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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Which distro (nick robinson)
2. Re: Problems viewing Postscript files in Mint 17 (Andrew McLean)
3. Re: Which distro (Martin Moore)
4. Re: Problems viewing Postscript files in Mint 17
(nigel.gunton@uwe.ac.uk)
5. Re: Which distro (Richard Stearn)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 14:43:09 +0000
From: nick robinson <nick@njrobinson.net>
To: Martin Moore <martinm@it-helps.co.uk>, Bristol and Bath Linux
User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Which distro
Message-ID:
<CADo8qK4e8svpS71G3b82rVgRiYWXhGoQGSCK=O7UzFxZ1T=zkw@mail.gmail.com>
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It's basically red hat but just not with paid for support.
if you are not selling your inhouse s/w why package it? you're just add a
layer of admin with no real benefit.

On 7 January 2015 at 13:58, Martin Moore <martinm@it-helps.co.uk> wrote:

> I now have a new job, and have inherited a bit of a mess in many ways....
>
>
>
> Currently running on CentOS 5.2 and using apache2, php, mysql etc.
>
>
>
> So, where does Centos fit in the list of good distros, and if it?s not
> near the top, would I have any problems migrating to e.g. Debian (what I am
> used to).
>
>
>
> Also, none of our inhouse s/w is packaged ? can someone point me to a good
> online RPM package creation tutorial (unless I?m gonna move away from an
> RPM distro).
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Martin.
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:51:07 +0000
From: Andrew McLean <am57762@gmail.com>
To: lug <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Problems viewing Postscript files in Mint 17
Message-ID: <54AD47DB.8080104@gmail.com>
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Thanks to Shane and Nick r for replying to this.

'gv --help' doesn't say anything useful.
There's no difference in behaviour with '-orientation=...' and
'--orientation=...'.
gv simply ignores the options. Same applies to the '--scale' option.
I've yet
to ID an option that it does pay attention to, other than the filename.
If I put the
options before the filename it complains that they should be after it.

I tried 'display' from ImageMagick; it does respond to the 'resize' and
'rotate'
options OK, so would be a good solution if there weren't any other
surprises...
However, it has a wierdness all of it's own: the white background of the
page
is displayed as a checkerboard pattern of black and grey. I've yet to
explore
this further: could be another CL option that affects this, or maybe it
expects
something in the PS code which I haven't included. I'll think about that.

I haven't installed 'xv' yet. I think it has been dropped from the
current Mint,
so I'd need to find an online source for it.

I'll keep on with this when I get a bit of time...!
Andrew




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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 15:01:50 -0000
From: "Martin Moore" <martinm@it-helps.co.uk>
To: "'nick robinson'" <nick@njrobinson.net>, "'Bristol and Bath Linux
User Group'" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Which distro
Message-ID: <14c601d02a8a$dfee8a70$9fcb9f50$@co.uk>
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OK, sounds decent enough! I guess I?m used to packages ? is a tar the simple alternative?



Martin.



From: nick robinson [mailto:nick@njrobinson.net]
Sent: 07 January 2015 14:43
To: Martin Moore; Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [bristol] Which distro



It's basically red hat but just not with paid for support.

if you are not selling your inhouse s/w why package it? you're just add a layer of admin with no real benefit.



On 7 January 2015 at 13:58, Martin Moore <martinm@it-helps.co.uk> wrote:

I now have a new job, and have inherited a bit of a mess in many ways....



Currently running on CentOS 5.2 and using apache2, php, mysql etc.



So, where does Centos fit in the list of good distros, and if it?s not near the top, would I have any problems migrating to e.g. Debian (what I am used to).



Also, none of our inhouse s/w is packaged ? can someone point me to a good online RPM package creation tutorial (unless I?m gonna move away from an RPM distro).



Cheers,



Martin.


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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 15:19:30 +0000
From: <nigel.gunton@uwe.ac.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Problems viewing Postscript files in Mint 17
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2015, Andrew McLean wrote:

> Thanks to Shane and Nick r for replying to this.
>
> 'gv --help' doesn't say anything useful.
> There's no difference in behaviour with '-orientation=...' and
> '--orientation=...'.
> gv simply ignores the options. Same applies to the '--scale' option.

gv --orientation=seascape -scale=0.25 level_crossing_asm.eps

works fine for me with -- or -

bash$ gv --version
gv 3.7.4

bash$ gs --version
9.15

--
Nigel Gunton MIET,
Department of Engineering Design & Mathematics,
UWE, Bristol, BS16 1QY
Phone : +44/0 117 32 83630 Fax : +44/0 117 32 83002



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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:19:00 +0000
From: Richard Stearn <richard@rns-stearn.demon.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Which distro
Message-ID: <54AD4E64.1040809@rns-stearn.demon.co.uk>
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Martin Moore wrote:
> Currently running on CentOS 5.2 and using apache2, php, mysql etc.

Repackaged RedHat, stick with it.

> Also, none of our inhouse s/w is packaged - can someone point me to a good
> online RPM package creation tutorial (unless I'm gonna move away from an RPM
> distro).

Packaging inhouse software, good move. Good RPM tutorial, none known here.

--
Regards
Richard




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