of interest this year. > > I declare that I am a member of Linux Australia Inc, I am > appropriately authorised to submit this request, and that I agree to > undertake the relevant responsibilities if the grant is approved. > > > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Donnellan > Chair, CompCon Incorporated > > E: andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au > > M: +61 406 711 748 > W: http://compcon.net.au > > CompCon Incorporated, ABN 80 658 343 393 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From noel.butler at ausics.net Fri Sep 11 10:15:53 2015 From: noel.butler at ausics.net (Noel Butler) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:15:53 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Grant Request - CompCon 2015 - Speaker Travel Funding In-Reply-To: <55F21542.7080907@nitrotech.org> References: <55F21542.7080907@nitrotech.org> Message-ID: <3b41e7eb5ed8d49adc53da74ec532049@ausics.net> Sounds worthy to me, costs are also very reasonable. On 11/09/2015 09:41, Joshua Hesketh wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Thanks for submitting this grant request. Normally we allow for 2 weeks for comments from our members before making a decision (as per the grant request process). However, given the timing of the event, I think we should aim to make a decision before then. > > As such, this is a note to our members to make a comment as soon as possible if they have anything to add. > > Cheers, > Josh > > On 09/09/15 21:14, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > >> Date: 2015-09-09 >> >> Project Name: CompCon 2015 - Russell Keith-Magee >> >> Aim of Project: To allow Russell Keith-Magee of the Django Software Foundation to present a talk on open source development at CompCon 2015 >> >> Person Responsible for Request: Andrew Donnellan (Chair, CompCon Inc - andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au) >> >> Request: >> >> We request funding for travel and accommodation for Russell Keith-Magee to attend the CompCon 2015 conference and give a talk on open source software development. >> >> CompCon 2015 is being held at the University of Queensland from 3-5 October 2015. CompCon is a national conference for computing students (primarily undergraduates, but also high schoolers and postgraduates), first held at the Australian National University in 2013. CompCon is organised by CompCon Inc, a registered charity operated entirely by current students and recent graduates. CompCon 2013 had attendance of over 130 people, and we are hoping for CompCon 2015 to exceed this. While CompCon is not specifically an Open Source/Free Software conference, open source will be strongly represented in the schedule. More information is available at http://compcon.net.au [1]. >> >> Russell is the President of the Django Software Foundation, a Django core developer, and a well-known member of the Australian open source community. He has an established speaking record at a number of major conferences, including several PyCon AU conferences (run by Linux Australia). He was personally recommended by a member of CompCon Inc's committee on the basis of his talks at PyCon. >> >> The expected benefit to the wider Australian open source community is that the talk will provide an opportunity for students interested in open source and free software development to learn from and network with a well-known developer. >> >> Estimated costs: >> >> * Return flights PER -> BNE, 3 October - 5 October = $900 >> * Accommodation for 2 nights = $300 >> Total = $1,200 >> >> (CompCon Inc waives the conference registration fee for speakers) >> >> --- >> >> I made a similar grant request on behalf of CompCon in 2013 to fund Elena Williams' travel to Canberra, which was successful. I don't have exact numbers, but Elena's talk filled a lecture theatre almost to capacity - if we had known how many people were interested in open source we would've had to allocate her a larger room! We're hoping for a similar level of interest this year. >> >> I declare that I am a member of Linux Australia Inc, I am appropriately authorised to submit this request, and that I agree to undertake the relevant responsibilities if the grant is approved. Links: ------ [1] http://compcon.net.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hugh at blemings.org Fri Sep 11 10:39:12 2015 From: hugh at blemings.org (Hugh Blemings) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:39:12 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Grant Request - CompCon 2015 - Speaker Travel Funding In-Reply-To: <55F21542.7080907@nitrotech.org> References: <55F21542.7080907@nitrotech.org> Message-ID: <55F222B0.1070307@blemings.org> On 11/09/2015 09:41, Joshua Hesketh wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Thanks for submitting this grant request. Normally we allow for 2 weeks > for comments from our members before making a decision (as per the grant > request process). However, given the timing of the event, I think we > should aim to make a decision before then. > > As such, this is a note to our members to make a comment as soon as > possible if they have anything to add. As others have remarked - seems a good cause and inexpensive given the positives that will flow. +1 to fund as described. Cheers, Hugh From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Sun Sep 13 09:58:07 2015 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:58:07 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Grant Request - CompCon 2015 - Speaker Travel Funding Message-ID: <55F4BC0F.6010005@kathyreid.id.au> Hi all, This request aligns strongly with LA's values [0]. I'm also therefore voicing my support. Moreover, one of the key themes from recent surveys, strategic planning forays etc is the need to ensure a strong pipeline of young people within the F/LOSS community. This grant request would contribute in some small way toward that goal. Best wishes for an excellent presentation, Kind regards, Kathy Reid [0] http://linux.org.au/values From arzm at baonline.com.au Wed Sep 9 21:25:11 2015 From: arzm at baonline.com.au (Andrew McDonnell) Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 20:55:11 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] Multifunction Printers that work with Linux In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55F01717.1080004@baonline.com.au> Hi Shelagh I'm a bit late chiming in, but I've used about three different brother MFC, I got them all going under Debian I blogged about it here http://blog.oldcomputerjunk.net/2014/using-a-brother-network-scanner-with-linux/ Since then I acquired another model which I was able to setup to email me a PDF, but the method described using brsane still works as well. All the supported models can be found on the brother website --Andrew -- http://blog.oldcomputerjunk.net https://github.com/pastcompute Twitter: @pastcompute GPG: http://www.andrewmcdonnell.net/gpg.html On 03/09/15 18:06, shelagh.manton at gmail.com wrote: > Hi all those who offered feedback. > > Much appreciated, it made me go over many of the sites I visited the first > time round, but for whatever reason, not tired, more idea what to look for I > was able to find a printer I want to buy. > > Thanks to all > > Shelagh From mattcen at gmail.com Mon Sep 14 11:13:27 2015 From: mattcen at gmail.com (Matthew Cengia) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:13:27 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] SELinux on Debian Jessie In-Reply-To: <201509141105.40747.russell@coker.com.au> References: <20150804015413.GQ12884@debian.cengia.id.au> <20150804023116.GR12884@debian.cengia.id.au> <201509141105.40747.