[lug] Digest (6 messages) - Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:39:19 -0400

Subject : [lug] Digest (6 messages)

From : lug-owner@lists.ncsu.[redacted]

Date : Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:39:19 -0400

The Lug Digest
Volume 1 : Issue 287 : "text" Format

Messages in this Issue:
201208/5 : Fwd: [TriLUG] OT: Junior/entry level part-time linux job at UNC
Brian Cottingham <spiffytech@gmail.[redacted]>
201208/6 : LUG Fall Semester Planning
clholgat@ncsu.[redacted]
201208/7 : Configuring Linux for Low Vision Use
Jeffery Mewtamer <mewtamer@gmail.[redacted]>
201208/8 : Re: Configuring Linux for Low Vision Use
Stephen Roller <scroller@ncsu.[redacted]>
201208/9 : Linux Administrator opportunity at CSC
Carlos Benavente <cabenave@ncsu.[redacted]>
201208/10 : Employment Opportunities - Extron Electronics
Renee Cox <rcox@extron.[redacted]>

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:49:08 -0400
From: Brian Cottingham <spiffytech@gmail.[redacted]>
To: NCSU LUG <lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]>
Subject: Fwd: [TriLUG] OT: Junior/entry level part-time linux job at UNC
Message-ID: <CAJEMKXM1CQfTcMsWY1NtNxF+i1SyT0pcy5XCQs6AcwJFSBYVjQ@mail.gmail.[redacted]>

Yes, it's at UNC, but I figure some people won't mind if it gets them money
and a tech position on their resume :)

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From: xjth6y5yxpcg xjth6y5yxpcg <xjth6y5yxpcg@gmail.[redacted]>
Date: Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] OT: Junior/entry level part-time linux job at UNC
To: trilug@trilug.[redacted]

To apply, please visit <https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/7588>. If you
have specific question prior to applying, I can forward your contact
information to the hiring manager.

Part time Assistant Systems Administrator
(30 hrs/wk)

Duties include assisting with installations, maintenance, and upgrades to
workstations and servers, primarily running Linux. Candidates should have a
good technical aptitude and want to develop skills that go beyond those of
your average IT monkey. Prior employees in this position are currently in
career positions at UNC, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, among other
companies.

Prior experience working with Linux is of course required.

Examples of possible duties include:
- answering technical questions about common Linux software
- writing scripts to automate simple tasks
- compiling and/or packaging specialized software
- upgrading end-user workstations (hardware and/or software upgrades)
- interacting with students, faculty, and staff of various computer
literacy levels
- educating yourself and your colleagues about relevant issues

Ideal candidates probably already have experience:
- administering Linux for themselves and family/friends
- with common unix utilities (gnu software, latex, etc)
- understanding common internet protocols and concepts (ssh, scp, rpc,
nmap, firewalls, etc)
- writing simple scripts (bash, perl, python, or php)

The selected candidate will receive:
- somewhat flexible hours to allow for outside committments (majority of
time worked is during business hours, but time off for classes, family,
etc. is fine)
- a convenient on-campus work location
- the ability to build his/her resume while making money
- pay commensurate with experience

Aptitude and attitude matter as much as education and experience. If this
sounds appealing to you, please apply online at <
https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/7588>. Due to the training required to
get up to speed with our infrastructure and computing environment,
preference may be given to applicants who can commit to at least 8-12
months part-time.

Please note that this job is located in Chapel Hill on the UNC campus. This
position is classified as a temporary position, so it does not include
benefits.
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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:38:59 +0000
From: clholgat@ncsu.[redacted]
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: LUG Fall Semester Planning
Message-ID: <20cf30562ed127613b04c8447a31@google.[redacted]>

Hello internet. We're trying to nail down our talks for the semester and
get some feedback about dinners on the off week. Take a minute to vote for
your favorite talks and give us an idea of where you'd like to eat and
we'll take it into consideration.

I've invited you to fill out the form LUG Fall Semester Planning. To fill
it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFl1MGlLakpnTHVMRDhyZENoYzBjLUE6MQ

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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:02:11 -0400
From: Jeffery Mewtamer <mewtamer@gmail.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: Configuring Linux for Low Vision Use
Message-ID: <CAO2sX324oF6RAZNA9GJL9Yg4ApCTS4FnK-fg4xWWcCxud5jeag@mail.gmail.[redacted]>

Good Morning, Fellower Linux Users.

I am currently using LXDE on Debian, and I need some help fine-tuning
my configuration to accommodate a recent degradation in my vision.

