1:33 p.m.
One of my esteemed colleagues (Martin C) has been good enough to introduce me to the
Staffs LUG and it sounds like fun - so I'm introducing myself and hoping to make it on
Monday... I've got a kind of beginner-intermediate grasp of linux, running Ubuntu
Feisty at the mo but have dabbled with other forms of Debian and Suse (although a long
time ago!). Also had some interesting experiences with Solaris whilst at uni!
I'm lucky enough to now work at Keele, my 'alma mater', so not far to travel
for the meeting! What sort of things are planned? Should new attendees expect any scary
initiation rituals? :)
Mark
PS. I too am new to this mailing list malarky, so let me know if I'm doing it wrong!
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1:57 p.m.
On 23/11/2007, Mark Dimond <mark_dimond(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
One of my esteemed colleagues (Martin C) has been good enough to introduce
me to the Staffs LUG and it sounds like fun - so I'm introducing myself and
hoping to make it on Monday... I've got a kind of beginner-intermediate>
grasp of linux, running Ubuntu Feisty at the mo but have dabbled with other
forms of Debian and Suse (although a long time ago!). Also had some
interesting experiences with Solaris whilst at uni!
I'm lucky enough to now work at Keele, my 'alma mater', so not far to travel
for the meeting! What sort of things are planned? Should new attendees>
expect any scary initiation rituals? :)
Mark
PS. I too am new to this mailing list malarky, so let me know if I'm doing
it wrong!
Hi Mark and welcome to Staffs LUG :-)
Ok, firstly, you will now incur the wrath of another member who is
known and loved by all as Dick Turpin. He's called this because he
will fleece you of every penny that you own and will earn until the
end of your days... Just kidding of course ;-) and that should show
you what sort of a LUG we are i.e. very friendly and always joking.
Actually Dick merely has this unbelievable aversion to the poo distro
that is Ubuntu. But I'm slowly weaning him onto Kubuntu ;-)
Meetings... are normally riotous affairs..well the first two were
anyway and it's been downhill since then I gather. Initiations...none
really :-))))
As long as you don't top post you will be fine......
Hopefully I'll see you at our next meeting?
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Linux user #373362
Staffordshire
3:37 p.m.
Hi Mark and welcome to Staffs LUG :-)
Ok, firstly, you will now incur the wrath of another member who is
known and loved by all as Dick Turpin. He's called this because he
will fleece you of every penny that you own and will earn until the
end of your days... Just kidding of course ;-) and that should show
you what sort of a LUG we are i.e. very friendly and always joking.
Actually Dick merely has this unbelievable aversion to the poo distro
that is Ubuntu. But I'm slowly weaning him onto Kubuntu ;-)
Meetings... are normally riotous affairs..well the first two were
anyway and it's been downhill since then I gather. Initiations...none
really :-))))
As long as you don't top post you will be fine......
Hopefully I'll see you at our next meeting?
--
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Kevan Farmer
Linux user #373362
Staffordshire
Hehe well I am determined to wean myself off the 'golden brown' distro one of
these days, just built myself an awesome new rig (quad core Q6600, 4G PC-5400, ultra-quiet
super-micro tower :-D ) which really deserves a bit more to be honest! At the moment
just gots Ubuntu with a VM or two. Suggestions welcome...
Also noticed the new Asus sub-notebook, targeted at 'educational users' which
seems like a good idea:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/review_asus_eee_pc/
Comes with Xandros pre-installed though - if I got one I'd have to put proper Deb on
there :)
Anyway that's enough fantasising about hardware; yep will hopefully be coming to the
meeting, looking forward to it!
Mark
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4:23 p.m.
On 23/11/2007, Mark Dimond <mark_dimond(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, firstly, you will now incur the wrath of another member who
is
> known and loved by all as Dick Turpin. He's called this because he
> will fleece you of every penny that you own and will earn until the
> end of your days... Just kidding of course ;-) and that should show
> you what sort of a LUG we are i.e. very friendly and always joking.
> Actually Dick merely has this unbelievable aversion to the poo distro
> that is Ubuntu. But I'm slowly weaning him onto Kubuntu ;-)
Kubuntu is pooh too :-P
> Meetings... are normally riotous affairs..well the first two
were
> anyway and it's been downhill since then I gather. Initiations...none
> really :-))))
Apart from paying me your 'subs' £30,000.00
> As long as you don't top post you will be fine......
Yep, top posting non trimming are my two pet hates I was crucified for
doing it when I first got into Linux so I don't see why anyone else
should get away with it. :-)
Hehe well I am determined to wean myself off the 'golden
brown' distro one
of these days, just built myself an awesome new rig (quad core Q6600, 4G
PC-5400, ultra-quiet super-micro tower :-D ) which really deserves a bit
more to be honest! At the moment just gots Ubuntu with a VM or two.
Suggestions welcome...
I like you already. Nice machine, run VM's (My fave subject) and will
ditch the brown distro.
Also noticed the new Asus sub-notebook, targeted at 'educational
users'
which seems like a good idea:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/review_asus_eee_pc/
Comes with Xandros pre-installed though - if I got one I'd have to put
proper Deb on there :)
I posted about them a couple of weeks back I'm toying with buying two of them.
Anyway that's enough fantasising about hardware; yep will
hopefully be
coming to the meeting, looking forward to it!
I'll fleece, Oops, I mean, I'll see you there.
Oh yeah welcome bye the way
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Dick Turpin
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4:57 p.m.
On 23/11/2007, Mark Dimond <mark_dimond(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Just built myself an awesome new rig (quad core Q6600, 4G PC-5400,
ultra-quiet super-micro tower :-D ) which really deserves a bit
more to be
honest! At the moment just gots Ubuntu with a VM or two. Suggestions
welcome...
All that meat for surfing the net?! I bet you've never loaded web pages so
fast...
I'll be coming this Monday, what's the expected body count??
;-)
Martin
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