Re: [CentOS-docs] Removal of CentOS Errata from Newsletter 1004

2010-06-07 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Timothy Lee timothy.ty@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering why the Errata section was removed?  Its content is up-to-date, and does serve to inform readers that there have been no critical updates since the last newsletter was issued. Of course, the final

[CentOS-docs] Newsletter release nearly ready

2010-05-01 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey So the Newsletter is finally pretty much finished. Could everybody please just read through it again and make some adjustments. Further how are the translations getting on? Unfortunately I either speak Chinese or Spanish so could I get a heads up on status? Further I am looking into a

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter release nearly ready

2010-05-01 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On 01/05/2010 21:47, Eduardo Grosclaude wrote: 1. Being a serious nitpicker, I'd suggest to refrain from using coordinates-dependent expressions such as 'released last autumn'. Didi, remember you've gone international now! :D True. I will be careful :) 2. Desperately need some help as

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter status

2010-04-28 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 28/04/2010 14:54, Marcus Moeller wrote: Just go ahead. Maybe I am going to re-work the RHEL 6 beta article a bit, but got no response from Didi, yet. DO IT NOW :) -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de ___ CentOS-docs mailing list

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter status

2010-04-28 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 28/04/2010 15:36, Karanbir Singh wrote: I've heard about, in the past, web based software that helps people get articles together and then go through a process to be published. Are we at a stage where investigating something of this nature might be beneficial ? I don't know? I am finding

[CentOS-docs] Newsletter status

2010-04-27 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey So the final touches should be applied to the Newsletter soon. How are people progressing? Can we get rid of the python install thing? (Timo) Cheers Didi -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de ___ CentOS-docs mailing list

Re: [CentOS] Cloud on CentOS

2010-04-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 13/04/2010 05:29, CList wrote: Hi, Is there any tutorial/implementation cloud on CentOS? Or anyone with experience like to share? Can you be a little more specific. Do you want the Virtualisation, the Management, the Storage, the Processing. Basically what do you want to do with the

[CentOS] Next Newsletter release

2010-04-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey Due to that the last release was a last minute thing again I want to announce that no more information will be added to the Newsletter after the 25th. of April. So could everyone who wants to contribute please send me the stuff till then. This then should give us a week to proof read

Re: [CentOS] Amazon S3FS Automounter of sorts

2010-04-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 12/04/2010 17:44, Matt Keating wrote: I found it works well with FTPing into the server and uploading to the mounted bucket. Reason its like this is that there are lots of different people who upload throughout our company. It was much easier giving out the FTP details, which were totally

Re: [CentOS] Next Newsletter release

2010-04-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 13/04/2010 13:00, Timothy Murphy wrote: Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: Due to that the last release was a last minute thing again I want to announce that no more information will be added to the Newsletter after the 25th. of April. Er, what newsletter is this ...? 1003, the one

Re: [CentOS] Next Newsletter release

2010-04-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 13/04/2010 14:37, Timothy Murphy wrote: I was under the impression that Tim was asking if this was a Linux newsletter, or CentOS, or StarWars, the newsletter, or? Quite. Have I missed 1002 other newsletters? [Hint: an URL would be useful.] Oh, I am sorry. I am talking about the

Re: [CentOS] OT: Dropbox - Fedora Core 9 RPM will work on CentOS 5.4?

2010-04-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailingli...@gmail.com wrote: Dropbox has an RPM for Fedora Core 9 (x86). I am running CentOS 5.4 on my Desktop, which I believe is based on Fedora Core 6.  Are the libraries Fedora Core 9 uses substantially different than those CentOS 5.4

Re: [CentOS] Amazon S3FS Automounter of sorts

2010-04-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Matt Keating matt_keat...@dennis.co.uk wrote: I’ve just started using Amazon S3 for storage and have used s3fs to mount the buckets on the file system. What type of storage are you using it for. Web-app, Map/Reduce stuff, File-backup, etc ... I was

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter 1002, Spanish version

2010-04-08 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey Eduardo On 03/04/2010 01:40, Eduardo Grosclaude wrote: Hello, I have just finished my Spanish translation of the last Newsletter. As I have no edit rights to the proper zone, I have written it into my own personal page http://wiki.centos.org/EduardoGrosclaude. Please some elder member of

[CentOS] Need Desktop Shots for the Newsletter

2010-04-08 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey As some of you might know the new Newsletter [1] has a section Desktop-Shots. Now I need YOU to send me your desktops so I can put them online. Please obfuscate personal details. Looking forward to seeing your funky workplaces. Cheers Didi [1] http://wiki.centos.org/Newsletter/1002 --

