[Dundee] Lug digest, Vol 1 #11 - 14 msgs
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Aberdeen Linux User Group Digest.
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: MOM 1 - 03/11/2002 (Mark McRitchie)
2. Re: MOM 1 - 03/11/2002 (G Henry)
3. Paydirt List (Aidan Karley)
4. Gavin Henry - first respondent from the Linux Counter trawling (Aidan Karley)
5. Re: Gavin Henry - first respondent from the Linux Counter trawling (G)
6. Greetings and felicitations! (George Morrison)
7. Another Newbie (Vic Ayres)
8. Re: Gavin Henry - first respondent from the Linux Counter
trawling (Mark McRitchie)
9. First Technical Questiong (Mark McRitchie)
10. Thanks for the invite (Andrew Fraser)
11. Engineering applications (Aidan Karley)
12. Buckie contingent - Moray LUG (Aidan Karley)
13. A voice from the student halls ... (Aidan Karley)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:35:06 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] MOM 1 - 03/11/2002
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
> > 1]; use of the LUG.ORG.UK domain and services;
> > - Ascertain domain aberdeen.lug.org.uk; availability
> > of webspace
> > in the .lug.org.uk domain; link existing webspace to material
> > [blah].lug.org.uk; Action: MM
Filled in the form on the lug.org.uk site. Nothing back yet.
Have been on #linux on irc.lug.org.uk but mostly seems to be op's idling.
Will try later if I don't hear anything back I'll be hassling people via
email.
> > -locations to consider, on the assumption of an
> > association with
> > the Computer Fair (Action in parentheses): Saltoun Arms Lounge(MM);
> > East Neuk back room (MM); Blue Lamp (AK, the owner says he needs to
> > check the diary for the weekend); MaCamerons (AK, there are no rooms
> > outside of the normal 5; on Sundays footie might well be active;
> > contact Barbera); Carlton (AK, looks like the upstairs room is now a
> > flat); efforts will continue to foster town<->gown relations,
> > so we can
> > pilfer a seminar room once a month;
Saltoun Arms no longer use their backroom, I got the impression that its
sort of a storeroom/dust gathering area.
And I've heard some really not so good reports from a variety of people
about the East Neuk backroom...
I'll check into a few other possibilities and report back!
Regards,
Mark.
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Message: 2
From: G Henry <gchenry22@gavinch22.freeserve.co.uk>
To: lug@arricc.net
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 16:41:45 -0000
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] MOM 1 - 03/11/2002
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
11/6/02 4:35:06 PM, Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net> wrote:
>> > 1]; use of the LUG.ORG.UK domain and services;
>> > - Ascertain domain aberdeen.lug.org.uk; availability
>> > of webspace
>> > in the .lug.org.uk domain; link existing webspace to material
>> > [blah].lug.org.uk; Action: MM
>
>Filled in the form on the lug.org.uk site. Nothing back yet.
>Have been on #linux on irc.lug.org.uk but mostly seems to be op's idling.
>Will try later if I don't hear anything back I'll be hassling people via
>email.
>
>> > -locations to consider, on the assumption of an
>> > association with
>> > the Computer Fair (Action in parentheses): Saltoun Arms Lounge(MM);
>> > East Neuk back room (MM); Blue Lamp (AK, the owner says he needs to
>> > check the diary for the weekend); MaCamerons (AK, there are no rooms
>> > outside of the normal 5; on Sundays footie might well be active;
>> > contact Barbera); Carlton (AK, looks like the upstairs room is now a
>> > flat); efforts will continue to foster town<->gown relations,
>> > so we can
>> > pilfer a seminar room once a month;
>
>Saltoun Arms no longer use their backroom, I got the impression that its
>sort of a storeroom/dust gathering area.
>
>And I've heard some really not so good reports from a variety of people
>about the East Neuk backroom...
>
>I'll check into a few other possibilities and report back!
>
>
>Regards,
>Mark.
>
>
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>http://www.arricc.net/mailman/listinfo/lug
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>
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 18:48:40 GMT
To: AberLug Mailing list <lug@arricc.net>
Subject: [AberLUG] Paydirt List
From: Aidan Karley <aidan@karley.org>
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
Hi Mark, people,
As I mentioned a little while ago, I've just sent out a mail
shot to most of the people who've described themselves as being in the
Aberdeen/ Grampian area at the Linux Counter
(http://counter.li.org/bycountry/GB%3A%3Aaberdeen.html). Mark found it;
I'm just embarrassed that I didn't remember it myself. Some of the
mails have come back dead already, but I did a fair bit of hunting
around in the meantime and a lot of the people are still active on the
net. So, with any luck we'll see a good number more people coming in to
the list soon.