Some items I need help will:
Fonts: I need large size fonts, and while I have manage to get large
fonts on my panel, and in the content areas of the applications I use,
I am still stuck with standard sized text in menus, pop-up dialogs,
and any other text that is part of an application's interface. Any
help on getting large text in these remaining areas, or even setting
up a universal setting that applies across everything would be
helpful. I would prefer the command-line/text-file mehtod for this.

Theme: I need a theme that displays everything as White Text on a
Black Background. The High Contrast inverse Theme provided by Gnome's
Accessibility Themes package is nice, but its blue background is still
too bright for my eyes, and does not accept custom colors. I have
tried applying a White-on-Black color scheme to other themes, but so
far, I have no found one that works with these colors would making
some widgets(most notably radio buttons and check boxes) invisible.
Any suggestions for a theme that has the white-on-black color scheme
without losing any visbility of GUI components would be appreciated.
Also, I am looking for a command-line or text-file method for
configuring themes and a good high-contrast icon-theme. For the
record, most of the GUI applications I use are GTK+, but I do have one
Qt App I am attached too.

File Processing: For school purposes, I need to be able to extract the
content from various types of files in order to view them. I have
already found catdoc for extracting text from RTF and DoC files, and
pdftotext and pdfimages for extracting content from PDFs. Does there
exist similar command-line utilities for extracting text and images
from PPTX files, or failing that, can display them forcing
white-on-black coloring? Also, is there any good way of inverting
image files en masse, either placing the inverted copies in a separate
folder with original filenames intact or overwriting the source files?

IceWeasel/FireFox: I have managed to get large fonts on web pages
displayed with IceWeasel(Debian's rebrand of FireFox), but it causes a
glitch where different areas of text overlap each other, rendering
them unreadable. Any suggestion for fixing this? Also, does anyone
know of a Firefox extension that give more flexible control over
hiding/displaying images on web pages? Something that would display
icons while replacing thumbnails and full-sized images with show/hide
button would be nice.

I am also open to other suggestions for making my computer use easier on eyes.

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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:24:46 +0200
From: Stephen Roller <scroller@ncsu.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: Re: Configuring Linux for Low Vision Use
Message-ID: <CAJAThznimU1pKt5CWfye5Y-QTsoRmddfsG9LVONH3SPCxHNUFg@mail.gmail.[redacted]>

Hi Jeffery,

I'll help where I can.

Best of luck,
Stephen

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Jeffery Mewtamer <mewtamer@gmail.[redacted]> wrote:
> Good Morning, Fellower Linux Users.
>
> I am currently using LXDE on Debian, and I need some help fine-tuning
> my configuration to accommodate a recent degradation in my vision.

I've never used LXDE, and haven't used linux desktop in a while. I do
recall in the Gnome 2.6/8 days,
there was a large emphasis on accessibility. Somewhere in the Gnome
control panel, there should
definitely be options for large fonts, white-on-black, etc. These
should reflect as long as

* gnome-settings-daemon somehow gets run when you log in (which it
probably does)
* you mostly restrict yourself to gnome apps.

> Some items I need help will:
> Fonts: I need large size fonts, and while I have manage to get large
> fonts on my panel, and in the content areas of the applications I use,
> I am still stuck with standard sized text in menus, pop-up dialogs,
> and any other text that is part of an application's interface. Any
> help on getting large text in these remaining areas, or even setting
> up a universal setting that applies across everything would be
> helpful. I would prefer the command-line/text-file mehtod for this.

:-/ I'm sure there's a clever dbus method for doing this. Though
you're using Debian, the
Ubuntu accessibility mailing list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
And forum:
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=145

may be helpful to you.

> Theme: I need a theme that displays everything as White Text on a
> Black Background. The High Contrast inverse Theme provided by Gnome's
> Accessibility Themes package is nice, but its blue background is still
> too bright for my eyes, and does not accept custom colors. I have
> tried applying a White-on-Black color scheme to other themes, but so
> far, I have no found one that works with these colors would making
> some widgets(most notably radio buttons and check boxes) invisible.
> Any suggestions for a theme that has the white-on-black color scheme
> without losing any visbility of GUI components would be appreciated.
> Also, I am looking for a command-line or text-file method for
> configuring themes and a good high-contrast icon-theme. For the
> record, most of the GUI applications I use are GTK+, but I do have one
> Qt App I am attached too.

I don't know. Sorry.

