Re: [SLUG] Call for helpers: Linux Australia stand at Open CeBIT, May 1-3
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 17:13 +1100, Andreas Fischer wrote: > Do you think we can convince Redhat give us some of those plastic fedora's? Why not ask RedHat to make some Ubuntu frisbies? ;) -- "My government will always seek to be truthful and open with the Australian public." -- A little porkie by John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Pants off, SLUGsters
On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 15:55 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > I mean, who posts images to SLUG anyway? Only fascists, spammers, > Spanish absurdists and the deranged. Isn't this where I am supposed to post the photo's of my fully-extracted, water cooled, purple, silver racing striped Gentoo case mod with blue flashing LEDs and X-Files logos[1]? [1] - May not actually exist (I'm sure it does somewhere). -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Workshop THIS Sunday
On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 12:39 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: > although im concerned that 'deckfest' sounds like > some sort of luxury boating get together. A deckfest sounded more like something where people would bring their two turntables and a microphone to ;) -- "Australian people have been told things only to be disappointed after an election ... I want to change that. I want to change it because I think it is important to the future of our country that we rebuild a sense of trust and confidence in words given and commitments made by our political leaders." -- More Irony by John Howard (1996 Election Policy Speech) before he defined "core" and "non-core" promises. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] debian-31r1a-i386-netinst ubuntu equivalent
On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 00:43 +1000, James Purser wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 00:37 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Might've been a bong CD? > Are they like the Coffee Coaster CD's but more exciting when you're > stoned? No, they come with a free inch of hose pipe. -- "There'll be no more than a 1.9% rise in ordinary beer." --John Howard (John Laws Program, 23 September 1998) The Truth: The price of beer rose 4.8 per cent in the September quarter following the introduction of the GST on 1 July 2000, and was 8.5 per cent higher than the same time the previous year. --Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS@, Time Series Spreadsheets, Consumer Price Index 6401.0) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: Interesting view
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 16:34 +1100, James Purser wrote: > So you'd prefer something like "Linux - It's an Operating System". to which 99% of the population respond "what's an operating system". :) -- "Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life." --Irony from noted liar John Howard (ABC Radio "AM", 25 August 1995) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] UoW Install Fest Wrap-up
There's a brief write-up and some happy snaps of the first part of this weekend's install fest at UoW (it continues tomorrow) over on Indymedia: http://sydney.indymedia.org/node/35957 Best install fest I've been involved in. Full marks to everyone involved from SCLUG, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and SLUG :) -- "In an election campaign, as at any other time, I owe the Australian people an obligation to be truthful. I discharged that obligation because what I said about this issue was to my knowledge correct. Although I acted in good faith on the basis of advice, I do regret it if anyone now feels that they were mislead" -- John Howard, February 2002, a having a little lend of us all. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Spam
On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 12:59 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Thats really nice, but it seems a little strange to have everyone > subscribed to list all devoting cpu cycles to filtering if a single > filter on the list input would serve the same function. The filters on a centralised server will always be behind current SPAM trends, as far as I can see because it's more difficult to train than your local SPAM solutions. Yes, we should have a centralised SPAM filter (and probably do) but without someone training it it's going to lag and more SPAM will get through. If you keep your own filters trained and working properly, you'll not see the ones that do creep through. My main point in short, is that if people kept their own SPAM solutions working properly, they wouldn't notice the odd one that slips through SLUG's SPAM processing. They would also have more appreciation for the work involved in keeping SPAM filters up to date. -- Peter Reith is told in Darwin by Brigadier Silverstone that the video does not show childern in the water. He replies "Well, we'd better not see the video!" -- October 9th, 2002. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Spam
On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 13:13 +1100, Terry Collins wrote: > TongMaster wrote: > > I get no SPAM on this list. I'm not suggesting that none is sent to this > > list but that perhaps you improve your SPAM filters? > > How? Procmail, bogofilter and spam assassin and a handy training folder to feed into the odd SPAM that gets through. > And if you are using Thunderbird, it seems to drop most of it's load That's what Thunderbird does best. It's great if you're stuck on Windows but in Linux there are much better options available. -- "Australian people have been told things only to be disappointed after an election ... I want to change that. I want to change it because I think it is important to the future of our country that we rebuild a sense of trust and confidence in words given and commitments made by our political leaders." --More Irony by John Howard (1996 Election Policy Speech) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Spam
On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 06:53 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Can SLUG be made subscriber only, or have some spam filters installed. > The S/N ratio is getting below unity. I get no SPAM on this list. I'm not suggesting that none is sent to this list but that perhaps you improve your SPAM filters? -- "Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life." --Irony from noted liar John Howard (ABC Radio "AM", 25 August 1995) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] auto update squidguard/chastity
