[SLUG] Apologies To All Members

[Paul Teasdale]

Hi All,

Many apologies to all Scarborough LUG members for my absense at the last LUG 
meeting and the Wednesday IRC chats. I have unfortunately being suffering 
(badly) from a stomach virus infection which has 'took me out' literally for 
two weeks now. I am getting better now however so enough said here.

I know that most of the jobs have now been allocated but I am prepared to help 
Ian out with the SLUG Website (if Ian is happy with that - your call Ian) and 
also have a good library of Linux distros that I would be willing to copy for 
any user that lends me the required CD-Rs. I know Jamie has said that he 
wants to carry on with the SLUG software library but perhaps I could help out 
here also (your call there Jamie).

In addition to this I will also continue to post solutions on the mailing list 
for any question asked that I know (or have a good idea of) the answer to.

For anyone wanting to try out the new version of Slackware Linux (v9) or 
Mandrake Linux (v9.1) then hold fire until next month as both distros are 
going to be on the LXF (Linux Format) DVD one per side I believe. I hope LXF 
have got a decent ISO image system worked out for those of you who know what 
I am talking about!!

Recently someone posted a message onto the mailing list about WinModems. A 
really good place to start looking for WinModem information is 
http://www.linmodems.org. As already pointed out by several LUG members 
WinModems can be a nightmare to get working and it is best to purchase an 
external modem. Sometimes though it's difficult or not possible (especially 
with Laptops) to use anything but a WinModem and it's suprising how many of 
these things can be made to work under Linux although it usually does mean 
using closed source drivers. Doing a search of the Internet I have discovered 
various sites where the authors claim to have got Intel chipped WinModems 
working but I could not find any information what-so-ever about the specific 
chip model that the member posted. Finally from somewhere in LinModems.org 
there is a direct link to the Intel website for Linux modem drivers but the 
members model was not present in the list.

Try http://developer.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers_linux.htm

Kind regards to all,

Paul Teasdale.