Is this list high volume

[Lonni J Friedman]

Wow, you're still on dialup?  Do you live in some remote area that has
no broadband access?

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 8:20 AM, Leon Goldstein via Linux-users
<linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> I'm still here.  Sending this from a 10-year old HP Pavilion laptop I was
> given.
> I installed OpenSuSE Leap 42.1 and had a great deal of difficulty getting a
> dial up connection, since SuSE dropped dial-up support after 13.1.  I could
> dial out, but only as root using wvdial.
>
> I then installed OpenSuSE 13.1 which has qinternet.  The laptop has no RS232
> serial port, so I hooked my old USR modem via a USB to serial adapter cable.
> YAST found the modem - /dev/ttyUSB0 - and the configuration works better -
> faster load time - than other computers with a serial cable.
>
> I was also given a Netgear WNDR4500 wireless router.  I had to do a lot of
> plowing of the SuSE forums to find the necessary firmware, and I am still
> trying to get wireless to work.  Looks like another long project.
> All I want to do with this is connect with a wireless-capable HP
> printer-scanner.
>
>
> Good to hear from you guys again!
>
>
> On 02/01/2016 10:15 AM, Matthew Carpenter via Linux-users wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Tons of Ubuntu/Kubuntu here.  My lappie is Kubuntu 15.04, even though Dell
>> officially supports Ubuntu plain.
>> Happy with Ubuntu and mostly with KDE, except it seems my troubles with
>> Suspend seem to plague KDE more than Unity.  But oh well.  Why do I still
>> use KDE?  Because they work-flow and shortcuts make me happy.
>>
>> MBP for when some stupid web site still doesn't support Linux (mostly one
>> or two web-conferencing solutions), and that's about it.  I'm tempted to
>> install Ubuntu on it, but I would need a little time to play, and my play is
>> pretty directed toward vulnerabilities these days.
>>
>> Haven't played with Docker/containers.  I understand that Containers are
>> the New VMs...  but haven't had time to play (refrain).
>>
>> As little as we email, I'm still happy to know I'm plugged into an awesome
>> group of people.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On Monday, February 01, 2016 07:02:12 AM Lonni J Friedman via Linux-users
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> /me waves
>>>
>>> I'm still using Fedora for personal purposes, although i'm mostly
>>> unhappy with how buggy & unreliable its become.  yet it still is more
>>> stable than ubuntu.
>>>
>>> i'm using docker for a minecraft server at home, and for a bunch of
>>> build environments at $DAYJOB.   containers are the new hotness, just
>>> as virtual machines were ~10 years ago.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:13 AM, James McDonald via Linux-users
>>> <linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Just subscribed my work address to linux-users. Just want you to know
>>>> that
>>>> I'm not really up for a high volume of email from linux-sxs. So I think
>>>> you
>>>> should think carefully before flooding my inbox.
>>>>
>>>> Just kidding. I remember when I joined around '99 it was rather busy.
>>>> Now
>>>> I'm not sure if we see a mail every 6 months.
>>>>
>>>> Anywho. Hi to all the lurkers!
>>>>
>>>> PS. Running CentOS on web. Latest Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare Fusion and
>>>> a
>>>> MacBook Pro as my computing metal
>>>>
>>>> PPS. Discovered docker love it and hate it at the same time.
>>>>
>>>> PPPS. Asterisk phone system is cool.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> James McDonald IT Services
>>>> Email: james at jmits.com.au
>>>> ABN: 84 008 812 322
>>>>
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> Leon A. Goldstein
> HP Pavilion DV8000
> SuSE 13.1 Linux
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