Re: [CentOS] CentOS press kit

2010-04-08 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 08/04/2010 21:40, Les Mikesell wrote: But how can you describe it without mentioning the Large North American Linux vendor that mostly makes it what it is? That is a problem I often encounter. For the Newsletter I asked someone working for the vendor if it would be Ok [1]. Nothing official

Re: [CentOS] CentOS press kit

2010-04-08 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 08/04/2010 22:54, Brian Mathis wrote: The correct people to ask (or at least research) are the Press. It's not a matter of what the CentOS project wants, it's a matter of what the Press would want, and then it's up to the CentOS project to answer/provide the content they feel represents

[CentOS] CentOS press kit

2010-04-06 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey Looking at the Fedora ML there is some commotion about a Press Kit [1] they are constructing. I am thinking about doing something like this for CentOS. Now comes my question, what do people think should belong in such a kit. Do you think this is needed? Cheers for your help, Didi [1]

[CentOS] New Newsletter release public

2010-04-01 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey As you all might know the new Newsletter is now online [1]. I just want to thank all the people that have helped and contributed again. This is what makes the C in CentOS :) Cheers Didi [1] http://wiki.centos.org/Newsletter/Latest -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de

[CentOS] Newsletter release

2010-03-31 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey Could everyone please proofread and add last changes to the Newsletter[1]. Cheers Didi [1] http://wiki.centos.org/Newsletter/1002 -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Newsletter release

2010-03-31 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 01/04/2010 03:41, David Goldsmith wrote: Went to [1] - got this: * Newsletter * 1002 You are not allowed to view this page. Link to prior post works - http://wiki.centos.org/Newsletter/1001 Yes, I am sorry. This is just for the editors I sent it to the wrong list. That

Re: [CentOS-docs] Permissions on my user page

2010-03-30 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Timo Schoeler timo.schoe...@riscworks.net wrote: I'd like to edit my personal page (would be nice to link images from here to the interview); could you please grant me the appropriate permissions? His wiki name is : TimoSchoeler :) Cheers Didi -- Hoffmann

Re: [CentOS] Publishing a webcam on a web page?

2010-03-23 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 23/03/2010 15:25, Stephen Harris wrote: But what I'd like to be able to do is have the image appear on a web page (maybe streaming video or maybe multi-part image using old-fashioned server-push web technology from 1995 :-)). I have used VLC for this (just for fun). This [1] might help.

Re: [CentOS] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 13/03/2010 14:40, Karanbir Singh wrote: You should sync up with Bill Scheel, he did all the heavy lifting last year and would probably have some interesting feedback. Bill do you want to do it again this year? Or, if not who wants to do it? Cheers Didi -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger

[CentOS] Google Summer of Code

2010-03-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey Maybe CentOS can try this year again? Who wants to be a mentor? http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-summer-of-code-applications-now.html Cheers Didi -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] Solutions Linux : Paris, March 16th - 18th

2010-03-08 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net wrote: Will CentOS be present at the Solutions Linux fair in Paris ? Not that I am aware of. [1] Maybe someone would want to go next year? Cheers Didi [1] http://wiki.centos.org/Events -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger

Re: [CentOS] Looking for Newsletter Stuff

2010-03-05 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 05/03/2010 17:07, Garry.Dale wrote: How about more interviews with the CentOS Development Team, perhaps Karanbir Singh next? We've seen some interesting interviews with members Ralph Angenendt [1], Russ Herrold [2], Tru Huynh [3], and Tim Verhoeven [4], and I'm interested in seeing some

Re: [CentOS] Looking for Newsletter Stuff

2010-03-05 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 05/03/2010 17:18, Ian Forde wrote: Nice! Might want to install Synergy on those boxes though and get rid of those extra keyboards! The problem is, not all computers are all on all the time. I have synergy but I still need the keyboards so that when the main computer is off I can still

Re: [CentOS] New Posters

2010-03-04 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 03/03/2010 16:31, Kai Schaetzl wrote: Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:07:15 +: [1] http://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Style/Promo/Posters Do you mean that as a template with the community text as an example? (and the ability to use much bigger text there?) I would

[CentOS] Looking for Newsletter Stuff

2010-03-04 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey I want to start the next Newsletter early so it can be a little more relaxed. The next release will be the 1. April. I really need someone to *interview*, just drop me a mail and I will send you a few questions. This can be anyone from the community that has some sort of CentOS install.

