From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Thu Jan 14 01:47:43 2021 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:47:43 +1100 Subject: [clug] linux.conf.au 2021 Canberra Hub - tickets now available Message-ID: <49605e9a-383c-41db-26c0-f0f60be003e2@kathyreid.id.au> *linux.conf.au 2021 Canberra Hub * If you already have a ticket to linux.conf.au 2021, the region's premier Linux and open source conference, then you're invited to share the experience with other people at the linux.conf.au 2021 Canberra Hub, from Saturday 23rd to Monday 25th January. Space is limited, and COVID-19 restrictions such as social distancing and wearing a mask apply. linux.conf.au Code of Conduct applies. * Get your linux.conf.au 2021 ticket at: https://linux.conf.au * Get your Canberra Hub ticket at: https://ti.to/foss4g-oceania/lca2021-canberra-hub This event has an ACT Health COVID-19 plan in place and has been approved by the LCA2021 team. Brought to you by the folx behind Canberra Python Users Group - Jonah, Zac, Elena & Kathy From sfr at canb.auug.org.au Fri Jan 15 07:48:48 2021 From: sfr at canb.auug.org.au (Stephen Rothwell) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:48:48 +1100 Subject: [clug] Changes to org.au eligibility In-Reply-To: <20210115184252.2d462596@canb.auug.org.au> References: <20210115184252.2d462596@canb.auug.org.au> Message-ID: <20210115184848.2f848a6c@canb.auug.org.au> Hi sll, [Just using the correct CLUG mailing list address ... ] On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:42:52 +1100 Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > For those that don't know, AuDA has changed the rules for eligibility > to register an org.au domain. You now (from April 12) need to be an > incorporated non-profit or registered with the Charity's commission (or > a few other possibilities) non of which we fulfil currently. > > I have had a look at a few possibilities one of which is to have Linux > Australia as the registrant of clug.org.au and auug.org.au, but for > them to leave control of the domains with "us" (mostly me at the moment > :-)). > > Alternatively, I could look at making the Canberra Linux Users Group > some sort of incorporated entity (which, I am told, is not too bad) and > retain the domains under that ownership.. > > Comments? -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 488 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Fri Jan 15 11:05:39 2021 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:05:39 +1100 Subject: [clug] Changes to org.au eligibility In-Reply-To: <20210115184848.2f848a6c@canb.auug.org.au> References: <20210115184252.2d462596@canb.auug.org.au> <20210115184848.2f848a6c@canb.auug.org.au> Message-ID: <9536fa9f-4004-8bdb-6e5f-25502e2de28f@kathyreid.id.au> Why not make CLUG a sub-committee of Linux Australia, which would give CLUG the umbrella of an incorporated association? Best, Kathy On 15/1/21 6:48 pm, Stephen Rothwell via linux wrote: > Hi sll, > > [Just using the correct CLUG mailing list address ... ] > > On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:42:52 +1100 Stephen Rothwell wrote: >> For those that don't know, AuDA has changed the rules for eligibility >> to register an org.au domain. You now (from April 12) need to be an >> incorporated non-profit or registered with the Charity's commission (or >> a few other possibilities) non of which we fulfil currently. >> >> I have had a look at a few possibilities one of which is to have Linux >> Australia as the registrant of clug.org.au and auug.org.au, but for >> them to leave control of the domains with "us" (mostly me at the moment >> :-)). >> >> Alternatively, I could look at making the Canberra Linux Users Group >> some sort of incorporated entity (which, I am told, is not too bad) and >> retain the domains under that ownership.. >> >> Comments? > From rodneyp at iinet.net.au Fri Jan 15 11:36:59 2021 From: rodneyp at iinet.net.au (Rodney Peters) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:36:59 +1100 Subject: [clug] Changes to org.au eligibility In-Reply-To: <20210115184848.2f848a6c@canb.auug.org.au> References: <20210115184252.2d462596@canb.auug.org.au> <20210115184848.2f848a6c@canb.auug.org.au> Message-ID: <4d02317a-ae0d-ff09-209d-bfe9edb2f0bd@iinet.net.au> I'm currently treasurer of an association, that is incorporated in ACT and have held that office as well as others in another. It's a little less onerous than it used to be: ??? now no annual fee ??? associations having low turnover no longer have an audit, but require a lesser review of accounts.? The reviewer does not need accounting qualifications ??? a Constitution is no longer mandatory A Committee (of at least 4, AFAIK) plus an AGM are required. OTOH, if the hassle can be avoided ... Rod On 15/1/21 6:48 pm, Stephen Rothwell via linux wrote: > Hi sll, > > [Just using the correct CLUG mailing list address ... ] > > On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:42:52 +1100 Stephen Rothwell wrote: >> For those that don't know, AuDA has changed the rules for eligibility >> to register an org.au domain. You now (from April 12) need to be an >> incorporated non-profit or registered with the Charity's commission (or >> a few other possibilities) non of which we fulfil currently. >> >> I have had a look at a few possibilities one of which is to have Linux >> Australia as the registrant of clug.org.au and auug.org.au, but for >> them to leave control of the domains with "us" (mostly me at the moment >> :-)). >> >> Alternatively, I could look at making the Canberra Linux Users Group >> some sort of incorporated entity (which, I am told, is not too bad) and >> retain the domains under that ownership.. >> >> Comments? > From rossb at fwi.net.au Sun Jan 17 05:29:18 2021 From: rossb at fwi.net.au (Brenton Ross) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:29:18 +1100 Subject: [clug] Watercooler - was Open Source Developers in CBR In-Reply-To: References: <6229a0def8948e74afaded37ffef5be78e66404c.camel@fwi.net.au> <24999ea0503e803b905a955c2141530524e7ec7e.camel@fwi.net.au> Message-ID: <2a1710420051998116bfbb87f1789a434b819185.camel@fwi.net.au> An update to this thread we started a few months back. For the last few months I have been working on another part of my grand project. One of the components that it will probably require is a "natural language generator" to turn some small fragments of an RDF knowledge base into something a bit more English like. I found a Java library that seems to be a good fit. It won't generate Shakespeare but is probably good enough for what I have in mind. Of course I had to have a look at its internals since it was immediately obvious that it was going to need a few enhancements. Two things became clear: First I was going to have to study it very closely to understand how to extend it, and secondly the authors had created a Java program in the style of a C program - completely ignoring things like virtual functions. Hence a C++ rewrite ensued. Rewriting would force me to get a much better understanding of how it worked, and I could use a much more conventional object oriented design while preserving the language processing logic. After more time that I really wanted to spend I now have it working so that it produces the same output as the Java version for about 400 test cases. Those enhancements will come later, but should be easy enough to add. If you want to know more about what an NLG does do a web search for SimpleNLG. My version doesn't do all the the Java one does, just the core functionality. My C++ RDF library seems to be working quite nicely. It has acquired a couple of interesting enhancements - submodels and a catalogue. The catalogue is a small RDF database of all the RDF databases used in a project. It allows you to disconnect all the details of a database from the programs that use it. Hence it no longer matters if the database is in a file, on the web, or stored in a relational database. The second enhancement is submodels. This allows knowledge bases to be decomposed into smaller reusable components - something that makes RDF a lot more useful. It was not a simple enhancement since submodels are not supported by the underlying Redland C library. Next task is to create the interface from RDF to the NLG. I am starting by extending the test harness I created for testing NLG so that it generates the RDF test data. Links: https://sourceforge.net/p/ocratato-sassy/nlg/code/ https://sourceforge.net/p/ocratato-sassy/rdfxx/code/ https://sourceforge.net/p/ocratato-sassy/rdfxx/code/ Brenton From alastair at d-silva.org Tue Jan 26 05:55:45 2021 From: alastair at d-silva.org (Alastair D'Silva) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:55:45 +1100 Subject: [clug] LCA talk re-runs Message-ID: <3833c2d0dbdc34d6dc565615eec0b72631bbc2b0.camel@d-silva.org> Hi folks, In the absense of other content, and since I pre-recorded my LCA talk, I'm happy to re-run it (and do a live Q&A afterwards) if there's interest. My talk was on using Open Energy Monitor & Home Assitant to monitor and manage power generation, storage and usage in our home. I'm happy to set up a Zoom meeting if there is interest. -- Alastair D'Silva From adrian.blake41 at gmail.com Tue Jan 26 13:09:52 2021 From: adrian.blake41 at gmail.com (Adrian Blake) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:09:52 +0200 Subject: [clug] hostname problem Message-ID: Hi, I used a default hostname when I setup my Ubuntu 20.04. I now appears to have changed but only as my router see it and my pi-hole see it. It has the name " ESP_9250A6 ". I changed the hostname on my machine but my router and pi-hole still see "ESP-9250A6" . Why would this be so? Adrian -- Adrian Blake 101 Mulach St Cooma, NSW, 2630 Australia Mobile +61 407232978 P?rna tn 3 Otep?? Valgamaa 67404 Estonia Mobile +372 51971441