June 2006 - main - earth.li

DLink 624 Wired/Wireless Router For Sale
by Simon Royal 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

Hi I am moving and my DLink 624 router is no longer required. Any offers It is a Wired/Wireless router. 802.11g wireless, 4 LAN ports, web configuring superb piece of kit. No longer needed as my new place is not NTL and I purchased an ADSL wired/wireless modem/router. Excellent condition, comes with CD and power cable, plus ethernet cable. Router only, has no built in modem. Kind Regards Simon Royal Kind Regards Simon Royal ---- www.simonroyal.co.uk The box said requires Windows 2000 or better, so I bought an Apple Mac

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Dell XPi Pentium 166 Question
by Simon Royal 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

Hi Can anyone tell me whether the Dell XPi Pentium 166MMX laptop has 32bit cardbus ports or just the old 16bit card support? Kind Regards Simon Royal ---- www.simonroyal.co.uk The box said requires Windows 2000 or better, so I bought an Apple Mac

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Which wireless ADSL modem?
by Ian bell 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

I currently have an Origo (cheap) wireless modem (802.11b) which was fine until my ADSL connection was upgraded to MAX ADSL (8Mbps max). It is fine much of the time but seems to perform less well with time. A reboot fixes it for a while. So I thought I might upgrade to an 802.11g wireless ADSL modem. I don't actually need any ethernet ports as all PCs in my network (2-off) are connected wirelessly. So I am looking for product recommendations, especially ones known to cope well with the current higher ADSL speeds. (some extra range would be nice too). Ian

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Brett Parker 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. Historically, these used to be the only time a lot of us would be about, now the channel has some usual faces that are there most of the time (except at silly o'clock, when we might be sleeping, or on the second thursday of the month, where we might be drinking in the Reindeer), so don't feel limited to visit during this time, come visit us when ever you feel like it! 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 xchat, irssi 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://www.irssi.org/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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OOo
by Bob Dove 11 Jun '06

11 Jun '06

Hi folks, >From some-one who has embraced Open Office since ever - 'cos it's not Uncle Bill's, I'm happy that it opens and keeps most of the formatting of MS docs. I use it in preference - but for 'serious' work will use a page setter. Much easier to place graphics and have them stay put on page, so 'Office' is not an imperative. I get docs (from Scout Leaders) using stone age pooters with Office 3 (or so it seems) down to Cub Scouts who really are on top of things with the very latest! Compared with 'doze. 'ux is too complicated for a pointy pressy clicky user but I can cope with 'ux and OOo. God forbid that 'ux and OOo should be clones of doze but 'ux ain't doing much to win doze users over (in my humble opinion of course!) The desktop looks a bit enthusiastic amateur to me - probably why you guys like the command line so much! Personally, I'd like an OSX type desktop - seems cleaner somehow - and it works. Of course, now that clever clogs has ported OSX to PC!!! Cheers, Bob Dove.

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Cuddly Toy Anyone?
by Keith Watson 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

http://www.free-penguin.org/ Regards, Keith ____________ Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.

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Office 2007
by Wayne Stallwood 09 Jun '06

09 Jun '06

After playing with the beta a bit, I am hoping that OpenOffice doesn't follow the same trend. This new user interface may look slick on a Windows Vista box (BTW Public beta is available for that too) but take it from someone who has been trying to use it in a productive manner for the last few days, it's not that slick to use. I've dumped some screenshots here http://digimatic.plus.com/office/ So the question is, Given that OpenOffice is supposed to be as compatible and familiar as possible for a MS Office user. Will it be forced to adopt this in a similar way...For openoffice what is more important, compatibility and familiarity or getting it "right" ?

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[ALUG Announce] 2nd Thursday Norwich Meet : Reindeer, Dereham Road
by MJ Ray 08 Jun '06

08 Jun '06

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- (I'm still having some problems deferring posts if I discard any, so here's a repost of roughly what I think the lost mail said:- ) From: noodles at earth.li (Jonathan McDowell) Subject: [ALUG Announce] [ALUG] 2nd Thursday Norwich Meet : Reindeer, Dereham Road The monthly "Second Thursday" ALUG Norwich Pub Meet is this Thursday, 8th June. It's at the Reindeer pub on the Dereham Road, just opposite the City Gate. People will be there from 8pm-ish, though there may be a few people there earlier. Topics for discussion will no doubt be as varied as ever. The Reindeer has a reasonable selection of beer as well as decent coffee (with biscuits, if you're lucky). Directions to the Reindeer can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/reindeer.html Pictures of some of the regulars, and irregulars, and, well, just some pictures of people that might or might not turn up are available from: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2006-02-ALUG/ http://the.earth.li/~noodles/stilvoid-alug/mp20050811/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2005-01-ALUG-Xmas/ http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ Which should hopefully aid those of you wondering who to look out for. We're /normally/ just to the left of the main entrance, though sometimes we've ended up at the far end of the pub beside the pool table, as there are comfy seats at that end. J. -- ] http://www.earth.li/~noodles/ [] Where are we going? And WHY ARE [ ] PGP/GPG Key @ the.earth.li [] WE IN THIS HANDBASKET?!! [ ] via keyserver, web or email. [] [ ] RSA: 4DC4E7FD / DSA: 5B430367 [] [ ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Gtk2 and fonts
by Barry Samuels 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Since I last upgraded my Debian Testing/Etch system some GTK applications, Endeavour2 for example, display a fairly awful font which I cannot change and some others, gFtp for example display a perfectly acceptable font. I have installed the Gtk Theme Engine package which gives me, in theory, the ability to change font/theme for GTK in the KDE Control Centre but whatever I do the font doesn't change. All the KDE fonts are fine. I have both GTK 1 and GTK 2 installed. Some suggestions as to how to fix this would be very welcome. -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain

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Evolution
by Mark Ridley 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

Howdy all, anyone using Evo in a corporate Windows 2003 OWA style environment? I have a fairly massive mail archive and Evo just constantly hangs. I've tried multiple versions with the same effect. I'm not normally so concerned with the graphical side of Linux, but would love to be able to defend the non-dependance of Windows, and would love to swing a few colleagues over to the dark side. But without a little "it's almost Windows/Office" I'll just be wasting my time. I'm happy with pine, but I'm not sure that'll work for everyone! :) Cheers. -Mark

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