Thanks Ben,<br><br>I'll take a look at this system the next time I'm in.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Martin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 December 2010 15:12, Ben Dembroski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@dembroski.net">ben@dembroski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I also dropped off a "Little black box" that can be used to install<br>
whatever and used by the club.<br>
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It's a Biostar mini-pc (Shuttle knock off).<br>
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<font color="#888888">Ben<br>
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PS. Thanks Martin!<br>
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On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 15:10 +0000, Bob wrote:<br>
> Good work Martin<br>
> I have a machine at my mates I will find out the spec. Its got a sound card<br>
> and a flat screen and is running linux, might be useful. Thanks for the<br>
> heads up on the mail. Merry xmas Bob<br>
><br>
> On 22/12/2010 14:43, Martin McGrath wrote:<br>
> > Hi everyone,<br>
> ><br>
> > I've spent quite some time here over the last couple of days investigating<br>
> > potential causes of bandwidth excess problem.<br>
> ><br>
> > There are two machines currently connected to the router in the club room.<br>
> ><br>
> > 1. Compaq 5221, AMD K6 380Mhz, 320MB RAM. Running Windows XP, missing lots<br>
> > of patches, no Antivirus software installed.<br>
> > 2. Ubuntu based machine, reasonable spec CPU, 512MB RAM. Running an<br>
> > unsupported (ergo unpatched) version of Ubuntu.<br>
> ><br>
> > In the interests of security please don't operate a Windows PC without anti<br>
> > virus software installed, it's just common sense.<br>
> > Please user Firefox as your default web browser.<br>
> ><br>
> > The XP machine had no application software other than uTorrent (a bit<br>
> > torrent client) and CClean installed.<br>
> > This machine is terribly slow, I've earmarked a machine to replace it which<br>
> > is significantly faster and we have more RAM in the cupboard which I can fit.<br>
> ><br>
> > Do we really need a Windows machine in the club? I'd like feedback on this<br>
> > please.<br>
> > A linux machine is just as easy to use for everything this machine could<br>
> > have been used for, and far easier to maintain.<br>
> ><br>
> > The XP machine passed a full system virus scan and three rootkit scans.<br>
> ><br>
> > I plan to upgrade the Ubuntu machine to a version of the operating system<br>
> > which is at least supported. If anyone has data they'd like backed up<br>
> > please do so, or let me know where and what it is and I'll do it for you.<br>
> ><br>
> > The room still has it's WIFI point, at the moment secured with WPA-PSK, the<br>
> > details for which are on the poster on the right as you enter the room.<br>
> > I plan on investigating this more at a later date.<br>
> > I disabled the WIFI point on the modem running in the comms room. There was<br>
> > no point in us having two.<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm not convinced that anyone would waste time cracking the WPA passphrase,<br>
> > given that there are two other open access points in the area.<br>
> ><br>
> > I plan on documenting and laminating some notes about EC kit, the network,<br>
> > the computers etc. I'll get round to this once I've fixed up the systems in<br>
> > question.<br>
> ><br>
> > Snail mail has arrived for the following people, I've left it in a neat<br>
> > pile on the table:<br>
> ><br>
> > Mitch Miller<br>
> > Glasgow Social centre limited (two items)<br>
> > Robert Hamilton<br>
> > Jonathan Agnew (two items)<br>
> ><br>
> > When I arrived yesterday the place was a bit of a mess. There were chairs<br>
> > all over the place, some rubbish on the table, an old mug of what I assume<br>
> > was coffee and papers scattered over the desks.<br>
> ><br>
> > I've done a little tidying but I've got other things I need to be doing at<br>
> > the moment.<br>
> > The room is a space for all of us, please tidy up before leaving.<br>
> ><br>
> > Have a nice Christmas and a safe New Year.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks<br>
> ><br>
> > Martin<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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