August 2002 - Announce

Fwd: [lugmaster] Embedded Linux Seminar (was Fwd: RE: UK Linux User Groups Contact Form)
by MJ Ray 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:52:14 +0100 From: "Mark Lewis" <mark(a)lug.org.uk> Subject: [lugmaster] Embedded Linux Seminar (was Fwd: RE: UK Linux User Groups Contact Form) hi all, long time no speak..... fiona has asked me to email this..... regards, mark *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** On 15/08/2002 at 14:19 fiona(a)feabhas.com <fiona(a)feabhas.com> wrote: >Hi Mark > >That would be great if you could pass it on to other Linux users. Is there >a problem with the email links on that site as I have had a couple of mails >returned. > >Seminar details > >We are holding the first Embedded Linux Seminar in the UK at the Madjeski >Stadium, Reading, Berks. Date: 31st October 02. At the moment we are >looking for anyone who may be interested in participating either speaking, >giving a paper and/or exhibiting. > >The day will comprise of various presentations and papers covering memory >and processor requirements; what "real-time" Linux is and is not; what >"small" Linux really means combined with a tabletop exhibition of various >embedded Linux environments and supporting tools. The cost of a tabletop is >£250.00, inclusive of 2 personnel, (no charge for speakers). Cost for >attendees is £65.00 and includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day. > >We have had a good response to the call for speakers and we have on board >Windriver, Hardhat, Toshiba, Microsoft, Allied Microsystems Corp, and >Xilinx to name but a few with many other interested parties. > >We do not have a direct UML link but if you go to our web www.feabhas.com, >it is headline news. > >Hope this helps. > >Best regards > >Fiona

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Fwd: GNU Pins available again
by MJ Ray 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

Subject: GNU Pins available again From: "Georg C. F. Greve" <greve(a)fsfeurope.org> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:52:54 +0200 Hi all, just a quick note for those who were unsuccessful in obtaining their "A GNU Head" Pin [1] (demand had briefly exceeded our supply): The new GNU Pins arrived! Just like the 2002 line of t-shirts, namely GNU Hurd * Yellow Hurd-spiral on black t-shirt. FSF Europe 2002 * Small FSF Europe logo pocket print on front, Back in three varieties: Plain GPL Preamble Large FSF Europe Logo ("Crew style") Available colors: Black and Ashe. they can be ordered at the FSF Europe office in Essen by email to office(a)fsfeurope.org or through fax to +49-201-860 42 81. Regards, Georg P.S. Prices are EUR 1.50,- for the pins, EUR 15,- for the t-shirts plus shipping (and potentially fees for "Nachname" in Germany). [1] http://www.gnu.org/graphics/agnuhead.html _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion(a)fsfeurope.org https://mailman.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion

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Fwd: [Announcement] GLLUG - The Greater London Linux User Group (UK) - Meeting - 14th September
by MJ Ray 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

Potentially of interest to those in the south of the region. From: Colin Murphy <SpudULike(a)-blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: [Announcement] GLLUG - The Greater London Linux User Group (UK) - Meeting - 14th September Date: 12 Aug 2002 23:10:58 GMT That is right, your eyes do not deceive you, The Greater London Linux User Group is, at long last, going to have another meeting. The date for your diaries is Saturday 14th September 2002, 12noon until 5pm. Doubtless to say, there will also be a session in some pub afterwards, should you not be able to make it during the day. We will be meeting in the New Cavendish Street campus of Westminster University, this is in the shadow of the BT Tower, nearest tube stations are Great Portland Street and Goodge Street. You will find a map at [ http://www.wmin.ac.uk/static/maps.asp ] For this meeting, and all the future meetings, we have the use of the Universities 'large' lecture theatre, the network lab and the Multimedia lab. The large lecture theatre - Hopefully you will appreciate the use of this larger lecture theatre. For those that went last time, your comments and criticisms were justified about the smaller theatre being too small. We are still finalising the details of the talks, so these will be posted to the web site soon, <http://gllug.linux.co.uk>. The network lab - We will use the network lab, this month, for rolling demo installations. The multimedia room - This will be used as a chat area, away from the lectures. There are monitors, desks and power, so people are welcome to set up their own equipment here if they want. Hopefully we will have some BoaF groups form here. ******************************************** The GLLUG website, you remember - it's at http://gllug.linux.co.uk, has had a revamp. Do make sure you have a look, pass on your comments. ******************************************** The meeting after the next meet is booked for the 19th October 2002 -- Colin Murphy -SpudULike(a)blueyonder.co.uk

