Ham Radio and Linux

2001-04-23 Thread elawson
If anyone on the list has experience with using Linux and the AX25 tools/apps with a KISS mode TNC, I have a few questions concerning the call program. Please reply directly as I doubt most on the list would know or care about the topic. TIA Ed Lawson *

Re: Are LUG's Hurting Linux?

2001-04-23 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 04:17 PM 4/23/2001, Bruce Dawson wrote: you should try thinkgeek.com and copyleft.net(.org?) linuxmall may have something similar as well... ~kurth >Does anyone know where I can get little (polo-shirt alligator sized) >iron-on >patches of Tux and/or GNU and/or BSD? Or slightly bigger ones

Re: RedHat getting a clue??

2001-04-23 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > What I blame RH for is the way decide to configure these packages. For > example, on a RH system with BIND installed, named runs as root. As of RHL 6.2+patches onward, that has been fixed. More generally, this symptom is not really specific to

Re: Are LUG's Hurting Linux?

2001-04-23 Thread Bobnhlinux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Be in-your-face-offensive about Linux. Wear penguin clothing and > >> pins, not only to Linux meetings, but to church. I had two people in the > >> Dunkin' Donuts yesterday ask me about Linux, having seen my penguin. My son-in-law was using my car the other mont

Re: RedHat getting a clue??

2001-04-23 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
Benjamin Scott wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > > From the sounds of it, RH might be trying to repair their reputation as an > > insecure distro. > > In all fairness, most of the security holes in Red Hat have been in the > original packages (e.g., the recent BIND ex

Re: RedHat getting a clue??

2001-04-23 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > From the sounds of it, RH might be trying to repair their reputation as an > insecure distro. In all fairness, most of the security holes in Red Hat have been in the original packages (e.g., the recent BIND exploits). I suspect worms like Ramen

Re: [Summary] Re: OFF TOPIC: AT&T cable modem lossage

2001-04-23 Thread Benjamin Scott
Karl J. Runge wrote: > So I am still using my circa 1998 LanCity Cable modem! BTW, the repair > guy, probably a relative newbie, said the LanCity cable modems "usually > fail after about 6 months...". I mentioned I knew someone (Derek Martin) > who'd likely strongly disagree, at least for my vinta

Re: [Summary] Re: OFF TOPIC: AT&T cable modem lossage

2001-04-23 Thread Mark Komarinski
Karl, I have the same kind of modem from the same year. Has worked perfectly for the past three years. On a related AT&T front, I got a call from them friday saying they would be testing the area (Billerica, MA) for digital cable. The person on the phone said it would be mandatory (!) at some