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: <20150914011324.GA28882@debian.cengia.id.au> Awesome! I'll check that out soon; thanks Russell! On 2015-09-14 11:05, Russell Coker wrote: > deb http://www.coker.com.au jessie selinux > > The above APT repository has policy for Jessie. > > Let's takde further discussion to private mail. -- Regards, Matthew Cengia -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 966 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: From russell at coker.com.au Mon Sep 14 11:05:40 2015 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:05:40 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] SELinux on Debian Jessie In-Reply-To: <20150804023116.GR12884@debian.cengia.id.au> References: <20150804015413.GQ12884@debian.cengia.id.au> <20150804023116.GR12884@debian.cengia.id.au> Message-ID: <201509141105.40747.russell@coker.com.au> deb http://www.coker.com.au jessie selinux The above APT repository has policy for Jessie. Let's takde further discussion to private mail. On Tue, 4 Aug 2015 12:31:18 PM Matthew Cengia wrote: > Oh. It appears I've found the problem: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/04/msg00207.html > > Short story: The fact that selinux-policy-default isn't available is a > huge issue, given I don't otherwise have an existing policy. I don't > know SELinux much at all, so this looks like an insurmountable problem. > > On 2015-08-04 11:54, Matthew Cengia wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Does anybody here have any experience on installing and configuring > > SELinux on Debian Jessie? > > > > I've been following the instructions at > > https://wiki.debian.org/SELinux/Setup, but (a) the > > selinux-policy-default, and (b) I follow up to step 2.5 (run > > selinux-activate and reboot), the system reboots twice (presumably after > > an attempted filesystem relabel?), but then after running step 2.6 > > > > (check-selinux-installation), I get: > > root at debian:~# check-selinux-installation > > ../proc/1 kernel.. > > SELinux is not enabled. > > The init process (PID 1) is running in an incorrect domain. > > FSCKFIX is not enabled - not serious, but could prevent system from > > booting... > > > > This is a fresh Jessie installation with zero configuration aside from > > my attempt to install SELinux. > > > > Anybody able to put me on track? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From cfp at ruxcon.org.au Mon Sep 14 15:29:07 2015 From: cfp at ruxcon.org.au (cfp at ruxcon.org.au) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:29:07 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Linux-aus] Ruxcon 2015 Security Conference 24-25 October Message-ID: <20150914052907.4928815801B@ruxcon.org.au> Hi, Ruxcon is Australia's premier technical computer security conference, held at the CQ Function Centre in Melbourne. Ruxcon brings together the best and the brightest security talent in the Australia-Pacific region through live presentations, activities, and demonstrations. This year we also feature a fantastic line-up with several high-profile international speakers. Ruxcon 2015 will be held on the weekend of the 24th of October to the 25th of October. Doors open at 8:00am and the first presentation commences at 9:00am. There are a limited number of tickets available and they are going very quickly. Please register via the Ruxcon website to ensure that you don't miss out: https://ruxcon.org.au/register For more information, please visit https://ruxcon.org.au/speakers 1. Paul Vixie - DNS as a Defence Vector 2. Colby Moore - Spread Spectrum Satcom Hacking 3. Team Pangu - Design, Implementation, and Bypass of the Chain-Of-Trust Model of iOS 4. Jason Geffner - VENOM 5. Andy Davis - Broadcasting Your Attack: Security Testing DAB Radio In Cars 6. Vanessa Teague - NSW iVote System: Security Failures & Flaws in a Live Online Election 7. Lyon Yang - Advanced SOHO Router Exploitation 8. Fatih Ozavci - VoIP Wars: Destroying Jar Jar Lync 9. Chris Gates - Purple Teaming: One year after going from fulltime breaker to parttime fixer 10. Richard Johnson - High Performance Fuzzing 11. Jasiel Spelman & Matt Molinyawe - Abusing Adobe Reader??s JavaScript APIs 12. Joshua ???kernelsmith??? Smith - High-Def Fuzzing: Exploring Vulnerabilities in HDMI-CEC 13. Ilja Van Sprundel - Window Driver Attack Surface: Some New Insights 14. David Jorm - SDN Security 15. Matt McCormack - Why Attackers Toolsets Do What They Do 16. Elvis Collado - Home Network Devices - The Low Hanging Fruit Of 201[5-9] 17. Vitaly Nikolenko - Practical Intel SMEP Bypass Techniques on Linux 18. Peter Fillmore - Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy: An Analysis Of Applepay 19. Raphael Rigo - A Peek Under The Blue Coat 20. Hacked To Death - Chris Rock 8 more presentations to be announced. Training running just before Ruxcon include: * The Mobile Application Hacker's Handbook - Live Edition * Advanced Infrastructure Hacking * PentesterLab's Advanced Web Hacking Events running over the weekend at Ruxcon include: * Capture The Flag Tournament (Hacking wargame) * Black Bag Competition (Break into hotel room, pick locks, crack safe, etc) * Saturday and Sunday night Ruxcon Party (Free drinks with other hackers) * Lockpick Workshop (Learn how to lockpick) * Turbo Talks (6 minute mini presentations) * Hardware Hacking Village * Discussion panel (featuring Scott Ludlam) Hope to see you there, Regards, Ruxcon 2015 Staff https://ruxcon.org.au From tim at wirejunkie.com Mon Sep 14 22:05:26 2015 From: tim at wirejunkie.com (Tim Serong) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:05:26 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Developers' Conference 2015 in Six Weeks! Message-ID: <55F6B806.6060907@wirejunkie.com> Greetings, We're now only six weeks out from OSDC 2015, which is running in Hobart from October 27-29. Hobart, I trust, will be quite delightful that week :) Our schedule has been updated - check it out at: https://2015.osdc.com.au/schedule/ Notably, this includes our Wednesday and Thursday keynotes and plenaries: * Climbing the Garden Wall ? An Educator's Odyssey in Second Life and OpenSim by Mark Elwell * EasyCount, freedom of information and openness by Michael Cordover * Opportunities in Openness. Driving positive change in local communities by Richard Tubb * Open Source in government: lessons from the community by Pia Waugh We've also confirmed the conference dinner on the Tuesday will be at The Apple Shed in the Huon Valley, consisting of delicious fresh local produce. Wednesday night we've got birds-of-a-feather sessions. These are completely delegate driven - we provide the space, you bring yourselves and your topics. We've got at least two rooms and at least two hours to split up here. Early bird tickets are almost gone, so if you want to pick one of these up, get in quick! https://2015.osdc.com.au/register/ Note that if you have particular dietary requirements, please ensure you register prior to Friday 2nd October, to allow sufficient time to notify the catering people. Finally, for those of you in Melbourne and Sydney, just remember -- a flight to Hobart can be cheaper (and quite possibly quicker) than a taxi home to the outer suburbs ;) Cheers, Tim -- Tim Serong Lead Organiser