>
> Linux is still doing a very bad job with binary portability. If I
> compile my program on one distro, and send the binary to a friend,
> they tend not to be able to run it on their different distro.
> For example, I have a diagnostic tool that I use myself, but in order
> for friends to use
>
>
> The majority of Linux users I come across simple use gmail/outlook
> for
> email, Discord for staying in contact with friends and family (which
> has some of the most major privacy invasive features, such as rich
> presence which literally tracks and reports the processes running on
> you
> Back in the days of dial-up, providing a fixed IP address was quite
> a
> hard problem to solve, given that each time you dialled in you
> almost
> certainly came in on a different modem/port. Most ISPs simply
> assigned
> an IP address to each port and thus that's what you got. Demon went
On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 18:06 +0100, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
> On Wednesday, 11 August 2021 14:07:17 BST Iain M Conochie via GLLUG
> wrote:
>
> >
> > heh heh heh. After 2 years working for a European wide hosting
> > company
> > in the early 2000's, I
On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 12:07 +0100, Marco van Beek via GLLUG wrote:
>
> On 11/08/2021 11:57, Iain M Conochie via GLLUG wrote:
> >
> > actual software used. Project management that delivers in one big
> > bang
> > is a
> >
> > Have a look how the DV
On Fri, 2021-08-06 at 16:00 +0100, Christopher Hunter via GLLUG wrote:
> On 06/08/2021 12:31, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote:
> >
> No government IT project has ever come in on budget, and exactly none
> of
> them has worked as advertised. They have squandered £Billions in
> the
> last 40 years, a
On Tue, 2020-02-04 at 09:51 +, Oliver Howe via GLLUG wrote:
> Hi,
>
Hi Oliver!
> Is it possible to keep my fixed ip number when i move house?
Short answer: It should be.
Long answer:
It will really depend on your ISP. If you are keeping the same ISP,
then this should not be an issue. How
