Blackpool Linux User Group

At this weeks meeting, we looked at how to get free hosting with php/mysql support.

We then installed Drupal at the host of our choice, and the three members present, Les, Colin, and Tony were assigned admin rights to enable them to practice different aspects of Drupal.

There will be no content added to the site, it is just there to practice configuration and administration.

http://blackpoollug.100webspace.net/drupal/

Mike

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A good meeting this morning Mike, Les Colin and Tony. Colin had a Flash Drive which he wanted to check out, a 128 Gig (yes I do mean Gig) one he had got off e-bay for the princely sum of £40. Unfortunately this was not the bargain we all first thought, as it was not working and no amount of fiddling by Mike or Colin could resolve the issue. Colin also had a brief play at running a live Ubuntu CD in his aging Apple laptop but while it did work after a fashion there was a problem with the video and it was very slow. After this the 4 of us decided to look at using the Drupal web content management software to set up a web site on a free hosting site, there was a problem with the byte host site so Mike set another up on the 100webspace.com site. We looked at getting the site registered and setting up the SQL data base before setting it up with Drupal.

Tony 2010-04-17 22:11 UTC

during the run up to our 3 week break, several topics of interest started to emerge.

Les is interested in web sites/hosting/development and started a web page design session. Dave started to set up a Drupal site. Colin is interested in Tiny core, how linux works and command line stuff. Several have mentioned an interest in command line, scripting and/or programming.

We might struggle to fit in all the different topics in just two hours a week.

But then, we don't actually need to be at the meeting to get things done, Linux is after all a world wide collaboration.

I have set up a drupal site for you to play with:- http://pcrecycler.byethost33.com/ I have also set up an open wiki, you can add/edit/comment pages:- http://www.pcrecycler.co.uk/cgi-bin/run.pl/

How Linux works: Linux from scratch has an excellent manual here:- http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/ I have worked part way through this (built the required toolchain.)

Minix is a mini unix initially designed as a teaching aid, the wiki is here:- http://wiki.minix3.org/en/WikiGuide I have this running in Qemu, and it looks like Linux from years ago.

Programming There are numerous excellent articles on programming, just google for your preferred language. O'reilly have made one of my favorite books available online, writing Linux device drivers:- http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ and there are many others.

I have been doing some digging around looking for a way to get started with 'ARM' processors. Progress so far is here:- http://atomicarm.blogspot.com/

Hope this helps to keep the ball rolling, see you next week.