check your logfiles. Apache doesnt start? then it writes stuff in the logfiles.
For default ubuntu, those are stored in /var/log/apache/ for LAMPP they must be elsewhere, but do check them. they contain the key to your solution. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Thursday 06 May 2010 11:43:08 andrew latimer bwogi wrote: > Sorry, let me rephrase. I want to run xampp (apache php mysql ftp, perl > ++ module) on my ubuntu lucid linux box. I prefer this setup for my work > environment. But for some reason, xampp apache doesnt work and yet the > dis it is not installed by default. What might be the problem? > The status command gives the following; > > bw...@bwogi-laptop:~$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp status > > > [sudo] password for bwogi: > > Version: XAMPP for Linux 1.5.5a > > Apache is not running. > > MySQL is not running. > > ProFTPD is not running. > > On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 10:07 +0300, [email protected] wrote: > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Ernest) > > 2. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Sanga Collins) > > 3. Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 4 (andrew latimer bwogi) > > 4. Re: Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 4 (Reinier Battenberg) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 06:42:06 +0400 > > From: Ernest <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]>, Sanga Collins > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <1272940926.3173.12.ca...@nokia-n900-51-1> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > Steve Jobs feels betrayed by Adobe who after cutting their teeth on > > > Apple neglected the Apple platform for a larger PC market. As a > > > result, the Mac versions of the same products came out later, if at > > > all, after released on the PC platform. Adobe was probably thinking > > > the Mac would die anyway, looking at the buggy Mac version of Flash. > > > Now that the Mac presents a significant new large segment of the > > > market, its payback time for their betrayal. > > > > Seriously, what steve cares about is money - not revenge or something of > > the sort. All pointers translate to money for apple: - flash is resource > > hungry, battery hungry: buggy phones mean reduced customer confidence & > > less money - iphone/ipad customers wanting flash based content can buy > > same from app store: more money for apple - eventually, html5 & h264 win > > - no more need to put resources into interoperability with whomever > > dreams up another new cutting edge codec or blah - even more money saved > > for apple (and everyone else). - am sure there are many more.. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 22:57:25 -0400 > > From: Sanga Collins <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > Cc: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" > > > > Here's another interesting point looking at the way mp3 ended up > > becoming the defacto audio format on windows just as m$ was taking > > over the pc game. > > > > Ed Bott: > > Microsoft began using the MP3 format in Windows Media Player in 1998. > > Alcatel-Lucent filed its lawsuit in 2000. The FSF says “they > > would have been safe” if they had chosen Ogg Vorbis. That > > overlooks the inconvenient fact that the first stable version of the > > Ogg Vorbis reference software (version 1.0) was notreleased until July > > 2002. It’s hard to imagine how Microsoft could have chosen the > > “safe” open-source option when it didn’t exist yet. > > > > ★ > > > > > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=2086 > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On May 3, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Ernest <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Steve Jobs feels betrayed by Adobe who after cutting their teeth on > > >> Apple neglected the Apple platform for a larger PC market. As a > > >> result, the Mac versions of the same products came out later, if at > > >> all, after released on the PC platform. Adobe was probably thinking > > >> the Mac would die anyway, looking at the buggy Mac version of Flash. > > >> Now that the Mac presents a significant new large segment of the > > >> market, its payback time for their betrayal. > > > > > > Seriously, what steve cares about is money - not revenge or > > > something of the sort. All pointers translate to money for apple: > > > - flash is resource hungry, battery hungry: buggy phones mean > > > reduced customer confidence & less money > > > - iphone/ipad customers wanting flash based content can buy same > > > from app store: more money for apple > > > - eventually, html5 & h264 win - no more need to put resources into > > > interoperability with whomever dreams up another new cutting edge > > > codec or blah - even more money saved for apple (and everyone else). > > > - am sure there are many more.. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20100503/06319de9/attachme > >nt.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 09:04:38 +0300 > > From: andrew latimer bwogi <[email protected]> > > Subject: [LUG] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 4 > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <1272953078.1806.10.ca...@bwogi-laptop> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Help guys, > > Anyone knows why one cannot run apache on newer versions of linux > > inspite of not installing it by default? > > > > > > bw...@bwogi-laptop:~$ > > > > So as you can see above, apache is not running! I had no problems say, > > with openSuse 10.3 but openSuse 11.1 and the enterprise versions, ubuntu > > 10.04 lucid linux inclusive are giving me this problem! > > > > i'll be most grateful. > > > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 08:47 +0300, [email protected] wrote: > > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > [email protected] > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (joachim Gwoke) > > > 2. Re: Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (Gipukan) > > > 3. Re: Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (Victor van Reijswoud) > > > 4. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Christopher Nambale) > > > 5. