* From: James Green jg@cyberstorm.demon.co.uk
In message 370D1401.BeroList-2.5.9@stu.uea.ac.uk, alug@stu.uea.ac.uk writes
- From: Mark J Ray h089@uea.ac.uk
- From: James Green jg@cyberstorm.demon.co.uk
What I'd like to do is incorporate stuff like /. and freshmeat headlines in the front page and stuff suitable for all Linux users like links to major distros and websites, and make ALUG a headline link off it. I'll see how I progress then we can merge ideas and colour schemes :)
Take a look at www.svlug.org who do a similar thing. You can even download the (Perl) code from them.
Yep, not bad. I'm looking at integrating something from Redhat.com, a bit of the news sources, something LUG-ish and a bit of originality ;-)
A web forum might be more useful if we announce date/times when we meet and invite people over during these 'virtual' meets. Might be useful for newbies in uk.comp.os.linux when they need help and don't know about #Linuxhelp. This is however a side issue.
I think a web FAQ is a better option, still. Doing real-time chat is far easier on IRC (hey, you can find me when I'm at work and some other times as MrMarkJ, #slashdot, irc.slashnet.org)
Ah, been looking for the irc servers. Found #Linux(help) on EFNet so far (nick: Bloob). I should be on irc (EFNet or Slashnet) most of Saturday so if any of you wants to join me or maybe take a look at my devel www pages, come on by.
Agreed. UEA isn't know for it's uptime - at least in the dept. I know of
Computing centre machines are unstable as hell, it is true.
schoolbox is terrible. I think it has a script which sees Friday night and performs a segfault ;-(
One of the student Union machines has been up for 94 days now (that's what the stu.uea bit means). I'm more concerned about getting another reprimand for abuse of Union facilities and getting the list where it doesn't depend on one of my employers. Besides, anglian.lug.org.uk makes more sense than stu.uea and it can probably get digests, etc there.
[Press release]
One "it's" in place of "its" that I spotted.
I did wonder - but I knew someone would know <g>.
I'd also rather link to linuxberg and linux.org.uk rather than the contentious opensource.org and linux.org (OK, so I hate Malcolm McLagan or whatever his name is because of the LSA fiasco).
Hm. I wondered about putting in the more popular sights but since this is an official press release we ought to at least include the official sites.
Thanks for that. I guess we wait for Andrew to put his name on it, people to improve it (if that's possible), then shove it out?
Give the word, people!