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daft question<br>sad conclusion<br>boring so what about everybody meeting up @ milliways<br>something positive (sorry got to have a slap-up @ boring rip-offs for tea)<br>oh no let us talk about nothing for a while<br>what a waste of something built up over a (in computer terms) of a long while<br><br><br><br>how about a table of new computer gear that works well with linux?<br>e.g. i have a slot in my machine that allows ide devices (4) to function on a motherboard intended to have sata - works after using gparted discovering new devices<br><br><br>how about a top 10 linux distribution in nottingam?<br>e.g. i have a love-hate relationship with PCLinux (never the same after reboot) - my head says debian or even fedora everytime - but in practce something else!<br><br><br>how about a fixed it section eg. this keyboard (crap ms bluetooth - size of a plank) does not work in linux and yet works fine in windoze<br>e.g. ms optical desktop elite<br><br>how about a few new ideas in nottingham's linux answer, to the all pervasive micro-we-will-shaft-you-soft?<br>e.g. this should not be difficult - but how about guy's n girls<br><br><br>how about anything new of any account to do with linux?<br>in short anything to make this column relevent<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>> From: nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Nottingham Digest, Vol 298, Issue 2<br>> To: nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00:01 +0000<br>> <br>> Send Nottingham mailing list submissions to<br>> nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> nottingham-owner@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Nottingham digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. What has Linux done for you? (Martin)<br>> 2. Re: What has Linux done for you? (Martin)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:59:45 +0100<br>> From: Martin <martin@ml1.co.uk><br>> Subject: [Nottingham] What has Linux done for you?<br>> To: NLUG <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> Message-ID: <4A379741.6020209@ml1.co.uk><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br>> <br>> Folks,<br>> <br>> To paraphrase a certain (in)famous phrase from The Life of Brian[1], <br>> here's a possibly interesting article on the place of Open Source in the <br>> real world:<br>> <br>> How Open Source Can Beat the Status Quo<br>> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/166551/how_open_source_can_beat_the_status_quo.html<br>> <br>> ... Or can it?<br>> <br>> (I suspect that a certain big vendor will simply recolour it's spots and <br>> lead people up a garden path to lock them into "open sauces" (garden) <br>> forks...)<br>> <br>> <br>> So what has Linux done for you?<br>> <br>> Initially for myself, it was an 'obvious' route to avoid the silliness <br>> with anti-virus and (the lack of) security with the OS I was using at <br>> the time. Linux also offered unix-style preemptive multitasking and <br>> threads, both not available at the time on that certain other 'OS'. The <br>> zero licence fee was very good also. Since then, lots of friendly fun!<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> Martin<br>> <br>> <br>> [1]: See <br>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian#Political_satire<br>> <br>> -- <br>> ----------------<br>> Martin Lomas<br>> martin@ml1.co.uk<br>> ----------------<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 2<br>> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:15:14 +0100<br>> From: Martin <martin@ml1.co.uk><br>> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] What has Linux done for you?<br>> To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> Message-ID: <4A37E132.9080105@ml1.co.uk><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br>> <br>> Martin wrote:<br>> > Folks,<br>> > <br>> > To paraphrase a certain (in)famous phrase from The Life of Brian[1], <br>> > here's a possibly interesting article on the place of Open Source in the <br>> > real world:<br>> > <br>> > How Open Source Can Beat the Status Quo<br>> > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/166551/how_open_source_can_beat_the_status_quo.html<br>> > <br>> > ... Or can it?<br>> <br>> Errr... Perhaps not if the UK is committed to blundering onwards with a <br>> mere 2Mbps over ADSL for "broadband"... Staying with such old slow <br>> technology, Google's Cloud Computing may as well evaporate :-(<br>> <br>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8102756.stm<br>> <br>> Whatever happened to optical fibre to the home?<br>> <br>> <br>> > (I suspect that a certain big vendor will simply recolour it's spots and <br>> > lead people up a garden path to lock them into "open sauces" (garden) <br>> > forks...)<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > So what has Linux done for you?<br>> > <br>> > Initially for myself, it was an 'obvious' route to avoid the silliness <br>> > with anti-virus and (the lack of) security with the OS I was using at <br>> > the time. Linux also offered unix-style preemptive multitasking and <br>> > threads, both not available at the time on that certain other 'OS'. The <br>> > zero licence fee was very good also. Since then, lots of friendly fun!<br>> > <br>> > Cheers,<br>> > Martin<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > [1]: See <br>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian#Political_satire<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> ----------------<br>> Martin Lomas<br>> martin@ml1.co.uk<br>> ----------------<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Nottingham mailing list<br>> Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham<br>> <br>> End of Nottingham Digest, Vol 298, Issue 2<br>> ******************************************<br><br /><hr />Beyond Hotmail - see what else you can do with Windows Live. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665375/direct/01/' target='_new'>Find out more.</a></body>
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