May 2002 - Announce

Fwd: Jabber service
by MJ Ray 20 May '02

20 May '02

From: Neil Darlow <neil(a)darlow.co.uk> Subject: Jabber service Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 14:21:58 +0100 Hi All, Those of you suffering Micro$oft-phobia, but who need to converse with their MSN Messenger handicapped buddies, might find this useful. I have a Jabber server, with MSN Messenger transport, running at darlow.co.uk which I would be happy for LUG members to use. The server name is: darlow.co.uk and it accepts plaintext connects on port 5222 and SSL-encrypted connects on port 5223. There are a number of Jabber clients for Linux of which gabber seems to be the most popular but I have had some success using the gaim multi-protocol IM client also. You'll need either a Hotmail/MSN e-mail account or an ordinary e-mail account registered with Microsoft Passport to use the MSN Messenger Transport but for general Jabber IM or use of the chatrooms you only need to create an account on the server. Please feel free to pass this offer on to your LUG members. Regards, Neil Darlow M.Sc. -- Beds Lugmaster

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Fwd: [peterboro] May PLUG meeting
by MJ Ray 20 May '02

20 May '02

For more information, join the peterboro LUG list. Lifts available from/to King's Lynn. See some of you there, perhaps. Subject: [peterboro] May PLUG meeting From: Ben Hayes <Ben(a)benhayes.uklinux.net> Date: 15 May 2002 21:35:49 +0100 The PLUG meeting will be held on May 23rd at 7:30p.m. The address of the meeting is as follows: Misys Insurance Management Ltd, 7 North Street, Cavell Court, Peterborough For those whom have never been, we are located across the Westgate parking lot and about 3 doors down from Hobart's Pub (I think this is the name of it). We have secure parking for those attending so there isn't a need to pay for parking. [...] The topic is a continuation of last month PostgreSQL which was hosted by Steve Gallagher. Graham will be giving us an advanced insight into PostgreSQL (and maybe some DBA tips - hint).

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Fwd: [lugmaster] Birmingham Linux Expo cancelled
by MJ Ray 20 May '02

20 May '02

Subject: [lugmaster] Birmingham Linux Expo cancelled From: Denny <denny(a)btsuck.org> Date: 10 May 2002 22:13:25 +0100 For those who don't read NTK or get the news another way: http://www.linuxexpobirmingham.com/ It's definitely NOT happening now. Regards, Denny -- Don't believe the hype.

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Fwd: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder
by MJ Ray 10 May '02

10 May '02

Maybe some Announce subscribers won't have seen this before? From: Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 06:00:01 +0100 This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting Monday at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Linux Install Day 2002 -- Your LUG Needs YOU!
by MJ Ray 10 May '02

10 May '02

Hi Announce subscribers, Organisation for this year's Linux Install Days is going ahead at a furious pace. ALUG is running events on both the 19th May at Syleham near Diss and 9th June at UEA Norwich. Some details can be seen at http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?LinuxInstallDay2002 and the national event site is http://www.linuxinstallday.org/ If you want to see what GNU/Linux can do, please come along to one of the events and introduce yourself to us. If you want help with installing on a computer you're bringing, please fill out the help request form at http://www.linuxinstallday.org/ Also, I'm asking for your help in making this event a success. The first date is now only about ten days away, so we need to start getting information out to libraries, offices, computer shops and local noticeboards. You can download PDFs of posters and leaflets at the web site. Please add a note if you start publicising the event, so we know who's active in each area and try to cover most of them. Help is needed at the actual events, too. If you're good at installing GNU/Linux onto systems, especially if you've experience at dual-booting, then please make yourself known, either on the main(a)lists.alug.org.uk list, or just to the venue organiser. Thanks for reading, -- MJR ,---------------------------------------------------- | Q. Do you need a net-based application developing, | or advice and training about web technology? | A. I suggest you try http://www.luminas.co.uk/

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Fwd: clug [sgibson@Oxfam.org.uk: [ecampaigning] The Community Linux Mobile Training Centre Proposal]
by MJ Ray 09 May '02

09 May '02

Maybe of interest to ALUG too. Sorry if you've seen it already. ----- Forwarded message from mobbsey(a)gn.apc.org ----- Hi all, I thought I'd alert you to a thing I'm working up with the Free Range Network - "The Community Linux Mobile Training Centre". I thought some you might like to give it a little publicity to help get the project working, and then perhaps even hire it out one day! The project proposal is at: http://www.fraw.org.uk/archive/rangers/cltc/cltc_proposal.html Basically we wanted to develop a mobile ICT training centre that could operate in a community centre, or in the middle of a field at gatherings sich as Glastonbury or the Big Green Gathering. This proposal is what we came up with. We've tried to get funding from funding bodies for four years, but they really have problems funding something as vague as 'training people to do anything they want to do'. If you'd like more details please get in touch. P.

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Fwd: [uklugs] A question about training....I would appreciate some feedback.
by MJ Ray 09 May '02

09 May '02

Can you help this chap with his market research? Thanks, MJR From: "Robert Chapman" <robertc(a)dircon.co.uk> Subject: [uklugs] A question about training....I would appreciate some feedback. Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:12:32 +0100 Reply-To: "Robert Chapman" <robertc(a)dircon.co.uk> I won't be so brazen as to say who I work for but for about 8 months we have been "gently" advertising Linux training courses. Firstly LCA and more recently LPI. However no one really seems at all interested in it. If you go to a search engine and type "linux training" we come out near the top or at the top! So it can't be that people aren't finding us. So my question to the Linux community is (and if your members could be forwarded this email I would be grateful) : Why is this? Thanks for listening and hopefully responding, Robert.

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