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Free Stuff

by Marc Hughes

I want to reduce the amount of stuff in my apartment, so I have free stuff to give away: 1) Sun Sparc IPX 2) Sun monitor (16" I think ... But it's huge) 3) Full tower PC case ... No power supply 4) Compaq 286 Laptop ... It works! 5) Super Nintendo (controllers, games, etc) 6) Pentium 233 + motherboard I'll bring all of it to the meeting, if you want something email me. If lots of people want any of those items, I'll ask Andy to raffle them off. -Marc

Jan. 15, 2002

Xeon processors...

by Keller, Tim

Since I saw Marc's mail, I thought I'd let people know what I've got to SELL... 3 550mhz Pentium3 Xeon Processors. 2 of them have Heat sinks attached, one does not. Drop me a line if your interested, I'll take a reasonable price. Tim.

Jan. 15, 2002

Linux Sparc

by Jeremy

I wanted to pass this along to the WLUG group before I posted somewhere else. SparcStation 10 for sale: 2 SCSI HD's - boot drive 4GB, data drive 18GB 1 CDROM Writer - Smart and Friendly 2006+ (2x CD write, 6x CD read) 10Mb Ethernet Sun monitor (big one), keyboard, mouse, floppy and speaker box A complete workstation! Preinstalled with RedHat 6.2 Linux for Sparc Currently running as simple server. Yet,needs a new good home. $250. Questions? reply back. -Jeremy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/

Jan. 15, 2002

PPC distros

by Nate Godin

Would anyone be interested in a demo of Linux/*BSD on the Macintosh platform? I have Yellow Dog Linux (a RedHat clone with architecture-specific stuff added), and MacOS X (based on Darwin, which is a portable, free* BSD derived from 4.4BSD and FreeBSD). I can also talk about Mandrake/PPC 8.0, and other Linux/*BSD options for older Macs. Nate * - That's "ESR" free, not "RMS" Free. -- nate(a)wpi.edu | Nate Godin, President, WPI Linux Association And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good... Need we ask anyone to tell us these things? - Robert M. Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Jan. 15, 2002

REMINDER: Meeting Wed, Jan 16th

by Andy Stewart

Hi everybody, This is a friendly reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting, to be held on Wednesday, January 16th, 2002, on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA. For this meeting, please note that we will be in a **DIFFERENT LOCATION**. The meeting will be in Perreault Hall in a building called Fuller Labs (yes, still on the WPI campus). To get directions, click the yellow "WLUG meetings" picture on the top of the WLUG website, and then click "directions". It is in the building next to the Gordon Library. Taking place at this meeting will be the greatly anticipated "Linux Distribution Bakeoff". Representing several different distributions will be: Doug Waud - SuSE 7.2 Tim Keller - Mandrake 8.1 Adam Keck - Debian (Stable) This meeting is being held to discuss distribution specific features. The aforementioned folks profess some level of expertise with their particular distribution and will extol us with the virtues of same. I'm sure it'll be a fun and informative meeting. (Should I have been in sales instead of engineering?! Nah, nobody would buy anything from a long haired guy in a suit...). At this meeting we will also discuss the upcoming WLUG Install Fest, to be held on Saturday, February 9th, 2002 at Stratus Computer in Maynard, MA. This will be our third annual install fest at this location, and each has been well attended in the past by both installees and WLUG members. If you are interested in attending, please send e-mail to Tim Keller (tim.keller(a)stratus.com) Lurkers and voyeurs are also welcome to watch and learn. Be sure to tell your non-Linux friends! Lunch will be served, and refreshments will be available. Safety mitts will be made available to prevent inadvertant plug pulling of powered computers (darn, Doug's not coming). There will also be a few items available for raffle at the install fest. I suspect that I can scrounge up a few items for raffle at the WLUG meeting as well. After the meeting, we'll make our monthly pilgrimage to the Boynton Restaurant for pizza and beer. All are welcome! -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Jan. 15, 2002

