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Tim | 1 Feb 2006 21:19
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Re: Kubuntu to Debian by changing sources?


Cheers for the replys Sam

Tim

On Tuesday 31 Jan 2006 00:42, Sam Morgan wrote:
> First, I am currently running Debian testing, is it possible to move over
> to Kubuntu by simply changing the apt sources or will that lead to one
> large unbootable mess??
>
> IMO you would end up with either a bootable or umbootable mess. Save your
> home and what ever you think you would miss and then do a fresh Debian
> install is the way I would go.
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Sam Morgan | 1 Feb 2006 23:31

February 2006 issue of TUX is now available for download.

February 2006 issue of TUX is now available for you to download (5.7mb) from: 
  http://www.tuxmagazine.com/

This issue features:

	*From the Publisher: Linux Everywhere, Taken Literally
	*From the Editor: Building Momentum toward a Desktop Linux Reality
	*Letters to the Editor
	*P2P: The 4 Question
  	*P2p: Q&A with Mango Parfait
	*Home Plate: Hydrogen - The Home Musician's Free Drum Machine Part I
	*Suite Up: OpenOffice.org Impress 2.0: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a 
User-Friendly Swan
	*TUX Explains: KDE Instant Messaging
	*TUX Explains: OpenOffice.org Base
	*Diversions: Neverball
	*Gadget Guy: Your Music, without Wires
	*Capsule Review: Mozilla Firefox 1.5
	*Capsule Review: OpenOffice.org Math 2.0

Once you download and open your magazine, the PDF WILL AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCH IN 
FULL SCREEN VIEW. You can reduce the size of the PDF to window view mode at 
any time by simply pressing 'esc'.

For easier navigation of the magazine you may wish to turn on Bookmarks. You 
may do so by pressing 'F5' or using the menu across the top of the Adobe 
Acrobat Reader window and selecting 'Window' > 'Bookmarks'.
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Stefan Waidele jun. | 2 Feb 2006 00:07

Traffic-Info for January

Hello everybody,

here some info about "the community that helps people to install and run 
Linux":

Since I am doing stats (January 7th, 2006, about noon), there were 2414 
visits to LinuxBasics.org (not counting search-engines and bots). (avg. 
99 per day).

IMO, this is quite impressing.

Visitors came from:
.com, .net, Germany, United Kingdom, .org, Denmark, Portugal, 
Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, France, Canada, Sweden, .edu, Switzerland, 
Spain, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Poland, Lebanon, 
Finland, Belgium, Estonia, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation, Norway, 
India, Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Austria, Argentina, .gov, 	New 
Zealand

Visitor use the following OS:
Linux, Windows, Macintosh, Sun Solaris, BSD, Aix, OS/2 (!!!)

And they use the following browsers:
Firefox, MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera, Netscape, 
Safari, Galeon, Dillo, "others"

The Mailing-list has 59 Members (one of which is a NNTP-relay called 
Mane.org, so there might be more people reading). In January, there were 
123 posts to the list.
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Jisao | 2 Feb 2006 02:37

Re: Traffic-Info for January

Stefan Waidele jun. wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> here some info about "the community that helps people to install and 
> run Linux":
>
> Since I am doing stats (January 7th, 2006, about noon), there were 
> 2414 visits to LinuxBasics.org (not counting search-engines and bots). 
> (avg. 99 per day).
>
> IMO, this is quite impressing.
>
> Visitors came from:
> .com, .net, Germany, United Kingdom, .org, Denmark, Portugal, 
> Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, France, Canada, Sweden, .edu, Switzerland, 
> Spain, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Poland, Lebanon, 
> Finland, Belgium, Estonia, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation, Norway, 
> India, Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Austria, Argentina, .gov,     
> New Zealand
>
> Visitor use the following OS:
> Linux, Windows, Macintosh, Sun Solaris, BSD, Aix, OS/2 (!!!)
>
> And they use the following browsers:
> Firefox, MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera, Netscape, 
> Safari, Galeon, Dillo, "others"
>
> The Mailing-list has 59 Members (one of which is a NNTP-relay called 
> Mane.org, so there might be more people reading). In January, there 
> were 123 posts to the list.
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tls | 2 Feb 2006 03:53
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Re: Traffic-Info for January

You guys, the Crew, are doing a great job.  Thank you.

