8:21 p.m.
Hi All
Check this out
http://www.mandriva.com/en/individuals/products/node_3482
Anyone rich out there who wants to get me one for Christmas?
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On 14/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone rich out there who wants to get me one for Christmas?
>
59 eur. then join Mandy's "club" for support. Win Xcrement is cheaper.
Stuart
59 Euro's is around £40UK. Which ain't bad considering you get a 2gb
flash drive too :-)
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nope, not that good...
look on http://aria.co.uk
2gb memory sticks are cheap as chips, 4gb are bargains!
On 14/12/06, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 14/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Anyone rich out there who wants to get me one for Christmas?
> >
> 59 eur. then join Mandy's "club" for support. Win Xcrement is
cheaper.
>
> Stuart
59 Euro's is around £40UK. Which ain't bad considering you get a 2gb
flash drive too :-)
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9 a.m.
On 14/12/06, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
nope, not that good...
look on http://aria.co.uk
2gb memory sticks are cheap as chips, 4gb are bargains!
What's you search term? I could only find 2gb USB memory sticks at
£43.42 Which is about standard for those sort of shops. I can get
them cheaper at 7dayshop :-) I can also get 1gb SD cards (they are
good, I use one in my Nikon D50) for £8
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9:24 a.m.
The £8 SD cards are bargains, is that in 7dayshop?
On 15/12/06, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 14/12/06, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> nope, not that good...
>
> look on http://aria.co.uk
>
> 2gb memory sticks are cheap as chips, 4gb are bargains!
>
>
What's you search term? I could only find 2gb USB memory sticks at
£43.42 Which is about standard for those sort of shops. I can get
them cheaper at 7dayshop :-) I can also get 1gb SD cards (they are
good, I use one in my Nikon D50) for £8
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10:18 a.m.
On 15/12/06, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The £8 SD cards are bargains, is that in 7dayshop?
Yes. They have 2gb ones at £14. Though, they may have come down in
price even more now :-)
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10:26 a.m.
On 15/12/06, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The £8 SD cards are bargains, is that in 7dayshop?
Lol
Typical customer 'response' the product was a USB Flash drive and yet
your on about an SD card.
The Mandriva drive is a little pricey given that pen drives are as
cheap as chips and you can set 'A Linux' up on it but what your paying
for is
1. Something pre-installed
2. No faffing around getting it to work (Hopefully)
3. A bit of support
4. A really cool looking device with the Logo
For my money its worth it although I've no intention of getting one
I'm sure MR. Let me steal your developers will bring one out for his
over hyped distro.
Flames, Grenades and rocks to the usual address. :-)
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12:21 p.m.
Typical customer 'response' the product was a USB Flash drive and yet
your on about an SD card.
The Mandriva drive is a little pricey given that pen drives are as
cheap as chips and you can set 'A Linux' up on it but what your paying
for is
1. Something pre-installed
2. No faffing around getting it to work (Hopefully)
3. A bit of support
4. A really cool looking device with the Logo
Pen drive flame war. WOW!
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12:30 p.m.
On 15/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Pen drive flame war. WOW!
It's a bit 'my pen drive is better than yours because it's got
Mandriva pre-installed' neh!!! :-))))))))))))
Actually, there are other distro's that also do USB sticks with their
distro installed on it. I think Zenwalk do it and possibly Vector.
Both excellent distro's by the way.
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12:33 p.m.
On 15/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Pen drive flame war. WOW!
>
It's a bit 'my pen drive is better than yours because it's got
Mandriva pre-installed' neh!!! :-))))))))))))
Actually, there are other distro's that also do USB sticks with their
distro installed on it. I think Zenwalk do it and possibly Vector.
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Hmmm.. Wonder if we could get any for "review"...
1:06 p.m.
YAYZ to t3h c0mm0n l337 flma3 w4rs :D
On 15/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > distro installed on it. I think Zenwalk do it and possibly Vector.
> > Both excellent distro's by the way.
That's what I love about Linux. You just mentioned two distros and
I've never heard of either of them. Googling now.
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(and)
I'd like a 'review' of the drive :P
On 15/12/06, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
YAYZ to t3h c0mm0n l337 flma3 w4rs :D
On 15/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > distro installed on it. I think Zenwalk do it and possibly Vector.
> > > Both excellent distro's by the way.
>
> That's what I love about Linux. You just mentioned two distros and
> I've never heard of either of them. Googling now.
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1:59 p.m.
On 15/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > YAYZ to t3h c0mm0n l337 flma3 w4rs :D
It's known as haxxor, or "leet speak":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haxxor
Basically, you use numbers & symbols instead of letters (using ones
that look similar) and frequently mis-spell things. Oh, and use lots
of z's. So:
YAYZ to t3h c0mm0n l337 flma3 w4rs
becomes
Yay to the common leet flame wars
3 is frequently substituded for E, 1 for L, 4 for A, 0 for O, 7 for T
Russ
2:10 p.m.
On 15/12/06, Russ Phillips <russ(a)phillipsuk.org> wrote:
On 15/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > YAYZ to t3h c0mm0n l337 flma3 w4rs :D
It's known as haxxor, or "leet speak":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haxxor
And I thought you were a sensible chap!
S :-))
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On 15/12/06, Russ Phillips <russ(a)phillipsuk.org> wrote:
It's known as haxxor, or "leet speak":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haxxor
Here in the 'Sunshine Happy Valley' Old peoples home the Matron gets
upset if we speak incomprehensibly ;-)
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3:14 p.m.
