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Re: [Wlug] spam attack

by Charles R. Anderson

On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 08:44:53AM -0400, avedis(a)ma.ultranet.com wrote: avedis> I just received some porn spam that has wlug address as the return avedis> address. Should I just ignore and delete, forward to spamcop, or does avedis> someone here want to deal with the spammer personally? Looks like it avedis> came from 194.143.190.11. This shit should be illegal. Just because it has the wlug return address, doesn't mean it came through the wlug email list. Forward the full headers here so we can take a look at where is really came from. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

June 30, 2002

Re: [Wlug] spam attack

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

On 30 Jun 2002 at 8:44, avedis(a)ma.ultranet.com wrote: > I just received some porn spam that has wlug address as the return > address. Should I just ignore and delete, forward to spamcop, or does > someone here want to deal with the spammer personally? Looks like it > came from 194.143.190.11. This shit should be illegal. [Bad joke] Well, it *is* but not in every state [/Bad joke] :P James > Awaiting further instructions... > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 30, 2002

spam attack

by avedis＠ma.ultranet.com

I just received some porn spam that has wlug address as the return address. Should I just ignore and delete, forward to spamcop, or does someone here want to deal with the spammer personally? Looks like it came from 194.143.190.11. This shit should be illegal. Awaiting further instructions... Greg

June 30, 2002

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by Arcady 28412

June 30, 2002

Re: [Wlug] What are Lindows and Lycoris?

by George Metz

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Andy Stewart wrote: > > HI all, > > Walmart is selling ultra-cheap PCs with Lindows on them (the PC is by > Microtel). The screen shots look alot like KDE. Lindows makes software > available for download on their website (the apps, not the OS) for a fee. This isn't from personal experience with them, but I know that Lycoris is Redmond Linux renamed. Lindows is supposed to be Linux with some Windows compatibility beyond that of Wine, but I don't know details. And yeah, that's KDE alright. Wal-Mart's actually selling systems with Linux installed and configured for real cheap. Pretty neat. -- George Metz Commercial Routing Engineer wolfstar(a)shadownet.wox.org "We know what deterrence was with 'mutually assured destruction' during the Cold War. But what is deterrence in information warfare?" -- Brigadier General Douglas Richardson, USAF, Commander - Space Warfare Center

June 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] OT: Lindows

by Clint Moyer

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:33:55 -0400 Chuck Homic <chuck(a)vvisions.com> wrote: >On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 07:18:01PM -0400, Michael >Frysinger wrote: >Off topic: By the way, any other Microsoft-haters out >there think Lindows >should have lost the infringement case? I mean, come on, >that name was >designed to be deliberately misleading. I'm sadly on >Microsoft's side on >this one. Course it's mostly bad for the poor sap who >doesn't know what >he's buying and tries to run actual applications on his >Lindows machine. > >It's also kinda dumb-sounding. "I know a geniune >Panaphonics when I see >it. And look, there's Magnetbox and Sorny!" > >Just a pointless rant... > > -Chuck No. You're right. Lindows is just another (destined to fail) money-making scheme of Michael Robertson of mp3.com fame. He's well known as a domain squatter: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34893-2,00.html Apparently, he also has issue with the GPL: http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/11/148251.shtml?tid=23

June 28, 2002

OT: Lindows

by Chuck Homic

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 07:18:01PM -0400, Michael Frysinger wrote: > Lindows was supposed to be a linux distro that ran > windows and linux applications. Off topic: By the way, any other Microsoft-haters out there think Lindows should have lost the infringement case? I mean, come on, that name was designed to be deliberately misleading. I'm sadly on Microsoft's side on this one. Course it's mostly bad for the poor sap who doesn't know what he's buying and tries to run actual applications on his Lindows machine. It's also kinda dumb-sounding. "I know a geniune Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's Magnetbox and Sorny!" Just a pointless rant... -Chuck

June 27, 2002

Re: [Wlug] What are Lindows and Lycoris?

by Michael Frysinger

Lindows was supposed to be a linux distro that ran windows and linux applications. it was supposed to support all of windows in a linux environment without any hassle. the idea was to make linux for masses. with this distro, linux could finally break into the desktop market (at least the part of the market owned by the masses who dont know shit about linux, or even windows). well it hasnt worked out for them ;) wine (which is what lindows relys heavilty upon) still isnt to the point where it can emulate windows programs for the masses w/out the masses realizing they arent running windows. never heard of Lycoris -mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Stewart" <andystewart(a)attbi.com> To: "Worcester Linux Users' Group" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 17:56 Subject: [Wlug] What are Lindows and Lycoris? > > HI all, > > Walmart is selling ultra-cheap PCs with Lindows on them (the PC is by > Microtel). The screen shots look alot like KDE. Lindows makes software > available for download on their website (the apps, not the OS) for a fee. > > I've also seen Lycoris, and on their website, they make passing references to > Redmond Linux. > > So, I ask the question, are these just some version of Linux "packaged for the > masses"? If not, what are they? Are there other similar products besides > Lindows and Lycoris? > > Thanks, > > Andy > -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA USA > http://www.wlug.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 27, 2002

What are Lindows and Lycoris?

by Andy Stewart

HI all, Walmart is selling ultra-cheap PCs with Lindows on them (the PC is by Microtel). The screen shots look alot like KDE. Lindows makes software available for download on their website (the apps, not the OS) for a fee. I've also seen Lycoris, and on their website, they make passing references to Redmond Linux. So, I ask the question, are these just some version of Linux "packaged for the masses"? If not, what are they? Are there other similar products besides Lindows and Lycoris? Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

June 27, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Lilo :-)

by doug waud

Aaron Haviland wrote: > > doug waud said: > > Hi all > <snip info about that *other* lilo> > > > > Heh... When I saw the subject, I thought it'd be about lilo (Rob Levin, > head of operations at OpenProjects...). He's been making quite an > impression on just about everyone over there lately. > just a few: > http://openprojects.nu/ > http://www.lilofree.net/ > http://www.kainx.org/ > and one from a year ago: > http://crackmonkey.org/pipermail/crackmonkey/2001q1/017271.html > > ahhh, don't you love politics? I was unaware of lilo/levin. Do you see him as a model for what will happen to our Andy as time goes on? :-) doug

June 27, 2002