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Hello back, I'm here too. I'm Brian and so's my wife!! On Thursday 08 November 2001 10:34 pm, you wrote: > hi there!!! > > mine name's kev and am a new list member. > > just wondering a couple of things, > > how many users are on this list roughly? - and how many are from plymouth? > > i have been running linux at home since jan 2000 and see a fantastic future > for it. after programming databases on UNIX machines for a few years i > changed to using windows servers after moving back down from london and i > have been amazed at their instability. we currently write applications > using VB which run on users desktop machines - but these keep falling over > as well, losing their settings, forgetting what the time is etc. > > to be fair the windows 2000 advanced server has not been too bad - but 4k > for a single license + 7k for the SQL server license (and don't forget the > client access licenses) is a bit much! > > i am currently requesting a couple of thin client terminals for testing and > see this as the way forward for business users. > > what i'd like to know is this: > are we a very few who have 'seen a better way' - or is there a huge linux > community beavering away at honing the OS and apps waiting for our time? > > on a more technical note - could anyone give me some advice on the best > ipchains settings for a server which is running the squid proxy server. > what is the best way to allow the DNS servers to return their result? my > current setup is that all ip packets are DENY'd - and i only allow in > packets which i need - but i seem to be getting a lot of packets trying to > get in with different destination port numbers. > > looking forward to hearing from you, > > kevin bailey > > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.