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Linux-Announce Digest #405
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Thu May 11 15:13:07 2006
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Linux-Announce Digest #405, Volume #5 Thu, 11 May 2006 15:13:04 EDT
Contents:
[ANN] 'tdir' 1.69 Released And Available (Tim Daneliuk)
[ANNOUNCE] Greater London LUG Meeting - Thursday 25th May - Filmlight & GLLUG Quiz (mozrat@gmail.com)
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 14:20:19 -0500
From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>
Subject: [ANN] 'tdir' 1.69 Released And Available
'tdir' Version 1.69 is released and available at:
http://www.tundraware.com/Software/tdir/
A FreeBSD port update has also been submitted.
What's New
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This version introduces the -D option which supresses "dotfile/dir" display.
What Is 'tdir'?
===============
'tdir' is a reimplementation and enhancement of the old 'xdir' CP/M
utility from Ancient Times.
'tdir' is an advanced directory display utility written in Pure Python,
and runs on both *nix and Win32 systems.\
With 'tdir' you can display directories sorted by file "extension",
display directory trees, and separate directories from files in the
output listing.
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Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 13:43:27 -0500
From: mozrat@gmail.com
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Greater London LUG Meeting - Thursday 25th May - Filmlight & GLLUG Quiz
Hello,
On Thursday 25th May we have GLLUG meeting starting at 19:00....
We will be meeting in the New Cavendish Street campus of Westminster
University. This is in the shadow of the BT Tower, the nearest tube
stations are Great Portland Street, Warren Street and Goodge Street.
You will find a map at:
http://gllug.ukfsn.org/uploads/wmin-campus.pdf
NOTE: you will need to sign in at the front desk to gain access to the
building. More information is available on our website
http://www.gllug.org.uk
This event is FREE to members and non-members alike. Our two segments
will be a talk by Filmlight and the GLLUG Quiz night
SCHEDULE
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__Filmlight and Linux__
Linux has become the dominant Unix based operating system for film
production. The use of Linux in CGI is well known, ranging from
massive render farms to workstations running the Linux versions of
applications like Maya and Shake. A less well known area of film
production that Linux is making inroads into is grading, where all the
elements of a film are assembled and digitally manipulated to complete
the final look of the film. The Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI)
specification calls for a resolution of 4096x2160 at 24 frames a
second. Real time manipulation of simultaneous DCI streams requires
data rates of over 1.6GByte/s and dozens of terabytes of online storage
per feature. To achieve this Filmlight has developed a novel, video
oriented cluster architecture based on a customised version of Linux,
both of which will be the subject of this talk.
FilmLight is a supplier of digital film technology, founded in April
2002 by former members of the Technical and R&D team of The Computer
Film Company (CFC). Since then FilmLight has grown to over 50
full-time employees with headquarters in Soho and offices in Los
Angeles, Chicago, Sydney and Auckland.
__GLLUG Quiz night__
This event will be a light hearted quiz on the topics of Linux and
Free Software. None of the answers would be found on a Man page and I
think it is going to be a lot of fun for the competitors. You will be
competing in teams of 4 for a goodie bag each full of Linux
"bits-and-bobs". There is also an overall prize which the winning team
which they could share or decide to compete individually for.
I would like to thank our friends who donated prizes for the event. It
is a great demonstration of their commitment to our community to so
readily offer prizes.
CheepLinux - http://www.cheeplinux.com
Novell - http://www.novell.com
Positive Internet - http://www.positive-internet.com
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