> File Processing: For school purposes, I need to be able to extract the
> content from various types of files in order to view them. I have
> already found catdoc for extracting text from RTF and DoC files, and
> pdftotext and pdfimages for extracting content from PDFs. Does there
> exist similar command-line utilities for extracting text and images
> from PPTX files, or failing that, can display them forcing
> white-on-black coloring? Also, is there any good way of inverting
> image files en masse, either placing the inverted copies in a separate
> folder with original filenames intact or overwriting the source files?

For inverting (or anyway modifying) images en masse, nothing really beats
ImageMagick. It's likely already installed on your system.

$ convert -negate infile outfile

so you could do something like

mkdir inverted/
for image in *.jpg; do convert -negate $image inverted/$image; echo
"done with $image"; done

As far as PPTX files, I'm not sure.
http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/ sounds promising,
and supports pdf, html, txt, and many graphics formats.

> IceWeasel/FireFox: I have managed to get large fonts on web pages
> displayed with IceWeasel(Debian's rebrand of FireFox), but it causes a
> glitch where different areas of text overlap each other, rendering
> them unreadable. Any suggestion for fixing this? Also, does anyone
> know of a Firefox extension that give more flexible control over
> hiding/displaying images on web pages? Something that would display
> icons while replacing thumbnails and full-sized images with show/hide
> button would be nice.

Don't know, sorry.

> I am also open to other suggestions for making my computer use easier on eyes.

I have a friend with extremely poor vision. Screen magnifiers were
always very helpful to him. He also usually used a very large monitor
(~26in) set at a very low resolution (1024). While this sometimes made
things inconvenient (not much real estate), things inevitably appeared
very large on his screen.

Although this may not be what you want to hear, Windows or OS X both
have pretty good accessibility features. I don't know what kind of
work you do. For me, all my work is done in the command line on some
remote computer, so this is an option for me.

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:38:42 -0400
From: Carlos Benavente <cabenave@ncsu.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: Linux Administrator opportunity at CSC
Message-ID: <CAMRV+7+2eUcZ63peLiCEpQasfU3O1Ji+s3xc9d1STE8kTFO4PQ@mail.gmail.[redacted]>

Folks,

NC State Dept of Computer Science has an open position for a Linux
Administrator. Postion's primary functions include:

- Install, maintain, and troubleshoot NCSU Realm RHEL desktops and
servers for both infrastructure and classroom environments; this may
include some other Linux distributions
- Work directly with faculty, staff, and students to maintain, deploy,
and troubleshoot RHEL Linux machines and some other Linux distributions.
- Design, test, deploy, and maintain Linux-based services for
infrastructure and classroom environments. This includes but is not limited
to the following:
- Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP)
- Linux Virtual Environments (LXC)
- Version Control Services
- Automating Linux administration tasks
- Web frameworks and CMS environments (e.g. Django, Redmine,
MediaWiki, Drupal)
- Configuration management tools: Bcg2, Puppet
- RPM building
- Server monitoring and log management
- Optimize servers and related components to achieve high security,
availability, and performance of the various teaching academic and
administrative applications supported

For more info and/or to apply see https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/12805

Thanks

Carlos

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IT Manager
NC State University
Computer Science Department
890 Oval Drive - Campus Box 8206
Centennial Campus - EBII 2208
Raleigh, NC 27695
cabenave@ncsu.[redacted]
Phone: (XXX) 515-1964
Fax: (XXX) 515-7896
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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:38:48 +0000
From: Renee Cox <rcox@extron.[redacted]>
To: "lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]" <lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]>
Subject: Employment Opportunities - Extron Electronics
Message-ID: <3D35E713E3621349B7822B5AE98B4789073828EF@USA-EX-MBX2.extron.[redacted]>

All,

Extron is currently seeking qualified applicants for the following career opportunities:
Raleigh, NC
Engineering
Application Software Engineer<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=824>
Application Software Engineer - Video<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=823>
Application Software Test Engineer<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=756>
Component Engineer - North Carolina<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=698>
Design Engineer, Embedded Software - North Carolina<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=586>
Embedded Linux Software Engineer - Platform<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=677>
Embedded Linux Software Engineer - Streaming Protocols<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=807>
Embedded Linux Software Engineer - Video/Audio Processing<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=808>
Embedded Software Test Engineer<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=883>
Principle Software Engineer, Video Networking<http://www.extron.com/company/jobdetail.aspx?id=905>
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Please visit the company website at www.extron.com<http://www.extron.com> for further information concerning the positions. You can submit your resume directly to jobs@extron.[redacted]<mailto:jobs@extron.[redacted]> and be sure to include the position title!

Thank you!
HR Department

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