Haha. I laughed at the floppy comment. :-) Me, a designated driver!?
--- 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: "Alvaro Zuniga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <General at brlug.net> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] no lug activity > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