On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 07:24 -0400, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > Does anyone know of a website that provides a dynamically updated list I > could regularyl grab using cron. IIRC, you setup a cron job to fetch it on a frequency that suits you from the squidguard site. It's been 12+ months since I was last intimate with Squid/squidguard but that's what's in the back of my sketchy memory. It may even be detailed in the squidguard docs/website. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: AW: [SLUG] penguin recognition
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 07:57 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "Do you get to put any accompanying notes with the image for the awards?" > Unfortunately not, so if Mr.. judge don't get it in 3 seconds it's gone to > the bin. > By what I've got so far is that I can't really use it as no one outside > the IT room knows little tux... Sounds like an image worth creating though. -- Journalist: "Will the number of pages in the Tax Act be reduced by the introduction of a GST?" John Howard: "Yes it will". --John Howard (interview Alan Jones Radio 2UE, 14 August 1998) The Truth: ". . . the Tax Act has grown from 3,000 to over 9,000 pages and an additional 2.5 million words have been inserted into the Tax Act, since 1 July 2000." --National Tax & Accountants' Association, 15 August 2002 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: AW: [SLUG] penguin recognition
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 07:12 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > don't know how the "Hey, perhaps Dimitri can help me source some crack for > this weekend" came in. Having read Roger's email, it makes much more sense :) I spent some trying to work out whether or not this was a genuine email, an address harvest effort or a troll :) Doing a Tux scam ad as opposed to SPAM ad will get very different responses :) > I thought I take a picture of a window in winter time with the typical > cross frame. The glass is foggy and just in the right bottom corner you > have a little clear circle, obviously made from some one swiping the hand > over as you do in winter time, and a little penguin looks out from there. > Not tux, a real head of a penguin. Sounds like a good image. > Small Linux logo at the bottom, finished.. it would be just for brand > recognition, but not much help when i find out that not every one knows > tux. Do you get to put any accompanying notes with the image for the awards? -- "There has never been, in my lifetime, a more serious deceit in the Western democracies, including our own, by our leaders, than the argument that was put for the invasion of Iraq." -- Greens leader Senator Bob Brown, October 3rd, 2003. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] penguin recognition
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 05:59 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just wanted an opinion. G'day Dimitri. I've had two reactions to your post. The first reaction was "Hey, perhaps Dimitri can help me source some crack for this weekend" then after re-reading I thought what I might really is a little more elaboration on what it is you intend to do with our beloved Tux. As for recognition, Tux is well recognised in the IT world but only not widely beyond that. -- "Well, we're certainly going to maintain the existing level of funding for labourmarket programs". --John Howard (Address to Youth, Macgregor, 20 February 1996) The Truth: Kerry O'Brien: "Now, for all the people on those labour market programs, I would suggest it to them that would have been a pretty core promise and you've broken it." John Howard: "Well, it is true that we are not spending as much money on labourmarket programs". --John Howard (ABC 7:30 Report, 21 August 1996) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Telephone recording?
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 13:20 +0930, Ryan Verner wrote: > Glaringly obvious statement but also make sure to tell the person on the > other end that the phone conversation will be recorded at the start of > the phone call; privacy laws ahoy otherwise. Laws require a beep every 30 seconds or so. Ring a dealing room in an investment bank sometime - all calls are recorded there. Although those laws may just be for banks :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: Photoshop in Linux WAS [SLUG] Newbie
On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 01:22 +1100, Elliott-Brennan wrote: > GIMP: I HATE the name. Can't help it :) Geeez, undo a button or two ;) I personally get a little amusement from peoples reactions when I say "Nevermind, I'll bring out the GIMP to fix it..." or "nothing the GIMP can't fix", etc. You get the idea, anyway. Not too hard to turn something you don't like into a positive. -- "Well, we're certainly going to maintain the existing level of funding for labourmarket programs". --John Howard (Address to Youth, Macgregor, 20 February 1996) The Truth: Kerry O'Brien: "Now, for all the people on those labour market programs, I would suggest it to them that would have been a pretty core promise and you've broken it." John Howard: "Well, it is true that we are not spending as much money on labourmarket programs". --John Howard (ABC 7:30 Report, 21 August 1996) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Need help in choosing distro
On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 22:32 +1100, O Plameras wrote: > I'll suggest as to why I'm no advocate of any Linux > Distro. > This is why I say no one Linux Distro is superior > or inferior to the other. It is what you want to use it > for and how you want to use it for, that should > decide which Linux Distro to use not the one that > some person or group of persons who can push > it down your throat. You can't hold that belief and be experienced in Linux at the same time. Some Linux distro's are pure crack and ought to never be used. Some are just as un-manageable as Windows and Solaris *cough*Redhat*cough*. Others adhere to sane package management policies that allow sysadmin's to have a beer after work and not dread being called early for some nonsense. All Linux distro's are not created equal. People on this list will (quite rightly) sqruik a distro that they feel does the job best. It's up to the reader to sort the wheat opinions from the chaff opinions. In the case of the distro that originally sparked your comments, perhaps there's a reason why people of some experience and community standing are not only spruiking it but using it in their business and that of their clients. I'm yet to encounter any opinions in SLUG that came from anywhere other than experience so I would not begin to doubt their sincerity, regardless of what distro they promoted or what crack it may seem they were smoking. -- Consider well the proportions of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Need help in choosing distro
