On 6 October 2010 20:08, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, I've been using linux I think for maybe thirteen years or so - started > with RedHat 2 if I remember. Install was miserable having to use rawwrite > and numerous other floppies. Ubuntu just goes in smoothly though. I always > run into problems w/ the wireless driver so usually attach lan before I > start and download it and it works.
I think I started with RedHat 7. Lots of stuff didn't quite work and I thought the logo was irritatingly naff. I didn't enjoy it. I settled on Debian because at that time until quite recently I did not have an internet connection and Debian came on more CD's than any other distro. I loved the fact that on the CD's were things like the "Anarchy FAQ" (does Ubuntu provide that?). For the laptop I also attached it via an ethernet cable and used a minimal 'network-install' Debian CD. The CD contains just enough software to start the install and then downloads everything else from the 'net. > I've never set up a server. I couldn't afford an account or the electric. > But I still use a console most of the time. I just installed the nfs-kernel-server and openssh debian packages onto my everyday use desktop. It doesn't mean it must be kept running all the time and I don't want it to be accessible to anyone outside of the 'LAN' (ie whatever computer I/my parter connects to the router provided by British Telecom). I've setup the NFS server software to allow the laptop read-only access to two directories (music + photos) and read-write access to a third for backup purposes. It was not difficult, just a matter of putting together a few settings from tutorials I found on the 'net. I setup the SSH server software to allow the laptop some access to my desktop. Again, I found the settings from tutorials on the net (an important suggested search term: ssh security settings). SSH is quite fun: with my desktop turned on and plugged into my stereo I can ssh into it from the laptop and play music, can use the 'wall' command and send a message to myself, and can shut my desktop down from the laptop (there's a script to prevent this but I've not installed it yet) but can be a lot lot lot more fun if you know what you're doing (which I don't). I need to figure out how to handle the dynamic IP addresses assigned by DHCP, that is how to use the actual names of the computers rather than the IP addresses (which change). > I just found tin still working and my old newsgroups after 10 years, still > stumbling along. But they're down from 14000+ to 9000+ and I don't know > how many are active. > > Always loved tin for the simplicity of the arrow-key commands, holdovers > probably from things like menu-drive gopher. What's tin? > Ah well, that dates me, back to the new-fangled telgraph and it sounds > terrible you've lost your job - I wish I could do something for you. > I hated my job anyway. The work there is always slow this time of year and I and others who were also let go, were on temporary contracts. The work should pick up February/March and they claimed we'd be the first ones they call when it does, which I'm hoping will be the case as I'm rubbish at finding work. I enjoy the freedom of not working too (which is why I always try to save some money when I am working). Cheers, James. > love Alan > > On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, James Morris wrote: > >> nn n >> n n n >> n nn >> n networking is something I've never taken much interest in. >> in 2011 i will be able to say i've been using linux for ten years >> >> y y >> y y >> y >> y >> yesterday i got out of bed at midnight after not being in bed for >> very long and not sleeping. >> >> iii >> i >> i >> i >> iii lost my job, was made redundant, but i was on a temporary >> contract. i can stay up all night now if i like, and stay up all >> day too. >> >> n n >> nn n >> n nn >> n nfs i used to backup files from the laptop to the desktop. i >> got bored and transferred some to a memory stick and did it that >> way while i waited. >> >> ttttt >> t >> t >> t >> then i setup an ssh server on the desktop and turned the desktop >> off by typing a command into the laptop. >> >> m m >> mm mm >> m m m >> m my girlfriend was very excited when i told her that i turned >> 'emily' off by typing a command into her laptop. >> >> y y >> y y >> y >> y >> yesterday i downloaded several linux distributions. systemrescuecd, >> clonezilla, debian, grml. systemrescuecd turned out to be the one >> i used most yesterday. >> >> dd >> d d >> d d >> d d >> dddefragging vista ntfs partitions can be confusing when you're doing >> it to shrink them so you have more room for linux. >> >> w w >> w w w >> w w w w >> w windows was a pain, but because it was a pain, i went to great >> pains to protect myself against the worst pain of completely breaking >> it and not having an install cd to re-install it. >> >> l >> l >> l >> llllinux on the other hand, i use everyday not just once in a blue moon >> and so i was more complacent in my handling of the partitions and decided >> to copy the root partition to a new partition so that i could make the >> home partition larger. >> >> cc >> c c >> c >> c c >> ccopying the root partition (ie all the system files) using the 'cp' >> command is a very bad idea. don't every be tricked into doing it. >> >> iii >> i >> i >> i >> iiits a very bad idea once you realize that you must now re-install >> linux and then realize that re-installing linux means working out again >> how to get the broadcom bc43xx wireless networking driver working. i spent >> several hours trying but failed and then went to bed. >> >> >> -- >> _ >> : http://jwm-art.net/ >> -audio/image/text/code >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > > > == > email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > webpage http://www.alansondheim.org > music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > == > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- _ : http://jwm-art.net/ -audio/image/text/code _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
