RE: [SLUG] Mass converting Gigabites of wma to mp3

2008-01-23 Thread Richard Heycock
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Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread david . lyon
Quoting Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: why not go the debian/ubuntu method. Start with a base debian build, create a custom deb package (sort of a meta package) that pulls in all the relevant other debs and does a config. You could setup you own repo and your done. Well another deb for each si

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread david . lyon
Quoting Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: You haven't explained why Australia in particular needs a Linux distro. Well, we haven't got a single one that I know of for a start... :-( That is a little dissappointing... beyond that.. there appears to be a niche within small IT companies for a

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread david . lyon
Quoting Phil Scarratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I simply use the server version of ubuntu and apt-get any other extras I may or may not need depending on the function of the server. Yes.. but it takes some time to do all that... I guess you are talking about not having to do the extra "install th

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread david . lyon
Quoting Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Thanks everyone... Nice to get some responses... I'll just answer offlist.. Take care David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Fwd: SLUG Monthly Meeting, Friday 25 January

2008-01-23 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Just another reminder to everyone. Only two days to go! -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: SLUG Monthly Meeting, Friday 25 January Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 From: Sridhar Dhanapalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: SLUG Announcements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> == January SLUG Monthly Meeting == Y

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > You haven't explained why Australia in particular needs > > a Linux distro. > > Well, we haven't got a single one that I know of for a > start... :-( > > That is a little dissappointing... > No, but Canonical/Ubuntu

Re: [SLUG] Fwd: SLUG Monthly Meeting, Friday 25 January

2008-01-23 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > Just another reminder to everyone. Only two days to go! Since microsoft is attending that meeting, I've decided to go to Melbourne and intend FOMS [0] instead :-). Erik [0] http://www.annodex.org/events/foms2008/ -- --

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
On Jan 23, 2008 3:03 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, but Canonical/Ubuntu has significant proportion of > Australian employees, theres a large number of Australians > involved with the Debain project, a large number of well > known and respected Linux kernel hackers etc etc

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread Blindraven
Puppy Linux is Australian. On Jan 23, 2008 2:39 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > You haven't explained why Australia in particular needs > > a Linux distro. > > Well, we haven't got a single one that I know of for a > start... :-( > > That is a li

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 21:39 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > beyond that.. there appears to be a niche within small > IT companies for a Server product that can do the > following: > > - boot up and install quickly (<5 mins) > > - provide file sharing, and maybe CMS > > - call *designated

RE: [SLUG] Mass converting Gigabites of wma to mp3

2008-01-23 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 09:52 +1100, Richard Heycock wrote: > > Don't use 'man find' - 'info find' is better. > > info is evil. Notice I said 'better' not 'best' :-) I too find info a PITA (and even more of a PITA to teach to noobs) and will have a play with the suggested pinfo. -- Sonia Hamilt

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-23 Thread jam
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 05:20 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I simply use the server version of ubuntu and apt-get any > other extras > > I may or may not need depending on the function of the > server. > > Yes.. but it takes some time to do all

[SLUG] Re: Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux

2008-01-23 Thread jam
http://www.collax.com/index.php?id=1&L=1 A reference for my post James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html