From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com Sat Jun 2 00:17:30 2007 From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns) Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:17:30 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] I broke Php! How to fix this one. Message-ID: Hi everyone, I'm in the process of moving a site from a dedi to a shared hosting environment (Dreamhost) However it would seem that now none of the php include '/usr/path/location.php' style calls no longer work. I know for a fact that they are both running php 4.x, the original server was running FreeBSD 5.x custom kernel and apache 1.3 I have checked the paths, and they are correct (ie I edited them and verified the fully qualified path from / several times, and you can open them in firefox, at the domain level iyswim) and I get no error messege, just the files dont get included. Has anyone got any ideas where to look? Cheers Stu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com Tue Jun 5 09:36:25 2007 From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:36:25 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Would you consider a Macbook? Message-ID: Hi peeps, As some of you know my laptop died a horrible death (anyone want a broken widesceen centrino ;) ) I am considering what to buy. I am thinking about buying a Macbook. It's small, based on BSD ;) and can now run the other OS via bootcamp. However I really don't know. Has anyone ever had one before for any length of time. I mean I had a G4 powerbook but I really didnt give it a chance before selling it! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From darkstar01uk at yahoo.co.uk Tue Jun 5 12:45:47 2007 From: darkstar01uk at yahoo.co.uk (Tim White) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:45:47 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Would you consider a Macbook? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <919106.40721.qm@web25004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Macbooks are very nice and sexy, I've used one a bit, but I don't think you get much spec for your money and parts are dear if it goes wrong. I'd get one if someone else was paying... Would you consider buying a refurb/second/end-of-line model? I got a Dell (cosmetic second, just a small scratch on the lid) from www.itcsales.co.uk and got a good service and good price - over £100 off list. It runs PCLinuxOS at the moment with no problems, I'm sure "the other OS" would work in VMware or Qemu if you must, or dual boot - do you mean Ubuntu? ;-)) Tim --- Stuart Burns wrote: > Hi peeps, > > As some of you know my laptop died a horrible death > (anyone want a broken > widesceen centrino ;) ) I am considering what to > buy. I am thinking about > buying a Macbook. It's small, based on BSD ;) and > can now run the other OS > via bootcamp. > > However I really don't know. Has anyone ever had one > before for any length > of time. I mean I had a G4 powerbook but I really > didnt give it a chance > before selling it! > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html From scott.fraser at gmail.com Tue Jun 5 13:07:43 2007 From: scott.fraser at gmail.com (Scott Fraser) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:07:43 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Would you consider a Macbook? In-Reply-To: <919106.40721.qm@web25004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <919106.40721.qm@web25004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2c17ee8b0706050607s153bd0d2g438fd60550ef4780@mail.gmail.com> I have had a macbook since last October/November. Nice machine, good battery life, instant suspend/resume on OSX so it's all fine. I also have Ubuntu and Win XP installed. I can say that Ubuntu on a Macbook is extremely sweet - very fast and makes OSX look laggardly. Feisty installed with minimal fuss after using bootcamp to partition (I installed Dapper before and it was a pain) and suspend to ram works flawlessly when closing the lid, wireless works out of the box and it's just generally a lovely experience. The biggest pain is the lack of 2 button mice on the machine - you can emulate but if I'm at a desk I'll use Ubuntu with an external mouse but on the go I stick with OSX unless I need Monodevelop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook suggests that with the current generation wireless doesn't work out the box but needs some updated drivers, but it's not a big problem. Scott On 6/5/07, Tim White wrote: > Macbooks are very nice and sexy, I've used one a bit, > but I don't think you get much spec for your money and > parts are dear if it goes wrong. I'd get one if > someone else was paying... > > Would you consider buying a refurb/second/end-of-line > model? I got a Dell (cosmetic second, just a small > scratch on the lid) from www.itcsales.co.uk and got a > good service and good price - over £100 off list. > It runs PCLinuxOS at the moment with no problems, I'm > sure "the other OS" would work in VMware or Qemu if > you must, or dual boot - do you mean Ubuntu? ;-)) > > Tim > > > > > --- Stuart Burns wrote: > > > Hi peeps, > > > > As some of you know my laptop died a horrible death > > (anyone want a broken > > widesceen centrino ;) ) I am considering what to > > buy. I am thinking about > > buying a Macbook. It's small, based on BSD ;) and > > can now run the other OS > > via bootcamp. > > > > However I really don't know. Has anyone ever had one > > before for any length > > of time. I mean I had a G4 powerbook but I really > > didnt give it a chance > > before selling it! > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chester mailing list > > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for > your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > From dh at iucr.org Wed Jun 6 11:18:43 2007 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:18:43 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Microsoft threatens its Most Valuable Professional Message-ID: <200706061218.23325.dh@iucr.org> can you believe this? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/05/microsoft_mvp_threats/ Dave. -- Dr. David Holden. See: regarding Word or PowerPoint. GPG key available on request. ------------------------------------------------------------- From les.pritchard at gmail.com Sun Jun 10 12:06:12 2007 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:06:12 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Click Message-ID: The BBC technology programme 'Click' has a focus on Open Source this week - if you have News 24 or fancy watching it online it's quite interesting. Not in a "Oh I didn't know that" way, but just to see non-techie people's take on it all. It does surprise me that a technology programme seems to have a bunch of staff who aren't real techies. I was particularly impressed with one guy's description of the features of OO Writer.... Still it was very positive and can only help. Enjoy! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fgaughan at gmail.com Sun Jun 10 14:17:06 2007 From: fgaughan at gmail.com (Fintan Gaughan) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:17:06 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Click In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That rules me out then! No subtitles ::sigh::: Fintan -- My Blog http://www.finllfixit.co.uk/ On 10/06/07, Les Pritchard wrote: > The BBC technology programme 'Click' has a focus on Open Source this week - > if you have News 24 or fancy watching it online it's quite interesting. Not > in a "Oh I didn't know that" way, but just to see non-techie people's take > on it all. It does surprise me that a technology programme seems to have a > bunch of staff who aren't real techies. > > I was particularly impressed with one guy's description of the features of > OO Writer.... > > Still it was very positive and can only help. > > Enjoy! > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > From les.pritchard at gmail.com Sun Jun 10 14:30:03 2007 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:30:03 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Click In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Fintan, Yes they used to have an online trial going but sadly that has now finished. If you don't have digital tv (think it's on again this afternoon sometime), the stories published on the site are pretty much what was discussed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/ "Most computer tasks can be achieved by using completely free software", well I don't know about that...I've never manged to get Linux to consume all of those resources when doing absolutely nothing :-) Les On 6/10/07, Fintan Gaughan wrote: > > That rules me out then! > No subtitles ::sigh::: > > Fintan > > -- > > My Blog http://www.finllfixit.co.uk/ > > > On 10/06/07, Les Pritchard wrote: > > The BBC technology programme 'Click' has a focus on Open Source this > week - > > if you have News 24 or fancy watching it online it's quite > interesting. Not > > in a "Oh I didn't know that" way, but just to see non-techie people's > take > > on it all. It does surprise me that a technology programme seems to > have a > > bunch of staff who aren't real techies. > > > > I was particularly impressed with one guy's description of the features > of > > OO Writer.... > > > > Still it was very positive and can only help. > > > > Enjoy! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chester mailing list > > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com Mon Jun 18 10:13:25 2007 From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:13:25 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] For the next meeting.... Message-ID: Why don't we come up with a little project that we can do between now and then, just to make things interesting. Just a thought I had. Ie find the most efficient way to get a computer to do something. I realise we are not all mathematical or programming geniuses but a challenge might make it interesting. BTW Yes I am bored ;) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simonw at eurowrap.co.uk Tue Jun 26 08:29:43 2007 From: simonw at eurowrap.co.uk (Simon Willett) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:29:43 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Thursday Message-ID: Can you confirm whether there will be a LUG meet on Thursday please? Sorry to be forward on this one: But... I don't work on a Wednesday or a Thursday, so would need a confirmation today if possible. Thanks Simon Willett From les.pritchard at gmail.com Wed Jun 27 15:19:03 2007 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:19:03 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Thursday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Simon, Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, I'm away in a conference with no decent net access. Yes we're having a meet tomorrow, I've just logged in to send the reminder email now actually. Hope you can make it tomorrow. Les On 6/26/07, Simon Willett wrote: > > Can you confirm whether there will be a LUG meet on Thursday please? > > Sorry to be forward on this one: > But... > I don't work on a Wednesday or a Thursday, so would need a confirmation > today if possible. > > > Thanks > Simon Willett > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Les On 6/27/07, Les Pritchard wrote: > > Hi Simon, > > Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, I'm away in a conference with no > decent net access. > > Yes we're having a meet tomorrow, I've just logged in to send the reminder > email now actually. > > Hope you can make it tomorrow. > > Les > > > On 6/26/07, Simon Willett wrote: > > > > Can you confirm whether there will be a LUG meet on Thursday please? > > > > Sorry to be forward on this one: > > But... > > I don't work on a Wednesday or a Thursday, so would need a confirmation > > today if possible. > > > > > > Thanks > > Simon Willett > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chester mailing list > > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From les.pritchard at gmail.com Thu Jun 28 17:09:37 2007 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:09:37 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Fwd: [lugmaster] LUGRadio Live 2007 In-Reply-To: <1c3fe48e0706271703h3f490f1ar9ee8a2598eb5146b@mail.gmail.com> References: <1c3fe48e0706271703h3f490f1ar9ee8a2598eb5146b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jono Bacon Date: Jun 28, 2007 1:03 AM Subject: [lugmaster] LUGRadio Live 2007 To: "A closed discussion list for UK LUGMasters." < lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk> Hi everyone, Can I ask a small favour - could you all post a quick message to your LUGs about LUGRadio Live 2007 in Wolverhampton on the 7th and 8th July. Over 40 speakers, a full exhibition, stacks of exciting debates and sessions, a live LUGRadio recording and more, and for £5 for the entire weekend. :) LUGRadio Live is all about community, is completely community driven, and shaping up to be a great event. With this in mind, I would appreciate letting your communities know about the event. I know a number of LUGs will be there, and there is a lug,org.uk BOF, so it could be a great opportunity to meet other LUG people. :) More information is at www.lugradio.org/live :) Thanks! Jono _______________________________________________ lugmaster mailing list lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/lugmaster -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: