Re: [Dorset] New member

2012-07-03 Thread Glenn Korbey
Welcome to DorsetLUG On 03/07/12 20:45, Graeme Gemmill wrote: I have just found this LUG, so this is an introductory message. I have used Mandrake/Mandriva for several years, and read and occasionally contribute to the alt.os.linux.mandriva news group. Living in Litton Cheney, I intend to atte

[Dorset] New member

2012-07-03 Thread Graeme Gemmill
I have just found this LUG, so this is an introductory message. I have used Mandrake/Mandriva for several years, and read and occasionally contribute to the alt.os.linux.mandriva news group. Living in Litton Cheney, I intend to attend the next meeting held in Dorchester to meet other Linux user

Re: [Dorset] Old 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive needed

2012-07-03 Thread Nigel King
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:04:25 +0100, you wrote: >Hi all, > >A friend of mine has asked me if I have, or know where to find, an old >5.25" floppy disk drive, he needs to transfer the contents of a pile >of old floppy disks ontoa more moderm media. > >I've examined my own ample stock of computer memo

[Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2012-07-03.

2012-07-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, The Bournemouth pub meet is tonight at The Broadway at 8pm. http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub For those that haven't been before look out for Terry weilding a stuffed penguin. http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=members#terry_coles As the first web page a

[Dorset] Wireless devices supported by Linux

2012-07-03 Thread Peter Merchant
Following on from a discussion that I had the other day, I thought I would post this here rather than just sending it to one person. It is a list of belkin wireless devices. The value of it is that a device number may use different chipsets, and therefore the version number is the key. I was ca