June 2006 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] tutor / newbie

by d.maly＠ieee.org

Yes, am looking for a tutor to teach in my home. I'm in Holden -- going north on 31 towards Wachusett. My son is 13 ... and his friends don't talk much about PCs ... except that they seem to be active IM-ers. Doug > Hi Doug, > > The way I read your email, I think you're looking for a human being to > tutor a teenage Linux newbie. True? Would this be relatively close to > Worcester? Does this teenage Linux newbie have teenage friends who also > share an interest in Linux? > > Thanks, > > Andy > > -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > > ------------------------------

June 20, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Tutor / irc / newbie

by d.maly＠ieee.org

The tutor is for my son. I have managed to keep our two computers up to date -- am now running Ubuntu 6.04. I want to teach more to my son, but am getting beyond my abilities. I have some administrative work ... I need to share resources, find some drivers ... then move onto setting up an email server. From there I have some applications I want to start setting up, like a video editor and ham radio apps. Thanks for the links, they are new to me. I had problems with IRC, which I have not used before. I made it to http://freenode.net/faq.shtml I got NickServ to look like it was alive in GAIM. However, in the previous link, the section about registering said this: Register your IRC nick: */msg nickserv register <your-password>* and I don't know what to do with this. Can you send this to NickServ through GAIM?? Also, the command seems to be registering a nickname ... but the register command is followed only by a password ... no mention of username/nickname. Thanks, Doug > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:32:17 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Tutor for Teenager > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <20060619183217.36816.qmail(a)web51309.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > are you the newbie? > > not sure what you are looking for, but http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz is a good read. > > I also hang out at www.justlinux.com, and irc.freenode.net #justlinux and irc.oftc.net > #penguinslair. > > many people will also stear you towards www.google.com/linux as well as http://forums.gentoo.org/ > > are you looking for an actual linux class to attend, or just advise on how to get started? > > let use know more specifically what you are looking for and I'm sure someone here can help you > out. > > mike > > > > --- "d.maly(a)ieee.org" <d_maly(a)charter.net> wrote: > > > --------------------------------- > Can anyone recommend alinux tutor for a teenager newbie? > Doug Maly >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > >

June 20, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming Topics

by Mike

Oh sweet. Is that the next meeting? I must have missed something. ~Mike <quote who="Eric Martin"> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I was planning on covering ssh port forwarding, vnc forwarding over > ssh (more secure than x forwarding), and alternate authentication with > ssh (specifically Public Keys) when I presented ssh next meeting. > > Mike Perry wrote: >> I had a few ideas kicking in the back of my head for a meeting >> topic. By no means am I volunteering to give a talk on this, >> however I thought it would be a good idea to toss out. >> </end-disclaimer> >> >> How about a talk on port forwarding? The talk could include >> tunneling via program (like the old school datapipe proggy) and >> more appropriately the finner points of SSH port forwarding. Other >> peripheral topics could be including such as: port knocking, alt >> mechanisms of ssh authentication, and X11 forwarding. >> >> Just a thought... >> >> Cheers, Mike >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEl+A3aI8VEtSi4H8RAroMAJ9lFmWiNVdwzybu/ClEQoF6z2nUYQCdFcUt > iDX9HBnwU8UPFiyCyFkuiNQ= > =9SxP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security --Ben Franklin

June 20, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming Topics

by Eric Martin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I was planning on covering ssh port forwarding, vnc forwarding over ssh (more secure than x forwarding), and alternate authentication with ssh (specifically Public Keys) when I presented ssh next meeting. Mike Perry wrote: > I had a few ideas kicking in the back of my head for a meeting > topic. By no means am I volunteering to give a talk on this, > however I thought it would be a good idea to toss out. > </end-disclaimer> > > How about a talk on port forwarding? The talk could include > tunneling via program (like the old school datapipe proggy) and > more appropriately the finner points of SSH port forwarding. Other > peripheral topics could be including such as: port knocking, alt > mechanisms of ssh authentication, and X11 forwarding. > > Just a thought... > > Cheers, Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEl+A3aI8VEtSi4H8RAroMAJ9lFmWiNVdwzybu/ClEQoF6z2nUYQCdFcUt iDX9HBnwU8UPFiyCyFkuiNQ= =9SxP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

