Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-23 Thread pmw57
On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 05:32, Carl Cerecke wrote: Fixing of problems is the main use of this mailing-list. Although fixing things often works better face-to-face if you have someone who knows what they are doing, hte mailing list still serves as a very valid and useful forum for problem

RE: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-23 Thread pmw57
On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 22:27, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: Do a google search for finance packages for Linux I've already done that, which is why I'm coming forward with the query. WHat I'm after is other peoples experiences and reccomendations of Linux accounting programs. Even a pointer to

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread pmw57
On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 21:27, Carl Cerecke wrote: As a general rule of thumb, if you aren't close to the answer within 5 minutes of competent googling, then ask away. We certainly don't want to put newcomers off asking questions, otherwise it might turn in to some elitist linux-experts

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Lee Begg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:07, pmw57 wrote: After logging in I always receive three identical warning messages. They being Could not find mime type application/octet-stream. OK, so you a loading KDE or Konqueror when you get this message. To solve

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread pmw57
On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 12:19, Lee Begg wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:07, pmw57 wrote: After logging in I always receive three identical warning messages. They being Could not find mime type application/octet-stream. OK, so you a loading

RE: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Do a google search for finance packages for Linux Regards, Robert What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! -Original Message- From: pmw57 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 23 January 2004 2:26 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Purpose of the CLUG

RE: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Kerry Mayes
(encouraged by these postings, I'll add my 5cents worth - since 2cents isn't legal tender anymore). -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2004 06:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purpose of the CLUG (encouraged by Douglas's

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Douglas Royds
This is a FixItFest or a ProblemFest, which would be a good side-track to an InstallFest. Victims bring along their gear (just like at an installfest), but with something they want to achieve, e.g. Install Linux on this Windows machine; Set up a mail server for my home network; Set up a photo

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Jamie Dobbs
Now this is an idea I _really_ like, makes me even more desperate to move my wife and I down to Christchurch!!! (now if only we could find work to enable this to happen). This is a FixItFest or a ProblemFest, which would be a good side-track to an InstallFest. Victims bring along their gear

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Nick Rout
This is where we started the conversation. One of my points in initiating this discussion was that not many people were attending/supporting the workshop sessions. And that includes both patients and doctors. So it looks as if there are still some problems out there that people want fixed/sorted

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Carl Cerecke
Nick Rout wrote: This is where we started the conversation. One of my points in initiating this discussion was that not many people were attending/supporting the workshop sessions. And that includes both patients and doctors. Fixing of problems is the main use of this mailing-list. Although fixing

RE: Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Lance Blackler
-Original Message- From: Douglas Royds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:50:52 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purpose of the CLUG This is a FixItFest or a ProblemFest, which would be a good side-track to an InstallFest. Victims bring along their gear (just like

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Buy more memory! Is there an empty socket? Could you toss out the 4Meg stick and insert a 16 Meg one? Lance Blackler -Original Message- From: Douglas Royds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:50:52 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purpose of the CLUG

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Chris Bayley
Lance Blackler wrote: Talking of fixits and stuff - I'd like an opinion on the following. I have been given a 486 (DX475) Digital HiNote laptop - no CDROM 20mb of RAM 1.3gb hard drive. I would like to load Linux of some flavour on it so that I can use it for word processing (Abiword) and

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-22 Thread Chris Bayley
Lance Blackler wrote: Talking of fixits and stuff - I'd like an opinion on the following. I have been given a 486 (DX475) Digital HiNote laptop - no CDROM 20mb of RAM 1.3gb hard drive. I would like to load Linux of some flavour on it so that I can use it for word processing (Abiword) and

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Roger Searle
(encouraged by Douglas's first posting, here's mine) Sure, installfests serve a great purpose, but for me one of the easier parts of (an attempt at) a move to linux is the initial OS install. As someone who can do almost anything in windows I can figure out a linux install even if I need to

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Nick Rout
look post away at your questions. one of the mottos of a board like this is theres no such thing as a stupid question. whilst there may be some exceptions to that rule, you're unlikely to be one of them :-) so fire away, put up a question some lowly amateur like me might know the answer to!

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Carl Cerecke
Roger Searle wrote: and there have to be places where competent people can take relatively trivial questions about how to do this stuff. I'd hoped that joining this group might be such a place, but on seeing the nature of the postings, would be embarrased to put my questions here. The list is

RE: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! -Original Message- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2004 6:26 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Purpose of the CLUG (encouraged by Douglas's first posting, here's mine) Sure

Re: Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-21 Thread Jason Greenwood
Hi Roger and Doug, Great to see you posting on list. As already stated, there are Linux users on this list at every conceiveable Linux user level. From Newbie to Expert and everywhere in between. I felt as you did when I first started with Linux. Everyone on this list knows I am a big GUI fan

Re: CLUG social - Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-20 Thread Douglas Royds
Christopher Sawtell wrote: Mandrake virtually installs itself in 20 mins or less on current hardware. ... if you know what you're doing, which I didn't. Overall, it took me about two weeks in what little spare time I have, plus two hours of Greg's time. Finally, once I had everything

Re: CLUG social - Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-20 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:06:25 +1300 Douglas Royds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher Sawtell wrote: Mandrake virtually installs itself in 20 mins or less on current hardware. ... if you know what you're doing, which I didn't. Overall, it took me about two weeks in what little spare

Re: CLUG social - Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-20 Thread Douglas Royds
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:06:25 +1300 Douglas Royds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher Sawtell wrote: Mandrake virtually installs itself in 20 mins or less on current hardware. ... if you know what you're doing, which I didn't.

Re: CLUG social - Purpose of the CLUG

2004-01-20 Thread Douglas Royds
I know - I sent that in html. Won't happen again, promise. Douglas.