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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Grant Sewell wrote: > On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:45:03 +0000 > Paul Sutton wrote: > >> I agree, I like ubuntu, but before that I used debian, before that I >> used suse, redhat and slackware. I tried caldera it failed to let me >> log in :( > > Hehe... I installed the newest SuSE Enterprise in a virtual machine > t'other day. I set all the authentication options (at install-time) to > point to the College's Novell OES box(es). After installation it > wouldn't let me log in, even with the local root password I setup. > > D'oh. > > Now completely pointless as I have figured out how to mount the various > Netware shares on my laptop. It was an interesting journey. > >> I think what ever distro we put people on we need to make sure that >> the new user has a text file with >> >> Distro name and version >> kernel version >> versions of various libraries >> perhaps list of hardware >> >> that we as a lug member can compile for them >> >> or I am sure its possible to get all this info from a shell script >> (any ideas) which can be run, and it dumps said info in to a file. > > I'm liking this idea... now all we need is a new thread discussing > which language the script should be written in. :D > > (My vote: BASH or Python) Well we know bash is going to be on every system, do we expect a new user to install python ? it may only be apt-get install python, lets keep this simple. > >> that way if they ever need help they can copy / paste the info from >> that file in to an e-mail or something, so the person helping can >> have an idea of where to start. >> >> it also helps you as you can keep a record on who has what installed, >> so if you get called to help they haev a kind of personal file with >> the info in. >> >> We need to help new users to help us to help them. > > We also need to help new users to help themselves. > >> A lot of people using windows will say they are using windows, hardly >> helpful when that is usually XP , vista or Windows 7. > > To be fair, it isn't as much of a difference as it used to be. 9x vs > NT-based was a much more interesting comparison - 2000, XP, Vista & 7 > are all *very* similar under the hood. But your point is perfectly > valid - sooooo many people don't know squat about what's in front of > them. Ahh, if only the "European Computer Driving License" was just > that... something that gave people the understanding and experience they > need to actually use a computer. Alas. > > Grant. > - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on www.dcglug.org.uk/drupal6, - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktvGegACgkQaggq1k2FJq2PxQCgjJ1POFs1DoUZWmwGPUySv9yY 4T0AnRD5UjY9puN9/zieHObV6+1l5JSO =IeRl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html