June 20, 2006

Upcoming Topics

by Mike Perry

I had a few ideas kicking in the back of my head for a meeting topic. By no means am I volunteering to give a talk on this, however I thought it would be a good idea to toss out. </end-disclaimer> How about a talk on port forwarding? The talk could include tunneling via program (like the old school datapipe proggy) and more appropriately the finner points of SSH port forwarding. Other peripheral topics could be including such as: port knocking, alt mechanisms of ssh authentication, and X11 forwarding. Just a thought... Cheers, Mike

June 20, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Tutor for Teenager

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 d.maly(a)ieee.org wrote: > Can anyone recommend a linux tutor for a teenager newbie? > Doug Maly Hi Doug, The way I read your email, I think you're looking for a human being to tutor a teenage Linux newbie. True? Would this be relatively close to Worcester? Does this teenage Linux newbie have teenage friends who also share an interest in Linux? Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFElzDBHl0iXDssISsRAspKAJsFk5aTBeaVV3cH834mZXk5hdw/lQCeOIgZ 5lavFaYIhLwW4UEMAWAOCZU= =KQ/O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

June 19, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Tutor for Teenager

by Mike Leo

are you the newbie? not sure what you are looking for, but http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz is a good read. I also hang out at www.justlinux.com, and irc.freenode.net #justlinux and irc.oftc.net #penguinslair. many people will also stear you towards www.google.com/linux as well as http://forums.gentoo.org/ are you looking for an actual linux class to attend, or just advise on how to get started? let use know more specifically what you are looking for and I'm sure someone here can help you out. mike --- "d.maly(a)ieee.org" <d_maly(a)charter.net> wrote: --------------------------------- Can anyone recommend alinux tutor for a teenager newbie? Doug Maly > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 19, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Webmail: What do you like?

by Scott Venier

Richard Klein wrote: > Have you installed imapproxy? Would I regret it if I skip that package? > I'd normally be accessing webmail using Firefox 1.5.x.x or later, IE 6 > or later, and possibly (though unlikely) Camino or Safari. > I have not tried imapproxy, but it sounds interesting... I've got 4 users who all use squirrelmail to read their mail. The machine probably sees 700 messages a day, and has no problems. Scott

June 17, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Webmail: What do you like?

by Richard Klein

Scott Venier wrote: > Richard Klein wrote: > >> What do you guys like for webmail? Is there any particular reason why >> you like one package over another? >> > I like squirrelmail. Debian sarge has 1.4.6 in it, iirc, but I like 1.5.1 > better. Some nice extra features, mostly just bells & whistles, but I > like them. Pretty simple to use and configure, might require an extra bit > of apache knowledge if you go with 1.5.1 instead of just 'apt-get install > squirrelmail' > > I'm afraid that I can't really compare it to anything else since I haven't > used them. I've heard of at least Imp and OpenWebMail. > > Scott Thanks! I'll just take the path of least resistance and install 1.4.6 (or whatever apt-get gets me). So, apt-get install squirrelmail suggests imapproxy. Per imapproxy.org: "imapproxy was written to compensate for webmail clients that are unable to maintain persistent connections to an IMAP server. Most webmail clients need to log in to an IMAP server for nearly every single transaction. This behaviour can cause tragic performance problems on the IMAP server. imapproxy tries to deal with this problem by leaving server connections open for a short time after a webmail client logs out. When the webmail client connects again, imapproxy will determine if there's a cached connection available and reuse it if possible." Have you installed imapproxy? Would I regret it if I skip that package? I'd normally be accessing webmail using Firefox 1.5.x.x or later, IE 6 or later, and possibly (though unlikely) Camino or Safari. -- Rich

June 17, 2006

Tutor for Teenager

by d.maly＠ieee.org

June 17, 2006