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Re: Linux, anyone?
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- Subject: Re: Linux, anyone?
- From: "Harrison, Mark (Alliance)" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:05:13 -0000
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Nigel,
Thanks for the url. The CDs are now ordered (and much cheaper than I'd
expected!)
I remember the days when Linux came on 78rpm records, you know,
youngster, but if you tell the youth of today that, they'll never
believe you ;-)
Regards,
Mark Harrison
European IT Manager, BP/Bovis Alliance
Tel: +44 181 869 1439
Fax: +44 181 423 7711
SMTP: Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Orr [mailto:nigel.orr@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 10 March 1999 10:36
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Linux, anyone?
At 09:42 10/03/99 -0000, you wrote:
>Anyone out there using Linux to automate some (or all) of their homes?
Trying to, but slowly...
>At the moment, I've got to the stage where I can control some of the
>lights with a convenient Web interface ;-)
That's a lot further than me ;-) I'm planning on heating control
first...
>1: Anyone got any experience of hooking up switches so they send
>"messages" to a daemon running on Linux?
I was planning to use ibuttons, with some programs running constantly.
I'm
still not certain what is available for Linux though- and Dallas Semi
don't
seem to be either... what hardware are you controlling- X10?
>2: Where's the best place to get a RedHat 5.2 CD - I'm fed up of doing
>my installations live from sunsite's ftp server ...
You don't wanna do that ;-)
Try www.polo.demon.co.uk/emporium
You might also want to look into uk.comp.os.linux- a helpful bunch.
Nigel
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