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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 29 Oct '01

29 Oct '01

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.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server uk.openprojects.net" or "/server eu.openprojects.net" 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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Re: [Alug] Locked directories - Sympathy
by MJ Ray 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

> So Slack+ICEWM gets my vote (speaking as a beginner, remember). Yes, IceWM and XFCE are probably the two worth considering right now, if you don't want the full desktop of KDE or Gnome. > worrying about that, but at least I've got a Linux that works, enables > me to run Netscape, Acrobat, Xv and things and start the learning process. Mozilla or derivative, XPDF or GV, Imagemagick or zgv... support freedom ;-) > Oh, yes - and ALWAYS have MC installed. Darned useful for poking > about to see how Linux works. Isn't MC a bit long in the tooth and abandoned now? (Replacements... hrm, I can only think of GIT.) MJR

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Re: [Alug] Team ALUG
by MJ Ray 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

Simon Jude: > I know you are all going to hate me for saying this but does it run on > other OS's?! ;-) I would like to run it at uni here instead of seti until > the www.climateprediction.com project starts Is UEA involved in that one? Maybe ALUG should support it, if we can? MJR

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Re: Distributed Computing
by John Seago 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

For those who wish to run independent distributed computing projects, these two sites give some idea of what's available, together with the OS's they run on. (newbie tries to teach various Grandmothers how to suck eggs). http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ http://www.mersenne.org/ There's even an article on parasitic distributed Computing! John Seago

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Re: Team Linux - what on earth are you talking about?
by David Howe 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

Ricardo Campos wrote: <SNIP> On a lighter note, (TFIF!), Team ALUG's doing pretty well (I think, considering we're up against SPARC machines at universities etc.) on www.distributed.net: "Anglian Linux User Group (ALUG) completed 3,239 blocks yesterday at a sustained rate of 10,063 Kkeys/second! Anglian Linux User Group (ALUG) is ranked #1,351 for yesterday! " http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/tmsummary.php3?team=14531 </SNIP> Now I've been to the site and looked around it and I really don't have the first idea of what you (or they) are talking about. What is RC5? Why does it need cracking? What are these "blocks"? I'd love to help with anything that this community does but I haven't got a clue what it is I'm helping with.... perhaps a little more English and a little less jargon for those of us that haven't got a degree in rocketscience would help you to gain members for your team - I'm not suprised there's only you and one other member of the team its probably as a direct result of this approach. This is the Linux USERS group and Linux can be used for a great many things - and this linux user doesn't understand 100% of all aspects of Linux in fact most of us work on a "learn it when I need to know it" basis so something that means a great deal to one person could be (and certainly in this case is) total gibberish to a great many others. If you can tell me what I'm helping with I'll help :) Kind regards, David

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Masqueraidng your browser (and other things)
by Raphael Mankin 28 Oct '01

28 Oct '01

There has been some discussion on the list at various times about systems, particularly bank systems, that *insist* that you run MS IE. I have installed a proxy that might solve your problems. It does three things: 1. It filters out banner ads, at present only doublclick.net, but let me know any other domains you would like fitlered. 2. It anonymises your request by removing the Referrer and User headers. It does not remove Cookie headers because these will probably be needed, but I can set up another one that also removes cookies if there is a demand. 3. It forces in a User-Agent header that lies and says that it is MS IE 5.0. This will solve problems at the server end, but not those in Javascript at the client end. Nor will it help if the bank software is trying to use Active X or other MS proprietary stuff on the client. You can find this proxy at proxy.webwright-uk.com port 8000. You are welcome to use it, but I give no guarantees as to fitness for any particular purpose (etc etc etc). BTW it does not cache. Please let me know what works, what does not work. When it is judged stable I will post the code. -- Playing 'bop' is like Scrabble with all the vowels missing. Duke Ellington Raphael Mankin E-Mail: raph(a)panache.demon.co.uk ----------------------------------

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Re: [Alug] Re: Locked directories - Sympathy
by MJ Ray 27 Oct '01

27 Oct '01

Gerald: > shouldn't take an hour even to get a working system. I still haven't > been able to run Deb because of kernel 2.2 failing to get on with my > system, so that leaves Redhat, Mandrake and Slack as the ones I've Anyone here with a kernel 2.4 Debian installation CD? I'm sure such things exist, but I don't have one. MJR

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Re: Locked directories - Sympathy
by Edenyard 27 Oct '01

27 Oct '01

Ricardo asked: > Midnight Commander? > Yes - that's the one. > There seems to be a consensus here- don't you think? As I see it; I would > rather have an install that took a whole weekend, and have a system that > just runs and runs, than an install that takes an hour, and has an unusa > ble system. > Yes - I agree with that, except that - as I understand it - it shouldn't take an hour even to get a working system. I still haven't been able to run Deb because of kernel 2.2 failing to get on with my system, so that leaves Redhat, Mandrake and Slack as the ones I've tried. RH and Mdk I'd put in the same box - well, bin, actually! Of course, it all depends on what you want to do with it, but I seem to have developed this affinity for Slack.... > Someday I will have a single boot Linux system as my main workstation!!!! > Yes, again! I look forward to that day - when someone's perfected DOSEMU so that all my old DOS programmes can't even tell that they're not running on a DOS machine. Gerald.

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Zeus 4 upgrade
by Martyn Drake 27 Oct '01

27 Oct '01

Hi folks, Just to mention that upon my return to the UK on the 30th October, I will be scheduling for the 2nd November an upgrade to version 4 of the Zeus web server which is currently running the main ALUG web site. This will mean a small period of downtime while the configuration of the web server is backed up, data migrated and the sites tested before the site goes live again. Regards, Martyn (in Queenstown, NZ) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Team ALUG
by Ricardo Campos 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

On a lighter note, (TFIF!), Team ALUG's doing pretty well (I think, considering we're up against SPARC machines at universities etc.) on www.distributed.net: "Anglian Linux User Group (ALUG) completed 3,239 blocks yesterday at a sustained rate of 10,063 Kkeys/second! Anglian Linux User Group (ALUG) is ranked #1,351 for yesterday! " http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/tmsummary.php3?team=14531 Pretty good, since there are only 2 active members (hint hint). If anyone has doubts about the dnetc client- don't! Mine's been crunching away while I do all my sys admin, and I have noticed NO change in performance- except on virus checks, but then that doesn't happen on my Linux box! Oh, and of course your CPU is always maxed out in GKrellM! :) I *am* cheating slightly, as I have a few NT4 servers and workstations doing the work as well as my linux boxes. Thank god supermount can't f**k up my modem. (pleaseohpleaseohplease don't tell me that it can!) So go on- be cool and join one of the most exclusive RC5 cracking teams.... :) Ricardo (off to work out how to set up the proxy server, as I can't get blocks quick enough!) "There are several codes, and I know several of them." -Mr. Precise. http://www.rscampos.net http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/psummary.php3?id=368187 -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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