See below for directions
Next meeting will have the same agenda as last meeting. Last meeting we deviated off samba and onto emacs. Harry made a cool handout on samba, so we definitely have to listen to his presentation. Samba 2.0 was just released. Check http://www.samba.org for more information.
Harry Souders and I, Brian Lavender, will present configuration of Samba. Samba allows Linux to act as a print and file server for a Windows network. Recommended reading: http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/howto/SMB-HOWTO
Hey everyone,
It looks as if we are headed into our third meeting. Harry Souders and I went to the Silicon Valley Users Group meeting at Netscape in December and listened to Richard Stallman speak about the Free Software Foundation. Stallman spoke strongly about his beliefs about the GNU philosophy. I could see minds contemplating the workings of GNU. Much of Linux is based on GNU software and Stallman urged us to refer to Linux as GNU Linux rather than just Linux.
I thought about the idea of having speakers at our meetings. Bigger seems better, but I think in a way it detracts from what I see as the purpose behind having a user group. My goal is to have the group where we can share ideas between ourselves. Of course having more members means having more minds for thought, but you have to figure out how to break that large group back down into a small group. So, I am in no hurry to make the group big.
After the last meeting, Bill Mitchell forwarded me info on
the kernel configuration text. Here it is.
http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/config_help.html
I have been working more with Slackware. Today I just installed release 3.6 which was released sometime within the last month. I see a majority of people moving towards Red Hat and sometimes I wonder if I ought to go that way. My most recent challenge has been getting demand dialing configured. It has proven to be a challenge requiring research and understanding of PPP and diald. Slackware has a demand dial feature, but as far as I can see it does not work. I post a question to one of the comp.os.linux newsgroup and I had been informed that the PPP version on Slackware was not up to supporting the demand dialing feature in Slackware. The replier suggested diald. Diald has not been a trivial pursuit. I have found myself manipulating the /etc/ppp/options file in an attempt to make it work. I posted a request for a quick and dirty way to make it work, but no go. I had been informed there is reasonably fast and correct. So, onward with the diald journey.
I belong to Sacramento PC Users Group, and there is the possibility that we could become a part of their organization. I suppose I have been lazy about pursuing this. If you have arguments for either direction I would be interested in hearing them.
I will see everyone at the next meeting.
Brian
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Brian Lavender
You are invited to the Linux Users Group Sacramento (LUGS) meeting. Linux is a UNIX type operating system. Among the heavyweights, Linux has been adopted by Wells Fargo Bank, NASA, Cisco, PG&E, and the United States Post Office for production applications. Linus Torvalds began the original creation of Linux in 1991 which is now supported by thousands of developers around the world. The source to Linux is open, so it allows for complete customization. Come to the meeting to learn more, or share your current knowledge.
Please RSVP.
See below for more information
Directions:
From Davis: Take Business 80. Exit at Arden (East). Turn Right on Challenge. Building is on Corner of Challenge and Response Rd. Kaiser Permanente is on the other side of the street. The meeting is on the third floor.
Contact: Brian Lavender
Email: brian@brie.com
Wk: (916) 557-6623
Hm: (916) 628-0726
Brian