That is always a good idea. I wish to post more but it is difficult when you do not have anything to ask :-)
How about that FreeBSD 6.0 It ROCKS! way faster than linux. I also have Debian installed with a custom compiled kernel. Debian sucks by the way. I just do not like that. It will be there for a while though. I am too lazy to install Gentoo. Actually, I am affraid that my old Omnibook 6000 may die while compiling. It is about time to have a wolrdwide accesssible binary repository. The capability has always been there. Better, I also have a Windows 98SE installation. I think I am going to switch to Windows for a while. It seems to provide a better felling. I particularly like that cute noice of my floppy drive which I hear for just about anything. Linux does not seem to care if you have a floppy. That is a shame. Floopies are very musical from a windows perspective. take care, and lets do the beer thing. Dustin will you be the designated driver? Dustin Puryear wrote: > I agree. This list gets VERY busy for months on end and then it gets VERY > quiet for months on end. Same old, same old. Doesn't bother me. > > We do need to meet for some beer though. How about later next week? > > --- > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > http://www.puryear-it.com > > Author of "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > Download your free copy: > http://www.puryear-it.com/bestpractices.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Bendily" <brad at selu.edu> > To: <General at brlug.net> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:30 AM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] no lug activity > > > >> > When's the last time anyone met for coffee, beer, whatever in BR? > >> > > >> > Shannon > >> > > >> Bit far for me for a beer or whatever, but you are correct. I just lurk > >> here but there has been a decrease in traffic. Maybe a pre-ocupation > >> with recovery after the hurricane. Maybe some one would like to comment > >> of what's been happening in NO. I was there in Jan last year with my > >> family and enjoyed the time enormously. I have visions of the French > >> Quarter being destroyed, and there isn't any news coverage to confirn or > >> dispell those thoughts. > > > > Just because people are quiet doesn't mean they're leaving the LUG. > > I think katrina did put a load on people and we're just in the daily > > grind getting things done. Also around that same time we were asked to > > keep this list to a more techinical direction rather than idle > > conversation. > > So that will decrease traffic as well. But I think it's nothing odd. > > It's how communities and society works. Sometimes we talk a lot(gather), > > sometimes not very much. > > I don't think that means everyone is out of the LUG. > > We're just quiet. > > > >> A linux-based question - I have a remote server, 500-odd miles away in > >> Sydney, and I want to do some work on it. Running Mandrake V-something. > >> How can I find out what version is installed so I can point urpmi at the > >> appropriate sources? > > > > Can you access the machine via ssh? If so, cat /etc/issue > > that might have the actual mandrake version in the file. If you > > haven't edited the file. > > > > BB > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