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Paul Bagyenda) > > > 6. Re: Ubuntu Release Party (Chris R. Kasangaki) > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 07:35:38 -0700 (PDT) > > > From: joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > > To: [email protected] > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > > > I don't know much about architecture, > > > but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, Inkscape > > > Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what AutoCAD does when > > > they decide to go the way of *nix. > > > > > > http://www.blender.org/ > > > http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > > http://www.inkscape.org/ > > > http://www.graphviz.org/ > > > http://www.gimp.org/ > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > Joachim > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > > > From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Message-ID: > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > > Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > > > dedicated people. > > > > > > > > I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > > > evening. It took > > > > approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > > > > > Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > > > the same > > > > computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > > > which also takes > > > > quite some time). > > > > > > > > Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > > > alternative to AutoCad > > > > for Ubuntu? > > > > (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > > > his stuff with > > > > Open Source) > > > > > > > > Steen > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 17:48:47 +0300 > > > From: Gipukan <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > You can also try to run autocad under wine or a windows in virtual box. > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > On 05/02/2010 05:35 PM, joachim Gwoke wrote: > > > > I don't know much about architecture, > > > > but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, > > > > Inkscape Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what AutoCAD > > > > does when they decide to go the way of *nix. > > > > > > > > http://www.blender.org/ > > > > http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > > > http://www.inkscape.org/ > > > > http://www.graphviz.org/ > > > > http://www.gimp.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Joachim > > > > > > > >> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > > >> From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > > >> Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > >> To: [email protected] > > > >> Message-ID: > > > >> <[email protected]> > > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >> > > > >> Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > >> Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > > >> dedicated people. > > > >> > > > >> I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > > >> evening. It took > > > >> approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > >> > > > >> Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > > >> the same > > > >> computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > > >> which also takes > > > >> quite some time). > > > >> > > > >> Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > > >> alternative to AutoCad > > > >> for Ubuntu? > > > >> (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > > >> his stuff with > > > >> Open Source) > > > >> > > > >> Steen > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > > > for them in any way. --------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 3 > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 19:35:21 +0300 > > > From: Victor van Reijswoud <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > > > > > Take look at: > > > > > > http://www.osalt.com/autocad > > > > > > On May 2, 2010, at 17:48, Gipukan wrote: > > > > You can also try to run autocad under wine or a windows in virtual > > > > box. > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > On 05/02/2010 05:35 PM, joachim Gwoke wrote: > > > >> I don't know much about architecture, > > > >> but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, > > > >> Inkscape Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what > > > >> AutoCAD does when they decide to go the way of *nix. > > > >> > > > >> http://www.blender.org/ > > > >> http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > > >> http://www.inkscape.org/ > > > >> http://www.graphviz.org/ > > > >> http://www.gimp.org/ > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Regards > > > >> Joachim > > > >> > > > >>> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > > >>> From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > > >>> Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > >>> To: [email protected] > > > >>> Message-ID: > > > >>> <[email protected]> > > > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >>> > > > >>> Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > >>> Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > > >>> dedicated people. > > > >>> > > > >>> I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > > >>> evening. It took > > > >>> approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > >>> > > > >>> Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > > >>> the same > > > >>> computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > > >>> which also takes > > > >>> quite some time). > > > >>> > > > >>> Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > > >>> alternative to AutoCad > > > >>> for Ubuntu? > > > >>> (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > > >>> his stuff with > > > >>> Open Source) > > > >>> > > > >>> Steen > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> LUG mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > >> > > > >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > >> > > > >> All Archives can be found at > > > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > >> > > > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > >> (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > > >> for them in any way. > > > >> --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > > > for them in any way. > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 4 > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 10:02:20 -0700 (PDT) > > > From: Christopher Nambale <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > And FSF's 'non of the above' > > > recommendation.http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettl > > >e-a-response-to-steve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars CN > > > > > > --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 1:27 AM > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093314.stm > > > > > > > And FSF's 'non of the above' recommendation. > > > > http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettle-a-response- > > > >to-steve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars > > > > > > > > CN > > > > > > > > --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 1:27 AM > > > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093314.stm > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > URL: > > > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20100503/87e93fca/attach > > >ment.html > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 6 > > > Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 08:52:41 +0300 > > > From: "Chris R. Kasangaki" <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > > > Hi Steen > > > > > > Tell your friend to try QCAD. > > > I have installed it in Debian Lenny. It should work well in Ubuntu. