Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-21 Thread Graeme Kiyoto-Ward

Hi

I have just downloaded the Fedora 8 games live dvd. I am out of action 
the next two days. Will burn in the weekend and send through.


Should I burn the iso as a file on the DVD rather than generate a the 
Live DVD itself.


Only issue I see is Games fedora is a DVD but the boxes described have 
CD Roms.


Regards

Graeme Kiyoto-Ward

Christopher Sawtell wrote:

On 11/20/07, Wesley Parish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

Well, we certainly could use a games-centric version of Fedora 8 at the St
Albans NN - advertise it right, and word would definitely get around ... !
;)



Notice that many of the the files in the PC-BSD sub directory are games. vis:-

linuxisos/PC-BSD:
total 2786320
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk   1946150 Oct  9 19:32 7-Zip4.42-PV1.0.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  20080582 Oct 10 08:19
9395.0.NeverBall1.4.0-PV1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 210069162 Oct 12 11:28 AlienArena20076.03-PV1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  11888321 Oct 13 00:15 Audacity1.2.4-PV3.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  13409156 Oct 13 13:03 Blender2.42-PV1.0.pbi*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  1050 Jul 11  2006 bootloaders.txt*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 302249988 Oct 14 01:51
EnemyTerritory2.60b-PV1.1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  14466392 Oct 14 14:38 Gimp2.4.0rc1-PV3.pbi*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  1924 Jul 11  2006 install.txt*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  23934719 Oct 15 03:25
Java-JRE1.5.0.07.01-PV1.1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  18812061 Oct 15 16:13
Linux-Firefox2.0.0.3-PV1.0.pbi*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  1078 Jul 11  2006 partitioning.txt*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 726460416 Sep 26 01:21 PCBSD-x86-1.4-CD2.iso*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 726499328 Sep 25 21:22 PCBSD-x86-1.4.iso*
-rw-r--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk   108 Oct 16 01:19 PCBSD-x86-1.4.iso.md5
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  55921469 Oct 10 21:10
Quake31.32bfreebsd-i386-PV1.0.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk   7807892 Oct 11 09:57 Scribus1.2.4.1-PV0.9.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  22149555 Oct 11 22:44 Stellarium0.7.1-PV1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  39605655 Oct 13 00:18 Thunderbird2.0.0.5-PV3.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 474381155 Oct 16 05:02
TrueCombatElite0.49-PV1.0.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 151024956 Oct 16 17:49 VDrift20061006-PV1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  15118033 Oct 17 06:36 Wine0.9.42-PV4.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  14417379 Oct 17 19:23 Xine0.99.4-PV1.1.pbi*

  


Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
 Should I burn the iso as a file on the DVD rather than generate a the
 Live DVD itself?

It doesn't really matter.

The advantage of the former is that the size of the file is always
correct so md5sums give a true result as to the integrety of the data
on the disk, but it has the disadvantage that the disk you made cannot
be sold or given away as a liveCD/DVD.

OTOH checking a LiveCD/DVD is just a one-liner.

So it really doesn't matter, but what would be really appreciated is
if you could check the integrety of the file, because I really don't
want our archive to get a reputatiuon that the files are faulty.

Also please note that the Sabayon DVD is about half games.


-- 
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell


Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-20 Thread Graeme Kiyoto-Ward

Hi

I have about 8gig left on my plan with about 3 days to go. Send the URl 
for the distribution and I'll download it and burn in to CD for the 
resource centre.


Regards

Graeme Kiyoto-Ward

Steve Holdoway wrote:

Maybe there's an opportunity here to extend the services offered by the St. 
Albans gang??? I know there's a games-centric version of Fedora 8 just come out 
( sorry, couldn't get away with downloading *that* one at work (: ), and with 
Christmas around the corner.

Christopher/Wesley/Edwin + any others who I've unintentionally left out... 
wocher rekkon??

Steve.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +1300 (NZDT)
Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  

The Computer Broker will sometimes discount their ex lease boxes if you
don't want the OS, and many of them come in OS and OSless options straight
off the floor.

