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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=819231304-27052005>Party On Pluggers!
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=819231304-27052005>Thanks for all of
the replies from all of you fine people. I shall follow these
up.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=819231304-27052005>I went to the plug
website and have ordered a Whitebox Linux CD set from Linux Information
Technology (one of PLUG's sponsors) from their online store.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=819231304-27052005>It should arrive
today or Monday. I shall see how this distro goes and I shall let you know how I
get on.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=819231304-27052005>I didn't want to
start a distro war (or a text editor war - though I use vi personally ;-)
but recieved what I needed - good advice from people with more knowledge than
myself. I also think that the RedHat pricing for education is fair and may take
this up if Whitebox, CentOS or something else won't do what I
need.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=819231304-27052005>I shall look out for
the Magazine cover versions of other distros and may crank these up if Whitebox
3 doesn't do what I need.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=819231304-27052005>Thanks again for the
links, contacts, advice and humour - BTW I loved the whole pigeon
doorbell thread - _I_ thought it WAS on topic - BTW RedDot have wireless
doorbells that you can wear on your belt if you want to (well the "bell" bit had
a belt clip anyway - I assume you put the button bit next to your front
door) for under $20. Saw this last night while over at Gateways RedDot on the
corner of Beeliar and the Kwinana freeway. I assume other RedDots would have the
same kind of thing.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peter Spicer-Wensley</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>System Administrator</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>SWAN VIEW WA
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mob: 04 1893 4218</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mail:
petersw@svshs.wa.edu.au</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><!--StartFragment --><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Two things are
infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the
universe." ( Albert Einstein)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Other kings said I was daft to build a
castle in the swamp, but I built it all the same." (Herbert's father the
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