[TriLUG] Newbie Mtg Plans - Part 2

[Ben Simpson]

I have a server setup with Debian.  (woody)
I have:

apache
php
Perl (cgi)
webmin
phpgroupware
horde and imp
postgresql
sendmail
LDAP

no X on the server though but I have done that a few times too.
I can try to answer whatever questions you have.

Ben

www.silextech.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Helms" <Mike.Helms at martinmarietta.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:35 PM
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Newbie Mtg Plans - Part 2


> First off, thanks to everyone for the interesting discussion about newbie
> get togethers.  Assuming nothing strange comes up in the interm, I'll come
> out on the 15th, complete with my once-XP, and now Win2000, and hopefully
> soon-to-be-some-flavour-of-Linux laptop.
>
> I guess what I'm most interested in right now is learning how to install
> Debian.  I have so far attempted six installs, and the closest I can get
to
> some form of success is an absolutely base system install - no X, no
> nothing, just a plane jane command line.  While I enjoy having the ability
> to ping machines on my network and play with the various nuances of the
> shutdown command, this really isn't useful to me, and I have a feeling
it'll
> take some advice from those who have done this before to get it working.
>
> (as a sidenote: I'm not as concerned about X as I am about getting Apache,
> PHP, MySQL and some basic firewall running on this box ... so maybe I'm
> closer than I think)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael Helms
> Applications Support Analyst
> Martin Marietta Materials
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa C. Boyd [mailto:lcboyd at nc.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:36 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Newbie Mtg Plans - Part 2
>
>
> FYI - I've had a few people email me off-list asking if we are doing a
> class for newbies :) I know there are probably more of you out there
> wondering so I thought I'd clarify that this meeting is just a
> planning-type thing. Newbies and veterans alike are welcome to come.
> Ultimately we would like to provide information about Linux in an
> easy-to-understand-for-newbies way in many different forms. We will most
> likely talk about adding information to the web site, having informational
> pre-installfests, and possibly even special classes. If any of you who are
> lurking in the shadows would like to share some ideas - please feel free
to
> email me off-list. I'll take all the ideas I can pull together from this
> list and off-list and bring it with me to the meeting for discussion.
>
> Andy wrote:
> >The tea my wife bought was unfit for human consumption so I'm on the
> >starbucks today.  Since I've been off it for so long, this level of it
> >brings on mild hallucinations. ;-)   (although the insect control system
> >was probably right on target for what is required to inhabit my backyard
> >after 6:00pm).
>
> Yes - for some reason the insects in Durham seem to be larger both in size
> and number. One of the reasons I don't enjoy playing softball in Durham
> anymore!
>
> >Boss lady confirms.  Its pot luck so bring a pot of gruel.  I'm working
on
> >obtaining a grilling device.  The question is whether I have sufficient
> >mechanical skill to construct such a device in a manner that does not put
> >myself or others in any great risk of immolation.
>
> Geez :) You don't have a grill? I'm not sure I could talk my husband into
> hauling his over there - he's kind of sensitive about that sort of thing -
> but maybe we could work something out. I'll start discussions off-list
next
> week with those people who are coming so we can figure out who's bringing
> what and so forth.
>
> Lisa B.
>
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