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admins and their chosen (non-RM) software contractors from doing certain tasks, yet don't seem to stop the students circumventing them... Bizarrely, they still have customers. MJR

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<snip> > > Mozilla! (again, personal opinion) > > Galeon ;) Konqueror or Opera. Since Konqueror is KDE based, and Galeon I wont comment on as there may be young eyes around. I have paid money for Opera, and have an add-free version, which I find is a damn good browser, and they have sorted out a few of the rendering issues in the latest version. John

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3 button Logitech serial (ie old PCs) mouse and mouse mat (free) Stuffed Tux (couple of quid) A clever device that rings when you get a call and your modem is connected. Handy for single phone line houses. (Comtech IA510, cost £30 new, sell for £10) Portable printer (can use NiCd battery pack (not supplied)), Canon BJ-10e, with PSU (cost £120ish new, but is now old and only 180dpi, so £15) Finally, I may be seeking GnuPG key re-signing, just as soon as I work out the proper way to deal with a bad situation... I suggest avoiding auto-pgp and pgpenvelope as I'm not sure which did this to me :-( See you there!

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off' it - which suggested they might have encountered my problem whilst using pre SuSE 8 distributions. -----Original Message----- From: Alexis Lee [mailto:memehack@btopenworld.com] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 5:02 PM To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [Alug] RE: SuSe on ReiserFS On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 14:23, alasdair.i.macleod(a)bt.com wrote: > Maybe you SuSE vets could cast some light here ... > > I can't get SuSE to install using ReiserFS partitions. Everytime, at some > point during the package copying process the install hangs - I've seen other > people report the problem but haven't seen any fixes/explanations. Anyone > know anything? I realise this isn't quite what you're asking, but then you haven't quite been listening either... These guys are saying why _not_ to run SuSe, and that Gentoo/Debian are the way to go. Similarly, ReiserFS has pretty much had its day now that ext3 is out. I don't know what the performance situation is but the ease of migration and wide availability of analysis tools make ext3 a killer. My advice would be to install Debian on ext2 partitions, from a Debian CD which any one of these kind folks would be happy to send you (except me cause I haven't quite figured out how to do a direct CD copy yet on Linux). Then compile ext3 into the kernel using 'make-kpkg --config menuconfig kernel-image', install, reboot and use 'tune2fs -j /dev/hdaX' (X = partition number) to add a journal to each partition. The one part of the Debian install I really dislike is the partitioning, so I'd suggest using SuSe or Mandrake or whatever to set these up before booting the Debian CD. Once you've installed the basic system, Debian will start dselect for you to add extra packages - don't bother unless you know what you need, because you can just 'apt-get install xyz' afterwards. I used to like Mandrake, but I love Debian. Alexis _______________________________________________ main(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!

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and the power leads, which would normally be provided inside a hot-swap drive case. So not sure if there would be any suitable converters for attaching to 68pin cable. We always had to send them back to the supplier as the salesman who sold it didn't know the difference. David. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 14/03/2002

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to buy a distro I'd probably go for SUSE for the reasons you mention however I got Mandrake 7.0 as a freebie at a trade show sometime back so it was a bird in the hand job. As someone with an eye on the commercial side of things, what's your take on these servers on a PCI card (so called blade servers)? Regards, Keith Email: mailto:kpwatson@luna.co.uk Web site: http://kpwatson.ontheweb.com ____________ This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. ____________ This email and any files transmitted with it is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify your system manager. -----Original Message----- From: Laurie Brown [mailto:laurie@brownowl.com] Sent: 12 April 2002 07:18 To: kpwatson(a)luna.co.uk Cc: Anglian Linux User Group - Main Subject: Re: [Alug] Introduction Keith Watson wrote: > Just a quick hello from someone who's just joined. Welcome to ALUG, Keith... [SNIP] Although I understand that Mandrake is the easiect to install, I doubt it will suit someone with real knowledge, with results you've seen. I've found that, as my knowledge has increased, I have become more and more frustrated with packaged Linux systems. My personal favourite, and which remains so for the desktop, is SuSE. I'm quite happy to allow them to cosset me in the land of sound, X, and such stuff. However, servers are another matter entirely. [SNIP] Then I found Gentoo... http://www.gentoo.org Not perfect, it requires quite a lot of investment in learning how it works. Broadband helps a great deal, as does patience. Everything, from compilers to libraries is compiled first, then the kernel, and then every single package you want to install. All optimised for your system, according to a) an editable make.conf, and b) one's own kernel options. Everything is downloaded as required from a server (one can take a local copy, currently 2GB) and install any of 1600 packages, all prestructured, dependencies dealt with. I'm still testing before we put a server live, but so far, a few glitches and quirks along the way, I remain impressed and optimistic. I've put it on an old AMD K6-2/550 with 256MB and a 2.5GB HDD, and am setting it up as a web-server with apache/php/mysql (quiet in the cheap seats!). So far, I am blown away with the speed this thing runs at... If you're looking at LFS, you could do much, much worse than look at Gentoo... Cheers, Laurie. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Brown laurie(a)brownowl.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- This e-mail message has been scanned for viruses and none have been detected. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.344 / Virus Database: 191 - Release Date: 02/04/2002

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> Customer: Who is my business relationship with? Your ultimate concerns are with your shareholders first, and your customers. > Customer: Who do I sue when the product can't deliver the expected > functionality? If you look for an off the shelf solution, you fire your IT manager - If you have purchased a bespoked product, then your legal manager should advise (if not, fire him too). > Customer: How do I train my people to use this new software? Using something like KDE as a windows type environment, retraining is minimal when looking at basic office apps. What bright spark uses that abomination called Powerpoint anyway... One way to tackle the task of selling linux is to talk about the "total cost of ownership" - MS license per machine @ ££££ + ongoing training costs and additionl fees for virus scanner upgrades etc, etc... Linux - Small one off cost for initial retraining + ongoing training costs - Virus protection is not such an issue. Both options incur some IT support costs - Linux has great potential to reduce these and in so doing, improve the company profit margin. Then point to examples of linux in use - Hill Hammond installed a wide area network of linux boxes in most of their branches at a much lower cost than a MS solution. Just my 5p worth (after inflation). Regards, Paul.

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