>
> Here in the 'Sunshine Happy Valley' Old peoples home the Matron gets
> upset if we speak incomprehensibly ;-)
>
Young people today eh ? Hacksaw, whatever next?
I remember when you could buy a 2Gb stick for 3/6d.
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When I were a lad it were more like 2k stick.. well.. more of a box than a
stick!
5:38 p.m.
On 15/12/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > distro installed on it. I think Zenwalk do it and possibly
Vector.
> > Both excellent distro's by the way.
That's what I love about Linux. You just mentioned two distros and
I've never heard of either of them. Googling now.
Stuart
I've sent Dave a link for Zenwalk but not for Vector. I will do
though :-) I have started that process that I promised but there are
quite a few to do :-)
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10:40 p.m.
flashlinux is the same, based on gentoo and easier than a hooker with
a crack habit to set up (i've been up 3 days, apologies for any
offence caused)
On 15/12/06, Dick Turpin <highwayman.turpin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 15/12/06, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> The £8 SD cards are bargains, is that in 7dayshop?
Lol
Typical customer 'response' the product was a USB Flash drive and yet
your on about an SD card.
The Mandriva drive is a little pricey given that pen drives are as
cheap as chips and you can set 'A Linux' up on it but what your paying
for is
1. Something pre-installed
2. No faffing around getting it to work (Hopefully)
3. A bit of support
4. A really cool looking device with the Logo
For my money its worth it although I've no intention of getting one
I'm sure MR. Let me steal your developers will bring one out for his
over hyped distro.
Flames, Grenades and rocks to the usual address. :-)
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10:42 p.m.
oh and free, and runs from a 256 (though 512 would be better) mem pen,
can also mount or whatchamacallit or whatdiddlydoodey anything like
normal on a linux machine for file saving, and you can fdisky the
bugger how you want for file storage and mounting at boot
On 15/12/06, Andrew Edwards <edwards.andrew(a)gmail.com> wrote:
flashlinux is the same, based on gentoo and easier than a hooker
with
a crack habit to set up (i've been up 3 days, apologies for any
offence caused)
On 15/12/06, Dick Turpin <highwayman.turpin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15/12/06, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > The £8 SD cards are bargains, is that in 7dayshop?
>
> Lol
>
> Typical customer 'response' the product was a USB Flash drive and yet
> your on about an SD card.
>
> The Mandriva drive is a little pricey given that pen drives are as
> cheap as chips and you can set 'A Linux' up on it but what your paying
> for is
>
> 1. Something pre-installed
> 2. No faffing around getting it to work (Hopefully)
> 3. A bit of support
> 4. A really cool looking device with the Logo
>
> For my money its worth it although I've no intention of getting one
> I'm sure MR. Let me steal your developers will bring one out for his
> over hyped distro.
>
> Flames, Grenades and rocks to the usual address. :-)
>
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11:25 p.m.
On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 22:40 +0000, Andrew Edwards wrote:
flashlinux is the same, based on gentoo and easier than a hooker
with
a crack habit to set up (i've been up 3 days, apologies for any
offence caused)
Nobody's mentioned
http://www.puppylinux.org/
It can boot off Flash, LS120, w.h.y. - the main thing is that it
loads everything into RAM at start-up, so is blazingly fast. :-)
> Flames, Grenades and rocks to the usual address. :-)
Well, I might mention that all the top-posting is making the
list hard to follow for those of us who like to dip into and
out of threads ;-P
- Richard
btw How do high street shops get away with charging GBP40 for
512MB flash when 7-day shop are knocking it out so cheaply?
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11:40 p.m.
people are still silly enough to pay such prices, marketing
expendature gets you everything in this life!
On 15/12/06, Richard Smedley <smedley358(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 22:40 +0000, Andrew Edwards wrote:
> flashlinux is the same, based on gentoo and easier than a hooker with
> a crack habit to set up (i've been up 3 days, apologies for any
> offence caused)
Nobody's mentioned
http://www.puppylinux.org/
It can boot off Flash, LS120, w.h.y. - the main thing is that it
loads everything into RAM at start-up, so is blazingly fast. :-)
> > Flames, Grenades and rocks to the usual address. :-)
Well, I might mention that all the top-posting is making the
list hard to follow for those of us who like to dip into and
out of threads ;-P
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On 15/12/06, Richard Smedley <smedley358(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 22:40 +0000, Andrew Edwards wrote:
> flashlinux is the same, based on gentoo and easier than a hooker with
> a crack habit to set up (i've been up 3 days, apologies for any
> offence caused)
Nobody's mentioned
http://www.puppylinux.org/
It can boot off Flash, LS120, w.h.y. - the main thing is that it
loads everything into RAM at start-up, so is blazingly fast. :-)
It's been plugged on the list before though :-) by yours truly. I've
also sent Dave a link to it on the web page. It is a quite remarkable
distro.
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12:31 p.m.
I've not tried Puppy. It's a bit bloated for my old IBM lappy. The
mulinux i installed was a 2,4 MB install plus addons X11 and Netscape.
Total install is now 21MB !! It's a very old distro, last updated 8yrs
ago but runs fine and an ideal learning exercise for me getting it to
work. There's no boot loader so I had to use W*n98 to get it from the
mem stick to the hdd then run it from C:\ Linux !
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