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 09:47 +0300, Steen Andersen wrote: > > > > Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > > Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many dedicated > > > > people. > > > > > > > > I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same evening. It took > > > > approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > > > > > Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on the same > > > > computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, which also > > > > takes quite some time). > > > > > > > > Does anybody know if there is a serious open source alternative to > > > > AutoCad for Ubuntu? > > > > (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all his stuff > > > > with Open Source) > > > > > > > > Steen > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > > > for them in any way. --------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 10:07:24 +0300 > > From: Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 4 > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi, > > > > No need for stuff in your /opt folder, unless there are no packages for > > your app. > > > > Here is what we install by default on our development machines that run > > Kubuntu: > > > > sudo apt-get install wget traceroute mtr locate virtualbox-ose-qt > > inkscape kaffeine icedtea6-plugin fuse-utils flashplugin-installer > > openssh-server quassel smb4k virtualbox-ose apache2 mysql-server php5 > > php5-cli php5-mysql phpmyadmin klinkstatus kcolorchooser gimp kruler > > ttf-mscorefonts-installer sshfs php5-dev php-pear apache2-threaded-dev > > > > This will turn your machine into a LAMPP server: > > > > sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-cli php5-mysql > > phpmyadmin php5-dev php-pear apache2-threaded-dev > > > > Because Drupal (our CMS of choice) is such a hog, we speed up php a bit: > > > > sudo pecl install apc > > echo "extension=apc.so" > sudo /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/apc.ini > > > > No need for more complexity. And if you cache this in your office, or at > > least use our cache in town, you should be installing this pretty fast. > > > > > Help guys, > > > Anyone knows why one cannot run apache on newer versions of linux > > > inspite of not installing it by default? > > > > > > bw...@bwogi-laptop:~$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp status > > > [sudo] password for bwogi: > > > Version: XAMPP for Linux 1.5.5a > > > Apache is not running. > > > MySQL is not running. > > > ProFTPD is not running. > > > bw...@bwogi-laptop:~$ > > > > > > So as you can see above, apache is not running! I had no problems say, > > > with openSuse 10.3 but openSuse 11.1 and the enterprise versions, > > > ubuntu 10.04 lucid linux inclusive are giving me this problem! > > > > > > i'll be most grateful. > > > > > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 08:47 +0300, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > > > 1. Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (joachim Gwoke) > > > > 2. Re: Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (Gipukan) > > > > 3. Re: Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (Victor van Reijswoud) > > > > 4. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Christopher Nambale) > > > > 5. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Paul Bagyenda) > > > > 6. Re: Ubuntu Release Party (Chris R. Kasangaki) > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >- > > > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 07:35:38 -0700 (PDT) > > > > From: joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > > > > > I don't know much about architecture, > > > > but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, > > > > Inkscape Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what AutoCAD > > > > does when they decide to go the way of *nix. > > > > > > > > http://www.blender.org/ > > > > http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > > > http://www.inkscape.org/ > > > > http://www.graphviz.org/ > > > > http://www.gimp.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Joachim > > > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > > > > From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > > > > Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Message-ID: > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > > > Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > > > Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > > > > dedicated people. > > > > > > > > > > I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > > > > evening. It took > > > > > approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > > > > > > > Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > > > > the same > > > > > computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > > > > which also takes > > > > > quite some time). > > > > > > > > > > Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > > > > alternative to AutoCad > > > > > for Ubuntu? > > > > > (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > > > > his stuff with > > > > > Open Source) > > > > > > > > > > Steen > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > > Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 17:48:47 +0300 > > > > From: Gipukan <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > You can also try to run autocad under wine or a windows in virtual > > > > box. > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > On 05/02/2010 05:35 PM, joachim Gwoke wrote: > > > > > I don't know much about architecture, > > > > > but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, > > > > > Inkscape Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what AutoCAD > > > > > does when they decide to go the way of *nix. > > > > > > > > > > http://www.blender.org/ > > > > > http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > > > > http://www.inkscape.org/ > > > > > http://www.graphviz.org/ > > > > > http://www.gimp.