OSDC 2015, 27-29 October, Wrest Point, Hobart https://2015.osdc.com.au/ From josh at nitrotech.org Fri Sep 18 07:22:43 2015 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Joshua Hesketh) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:22:43 -0600 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Grant Request - CompCon 2015 - Speaker Travel Funding In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55FB2F23.7050404@nitrotech.org> Hello Andrew, The council has discussed your request and is pleased to be able to approve it: > MOTION by JOSHUA HESKETH to approve the Grant Request from Andrew > Donnellan to fund Russell Keith-Magee as a presenter at CompCon 2015 to > the value of $1,200. > SECONDED by CHRIS NEUGEBAUER > PASSED unanimously. I'll contact you directly to make arrangements. Cheers, Josh On 09/09/15 05:14, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > Date: 2015-09-09 > > Project Name: CompCon 2015 - Russell Keith-Magee > > Aim of Project: To allow Russell Keith-Magee of the Django Software > Foundation to present a talk on open source development at CompCon 2015 > > Person Responsible for Request: Andrew Donnellan (Chair, CompCon Inc - > andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au ) > > Request: > > We request funding for travel and accommodation for Russell > Keith-Magee to attend the CompCon 2015 conference and give a talk on > open source software development. > > CompCon 2015 is being held at the University of Queensland from 3-5 > October 2015. CompCon is a national conference for computing students > (primarily undergraduates, but also high schoolers and postgraduates), > first held at the Australian National University in 2013. CompCon is > organised by CompCon Inc, a registered charity operated entirely by > current students and recent graduates. CompCon 2013 had attendance of > over 130 people, and we are hoping for CompCon 2015 to exceed this. > While CompCon is not specifically an Open Source/Free Software > conference, open source will be strongly represented in the schedule. > More information is available at http://compcon.net.au. > > Russell is the President of the Django Software Foundation, a Django > core developer, and a well-known member of the Australian open source > community. He has an established speaking record at a number of major > conferences, including several PyCon AU conferences (run by Linux > Australia). He was personally recommended by a member of CompCon Inc's > committee on the basis of his talks at PyCon. > > The expected benefit to the wider Australian open source community is > that the talk will provide an opportunity for students interested in > open source and free software development to learn from and network > with a well-known developer. > > Estimated costs: > > * Return flights PER -> BNE, 3 October - 5 October = $900 > * Accommodation for 2 nights = $300 > Total = $1,200 > > (CompCon Inc waives the conference registration fee for speakers) > > --- > > I made a similar grant request on behalf of CompCon in 2013 to fund > Elena Williams' travel to Canberra, which was successful. I don't have > exact numbers, but Elena's talk filled a lecture theatre almost to > capacity - if we had known how many people were interested in open > source we would've had to allocate her a larger room! We're hoping for > a similar level of interest this year. > > I declare that I am a member of Linux Australia Inc, I am > appropriately authorised to submit this request, and that I agree to > undertake the relevant responsibilities if the grant is approved. > > > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Donnellan > Chair, CompCon Incorporated > > E: andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au > > M: +61 406 711 748 > W: http://compcon.net.au > > CompCon Incorporated, ABN 80 658 343 393 > > > _______________________________________________ > committee mailing list > committee at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From andrew at donnellan.id.au Fri Sep 18 09:02:22 2015 From: andrew at donnellan.id.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:02:22 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Grant Request - CompCon 2015 - Speaker Travel Funding In-Reply-To: <55FB2F23.7050404@nitrotech.org> References: <55FB2F23.7050404@nitrotech.org> Message-ID: Thanks council :) Andrew On 18 September 2015 at 07:22, Joshua Hesketh wrote: > Hello Andrew, > > The council has discussed your request and is pleased to be able to > approve it: > > > MOTION by JOSHUA HESKETH to approve the Grant Request from Andrew > > Donnellan to fund Russell Keith-Magee as a presenter at CompCon 2015 to > > the value of $1,200. > > SECONDED by CHRIS NEUGEBAUER > > PASSED unanimously. > > I'll contact you directly to make arrangements. > > Cheers, > Josh > > > > On 09/09/15 05:14, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > Date: 2015-09-09 > > Project Name: CompCon 2015 - Russell Keith-Magee > > Aim of Project: To allow Russell Keith-Magee of the Django Software > Foundation to present a talk on open source development at CompCon 2015 > > Person Responsible for Request: Andrew Donnellan (Chair, CompCon Inc - > andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au) > > Request: > > We request funding for travel and accommodation for Russell Keith-Magee to > attend the CompCon 2015 conference and give a talk on open source software > development. > > CompCon 2015 is being held at the University of Queensland from 3-5 > October 2015. CompCon is a national conference for computing students > (primarily undergraduates, but also high schoolers and postgraduates), > first held at the Australian National University in 2013. CompCon is > organised by CompCon Inc, a registered charity operated entirely by current > students and recent graduates. CompCon 2013 had attendance of over 130 > people, and we are hoping for CompCon 2015 to exceed this. While CompCon is > not specifically an Open Source/Free Software conference, open source will > be strongly represented in the schedule. More information is available at > http://compcon.net.au. > > Russell is the President of the Django Software Foundation, a Django core > developer, and a well-known member of the Australian open source community. > He has an established speaking record at a number of major conferences, > including several PyCon AU conferences (run by Linux Australia). He was > personally recommended by a member of CompCon Inc's committee on the basis > of his talks at PyCon. > > The expected benefit to the wider Australian open source community is that > the talk will provide an opportunity for students interested in open source > and free software development to learn from and network with a well-known > developer. > > Estimated costs: > > * Return flights PER -> BNE, 3 October - 5 October = $900 > * Accommodation for 2 nights = $300 > Total = $1,200 > > (CompCon Inc waives the conference registration fee for speakers) > > --- > > I made a similar grant request on behalf of CompCon in 2013 to fund Elena > Williams' travel to Canberra, which was successful. I don't have exact > numbers, but Elena's talk filled a lecture theatre almost to capacity - if > we had known how many people were interested in open source we would've had > to allocate her a larger room! We're hoping for a similar level of interest > this year. > > I declare that I am a member of Linux Australia Inc, I am appropriately > authorised to submit this request, and that I agree to undertake the > relevant responsibilities if the grant is approved. > > > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Donnellan > Chair, CompCon Incorporated > > E: andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au > M: +61 406 711 748 > W: http://compcon.net.au > > CompCon Incorporated, ABN 80 658 343 393 > > > _______________________________________________ > committee mailing listcommittee at lists.linux.org.auhttp://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrew.donnellan.id.au andrew at donnellan.id.au +61 406 711 748 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mithro at mithis.com Tue Sep 22 17:39:06 2015 From: mithro at mithis.com (Tim Ansell) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:39:06 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched! Message-ID: Hello everyone, If you've been to a Linux Australia event, you may know that I have too many projects ! Recently there has been a major milestone for one of them, the TimVideos' HDMI2USB.tv project has launched our first piece of open hardware, the Numato Opsis board. The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video platform for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed to give the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything from real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art and even general FPGA-based video research. I've included more information at the end of this email. The board is now crowdfunding on CrowdSupply.com at https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis and while we have already reached 100% of our goal, we want to get the board into the hands of as many people as possible, because the more people using FOSS hardware, the better it gets! (In a semi related note, CrowdSupply.com was recently endorsed by Richard Stallman and the FSF too.) If you could share the campaign with anyone you think who might be interested that would be extremely helpful! The HDMI2USB.tv firmware, which will also run on the Opsis board, was recently used to record a user group in Chicago US. You can see a very happy Carl in this photo -> https://forum.digilentinc.com/gallery/image/63-carl-has-success/ - It's been a long road to getting to this stage and I'd like to thank all the support for Linux Australia and the LA community. *We couldn't have done it without you all!* For those who don't know me or what I'm trying to do, here is some more background information; A long while back I got involved with doing recording and streaming conferences like LCA and got the idea that anyone, both conference and user group, should be able to record their proceedings without needing to know anything about A/V. You can watch a talk that I gave at LCA2012 about my first attempt to do this on YouTube at https://youtu.be/rCoCRmcrPlM . Shortly after the talk I came to the conclusion that the software and hardware available at the time was not up to the task - they just didn't have the programmatic APIs and debugging information available to really build a fool proof system. This spawned the TimVideos.us project which has been plugging away trying to fix the problem (you can see a later talk I gave at LCA2014 at https://youtu.be/jtuzEQaG0Vc). You may have seen us running around at LCA2015 earlier this year which we helped stream and record. One of the big tasks of the project has been trying to make an open hardware capture platform which has been designed with being debuggable in mind. Our attempt at his is called the HDMI2USB.tv project and Joel Stanley gave a talk about the hardware at LCA2015 https://youtu.be/O4D-6IPX308 . At that time we where stilling using a closed prototyping platform called the Digilent Atlys but where in the process of developing our second attempt at doing an open hardware board. Thank you once again! Tim 'mithro' Ansell ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Numato Opsis: FPGA-based open video platform An open platform for recording, routing, and manipulating HDMI and DisplayPort video signals. The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video platform for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed to give the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything from real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art and even general FPGA-based video research. - *A*: HDMI Out 1 - *B*: HDMI Out 2 - *C*: HDMI In 1 - *D*: HDMI In 2 - *E*: DisplayPort Out - *F*: DisplayPort In - *G*: USB 2.0 Device / JTAG Programmer / UART Adapter - *H*: Expansion Port (TOFE, not PCI-Express compatible) - *I*: microSD (underside of board) - *J*: USB 2.0 OTG - *K*: Gigabit Ethernet As a collaboration between the TimVideos.us live event streaming project and FPGA development board manufacturer Numato Lab, the Opsis is the ideal device for the HDMI2USB.tv video capturing firmware, which allows for ?fool-proof? video recording from any computer. Enabling direct acquisition of video streams in realtime to a computer through the USB 2.0 interface or sent over the network through the Gigabit Ethernet interface, the Opsis is a vital component within the complete conference recording solution envisioned and pioneered by the TimVideos.us project. Example Applications The Opsis is flexible and powerful enough to have a large number of use cases, many of which we probably haven?t considered. That said, we had certain use cases in mind when we designed the system. Running HDMI2USB Firmware The Opsis was designed to run the HDMI2USB firmware developed by the TimVideos.us project. This firmware makes it easy to build automated conference/event recording systems. The diagram below shows one such simple scenario. The HDMI output from the laptop is fed into the Opsis, which forwards it to an external monitor and simultaneously allows another computer to capture the output via the USB 2.0 interface. The HDMI2USB.tv firmware emulates a standard UVC webcam, allowing any video software, such as Skype, Google Hangouts, or WebRTC, to then send it to an online audience. *A simple setup* - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From silviapfeiffer1 at gmail.com Tue Sep 22 18:28:45 2015 From: silviapfeiffer1 at gmail.com (Silvia Pfeiffer) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:28:45 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is totally awesome! Congratulations!! Best Regards, Silvia. On 22 Sep 2015 6:17 pm, "Tim Ansell" wrote: > Hello everyone, > > If you've been to a Linux Australia event, you may know that I have too > many projects ! Recently > there has been a major milestone for one of them, the TimVideos' > HDMI2USB.tv project has launched our first piece of open hardware, the > Numato Opsis board. > > The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video platform > for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed to give > the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything from > real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art and > even general FPGA-based video research. I've included more information at > the end of this email. > > The board is now crowdfunding on CrowdSupply.com at > https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis and while we have already > reached 100% of our goal, we want to get the board into the hands of as > many people as possible, because the more people using FOSS hardware, the > better it gets! (In a semi related note, CrowdSupply.com was recently endorsed > by Richard Stallman and the FSF > too.) If > you could share the campaign with anyone you think who might be interested > that would be extremely helpful! > > The HDMI2USB.tv firmware, which will also run on the Opsis board, was > recently used to record a user group in Chicago US. You can see a very > happy Carl in this photo -> > https://forum.digilentinc.com/gallery/image/63-carl-has-success/ - It's > been a long road to getting to this stage and I'd like to thank all the > support for Linux Australia and the LA community. *We couldn't have done > it without you all!