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Aberdeen Linux User Group Digest.
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Buckie contingent - Moray LUG (Vic Ayres)
2. Re: Engineering applications (Allan M Bruce)
3. (no subject) (Joh Adamson)
4. Re: (no subject) (G Henry)
5. Re: (no subject) (Mark McRitchie)
6. Tony Travis - Beowulf (Aidan Karley)
7. Hi all (Mark Hillary)
8. Re: Hi all (Allan M Bruce)
9. Re: Hi all (Mark McRitchie)
10. Re: Hi all (Mark McRitchie)
11. Re: Hi all (Mark Hillary)
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Message: 1
From: Vic Ayres <vic@ayresonline.co.uk>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] Buckie contingent - Moray LUG
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 07:54:19 +0000
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 1:32, Aidan Karley wrote:
> 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 manager=
s 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 w=
ill
> all help with getting the groups to the necessary critical mass.
Yes. I got my first yesterday.
> Considering that I've been typing emails up for the last half ho=
ur
> 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 a=
re
> 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
I think I work with his brother. I'll report back on that.
--=20
Vic Ayres
http://www.buckiechoral.org.uk
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Message: 2
From: "Allan M Bruce" <allanmb@yodadrinkslager.screaming.net>
To: <lug@arricc.net>
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] Engineering applications
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:32:57 -0000
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
Michael? at erg? Hello if it is you.
ERG Stands for Electronics Research Group, I have just become a member there
and know only one Michael, it is possible its him, so - Hi
Allan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aidan Karley" <aidan@karley.org>
To: "AberLug Mailing list" <lug@arricc.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:32 AM
Subject: [AberLUG] Engineering applications
> 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: 3
From: "Joh Adamson" <jaga58@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <lug@arricc.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:48:45 -0000
Subject: [AberLUG] (no subject)
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
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Soltek 75KAV mainboard
AMD2200+ cpu
512mb ram
NVidia mx2 200 graphics card
LG DVDROM
HP CDRW
Network Card
Am i doing anything wrong, how can i install from a network???
John
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Message: 4
From: G Henry <gchenry22@gavinch22.freeserve.co.uk>
To: lug@arricc.net
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 16:21:53 -0000
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] (no subject)
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
>> From: "Joh Adamson" <jaga58@blueyonder.co.uk>
>
> To: <lug@arricc.net>
> Subject:[AberLUG] (no subject)
> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:48:45 -0000
>
>
>
> I have got hold of a copy of SuSE8.1 on two cd's I have tried to install but
> the first cd is taking over 3 hours to install.
> Soltek 75KAV mainboard
> __________________________________________________________________
Do you know if the mdeia is ok? Doesn't sound it. Do you have broadband (ADSL), or cable?? If so you can do a http or ftp install.
Download their boot.iso cd and do a network install from:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/README.FTP for info.
For mirrors:
http://www.suse.co.uk/uk/private/download/ftp/int_mirrors.html
For a good mirror use below, or try a UK first, but they are quite busy soometimes.
ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/suse/i386/8.1/boot/
Stick that in your browser and follow the instructions above.
You need to burn the iso to CD, but you know that.
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 18:47:22 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] (no subject)
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Joh Adamson wrote:
> I have got hold of a copy of SuSE8.1 on two cd's I have tried to install but the first cd is taking over 3 hours to install.
> Soltek 75KAV mainboard
> AMD2200+ cpu
> 512mb ram
> NVidia mx2 200 graphics card
> LG DVDROM
> HP CDRW
> Network Card
Can't see why it would take so long.
Where did you get the media from? Is it a Download? If so, did you check
the md5sum's?
> Am i doing anything wrong, how can i install from a network???
You'll need to little clarify that a bit...
Over a network from another *nix box on a LAN? (ftp/http/nfs)
Over the internet (ftp/http)
Regards,
Mark.
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 19:30:36 GMT
To: AberLug Mailing list <lug@arricc.net>
From: Aidan Karley <aidan@karley.org>
Subject: [AberLUG] Tony Travis - Beowulf
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
In article <3DC90DBB.9090409@rri.sari.ac.uk>, Tony Travis wrote:
> Yes, I'm an inveterate Linux hacker after my defection from Minix386 many moons
> ago. Used to run the UK MUGNET (Minix User Group) backbone for a while, but when
> Linux appeared most of us abandoned Minix. Then, Demon etc. offered internet
> access to all and there was no point continuing the email/newsfeeds from MUGNET
> in the Netherlands. Good times, thopugh and I still read the 'hactic' newsgroups
> from time to time :)
>
Ah, Minix. Never played with it myself - I took Tanenbaum's book out to the rig with me a few years ago (as a variant on sleeping pills <G>) and was getting fairly interested. When I got back from the rig the police had changed my locks and the burglars had sold my computers. Never did manage to find the disc again.
> Went to the Aberdeen Amateur Computer Club for a while, but a) they were only
> interested in the Acorn Archimedes and b) they were only interested in the Acorn
> Archimedes :(
>
Before my time. I do know that there's a member of my family who is active in a RISC-OS group somewhere in Englandshire. Never got around to contacting him though.
> I'm building a 24-node Linux Beowulf at work and would be interested in talking
> to anyone doing similar things.
>
Errr, that'll be Peet McKimmie (who IIRC was up to his eyeballs in Amspags for years too). I don't have an email address for him, though I have had several over the years (he changes addresses like more normal people change socks). I've BCC:'d one of his addresses, but next time I see him in the Northern Bar I'll try to get one of his real ones.
