[Lancaster] Website

[andy baxter]

Ken Hough wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 November 2008 11:05:25 andy baxter wrote:
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>> andy baxter wrote:
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>> I've now posted a first try at the poster to the list. It's waiting for
>> the moderator (because of the size of the attachment), so just wanted to
>> make sure people know it's only a first try with a few minor faults, so
>> please don't print them off yet.
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>> Feel free to make suggestions about the text and images I've used.
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>> andy
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> I've now tried twice to send an attachment of a Linux advert that I did a 
> couple of years ago, but neither message got through.
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> What are the LUG rules concerning attachments?
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I got an email back saying it was waiting for moderator approval, so I 
guess whoever is the list admin will have to approve it and then it will 
go to the list.

I've just switched from 64studio to Debian Testing (not because of any 
real fault in 64studio but because it's based on stable and doesn't have 
up to date libraries for compiling bleeding edge apps). So far so good, 
though I lost a lot of packages during the switchover due to dependency 
problems and have had to reinstall them manually (mainly to get KDE 
working properly).

In case it takes a while for the poster to come through, here's roughly 
how it went:

Top row -> A tux in the corners with logos for various distros in between.
Next -> "Do you use, or are you interested in, the"
-> "Linux" (huge writing)
-> "Computer Operating System"
-> "If so, you are welcome to come to the meetings of Lancaster Linux 
Users Group, which are held at the Brittania Pub, Ullswater Road, 
Lancaster from 7.30 on the first Wednesday in the month."
-> "Linux (or GNU/Linux) is a system you can run on your computer 
instead of Windows or Mac OS X. Unlike these proprietory operating 
systems, it and the programs which run on it are released under a free 
license which guarantees you as a user the freedoms to:

• Copy the system and programs to give to someone else.
• Use them for whatever purpose you wish.
• Learn how they work and tinker with them as you wish.
• Release any changes you make back to the public, so the whole 
community benefits.

Using it is much like using Windows or Mac OS, but with the advantage 
that the workings of the system are more transparent, allowing you to do 
more with it as you learn about how it works. It is also fast, stable, 
secure, practically virus free, and offers most of the same features as 
these systems, plus others they do not."
-> "www.lancaster.lug.org.uk"
Bottom Row -> A Gnu in the corners with more distro logos in between.

Any comments welcome.

andy