Re: [LUG] LDE: Page on LUG Site.

[Simon Waters <Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk>]

Alex Charrett wrote:
> 
> > Might be worth mentioning it is Sunday.
> 
> I've added that now.

ta

> > Hmm - bizarre map link - could have used the University directions.
> 
> The streetmap one?  I just stuck the uni postcode into the site to get that,
> as I have no local knowlege of Exeter, its difficult to know if it's helpful
> or not.  Any improvements would be great :).

You seem to have bypassed their plan that people would buy the map for
their web site.

That was what seemed bizarre.
 
> > It's still slow so slow the termisoc site - is it on some bizarre
> > internal link at the University?
> 
> Oddly enough not, its in a very good place network wise (last time I
> looked).
> 
> The problem has often been the whole site connection.  It has a tendancy to
> get saturated.
> 
> I have been wondering about wether it would be sensible to move the site to
> another box.  Pi would seem a prudent choice.
> 
> For those who have never heard of pi, it's a linux box co-lo'd at
> Webfusion/Dedicated servers in Nottinghgam and run by the other Alex and
> myself with jon having a hand in it when needed. The link to it is pretty
> sprightly.
> 
> Thoughts?

How do you persuade these people to host servers for you ?

When I left Uni it was hard enough to get an account (Tardis at Edin
came to the rescue)...

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