On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 21:15 +1100, Ben de Luca wrote: > Choose gentoo, because it makes the debian people freak ! http://funroll-loops.org/ Broom! Broom! Brom! -- I fell asleep reading a dull book, and I dreamt that I was reading on, so I woke up from sheer boredom. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Email filtering in Evolution
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 20:39 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > Is anyone having problems with email filtering not working in Evolution? > > No matter how I set up the filters I just cannot get Evolution to flick > the emails into the correct folders back on the IMAP server, or does > Evolution only flick them into its virtual folders? > > Yes, I have RTFM. Then you would have read about the option in the IMAP account properties where you select the "Apply filters to new messages in INBOX on this server" option in the "Receiving Options" tab. -- Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at the blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. -- Gene Fowler -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] We lost our planet! :-(
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 12:33, Peter Hardy wrote: > http://planet.slug.org.au/ > > Where'd it go?! /me points to ctd. -- Cheers, Craige. o/~ I'm going to die with a twinkle in my eye 'cause I sung songs spun stories loved laughed and drank wine o/~ - The Cat Empire signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] linux on mac
On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 13:16, Philip Gomes wrote: > Hiya, I'm looking for someone called the "tongmaster". Apparently he's > familiar with linux on Mac setups. I've got a G3/400/6 Gig bronze > powerbook. I also purchased a Yellow Dog to help me get started but > need help on the install etc. That would be me, I'm very behind on my email, as usual :) > Any help out there for this linux virgin. The advice given thus far has been sound, did you have any particular issues you wanted answers on? -- o/~ I'm going to die with a twinkle in my eye 'cause I sung songs spun stories loved laughed and drank wine o/~ - The Cat Empire signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] No more Red Hat Linux support after April 30 2004 - Quick Survey
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 12:39, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Why don't we do a joint effort and Create a SLUG distro ;) > > [ Somehow I think it would end up being Debian-based. :-) ] The only practical way to go. It could be a Sid snapshot. All you have to do is come up with a package list, stick in a few SLUG logo's / pictures / themes and voila! Your SLUG distro is ready. Perhaps a customised Knoppix, again just changing some imagery. Unless you've got a groundbreaking idea, there's very little reason to re-invent the wheel. No different to what I used to do at Computerbank. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Subscriptions....
http://tinyurl.com/p567 http://tinyurl.com/p55j http://tinyurl.com/p55g On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 16:06, Jon Biddell wrote: > You are incapable of listening to anything save your own voice - I > didn't say you could stop spam 100%, twerp, I said you should take ALL > REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT IT GETTING TO THE SLUG LIST. > > Don't bother - I'm unsubscribing myself (but who knows what other email > address I may already be using - just for the conspiracy theorists > amongst you). > > No wonder most companies won't touch Linux at the moment - with assholes > like Mr Airlie and company as its' peoponents, it's almost enough to > make me go back to Windows ! > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: [chat] The final Word
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Re: [SLUG] ADSL recommendation
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 14:31, John Ferlito wrote: > Which means they are better than Telstra Retail ADSL because you aren't > sitting on Telstra's crappy home network. But no better when it comes to > ADSL ouatge problems that affect all Tesltra Flexstream customers. IIRC correctly most of Telstra's problems are related to authentication, which is why I often sit here and laugh at the Telstra ADSL users who have (had?) regular outages while I have none. Same network, fewer troubles. -- TongMaster - http://arseclown.tv/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ADSL recommendation
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 13:16, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > I've heard that Telstra fall down in the quality > and speed of their authentication and dns servers, > so if you get the right reseller it could be a lot > better. On this score I've heard Pacific Internet > are good. I've used Zip for a long time (but not for dsl) > which is now owned by Pacific, and they're still pretty good. I've personally found Pacific Internet ADSL to be excellent. Highly recommended. -- TongMaster - http://arseclown.tv/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Peruvian letter on slashdot
On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 22:29, David wrote: > Is there anyone amongst our beloved leaders who would have the nouse to > actually understand this extremely well reasoned letter? David, FWIW, I have forwarded this onto my mate :) -- TongMaster - http://arseclown.tv/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] wwwoffle not working offline
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 19:50, Veronica Brandt wrote: > When using wwoffle it definitely down loads things, but through the cache index >pages I can't look at things offline, except by looking in /var/cache/wwoffle which >means I can't see the pictures because the downloaded files are renamed something >like akljghlaksfhl. From the cache pages it looks for the things online, coming up >with messages like http://www.somesite... not found. When offline, you'll need to run: wwwoffle -offline -c /etc/wwwoffle.conf For older version of wwwoffle this would suffice: wwwoffle -offline PS: You'll need to be in the group www-data if you're runing Debian. -- TongMaster - http://arseclown.tv/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