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Fwd: [peterboro] Month of August and PLUG meeting
by MJ Ray 13 Aug '02

13 Aug '02

Apologies for being slow forwarding this on. Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 21:22:35 +0100 From: Ben Hayes <Ben(a)benhayes.uklinux.net> Subject: [peterboro] Month of August and PLUG meeting Reply-To: peterboro(a)lists.lug.org.uk I know that this is a bit early but could everyone pencil in their diaries the next PLUG meeting which will be held on 29 August at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at my work location. For those who have not come before, the address is as follows: Misys Insurance Management Ltd 7 North Street Cavell Court Peterborough We are located across from the Westgate parking lot and a few doors down from Bogarts Pub. My work has free, secure parking for those who will be driving. *** You should mention that you are going on the PLUG mailing list and get Ben's phone number to get in. *** Mark (from Quarello) will be doing a talk on Apache and PHP configuration. At some point over the next next month or two, Mark will doing a talk on PHP (this is a lead up to the PHP talk). Steve Gallagher is on holiday and will not be back until the 19th of this month. I, unfortunately, will be away on training from the 12th - 25th of August (MCSE Boot Camp). If anyone needs to contact me, please give me a call on my mobile. I will give you a call back whenever I can. Cheers Ben

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modem needed
by Jenny Hopkins 13 Aug '02

13 Aug '02

If anyone has a spare modem they would be interested in selling, please could they contact me off-list? The last thunderstorm we had here took both of mine out :-( Cheers, Jenny.

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Bletchley Park trip - 18th August?
by MJ Ray 13 Aug '02

13 Aug '02

------- Forwarded Message Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 00:35:38 +0100 From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk(a)oxlug.org> Subject: [lugmaster] FW: Bletchley Park trip - 18th August? See forwarded message below - people from other LUGs are welcome too, not just Greater London, so please circulate this! Contact Richard directly to arrange times to meet etc. Bletchley Park, including the computer museum, is well worth a visit. (Indeed you need more than one visit to take everything in.) Photos I took last time I went: http://sparky.ox.compsoc.net/~agk/Photos/Compsoc/Bletchley_Park/ [If travelling by train, be aware of the replacement buses at weekends. You want Bletchley station, a few miles South of Milton Keynes. If coming through London, you might find a combination of a travelcard with a Silverlink-only ticket from "Boundary Zone 6" to Bletchley works out cheaper than a through ticket.] Alasdair - ----- Forwarded message from Richard Cohen <richard(a)vmlinuz.org> ----- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:01:19 +0100 (BST) From: Richard Cohen <richard(a)vmlinuz.org> Subject: [Gllug] Bletchley Park trip - 18th August? To: gllug(a)linux.co.uk Yes, I know it's short notice... For a couple of years, there have been discussions of a possible GLLUG picnic at Bletchley Park, a genuine geek pilgrimage site - all credit to John Hearnes, who's proposed and pushed the idea in the past... I'm proposing that if you're not doing anything else next Sunday (the 18th), we get together there for the GLLUG picnic '02. Why that date? Three reasons come to mind: They're having an Airbourne Forces weekend that weekend, which means paratrooper and commando displays, and a WWII overflight on the Sunday; It's the same weekend as the Picn*x11 Linux picnic (www.linuxpicnic.org) in California - if we decide on that date quickly, we should be able to get some publicity out of that; No time like the present - the weather is pretty variable at the moment, so thats no help in picking a date, and I know people will be on holiday, but at least if we pick a date, it might actually *happen* this year! Apparently there might be engineering works which would affect the trains, but barring that, I propose those who want to take the train meet at Euston at maybe 11ish on the Sunday, and those who want to go under their own steam aim to meet us there at around 12? I've called and provisionally booked us in - I can call and cancel if no-one else can make it, or if it's a silly idea, or I can call and confirm if there's going to be 10-15 people or more there. I'd want to know by, say, Tuesday next week... We can discuss it on-list, or on my Wiki (@wiki.vmlinuz.org) - if you're a confirmed yes, add your name to the BletchleyParkInterestList there. For what it's worth, I'd say families are welcome - trying to make it *slightly* less geeky :-) For anyone who doesn't know about Bletchley Park (shame on you!) there's oodles of info at www.bletchleypark.org.uk - yes, it's a pretty crappy-looking site, but remember to hold your complaining off until we get there... There would be an entrace fee of £6 (£5 concessions) and they don't do group prices :-( Let's make it happen this year! :-) Cheers Richard - -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug(a)linux.co.uk http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug - ----- End forwarded message ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- The UK Lugmaster Mailing List http://www.lug.org.uk/lugmasters/lugmaster.php - ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------- End of Forwarded Message

