September 2003 - main

[Alug]RE: +AFs-Alug+AF0AIg-From Boot to Halt+ACI- talk, Norwich sunday 28th September.
by Jenny Hopkins 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Kirsten wrote: > > It would be great if people interested in being the audience > > started to reply, too > > Me :) > > /Kirsten I don't know about everyone else, but school summer holidays always completely throw me off my usual path into chaos and disorganisation, which is why I've not replied. I'm really hoping to make this, but it depends on which weekend Mossey books my Birthday Outing. Jenny

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RE: [Alug]Norwich meeting schedule.
by Jenny Hopkins 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Adam Bower wrote: > Ok, I have a quick question. Am I an American because I don't > see why 100+ > miles is such a big deal to drive.... It doesn't really take > up that much > time, isn't that tiring or anything. Is it just people can't > afford the petrol or think their cars won't cope? Or is this > a general apathy to being bothered to go and it is an extra hurdle? It's because you haven't got motorbikes. If you did you'd clamour to have the meetings in Scotland somewhere, and ever weekend. :-) Jen

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[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

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.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" 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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[Alug]administrivia: Welcome back to some!
by MJ Ray 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

If you were wondering why someone @...demon... was quiet on the list, they weren't ignoring you. There were disagreements between the list and Demon and sourceforge for a few days. The crack blackcatnetworks support squad cured the problem quickly once we noticed it. Sorry for the interruption and welcome back! -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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[Alug]Still here! :o)
by Keith Watson 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Just been lurking for a while as we have been mega busy at work coping with the aftershocks from a major product release. However I have been following the discussions :o) Just a quick note to say that I haven't forgotten a whole list of things I put my name to, e.g. - T-Shirts/Sweatshirts - Contacting someone at The Forum about use of exhibition/demo spaces - Taking ownership of the graphics web page - Distro survey page - Name badges I'm off on my hols for the next couple of weeks but I will start addressing these once I get back.. promise... honest! Will definitely be there on the 28th in the audience only, sorry my knowledge is far too scanty to try and BS anyone else on this list! As I live round the corner it's not likely that I can offer any lifts but I'm happy to ferry people back and forth from the train station or bus stops. Just e-mail me off list if I can help in any way. And following on from the discussion about meetings, my general view is that I will try and get along to any meeting I can where my time isn't preempted by other commitments. So the point about what's a reasonable distance really breaks down into how long it takes to travel there and back. My gut feel is that anything over an hour is probably too long. But then if it's something like a Debian install and config. workshop.... Hasta Lavista! Keith

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[Alug]SchoolTools
by Vasko Tomanov 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Hi all, If the development of the school tools in not started yet.. Please take a look on http://www.avalonschools.com/servlet/avaloncalc This is a fully featured student course calculator and management system written in full from me... the current version have: -- public part ---------- 1. Student course calculator( with all needed visual elements) 2. Student allaying online form with automatically database insertion in MySQL and possibilities to connect with MSSQL 3. Automatic invoice generation 4. Automatic e-mail notification to the student ( agent if it have) and the school staff --private part --- (accusable only from the intranet) 1. Login/authorization page 2. Automatic generation and printing of the Registration letters (Enrolment, Welcome, Receipt/for the payments made/, ..... etc) If the group who plane to develop the school tools is happy to base the new stuff on this system I can arrange to make the current available modules full open source The technologies used for this system are : Apache, Tomcat (or JServ), MySQL, IBM JDK (or any other jdk), (and jtds if you need connection to MSSQL) - the system is fully build in java servlets The system is tested for around 6 month in the real situation and any bugs are fixed. Cheers Vasko Tomanov

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[Alug]Announce digest, Vol 2 #15 - 1 msg
by announce-request＠lists.alug.org.uk 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Send Announce mailing list submissions to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to announce-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at announce-admin(a)lists.alug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Announce digest..." --------------.--------------------------------------------.------------ alug-announce | Newsletter of the Anglian Linux User Group | Weekly(ish) --------------'--------------------------------------------'------------ ** Please send articles for this letter to announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk ** *** Please send replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk, not announce... *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Today's Topics: 1. Schooltool development underway (MJ Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 15:08:12 +0100 From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> To: fsfe-uk(a)gnu.org, lugmaster(a)lug.org.uk, announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Organization: My own Subject: [Alug Announce]Schooltool development underway Schooltool is a project to develop a school management system and release it under a free software licence. The UK is one of the initial targets. The core server is being developed in python. You can read Mark Shuttleworth's announcement of the start of programming at http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3065015&forum_id=328… Please forward this message as appropriate to interested people, but remember that this is only just starting. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce End of Announce Digest

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Re[2]: [Alug]ADSL and security
by Edenyard 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Barry Samuels wrote: > >> UKFSN is 27.50 per month, according to the leaflet I have here, so >> just beyond your price. > > Not necessarily. I don't have a fixed boundary but as I'm retired on a pension I > have > to watch the pennies a bit. I'll have a look at them. I think someone else may > have > mentioned them. > Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn, but I've an idea that someone here mentioned Metronet a long time ago. I think the point of that was that they offer a rebate for low usage - possibly it came down to £10 a month if you didn't want gigabytes of transfer per week. I'm fairly sure I looked at Metronet when it was mentioned, but as Martlesham doesn't seem to be on the map so far as all this whizbang technology goes, I lost interest quite quickly. Don't know whether this helps or not.... Gerald.

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[Alug]Ely: Let's do it again
by MJ Ray 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

This is very late, but at least it's here now. On 21 August, a small and hardy band of ALUGgers started a new chapter in the group's history with the first meeting in Ely. Daniel, Rob, MJR, Kirsty, Adam and Steven (or, if you prefer, Kinnison, rjek(?), slef, wildduck, quinophex and, erm, Steven) met up at the Cutter on Ely's waterside, chatted, scoped out the place, ate, drank and were merry, then walked up the hill to the Fountain, chatted, drank and were merry (who needs food?). Then I had to run back for a train so I'd be up in time for work the following morning (and maybe someone can tell me if I missed anything worth posting). I enjoyed it and (as predicted) preferred the Fountain to the Cutter for bber. So, I suggest we meet up again and maybe gather more adherants. When's good for others? Evening of the 17th or afternoon of the 20th? Can someone else try their luck at getting info on the old dispensory as a meeting venue for late-ish October, please? I'm told that it's in the hands of City of Ely Council http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/partners/parish/ely/elyhome.htm or, failing that, any other suitable venue nearby? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef(a)jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/

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[Alug]Re: "From Boot to Halt" talk, Norwich sunday 28th September.
by Tim Sanders 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

I would certainly have come if I had not been already booked somewhere else. I hope it will happen again one day Tim

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