* > > For those who don't know me or what I'm trying to do, here is some more > background information; > > A long while back I got involved with doing recording and streaming > conferences like LCA and got the idea that anyone, both conference and user > group, should be able to record their proceedings without needing to know > anything about A/V. > > You can watch a talk that I gave at LCA2012 about my first attempt to do > this on YouTube at https://youtu.be/rCoCRmcrPlM . Shortly after the talk > I came to the conclusion that the software and hardware available at the > time was not up to the task - they just didn't have the programmatic APIs > and debugging information available to really build a fool proof system. > This spawned the TimVideos.us project which > has been plugging away trying to fix the problem (you can see a later > talk I gave at LCA2014 at https://youtu.be/jtuzEQaG0Vc). You may have > seen us running around at LCA2015 earlier this year which we helped stream > and record. > > One of the big tasks of the project has been trying to make an open > hardware capture platform which has been designed with being debuggable in > mind. Our attempt at his is called the HDMI2USB.tv project and Joel > Stanley gave a talk about the hardware at LCA2015 > https://youtu.be/O4D-6IPX308 . At that time we where stilling using a > closed prototyping platform called the Digilent Atlys but where in the > process of developing our second attempt at doing an open hardware board. > > > Thank you once again! > > Tim 'mithro' Ansell > > ---------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Numato Opsis: FPGA-based open video platform > An open platform for recording, routing, and manipulating HDMI and > DisplayPort video signals. > > The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video platform > for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed to give > the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything from > real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art and > even general FPGA-based video research. > > > - *A*: HDMI Out 1 > - *B*: HDMI Out 2 > - *C*: HDMI In 1 > - *D*: HDMI In 2 > - *E*: DisplayPort Out > - *F*: DisplayPort In > - *G*: USB 2.0 Device / JTAG Programmer / UART Adapter > - *H*: Expansion Port (TOFE, not PCI-Express compatible) > - *I*: microSD (underside of board) > - *J*: USB 2.0 OTG > - *K*: Gigabit Ethernet > > As a collaboration between the TimVideos.us live > event streaming project and FPGA development board manufacturer Numato Lab, > the Opsis is the ideal device for the HDMI2USB.tv video > capturing firmware, which allows for ?fool-proof? video recording from any > computer. Enabling direct acquisition of video streams in realtime to a > computer through the USB 2.0 interface or sent over the network through the > Gigabit Ethernet interface, the Opsis is a vital component within the > complete conference recording solution envisioned and pioneered by the > TimVideos.us project. > Example Applications > > The Opsis is flexible and powerful enough to have a large number of use > cases, many of which we probably haven?t considered. That said, we had > certain use cases in mind when we designed the system. > Running HDMI2USB Firmware > > The Opsis was designed to run the HDMI2USB firmware > developed by the TimVideos.us project. This firmware makes it easy to build > automated conference/event recording systems. > > The diagram below shows one such simple scenario. The HDMI output from the > laptop is fed into the Opsis, which forwards it to an external monitor and > simultaneously allows another computer to capture the output via the USB > 2.0 interface. The HDMI2USB.tv firmware emulates a standard UVC webcam, > allowing any video software, such as Skype, Google Hangouts, or WebRTC, to > then send it to an online audience. > > > *A simple setup* > > > - > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jwoithe at just42.net Tue Sep 22 22:03:03 2015 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:33:03 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20150922120303.GB32547@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi Tim On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 05:39:06PM +1000, Tim Ansell wrote: > Recently there has been a major milestone for one of them, the TimVideos' > HDMI2USB.tv project has launched our first piece of open hardware, the > Numato Opsis board. Well done Tim! As you said, it's been a long journey with its fair share of challenges but it should prove to be a great resource for many users and groups. Thanks for seeing this worthwhile project through. Regards jonathan From josh at nitrotech.org Wed Sep 23 00:58:01 2015 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Joshua Hesketh) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:58:01 -0500 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56016C79.3070407@nitrotech.org> Hey Tim, This is a really amazing effort. Congratulations to yourself, your team and everybody else who worked on this project. I look forward to seeing it in use at some of Linux Australia's events! Thank you for continuing to enable our freedoms and for all you do within our community. Cheers, Josh On 22/09/15 02:39, Tim Ansell wrote: > Hello everyone, > > If you've been to a Linux Australia event, you may know that I have > too many projects ! > Recently there has been a major milestone for one of them, the > TimVideos' HDMI2USB.tv project has launched our > first piece of open hardware, the Numato Opsis board. > > The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video > platform for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was > designed to give the user complete control over high-speed video, > enabling everything from real-time conference capturing solutions, to > experimental visual art and even general FPGA-based video research. > I've included more information at the end of this email. > > The board is now crowdfunding on CrowdSupply.com > at https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis and while we have > already reached 100% of our goal, we want to get the board into the > hands of as many people as possible, because the more people using > FOSS hardware, the better it gets! (In a semi related note, > CrowdSupply.com was recently endorsed by Richard Stallman and the FSF > too.) If > you could share the campaign with anyone you think who might be > interested that would be extremely helpful! > > The HDMI2USB.tv firmware, which will also run on the Opsis board, was > recently used to record a user group in Chicago US. You can see a very > happy Carl in this photo > -> https://forum.digilentinc.com/gallery/image/63-carl-has-success/ - > It's been a long road to getting to this stage and I'd like to thank > all the support for Linux Australia and the LA community. *We couldn't > have done it without you all!