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Cambridge Linux user group
by Adam Bower 22 Jun '00

22 Jun '00

Hi all, I just found this in cam.misc thought you may be interested it will start around midday. Don't know where/what CB2 is though any ideas? I will try to find out later if poss. Hello everyone Richard Smith, of Cambridge Linux User Group, calling in. (our website is www.cam-lug.org.uk ) We have got a "Linux-fest" combined with "Installfest" this Sunday. The venue is CB2, where we will have the use of the basement (that's not as bad as it sounds - it is done-up for drama, poetry readings, recitals, etc!) This will be the second "Installfest" held by the group. The previous one last year was a great success, with a few people just turning-up and the CLUG group having a good chance to network computers together, do installs, get specialist software "up", etc. 'fraid we have all been busy doing our things, so here I am thinking "oh my god, got to put out some publicity fast...". So, if you want to bring along a computer and install Linux on it, that's the purpose of the "Installfest" part of the event. General advice: - definitely, make a backup of everything valuable on the computer - all you documents and so on. Sod's Law says if you don't make a backup, something is sure to go wrong! - evaluate the two main ways to put Linux on a system for the first time. One is to partition the hard disk, so that an unused portion becomes separate partition(s) for the Linux system. The other way is to install a separate hard disk dedicated to Linux. The latter is probably an attractive option if you already have a lot on you computer. Oh groan - I'm not even sure how much space a Linux distro needs these days - it's easiest to do a "full install", which takes up a couple of gig's, but a lean install will fit on just a few hundred meg's. I hope to be doing a quick presentation on the programming language "C". You may know that C is the "native language" of unix, and has been adopted for general use across quite a range of programming. It is used for major algorithm-writing now in mathematics (trust me - that's good!), science and engineering - which is where I met C. I will be outlining just the "special" parts of C - the ones which cause either a deep fear or euphoric liking for the language (there isn't much in between!). A week or two of BASIC at school is intended to be plenty enough grounding for this talk. Richard Smith -- Adam Bower Tel: +44 1223 525000 System Administrator Fax: +44 1223 525100 Zeus Technology Ltd http://www.zeus.com Newton House, Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge. CB4 OWZ. England

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Announce meetings
by John Woodard 17 Jun '00

17 Jun '00

Where on Usenet should we announce the next meeting apart from uk.comp.os.linux and pcplus.linux? There seem to be so many new Linux newsgroups out there I'm not too sure where is appropriate. Cheers, BJ

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Demo of Zeus things,
by Adam Bower 17 Jun '00

17 Jun '00

Hi all, Not at the meeting on Sunday but maybe at the next one would any of you like a demo of some of the Zeus software? I would probably be able to bring a fair amount of kit to do a load balancer demo, a webserver demo and also could demo our new product Zeus MHE (Mass hosting edition) which is designed for ISP's to use as a managment tool. If you think this is a good idea then let me know and I will see what I can work out. Thanks Adam -- Adam Bower Tel: +44 1223 525000 System Administrator Fax: +44 1223 525100 Zeus Technology Ltd http://www.zeus.com Newton House, Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge. CB4 OWZ. England

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Re: [Alug] Kernel Panic
by Simon Jude 16 Jun '00

16 Jun '00

-----Original Message----- From: Edward Kelly <Edward.Kelly(a)uea.ac.uk> To: alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk <alug(a)stu.uea.ac.uk> Date: 16 June 2000 08:51 Subject: [Alug] Kernel Panic >Hi there, > >You won't have heard much from me, but I have been following the mailing >list for a while and now I have a question. > >I have recently purchased Linux Mandrake 7.0 and am trying to install >Lnx4win on my E: partition. I tried to install Linux as a dual boot option >but it causes my Windows partition to becom i n c r e d i b l y slow and >unuseable. Since I am using the computer for my doctorate I cannot afford to >let this happen (I had to re-install everything after the last crash - >caused by Linux) but if there is a way of installing Linux on another >partition without it affecting the performance of my Windows system then I >would dearly love to know how. I think my Windows partition needs to know >that a UNIX drive is attatched to the system and live with it (which seems >like a tall order to me!) > Hi, If you want to prevent any problems with your windows system then your best bet is to buy another disk and install linux on that. I have an old 2gb disk with redhat on and I can boot it from my windows disk using loadlin. Using this you can then mount the windows disk if you need access to it. This prevents the risk of causing any problems on my windows disk which contains a lot of my research work. Simon School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, University Plain, Norwich, NR4 7TJ Telephone (01603) 593124 Fax (01603) 507719

