[SLUG] Scarborough Apple Users Group 8-)

[Carl.Dixon]

Hi everyone,

This is "Guy with really flashy laptop" as Gav put it, but you can call me 
Carl.

First of all I would like to say cheers to everyone who went to the LUG 
meeting last Tuesday for welcoming me into the group, despite me corrupting 
several other members with the Apple stuff. Now Jamie's buying an iBook the 
Mac users will soon be in the majority. SLUG will soon be SAUG!

I've had a look at the web site since the meeting and really don't see what 
the fuss was about. It does everything that it needs to and don't look too bad 
either. The code is quite tidy so it wouldn't be hard to add any articles if 
they ever happen.

Someone asked me about Linux on the 68k processor. You can get Debian, MkLinux 
OpenBSD and NetBSD (if that counts). I thought that there were more but can't 
find any others. Of all the ISOs you can download, I can't see any that don't 
require an MMU so getting it onto my Powerbook 540C could be tricky. Debian 
needs 16mb RAM too (I only have 12) and on the 160MB hard drive there would 
only be room for a minimal console-based system (not even enough room for 
Emacs OS!).

Chris mentioned maybe having the next LUG meeting before I got back to Uni on 
the 14th September. If that is okay with everyone I would appreciate it. I 
would like to see everyone again before I go as I told lots of people I'd get 
them distros/software/music/find out how to turn their pooters off, and it 
will be the last one I can attend until Xmas.

Anyway, see you all soon,
Carl.