[Gllug] Gllug Digest, Vol 58, Issue 37

[Chris Bell]

On Wed 23 Apr, Christopher Currie wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 23 Apr 2008, gllug-request at gllug.org.uk wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:52:20 +0100 (BST) Chris Bell 
> <chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >    I am trying to get the London Borough of Ealing to provide some kind of
> > help for new users of Free Open Source Software, and have been asked by the
> > Adult Education department to provide a list of names and addresses of
> > anyone interested ASAP. I have managed to get a very simple website up and
> > running, (not yet tidied up and polished, but it does work), if anyone is
> > interested.
> >
> > www.overview.demon.co.uk
> 
> Nice and simple, but:
> 
> Software mirrors for free download:
> JISC National Mirror Service http://www.mirror.ac.uk/ is a dud link (they 
> provide alternatives, one of which you've already got)
> 
> and the link
> 
> Linux for Schools (and others) http://www.lfsp.org/
> 
> is infected with some nasty MPackish Javascript: 
> <div align="center">
> <iframe height="1040" width="790" scrolling="auto" frameborder="0" 
> src="http://www.kolmic.com/?dn=lfsp.org&pid=2PO28GNS8"></iframe>
> </div>
> the back button from it it produces nasty commercial popups in Konqueror  and 
> perhaps worse.
> 
> Christopher
> 

   Thanks for the info, the links have been on my system for some time. The
mirror.ac.uk was once provided jointly by Kent and Preston, but they lost
the cotract to a group around Bath or Bristol, Preston dropped out, but
Warwick has joined in.

   Both links will be removed.

-- 
Chris Bell NEW alternative address: chrisbell at chrisbell.org.uk
Microsoft sells you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house.

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