The back side of this is that since mails have already been
sent, there's no need to do it yourselves, unless you already know the
people yourselves. I could see it getting on people wicks to get a
sudden flood of mails in consequence of a old listing here.
Mark's server should be getting a workout soon <G>.
--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 06 Nov 2002 04:08 GMT, but posted much later.
Present loc.: 57º10'11"N, 02º08'43"W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:30:06 GMT
To: lug@arricc.net
From: Aidan Karley <aidan@karley.org>
Subject: [AberLUG] Gavin Henry - first respondent from the Linux Counter trawling
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
In article <85USB9DTS73HCWUWT1T512XB8C8FBPJ.3dc94649@host>, G Henry
wrote:
> From: G Henry <gchenry22@gavinch22.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: lug@arricc.net
> Subject: Re: [AberLUG] MOM 1 - 03/11/2002
> Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 16:41:45 -0000
>
> 11/6/02 4:35:06 PM, Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net> wrote:
>
> >> > 1]; use of the LUG.ORG.UK domain and services;
>
Ah Ha!, the first of the people responding from the listings on
the Linux Counter.
That, if I remember last night's web surfing correctly is Gavin
Henry, who does some fairly hardware related stuff and is selling a
book on DSP use on eBay.
I'll take the appearance on the mailing list as an indication of
interest.
--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:24 GMT, but posted much later.
Present loc.: 57º10'11"N, 02º08'43"W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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Message: 5
From: "G" <gchenry22@gavinch22.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <lug@arricc.net>
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] Gavin Henry - first respondent from the Linux Counter trawling
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 19:58:53 -0000
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
Yes indeed. But know one seems to be buying that dam book!!!
Let me know when the "gatherings" start.
I think a bit of background info is needed. I'm 24 and a graduate engineer
working for invsat limited in westhill.
www.invsat.com
I will be doing my RHCE next year and I'm currently working on my CCNA, then
moving onto CCNP etc.
Look forward to chatting again,
Gavin.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aidan Karley" <aidan@karley.org>
To: <lug@arricc.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:30 PM
Subject: [AberLUG] Gavin Henry - first respondent from the Linux Counter
trawling
> In article <85USB9DTS73HCWUWT1T512XB8C8FBPJ.3dc94649@host>, G Henry
> wrote:
> > From: G Henry <gchenry22@gavinch22.freeserve.co.uk>
> > To: lug@arricc.net
> > Subject: Re: [AberLUG] MOM 1 - 03/11/2002
> > Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
> > Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 16:41:45 -0000
> >
> > 11/6/02 4:35:06 PM, Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net> wrote:
> >
> > >> > 1]; use of the LUG.ORG.UK domain and services;
> >
>
> Ah Ha!, the first of the people responding from the listings on
> the Linux Counter.
> That, if I remember last night's web surfing correctly is Gavin
> Henry, who does some fairly hardware related stuff and is selling a
> book on DSP use on eBay.
> I'll take the appearance on the mailing list as an indication of
> interest.
>
> --
> Aidan Karley,
> Aberdeen, Scotland
> Written at Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:24 GMT, but posted much later.
> Present loc.: 57º10'11"N, 02º08'43"W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
>
>
>
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 20:39:56 +0000
From: George Morrison <gdm@gedamo.demon.co.uk>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: [AberLUG] Greetings and felicitations!
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
I'm another of Aidan's catches from the Linux Counter and I thought I'd
say hello.
Brief bio:
37 years old
currently unemployed (used to do desktop support/programming)
been using Linux since '94
Is Aberdeen Linux User Group the official name? Surely we can do better.
What about
"Linux In North East Scotland" - LINES
"Granite city Open Source Software Interest Posse" - GOSSIP
"Aberdeen Righteous Software Enthusiasts" - er, perhaps not.
--
George Morrison
Aberdeen, Scotland
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Message: 7
From: Vic Ayres <vic@ayresonline.co.uk>
To: lug@arricc.net
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:50:29 +0000
Subject: [AberLUG] Another Newbie
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
Hello All,
I'm a new recruit from the Moray LUG but contacted via the Linux Counter=20
Project - which I'd forgotten all about!
I'm 57 and my day job is in photography. I've used Linux for just over tw=
o=20
years but have tinkered with computers for over 22 years.
My problem - especially over the winter - is that I'm a bit far away. See=
if=20
you can guess where I live :-).
--=20
Vic Ayres
http://www.buckiechoral.org.uk
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:42:17 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] Gavin Henry - first respondent from the Linux Counter
trawling
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, G wrote:
> I will be doing my RHCE next year and I'm currently working on my CCNA, then
> moving onto CCNP etc.
RHCE? Is that something like Red Hat Certified Engineer?
If so, I think you just volunteered for something... ;-)
Regards,
Mark.
