Category Archives: GNU/Linux

Lots of Days: Software Freedom, British Food and World Peace

2008-09-20 by mjr

Today is Software Freedom Day. It is also the start of British Food Fortnight. (Tip to total coverage cooperative.) There is an open day 11-3 at Thatchers Cider, near here in Sandford. (To get there from Worle by bike, leave … Continue reading →

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Spam Revenge: Stopping Joe-job Floods in qmail

2008-09-18 by mjr

Myself and a colleague were both getting Joe-jobbed yesterday. I had an easy time telling Exim to reject mine at SMTP time, but the colleague receives mail on our only Plesk server, so it’s using qmail. I’ve noticed before that … Continue reading →

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Software Freedom Day: Sat 20 Sep 2008

2008-09-17 by mjr

Lucy Bridges writes: “Saturday 20th September is Software Freedom Day [1]. As many of you will know, this is a worldwide event designed to promote software freedom. I am proud to announce that Manchester Free Software (like many other groups … Continue reading →

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Web Foundation and While I Was Out

2008-09-16 by mjr

I concentrated on work after my return to the keyboard last week and then spent much of the weekend reroofing a shed, so today was my first day catching up with the news. Here’s what I noticed:- One of my … Continue reading →

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Away From Keyboard

2008-09-11 by mjr

I’ve been away from the blogging keyboard for a few more days than I expected. For some reason, my WordPress doesn’t work in lynx so I couldn’t post from the mobile phone when I had chance. I was at:- Shaping … Continue reading →

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Plesk open_basedir and PEAR: the missing step

2008-09-02 by mjr

I hate the Plesk server control panel webapp but our webmaster cooperative still maintains one (but only one) server that uses it. That non-free software means that it’s under our “limited support agreement” which essentially says “you understand that the … Continue reading →

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Oddments from Planet Debian

2008-09-01 by mjr

Three replies to things I saw today on Planet Debian on blogs of people that don’t have fully-working web comment systems:- Professional Slide Installer (usual buggy blogger.com CAPTCHA) – yes, they exist. My village’s council sometimes hires them. I think … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming Attractions: Software Cooperative Events for Late 2008

2008-08-27 by mjr

Some interesting events that I’ve heard about recently, with a bit of a focus on software, cooperatives and the South-West:- Bristol Knowledge Unconference: Friday 5th September 2008 * Tour of Britain, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, Tuesday 9th September – other UK locations … Continue reading →

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Solved but Why? Belkin F5D7630 to Realtek 8139 Drop-outs

2008-08-26 by mjr

I’d been having problems connecting my laptop to my router to the Phone Coop using a new network cable that I laid under the floor just after the new heating system was installed. It’s a 1970s building – cat-5 wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Bristol and Bath LUG Meeting 23 August 2008

2008-08-22 by mjr

Apparently the LUG’s website is still off-line and there’s no idea when it will return, so let me use this site to help announce that the LUG’s regular meeting at the Knights Templar public house, near Isambard Walk, Bristol, will … Continue reading →

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