Re: [Hampshire] pcworld southampton & linux

2009-08-09 Thread Jacqui Caren
>> I can load a new bit of hardware and drivers on windows with no problem. > Yep, So can I. Example1 My graphics tablet required two windows reboots to install the drivers! On three different linux live distros and my Mandy desktop I simply plugged it in and it worked in parrallel with the mouse.

Re: [Hampshire] pcworld southampton & linux

2009-08-09 Thread Vic
> I have the greatest respect for the windows system provided it has no > contact > with the Internet. I have seen well created windows systems boot in 20 > seconds flat which is faster than any linux system I have seen. Pick your hardware. I can build a Linux system on it that will boot faster

Re: [Hampshire] pcworld southampton & linux

2009-08-09 Thread john
Hi All I could not resist the itch to say something. More than once the use of Microsoft software has save my bacon. I have the greatest respect for the windows system provided it has no contact with the Internet. I have seen well created windows systems boot in 20 seconds flat which is faste

Re: [Hampshire] Buying a Eee 901?

2009-08-09 Thread john
Hi all You could get 2rd hand 901's in Cex in Southampton last week. They had windows xp on it. I got mine from there (many months ago 2rd hand and still going strong) and it is now a dual boot machine. Cex is in the Marlands opposite Asda. John Eayrs On Friday 07 August 2009 13:37:13 pavit

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Setting up a GMail auto-reply to just one sender - possible?

2009-08-09 Thread Martin A. Brooks
On 09/08/2009 18:38, Victor Churchill wrote: > (*) - one of which went > "Which I means I have to make some modifications in the makefile. > can u please guide me for this or can we have a concall setup at your > preferrable time." > I would simply reply stating your hourly rates for such work

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Setting up a GMail auto-reply to just one sender - possible?

2009-08-09 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/8/9 Tim : > > I would forward them to his e-mail address, so basicly they loop back to him > > Tim That's the best I could find too, so I will probably do that. It would have been nice to add a motivational message as well ;-) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: h

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Setting up a GMail auto-reply to just one sender - possible?

2009-08-09 Thread Tim
On Sunday 09 August 2009 18:38:37 Victor Churchill wrote: > I'd like to set up Gmail to send an auto reply to just one sender ( I > am being bothered by a mailing-list leech who refuses to JFGI after I > sent a reply to his initial request for help on dbi_users mailing > list. The thread of mails h

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Setting up a GMail auto-reply to just one sender - possible?

2009-08-09 Thread Vic
> (*) - one of which went > "Which I means I have to make some modifications in the makefile. > can u please guide me for this or can we have a concall setup at your > preferrable time." Send him a pro-forma invoice. He'll go away real quick :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.o

[Hampshire] [OT] Setting up a GMail auto-reply to just one sender - possible?

2009-08-09 Thread Victor Churchill
I'd like to set up Gmail to send an auto reply to just one sender ( I am being bothered by a mailing-list leech who refuses to JFGI after I sent a reply to his initial request for help on dbi_users mailing list. The thread of mails he has sent me personally (not to the list (*) ) and my replies is

Re: [Hampshire] Is anybody here using puppet?

2009-08-09 Thread Martin A. Brooks
On 09/08/2009 10:06, Simon Huggins wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:01:57AM +0100, Simon Strange wrote: > >> Does anybody use puppet? Have any tips/recipes they'd care to share? >> > We use it at work. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I see the > benefits but never quite hav

Re: [Hampshire] Is anybody here using puppet?

2009-08-09 Thread Simon Huggins
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:01:57AM +0100, Simon Strange wrote: > Does anybody use puppet? Have any tips/recipes they'd care to share? We use it at work. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I see the benefits but never quite have enough time to make our config pretty and easy to use. The I

Re: [Hampshire] Debian to Ubuntu, without complete reinstall?

2009-08-09 Thread Simon Huggins
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 10:52:19AM +0100, Anton Piatek wrote: > 2009/8/7 David Ramsden : > > But I didn't have a bootable system afterwards :( Not sure why. It just > > can't find the HDD drives and hangs on waiting for root system (can't > > remember the exact message now). Seems like the initrd i