Even the ones without an OS seem to have a license sticker, which
presumably means you can install the licensed OS, although i note the
opinion of someone on NZLUG who had read the licence who said that after
the second owner, the license was no longer transferable (ie the third
owner had to buy another licence). Anyway there is more than one MS
license and I guess you need to read the actual one that pertains to the
actual machine.

In buying ex-lease gear I look at the hardware price in the knowledge that
I don't give a rats thingamy what version of windows i can run on it. If
the vendor will take a few dollars less without the OS on board, thats
cool, but I look first and foremost at whether the hardware is worth the
price.

One time the broker did discount me a box with no OS. The guy was going to
reformat the hard drive to remove whatever abomination had been installed
on it, and I said I'm in a bit of a hurry, theres no way I am going to
run that piece of crap, I promise I'll take it off as soon as I get home
He grinned and handed me the box (and of course I kept my word, its now
running mythtv).

Nick



On Tue, November 20, 2007 3:30 pm, Edwin F wrote:


There was a discussion on the NZLUG recently about the availability of
OS-less ex-lease boxen - apparently, most of them suffer from the MS
tax due to their old licenses being no longer transferrable, or
something to that effect.

I thought I would throw it out there that I am in the process of
starting a small ex-lease thing, and I would gladly supply cheap,
OS-less boxen if the demand is there, and perhaps somebody would like
to contact existing ex-lease sellers around Christchurch about
supplying OS-less boxen for a lower price and compile a Linux-friendly
supplier list on the CLUG wiki?

Hope nobody minds, but...
== blatant plug time ==

I have a bunch of these boxen, currently:
Intel Celeron 2.0GHz
512MB DDR RAM
40GB HDD
Broadcom GigE
CD-ROM Drive
Floppy Drive (remember those? -- neither do I)

They came with 17 CRTs, too, so those can be had providing it is
being picked up or the extra shipping is paid (for... uh... across
town)

These I can supply for ~$200 each, give or take.

== blatant plug time ends ==

Thoughts?


Cheers,
   Edwin.


  

--
Nick Rout





  


Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-20 Thread Steve Holdoway
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//Fedora-8-Live-games-i686.torrent any 
use??

Steve

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:30:25 +1300
Graeme Kiyoto-Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi
 
 I have about 8gig left on my plan with about 3 days to go. Send the URl 
 for the distribution and I'll download it and burn in to CD for the 
 resource centre.
 
 Regards
 
 Graeme Kiyoto-Ward
 
 Steve Holdoway wrote:
  Maybe there's an opportunity here to extend the services offered by the St. 
  Albans gang??? I know there's a games-centric version of Fedora 8 just come 
  out ( sorry, couldn't get away with downloading *that* one at work (: ), 
  and with Christmas around the corner.
 
  Christopher/Wesley/Edwin + any others who I've unintentionally left out... 
  wocher rekkon??
 
  Steve.
 
  On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +1300 (NZDT)
  Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

  The Computer Broker will sometimes discount their ex lease boxes if you
  don't want the OS, and many of them come in OS and OSless options straight
  off the floor.
 
  Even the ones without an OS seem to have a license sticker, which
  presumably means you can install the licensed OS, although i note the
  opinion of someone on NZLUG who had read the licence who said that after
  the second owner, the license was no longer transferable (ie the third
  owner had to buy another licence). Anyway there is more than one MS
  license and I guess you need to read the actual one that pertains to the
  actual machine.
 
  In buying ex-lease gear I look at the hardware price in the knowledge that
  I don't give a rats thingamy what version of windows i can run on it. If
  the vendor will take a few dollars less without the OS on board, thats
  cool, but I look first and foremost at whether the hardware is worth the
  price.
 
  One time the broker did discount me a box with no OS. The guy was going to
  reformat the hard drive to remove whatever abomination had been installed
  on it, and I said I'm in a bit of a hurry, theres no way I am going to
  run that piece of crap, I promise I'll take it off as soon as I get home
  He grinned and handed me the box (and of course I kept my word, its now
  running mythtv).
 
