LFS is an excellent group. They deserve all the help they can get from all of their users. If I had the space to donate I would. I learned more about linux by building my own system than I ever would by using a pre-compiled distro. God save LFS!!! >From: D Uhlman >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Re: [PLUG] linuxfromscratch needs a home (fwd) >Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:58:11 -0700 > >I would say most certainly so, LFS is a definitive resource for >understanding linux and distributions. I would say to a large degree linux >from scratch is how I ended up in the linux business. They have stayed >fairly current with todays trends and offer a lot of information about how >linux works from a very fundamental level. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot >of the people who started many of todays linux distributions didn't check >out linux from scratch at least once for help. > >Though a literal T1 is 1000$ (at full retail) LFS really needs about 1TB a >month in traffic which works out to about 300$-400$ per month for those >already in the industry with colospace. I would expect to that usage could >be reduced some with careful mirroring/caching/etc. > >As I stated previously I could donate up to about 300GB a month if people >are interested in pooling a solution. > >Sincerely, >David Uhlman >CTO 50km Inc. > > >George Gambill wrote: >>I seem to remember going into this web page some years ago. But, then, I >>have been wrong before. >> >>My question (and it is a harsh question) to this group is: >> >> Is "linuxfromscratch" a site (group) worthy of being helped >> considering the need for a T1 line (assuming a T1 will suffice) and it's >>cost. >> >>Some openions on this would be helpfull. >> >> >>>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:47:46 -0700 >>>From: D Uhlman >>>Organization: 50km Inc. >>>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>Subject: Re: [PLUG] linuxfromscratch needs a home (fwd) >>>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> >>> >>>I have offered some of our servers but could only offer around 300gb a >>>month and haven't heard back, they use historically about 25gb a day (1TB >>>a month). >>> >>>Sincerely, >>>David Uhlman >>>CTO 50km Inc. >>> >>>Eric Katherman wrote: >>> >>>>What kind of traffic does it generate and what features do you need >>>>(PHP, CGI)? >>>> >>>>On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 15:33, Matt Alexander wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:21:16 -0800 >>>>>From: Carla Schroder >>>>>Reply-To: plug@lists.pdxlinux.org >>>>>To: plug@lists.pdxlinux.org >>>>>Subject: [PLUG] linuxfromscratch needs a home >>>>> >>>>>http://community.linuxfromscratch.org/explanation.txt >>>>> >>>>>"... LFS needs a new home. We've tried contacting some ISPs but >>>>>nothing worked out. Either we don't get a response at all, or a >> >>rejection... >> >>>>>"While LFS will be limping around a bit (pardon the pun) I'm requestion >>>>>assistance from you LFS'ers. Is there anybody on this list who is able >>>>>to >>>>>co-locate the LFS server? I must point out that I don't make any money >> >>off >> >>>>>LFS and personal funds aren't available to pay for it..." >>>>> >>>>>Passing this along in case anyone can lend a hand. >>>>>-- >>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>>Carla Schroder >>>>>Bratgrrl Computing >>>>>www.bratgrrl.com >>>>>This message brought to you by >>>>>Red Hat 8 and Kmail >>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail