Oh :( In that case, Mark is your place available?
Stu On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 07:10 +0000, Paul Gardner wrote: > Sorry Guys, > > But we are hosting a night game next Tuesday and will not have room for > you this time. > > Paul Gardner > Secretary > PRUFC > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Bird > Sent: 23 March 2007 06:48 > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Re: Peterboro Digest, Vol 159, Issue 1 > > Hi Richard > > Welcome to PLUG. > > There is a meeting next Tuesday (27th) at Peterborough Rugby Club, > 7.30pm. It would be great to meet you if you can make it. > > > > I realised that it is going to be difficult if nigh on impossible to > > fully migrate from windows to linux unless I am prepared to ditch a > > lot of useful software > > > I always thought that until about three or four months ago when I made > the switch to Ubuntu on the desktop and Mandriva on the laptop. I have > never once regretted the move and can honestly say that except for one > application (sage line 50) which I run in a vmware Win XP installation, > there isn't a piece of software that I have not found an alternative > for. In fact I am currently getting my accountant up to speed with > GnuCash with a view to switching from Sage. > > I fully appreciate that the thought of switching to your chosen distro > at an early stage can be a daunting prospect. Linux can be a steep > learning curve but then learning Windows probably was too when you first > got into computing so it's not an insurmountable task. You just need to > be prepared for a little extra work in learning applications new to you > and that are outside the comfort zone of familiarity. The more time you > spend with linux, the more familiar you will be and therefore the more > comfortable you will get when using it. > > In the end I found that just using linux for day to day computing tasks > was the quickest way to get comfortable with it. I would use it until I > came across something that wouldn't/didn't work for me and I would then > research and correct that one issue, moving on again until another small > issue arose and so on. After all, that's how I learnt DOS and Win 3.1 > all those years ago. And it works, I am really happy with the way things > have gone. > > So don't discount a full migration just yet, you might just surprise > yourself :) Use it, enjoy it and deal with each issue as it crops up and > the task just doesn't seem as daunting anymore. > > What software apps are causing you the most concern. Perhaps the group > can suggest some alternatives for you to have a play with. > > Stu > > > > > On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 22:59 +0000, Richard Forth wrote: > > Hi regarding the text colour no, thats as far as I got. Some other > > good news is I managed to get my Fedora laptop on my wireless lan > > using MADWIFI and a Netgear WG11T PCMCIA card, and of course a few > > printouts of howtos from the net, I had to ditch teh Belkin card as I > > was using ndiswrapper but it kept complaining about wanting a firmware > > file.. looked a bit too complicated for a noob like me, I learned from > > a friend that the 108mbps Netgear cards use the Atheros chipset which > > work well with MadWiFi, so far so good...... > > > > Cheers for the welcome, i'd liek to try and get to one of the meetings > > if I can just to meet everyone and find out more about linux! > > > > I realised that it is going to be difficult if nigh on impossible to > > fully migrate from windows to linux unless I am prepared to ditch a > > lot of useful software, But then I guess as I get more competent with > > linux I will find a way (WINE??) to run some of the win32 apps on > > linux. > > > > Thanks again > > > > Richard > > > > On 21/03/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Send Peterboro mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > 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 Peterboro digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. March PLUG Meeting (Ben Hayes) > > 2. Re: March PLUG Meeting (Stuart Bird) > > 3. RE: March PLUG Meeting (Ben Hayes) > > 4. RE: March PLUG Meeting (Stuart Bird) > > 5. Re: March PLUG Meeting (Mark Rogers) > > 6. Re: March PLUG Meeting (Mark Rogers) > > 7. Re: Re: Want to change the colour (permamnantly > > across a > > reboot) in runlevel 3 (Mark Rogers) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:03:10 -0000 > > From: "Ben Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Peterboro] March PLUG Meeting > > To: <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > direct.co.uk> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > As I have not been around much lately (due to work and > > personal > > reasons), I was wondering what is happening in regards to the > > March PLUG > > meeting. Not seen any e-mails about the meeting. Anybody > > have any > > thoughts as to what will be covered and if there will be a > > meeting this > > month? > > > > Ben > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: not available > > Type: application/ms-tnef > > Size: 2628 bytes > > Desc: not available > > Url : > > > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/peterboro/attachments/20070321/27754 > 473/attachment-0001.bin > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:01:48 +0000 > > From: Stuart Bird < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] March PLUG Meeting > > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > Ben > > > > The meeting is scheduled for 7.30pm on Tuesday 27th March at > > the rugby > > club. > > > > I have not seen any suggestions for topics, I know that Ed > > wanted to > > look at Compiz on Ubuntu. > > > > I think that one of the main topics needs to be the distinct > > lack of > > activity within PLUG and on the mailing list in recent times! > > > > There is also the new web site design to finish off from a > > content point > > of view. > > > > Hope to see you on Tuesday. > > > > Stu > > > > On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 09:03 +0000, Ben Hayes wrote: > > > As I have not been around much lately (due to work and > > personal > > > reasons), I was wondering what is happening in regards to > > the March PLUG > > > meeting. Not seen any e-mails about the meeting. Anybody > > have any > > > thoughts as to what will be covered and if there will be a > > meeting this > > > month? > > > > > > Ben > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Peterboro mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:34:07 -0000 > > From: "Ben Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [Peterboro] March PLUG Meeting > > To: "Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts" > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > rect.co.uk > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > Stu > > > > Hopefully, I should be there. The last time that I was at the > > Rugby > > club, I had to leave early (courtesy of the wife)! But > > anyways, I'll > > sort