  Nick
 
 
 
  On Tue, November 20, 2007 3:30 pm, Edwin F wrote:
  
  There was a discussion on the NZLUG recently about the availability of
  OS-less ex-lease boxen - apparently, most of them suffer from the MS
  tax due to their old licenses being no longer transferrable, or
  something to that effect.
 
  I thought I would throw it out there that I am in the process of
  starting a small ex-lease thing, and I would gladly supply cheap,
  OS-less boxen if the demand is there, and perhaps somebody would like
  to contact existing ex-lease sellers around Christchurch about
  supplying OS-less boxen for a lower price and compile a Linux-friendly
  supplier list on the CLUG wiki?
 
  Hope nobody minds, but...
  == blatant plug time ==
 
  I have a bunch of these boxen, currently:
  Intel Celeron 2.0GHz
  512MB DDR RAM
  40GB HDD
  Broadcom GigE
  CD-ROM Drive
  Floppy Drive (remember those? -- neither do I)
 
  They came with 17 CRTs, too, so those can be had providing it is
  being picked up or the extra shipping is paid (for... uh... across
  town)
 
  These I can supply for ~$200 each, give or take.
 
  == blatant plug time ends ==
 
  Thoughts?
 
 
  Cheers,
 Edwin.
 
 

  -- 
  Nick Rout
 
  
 
 



-- 
Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-20 Thread Wesley Parish
Well, we certainly could use a games-centric version of Fedora 8 at the St 
Albans NN - advertise it right, and word would definitely get around ... ! ;)

Wesley Parish

On Tuesday 20 November 2007 16:24, Steve Holdoway wrote:
 Maybe there's an opportunity here to extend the services offered by the St.
 Albans gang??? I know there's a games-centric version of Fedora 8 just come
 out ( sorry, couldn't get away with downloading *that* one at work (: ),
 and with Christmas around the corner.

 Christopher/Wesley/Edwin + any others who I've unintentionally left out...
 wocher rekkon??

 Steve.

 On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +1300 (NZDT)

 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  The Computer Broker will sometimes discount their ex lease boxes if you
  don't want the OS, and many of them come in OS and OSless options
  straight off the floor.
 
  Even the ones without an OS seem to have a license sticker, which
  presumably means you can install the licensed OS, although i note the
  opinion of someone on NZLUG who had read the licence who said that after
  the second owner, the license was no longer transferable (ie the third
  owner had to buy another licence). Anyway there is more than one MS
  license and I guess you need to read the actual one that pertains to the
  actual machine.
 
  In buying ex-lease gear I look at the hardware price in the knowledge
  that I don't give a rats thingamy what version of windows i can run on
  it. If the vendor will take a few dollars less without the OS on board,
  thats cool, but I look first and foremost at whether the hardware is
  worth the price.
 
  One time the broker did discount me a box with no OS. The guy was going
  to reformat the hard drive to remove whatever abomination had been
  installed on it, and I said I'm in a bit of a hurry, theres no way I am
  going to run that piece of crap, I promise I'll take it off as soon as I
  get home He grinned and handed me the box (and of course I kept my word,
  its now running mythtv).
 
  Nick
 
  On Tue, November 20, 2007 3:30 pm, Edwin F wrote:
   There was a discussion on the NZLUG recently about the availability of
   OS-less ex-lease boxen - apparently, most of them suffer from the MS
   tax due to their old licenses being no longer transferrable, or
   something to that effect.
  
   I thought I would throw it out there that I am in the process of
   starting a small ex-lease thing, and I would gladly supply cheap,
   OS-less boxen if the demand is there, and perhaps somebody would like
   to contact existing ex-lease sellers around Christchurch about
   supplying OS-less boxen for a lower price and compile a Linux-friendly
   supplier list on the CLUG wiki?
  