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:44:10 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: [AberLUG] First Technical Questiong
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
First (techie) post! :-D
Well, anyways... has anybody ever played with OpenMosix
(www.openmosix.org)?
I'm a whisker away from jumping feet first and compiling kernels for all
my boxen that run it, and want to know if it has any really bad points to
be wary of.
Regards,
Mark.
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Message: 10
From: "Andrew Fraser" <andrew.fraser.aberlug@sortedsite.com>
To: <lug@arricc.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 00:14:15 -0000
Subject: [AberLUG] Thanks for the invite
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
Hello,
Just to thank Aidan Karley for inviting me to join the list. I
unfortunately only live in aberdeen for some of the year as im studying
down in sheffield at the moment. Also at the last minute I decided to
study finance and business rather than computing which for the last few
years I think I've regreted. Anyway I've dabled in linux a little bit
over the years. I can't believe the counter says I started in 97 that's
5 years. Nyways my I've worked my way through:
Slackware
Red Hat
Suse
Mandrake
And have dabled with:
CAJUN (Car Audio Jukebox UNix - (IIRC) neat mp3 player software with LCD
screen output)
ADSL
Various bits of linux software (apache, cups, etc.)
I feel its good for aberdeen to eventually have it's own LUG. I will try
and contribute in anyways possible.
Cheers,
Andy
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 01:32:17 GMT
To: AberLug Mailing list <lug@arricc.net>
From: Aidan Karley <aidan@karley.org>
Subject: [AberLUG] Engineering applications
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
In article <OGELIFOHDPCAKAAIDJJCMEPMCAAA.michael@erg.abdn.ac.uk>, Michael Forrest wrote:
> Yeah i would be interested in joining the user group, back in 95 i was only
> a student playing with linux....been actively using it for many years now.
> So yup, would be interested. Pass on any info you got on it......much
> appreciated :-)
>
Hi Michael,
I see that your email addy is different to the one I pilfered from the Net. What does the "ERG" stand for? Have you been shifted sideways from the ENGineering department /per se/ into something more sexy sounding? What uses do you put Linux to in your project (Research Group?)?
--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:48 GMT, but posted much later.
Present loc.: 57º10'11"N, 02º08'43"W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 01:32:16 GMT
To: AberLug Mailing list <lug@arricc.net>
From: Aidan Karley <aidan@karley.org>
Subject: [AberLUG] Buckie contingent - Moray LUG
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
Hi Vic,
In article <200211060802.47260.vic@ayresonline.co.uk>, Vic Ayres wrote:
> Thanks for the info. I've signed up.
>
> As you may know, we have a Moray LUG. There's only about 10 or 12 of us and
> it's absolutely dead. So, I'll give Aberdeen a try.
>
This had been mentioned previously. After contacting the managers of
the mailing lists for MorayLUG and DundeeLUG, I think Mark has set them up to
receive daily digests of the traffic on this group. Hopefully this will all
help with getting the groups to the necessary critical mass.
Considering that I've been typing emails up for the last half hour and
still have a half dozen to go, I think that this is looking good!
There was another person I picked out of the aether, but after I
dispatched an email I realised that they were based in Tain, so there are
people I mistargetted further from Aberdeen than the North Coast.
Does this guy ring any bells?
> Name: Chris Brien
> Country: GB United Kingdom
> City: Buckie Buckie
> Email: SECRET
>
--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:42 GMT, but posted much later.
Present loc.: 57º10'11"N, 02º08'43"W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 01:32:19 GMT
To: AberLug Mailing list <lug@arricc.net>
From: Aidan Karley <aidan@karley.org>
Subject: [AberLUG] A voice from the student halls ...
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
In article <000901c285bc$720548d0$6600a8c0@trident>, Sam Barker wrote:
> I would be, a few of us were talking about forming one as well, since we
> didn’t know you existed.
>
> Mind if I pass on any details to a few other people who might be
> interested?
>
You're still a student, and there's interest in the student CS corps in forming a LUG? Well, no need to go around re-inventing the wheel or reduplicating effort. I know there is some interest in the RGU student body too, but their heads haven't risen from their bar tables yet. (I know - unwarranted stereotyping. Except I was at Aberdeen from '83 to '87 and I still have the occasional beer in the Dungeon <G>. And the RGU bar too. And at their mean position.)
> Just a word of warning however, my counter registrations is a bit of a
> miss-noma. I no longer have a working linux install, long story, but I'm
> interested, and want to find out more in general.
>
Well, we'll help you to cure that deficit. Meanwhile, I must take soldering iron and screwdriver to my new box too.
--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:53 GMT, but posted much later.
Present loc.: 57º10'11"N, 02º08'43"W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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