things out this time - I'll just turn off the mobile > > phone! :) > > > > The Ubuntu topic could be discussed. Question is - what > > version of > > Ubuntu is to be used? I've got several versions already > > downloaded. > > I've also have the latest RC of Mepis - which includes Beryl & > > nVIDIA > > drivers (not the gpl version) within the distro itself. > > > > Ben > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Stuart Bird > > Sent: 21 March 2007 10:02 > > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] March PLUG Meeting > > > > Ben > > > > The meeting is scheduled for 7.30pm on Tuesday 27th March at > > the rugby > > club. > > > > I have not seen any suggestions for topics, I know that Ed > > wanted to > > look at Compiz on Ubuntu. > > > > I think that one of the main topics needs to be the distinct > > lack of > > activity within PLUG and on the mailing list in recent times! > > > > There is also the new web site design to finish off from a > > content point > > of view. > > > > Hope to see you on Tuesday. > > > > Stu > > > > On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 09:03 +0000, Ben Hayes wrote: > > > As I have not been around much lately (due to work and > > personal > > > reasons), I was wondering what is happening in regards to > > the March > > > PLUG meeting. Not seen any e-mails about the > > meeting. Anybody have > > > any thoughts as to what will be covered and if there will be > > a meeting > > > > > this month? > > > > > > Ben > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Peterboro mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Peterboro mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:39:01 +0000 > > From: Stuart Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [Peterboro] March PLUG Meeting > > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > I think he's on Dapper (Ed, jump in anytime if I've got this > > wrong) as > > am I on my desktop. It's something I have just not got round > > to at the > > moment so wouldn't mind a look myself if someone knows how to > > set it up. > > > > Stu > > > > On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 10:34 +0000, Ben Hayes wrote: > > > Stu > > > > > > Hopefully, I should be there. The last time that I was at > > the Rugby > > > club, I had to leave early (courtesy of the wife)! But > > anyways, I'll > > > sort things out this time - I'll just turn off the mobile > > phone! :) > > > > > > The Ubuntu topic could be discussed. Question is - what > > version of > > > Ubuntu is to be used? I've got several versions already > > downloaded. > > > I've also have the latest RC of Mepis - which includes Beryl > > & nVIDIA > > > drivers (not the gpl version) within the distro itself. > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Stuart Bird > > > Sent: 21 March 2007 10:02 > > > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > > > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] March PLUG Meeting > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > The meeting is scheduled for 7.30pm on Tuesday 27th March at > > the rugby > > > club. > > > > > > I have not seen any suggestions for topics, I know that Ed > > wanted to > > > look at Compiz on Ubuntu. > > > > > > I think that one of the main topics needs to be the distinct > > lack of > > > activity within PLUG and on the mailing list in recent > > times! > > > > > > There is also the new web site design to finish off from a > > content point > > > of view. > > > > > > Hope to see you on Tuesday. > > > > > > Stu > > > > > > On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 09:03 +0000, Ben Hayes wrote: > > > > As I have not been around much lately (due to work and > > personal > > > > reasons), I was wondering what is happening in regards to > > the March > > > > PLUG meeting. Not seen any e-mails about the > > meeting. Anybody have > > > > any thoughts as to what will be covered and if there will > > be a meeting > > > > > > > this month? > > > > > > > > Ben > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Peterboro mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Peterboro mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Peterboro mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:34:15 +0000 > > From: Mark Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] March PLUG Meeting > > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Ben Hayes wrote: > > > The Ubuntu topic could be discussed. Question is - what > > version of > > > Ubuntu is to be used? > > The latest beta of Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn is nice - I'm running it > > on my > > home desktop. It also integrates Beryl really nicely (it's not > > in the > > default install but it's a 1- or 2-click upgrade). > > > > -- > > Mark Rogers > > More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:36:42 +0000 > > From: Mark Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] March PLUG Meeting > > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > How friendly are we with the rugby club? Do they have > > satellite and TV > > we'd be able to get access to? > > > > I have just got a Linux-based media centre box, which it might > > be fun to > > play with. It has twin satellite decoders on it (ie it plugs > > directly > > into the satellite cable, not into the Sky box). So far I've > > spent very > > little time with it but it might be fun to experiment with it. > > > > -- > > Mark Rogers > > More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:39:34 +0000 > > From: Mark Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Re: Want to change the colour > > (permamnantly > > across a reboot) in runlevel 3 > > To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Richard, > > > Ok well, i am a bit further with this, I found that by > > editting the > > > */etc/DIR_COLORS* file (as root) and setting the *COLOR > > none* > > > attribute. this stops the color from changing back after > > command like > > > *ls*. > > > > Did you get any further with this? > > > > I've just realised that you've come here and introduced > > yourself and had > > no response from anyone, which isn't very friendly at all! > > Unfortunately > > I don't know the answer to your questions otherwise I'd have > > chipped in > > earlier, but I thought someone should at least say hello to > > you! > > > > You are very welcome here, of-course, even if it does go > > silent from > > time to time. > > > > -- > > Mark Rogers > > More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Peterboro mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > End of Peterboro Digest, Vol 159, Issue 1 > > ***************************************** > > > > > > > > -- > > ***** > > Richard Forth > > MCSE, MCSA:Messaging, ACP, Network+, A+ > > > > Black Belt (1st Dan): WTF Taekwondo > > Green Belt (3rd Kyu); BJC Judo > > Orange Belt (6th Kyu); Shukokai Karate > > > > ***** > > _______________________________________________ > > Peterboro mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