[CentOS] New Posters

2010-03-03 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey I am currently in the process of getting new posters printed. Now we need to agree on a design. I am looking at [1] if people want to design something please upload and then we can decide. Cheers Didi [1] http://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Style/Promo/Posters -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger

Re: [CentOS-docs] Add pool.ntp.org to TipsAndTricks/Server_Time

2010-03-01 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 02/03/2010 02:12, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: Centos ships with server 0.centos.pool.ntp.org server 1.centos.pool.ntp.org server 2.centos.pool.ntp.org I just want to add something that people know they can choose something different. Maybe we can just change the script to be

[CentOS] Someone fix link on vault.centos.org please

2010-02-27 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey The link in the readme.txt [1] doesn't lead to anywhere? Not really that it matters but just noticed it :) Cheers Didi [1] http://vault.centos.org/readme.txt -- Hoffmann Geerd-Dietger http://contact.ribalba.de ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] Email Problem

2010-02-26 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 26/02/2010 15:32, Brian Mathis wrote: Welcome to the second decade of the 21st century. We may not have flying cars or found the monolith on the moon yet, but at least we can have proportional fonts with word wrap and basic formatting like bold and italics. If your mail reader can't

Re: [CentOS] [OT?] recommendation for simple wiki S/W to run on centos 5.4?

2010-02-24 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On 24/02/2010 12:06, Robert P. J. Day wrote: any testimonials for some simple wiki software to run on centos 5.4 on an intranet? all i'm after is something uncomplicated that (ideally) yum installs, and that others can start using to start sharing useful info, nothing more. thoughts? I

Re: [CentOS-docs] wiki contribution

2010-01-15 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Jerry Amundson jamun...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Ned Slider n...@unixmail.co.uk wrote: hey -- I did 'highlight' the hard term, after all ;) Axes -- pl. of axis -- a collection of vectors of classification. Axes -- pl. of axe

[CentOS] Trip to FOSDEM from London

2010-01-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hello We are organizing a trip to Brussels for Fosdem in February starting from London. FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Development European Meeting) is a European event centered around Free and Open Source software development. It is aimed at developers and all interested in the Free and Open

Re: [CentOS] Trip to FOSDEM from London

2010-01-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: On 12/01/10 21:36, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: We will be leaving London on Friday (5. Feb) evening and returning on Sunday (7. Feb). One of our goals is it to keep the total cost for the weekend under 200 Pounds

Re: [CentOS] Laptop for CentOS-5

2010-01-07 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:37 PM, James B. Byrne byrn...@harte-lyne.ca wrote: WANT: Robust construction Reliable quality Reasonable weight ( 2.5 kg all in) Supported sound and video reproduction of reasonable quality 15-17 lcd screen Out-of-the-box support for wireless networking

Re: [CentOS] Deleting contents of /tmp on shutdown

2009-12-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Thomas Dukes tdu...@sc.rr.com wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Keith Keller Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 4:50 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Deleting

Re: [CentOS] Deleting contents of /tmp on shutdown

2009-12-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Thomas Dukes tdu...@sc.rr.com wrote: Today, I found upd.pl in my tmp directory.  The date was oct 09.  I also found my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow had been changed with a user of 0Profile added.  I deleted the old files and restored those from backup.  I

Re: [CentOS-docs] ACL for wiki page

2009-12-09 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:16 PM, R P Herrold herr...@centos.org wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: Who wants a beer? Could someone please set the ACL for [1] #acl AdminGroup,NewsletterGroup:admin,read,write,revert,delete All:read [1] http://wiki.centos.org/Promo

[CentOS] Non official shop

2009-12-04 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey I just discovered that one of the Promo pages [1] points to a spread shirt shop [2]. Maybe this link should be removed as I don't think Lance is still involved? Or can we take it over somehow? Cheers Didi [1] http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Promo/TODO [2]

Re: [CentOS] Non official shop

2009-12-04 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: On 04/12/09 19:08, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: I just discovered that one of the Promo pages [1] points to a spread shirt shop [2]. Maybe this link should be removed as I don't think Lance is still involved? Or can

Re: [CentOS] Non official shop

2009-12-04 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Frank Cox thea...@sasktel.net wrote: On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 19:08 +, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: Maybe this link should be removed as I don't think Lance is still involved? Or can we take it over somehow? That raises an interesting question

Re: [CentOS] CentOS/RHEL's build of firefox hardwired to evolution -- how to change this

2009-12-04 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Robert Heller hel...@deepsoft.com wrote: For some awful reason (can someone explain why?), the RHEL/CentOS build of firefox is hardwired to use evolution as its mailto client.  With FF 2.mumble this was fixable with an about:config setting.  With

