[SlugLUG] Sluglug Digest, Vol 11, Issue 3

Wed Feb 7 11:58:14 PST 2007

On Wednesday 07 February 2007 11:44:12 am Rohan Sheth wrote:
> I believe jack's lounge does indeed have wireless access (the only
> negative being that you must have a ucsc account in order to login to
> the wireless...a NoCathAuth-style portal stops your browsing until your
> authenticate yourself...although this can be fooled by MAC address
> cloning...but we probably shouldn't go there).

Given that wireless access is sometimes necessary before things like X 
(especially if the ethernet card is proving problematic) it would certainly 
be nice to be able to authenticate without a browser.  I vote for we bring an 
uncontrolled access point, name it "sluglug" (or whatever), and have a 
reliable source of wireless goodness should it be necessary.

-Sean

> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 11:36:43 -0800
>
> Sean Kellogg <skellogg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > At the moment my install penguin (literally, it's a CD wallet shaped
> > like a penguin) has:
> >
> > Debian Sarge (i386) Disc 1 & 2 (DVD)
> > Debian Sarge (i386) Net Install (CD)
> > Knoppix 4.0 (DVD)
> > Fedora Core v4 (i386) (DVD)
> > Slackware 10.1 (i386) Disc 1 & 2 (CD)
> >
> > I have a ton more blank DVD-Rs, but I'm clean out of CD-Rs.  I can
> > burn up a storm of other distributions and architectures, but begin
> > on DVD will limit their usability for boot installing.
> >
> > Also, for laptops without optical drives (like my own), there is the
> > new Debian Windows installer: http://goodbye-microsoft.com/
> >
> > Switching gears for a moment, I don't know the location very well
> > since I was never a student at UCSC...  what is the wireless
> > situation like?  I know anyone with a laptop is going to expect
> > wireless to work, so it would be good to have an access point live
> > for testing.  I'm happy to bring mine in, but it's only 802.11b.
> >
> > -Sean
> >
> > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 11:25:39 am Rohan Sheth wrote:
> > > Alright let's go with the 24th.
> > >
> > > Probably starting around 11AM and running into some time in the
> > > afternoon?
> > >
> > > I have ubuntu and fedora install media with me, what else does
> > > everyone have?
> > >
> > > I'll start shooting out emails to reserve the lounge and get
> > > ethernet ports running (we'll need cables/switches/hubs if anyone
> > > has some spare).
> > >
> > > If we have sufficient internet access, sluglug hosts a debian mirror
> > > which will be extremely quick once we have inside baskin, and csumb
> > > also hosts a number of linux-mirrors which will be fast as well.
> > >
> > > --Rohan
> > >
> > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:59:59 -0800
> > >
> > > Sean Kellogg <skellogg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 24th is good for me.
> > > >
> > > > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 10:26:38 am Rohan Sheth wrote:
> > > > > Yes, SoE needs our reservation with a decent amount of lead
> > > > > time (at least a few days) for us to secure Jack's Lounge.
> > > > >
> > > > > So as people seem to like Saturdays, I was thinking about the
> > > > > 24th of this month.  It should give us a good amount of time to
> > > > > figure out what we need and such.
> > > > >
> > > > > --Rohan
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:16:31 -0800
> > > > >
> > > > > Linh Hoang <linh at soe.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> > > > > > Ay! You're right. I can't believe it's raining almost for the
> > > > > > next 10 days. Jack's lounge is pretty good but I think we
> > > > > > have to ask someone to reserve the space?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > weather reports. It's winter now! It normally rains in the
> > > > > > winter,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > even though this year we've had a dry January.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'll pass on attending an outside installfest till the late
> > > > > > > spring. We should try for the Jack's lounge area in Baskin.
> > > > > > > There is also Internet access available, if someone gets
> > > > > > > that set up.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > BTW the only installfests on campus last year (two of them)
> > > > > > > were set up by another organization. Indoors, and
> > > > > > > well-prepared. Adam Thompson and his organization did a
> > > > > > > great job!
> > > > > >
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