Terry

On Wednesday 01 February 2006 6:07 pm, Stefan Waidele jun. wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> here some info about "the community that helps people to install and run
> Linux":
>
> Since I am doing stats (January 7th, 2006, about noon), there were 2414
> visits to LinuxBasics.org (not counting search-engines and bots). (avg.
> 99 per day).
>
> IMO, this is quite impressing.
>
> Visitors came from:
> .com, .net, Germany, United Kingdom, .org, Denmark, Portugal,
> Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, France, Canada, Sweden, .edu, Switzerland,
> Spain, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, Japan, Australia, Poland, Lebanon,
> Finland, Belgium, Estonia, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation, Norway,
> India, Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Austria, Argentina, .gov, 	New
> Zealand
>
> Visitor use the following OS:
> Linux, Windows, Macintosh, Sun Solaris, BSD, Aix, OS/2 (!!!)
>
> And they use the following browsers:
> Firefox, MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Konqueror, Opera, Netscape,
> Safari, Galeon, Dillo, "others"
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Grasshopper | 2 Feb 2006 04:06

Re: Traffic-Info for January

On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 21:53 -0500, tls wrote:
> You guys, the Crew, are doing a great job.  Thank you.
> 
> Terry

I 2nd (3rd) that.  Thank you.

Mary E.
> 
> On Wednesday 01 February 2006 6:07 pm, Stefan Waidele jun. wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > here some info about "the community that helps people to install and run
> > Linux":
> >
> > Since I am doing stats (January 7th, 2006, about noon), there were 2414
> > visits to LinuxBasics.org (not counting search-engines and bots). (avg.
> > 99 per day).
> >
> > 

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Stefan Waidele jun. | 3 Feb 2006 23:21

Week 21 - Behind the scenes of E-Mail

Hello everybody,

another week and it is friday already...

This week, we will explore how e-mail work. All the steps from your PC 
to the recipient.

Chapter 30 ( http://rute.2038bug.com/node33.html.gz ) is the place to 
go. It has much very technical information that you will not need unless 
you are setting up a mail-server. It is very interesting... :)

But most people will not set up a full SMTP-server. Todays distros do 
the usual desktop-setup for you. But if you run a network, you might 
consider setting up an IMAP-server on one machine that holds your mail, 
so your INBOX is concise.
If anybody is interested, just post to the list and I can help out.

What you absolutely SHOULD read is the section "30.1.1 How mail works" 
and "30.8 Real-Time Blocking List -- Combating Spam".

Like I said: If anybody is interested in running am IMAPd, just tell me. 
The same is if somebody wants to try out his own private webserver. If 
this is the case, we will cover this on the list.

Next week, we will cover 'booting'. If anybody has a nice description of 
GRUB, please point me to it, since RUTE only covers LILO.

Thank you all,

Stefan
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The LBo Automailer | 4 Feb 2006 06:25

IRC channel #LBo reminder

IRC channel #LBo reminder

You are invited to join us for an irc chat on Freenode.
We will be discussing this week's chapter(s) of the RUTE book as specified on
http://linuxbasics.org/course/schedule

In addition to that, all topics related to Linux or LinuxBasics.org are
welcome. To round things off, sometimes we simply chat about life, the
universe and everything. It is a great pastime, and we get to know each other
better. When somebody with a 'linux-problem' comes along, the conversation
usually focuses on that quite quickly.

Official meeting time is:

Sunday at 2000 UTC
3 PM Eastern Standard, noon Pacific Standard
(4 PM Eastern Saving, 1 PM Pacific Saving)

You're welcome and encouraged to use the channel at other times as well.
The channel is open 24/7 and occupants come and go. IRC is a remarkably
effective and efficient way to troubleshoot many of the common problems
users have. Perhaps a post to the list stating the problem(s) and when you
will be on the channel for starters. Check out your specific distro's
#channel, usually a great source of support. Or just drop by and simply chew
the herring <g>

Use your IRC client to connect to
irc.debian.org port #6667
then /join #LBo
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Steve Kist | 4 Feb 2006 13:13

Re: Week 21 - Behind the scenes of E-Mail

Stefan Waidele jun. wrote:

> Next week, we will cover 'booting'. If anybody has a nice description
> of GRUB, please point me to it, since RUTE only covers LILO.

This is not really what you're looking for, but it has some nice GRUB
tricks.

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_10/grub_intro/index_p1.html

Steve Kist
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Steve | 4 Feb 2006 21:35

Torvalds Rejects GPL Version 3 for Linux

Linux founder Linus Torvalds has spoken out against the proposed changes 
in the forthcoming version 3 of the General Public License (GPL) that 
governs the operating system.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/opensource/48522.html

Steve Kist
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