• Meeting Notes for April 9, 2005
  • General business
    • May voting
    • Library
    • Future presentations
  • Using SlimDevices? Slimserver with the Squeezebox Digital Music Player
  • Other

Meeting Notes for April 9, 2005

The meeting was held at Waukesha County Technical College in Room B181 of the Business Building from 1300 to 1500. Twenty-two persons were in attendance.

General business

Conducted by Jerry Davis.

May voting

Jerry announced that he is withdrawing his nomination to the Board in view of his anticipated relocation to a warmer climate.

Mary Ann reminded the group that eligibility to vote is based on attendance at four meetings during the past year, and she will post a list of those already eligible or who will meet the quota if they attend the May meeting.

Library

Jerry contributed a number of books that members are free to borrow, and also a stack of magazines free for the taking.

Future presentations

Glenn said he waiting to hear whether someone from OpenOffice.org would give us a presentation, and he invited volunteers to give other presentations.

May - Dale Noll offered to talk about start up scripts and asked that anyone who has done customizations send him an email so he can include these.

June - Jerry will talk about regular expressions.

July - Roger will do a "down & dirty with grub".

It was suggested that we have a talk on MythTV - Darrick said one of the Fond du Lac LUG members might be willing to give this. In this regard, it was mentioned that anyone planning to buy a HDTV card should do so before the July 1 regulations take effect. Check out http://www.pctvlinux.com and http://mythtv.beirdo.ca/wiki/index.php/

Firewalls - Betty asked to hear more about firewalls and there was a brief discussion. Darrick said this is the topic Monday April 11 at the Fond du Lac LUG for anyone interested.

Using SlimDevices Slimserver with the Squeezebox Digital Music Player

13:40 to 14:40 by Darrick Hartman

Darrick connected the Squeezebox Player to his computer and connected speakers to it, and then downloaded SlimServer. The box has a display and remote control through which various configurations can be made. He showed how the remote is used to call up a playlist, and various searches can be done, eg by artist. The box can even set a timer to serve as an alarm clock and wake you up with music. In a home setting, each room or area could have a box which would play whatever pieces are desired from the server. Also, the server can control what is playing on each unit. A wireless version is now available, and Darrick can sell both the wired and wireless units to members at a good discount. There were many questions and good discussions. Thanks very much, Darrick, for another great presentation!

Other

There was some discussion of Ubuntu, which Darrick had on his laptop to show anyone interested. Some installation disks were also provided.

M.A. Panevska Secretary