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Wireless AP selection?
by Dennis Dryden 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

This seems like it should be a really simple question but ive had a quick look at iwconfig and iwprivIf but i still cant work out the answer. If there is more then one wireless ap in the area how can i select between them? This is something thats quite simple in windows(as i saw when i gave my girlfriend a wireless card that doesn't work with Linux) and was hoping for just a command line tool or command but so far I've been out of luck :-(. As a side question does anyone know where i might be able to find some parts for an old dell laptop(Latitude CPi D266XT)? I've got 4 GMail accounts going free to good homes if anyone wants one? Thanks, Dennis Dryden

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[ALUG Announce]Reminder: next meeting Thursday 9 December at the City Gate, 8pm
by Brett Parker 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Hi all! As is usual on the second Thursday of the month, this Thursday (9th December) we'll be congregating in the City Gate from around 8pm. We should have a penguin in attendance so you know who we are, sometimes we lurk at the far end of the building in the restaurant area. If you want to do gpg keysigning then at least a few of us should be there with sigs and id. Full details can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/all-NorThu.html Directions at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/citygate.html Pictures from August of people so you know who to look out for: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ (Thanks to Kirsten for this e-mail) -- Brett Parker http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/ (the obligatory boring website) iDunno(a)sommitrealweird.co.uk (jabber and email!) ----- 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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Personal branding article
by kpwatson＠pop3.ukfsn.org 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

<http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/07/0057206> :o) Keith

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Reminder - next meeting Thursday 9 December at the City Gate, 8pm
by Kirsten Naylor 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hi all! As is usual on the second Thursday of the month, this Thursday (9th December) we'll be congregating in the City Gate from around 8pm. We should have a penguin in attendance so you know who we are, sometimes we lurk at the far end of the building in the restaurant area. If you want to do gpg keysigning then at least a few of us should be there with sigs and id. Full details can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/all-NorThu.html Directions at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/citygate.html Pictures from August of people so you know who to look out for: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ /Kirsten

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

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.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 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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Printing a book
by Ian Douglas 05 Dec '04

05 Dec '04

Hi Folks, I have been asked by a friend to print a book of his for Christmas. The book will have 40 A5 size pages. I have created a text file from his had-written manuscript and now want to print about 5 copies to pass to friends for proof reading and suggestions. My problem is that I would like to find a Linux Desk Top Publishing (or Word Processing) program into which I can import the text file and print it out on landscape orientation A4 sheets with the first sheet automatically having A5 page 40 on it's left half and A5 page 1 on it's right half, the second sheet having page 2 on it's left half and page 39 on it's right, the third sheet having page 38 on it's left and page 3 on it's right etc (those of you who have printed booklets will hopefully know the problem I am trying to explain)... Have any ALUG members had any experience of printing books like this, and if so what DTP package did you use? Ian.

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Linux: Watching satellite TV when from home via DSL on the laptop (fwd)
by MJ Ray 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

I know a couple of ALUGgers have DVB cards now, so I'm forwarding the following from alt.tv.satellite.europe - I assume this will work for cable connections and both satellite and DTT. I'd love to hear of success stories and maybe a demo if we're ever somewhere with fast enough internet access. Might have potential for home distribution too, if you're not in the room with your MythTV system. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2004-12-03 19:01:16 +0000 From: Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Linux: Watching satellite TV when from home via DSL on the laptop If you have a DVB card, a fast DSL connection, and run Linux, then it is possible to watch on a remote PC. For example you are far away for your work, and want to watch some TV station live (maybe game or anything). This is possible, with reasonable quality, I have put some scripts and an explanation on my site http://panteltje.com/panteltje/dvd/ just below the penguin picture. Basically the system (in real time) converts mpeg2 to mpeg4, reduces bitrate, and sends the compressed stream as TCP packets to where ever you are. It is a one to one secure link, with full control from you. Experiment, this was just the result of a few hours tinkering. JP -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and not of any group I know Creative copyleft computing - http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ Unsolicited attachments to the pipex address deleted Will HLF fund tree-killings? http://www.thewalks.co.uk/

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RAM search
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

Hi Folks and Junkhoarders, To upgrade an old m/board, I'm looking for: Three 128MB DIMMS 66MHz 3.3v RAM sticks either non-ECC (64-bit) or ECC (72-bit) but all the same. (M/bd is Intel AL440LX). If anyone has any going spare, I'd be happy to contribute a few quid, and collect. Thanks, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 [NB: New number!] Date: 04-Dec-04 Time: 17:27:01 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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RE: [ALUG] Ubuntu
by Keith Watson 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

I've installed it twice on my spare box, from the CDs I picked up on Sunday, using various combinations of other OSs and it's loaded perfectly and set up a working multi-boot configuration each time. I like the fact that it gives the option of using grub. A colleague tried to install it on his WinXP laptop and it loaded perfectly and ran ok but WinXP objected. But we now think that was a grub + hardware issue and nothing to do with ubuntu. Regards, Keith ____________ CLAIRVOYANT, n. - Persons who have the power of seeing that which is invisible to their patrons, namely, that they are fools. - Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary > From: Elisabeth Sent: 02 December 2004 22:47 > > bjsamuels(a)beenthere-donethat.org.uk writ: > > > > Looking on usenet I see that some people have managed to install it. > > It's living happily on my pc. > > e

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Apologies
by John Seago 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

I do apologise for not making the subject specific to the question. -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org) AFFS http://www.affs.org.uk/

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