Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-26 Thread David Whiting
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 09:39:59PM -0800, James Sparenberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:17, J. Grant wrote: I'm in UK. As for a UK distro... I once heard of something called Eridani Starsystems .. I think. Was more of a redistribution of Red Hat with some of the latest software.

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-26 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 26 February 2003 03:04 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: Jack Coates wrote: On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:21, J. Grant wrote: hi Jack Coates wrote: A UK-specific distro is kinda scary, I'm imagining all this Austin Powers theming going on :-) And of course it would have to use the Slackware

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-26 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 18:47, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 26 February 2003 03:04 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: Jack Coates wrote: On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:21, J. Grant wrote: hi Jack Coates wrote: A UK-specific distro is kinda scary, I'm imagining all this Austin Powers theming

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-26 Thread Mark Weaver
Jack Coates wrote: On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:21, J. Grant wrote: hi Jack Coates wrote: A UK-specific distro is kinda scary, I'm imagining all this Austin Powers theming going on :-) And of course it would have to use the Slackware .tgz packaging system, just to be anachronistically different

[expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread tarvid
it is time to plan 9.1 release parties i propose part celebration part installfest we are planning to have a local mirror and a half dozen KVM stations for installs and a cd (maybe dvd) burning station running full blast timing should be as close to release as feasible as that is when interest

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread J. Grant
Hi, Sounds good, is it going to be in France then? or the UK? or somewhere in Europe? Cheers JG tarvid wrote: it is time to plan 9.1 release parties i propose part celebration part installfest we are planning to have a local mirror and a half dozen KVM stations for installs and a cd (maybe

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 08:32 am, J. Grant wrote: Hi, Sounds good, is it going to be in France then? or the UK? or somewhere in Europe? I vote for a place that all members can agree upon...Downtown Baghdad. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread tarvid
i think we should have them everywhere i am in southwest virginia, i will proselytize over a 150km radius we could link up by irc or im or ... jim tarvid On Tuesday 25 February 2003 08:32 am, J. Grant wrote: Hi, Sounds good, is it going to be in France then? or the UK? or somewhere in

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread J. Grant
Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 08:32 am, J. Grant wrote: Hi, Sounds good, is it going to be in France then? or the UK? or somewhere in Europe? I vote for a place that all members can agree upon...Downtown Baghdad. Heh, well if

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Praedor Atrebates
On Tuesday 25 February 2003 09:32 am, J. Grant wrote: Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 08:32 am, J. Grant wrote: Hi, Sounds good, is it going to be in France then? or the UK? or somewhere in Europe? I vote for a

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Stephen Ogden
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 14:32, J. Grant wrote: Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 08:32 am, J. Grant wrote: Hi, Sounds good, is it going to be in France then? or the UK? or somewhere in Europe? I vote for a place

RE: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Jonathan Shilling
THere is a European distro, SuSE, as for UK I have not heard of one, but there are over 190 distros world-wide. -Original Message- From: Stephen Ogden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:41 AM To: expert Subject: Re: [expert] 9.1 party On Tue, 2003-02

RE: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Jack Coates
A UK-specific distro is kinda scary, I'm imagining all this Austin Powers theming going on :-) And of course it would have to use the Slackware .tgz packaging system, just to be anachronistically different than the EU... On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 08:47, Jonathan Shilling wrote: THere is a European

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread David McGlone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 08:39 am, tarvid wrote: i think we should have them everywhere i am in southwest virginia, i will proselytize over a 150km radius we could link up by irc or im or ... I could provide a chat on my website? how about

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread J. Grant
I'm in UK. As for a UK distro... I once heard of something called Eridani Starsystems .. I think. Was more of a redistribution of Red Hat with some of the latest software. And I never used it. ah, checked their website, they are using RH6.2 as their base. I think i'll give it a miss, supporting

OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread J. Grant
hi Jack Coates wrote: A UK-specific distro is kinda scary, I'm imagining all this Austin Powers theming going on :-) And of course it would have to use the Slackware .tgz packaging system, just to be anachronistically different than the EU... heh, and we all still wear bowler hats and pin strip

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Jack Coates
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:21, J. Grant wrote: hi Jack Coates wrote: A UK-specific distro is kinda scary, I'm imagining all this Austin Powers theming going on :-) And of course it would have to use the Slackware .tgz packaging system, just to be anachronistically different than the

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Miark
Hehe, I started to answer--and then I came to my senses ;-) Miark On 25 Feb 2003 13:23:41 -0800 Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would be fun to try a Chinese distro, probably got anti capitalist msg in there somewhere. What then would be a US theme? I don't think I can answer

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 17:53, Miark wrote: Hehe, I started to answer--and then I came to my senses ;-) Miark On 25 Feb 2003 13:23:41 -0800 Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would be fun to try a Chinese distro, probably got anti capitalist msg in there somewhere. What then

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread et
On Tuesday 25 February 2003 04:23 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:21, J. Grant wrote: hi Jack Coates wrote: A UK-specific distro is kinda scary, I'm imagining all this Austin Powers theming going on :-) And of course it would have to use the Slackware .tgz packaging

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 05:35, Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 08:32 am, J. Grant wrote: Hi, Sounds good, is it going to be in France then? or the UK? or somewhere in Europe? I vote for a place that all members can

Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:17, J. Grant wrote: I'm in UK. As for a UK distro... I once heard of something called Eridani Starsystems .. I think. Was more of a redistribution of Red Hat with some of the latest software. And I never used it. ah, checked their website, they are using RH6.2

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:21, J. Grant wrote: hi Jack Coates wrote: A UK-specific distro is kinda scary, I'm imagining all this Austin Powers theming going on :-) And of course it would have to use the Slackware .tgz packaging system, just to be anachronistically different than the

Re: OT Re: [expert] 9.1 party

2003-02-25 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 00:42, James Sparenberg wrote: Would be fun to try a Chinese distro, probably got anti capitalist msg in there somewhere. What then would be a US theme? Actually there is a Chinese distro, called Red Flag ... and it is downloadable. Ahh, yes; the commie