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The Best Possible Linux Laptop Solution (Personal Use)
by Tatsuhiko Maekawa 16 Jun '00

16 Jun '00

Hullo I am thinking of getting a new laptop, now that everything becomes so INconvinient ever after I left the UK - and miss my lovely Siemens Nixdoft computer. (Tokyo sucks!) My question: which one's the best? Give your wishful thinking please. List of my considerations: - Main use is "web development" and "Palm Development" - Might need to use both "client" and "server" dually. Maybe enough to run JavaBean and Servlet (argh). - Require Windows - preferably better if Windows run in Linux (using VMWare, for example) - No DVD necessary - Size doesn't matter, and I really don't care. - Available companies: All Japanese companies you can come up with + Compaq + Dell + Gateway. ----- Tatsuhiko Maekawa [Network Integration Dept. System Div.] Computer Engineering and Consulting, Tokyo Japan mailto:t_maekawa@cec-ltd.co.jp

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You know when you begin to hate Solaris when..
by Martyn Drake 14 Jun '00

14 Jun '00

.. a script that you run called "bash" that sets up a few variables and runs a few programs ends up being entered on the command line as "bah!". Regards, Martyn

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ApacheConn 2000 Europe
by Dr. Ashley T. Howes PHD 13 Jun '00

13 Jun '00

This isn't strictly Linux, but I thought people might be interested in it. There is an Apache event planned for: Conference: October 23-25 2000 Exhibition: October 24-25 2000 Olympia Conference Centre London, UK It is going to cover a load of stuff (over 60 sessions) including: Security & Ecommerce Securing Apache on Unix and Windows Java, PHP, Perl, TCL, Python, XML, XSL Performance, load balancing and case studies Apache installation, compilation, configuration scripting languages and dynamic content (mod_perl, mod_php, mod_jserv, ASP) Tips for writing Apache modules More information is supposed to be available at http://www.apachecon.com/2000/EU/, but the piece of paper I have in front of me has more information on it currently. Oh well. Ashley Dr. Ashley T. Howes PhD Internet Developer Email: ashley_t_howes(a)dial.pipex.com "When all the animals of this world are gone, man will die of loneliness" [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver(a)stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]

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Alug 8
by John Woodard 13 Jun '00

13 Jun '00

Who's coming, what they bringing. I'll definitely be there with 'Dellboy' my trusty laptop running Mandrake 7. Also 'Rodney' my main box which I can't seem to get ATA66 working on so some help there please. and at least one other machine running whatever distro I decide to bung on it this week if I have the time. Plenty of power leads and network stuff, 5 port hub etc., tea/coffee/bikies and anything else I can think of. Cheers, BJ

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Mandrake 7.1
by John Woodard 12 Jun '00

12 Jun '00

Anybody out there with bandwidth to spare (Brett?) who could download the iso images for Mandrake 7.1 cds 1 and 2 for me? 650meg and 350meg bit too much for a 56k modem me thinks. Cheers, BJ

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Next meeting and website
by Toby Jaffey 10 Jun '00

10 Jun '00

Can anyone tell me when the next meeting will be, now that I am back in Norwich. Also, is anyone actively maintaining the alug site? -- (o_ | Toby Jaffey : www.nott.ac.uk/~psystrj/ //\ | Real Programmers don't write in BASIC. Actually, no programmers V_/_ | write in BASIC. . .after age twelve.

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