[SWLUG] introduction

[Kris Zani]

Hi Pete

If your son wants to get linux on the uni network tell him to contact 
Lyn Rees
He works in their IT department and is a Linux nut - as most of them are!
email: reeslt at cardiff.ac.uk

he should be able to help although its not exactly his job.  I've cc'ed 
him in this message so he knows to what to expect.

good luck and nice to 'e-meet' you

Kris

Pete Phillips wrote:

>Evening all. Just joined the mailing list, so  quick intro (not sure
>whether the home page was serious about this!).
>
>My name is Pete Phillips, and I run an NHS medical device testing lab in
>Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend. We have used UNIX since about 1987 (Convergent Technology Miniframe running System 5.1 if I recall, which we donated to Alan Cox
>(yes - the very same) at the Swansea Uni Computing society when we moved
>to SunOS in the 1990's. Moved all desktop and servers to Linux in the
>late 1990's,  but still have a Sparc 10 as our web server :-( We have a
>lovely new web server running Suse Enterprise but it hasn't been
>commissioned yet. We use groff/TeX/LyX for text processing (openoffice
>not really up to the job), R for statistics, Request Tracker for issue
>management, and XML/AxKit for maintenance of our electronic woundcare
>journal www.worldwidewounds.com and our dressings site
>www.dressings.org. 
>
>
>Currently have some Xeon based RAID servers running (with hotplug disks
>etc), plenty of Transtec workstations, a number of dual boot laptops for
>some sales reps we support, and a nameserver, firewall, Zope server etc
>on slightly older kit.
>
>We now run Suse on all our lab gear (around 17 staff in our lab, and
>another 15 in the spin-off company Zoobiotic who *used* to be part of
>our lab). 
>
>I use Linux for everything, except music composition, when I have to use a
>proprietary Windows programme. (shrug) :-(
>
>Have used slackware, redhat and suse over the last 10 years.
>
>Wife and kids also use linux mainly. Son just started at Cardiff Uni,
>and has got his dual boot laptop working with XP but can't get Linux on
>the network - if you know how to, I would appreciate an email. (he has
>DNS working, but can't ping exernal IP addresses).
>
>Also have an Iriver (noticed the list thread on this) which is a *way*
>cool mp3/Ogg player, and a Zaurus running OZ 3.5.3 (you can see my
>latest trials wrt upgrading this at
>http://ccgi.philfam.co.uk/wordpress/2005/10/08/5  
>
>So that's my potted history. 
>
>Will try to make some LUG meetings soon.
>
>Pete
>
>
>--
>Pete Phillips, Acting Director,     |   http://www.smtl.co.uk/
>Surgical Materials Testing Lab,     |   http://www.worldwidewounds.com/
>Princess of Wales Hospital, S Wales |   http://www.dressings.org/
>Tel/Fax: +44 1656-752820/30         |   pete at smtl.co.uk
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