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > Joachim > > > > > > > > > >> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > > > >> From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > > > >> Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > > >> To: [email protected] > > > > >> Message-ID: > > > > >> > > > > >> <[email protected]> > > > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > >> > > > > >> Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > > >> Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > > > >> dedicated people. > > > > >> > > > > >> I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > > > >> evening. It took > > > > >> approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > >> > > > > >> Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > > > >> the same > > > > >> computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > > > >> which also takes > > > > >> quite some time). > > > > >> > > > > >> Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > > > >> alternative to AutoCad > > > > >> for Ubuntu? > > > > >> (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > > > >> his stuff with > > > > >> Open Source) > > > > >> > > > > >> Steen > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > > > > for them in any way. --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Message: 3 > > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 19:35:21 +0300 > > > > From: Victor van Reijswoud <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > > > > > > > Take look at: > > > > > > > > http://www.osalt.com/autocad > > > > > > > > On May 2, 2010, at 17:48, Gipukan wrote: > > > > > You can also try to run autocad under wine or a windows in virtual > > > > > box. > > > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > On 05/02/2010 05:35 PM, joachim Gwoke wrote: > > > > >> I don't know much about architecture, > > > > >> but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, > > > > >> Inkscape Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what > > > > >> AutoCAD does when they decide to go the way of *nix. > > > > >> > > > > >> http://www.blender.org/ > > > > >> http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > > > >> http://www.inkscape.org/ > > > > >> http://www.graphviz.org/ > > > > >> http://www.gimp.org/ > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Regards > > > > >> Joachim > > > > >> > > > > >>> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > > > >>> From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > > > >>> Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > > >>> To: [email protected] > > > > >>> Message-ID: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> <[email protected]> > > > > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > > >>> Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > > > >>> dedicated people. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > > > >>> evening. It took > > > > >>> approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > > > >>> the same > > > > >>> computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > > > >>> which also takes > > > > >>> quite some time). > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > > > >>> alternative to AutoCad > > > > >>> for Ubuntu? > > > > >>> (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > > > >>> his stuff with > > > > >>> Open Source) > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Steen > > > > >> > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > >> LUG mailing list > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > >> > > > > >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > >> > > > > >> All Archives can be found at > > > > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > >> > > > > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > >> (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > > > >> for them in any way. > > > > >> --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > > > > for them in any way. > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Message: 4 > > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 10:02:20 -0700 (PDT) > > > > From: Christopher Nambale <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > > > And FSF's 'non of the above' > > > > recommendation.http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-ket > > > >tle- a-response-to-steve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars CN > > > > > > > > --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 1:27 AM > > > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093314.stm > > > > > > > > > And FSF's 'non of the above' recommendation. > > > > > http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettle-a-respons > > > > >e-to -steve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars > > > > > > > > > > CN > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]> > > > > > Subject: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > > > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 1:27 AM > > > > > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093314.stm > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > > URL: > > > > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20100503/87e93fca/atta > > > >chme nt.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Message: 6 > > > > Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 08:52:41 +0300 > > > > From: "Chris R. Kasangaki" <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > > > > > Hi Steen > > > > > > > > Tell your friend to try QCAD. > > > > I have installed it in Debian Lenny. It should work well in Ubuntu. > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 09:47 +0300, Steen Andersen wrote: > > > > > Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > > > Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many dedicated > > > > > people. > > > > > > > > > > I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same evening. It > > > > > took approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > > > > > > > Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on the same > > > > > computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, which also > > > > > takes quite some time). > > > > > > > > > > Does anybody know if there is a serious open source alternative to > > > > > AutoCad for Ubuntu? > > > > > (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all his stuff > > > > > with Open Source) > > > > > > > > > > Steen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > > (including attachments if any). 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