Re: [Hampshire] Important Red Hat errata

Damian Brasher wrote: > Nasty bug as most probably know: > Slashdot search: "linux kernel vulnerability" post 13th August for in depth > discussion Really defeatist stuff buried in there, my take on the kernel oops - Linux is just the other side of the same coin, a side I prefer and millions of o

Re: [Hampshire] Wiki

Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > Hi, > > I see that someone has had a go at making a revised front page for the wiki. > > It's great to see someone having a go at adding content. Do you think it > would > help if I twisted Popeys arm and got him to repeat his wiki talk so that more > people would h

[Hampshire] Important Red Hat errata

Nasty bug as most probably know: This has been released today for RHEL, not sure about other distros... http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.html more info: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/14/critical_linux_bug/ Slashdot search: "linux kernel vulnerability" post 13th August for in

Re: [Hampshire] Twitter Bot

Daniel Pope wrote: > Damian Brasher wrote: >> Think I'm there, this also means you don't need to prefix HantsLUG with an >> @ >> when you post to HantsLUG, I think... > > You don't need to mention HantsLUG at all. It's simply retweeting the > people it follows. > > Dan Goodo, Damian -- WWW htt

Re: [Hampshire] Twitter Bot

Damian Brasher wrote: > Think I'm there, this also means you don't need to prefix HantsLUG with an @ > when you post to HantsLUG, I think... You don't need to mention HantsLUG at all. It's simply retweeting the people it follows. Dan -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interfac

Re: [Hampshire] Twitter Bot

Daniel Pope wrote: > I've added a Twitter bot at http://twitter.com/HantsLUG which retweets > HantsLUG members. > Does anyone else have a Twitter account and want to be included in the > HantsLUG feed? > Think I'm there, this also means you don't need to prefix HantsLUG with an @ when you post to

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu mirror is slow

go to system-administration-software sources In the download from dropdown select "other" press the "Select Best Server" button this will ping everything and work out which is actually closest to you You can also browse through the UK list of servers and choose one you think is closest if you want

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu mirror is slow

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:05:35 +0100, pavithran wrote: > Is there a Ubuntu mirror which is located near JANET .. I mean any > univ based mirror ? Yes. http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ Tony P.S. Probably not necessary to send such a simple question to 3 LUG mailing lists...