[ILUG] Hello boys and Girls

[Ben Edwards]

Hi everybody,

I have finally got myself a Linux box, a P1 150 with 3.5GB Disk and 32MB 
Ram.  I have not ditched the Windoz box as I still use Dreamweaver, 
Photoshop and Eudora (The later which will be the first to go).  I have 
managed to install RedHat 6 and gnome (which almost rocks, see later).

[You can skip the blurb and go to the question at the end at this point if 
you want]

how are you keeping.  Some of you have probably met me as I was in Dublin 
for Six months working for Esat Digifone.

I am in Penzance at the moment (the pointy bit about as SW you can go 
before you fall off the end of the UK, the romans never got here you know).

I have been busy building www.subvertise.org which is a archive of 100s of 
subverts, political art and articles.  In the first week we got 1000 
visitors (more of this at end of email).  This is one reason I got found to 
sorting out the box as I need a test bed for the websites perl.

lastly I should mention I am using vnc (Virtual Network Computing) to 
access gnome from Windoz as very lovely it is to. I have also used it at 
work to access my NT workstation from all over the place.  It took me five 
minutes to install and I can wonder around with a floppy which contains all 
the Win32 SW (viewer and client) and access my PC from anywhere in the 
company without even installing anything on the client PC.  It works even 
better with X (in fact I recon you would only have a problem if you wanted 
to play graphics intensive games).  We use AIX on a RS/6000 but it douse 
not have perl installed (has anybody got any experience of how to do this).

NOW THE QUESTIONS!

I am having a problem with gnome, every time I minimize or iconize a window 
it vanishes and I am left with a totally bland screen, can anybody help.

Also can anybody recommend a good email client to be used with gnome?

Lastly has anybody got any recommendations for an X server for windows, 
from what I can gather using this arrangement seriously limits the windows 
manager you can use as they have to be ported to Win32.  This is why I use 
vnc so I can use gnome.

Regards,
Ben

w w w . s u b v e r t i s e . o r g

www.subvertise.org, a radical arts gallery on the Internet,
was launched on Sunday 20th February 2000.

In the first week we got over 1000 unique visitors who downloaded over
800MB of images!

Created by a global network of artists and campaigners, it exists to
document, develop and promote the artform of the post-corporate
millennium - subvertising.

Subvertise.org displays hundreds of images, photos, banners, billboards
covering a spectrum of issues including transport, war, climate-change,
racism, genetix, corporations, sexuality and globalisation. Many images
are anti-copyright and can be downloaded at high-resolution. All the
images also act as visual links to artists, campaigners and further
information.

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* http://216.92.168.63/graphics/subvertisebanner.jpg                 *
* Above is a link to a banner thingy to help promote subvertise.org. *
* It would be great if those who run websites could put it on there  *
* site and link it to www.subvertise.org. It is the subvertise logo  *
* with an 'archive of 100s of subverts, political art and articles   *
* to reuse in web and print' written below it.                       *
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Subvertising is the Art of Cultural resistance. It is the 'writing on
the wall', the sticker on the lamppost, the corrected rewording of
Billboards, the spoof T-shirt; but it is also the mass act of defiance
of a street protest. The key process involves redefining or even
reclaiming our environment from the corporate beast.

Whether you need outrageous illustrations for your campaign literature,
graphics for understanding and explaining complex social issues, or
inspiration for an action, this website is for you. Follow the links to
the artist, add your own images or even 'steal this site' as your own
gallery.

www.subvertise.org is where 'Art Refracts Life'.

For further information email: daf at flatpress.com
Send submissions (less than 500k) to: subvertise at soon.com
Technical questions - Webmaster: subvertise at videonetwork.org
Postal address: Subvertise c/o PO Box '68, Oxford, OX3 7YS, ENGLAND.



P r e s s R e l e a s e :


To arrange an interview with one of the producers page: 07654 565 992.
For further information email: subvertise at soon.com
Technical questions - Webmaster: subvertise at videonetwork.org

Embargo: 0:02am 20 - 2 - 2000


'S u b v e r t i s i n g ' g o e s g l o b a l a s

a c t i v i s t s l a u n c h a n t i - c a p i t a l i s t

i m a g e - b a n k i n t o c y b e r s p a c e


Campaigners are today launching 300+ subversive online images,
targeting adverts and corporate brands in a global web database
against consumerism and environmental destruction.

www.subvertise.org contains hundreds of images and cartoons, all
carrying the same message - that people and the planet should be put
before corporate profits. Many graphics are available in high
resolution for download, to be reprinted in newspapers, magazines and
websites across the world.

Well-known big business brand names are turned into corporate monsters
as familiar advertising slogans and jingles are subverted into
unfamiliar meanings which cleverly undermine their original message. A
wide spectrum of issues are covered, ranging from climate change and
transport to racism and genetic engineering.

"Subvertising is the art-form of the post-corporate millennium," says
Daphne Locke, one of the artists behind the Subvertise.org site. "It is
the 'writing on the wall', the sticker on the lamppost, the corrected
rewording on the billboard and the spoof message on the T-shirt - but it
is also the mass act of defiance of a street protest. The key process
involves redefining and reclaiming our environment from the corporate beast".

Created by a global network of artists and campaigners, the site allows
anyone to upload or download images and designs, which will then be
available for viewing and use worldwide. Responses from the internet
already indicate that the site will rapidly grow and replicate.

Who said what about Subvertise.org?

" An important and unique collection of clever responses to
tyrannical corporate nonsense, subvertise.org is the most
beautiful database we've ever seen."
- RTMark, America's most notorious spoof-website design
team (see www.gatt.org).

" A vital tonic against conformist corporate consumerism."
- Mark Lynas, Coordinator of Corporate Watch, UK
(www.corporatewatch.org).

" Please give us an exclusive? " - Gibby Zobel, News editor,
the Big Issue, London, UK.

To arrange an interview with one of the producers page: 07654 565 992.
For further information email: subvertise at soon.com
Technical questions - Webmaster: subvertise at videonetwork.org
Postal address: Subvertise c/o PO Box '68, Oxford, OX3 7YS, ENGLAND.

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