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installfest?

by Jeffrey Michael Reed

hey doodz... oi...andy...i hear you met my other half...he's that whacky spaniard guy named christian...he used to work @ ScreamDesign? :) anyway, what's the dilly with the installfest? is it still on for wednesday night? hope so...that would be SWEET! i would like to attend. i would like to chug grog with fellow gear/penguin/devil heads. give me da heads up!!! peace and GOD BLESS THE FREAKIN' WORLD... terrorism sucks... -- ==//> Jeffrey Michael Reed ==//> Metro West Boston Linux User Group ==//> Co-founder/Administrator ==//> HTML, PHP, GNU/Linux ==//> ==//> Phunky Phresh stuff about... ==//> GNU/Linux, Hacking, Humor, ==//> Movies, Music, Programming, ==//> and Underground News about ==//> the Revolution... ==//> ==//> http://www.linuxbusca.com ==//> ==//> Favorite OS: Debian ==//> Favorite food: Lasagna ==//> Favorite brew: Guinness ==//> Favorite music: Mr. Bungle

Oct. 2, 2001

Re: [Wlug] *nix humor

by Robert L Krawitz

From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)mediaone.net> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 18:53:08 -0400 The variant which I saw was: # chmod +x /bin/laden Or the slightly less obvious chmod 111 /bin/laden

Oct. 1, 2001

RE: [Wlug] Suggestions on CD drive cleaners?

by Mike

Isopropyl alcohol is common but I doubt the lenses are glass so I would be leery at best. Try a bit of dish detergent on a cotton swab then rinse with clean swabs then dry. Be gentile though, I'm not too sure about the strength of a lens mechanism! (they just don't make thing as they should any more!) Mike LaPointe Truck Driver, Wanna be net admin. > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > Behalf Of Brian J. Conway > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:00 PM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: [Wlug] Suggestions on CD drive cleaners? > > > My 6X-generation DVD drive has only recently decided that it will no > longer read blue CD-Rs, but still reads pressed CDs and gold CD-Rs just > fine. As the blue CD-Rs are a less reflective surface, I figured the > lense might be a bit dusty and I should try cleaning the thing out (the > CDs themselves are fine). Any suggestions on cleaning such a thing? > Blowing a can of compressed air in the drive opening wasn't too effective. > ;-) > > Brian J. Conway > dogbert(a)clue4all.net > > "LINUX is obsolete" > - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 1, 2001

Suggestions on CD drive cleaners?

by Brian J. Conway

My 6X-generation DVD drive has only recently decided that it will no longer read blue CD-Rs, but still reads pressed CDs and gold CD-Rs just fine. As the blue CD-Rs are a less reflective surface, I figured the lense might be a bit dusty and I should try cleaning the thing out (the CDs themselves are fine). Any suggestions on cleaning such a thing? Blowing a can of compressed air in the drive opening wasn't too effective. ;-) Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net "LINUX is obsolete" - Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator of Minix - Jan 29, 1992

Oct. 1, 2001

Re: [Wlug] *nix humor

by Andy Stewart

The variant which I saw was: # chmod +x /bin/laden On Monday 01 October 2001 01:41 pm, Tim Trachimowicz wrote: > thinkgeek already has that on t-shirts. pretty funny. > > --track > > > > From: Bill Mills-Curran <subssn594(a)charter.net> > > >Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > >Subject: [Wlug] *nix humor > >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:52:31 -0400 (EDT) > > > >Seen on an I495 bumper: > > > > rm -rf /bin/laden > > > >Bill > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Wlug mailing list > >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Oct. 1, 2001

Re: [Wlug] next week's installfest

by Andy Stewart

HI Tim, This sounds really great - thanks! If you can get the KDE 2.2.1 rpms, that might be something to put onthe "others" CD. Andy On Monday 01 October 2001 08:39 am, you wrote: > This is what I plan on bringing. > > 1. 5 sets of Redhat 7.1 > 2. 5 sets of Debian 2.2rev3 > 3. 10 cd's with the following.. > a. latest kernel/modtools (2.4.10) > b. StarOffice > c. latest mozilla benchmark (0.9.4) > > If anybody has some input on what else I should put on the "others" cd, > let me know. > > Tim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Lee Ludwig [mailto:davidl@WPI.EDU] > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 1:05 AM > To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' > Subject: RE: [Wlug] next week's installfest > > On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Keller, Tim wrote: > > What you might want todo is just grab everything; debs, rpms and > > tarballs. > > > > That way, not matter what distribution we load, we'd be able to > > install. > > I was planning on grabbing as much as I can, however each > version of each distribution has a different set of Ximian Gnome > packages that run around 225MB a piece. > > What CDs do people plan on bringing? -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Oct. 1, 2001

Stuff for sale...

by John Stoffel

Hi guys, I've ust bought a new (to me!) system, a dual PIII 550mhz Xeon system with 512mb of ram, graphics and some raid stuff. It's a Dell Precision 610 workstation. Very nice box. It came with a Adaptec ALO-1130U RAIDport PCI card with 16mb of ram. Unfortunately its unusable with Linux. Anyone interested in this card for their Windows server? Drivers are available, and it does work, since it passes the bios boot stuff. I've also got a video board that I want to get rid of, its a paired set of full length boards, one AGP, one PCI hooked together. It's an "Intense3d Wildcat 4000" board, and it's supposed to be a screammer with OpenGL. 64mb of video ram, etc. And of course, no Linux drivers. It does work under Linux as an X display, but since the boards are full size, I've decided to go with my AGP G450 instead. Much smaller. *grin* And it's better supported. So I realize you guys might not be too interested in this stuff, but if you do know of anyone who is looking for stuff like this, please let me know. Right now I'm looking for a good high quality KVM switch with ideally four ports. Something that can talk to a MAC and Sun as well as PCs would be ideal. Willing to trade! I'll also have some other stuff available down the line, like a pair of matched PIII 450mhz processors and possibly a case with possibly broken motherboard to pass on for free. Other odds and ends, send me email if you're looking and I'll see what I can find. John

Oct. 1, 2001

Re: [Wlug] *nix humor

by Tim Trachimowicz

thinkgeek already has that on t-shirts. pretty funny. --track >From: Bill Mills-Curran <subssn594(a)charter.net> >Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >Subject: [Wlug] *nix humor >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:52:31 -0400 (EDT) > >Seen on an I495 bumper: > > rm -rf /bin/laden > >Bill > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Oct. 1, 2001

*nix humor

by Bill Mills-Curran

Seen on an I495 bumper: rm -rf /bin/laden Bill

Oct. 1, 2001

RE: [Wlug] next week's installfest

by Keller, Tim

This is what I plan on bringing. 1. 5 sets of Redhat 7.1 2. 5 sets of Debian 2.2rev3 3. 10 cd's with the following.. a. latest kernel/modtools (2.4.10) b. StarOffice c. latest mozilla benchmark (0.9.4) If anybody has some input on what else I should put on the "others" cd, let me know. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: David Lee Ludwig [mailto:davidl@WPI.EDU] Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 1:05 AM To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' Subject: RE: [Wlug] next week's installfest On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Keller, Tim wrote: > What you might want todo is just grab everything; debs, rpms and tarballs. > > That way, not matter what distribution we load, we'd be able to install. I was planning on grabbing as much as I can, however each version of each distribution has a different set of Ximian Gnome packages that run around 225MB a piece. What CDs do people plan on bringing? -- David Ludwig | "The Linux philosophy is laugh in the face of davidl<at>wpi.edu | danger. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself.' http://www.wpi.edu/~davidl | That's it." - Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 1, 2001