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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by Andrew.Chandler＠ftid.com 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

I'd second you on that one Laurie. I started using Redhat since the dawn of time, but SuSE became much more stable so I switched over to it instead. I do have Redhat and Mandrake systems, but for *real* production SuSE is always the way! Andi Laurie Brown <laurie(a)brownowl.com>@stu.uea.ac.uk on 21/08/2001 11:25:00 Sent by: alug-admin(a)stu.uea.ac.uk To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk cc: Subject: Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions) 21/08/01 11:00:56, Adam Bower <abower(a)thebowery.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, D.I. Redhouse wrote: > >> Didn't it go through a period of being quite badly behind most of the >> other distributions? > >More like other distros try and race each other into having the most >unstable software with the biggest version number in! One of the That's one reason I'm still with SuSE after all this time. They haven't messed me about at all, and if beta software is in the distro, they ensure one is aware of it. IMO, for a newbie, SuSE can't be beaten. Every time I've been near RH, OTOH... Cheers, Laurie. --- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Brown laurie(a)brownowl.com PGP key at http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 --------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug See the website for instructions on digest or unsub!

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by MJ Ray 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

"D.I. Redhouse" <dir21(a)cus.cam.ac.uk> writes: [...] > Mandrake's OK, but part of me wishes I'd stuck with my RedHat 6.2 install > and tried to bodge ViaVoice on to that. I have to ask, seeing as you appear from the Cam: have you tried Debian yet?

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by MJ Ray 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

"D.I. Redhouse" <dir21(a)cus.cam.ac.uk> writes: > Didn't it go through a period of being quite badly behind most of the > other distributions? Well, the "stable" releases tend to be just that: tried and tested stable versions of software rather than just whatever they managed to get to compile on time. If you just need the latest version of one package, then you can just say apt-get source packagename cd package-version debuild binary with an appropriate configuration, of course. Stable still has the benefit of security updates being made available very quickly, although you have to edit the config to enable that. If you're feeling helpful then you can help debug the "testing" set, or if you want *everything* to be the latest and don't mind the occasional goof, "unstable" is for you. > Although equally it could be something to do with the fact that a Debian > user round these parts once described/denounced RedHat as the Windows 95 > of Linux distributions, and I developed a general theory concerning Debian > users. Well, Debian users are allowed to express themselves as badly as any other Linux user. What was probably meant is either that their build quality really isn't as good as it should be, or that RedHat's config tools are rather over-friendly and will happily obliterate any changes you make, while others fall over if you set things up the normal way.

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LPI Certification
by John Seago 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

There was a query raised as to the costs of the Linux Professional Institute Exam. Details can be found at :- http://www.lpi.org/ I understand the costs are $100 US for the Exam and a registration fee. The nearest Exam centres are reported to me as being at Ipswich and Peterborough. John Seago (I've got the time to browse!)

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Re: [Alug] UEA Meetings
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

How about: a September meeting organised by John Woodard at Syleham an October meeting organised by Alexis Lee at UEA a November meeting organised by Simon Parkes at Red Lodge ?

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Re: [Alug] Lurkers (was new subscriber introductions)
by MJ Ray 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

"D.I. Redhouse" <dir21(a)cus.cam.ac.uk> writes: > My name is David. I provide computing support to a humanities department > at a University somewhere in south-east England. It's getting hard to keep getting more excited... but hello to you too! Any more lurkers wanting to break cover? :-))) Hmz... HHGTTG and Fast Show I spotted there... any others?

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Future Meetings
by John Seago 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

I wish to enter special pleading in the matter of future meetings. whilst I can walk for short distances, and even manage a small number of stairs, (though not necessarily at the end of the day, it would be much easier for me were the venue to be wheelchair accessible. John Seago

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Re: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder
by Andrew.Chandler＠ftid.com 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

How about changing the from address too? A> markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk@stu.uea.ac.uk on 20/08/2001 10:13:38 Sent by: alug-admin(a)stu.uea.ac.uk To: Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> cc: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk Subject: Re: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder Yay, more editing! Can the following changes be made, please, if everyone agrees? On 20 Aug, Neill Newman wrote: > > This is the automated ALUG irc meeting reminder sent to remind you that > there is an irc meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. IRC not irc (well, at least be consistent). > The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the > #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more > info on the openprojects network. Perhaps add the following: Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server eu.openprojects.net" and "/join #alug". > Popular irc clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and ircII on Unix, and > Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. I don't think ircII has been popular for a long time. I'd recommend EPIC in place of it and BitchX, personally. Is kIRC still around? > > Unix > > http://www.bitchx.com Drop this one. It's nasty in the default settings, IMO. > http://www.xchat.org > http://freshmeat.net Add trailing /s. > http://www.epicsol.org/ (for Brett!) Drop the ()s. EPIC is a pretty good client, even if Brett does say so... _______________________________________________ alug, the Anglian Linux User Group list Send list replies to alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ http://rabbit.stu.uea.ac.uk/cgi-bin/listinfo/alug See the website for instructions on digest or unsub!

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

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.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Popular irc clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and ircII on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.bitchx.com http://www.xchat.org http://freshmeat.net http://www.epicsol.org/ (for Brett!) Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Re: [Alug] The web site
by MJ Ray 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> writes: > > Don't exaggerate: there were four errors. > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anglian.lug.org.uk%2F&do… > 17 at my count.. some might be recursive though... DOCTYPE is not inline because sablotron does not support that, as far as I can tell (although I'll try bludgeoning it later). Please adjust your validator setting accordingly.

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