* > > For those who don't know me or what I'm trying to do, here is some > more background information; > > A long while back I got involved with doing recording and > streaming conferences like LCA and got the idea that anyone, both > conference and user group, should be able to record their > proceedings without needing to know anything about A/V. > > You can watch a talk that I gave at LCA2012 about my first attempt > to do this on YouTube at https://youtu.be/rCoCRmcrPlM . Shortly > after the talk I came to the conclusion that the software and > hardware available at the time was not up to the task - they just > didn't have the programmatic APIs and debugging information > available to really build a fool proof system. This spawned the > TimVideos.us project which has been > plugging away trying to fix the problem (you can see a later talk > I gave at LCA2014 at https://youtu.be/jtuzEQaG0Vc). You may have > seen us running around at LCA2015 earlier this year which we > helped stream and record. > > One of the big tasks of the project has been trying to make an > open hardware capture platform which has been designed with being > debuggable in mind. Our attempt at his is called the HDMI2USB.tv > project and Joel Stanley gave a talk about > the hardware at LCA2015 https://youtu.be/O4D-6IPX308 . At that > time we where stilling using a closed prototyping platform called > the Digilent Atlys but where in the process of developing our > second attempt at doing an open hardware board. > > > Thank you once again! > > Tim 'mithro' Ansell > > ---------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > Numato Opsis: FPGA-based open video platform > > > An open platform for recording, routing, and manipulating HDMI and > DisplayPort video signals. > > The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video > platform for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was > designed to give the user complete control over high-speed video, > enabling everything from real-time conference capturing solutions, to > experimental visual art and even general FPGA-based video research. > > * *A*: HDMI Out 1 > * *B*: HDMI Out 2 > * *C*: HDMI In 1 > * *D*: HDMI In 2 > * *E*: DisplayPort Out > * *F*: DisplayPort In > * *G*: USB 2.0 Device / JTAG Programmer / UART Adapter > * *H*: Expansion Port (TOFE, not PCI-Express compatible) > * *I*: microSD (underside of board) > * *J*: USB 2.0 OTG > * *K*: Gigabit Ethernet > > As a collaboration between the TimVideos.us > live event streaming project and FPGA > development board manufacturer Numato Lab, the Opsis is the ideal > device for the HDMI2USB.tv video capturing > firmware, which allows for ?fool-proof? video recording from any > computer. Enabling direct acquisition of video streams in realtime to > a computer through the USB 2.0 interface or sent over the network > through the Gigabit Ethernet interface, the Opsis is a vital component > within the complete conference recording solution envisioned and > pioneered by the TimVideos.us project. > > > Example Applications > > The Opsis is flexible and powerful enough to have a large number of > use cases, many of which we probably haven?t considered. That said, we > had certain use cases in mind when we designed the system. > > > Running HDMI2USB Firmware > > The Opsis was designed to run the HDMI2USB > firmware developed by the TimVideos.us project. > This firmware makes it easy to build automated conference/event > recording systems. > > The diagram below shows one such simple scenario. The HDMI output from > the laptop is fed into the Opsis, which forwards it to an external > monitor and simultaneously allows another computer to capture the > output via the USB 2.0 interface. The HDMI2USB.tv firmware emulates a > standard UVC webcam, allowing any video software, such as Skype, > Google Hangouts, or WebRTC, to then send it to an online audience. > > > /A simple setup/ > > / > / > > > > * > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From euan at dekock.net Wed Sep 23 09:04:43 2015 From: euan at dekock.net (Euan) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:04:43 +0800 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, Well done Tim. Good on you for persevering. We're running out of excuses to stay on FireWire and SD video. Regards, Euan On 22 September 2015 3:39:06 PM AWST, Tim Ansell wrote: >Hello everyone, > >If you've been to a Linux Australia event, you may know that I have too >many projects ! Recently >there >has been a major milestone for one of them, the TimVideos' HDMI2USB.tv >project has launched our first piece of open hardware, the Numato Opsis >board. > >The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video >platform >for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed to >give >the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything >from >real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art >and >even general FPGA-based video research. I've included more information >at >the end of this email. > >The board is now crowdfunding on CrowdSupply.com at >https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis and while we have already >reached 100% of our goal, we want to get the board into the hands of as >many people as possible, because the more people using FOSS hardware, >the >better it gets! (In a semi related note, CrowdSupply.com was recently >endorsed >by Richard Stallman and the FSF > >too.) If >you could share the campaign with anyone you think who might be >interested >that would be extremely helpful! > >The HDMI2USB.tv firmware, which will also run on the Opsis board, was >recently used to record a user group in Chicago US. You can see a very >happy Carl in this photo -> >https://forum.digilentinc.com/gallery/image/63-carl-has-success/ - It's >been a long road to getting to this stage and I'd like to thank all the >support for Linux Australia and the LA community. *We couldn't have >done it >without you all!* > >For those who don't know me or what I'm trying to do, here is some more >background information; > >A long while back I got involved with doing recording and streaming >conferences like LCA and got the idea that anyone, both conference and >user >group, should be able to record their proceedings without needing to >know >anything about A/V. > >You can watch a talk that I gave at LCA2012 about my first attempt to >do >this on YouTube at https://youtu.be/rCoCRmcrPlM . Shortly after the >talk I >came to the conclusion that the software and hardware available at the >time >was not up to the task - they just didn't have the programmatic APIs >and >debugging information available to really build a fool proof system. >This >spawned the TimVideos.us project which has >been >plugging away trying to fix the problem (you can see a later talk I >gave at LCA2014 >at https://youtu.be/jtuzEQaG0Vc). You may have seen us running around >at >LCA2015 earlier this year which we helped stream and record. > >One of the big tasks of the project has been trying to make an open >hardware capture platform which has been designed with being debuggable >in >mind. Our attempt at his is called the HDMI2USB.tv project and Joel >Stanley >gave a talk about the hardware at LCA2015 https://youtu.be/O4D-6IPX308 >. At >that time we where stilling using a closed prototyping platform called >the >Digilent Atlys but where in the process of developing our