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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Believe the wireless guys were using a light-weight <span
class=SpellE>distro</span> for the wireless boxes around town to provide total
coverage. Last that I heard they were also using the old <span class=SpellE>austar</span>
dishes in an effort to save money.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>--Daniel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: aslug-admin@lists.linux.org.au [mailto:aslug-admin@lists.linux.org.au] On
Behalf Of Michael Hall<br>
Sent: Saturday, 10 December 2005 3:37 PM<br>
To: Adrian Casey<br>
Cc: aslug@lists.linux.org.au<br>
Subject: Re: [Aslug] ASLUG : Examples of local use of Linux?</span><span
lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>All our schools run Red Hat servers on old equipment!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Congress runs a Slackware/Postfix mail server and a
Slackware/Apache <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>intranet server that have not missed a beat in 2 years
or so.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>A few other businesses around town are running
Slackware, Fedora and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>ESmith servers, none Linux end-to-end.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Batchelor Institute has some Linux here and there,
wherever Dennis and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jessel manage to hide it. They have just had an
official look at Moodle <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ian Cunningham might have a terminal server network
running somewhere <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(Mutitjulu?) ... you there Ian? Would make a good
example.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Steve Thiele probably knows about Linux use out at the
"funny farm" ... <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>that Environmental What-ya-ma-call-it place out on
Colonel Rose drive. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Would also make a good example.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Does anyone know if 8HA are using Linux/BSD for
something, I know they <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>were talking about it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Adrian Casey wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I've been asked to write an article for Linux
Format magazine about ASLUG.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I'd like to include examples of Linux usage
within our region.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I'm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> particularly interested in examples involving use
of old equipment and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> end-to-end open source software.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I need to get this article done in the next week
so please, if you have any<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> suggestions, get them to me ASAP.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Michael Hall & Maria Grazia Francischello<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ninti! E-Learning Resources<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Web:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>http://www.ninti.com.au<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Email:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>info@ninti.com.au<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Phone:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>08
8953 1442<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mobile: 0429 095 392<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Post:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>PO Box 8133, Alice Springs NT 0871<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'>------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>aslug@lists.linux.org.au<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-AU
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