[clug-talk] bringing broken computer on 6th

[John Jardine]

Slackware still has it's place.  I usually use Ubuntu or Mint as a
desktop but Slackware rules my servers.  I'll bring my Slack13 DVD for
the hordes of converts ;)



On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 14:43 -0700, Dafydd Crosby wrote:
> Certainly, that could be done. A lot of hardware can still run modern Linux.
> I'll bring each CentOS version in case anyone needs some old-school Red 
> Hat love (as well as the brand-spanking new discs).
> Maybe someone could bring in the older Ubuntu LTS's?
> John could head up the Slack support :-P
> 
> -Dafydd
> 
> Greg Saunders wrote:
> > you mean redeploy the old hardware? with a recent O/S?
> >
> >
> > 2009/12/30 Dafydd Crosby <dcrosby at userful.com 
> > <mailto:dcrosby at userful.com>>
> >
> >     Hey, that's a good idea: data migration day at CLUG. People can
> >     bring their old computers to the meeting, and we'll try to backup
> >     the data and bring it into the new decade. I've got an external
> >     USB to IDE adaptor and a DVD burner that can be plugged into it.
> >
> >     -Dafydd
> >
> >
> >     Ralph Boland wrote:
> >
> >         I'll bring my computer.  That way anyone so inclined can take
> >         a look at it.
> >         Perhaps there'll be some new insights as to what's wrong with it;
> >         I have blank DVDs.  I can't bring a monitor though because
> >         I'll be taking
> >         the C-train and my hands will be full.
> >
> >         Regards,
> >
> >         Rocky
> >
> >
> >          
> >
> >                 I'll bring my old computer on the 6th.  Will I need to
> >                 bring a monitor?
> >                 One dvd can burn all I need.
> >                 I think I'm going to have to buy one of these external
> >                 HDD => USB dongles.
> >
> >                      
> >
> >             Ralph (Rocky)
> >                
> >
> >
> >          
> >
> >             If you only have 1 DVDs worth of stuff, why not just bring
> >             the old HDD
> >             and one of us can copy those files from the HDD to a DVD
> >             and you can go
> >             home with that.  Beats lugging a whole computer around.
> >                
> >
> >
> >          
> >
> >             Otherwise, I can bring an LCD Monitor and I've got some
> >             blank DVDs that
> >             need to used up too.
> >                
> >
> >
> >          
> >
> >             Let me know by the 5th what you need and I'll bring it
> >             with me on the
> >             6th.
> >                
> >
> >
> >          
> >
> >             Cheers,
> >             J.J.
> >                
> >
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