[Watford] Watford Digest, Vol 124, Issue 1

Tue May 12 12:55:59 UTC 2009

I'm building a slug farm here at home - I have 2 already. Mine I use
dyndns and a flat php CMS - eg.

http://plum.gotdns.org

The CMS I used: http://lightneasy.org/

You can set up the slug as a complete LAMP development server and you
*can* run wordpress but it would not be too fast as the box only
really has 64Mb.

If you pay dyndns a few extra pennies you can get a custom DNS if we
would like to have a more snappy web address.

For the project we need a USB key for the uNSLUng linux to go on,
assuming we go with that.

A 4Gb flash key is fairly inexpensive - let me know if you need me to
pick one up for the next meeting. I have the uNSLUng image somewhere
too in case we can't download it.

Project details are here: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Unslung/HomePage

Take a look at some of the HowTo Recipes if you want an idea of the
things you can attempt.

Overclocking can be attempted by anyone who has good eyesight - it
involves razoring off a resistor.

Toby/Plum

2009/5/12 <watford-request at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>
> Send Watford mailing list submissions to
>        watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
>
> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>        https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/watford
> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>        watford-request at mailman.lug.org.uk
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
>        watford-owner at mailman.lug.org.uk
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Watford digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>   1. Watford LUG Project (Steven Acreman)
>   2. Re: Watford LUG Project (Mark Stewart)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 19:03:49 +0100
> From: Steven Acreman <sacreman at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Watford] Watford LUG Project
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Message-ID:
>        <651947030905111103g9674600wc01ab14cc924247e at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi,
>
> At the end of the last meeting it was proposed that I spend the 'subs'
> (grand total of ?42) already collected on a Linksys NSLU2. This is a small
> low powered device about the size of a small book that has a network port
> (RJ45) and a couple of USB2 ports. It can be hacked to run different types
> of Linux and the USB ports which mean that lots of stuff can be attached.
> Examples given were boring hard disks all the way through to weather station
> equipment.
>
> I liked the idea, plus I hold the money. So with that in mind I intend to
> buy one and be damned with the consequences. Then I decided I should
> probably make sure nobody objects (ego-remorse has kicked in). So you have a
> few days to 'object' via the mailing list before I plunder the savings to
> buy one from ebay.
>
> I'll try my best not to touch it before the next meeting (assuming nobody
> objects and we have one). If agreed we could plan what to put on it and
> start saving up again for some USB gadgets. Also, if we do go ahead and buy
> one I would be looking to move the watfordlug.org website onto it. So we
> would need somebody willing to power and internet-provide.
>
> Look forward to any responses, both positive and negative :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven Acreman
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/watford/attachments/20090511/552fd28b/attachment-0001.htm
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 20:46:21 +0100
> From: Mark Stewart <markwstewart at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Watford] Watford LUG Project
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Message-ID:
>        <6aa79a970905111246x6cef1845ibdbd45eae3c6e3e5 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> buy buy buy, each month someone has to carry out a new slug based project.
> Most likely you of course :D
>
> 2009/5/11 Steven Acreman <sacreman at gmail.com>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > At the end of the last meeting it was proposed that I spend the 'subs'
> > (grand total of ?42) already collected on a Linksys NSLU2. This is a small
> > low powered device about the size of a small book that has a network port
> > (RJ45) and a couple of USB2 ports. It can be hacked to run different types
> > of Linux and the USB ports which mean that lots of stuff can be attached.
> > Examples given were boring hard disks all the way through to weather station
> > equipment.
> >
> > I liked the idea, plus I hold the money. So with that in mind I intend to
> > buy one and be damned with the consequences. Then I decided I should
> > probably make sure nobody objects (ego-remorse has kicked in). So you have a
> > few days to 'object' via the mailing list before I plunder the savings to
> > buy one from ebay.
> >
> > I'll try my best not to touch it before the next meeting (assuming nobody
> > objects and we have one). If agreed we could plan what to put on it and
> > start saving up again for some USB gadgets. Also, if we do go ahead and buy
> > one I would be looking to move the watfordlug.org website onto it. So we
> > would need somebody willing to power and internet-provide.
> >
> > Look forward to any responses, both positive and negative :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steven Acreman
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Watford mailing list
> > Watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/watford
> >
> >
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/watford/attachments/20090511/46d52155/attachment-0001.htm
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Watford mailing list
> Watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/watford
>
>
> End of Watford Digest, Vol 124, Issue 1
> ***************************************