> > (In the next week or so, we should be getting an official
> > LUG.org.uk mailing list. The website will have the current
> > information.)
>
> Thanks for contacting me: As long as it involves beer and Linux I'll sign up!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tony.
>
Was beer mentioned?
I think it's over to Mark to repeat his experiences from the Devon LUG ...
--
Aidan Karley,
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:27 GMT, but posted much later.
Present loc.: 57º10'11"N, 02º08'43"W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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Message: 7
From: Mark Hillary <mark@no33.co.uk>
To: lug@arricc.net
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 20:53:16 +0000
Subject: [AberLUG] Hi all
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
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Hey all.
I'm glad there is is lug in Aberdeen (saves me starting one :) ). Was getting
worried for a bit think that I was the only linux user here. whew. How long
has the lug been going? What sort of stuff is planned?
Hopefully some of my mates should be joining soon as well (new converts.)
I can pass the lugs details on to some of the people at linux format if you
want. :)
Mark Hillary
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Message: 8
From: "Allan M Bruce" <allanmb@yodadrinkslager.screaming.net>
To: <lug@arricc.net>
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] Hi all
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:00:32 -0000
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
Hi everyone, I am just about to get a new cpu and mobo - since most OSs will
have a bit of a nervous breakdown changing these, I am going to download and
install the newest version.
Can everyone put their oars in and tell me what they use and why? I am
currently thinking between RH8 and suse8.1, and possibly mandrake. Also,
has anybody got any experience with solaris8.4 intel?
Cheers
Allan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Hillary" <mark@no33.co.uk>
To: <lug@arricc.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:53 PM
Subject: [AberLUG] Hi all
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> Hey all.
>
> I'm glad there is is lug in Aberdeen (saves me starting one :) ). Was
getting
> worried for a bit think that I was the only linux user here. whew. How
long
> has the lug been going? What sort of stuff is planned?
>
> Hopefully some of my mates should be joining soon as well (new converts.)
>
> I can pass the lugs details on to some of the people at linux format if
you
> want. :)
>
> Mark Hillary
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:00:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] Hi all
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Mark Hillary wrote:
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Must get round to using GPG...
> Hey all.
Hola!
>
> I'm glad there is is lug in Aberdeen (saves me starting one :) ). Was getting
> worried for a bit think that I was the only linux user here. whew. How long
> has the lug been going? What sort of stuff is planned?
How long... erm.. depends on when you count the start date, when we met in
the pub last weekend, or when we had a few informal emails flying about?
;-)
> Hopefully some of my mates should be joining soon as well (new
> converts.)
Rah!
> I can pass the lugs details on to some of the people at linux format if you
> want. :)
Sounds good :-) I think they take the listings from Lug.org.uk and
apparently it can take a week to get listed and all sorted out on there.
Regards,
Mark.
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:06:43 +0000 (GMT)
From: Mark McRitchie <mark@arricc.net>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] Hi all
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Allan M Bruce wrote:
> Hi everyone, I am just about to get a new cpu and mobo - since most OSs will
> have a bit of a nervous breakdown changing these, I am going to download and
> install the newest version.
I changed from an PII/450 to an Athlon and had no problems booting my
system on my new mobo using Debian. It's my experience that most distro's
won't have a problem :-)
I did of course recompile my kernel with optimisations for Athlons instead
of Pentiums "just because"
> Can everyone put their oars in and tell me what they use and why? I am
> currently thinking between RH8 and suse8.1, and possibly mandrake. Also,
> has anybody got any experience with solaris8.4 intel?
Ah, you should come along to the meeting next month!
We're planning to start out with a bit of Distro Warfare :-)
I'm taking the Debian corner. We're looking for a few good men (or women)
to take the various corners.
Wanted:
Red Hat
United Linux
Probably someone for Mandrake, save me an' Aidan splitting it
Lindows (anyone actually played with it?) or any other distro that
pretends to be Windows.
Check the archive
(http://www.arricc.net/pipermail/lug/2002-November/000014.html) for more
info :-)
Regards,
Mark.
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Message: 11
From: Mark Hillary <mark@no33.co.uk>
To: lug@arricc.net
Subject: Re: [AberLUG] Hi all
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:13:18 +0000
Reply-To: lug@arricc.net
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Hey Allan
I personally like Abit Motherboard as I have never had a problem with them.
And they tend be not too expensive. Then of course an athlon. (need I say
why). :).
For distro I use Gentoo but then thats cause I'm strange. But it is a
fantastic distro. Though you do need some knowledge and bandwidth as all the
source is download from the net. Before that I used Mandrake for an few
years. Its a good distro for new users and desktop machines. No idea about
redhat and the only version that I have used is 5.1 (and that sucked). Not to
keen on suse, I just don't like the way they do things. So anyway there is my
oar stuck in. Hope you enjoyed it. :)
If anyone is running seti@home I have a team called alug if they want to join.
Yep I was planning on start a lug, but it seems I was beaten to it. Which is
proably a good thing as I am inherently lazy. :)
On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 9:00 pm, Allan M Bruce wrote:
> Hi everyone, I am just about to get a new cpu and mobo - since most OSs
> will have a bit of a nervous breakdown changing these, I am going to
> download and install the newest version.
> Can everyone put their oars in and tell me what they use and why? I am
> currently thinking between RH8 and suse8.1, and possibly mandrake. Also,
> has anybody got any experience with solaris8.4 intel?
> Cheers
> Allan
>
> Lug mailing list
> Lug@arricc.net
> http://www.arricc.net/mailman/listinfo/lug
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