second >attempt at >doing an open hardware board. > > >Thank you once again! > >Tim 'mithro' Ansell > >---------------------------------------------------- >---------------------------------------------------- >Numato Opsis: FPGA-based open video platform >An open platform for recording, routing, and manipulating HDMI and >DisplayPort video signals. > >The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video >platform >for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed to >give >the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything >from >real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art >and >even general FPGA-based video research. > > > - *A*: HDMI Out 1 > - *B*: HDMI Out 2 > - *C*: HDMI In 1 > - *D*: HDMI In 2 > - *E*: DisplayPort Out > - *F*: DisplayPort In > - *G*: USB 2.0 Device / JTAG Programmer / UART Adapter > - *H*: Expansion Port (TOFE, not PCI-Express compatible) > - *I*: microSD (underside of board) > - *J*: USB 2.0 OTG > - *K*: Gigabit Ethernet > >As a collaboration between the TimVideos.us >live >event streaming project and FPGA development board manufacturer Numato >Lab, >the Opsis is the ideal device for the HDMI2USB.tv >video >capturing firmware, which allows for ?fool-proof? video recording from >any >computer. Enabling direct acquisition of video streams in realtime to a >computer through the USB 2.0 interface or sent over the network through >the >Gigabit Ethernet interface, the Opsis is a vital component within the >complete conference recording solution envisioned and pioneered by the >TimVideos.us project. >Example Applications > >The Opsis is flexible and powerful enough to have a large number of use >cases, many of which we probably haven?t considered. That said, we had >certain use cases in mind when we designed the system. >Running HDMI2USB Firmware > >The Opsis was designed to run the HDMI2USB >firmware >developed by the TimVideos.us project. This firmware makes it easy to >build >automated conference/event recording systems. > >The diagram below shows one such simple scenario. The HDMI output from >the >laptop is fed into the Opsis, which forwards it to an external monitor >and >simultaneously allows another computer to capture the output via the >USB >2.0 interface. The HDMI2USB.tv firmware emulates a standard UVC webcam, >allowing any video software, such as Skype, Google Hangouts, or WebRTC, >to >then send it to an online audience. > > >*A simple setup* > > > - > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >linux-aus mailing list >linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tim at wirejunkie.com Wed Sep 23 20:06:40 2015 From: tim at wirejunkie.com (Tim Serong) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:06:40 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Developer's Conference 2015 (Hobart, Oct 27-29) Update Message-ID: <560279B0.7090307@wirejunkie.com> Greetings, Just a quick update on OSDC 2015, coming up in Hobart from October 27-29. Firstly, we're pleased to welcome Dr. Maia Sauren (of Open Knowledge Australia and HealthHack, among other things), as our opening keynote speaker! Check out her full bio at: https://2015.osdc.com.au/maia_sauren/ If you haven't done so already, you can see the remainder of the schedule at https://2015.osdc.com.au/schedule/ - there's a few more talks still to be announced, but you'll get the idea ;) Registrations are open at: https://2015.osdc.com.au/register/ For those of you planning to stay at Wrest Point (the conference venue), it's important to book accommodation there as soon as possible, because the hold on our block of rooms expires on Wednesday 30 September. After this date the prices we negotiated are still available, but the rooms return to general availability, i.e. they are no longer held specifically for OSDC delegates, so may run out. For details on how to book a room at Wrest Point please see: https://2015.osdc.com.au/accommodation/ Hope to see you there, Cheers, Tim -- Tim Serong Lead Organiser OSDC 2015, 27-29 October, Wrest Point, Hobart https://2015.osdc.com.au/ From mithro at mithis.com Thu Sep 24 23:12:50 2015 From: mithro at mithis.com (Tim Ansell) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 23:12:50 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We just announced the Opsis Champion Program ( https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis/updates/1823). If you are interested in getting access to the device early, please do contact me. Tim 'mithro' Ansell On 23 September 2015 at 09:04, Euan wrote: > Hi, > > Well done Tim. Good on you for persevering. > > We're running out of excuses to stay on FireWire and SD video. > > Regards, > > Euan > > On 22 September 2015 3:39:06 PM AWST, Tim Ansell > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> If you've been to a Linux Australia event, you may know that I have too >> many projects ! Recently >> there has been a major milestone for one of them, the TimVideos' >> HDMI2USB.tv project has launched our first piece of open hardware, the >> Numato Opsis board. >> >> The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video platform >> for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed to give >> the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything from >> real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art and >> even general FPGA-based video research. I've included more information at >> the end of this email. >> >> The board is now crowdfunding on CrowdSupply.com at >> https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis and while we have already >> reached 100% of our goal, we want to get the board into the hands of as >> many people as possible, because the more people using FOSS hardware, the >> better it gets! (In a semi related note, CrowdSupply.com was recently endorsed >> by Richard Stallman and the FSF >> too.) If >> you could share the campaign with anyone you think who might be interested >> that would be extremely helpful! >> >> The HDMI2USB.tv firmware, which will also run on the Opsis board, was >> recently used to record a user group in Chicago US. You can see a very >> happy Carl in this photo -> >> https://forum.digilentinc.com/gallery/image/63-carl-has-success/ - It's >> been a long road to getting to this stage and I'd like to thank all the >> support for Linux Australia and the LA community. *We couldn't have done >> it without you all!* >> >> For those who don't know me or what I'm trying to do, here is some more >> background information; >> >> A long while back I got involved with doing recording and streaming >> conferences like LCA and got the idea that anyone, both conference and user >> group, should be able to record their proceedings without needing to know >> anything about A/V. >> >> You can watch a talk that I gave at LCA2012 about my first attempt to do >> this on YouTube at https://youtu.be/rCoCRmcrPlM . Shortly after the talk >> I came to the conclusion that the software and hardware available at the >> time was not up to the task - they just didn't have the programmatic APIs >> and debugging information available to really build a fool proof system. >> This spawned the TimVideos.us project which >> has been plugging away trying to fix the problem (you can see a later >> talk I gave at LCA2014 at https://youtu.be/jtuzEQaG0Vc). You may have >> seen us running around at LCA2015 earlier this year which we helped stream >> and record. >> >> One of the big tasks of the project has been trying to make an open >> hardware capture platform which has been designed with being debuggable in >> mind. Our attempt at his is called the HDMI2USB.tv project and Joel >> Stanley gave a talk about the hardware at LCA2015 >> https://youtu.be/O4D-6IPX308 . At that time we where stilling using a >> closed prototyping platform called the Digilent Atlys but where in the >> process of developing our second attempt at doing an open hardware board. >> >> >> Thank you once again! >> >> Tim 'mithro' Ansell >> >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> Numato Opsis: FPGA-based open video platform >> An open platform for recording, routing, and manipulating HDMI and >> DisplayPort video signals. >> >> The Numato Opsis is a powerful new FPGA-based open source video platform >> for videographers and visual artists. The Opsis board was designed to give >> the user complete control over high-speed video, enabling everything from >> real-time conference capturing solutions, to experimental visual art and >> even general FPGA-based video research. >> >> >> - *A*: HDMI Out 1 >> - *B*: HDMI Out 2 >> - *C*: HDMI In 1 >> - *D*: HDMI In 2 >> - *E*: DisplayPort Out >> - *F*: DisplayPort In >> - *G*: USB 2.0 Device / JTAG Programmer / UART Adapter >> - *H*: Expansion Port (TOFE, not PCI-Express compatible) >> - *I*: microSD (underside of board) >> - *J*: USB 2.0 OTG >> - *K*: Gigabit Ethernet >> >> As a collaboration between the TimVideos.us live >> event streaming project and FPGA development board manufacturer Numato Lab, >> the Opsis is the ideal device for the HDMI2USB.tv video >> capturing firmware, which allows for ?fool-proof? video recording from any >> computer. Enabling direct acquisition of video streams in realtime to a >> computer through the USB 2.0 interface or sent over the network through the >> Gigabit Ethernet interface, the Opsis is a vital component within the >> complete conference recording solution envisioned and pioneered by the >> TimVideos.us project. >> Example Applications >> >> The Opsis is flexible and powerful enough to have a large number of use >> cases, many of which we probably haven?t considered. That said, we had >> certain use cases in mind when we designed the system. >> Running HDMI2USB Firmware >> >> The Opsis was designed to run the HDMI2USB firmware >> developed by the TimVideos.us project. This firmware makes it easy to build >> automated conference/event recording systems. >> >> The diagram below shows one such simple scenario. The HDMI output from >> the laptop is fed into the Opsis, which forwards it to an external monitor >> and simultaneously allows another computer to capture the output via the >> USB 2.0 interface. The HDMI2USB.tv firmware emulates a standard UVC webcam, >> allowing any video software, such as Skype, Google Hangouts, or WebRTC, to >> then send it to an online audience. >> >> >> *A simple setup* >> >> >> - >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> linux-aus mailing list >> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >> http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From a.nielsen at shikadi.net Sat Sep 26 11:49:26 2015 From: a.nielsen at shikadi.net (Adam Nielsen) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 11:49:26 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20150926114926.6561306b@korath.teln.shikadi.net> > The Opsis is flexible and powerful enough to have a large number of > use cases, many of which we probably haven?t considered. This is really interesting! Is there any way the board would be able to record a VGA signal? Many older PC demos[1] won't work in emulators like DOSBox, so recording a video of them for posterity is a bit difficult without a VGA capture device. I tried using an old (cheap) Avocent KVM-over-IP box to capture the VGA signal but it can't handle the framerate and applies too much compression to the signal anyway. I guess if the board lacks analogue inputs, you could use a VGA to DisplayPort adapter? I'm not sure if these exist though - they all seem to convert DisplayPort to VGA, rather than converting VGA to DisplayPort. I've also seen a few projects (mostly arcade related) attempt to convert older CGA/EGA signals into VGA or HDMI, with some success, to replace aging CRT screens with newer LCD panels. With suitable software, would this board be able to accept the six or so TTL signals from a CGA/EGA board and then generate a DisplayPort/HDMI signal from that? Thanks, Adam. [1]: http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?platform[0]=MS-Dos&page=1&order=views From mithro at mithis.com Sun Sep 27 21:27:07 2015 From: mithro at mithis.com (Tim Ansell) Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:27:07 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open source hardware for open source conference recording - now launched! In-Reply-To: <20150926114926.6561306b@korath.teln.shikadi.net> References: <20150926114926.6561306b@korath.teln.shikadi.net> Message-ID: On 26 September 2015 at 11:49, Adam Nielsen wrote: > > The Opsis is flexible and powerful enough to have a large number of > > use cases, many of which we probably haven?t considered. > > This is really interesting! Is there any way the board would be able > to record a VGA signal? Many older PC demos[1] won't work in emulators > like DOSBox, so recording a video of them for posterity is a bit > difficult without a VGA capture device. I tried using an old (cheap) > Avocent KVM-over-IP box to capture the VGA signal but it can't handle > the framerate and applies too much compression to the signal anyway. > > I guess if the board lacks analogue inputs, you could use a VGA to > DisplayPort adapter? I'm not sure if these exist though - they all > seem to convert DisplayPort to VGA, rather than converting VGA to > DisplayPort. > > I've also seen a few projects (mostly arcade related) attempt to > convert older CGA/EGA signals into VGA or HDMI, with some success, to > replace aging CRT screens with newer LCD panels. With suitable > software, would this board be able to accept the six or so TTL signals > from a CGA/EGA board and then generate a DisplayPort/HDMI signal from > that? > > Thanks, > Adam. > > [1]: > http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?platform[0]=MS-Dos&page=1&order=views > The quickest way would be to use VGA would be to get a cheap VGA->HDMI adapter. These are relatively cheaply available from places like Amazon.com, DealExtreme, etc. They greatly vary in quality with no relationship between the quality and actual price of the adapter. I don't actually have much experience with them but others have used them successfully. We do have plans for a VGA board. A summer of code student created a VGA board for our old prototyping board (you can see it at http://github.com/timvideos/HDMI2USB-vmodvga). He is currently looking at porting the board to the TOFE connector and will hopefully have something to show for it soon. As an open source project, we of course value contributions! If you are interesting in working on this type of thing, please do join our mailing lists (http://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/timvideos/join and http://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/hdmi2usb/join) or say hi on IRC (irc://irc.freenode.net/#timvideos). Hope that helps! Tim 'mithro' Ansell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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