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In memoriam, Edsger W. Dijkstra, 1930-2002
by Keith Watson 13 Aug '02

13 Aug '02

A bit of sad news, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/UTCS/notices/dijkstra/ewdobit.html Regards, Keith

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RE: [alug social] RE: [Alug] Poloshirts & Sweatshirts
by Keith Watson 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

Cross post from the Social list for anyone who doesn't subscribe and may be interested. Keith ____________ Say nothing and saw wood. Vermont Saying > -----Original Message----- > From: social-admin(a)lists.alug.org.uk On Behalf Of Keith Watson > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:02 PM > To: ALUG Social (E-mail) > Subject: Poloshirts & Sweatshirts > > I have some answers to some of the questions raised by various people. > > Sizes: can go up to 52 inch chest as standard (i.e. in stock) but have > supplied bigger!! (I don't know if this affects the price, > they didn't say). > > Colours: White, Navy blue, Sunflower yellow, Black, Bottle green, Red, > Burgundy, Royal blue, Natural, Ash, Heather > > Styles: we can have any mix of colours, sizes, and polo or > sweatshirts as > long as the order is for a minimum of 10 garments (oh, and > they need to know > if they are men's or women's) > > Price: they quoted £14 for poloshirts and £15 for sweatshirts > > Logo: my suggestion is for Tux with ALUG beneath and Anglian > Linux User > Group beneath that. This would be about 10 cms square over > the left breast. > If we had the text in something like light blue then it would > show up on > both light and dark colours, except light blue of course :o) > (the suppliers > say they are happy to take the graphics from the web site - I > would want to > see a sample 1st before agreeing to the order). > > Please let me know if you're interested and what your > requirements are and > we'll see if we have enough interest to proceed; > > e.g. I'm interested in two garments; one Navy Blue man's > sweatshirt for a > 38" chest and one White man's polo shirt for a 38" chest. >

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NOP Research laptop purchase survey
by MJ Ray 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

Any recent laptop purchasers? ------- Forwarded Message From: "Don Spillman" <don_spillman(a)hotmail.com> Subject: Laptop Research Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 10:34:19 +0000 Mark, I obtained your email address from the ALUG website. I work for NOP Research (National Opinion Polls). We are seeking, through computer user groups, to hold short meetings with people aged 20 to 49 who have purchased a new (or as new)laptop computer since January 2001. The purpose is to find out what 'private' (as opposed to corporate) purchasers of Laptops are seeking and whether their purchase met their needs. I can arrange to visit at any reasonable time and location between the 6th and 18th August to attend these 'one to one' meetings. We are also offering a £5 Marks and Spencers voucher as a small 'reward' for any of your members willing to participate. If you could pass this request on to your mailing group, I would be most grateful. I can be reached via email at don_spillman(a)hotmail.com or on one of the two phone numbers below. Thanks and Regards, Don Spillman NOP Research 01787 461053 07802 721 565 ------- End of Forwarded Message

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Please send things in!
by MJ Ray 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

If you have a message, story, link, announcement, or something else that you'd like the whole of ALUG to know about, please send it in to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk and it'll go in this newsletter, about once a week (max once a day). Thanks, -- MJR Treasurer, UK's Association for Free Software http://www.affs.org.uk/ Always happy to advise about Free Software - Also available for hire Algorithm Patents harm innovation! - http://petition.eurolinux.org/

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