main

main@lists.alug.org.uk

10369 discussions

[Alug]High End System Spec.
by Keith Watson 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

Following on from my last post, imagine you suddenly had unlimited cash to spend on PC kit, what would be your hardware spec for a dream GNU/Linux system for use at home. How many boxen? What would each one do? Where would you source the kit? Keith ____________ Old CM people never die, they just get archived and can be reproduced at any time. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.521 / Virus Database: 319 - Release Date: 23/09/2003

1 0

[Alug]Magnatune, the open music record label
by Ben Francis 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

OK, so it's a little off topic, but I've just spotted this http://www.magnatune.com. Has anyone else heard of this site or the "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" license their music is released under? I'd be really interested to know how some of the GPL gurus on this list think it compares to the GNU General Public License for software. Are music and software comparable in terms of freedom and distribution? Are there any obvious flaws in what they're trying to do? I'd really like to give support to this label, I may even submit some of my own music if I get a decent enough recording. One thing I'm not clear on is what happens when the music you pay to download from this site leaks onto P2P networks... surely 99% of people will dowload the music for free from Kazaa, Gnutella etc. and 1% will pay to download? Is it down to the listener whether or not they give any money and if so can the site survive on this basis? The following is from the web site: We're a record label. But we're not evil. We call it "try before you buy." It's the shareware model applied to music. Listen to hundreds of MP3'd albums from our artists. Or try our genre-based radio stations. If you like what you hear, buy our music online for as little as $5 an album or license our music for commercial use. Artists get a full 50% of the purchase price. And unlike most record labels, our artists keep their rights to their music. Founded by musicians, for musicians. No major label connections. We are not evil. What is "Open Music" ? Open Music is music that is shareable, available in "source code" form, allows derivative works and is free of cost for non-commercial use. It is the concept of "open source" computer software applied to music. All our music is available under the "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike " license from Creative Commons to promote these goals. -- Ben "tola" Francis P.S. sorry if that was all too off topic for this list

2 1

[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 29 Sep '03

29 Sep '03

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!)

1 0

[Alug]Is anyone actually going to the meeting tomorrow?
by Syd Hancock 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

Is anyone intending to go to the meting tomorrow afternoon in Norwich? So far there has not been a single confirmation either to the list or by email. Perhaps i should cancel the room booking? Syd

4 3

[Alug]Meeting pm 26-9-03
by David Crease 28 Sep '03

28 Sep '03

Syd wrote asking if anyone is going to this afternoon's meeting. I intend to be there, my second meeting after a period of about 3 years! I was under the impression from the mailings that it was fairly well susported. I hope to see lots of people there. David Crease

2 1

[Alug]Postfix To Hotmail Problems
by Matt Parker 27 Sep '03

27 Sep '03

Hi all, Curious problem I've got here. Hotmail disconnects me from their mail server whenever I try an send an e-mail from my box. Anyone seen this problem or know of a solution. I've e-mail Hotmail but I guess it'll be a cold day in hell when I receive a reply... In the "info" log I get this:- Sep 26 18:15:45 ben postfix/smtpd[11085]: connect from fred.mpcontracting.co.uk[192.168.1.100] Sep 26 18:15:46 ben postfix/smtpd[11085]: 01CF23B4DE: client=fred.mpcontracting.co.uk[192.168.1.100] Sep 26 18:15:46 ben postfix/cleanup[11086]: 01CF23B4DE: message-id=<1064596424.2590.0.camel(a)fred.mpcontracting.co.uk> Sep 26 18:15:46 ben postfix/smtpd[11085]: disconnect from fred.mpcontracting.co.uk[192.168.1.100] Sep 26 18:15:46 ben postfix/nqmgr[2044]: 01CF23B4DE: from=<matt(a)mpcontracting.co.uk>, size=565, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Sep 26 18:16:27 ben postfix/smtp[11088]: 01CF23B4DE: to=<cowboy_bob500(a)hotmail.com>, relay=mx1.hotmail.com[65.54.252.99], delay=41, status=deferred (lost connection with mx1.hotmail.com[65.54.252.99] while sending MAIL FROM) Nothing in "errors" or "warnings". As you can see from the post to the list, my mail server is working just fine for everything else. Thanks, Matt

