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RE: [Alug] Why I am interested in Linux
by Syd Hancock 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

>Dabs seem to be the same sort of prices. Dabs are very good but do they sell s/h kit which is what someone was looking for? I thought they were new only. Mind you the anglianinternet site is wierd and does not always display all the links including those to the s/h stuff in all browsers. There should be a sidebar frame on the left with eleven links plus a phone number. Having said that, I've just checked the site and the PII system boxes for 65 quid that I saw last week have all gone. There are P200s for 75GBP inc NIC plus 25GBP for a cdrom drive. Syd

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Hi all.
by Paul Russell 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

Hey all, Apols for decreasing the signal to noise ratio here, but since there are quite a number of people here who might remember me, I thought I'd better give you a heads up and let you know I'm back. As an aside, there was some discussion a while back about distributed.net, I gather. I'm currently attempting to recover my old distributed.net accounts so that I can carry on crunching. Anyone happen to remember my password or have access to a Paul.Russell(a)uea.ac.uk address? ;) Was there anything in particular people wanted done with d.net? Paul.

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Why I am interested in Linux
by e.chinnery 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

Thank you for being extremely quick Martyn. Why am I interested in Linux. I am increasingly fed up with reliability problems with MS OS's. Only this very night I had a problem that partly resulted from problems with ntlworld that prevented retrieval of emails and logging on. Whilst the email retrieval was in progress I was disconnected and my PC world still be trying to accomplish this. I Think that I only just managed to 'restart' on the 'shut down' dialogue box before every thing 'freezing up'. Enough said about that man and his whimsies known as widows. It is something new. It really does seem like the pioneering spirit of the late 70's & early 80's. Not as spectacular as California in those times but quite subtle. An international movement made up of poeple outside mainstream OS supplies which most poeple would say there is only one. It is a Historical fact that most important inventions have come from those who are outside the mainstream industrial and commercial institutions i.e. the first PC, the first Apple computers, prototypes in a garage. It also might be the rebel in me that is suspicious of globalisation and wants a way of striking out at a monolithic global coporation and that man with his gawky looking hair and glasses. Enough said I interested in installing Linux on a an older system for word processing and basic things like that. Indeed I have seen in Micro Mart dealers stocking old P200 boxes not much above the 100 mark. I believe installation to be not as difficult as it may seem but not as easy as MS. Also a better chance of drivers being available enough said. And lets all get that man. May penguins rule the world! Bye for now from Edmund Chinnery

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Re: [Alug] Why I am interested in Linux
by MJ Ray 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

Edmund, can you please post in plain text only? Everyone else, I'm terribly sorry, but it seems like we've lost the attachment filters. I'll take a look and see if I can rewrite them this evening. -- MJR

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Mailman Upgrade on the 14th (tomorrow)
by Martyn Drake 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

Hi, Just a quick note to let everybody know that Mailman (the list server software that powers ALUG) will be upgraded tomorrow morning. This will result in some downtime while I perform a backup, upgrade the existing installation, and perform a few tests of the upgraded Mailman. This should not result in a downtime longer than 10 minutes. Upgrade is due to take place around 10am and finish around 10:10. I would be grateful if nobody could post anything to the list, or use the web interface during this time. Many thanks, Martyn Drake ALUG Systems Admin -- Email : martyn(a)drake.org.uk Web : http://www.drake.org.uk Web : http://www.martyn-drake.info

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Re: [Alug] Linux networking
by MJ Ray 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

Nicky: > anyone possible tell me where to put this C code in order to get the NIC work > ing... 9 times out of 10, you shouldn't need to use the C code. It's just a case of enabling the right driver. If you tell us what sort of network card it is, someone on the list may be able to tell you what to do to make it work with Mandrake. By the way, can you switch line wrap on in your email client, please? 72 chars or thereabouts. Thanks! -- MJR Do you need advice about the Internet or particular net services? Why not talk to my employers? See http://www.luminas.co.uk/ for details.

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autoconf book
by Lincoln, Michael C 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

Can anyone recommend a good book on GNU autoconf? Thanks, Mike

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Linux networking
by nicky 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

Hello could any possible help me with a networking issue. iv been useing windows for some years now untill the othere mouth when a friend of mine introduced me to linux mandrake 8.0 . which im finding to be a much better OS than windows... so as im very very very new with useing linux i was woundering weather anyone could help me on where to install my drivers for my PCI netwotk card i have a C scource on the instulations disk but thats all its got under the linux folder on the floppy so could anyone possible tell me where to put this C code in order to get the NIC working... nick

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Linux networking
by nicky 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

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Re: [Alug] Missing Daily Digests
by MJ Ray 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

> that they weren't getting anything on some days. It could be that it's just > the numbering that confusing me, (easily done, confusing a drug sodden > cripple I mean). Martyn, can you shed any light on the numbering system? I've noticed with the social digests that they don't seem to be in strict sequence. MJR -- MJR

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