Re: [CentOS-docs] wiki contribution

2009-11-30 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
If that is what makes this special (meaning installs alongside things from CentOS), then a longer document about the repo would be needed, as to what can happen - or won't - when you have 2 pythons on the machine, etc. I think there was a film around that topic called SOAP [1] I recall that

Re: [CentOS] Best way to secure apache web root

2009-11-29 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Stephen Nelson-Smith step...@atalanta-systems.com wrote: I have a site running drupal.  The apache user therefore needs to be able to write certain files (CSS files for example). I also have a directory under my web root which is a SAN mount, to which

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 and DRPM

2009-11-29 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Janez Kosmrlj postnali...@googlemail.com wrote: OK I figgured out the client part. But unfortunately this was the easy part. I still can't figure out, what i'm doing wrong on the server. I tried installing deltarpm package from epel and the newest createrepo

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net wrote: Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Open in google docs and let them do the conversion work. Then download as what file format you want. Seems to work for my use cases. Cheers Didi

Re: [CentOS] CERN using RHEL/CentOS?

2009-11-24 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Brent L. Bates blba...@vigyan.com wrote:     I was under the impression that CERN uses Scientific Linux, with some local additions, not CentOS.  SL is another RedHat rebuild. For their main cluster [1] they use SLC witch is a version of SL, so another

[CentOS] Logo origin

2009-11-23 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hello I was just asked what the logo means and I had to admit that I really had no idea, as it was chosen way before my time. Can someone please enlighten me about the logo. I have tried google but nothing really came up :) Some pointers would be very helpful. Cheers Didi -- My www page:

Re: [CentOS] bash variable expansion moment

2009-11-15 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:23 PM, ken geb...@mousecar.com wrote: Joshua, Thanks for the reply.  But while what you offer would indeed work, but it's not what I was looking for. I simplified my example for clarity, was looking to put other text and variables in Line(), this in order to

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Does anyone know if the program stunbdc, which prints one's IP address, is available in CentOS-5? It comes with the libnice package in Fedora-11. -- [...@rose ~]$ stunbdc -4

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: But it seams like I can build the fedora spec file on my system, with some minor patching. And the stunbdc program seams to work $ stunbdc Server address: 127.0.0.1 port 3478 STUN

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
guys, please, PLEASE...  Edit the quoted parts of these sorts of posts.    There really is no excuse for iincluding multiple previous messages, complete with sigs and mail list footers, in a simple 'thank you' kind of posting... Sorry I was answering from my phone and it is a pain to select

Re: [CentOS] CentOS lists now searchable via MarkMail.org

2009-11-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Monte Milanuk memila...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Just thought I'd drop a note here... a short while ago I was searching for some info on CentOS, and having been exposed to markmail.org via the R-project www.r-project.org www.r-project.orgI went to markmail

Re: [CentOS] yum-changelog dependencies...

2009-11-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: On 11/13/2009 04:51 PM, John Doe wrote: Hi, I wanted to try yum-changelog, so I yum installed it. It installed without complaining. But, when I try to use it, it complains about a missing module: Dateutil module not

Re: [CentOS] yum-changelog dependencies...

2009-11-13 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann riba...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: On 11/13/2009 04:51 PM, John Doe wrote: Hi, I wanted to try yum-changelog, so I yum installed it. It installed without complaining

Re: [CentOS] anyone tried firefox 3.5 under centos 5.4

2009-11-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Janez Kosmrlj postnali...@googlemail.com wrote: So you didn't have any problems on 5.3. I am more interested in those who had problems on 5.3. There where some problems with system stability with some graphic drivers. There was some workaround and I wanted

[CentOS] CentOS Beer event in Berlin

2009-11-12 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey So after quite a few people want to attend here the official data. There will be a CentOS Beer event in a bar called Aufsturz [1] in Berlin Mitte on the 22nd of Nov. I will reserve a table for us. They do nice food too, I remebember :) I will be bringing CentOS promo stuff like sticker, flyer

Re: [CentOS] Berlin Beer event.

2009-11-11 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Timo Schoeler timo.schoe...@riscworks.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus Kai Schaetzl spake: | Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +: | | After the London Beer event seams to become a regular thing I

Re: [CentOS-docs] winki article contribution

2009-11-10 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Mr dave fernandes daveandtr...@yahoo.com wrote: Dave Fernandes I propose a much needed article on using cups from the command line.  This article, fully written and used by myself will automate the process of adding printers to any desktop or server just by

[CentOS] London Beer event today, last reminder

2009-11-10 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey Some of us are yet-again going to be getting together for a CentOS Beer evening on the 10th Nov 2009 at the Kings and Queens. The Pub is mostly quiet during the week, has a fair selection of drinks and is central enough to most people in the city. The full address is : King Queens, 1 Foley

[CentOS] Berlin Beer event.