2 3

[Alug]ALUG meeting in Norwich on sunday
by Syd Hancock 26 Sep '03

26 Sep '03

ALUG SUNDAY MEETING Next meeting in Norwich this coming weekend on sunday 28th September. 2pm onwards in the Nelson Room at The Billy Blue Light pub, Hall Road, Norwich. The Billy is at the city end of Hall road and is not far from the bus station, just off the inner ring road. I have not put detailed directions on the website but IMNSHO anyone with a bit of gumption should not have too much difficulty using a streetfinder map of Norwich (or online equivalent)! Bring extension leads etc if power is required as I don't yet know what sockets etc are available. Room hire is £15 so please bring a bit of spare change towards the costs. OTHER PLANNED MEETINGS Next Norwich sunday meeting is currently planned for the end of January 2004 - unless anyone fancies a get-together before xmas, perhaps in a pub or for a meal (or both combined). I'm just dropping this idea in for people to think about. Norwich monthly meetings continue on the second thursday of the month at the Forum coffee bar, 8pm. Regards Syd

3 3

[Alug]Silly Question
by Tarquin Mills 24 Sep '03

24 Sep '03

Hi, I want to mount a DVD video in Linux but the disc is not recognised as UDF or ISO format. A DVD-ROM from PC Format mounts in ISO format but the Hitch Hiker DVD will not mount on the video side or the ROM side. Thanks in advance. -- Tarquin Mills Reboot Movement (An Anti-Wintel Campaign) http://www.planet14.sonow4u.co.uk/comp/reboot/

3 3

[Alug]Apropos of absolutely nothing!
by Keith Watson 24 Sep '03

24 Sep '03

http://www.jotajota.org/ficheros/answer%5b1%5d.gif Regards, Keith ____________ 'If there is a better solution...find it.' - Thomas Edison --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 01/09/2003

1 0

[Alug]Announce digest, Vol 2 #16 - 2 msgs
by announce-request＠lists.alug.org.uk 24 Sep '03

24 Sep '03

Send Announce mailing list submissions to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to announce-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at announce-admin(a)lists.alug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Announce digest..." --------------.--------------------------------------------.------------ alug-announce | Newsletter of the Anglian Linux User Group | Weekly(ish) --------------'--------------------------------------------'------------ ** Please send articles for this letter to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk ** *** Please send replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk, not announce... *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Today's Topics: 1. Call for Nominations for the 2004 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software (fwd) (MJ Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:27:25 +0100 From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> To: fsfe-uk(a)gnu.org, lugmaster(a)lug.org.uk, announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Organization: My own Subject: [Alug Announce]Call for Nominations for the 2004 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2003-09-21 23:34:20 +0100 From: Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org> Subject: Call for Nominations for the 2004 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software [Please redistribute widely where appropriate] The GNU project is asking for nominations for the 2003 Free Software Award. We want to give this award to a person who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software (free as in freedom; see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html for the definition), through activities that accord with the spirit of free software. Any kind of activity could be eligible--writing software, writing documentation, publishing CDs, even journalism--but whatever the activity, we want to recognize long-term central contributions to the development of the world of free software. "Accord with the spirit" means, for example, that software, manuals or collections of them (on tape or CD) must be entirely Free. (Once again, that's free as in freedom; see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html.) Work done commercially is eligible, but we want to give awards to individuals, not companies. People such as Miguel de Icaza, Donald Knuth, Larry Lessig, Brian Paul, Guido van Rossum, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Larry Wall who have already received this or other awards for their contributions, are not eligible for the Award for the Advancement of Free Software. Please send your nominations to award-nominations(a)gnu.org on or before Friday 31 October 2003. Please submit nominations in the following format: * Put the name of the person you are nominating in the email message subject line. * Please include, in the body of your message, an explanation (40 lines or less) of the work the person has done and why you think it is especially important to software freedom. Please state, in the body of your message, where to find the materials (e.g., software, manuals, or writing) which your nomination is based on. Information about the previous awards can be found in http://www.gnu.org/award/. _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu(a)gnu.org> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce End of Announce Digest

1 0

Jump to page:

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

main