Phil, Thanks for the tip about EfficientPC, they seem to have some good hardware on offer and are very Linux orientated. I'm waiting to hear from them about whether they can install a Freesat card, rather than a Hauppauge Freeview card, but I may well go for one of their ORI machines, which seem pretty well priced.
Dave peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: > Send Peterboro mailing list submissions to > peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > You can reach the person managing the list at > peterboro-ow...@mailman.lug.org.uk > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Peterboro digest..." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hardware upgrade (Phil Thompson) > 2. Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project (Steve Harker) > 3. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project (Alan Pope) > 4. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > (Steve Harker) > 5. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project (Alan Pope) > 6. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > (Malcolm Hunter) > 7. Re: Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > (Steve Harker) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Peterboro] Hardware upgrade > From: > Phil Thompson <p...@yarwell.demon.co.uk> > Date: > Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:01:03 +0000 > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > > On 20/03/2009 Andy Taylor wrote: >> You will find that most retail stores like PC World etc will bundle >> Windows with the machines. They wont sell one with out it. > > the big name manufacturers are pretty much the same. > > http://efficientpc.co.uk/ can be used to give a customised price, to > see if you can build it for less. > > > Phil > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > From: > Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com> > Date: > Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:44:47 +0000 > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > > Hi Guys, > > I've decided to resurrect my old University project. It's a C++ (Sorta > started out as C but is being dragged over to C++) Basically it's a > kinda instant messaging come IRC system, not sure I'm explaning it very > well, at the moment it's basically as I left it about 10 years ago very > basic client/server message passing system that can differentiate > between users and the "rooms" that they are in. > > What I'm after is getting back into programming (remember I haven't > written a line of code in about 10 years) and well giving something back > to the Linux community at large. I need coders that know C++ and would > like GKT coders that could put a front end on the project. > > Let me know if you are interested. At this stage I don't really need > testers soon I will though :) > > Steve > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > From: > Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> > Date: > Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:58:38 +0000 > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > > 2009/3/22 Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com>: > >> I've decided to resurrect my old University project. It's a C++ (Sorta >> started out as C but is being dragged over to C++) Basically it's a >> kinda instant messaging come IRC system, not sure I'm explaning it very >> well, at the moment it's basically as I left it about 10 years ago very >> basic client/server message passing system that can differentiate >> between users and the "rooms" that they are in. >> >> > > Like Jabber / XMPP? > > Cheers, > Al. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > From: > Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com> > Date: > Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:22:38 +0000 > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > > On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 17:58 +0000, Alan Pope wrote: > >> 2009/3/22 Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com>: >> >>> I've decided to resurrect my old University project. It's a C++ (Sorta >>> started out as C but is being dragged over to C++) Basically it's a >>> kinda instant messaging come IRC system, not sure I'm explaning it very >>> well, at the moment it's basically as I left it about 10 years ago very >>> basic client/server message passing system that can differentiate >>> between users and the "rooms" that they are in. >>> >>> >> Like Jabber / XMPP? >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> > > Sort of Yes. I know there are loads of other applications like it out > there. But I think it will be a better learning experience than an > actual project. I imagine it to be a cross between IRC and MSN meaning > that there will be rooms and also friends lists. > > Steve > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > From: > Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> > Date: > Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:24:51 +0000 > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > > 2009/3/22 Steve Harker <stevehar...@lavabit.com>: > >> Sort of Yes. I know there are loads of other applications like it out >> there. But I think it will be a better learning experience than an >> actual project. I imagine it to be a cross between IRC and MSN meaning >> that there will be rooms and also friends lists. >> >> > > Exactly like Jabber then :) > > Cheers, > Al. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > From: > "Malcolm Hunter" <malcolm.hun...@gmx.co.uk> > Date: > Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:58:13 +0100 > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > To: > Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > >> I've decided to resurrect my old University project. It's a C++ (Sorta >> started out as C but is being dragged over to C++) Basically it's a >> kinda instant messaging come IRC system, not sure I'm explaning it very >> well, at the moment it's basically as I left it about 10 years ago very >> basic client/server message passing system that can differentiate >> between users and the "rooms" that they are in. >> >> What I'm after is getting back into programming (remember I haven't >> written a line of code in about 10 years) and well giving something back >> to the Linux community at large. I need coders that know C++ and would >> like GKT coders that could put a front end on the project. >> >> Let me know if you are interested. At this stage I don't really need >> testers soon I will though :) >> > > If you want to get back into coding again, why don't you knock on one of the > current project's doors? Maybe you could bring some of your ideas into > existing code that would improve it... Incidentally, I know it's not GTK, but > the KDE project is almost exclusively C++. You just have to get over the Qt > API hurdle. :) > > Malc > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [Peterboro] Anyone Wanna help a Very New Linux coding project > From: > "Steve Harker" <stevehar...@lavabit.com> > Date: > Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:03:40 -0000 > To: > "'Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts'" <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > To: > "'Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts'" <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > > If you want to get back into coding again, why don't you knock on one of the > current project's doors? Maybe you could bring some of your ideas into > existing code that would improve it... Incidentally, I know it's not GTK, > but the KDE project is almost exclusively C++. You just have to get over the > Qt API hurdle. :) > > Malc > > > Agreed but my Poor poor programming skills would hinder any project I tried > to help. Hence me resurrecting something I did ages ago. Something that I > cannot really mess up :) > > Steve > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