Ping messages

by Michael Long

Could someone please explain what the following messages mean. My network connection is alive but when I ping different internet addresses I am getting 100% packet loss except when I ping www.erols.com. Then I get the following: PING www.erols.com (207.172.16.156) from 192.168.1.132 : 56(84) bytes of data. >From fe12-1-0.sys-core1b.mrf.va.rcn.net (208.59.255.86): icmp_seq=1 Packet filtered >From fe12-1-0.sys-core1b.mrf.va.rcn.net (208.59.255.86) icmp_seq=1 Packet filtered >From fe12-1-0.sys-core1b.mrf.va.rcn.net (208.59.255.86) icmp_seq=4 Packet filtered >From fe12-1-0.sys-core1b.mrf.va.rcn.net (208.59.255.86) icmp_seq=5 Packet filtered Thanks, mike

Jan. 11, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Ping messages

by Frank Sweetser

On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 05:47:16PM -0500, Michael Long wrote: > Could someone please explain what the following messages mean. My network > connection is alive but when I ping different internet addresses I am getting > 100% packet loss except when I ping www.erols.com. Then I get the following: > > PING www.erols.com (207.172.16.156) from 192.168.1.132 : 56(84) bytes of data. > >From fe12-1-0.sys-core1b.mrf.va.rcn.net (208.59.255.86): icmp_seq=1 Packet 208.59.255.86 is letting you know that it's blocking your ping packet. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 16 Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy | Sam: What are you up to Norm? Norm: My ideal weight if I were eleven feet tall. -- Cheers, Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh

Jan. 11, 2002

Installfest update...

by Keller, Tim

Hey Guys, I just sent this out to stratus yesterday. Drop me a line if you plan on being an Installer. Thanks, Tim. --- Begin Message --- It's that time of the year again! On February 9th, the Worcester Linux Users Group (www.wlug.org) will be hosting their 4th Annual Linux Install-fest here at Stratus. If you've been thinking of installing Linux on your home pc, or have had trouble installing Linux in the past, this event is for you! Last year we had a great turnout and are hoping to make this year even better. This event is open to all Stratus employees as well as the general public, so feel free to pass this information along! This event is FREE to all Stratus employees. We ask for a $10 donation from non-employees to recoup the costs associated with the event (purchasing blank media). If you'd like to sign up for the Install Fest, volunteer to help out, or want more information, send email to: tim.keller(a)stratus.com Thanks! Tim Keller --- End Message ---

Jan. 9, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Linux distro bakeoff

by William Smith

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, William Smith wrote: WS>On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Andy Stewart wrote: WS> WS>AS>I have volunteers who will bring in computers showing off SuSE Linux 7.x WS>AS>and Mandrake 8.1. Is there anybody else out there who would like to bring WS>AS>in a machine running something different? I'm thinking of a Slackware, WS>AS>Debian, Turbo Linux, etc. If you are interested, let me know. (The only WS>AS>reason I didn't mention Redhat is that most people run it, and most of us WS>AS>probably know what it looks like already). WS> WS>i think i have a Turbo Linux CD kicking around... it came with a KVM WS>switch that my (previous) employer bought. i can bring it in... it's worth noting that it's the CD i'll bring in, for anyone interested. I installed it on a company-owned box once, but i didn't care for it much. -- William Smith wsmith(a)chezsmith.com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com

Jan. 8, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Linux distro bakeoff

by William Smith

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Andy Stewart wrote: AS>I have volunteers who will bring in computers showing off SuSE Linux 7.x AS>and Mandrake 8.1. Is there anybody else out there who would like to bring AS>in a machine running something different? I'm thinking of a Slackware, AS>Debian, Turbo Linux, etc. If you are interested, let me know. (The only AS>reason I didn't mention Redhat is that most people run it, and most of us AS>probably know what it looks like already). i think i have a Turbo Linux CD kicking around... it came with a KVM switch that my (previous) employer bought. i can bring it in... -- William Smith wsmith(a)chezsmith.com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com

Jan. 8, 2002