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Distributions
by Andrew Savory 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Hi all, There's been some coverage recently [1] about the relative popularity of different distributions and hardware platforms. I just thought it would be kinda interesting before the next meeting (which I should be at) to see who uses what? I'll start the ball rolling: 6 Debian Intel (all manner of junk from 486 to P3) and 1 Debian Alpha. Andrew. [1] http://lwn.net//2001/1115/#dist

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Re: [Alug] Big disks and BIOS
by MJ Ray 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

> Depends if you want to boot off the disk or not. I found I was unable to > boot from my 34gb disk, but that I could mount it and use it just fine in > Linux after booting from another disk. It *should* be possible to boot from it, as long as the boot partition is near the start of the disk (for some value of "near"). -- MJR

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Re: Python + Perl = Parrot
by Lucy McWilliam 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Owen Synge wrote: > I have been looking up a bit of python, (trying to find idle) and stumbled > across an april's fools joke that got me this year. > http://www.oreilly.com/news/parrotstory_0401.html http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/04/01/parrot.htm - the original joke http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/09/18/parrot.html - the bytecode intepreter http://www.parrotcode.org I have to admit it got me too. Parrot is now the virtual machine for Perl 6. L. "Everybody knows badger likes mashed potato."

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Big disks and BIOS
by Edenyard 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Can anyone set me straight on the situation regarding large HDs and (early) BIOS limitations? I seem to remember a limit of 8.4Gb for 486 and early 586 BIOSes, but does that mean that HDs > 8.4Gb won't work at all on these motherboards, or will the space above 8.4Gb just be unreachable? I know that one can get special drivers to overcome the limit, but this is going to be for Linux mainly, so the possibility of using a DOS driver doesn't exist. The problem is that I need a new HD and all I see for sale these days seem to start at around 20Gb. I don't mind buying 20Gb so long as I know that I can use 8.4Gb of it! Any clues or enlightenment, as always, very welcome - thanks! Gerald.

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Re: [Alug] Mozilla plug-ins
by MJ Ray 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

> I've been able to activate my Java VM plug-in in > Netscape, but can't seem to do this in Mozilla. [...] The simplest way is to go and download the Java VM plug-in for Netscape 6 with Mozilla. It's a large download, though, so if you're talking about Netscape 6, you could try copying the java2 and libjavaplugin_oji.so to Mozilla's plugins dir, but that might not work. HTH -- MJR

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Dead Rat 7.1 Box Set for Sale/Grabs
by Martyn Drake 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Hi folks, If anybody is interested in a Red Hat 7.1 box set for sale, and doesn't mind forking out £20 + £3.50 for postage and packing, then it's yours. Nine CDs, manuals and stickers and all in good condition. Now that Red Hat 7.2 is out, I no longer have any use for it. If anybody is interested in it, please can they email me off the list. Regards, Martyn

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Slackware 8
by John Seago 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Some time ago someone asked where they could buy a boxed set of slackware 8 as they wanted the slackware book in addition to the disks. Having bought Slackware 8 disks form Linux Emporium, I also wanted the book, I bought it from the Slackware Web-site, I ordered on a Thursday and it arrived the following Tuesday. I hope this is of some help. John Seago

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Distributions
by Peter Bassill 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

IN response: RedHat 7.2 on Dell Inspiron 8100 and all other manner of machinary. Pete -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Savory [mailto:lists@andrewsavory.com] Sent: 19 November 2001 15:43 To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [Alug] Distributions Hi all, There's been some coverage recently [1] about the relative popularity of different distributions and hardware platforms. I just thought it would be kinda interesting before the next meeting (which I should be at) to see who uses what? I'll start the ball rolling: 6 Debian Intel (all manner of junk from 486 to P3) and 1 Debian Alpha. Andrew. [1] http://lwn.net//2001/1115/#dist _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Alug] Distributions
by Ricardo Campos 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

> > Come to think of it, perhaps I'll leave the Debian install till the > > meeting, it seems there are a fair few Debian fans around here :^) Well, _I_ was thinking of that too! So perhaps we can get an install going in tandem (I have 2.2r3 discs). But that means I'm gonna have to buy a new HD... ££££! I use Mandrake 8.0 on my desktop (Duron), and Redhat 6.1 on my laptop (AMD 486-yay!), although I don't really use my laptop for anything at the moment! If people are willing to help with a Debian install (rather than just laugh at me, you're allowed to do it *as well*, just not on it's own-that's *my* job!), then I'll lug (pardon the pun) my desktop to the meeting. Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Python + Perl = Parrot
by oms101＠freeuk.com 20 Nov '01

20 Nov '01

I have been looking up a bit of python, (trying to find idle) and stumbled across an april's fools joke that got me this year. http://www.oreilly.com/news/parrotstory_0401.html Hope you enjoy the story of Parrot Regards Owen Synge Date: 20-Nov-01 Time: 23:36:45

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