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Utility for converting text to image
by cl＠isbd.net 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Are there any simple utilities out there for converting a few characters of text (colloquially known as a 'word') to an image for use on the web? I.e. convert text to .png or .gif. It would be nice if one could set style, colour, etc. as well as size. -- Chris Green (chris(a)halon.org.uk)

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[ALUG Announce] 2nd Thursday Norwich Meet : Reindeer, Dereham Road
by Jonathan McDowell 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- The monthly "Second Thursday" ALUG Norwich Pub Meet is this Thursday, 10th August. It's at the Reindeer pub on the Dereham Road, just opposite the City Gate. People will be there from 8pm-ish, though there may be a few people there earlier. Topics for discussion will no doubt be as varied as ever. The Reindeer has a reasonable selection of beer as well as decent coffee (with biscuits, if you're lucky). Directions to the Reindeer can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/reindeer.html Pictures of some of the regulars, and irregulars, and, well, just some pictures of people that might or might not turn up are available from: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2006-02-ALUG/ http://the.earth.li/~noodles/stilvoid-alug/mp20050811/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2005-01-ALUG-Xmas/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ Which should hopefully aid those of you wondering who to look out for. We're /normally/ just to the left of the main entrance, though sometimes we've ended up at the far end of the pub beside the pool table, as there are comfy seats at that end. J. -- 101 things you can't have too much of : 48 - Pies. ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Data recovery
by Stuart Bailey 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

I have a customer who's laptop hard disk has crashed, and he needs to recover data from it. Can anyone recommend anyone specialising in data recovery - possibly in the Cambridge area? many thanks, -- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS LinuSoft (Owner) Linux Specialist (0845) 6583563 http://www.linusoft.co.uk ----------------------------------------

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Digital TV Card
by Nick Daniels 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi Can anyone reccomemed a digital TV Card for use with Linux. Kind Regards - Nick Daniels

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Brett Parker 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. Historically, these used to be the only time a lot of us would be about, now the channel has some usual faces that are there most of the time (except at silly o'clock, when we might be sleeping, or on the second thursday of the month, where we might be drinking in the Reindeer), so don't feel limited to visit during this time, come visit us when ever you feel like it! The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include xchat, irssi 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://www.irssi.org/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Web maintenance via the web - good tools?
by cl＠isbd.net 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

I am using TWiki to enable me to maintain some web pages remotely. While it does a fairly good job it's not the ideal tool because it's designed for co-operative use. There's lots of TWiki that I don't need:- Version management Multi-user management There's some bits I really like:- Simple formatting (easier than full HTML) Simple links There's some things I'd like that it doesn't have:- Scripting and dynamic HTML I'm sure there's others but I can't think what at the moment Is there something out there designed for web site writing and maintenance via the web that might fulfil my 'single user' requirements better? -- Chris Green (chris(a)halon.org.uk)

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Updating Redhat 9 system
by Mark Rogers 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

I'm trying to update a RedHat 9 system that's not been updated in a while. If I try: up2date -u I get: RPM package conflict error. The message was: Test install failed because of package conflicts: package krb5-libs-1.3.1-1 (which is newer than krb5-libs-1.2.7-14) is already installed How do I get past this? [FWIW: This server is a development server with lots of Apache vhosts, MySQL databases and not a lot else. It is only ever accessed via SSH/http/samba.] -- Mark Rogers More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555

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Digital TV Card
by Nick Daniels 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

On Saturday 05 August 2006 10:19, Alan Pope wrote: > On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 09:38:23AM +0100, Nick Daniels wrote: > > Hi > > Can anyone reccomemed a digital TV Card for > > use with Linux. > > I have two Freecom DVB-T USB sticks which work well under Ubuntu Dapper. > > Cheers, > Al. >I have heard good things about this one >http://www.mediaatlantic.com/product.php/25397/1/ >I have a WinTV-HVR900 personally (but I have never managed to get this >to work on Linux, even though it is supposed to be possible) Many thanks for replies: I have a very old Win TV card, which worked until I installed Suse 10.1, but since it no longer works in Ubuntu either I assume it is dead. Since I intend to dual boot Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop / Ubuntu, I will give the Freecom a try. Kind Regards - Nick Daniels

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SDRam
by David Reynolds 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

Hi, Does anyone happen to have any spare PC133 or PC100 SDRAM laying around that they don't need? A small amount would be ok - 64MB or so, although the more the better ;) Cheers, Dave -- David Reynolds david(a)reynoldsfamily.org.uk

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wireless community network in norwich
by Adam Bower 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Hi all, I saw a small bit on the news today about a community wireless network being setup in Norwich and going live from today. A bit of googling and digging around shows that the homepage for the project is here: http://www.norfolkopenlink.com/index.htm Looks like they're going to fund it only until April 2008, so in which case I sense that it's been a big waste of money already as the total cost for the project is 1.1 million... my personl idea would have been they could have wifi enabled all the libraries in Norfolk for less than that and still had some money over to offer a few hotspots over other places in the county and provide funding for them for much longer than less than 2 years. Thanks Adam -- jabberid = quinophex(a)jabber.earth.li Avoid ID cards, renew your passport: http://www.renewforfreedom.org/

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