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Re: [Alug] Web site
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

MJRay wrote: >Proposal: > - Move the ALUG web site to static core and a Wiki >Background information: > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki >Rationale: > - We're not keeping an up-to-date site > - People bitch at me variously about XML and CVS > - People bitched at me about Zope > - People will still bitch about the Wiki, but at least we should get an > up-to-date web site with no barrier to entry at all. aaaaaaww.. I was looking forward to having to learn CVS sometime. I vote: always do everything the hard way wherever possible! Why make life easy. >Your options: > - Idly support this move (most people) > - Pledge to help maintain the wiki when it's online > - Mutiny (feel free) However, as learning cvs may be several years away on the scale of things, I'll help maintain with wiki, yes. I've given the url the most cursory of glances, being pretty hectic today, but am I right in thinking *anyone* can change stuff - aren't we asking for it? ps. Can I mutinise, as well, just for fun? Jenny. >Vote now :-) --

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Re: [Alug] Web site
by MJ Ray 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Peter: > Pledge? Pledge? Like what americans do. Ill help support it yes. No, all your furniture polish are belong... > Is Mutiny not a hanging offence still? Only if there are sufficient people left to oppose you. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Next meet?
by MJ Ray 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Syd: > OK, so what is a suitable date? I like the look of the 20th. Any objections? 13th is probably too early for long holidayers (eg students)? -- MJR

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Web site
by MJ Ray 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

OK, as part of my policy of announcing things about 17 years before I'll get time to do it, I'm going to make the following proposal: Proposal: - Move the ALUG web site to static core and a Wiki Background information: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki Rationale: - We're not keeping an up-to-date site - People bitch at me variously about XML and CVS - People bitched at me about Zope - People will still bitch about the Wiki, but at least we should get an up-to-date web site with no barrier to entry at all. Your options: - Idly support this move (most people) - Pledge to help maintain the wiki when it's online - Mutiny (feel free) Vote now :-) -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Next meet?
by MJ Ray 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Simon: > Must get the heating sorted though.... May be able to get a dial-up > connection sorted this time as well. I'm quite happy to travel to Cheveley again, picking up anyone who wants to be collected from Ely or Newmarket stations (I don't think that's too much of a route detour). I would like to see us use a venue in King's Lynn in February if possible. The venue I'd been thinking of is not open at weekends, though, so if someone else in KL has a venue we can use, please mail me now ;-) -- MJR

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RE: [Alug] Next meet?
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Simon P wrote: >I can get one together in Cheveley again ..... Cheveley is always excellent for me, I'm only ten minutes from there. It was a fine room, too, and the Cambridge bods can join us again. Jenny.

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Linux & the job market
by Ricardo Campos 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

I just had an interview with a recruitment agency up North, and we went over my technical skills. One thing that I found interesting was that although I have 2 years M$ experience, they talked almost exclusively about my involvement with Linux (which I casually mention on my CV in 'personal interests'). Unfortunately, with the economy taking such a nosedive, there were no jobs to offer me, but still, it's an encouraging thought. Seems there are a lot of ISP's in that area, and they want people with Linux/Unix/Solaris experience/knowledge. So, if you are a newbie like me, there's yet another reason to keep plugging away at this wonderful OS... Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Next meet?
by Syd Hancock 09 Dec '01

09 Dec '01

I assume that ther will not be a December meeting but maybe we should start thinking of when/where in January. Any offers or suggestions? Syd

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Debian Cover CD/Programming Tool
by tom potts 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Seomeone recently mentiond problems with a Debian Magazine Cover CD. Does anybody know of a recent one that I might be able to track down? Another one for some oldies out there - has anyone seen a programming tool for console that works a bit like M$ old C4 (Editor/compiler/linker/make/debugger) all in text? Thanks Tom ________________________________________________________________ Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. Go to http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ discover and win it! The competition ends 16 th of December 2001.

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AMANDA, SAMBA and win 32
by Ricardo Campos 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Has anyone on-list actually used AMANDA to back up Win NT clients over a LAN? Thing is, we currently use Veritas Backup Exec, and it's dead expensive, and not backwards compatible. It needs to back up _open_ SQL databases, Lotus Notes databases, hidden shares, the lot. It *appears* that it can backup open files, but I'm not wholly convinced!Anyone with experience? This is mission-critical stuff! Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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