   Hope nobody minds, but...
   == blatant plug time ==
  
   I have a bunch of these boxen, currently:
   Intel Celeron 2.0GHz
   512MB DDR RAM
   40GB HDD
   Broadcom GigE
   CD-ROM Drive
   Floppy Drive (remember those? -- neither do I)
  
   They came with 17 CRTs, too, so those can be had providing it is
   being picked up or the extra shipping is paid (for... uh... across
   town)
  
   These I can supply for ~$200 each, give or take.
  
   == blatant plug time ends ==
  
   Thoughts?
  
  
   Cheers,
  Edwin.
 
  --
  Nick Rout

-- 
Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish
-
Gaul is quartered into three halves.  Things which are 
impossible are equal to each other.  Guerrilla 
warfare means up to their monkey tricks. 
Extracts from Schoolboy Howlers - the collective wisdom 
of the foolish.
-
Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui?
You ask, what is the most important thing?
Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.


Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-20 Thread Edwin Flores
What kinda thing do you have in mind?


Edwin

On Nov 20, 2007 4:24 PM, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Maybe there's an opportunity here to extend the services offered by the St. 
 Albans gang??? I know there's a games-centric version of Fedora 8 just come 
 out ( sorry, couldn't get away with downloading *that* one at work (: ), and 
 with Christmas around the corner.

 Christopher/Wesley/Edwin + any others who I've unintentionally left out... 
 wocher rekkon??

 Steve.

 On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +1300 (NZDT)
 Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  The Computer Broker will sometimes discount their ex lease boxes if you
  don't want the OS, and many of them come in OS and OSless options straight
  off the floor.
 
  Even the ones without an OS seem to have a license sticker, which
  presumably means you can install the licensed OS, although i note the
  opinion of someone on NZLUG who had read the licence who said that after
  the second owner, the license was no longer transferable (ie the third
  owner had to buy another licence). Anyway there is more than one MS
  license and I guess you need to read the actual one that pertains to the
  actual machine.
 
  In buying ex-lease gear I look at the hardware price in the knowledge that
  I don't give a rats thingamy what version of windows i can run on it. If
  the vendor will take a few dollars less without the OS on board, thats
  cool, but I look first and foremost at whether the hardware is worth the
  price.
 
  One time the broker did discount me a box with no OS. The guy was going to
  reformat the hard drive to remove whatever abomination had been installed
  on it, and I said I'm in a bit of a hurry, theres no way I am going to
  run that piece of crap, I promise I'll take it off as soon as I get home
  He grinned and handed me the box (and of course I kept my word, its now
  running mythtv).
 
  Nick
 
 
 
  On Tue, November 20, 2007 3:30 pm, Edwin F wrote:
   There was a discussion on the NZLUG recently about the availability of
   OS-less ex-lease boxen - apparently, most of them suffer from the MS
   tax due to their old licenses being no longer transferrable, or
   something to that effect.
  
   I thought I would throw it out there that I am in the process of
   starting a small ex-lease thing, and I would gladly supply cheap,
   OS-less boxen if the demand is there, and perhaps somebody would like
   to contact existing ex-lease sellers around Christchurch about
   supplying OS-less boxen for a lower price and compile a Linux-friendly
   supplier list on the CLUG wiki?
  
   Hope nobody minds, but...
   == blatant plug time ==
  
   I have a bunch of these boxen, currently:
   Intel Celeron 2.0GHz
   512MB DDR RAM
   40GB HDD
   Broadcom GigE
   CD-ROM Drive
   Floppy Drive (remember those? -- neither do I)
  
   They came with 17 CRTs, too, so those can be had providing it is
   being picked up or the extra shipping is paid (for... uh... across
   town)
  
   These I can supply for ~$200 each, give or take.
  
   == blatant plug time ends ==
  
   Thoughts?
  
  
   Cheers,
  Edwin.
  
  
 
 
  --
  Nick Rout
 


 --
 Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]



Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-20 Thread Steve Holdoway
Well, your empty machines + their library of available distros = linux 
workstations ready for christmas??

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:01:10 +1300
Edwin Flores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 What kinda thing do you have in mind?
 