2009-11-10 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey After the London Beer event seams to become a regular thing I was wondering who in Berlin would want to participate in such a thing. I am visiting for BLIT [1] on the 21. November to promote CentOS and was wondering how many people would participate? It is always good to meet fellow Linux /

Re: [CentOS] Real world report for the Newsletter

2009-11-05 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Garry.Dale garry.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann riba...@gmail.com wrote: The last Newsletter survey found that many people are interested in how CentOS is used and what people do with it, I would like to invite

[CentOS] Real world report for the Newsletter

2009-11-02 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey The last Newsletter survey found that many people are interested in how CentOS is used and what people do with it, I would like to invite anyone who has some spare time or has something to share to write a little article about how they are using CentOS. I suppose interesting stuff would be

[CentOS] Newsletter feedback

2009-10-23 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey We have now published the sixth version of the Newsletter and I think it is time to ask YOU ( the reader ) what we can improve. The current trend is away from really technical details more to a light read and entertaining stuff. Is this a good way to go. Or should we focus more on the

Re: [CentOS] To all of the group

2009-10-23 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:35 AM, DTS-Corp (Knowledgebase) mlists_s...@dts-int.com wrote: I am pretty much a newbie at CentOS, and Linux on client side, I would like to help out occasionally by helping the web development crew in their endeavors and by sorting out some stuff. such as

[CentOS-docs] Newsletter release delay

2009-10-19 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey Unfortunately I have to delay the Newsletter for a day as I still have no Interview. Could I also remind people to proof read it. Sorry about this. Cheers Didi My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: riba...@gmail.com Skype : ribalba ___

[CentOS] Fwd: [BKO] CentOS for boot.kernel.org

2009-10-19 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey I would be happy to maintain such a thing but I would need someone as a backup. Cheers Didi -- Forwarded message -- From: J.H. wartho...@eaglescrag.net Date: Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [BKO] CentOS for boot.kernel.org To: Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann riba

Re: [CentOS-docs] New release of the Newsletter

2009-10-17 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Garry.Dale garry.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Marcus Moeller m...@marcus-moeller.de wrote: Hmm, Members of the http://wiki.centos.org/NewsletterGroup should be able to Edit the page. Are you logged in with your account 'GarryDale'?

[CentOS] CentOS for boot.kernel.org

2009-10-01 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey Is there an initiative to get CentOS to work with boot.kernel ? Cheers Didi My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: riba...@gmail.com Skype : ribalba ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS-docs] Images don't resolve on ArtWork/Logo

2009-09-29 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Alain Reguera Delgado aregu...@allmail.net wrote: On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:23 +0100, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: ... The only *official* artwork is whats on mirror.centos.org - and to be honest, i dont think we have either the sources for that

[CentOS] CentOS Beer event London

2009-09-28 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
From Karan's blog: A few of us are going to be getting together for drinks on the Tuesday 29th Oct 2009, everyone is welcome to come along. I'll get there for about 18:15hrs and plan on being around till about 20:00 - Depending on how many people are around and what the feeling is - we might nip

[CentOS-docs] Newsletter proof reading

2009-09-21 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
Hey After a lot of work by Marcus the next Newsletter release is nearing completion. Could some people please proof read it. Cheers Didi My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: riba...@gmail.com Skype : ribalba ___ CentOS-docs mailing list

Re: [CentOS-docs] newsletter

2009-08-20 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
if all the spelling and grammar is correct. Currently the Newsletter is not translated, but I would really like that to happen :) Cheers Didi 2009-08-19 fish.fired 发件人: Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann 发送时间: 2009-08-19 21:25:10 收件人

Re: [CentOS-docs] newsletter

2009-08-20 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Marcus Moellerm...@marcus-moeller.de wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:53 PM, fish.firedfish.fi...@gmail.com wrote: What is the proof reader ?  Check if there has the pronunciation error? Of transalte the document to the local language? I don't know if I really

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter help

2009-08-19 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Ray Leventhalcen...@swhi.net wrote: Hi, I'd be happy to offer my services in proofreading the newsletter if this is needed. My 'day' job is that of a technical writer and I'm a native english speaker. If I can be of help, I'd be happy to. Hey cool :) We

Re: [CentOS] CentOS village @ HAR

2009-08-04 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Christoph Maserc...@financial.com wrote: Am Montag, den 03.08.2009, 13:59 +0200 schrieb Didi: Hey I am just organizing the CentOS village at HAR and need a rough estimate of people who will be attending. What do people want? you don't want an honest answer