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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 05 Nov '01

05 Nov '01

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (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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Re: [Alug] Debian, Slackware, hardware, BIOS and what am I doing wrong?
by MJ Ray 04 Nov '01

04 Nov '01

> I could get rid of windows from the first disk, but I would prefer to keep it > for the better quality printing it provides, (although I could be persuaded > that the other benefits of Linux outweigh it). What's your printer? ;-) -- MJR

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Linux for the Disabled
by John Seago 04 Nov '01

04 Nov '01

At this afternoon's meeting I took down the Email address of the gentleman who is trying to build a set for the disabled and promised to send him the web site URL's of the Skipper project which is also working on a `Linux' solution to provide access to computers for the disabled.Unfortunately I seem to have taken his address down wrongly, I am therefore seeking the indulgence of all and sending the URL's via the List. They are:- http://home.freeuk.net/thousandminds/ and http://www.linuxmednews.org/linuxmednews/1001454073/index_html John Seago

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CD-Writer for meeting today...
by Simon Parkes 04 Nov '01

04 Nov '01

I'll be bringing a CD writer to the meeting today if anyone wants to use it.... Also if anyone coming has a copy of RH7.2 could they please bring it as I would like to copy it if it's ok... Thx Simon P.S. I have around 30 700MB Blanks that I can let people have for 40p each (50 for 19.99 at Argos) no cases though...

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RE: Antivirus
by Martyn Drake 03 Nov '01

03 Nov '01

Hi, Take a look at Amavis (http://www.amavis.org) - integrates with Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, and Qmail. As for actual anti-virus software, I highly recommend Sophos (http://www.sophos.com) which has clients for just about every operating system available :) Regards, Martyn -- Begin Quoted Message -- Message: 7 From: "Simon Parkes" <simon(a)sparksy.org.uk> To: "ALUG" <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:52:21 -0000 Subject: [Alug] Anitvirus... Hi list.... Can anyone recommend an Antivirus solution for Linux, running Sendmail ? Simon

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Re: [Alug] Sundays meeting
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 02 Nov '01

02 Nov '01

I'm raring to come, but I'll have to bring the chiddlers, so I won't stay too long. They are mostly quite decorous and if they misbehave I'll dunk them in the unheated poll. I'll be bringing a debian box networked using co-ax, so if anyone has a spare "coax-utp media convertor"...? I was hoping for some help on php. Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Anitvirus...
by MJ Ray 02 Nov '01

02 Nov '01

> Can anyone recommend an Antivirus solution for Linux, running Sendmail? Martyn uses amavis with Postfix I think, for the ALUG.org.uk mail server. I don't know of anything that will scan files downloaded from the web. Me, I think fixing client problems by hacking the server stinks. You'll still only get people running stuff not got through the means covered and they'll be complacent. Linux virus problems are still rare (you only installed GPG-signed packages of software from recognised sources, right?) and most other problems can be taken care of by keeping your system patched up to date. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Instaling linux alongside windows
by MJ Ray 02 Nov '01

02 Nov '01

The Unnamed Interloper wrote: > windows for some reason of its own has installed a nice big block of data > right near the end of the drive. the defr ag program that comes with > windows 95, refuses to move this data. This means that fips will not > allow me to create a large enough partition to install a linux distro. As John quoted from the FAQ, this is more likely than not a system file. ISTR that some Windowses used a large hidden file at the end of the partition for swap. You'll need to unhide this, but that probably means you should switch of swap during the defrag. Don't ask me how, as I've forgotten that. Furthermore, note that this list is now main(a)lists.alug.org.uk, as the next time I log into rabbit will be to deactivate the forwarding from stu.uea.ac.uk and destroy the old mailing list. -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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Re: [Alug] Wine and Lotus Notes...
by MJ Ray 02 Nov '01

02 Nov '01

Simon wrote: > Any of you guys had experience of Wine (not the drinking kind) [...] I've only used it a few times (I don't need many Windows apps) and the only problem I found was it not having all serial port functions (I was trying to flash up the modem). MJR -- MJR

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Wine and Lotus Notes...
by Simon Parkes 02 Nov '01

02 Nov '01

Any of you guys had experience of Wine (not the drinking kind).. I've heard a few horror stories about it and have just tried it on RH 7.0.. Worked first time... So it's time for Linux on the laptop as well... Simon (nearly totally linux)

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