 
 Edwin
 
 On Nov 20, 2007 4:24 PM, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Maybe there's an opportunity here to extend the services offered by the St. 
  Albans gang??? I know there's a games-centric version of Fedora 8 just come 
  out ( sorry, couldn't get away with downloading *that* one at work (: ), 
  and with Christmas around the corner.
 
  Christopher/Wesley/Edwin + any others who I've unintentionally left out... 
  wocher rekkon??
 
  Steve.
 
  On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +1300 (NZDT)
  Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
   The Computer Broker will sometimes discount their ex lease boxes if you
   don't want the OS, and many of them come in OS and OSless options straight
   off the floor.
  
   Even the ones without an OS seem to have a license sticker, which
   presumably means you can install the licensed OS, although i note the
   opinion of someone on NZLUG who had read the licence who said that after
   the second owner, the license was no longer transferable (ie the third
   owner had to buy another licence). Anyway there is more than one MS
   license and I guess you need to read the actual one that pertains to the
   actual machine.
  
   In buying ex-lease gear I look at the hardware price in the knowledge that
   I don't give a rats thingamy what version of windows i can run on it. If
   the vendor will take a few dollars less without the OS on board, thats
   cool, but I look first and foremost at whether the hardware is worth the
   price.
  
   One time the broker did discount me a box with no OS. The guy was going to
   reformat the hard drive to remove whatever abomination had been installed
   on it, and I said I'm in a bit of a hurry, theres no way I am going to
   run that piece of crap, I promise I'll take it off as soon as I get home
   He grinned and handed me the box (and of course I kept my word, its now
   running mythtv).
  
   Nick
  
  
  
   On Tue, November 20, 2007 3:30 pm, Edwin F wrote:
There was a discussion on the NZLUG recently about the availability of
OS-less ex-lease boxen - apparently, most of them suffer from the MS
tax due to their old licenses being no longer transferrable, or
something to that effect.
   
I thought I would throw it out there that I am in the process of
starting a small ex-lease thing, and I would gladly supply cheap,
OS-less boxen if the demand is there, and perhaps somebody would like
to contact existing ex-lease sellers around Christchurch about
supplying OS-less boxen for a lower price and compile a Linux-friendly
supplier list on the CLUG wiki?
   
Hope nobody minds, but...
== blatant plug time ==
   
I have a bunch of these boxen, currently:
Intel Celeron 2.0GHz
512MB DDR RAM
40GB HDD
Broadcom GigE
CD-ROM Drive
Floppy Drive (remember those? -- neither do I)
   
They came with 17 CRTs, too, so those can be had providing it is
being picked up or the extra shipping is paid (for... uh... across
town)
   
These I can supply for ~$200 each, give or take.
   
== blatant plug time ends ==
   
Thoughts?
   
   
Cheers,
   Edwin.
   
   
  
  
   --
   Nick Rout
  
 
 
  --
  Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 


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Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-20 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On 11/20/07, Wesley Parish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Well, we certainly could use a games-centric version of Fedora 8 at the St
 Albans NN - advertise it right, and word would definitely get around ... !
 ;)

