I am Fedora 5. Im just interested in finding out what your specific problems were with Fedora. The only new problem I have found is that Fedora 5 is alot harder to try and get the kernal source for and doesnt come with it so it makes things like setting up VMware harder. >From: "Terri Lomax" <tess.lomax at aut.ac.nz> >Reply-To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list <aucklug at linux.net.nz> >To: <aucklug at linux.net.nz> >Subject: [AuckLUG] Re: AuckLUG Digest, Vol 16, Issue 23 >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:21:34 +1200 > >Ron - I have a copy of "Studio 64" which I think is better than Fedora >.. its a 64 bit distro, so you will need an Athlon or Opteron or >similar. > >I too got frustrated with Fedora 5. > >I don't live too far away from you, so I could probably come and spend >a few minutes with you. > >regards > > > > > >Dr Terri Lomax >Senior Lecturer, School of Computer and Information Sciences, DJ >Auckland University of Technology >Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1020, New Zealand >+64 9 921 9999 ext 5214 > > > >>> aucklug-request at linux.net.nz 27/09/2006 12:00 p.m. >>> >Send AuckLUG mailing list submissions to >aucklug at linux.net.nz > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >aucklug-request at linux.net.nz > >You can reach the person managing the list at >aucklug-owner at linux.net.nz > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of AuckLUG digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. A Bit of Help here (Ronald Johns) > 2. Re: A Bit of Help here (Michael J. Knox) > 3. Re: A Bit of Help here (Hansel Dunlop) > 4. Re: A Bit of Help here (Morgan Read) > 5. Re: A Bit of Help here (Banjo Donila) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:38:19 +1200 >From: Ronald Johns <ronaldj at orcon.net.nz> >Subject: [AuckLUG] A Bit of Help here >To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list <aucklug at linux.net.nz> >Message-ID: <4518AEBB.3080409 at orcon.net.nz> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Hi All, > Can anyone tell me if there is a specific Fedora group anywhere > >in N.Z.that I might be able to contact ?. > >I have just updated from FC4 to FC5 and am beside myself with rage at >the functions and applications that I have either lost or which will >not >now function. > >I am a newbie , as is probably obvious and I also have health and >mobility problems ,and therefore cant get around to LUG meetings like I > >would like to . > >However I am a committed (or should be ) Linux user and I refuse to let > >all this @#$%^ get me down. > >I am looking for someone in the Southern hemisphere who I can have a >chat with by phone (at my expense) about various problems I am >encountering. > >I use all the Forums ,and while they are great in as much as one can >send great screeds of /etc log files winging back and forth they are >still no replacement for a good bitch session on the phone about what >is >working and whats not. > >At the moment I have chained myself to the back door to prevent myself > >throwing my whole set up down the gully. > >If Linux is ever to make inroads into the tar spread path that M$ has >lead us down ; we need some kind and helpful co-operation. >What about it ? > >I'm not sure how to do it but if you reply to me on this forum I'm sure > >we can find some way of swapping communication details to nobodies >disadvantage > > >Well ? >Regards >Ron Johns >Grey Lynn >Auckland >(I'm in the phone book) > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:40:43 +1200 >From: "Michael J. Knox" <michael at knox.net.nz> >Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] A Bit of Help here >To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list <aucklug at linux.net.nz> >Message-ID: <4518AF4B.60600 at knox.net.nz> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >You can contact me off list if you like. I am not aware of a NZ >specific >Fedora group. > >mjk at fedoraproject.org > >Thanks > >Michael > >Ronald Johns wrote: > > Hi All, > > Can anyone tell me if there is a specific Fedora group >anywhere > > in N.Z.that I might be able to contact ?. > > > > I have just updated from FC4 to FC5 and am beside myself with rage at > > > the functions and applications that I have either lost or which will > > > not now function. > > > > I am a newbie , as is probably obvious and I also have health and > > mobility problems ,and therefore cant get around to LUG meetings like > > > I would like to . > > > > However I am a committed (or should be ) Linux user and I refuse to > > let all this @#$%^ get me down. > > > > I am looking for someone in the Southern hemisphere who I can have a > > > chat with by phone (at my expense) about various problems I am > > encountering. > > > > I use all the Forums ,and while they are great in as much as one can > > > send great screeds of /etc log files winging back and forth they are > > > still no replacement for a good bitch session on the phone about what > > > is working and whats not. > > > > At the moment I have chained myself to the back door to prevent >myself > > throwing my whole set up down the gully. > > > > If Linux is ever to make inroads into the tar spread path that M$ has > > > lead us down ; we need some kind and helpful co-operation. > > What about it ? > > > > I'm not sure how to do it but if you reply to me on this forum I'm > > sure we can find some way of swapping communication details to > > nobodies disadvantage > > > > > > Well ? > > Regards > > Ron Johns > > Grey Lynn > > Auckland > > (I'm in the phone book) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AuckLUG mailing list > > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:56:29 +1200 >From: "Hansel Dunlop" <hansel at interpretthis.org> >Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] A Bit of Help here >To: "Auckland Linux User Group mailing list" <aucklug at linux.net.nz> >Message-ID: ><d02031c60609252156g53cebf6dm755f7dca5939d645 at mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Hi Ronald > >I live in Grey Lynn. I'm not a linux guru by any means but I have been >using >it for five years now so can get most things ticking over. Email me off >list >as well if you want to make contact. > >Cheers > >Hansel > >On 9/26/06, Ronald Johns <ronaldj at orcon.net.nz> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > Can anyone tell me if there is a specific Fedora group >anywhere > > in N.Z.that I might be able to contact ?. > > > > I have just updated from FC4 to FC5 and am beside myself with rage >at > > the functions and applications that I have either lost or which will >not > > now function. > > > > I am a newbie , as is probably obvious and I also have health and > > mobility problems ,and therefore cant get around to LUG meetings like >I > > would like to . > > > > However I am a committed (or should be ) Linux user and I refuse to >let > > all this @#$%^ get me down. > > > > I am looking for someone in the Southern hemisphere who I can have a > > chat with by phone (at my expense) about various problems I am > > encountering. > > > > I use all the Forums ,and while they are great in as much as one can > > send great screeds of /etc log files winging back and forth they >are > > still no replacement for a good bitch session on the phone about what >is > > working and whats not. > > > > At the moment I have chained myself to the back door to prevent >myself > > throwing my whole set up down the gully. > > > > If Linux is ever to make inroads into the tar spread path that M$ >has > > lead us down ; we need some kind and helpful co-operation. > > What about it ? > > > > I'm not sure how to do it but if you reply to me on this forum I'm >sure > > we can find some way of swapping communication details to nobodies > > disadvantage > > > > > > Well ? > > Regards > > Ron Johns > > Grey Lynn > > Auckland > > (I'm in the phone book) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AuckLUG mailing list > > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:49:51 +1200 >From: Morgan Read <mstuff at read.org.nz> >Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] A Bit of Help here >To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list <aucklug at linux.net.nz> >Message-ID: <4518DB9F.9020000 at read.org.nz> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >If you need any more walls to bounce your screams off your welcome to >shout here >as well - off list. > >Regards, >M. > >Ronald Johns wrote: > > Hi All, > > Can anyone tell me if there is a specific Fedora group >anywhere > > in N.Z.that I might be able to contact ?. > >... > > > > > > Well ? > > Regards > > Ron Johns > > Grey Lynn > > Auckland > > (I'm in the phone book) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AuckLUG mailing list > > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug > > > > > >-- >Morgan Read >NEW ZEALAND ><mailto:mstuffATreadDOTorgDOTnz> > >fedora: Freedom Forever! >http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview > >"By choosing not to ship any proprietary or binary drivers, Fedora does >differ >from other distributions. ..." >Quote: Max Spevik > http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/17/177220 > >-------------- next part -------------- >A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >Name: signature.asc >Type: application/pgp-signature >Size: 251 bytes >Desc: OpenPGP digital signature >Url : >http://www.linux.net.nz/pipermail/aucklug/attachments/20060926/19149569/signature-0001.pgp > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:03:12 -0700 (PDT) >From: Banjo Donila <banjo_donila at yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [AuckLUG] A Bit of Help here >To: Auckland Linux User Group mailing list <aucklug at linux.net.nz> >Message-ID: <20060926080312.92099.qmail at web33312.mail.mud.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >yer! count me in for yer linux support... > > > >Ronald Johns <ronaldj at orcon.net.nz> wrote: Hi All, > Can anyone tell me if there is a specific Fedora group anywhere > >in N.Z.that I might be able to contact ?. > >I have just updated from FC4 to FC5 and am beside myself with rage at >the functions and applications that I have either lost or which will >not >now function. > >I am a newbie , as is probably obvious and I also have health and >mobility problems ,and therefore cant get around to LUG meetings like I > >would like to . > >However I am a committed (or should be ) Linux user and I refuse to let > >all this @#$%^ get me down. > >I am looking for someone in the Southern hemisphere who I can have a >chat with by phone (at my expense) about various problems I am >encountering. > >I use all the Forums ,and while they are great in as much as one can >send great screeds of /etc log files winging back and forth they are >still no replacement for a good bitch session on the phone about what >is >working and whats not. > >At the moment I have chained myself to the back door to prevent myself > >throwing my whole set up down the gully. > >If Linux is ever to make inroads into the tar spread path that M$ has >lead us down ; we need some kind and helpful co-operation. >What about it ? > >I'm not sure how to do it but if you reply to me on this forum I'm sure > >we can find some way of swapping communication details to nobodies >disadvantage > > >Well ? >Regards >Ron Johns >Grey Lynn >Auckland >(I'm in the phone book) > > > >_______________________________________________ >AuckLUG mailing list >AuckLUG at linux.net.nz >http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug > > > >--------------------------------- >How low will we go? 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