Re: [Hampshire] Gallery software

2011-03-23 Thread john lewis
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:49:17 + Ian Grody wrote: > Gallery2 is the nicest of them, I've tried gallery3 and didn't like it > so much. It's worth a shot to try it, you might like it. Zenphoto is > another nice one, but I still prefer gallery2 to most of them.. thanks Ian, I downloaded the deb f

Re: [Hampshire] simple description of open source etc.

2011-03-23 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 23 March 2011 08:40:57 Edward Beckmann wrote: > I have a sneaky feeling > that uptake of open source, especially in a small office context, is > closely related to the number of people who cannot answer a simple question > in a helpful manner. I have found that "It's a lot more secure

Re: [Hampshire] Gallery software

2011-03-23 Thread Ian Grody
On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 09:06 +, john lewis wrote: > I was using Gallery2 on my original VPS running on lenny which I'd > installed from the sid repo. > > Gallery2 hasn't even made it into testing, or rather it did but was > withdrawn for some reason so isn't likely to get into squeeze any time

Re: [Hampshire] External Drive Permissions.

2011-03-23 Thread bryan hunt
On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 09:46 -0500, Mike Burrows wrote: > Hi Folks. > > I have a western digital hard drive attached to a usb port on my deb > box. It mounts automagically on boot and I can access the file structure > and read/write files from a windows samba client. However, when working > on t

[Hampshire] External Drive Permissions.

2011-03-23 Thread Mike Burrows
Hi Folks. I have a western digital hard drive attached to a usb port on my deb box. It mounts automagically on boot and I can access the file structure and read/write files from a windows samba client. However, when working on the Deb box I found the non-root users only had read permissions. S

Re: [Hampshire] simple description of open source etc.

2011-03-23 Thread bryan hunt
> I don't think you're on the side of anyone you call "small, ferret-like" :-/ > -- Easy. It was only a modest proposal. Stallman could not be described as underweight, like many of our ilk. Bryan -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman

Re: [Hampshire] simple description of open source etc.

2011-03-23 Thread Michael Pavling
On 23 March 2011 09:44, bryan hunt wrote: > I wasn't even trolling. Those were just the thoughts that came out of my > head. The extremists were quick to respond though. ??? Your posts were the most extreme, and the quickest responses, and the only ones to get snide. > Word up guys, we're on the

Re: [Hampshire] simple description of open source etc.

2011-03-23 Thread bryan hunt
> I can only assume that someone who holds such an extreme view of > Linux and expresses it on a Linux mailing list has got to be > trolling, and apparently succeeding; this is one of the larger > threads in recent times! > > Well done with your "Linux is only for tinkerers and the socially > reta

[Hampshire] Gallery software

2011-03-23 Thread john lewis
I was using Gallery2 on my original VPS running on lenny which I'd installed from the sid repo. Gallery2 hasn't even made it into testing, or rather it did but was withdrawn for some reason so isn't likely to get into squeeze any time soon. It is still in sid and is in lenny-backports so am wonde

Re: [Hampshire] ownership of files in /var/www

2011-03-23 Thread Daniel Pope
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 08:29:49AM +, john lewis wrote: > Thanks Tim, it was on the CD so got missed somehow when I copied the > files to my local hard drive, have now uploaded it and you can now read > all the gory details! I occasionally use a program called linkchecker[1] to identify broken

Re: [Hampshire] simple description of open source etc.

2011-03-23 Thread Edward Beckmann
Hi Thanks to those of you who read my post and gave a considered response. Those who know me are aware that my income does not come from selling computer services. They will know that I just happen to be a non-technical person who wants to share the benefits I have received but have no simple res

Re: [Hampshire] ownership of files in /var/www

2011-03-23 Thread john lewis
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:30:23 + Daniel Pope wrote: > > the file is located correctly in /var/www/KingclereHistory > > I assume the missing 's' is a typo. Yup! what I really need is a spell checker that knows the errors I regularly make and corrects them on the fly. I often type Hnats or Deba

Re: [Hampshire] ownership of files in /var/www

2011-03-23 Thread john lewis
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:45:17 + Tim wrote: > Minor problem for you John > > Not Found > > The requested URL /KingsclereHistory/pdf/murders.pdf was not found on > this server. Thanks Tim, it was on the CD so got missed somehow when I copied the files to my local hard drive, have now uploaded