Notice that many of the the files in the PC-BSD sub directory are games. vis:-

linuxisos/PC-BSD:
total 2786320
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk   1946150 Oct  9 19:32 7-Zip4.42-PV1.0.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  20080582 Oct 10 08:19
9395.0.NeverBall1.4.0-PV1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 210069162 Oct 12 11:28 AlienArena20076.03-PV1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  11888321 Oct 13 00:15 Audacity1.2.4-PV3.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  13409156 Oct 13 13:03 Blender2.42-PV1.0.pbi*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  1050 Jul 11  2006 bootloaders.txt*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 302249988 Oct 14 01:51
EnemyTerritory2.60b-PV1.1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  14466392 Oct 14 14:38 Gimp2.4.0rc1-PV3.pbi*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  1924 Jul 11  2006 install.txt*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  23934719 Oct 15 03:25
Java-JRE1.5.0.07.01-PV1.1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  18812061 Oct 15 16:13
Linux-Firefox2.0.0.3-PV1.0.pbi*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  1078 Jul 11  2006 partitioning.txt*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 726460416 Sep 26 01:21 PCBSD-x86-1.4-CD2.iso*
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 726499328 Sep 25 21:22 PCBSD-x86-1.4.iso*
-rw-r--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk   108 Oct 16 01:19 PCBSD-x86-1.4.iso.md5
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  55921469 Oct 10 21:10
Quake31.32bfreebsd-i386-PV1.0.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk   7807892 Oct 11 09:57 Scribus1.2.4.1-PV0.9.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  22149555 Oct 11 22:44 Stellarium0.7.1-PV1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  39605655 Oct 13 00:18 Thunderbird2.0.0.5-PV3.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 474381155 Oct 16 05:02
TrueCombatElite0.49-PV1.0.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk 151024956 Oct 16 17:49 VDrift20061006-PV1.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  15118033 Oct 17 06:36 Wine0.9.42-PV4.pbi*
-r-xr--r--  1 nobody lnxdisk  14417379 Oct 17 19:23 Xine0.99.4-PV1.1.pbi*

-- 
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell


Re: Somewhat OT - OS-less Boxen... maybe less OT?

2007-11-19 Thread Steve Holdoway
Maybe there's an opportunity here to extend the services offered by the St. 
Albans gang??? I know there's a games-centric version of Fedora 8 just come out 
( sorry, couldn't get away with downloading *that* one at work (: ), and with 
Christmas around the corner.

Christopher/Wesley/Edwin + any others who I've unintentionally left out... 
wocher rekkon??

Steve.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +1300 (NZDT)
Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 The Computer Broker will sometimes discount their ex lease boxes if you
 don't want the OS, and many of them come in OS and OSless options straight
 off the floor.
 
 Even the ones without an OS seem to have a license sticker, which
 presumably means you can install the licensed OS, although i note the
 opinion of someone on NZLUG who had read the licence who said that after
 the second owner, the license was no longer transferable (ie the third
 owner had to buy another licence). Anyway there is more than one MS
 license and I guess you need to read the actual one that pertains to the
 actual machine.
 
 In buying ex-lease gear I look at the hardware price in the knowledge that
 I don't give a rats thingamy what version of windows i can run on it. If
 the vendor will take a few dollars less without the OS on board, thats
 cool, but I look first and foremost at whether the hardware is worth the
 price.
 
 One time the broker did discount me a box with no OS. The guy was going to
 reformat the hard drive to remove whatever abomination had been installed
 on it, and I said I'm in a bit of a hurry, theres no way I am going to
 run that piece of crap, I promise I'll take it off as soon as I get home
 He grinned and handed me the box (and of course I kept my word, its now
 running mythtv).
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 On Tue, November 20, 2007 3:30 pm, Edwin F wrote:
  There was a discussion on the NZLUG recently about the availability of
  OS-less ex-lease boxen - apparently, most of them suffer from the MS
  tax due to their old licenses being no longer transferrable, or
  something to that effect.
 
  I thought I would throw it out there that I am in the process of
  starting a small ex-lease thing, and I would gladly supply cheap,
  OS-less boxen if the demand is there, and perhaps somebody would like
  to contact existing ex-lease sellers around Christchurch about
  supplying OS-less boxen for a lower price and compile a Linux-friendly
  supplier list on the CLUG wiki?
 
  Hope nobody minds, but...
  == blatant plug time ==
 
  I have a bunch of these boxen, currently:
  Intel Celeron 2.0GHz
  512MB DDR RAM
  40GB HDD
  Broadcom GigE
  CD-ROM Drive
  Floppy Drive (remember those? -- neither do I)
 
  They came with 17 CRTs, too, so those can be had providing it is
  being picked up or the extra shipping is paid (for... uh... across
  town)
 
  These I can supply for ~$200 each, give or take.
 
  == blatant plug time ends ==
 
  Thoughts?
 
 
  Cheers,
 Edwin.
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Nick Rout
 


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