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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Commercial GNU/Linux support for home users (Amias Channer)
2. Re: The Advent laptop (Amias Channer)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 09:58:13 +0100
From: Amias Channer <me@amias.net>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Commercial GNU/Linux support for home users
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Hello Bob,

Providing linux support for home users is still very difficult , success
really hinges on either doing very very simple desktop things or providing
all of the equipment a home user might want to connect to it. This is
because , while linux will work with most things , it still doesn't work
with everything , especially not everything thats on sale at pc world or
whatever other shop because manufacturers still switch chips around and
still don't release linux drivers. Most home users are not prepared to
submit to the level of admin control to ensure it allways works (neither
are most of our partners , can i get a amen) let alone pay for the time
taken to work out a good combination if paid at fair rate (most experienced
linux users can command a salary in excess of 30k pa).

You could try asking bristol wireless , they might be able to help but i'm
pretty sure they only work for orgs these days for similar reasons.

Cheers
Amias
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 10:00:33 +0100
From: Amias Channer <me@amias.net>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] The Advent laptop
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Hello Dave,

there is only one way to find out about the ram , try it.

Cheers
Amias


On 4 July 2014 11:22, d.hockin <d.hockin@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Amias.
>
> Suse IS now running dual with XP, with many thanks to Chris for his
> efforts on Saturday - we ran out of time on the battery power, but it was
> successful once back home on mains power.
>
> Just have the problem of not downloading updates, as there's currently a
> glitch in that, and I'm waiting for news on that front :)
> All else seems to running fine.
>
> I will have to take a look at the virtualbox business. I wonder if the
> limited amount of ram in the laptop could cope?
>
> By comparison with the neat notebooks many had with them, my "ageing" but
> much-loved laptop looked quite a huge dinosaur!
>
> With 3 new heads and 4 new handles - the old axe is as (almost) as good as
> new! That applies to me as well as the pc....but no new heads for me, yet!
>
> Thank you to everyone on Saturday who showed interest.
>
> Dave (Posset)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Amias Channer
> To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 12:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [bristol] The Advent laptop
>
>
> Hello Dave,
>>
>
> ISTR there was a guide in the previous linux voice [1] that covered how
>> to take an image of an existing xp setup and run in virtualbox.
>> Passthrough usb should easily be able to cope with photography interfaces.
>>
>
> maybe Ben E knows about how to get hold of back issues
>>
>
> This way you can try all sorts of things but keeping your XP installation
>> safe in a VM with snapshots and backups , you can also firewall it safely
>> via linux or better still don't allow it any net >access at all.
>>
>
> Dual boot is a world of pain and something i'm very glad i left behind ,
>> most of us have done this so bare that in mind when asking for help on dual
>> boot - its tricky , horrible and unnecessary so >you should be very very
>> very grateful if anyone helps you with it because its the Linux equivalent
>> of mucking out a horse shed.
>>
>
> Personally i don't think meets should be for fixing stuff , really you
>> should pay people for that because its how most of us earn our living.
>>
>
> Cheers
>> Amias
>>
>
> [1] linux voice is an excellent read i would heartily recommend a
> subscription , beats linux format by miles :)
>
>
>
> On 28 June 2014 18:22, d.hockin <d.hockin@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
> Chris! Good news!!!
>>>
>>
> There just wasn't enough power left to run the disk drive and the pc!
>>> That's why it was beeping and shutting down so fast :)
>>>
>>
> Luckily too, the disk left inside there, when I fired the pc up, was the
>>> boot recovery one, and Suse got under way. I swapped it for the LXF one,
>>> and it went well until Firefox crashed!
>>>
>>
> So I'm back on XP for this email, and I'll take a look shortly at the
>>> BIOS via f2 to see if its still expecting your memory stick, and then let
>>> it do all the umpteen updates and downloads that >>expect are waiting in
>>> the wings....
>>>
>>
> Keeping my fingers crossed that it will work - but a least Grub fired up
>>> OK, and its 3 choices - Suse, XP and I forget what was the 3rd(!) -
>>> certainly fired up Suse and XP.
>>>
>>
> Many thanks for you considerable efforts. I had to leave KT as I'd lost
>>> all trace of hearing in the high noise level, and that guy opposite had
>>> taken over Dave, so he wasn't going to be of any >>help to us there and
>>> then.
>>>
>>
> Best wishes,
>>>
>>
> Dave.
>>>
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