Ben I will forward your offer to Dan. Maybe he'll let you take the computer home for a few days while you figure it out. If I can get Dan to pay me for my trouble, I'll even shuttle it back and forth; he does not have a car either.
Dex > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Ben Huot > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 10:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug]Dan's text based computer system > > > I'd be willing to do it for free as I am a disabled veteran and cannot > receive money. I don't know how long it would take me though I am sure I > could finish it in a few days. I don't have a car though. > > I have installed Mandrake before and I actually have a BSD system up and > running text only configured for efn. I could probably copy settings > from that. This would be a valuable learning experience for me. > > Dexter Graphic wrote: > > Since this topic keeps coming up as an unresolved issue on > > the list I will address it here explicitly and openly with > > the hope that we will be able to solve it once and for all. > > > > Here are the facts: > > > > Dan does not want to use a graphical user interface (GUI) to > > relate to his computer (that means no windows, icons, mice, > > or pointers). He has a philosophical/political preference for > > free (as in speech) software and would rather not continue > > using Windows 95 and its lame Internet Mail program with no > > spell checking. > > > > It has been demonstrated at recent EUGLUG meetings that a > > text-based mail system is possible with GNU/Linux. Dan > > actually has the software on his computer (Debian 3.0). The > > problem which remains is figuring out how to configure and > > use it. (Dan's computer, by the way, is a desktop Pentium > > 133, with 32MB of ram, a Matrox SVGA card, a CD ROM that is > > not bootable from the BIOS, and a hard disk that's at least > > 2GB in capacity.) > > > > For some reason Dan is unwilling to spend the necessary time > > and effort to read the instructions and figure it out for > > himself. For some reason no on else from EUGLUG is willing > > to do this for him for free (as in beer). > > > > So here is my proposal: > > > > If Dan pays me at a rate of $10 an hour, I will figure it > > out and get a text-based mail system working on his system. > > That includes setting up PPP, fetchmail, sendmail, procmail, > > mutt, emacs, and aspell. Since I know very little about any > > of these programs, I figure it will take me at least 25 > > hours and possibly as many as 50 to get Dan's mail system > > working. This means it would cost Dan $250 to $500 to solve > > his problem. > > > > If anyone else with more expertise than me is willing to do > > it for less, then please submit your own proposals. > > > > Dexter Graphic -- Always trying to present things clearly. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Eug-LUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > > > > > -- > > > ^ ^ > (*) (*) > <= \ / => > o o > ////////////////////////////? > /////////////////////////// \ > /////////////////////////// % > /////////////////////////// @ > /// /////////////// /// > \\ | | | // > \\ U U U // > U U > > Ben Huot > Peasant-Scholar > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Eug-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
