Belgian HOWTO
dag@wieers.com
v1.1.6, 12 May 2002
This document describes how to configure Linux for Belgian users and lists Linux user groups, businesses and other resources in Belgium.
----; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: ; 1.1. Why this document?; 1.2. New versions of this document; 1.3. Translated versions; 1.4. Contributions; 1.5. The Linux.be-domain debacle; 1.6. Feedback; 1.7. Copyright information; 1.8. Todo; 2. Configuration: ; 2.1. Keyboard setup; 2.2. Display and applications; 2.3. Time zone; 2.4. Locale support; 2.5. Native language support and codepages; 2.6. Ispell; 2.7. Setting up Internet; 3. Belgian ISP information: ; 3.1. PPP/ISDN; 3.2. Cable; 3.3. ADSL; 4. Belgian Linux user groups: ; 4.1. ALLIN Linux User Group [BEGIJNENDIJK?; 4.2. Antwerp Linux User Group - ALUG [ANTWERP?; 4.3. Brussels Linux User Group - BeLUGa [BRUSSELS?; 4.4. Charleroi LUG [CHARLEROI?; 4.5. Computer Forum !KaHo? - CFK; 4.6. HCC Limburgse Linux Gebruikers Groep - HLLGG; 4.7. HCC Linux Gebruikers Groep Leuven [LEUVEN?; 4.8. Independent Group of Unix-Alikes and Network Activists - IGUANA; 4.9. Infogroep - IGWE [BRUSSELS?; 4.10. Leuvense Linux Users - L2U [LEUVEN?; 4.11. Liège Linux Team - LiLiT [LIEGE?; 4.12. Linux User Group De Bruxelles - BxLUG [BRUSSELS?; 4.13. Linux User Group Heist op den Berg [HEIST OP DEN BERG?; 4.14. Linux User Movement Underground Mad Belgian Aliens - LUMUMBA [DIEPENBEEK?; 4.15. !LinuxBe?.Org A.S.B.L; 4.16. Louvain-Li-nux - LLN [LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE?; 4.17. Mons LUG [MONS?; 4.18. Namur LUG [NAMUR?; 4.19. Open Source Blanc Blue Belge - OS3B [CHARLEROI?; 4.20. Open Technology Assembly Linux Special Interest Group [BRUSSELS?; 4.21. PC Aktief Computerclub [SINT-NIKLAAS?; 4.22. Student Information Networking - SIN [GEEL?; 4.23. There Is No Alternative - TINA [ANTWERP?; 4.24. Unix Lovers Yield Student Services 8 Internet Support - ULYSSIS [LEUVEN?; 4.25. West-Vlaamse Linux User Group - Lug-WV [BRUGGE?; 4.26. Workgroup of Linux Fanatics - WOLF [MECHELEN?; 4.27. Zeus WPI - Werkgroep Informatica RUG [GENT?; 5. Belgian Linux businesses: ; 5.1. aDOC Services; 5.2. Arafox; 5.3. Aragne; 5.4. Better Access nv; 5.5. Consultux; 5.6. !CoreSequence? Consultancy 8 Training; 5.7. CSS nv; 5.8. D. Connect; 5.9. Dolmen; 5.10. DS Improve bvba; 5.11. EMMO Service; 5.12. FKS bvba; 5.13. Glasshouse Business Networks bvba; 5.14. Grmbl productions; 5.15. IBM Belgium sa/nv; 5.16. IP Net generation; 5.17. Kangaroot Linux Solutions; 5.18. Life nv; 5.19. Linugen bvba; 5.20. !LinuxIdee?; 5.21. M-TEC SERVICE; 5.22. Mind Linux Solutions; 5.23. Neolabs; 5.24. Phidani Software sprl; 5.25. Qbian Linux Systems; 5.26. Si-Lab; 5.27. Spier bvba; 5.28. Stone-IT Belgium; 5.29. Supporting Open Source cvba; 5.30. Théridion sprlfs; 5.31. !VirgoPlus? sprl; 6. Belgian Linux resources: ; 6.1. Websites; 6.2. HOWTO; 6.3. HOWTO translations; 6.4. FTP; 6.5. Usenet/Newsgroups; 6.6. IRC
Since there was no information anywhere on the net for Belgian Linux users around 1998, we started to collect stuff that we thought could be important. This HOWTO aims to be the definitive list of all Belgian-related Linux information. If you think not, you have no excuse to complain and certainly not to not contribute. ;)
If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to contact the supervisor Tim Bynum `linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edub.
Tim Bynum will post the listing to several national and international
newsgroups on a monthly basis. In addition, the Belgian HOWTO can be
found on the World Wide Web at
http://dag.wieers.com/howto/.
New versions of the Belgian HOWTO are always placed at this site
first, so please be sure to check if the copy you are reading is
still up to date!
This document is currently translated in 3 languages (English, Dutch and French), we're trying to keep all three of them in sync, but the English version is the source-document!
The English and Dutch version are maintained by Dag Wieërs
`dag@wieers.comb and is found at:
http://dag.wieers.com/howto/.
The French version is maintained by Dany Vanderroost
`danyv@euronet.beb and is found at:
http://club.euronet.be/dany.vanderroost/howto.html.
A few people mailed us their suggestions and improvements, thanks go to:
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Wim Vandeputte `wvdputte@reptile.rug.ac.beb
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Pablo Saratxaga `srtxg@ping.beb
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Christophe Lambin `clambin@skynet.beb
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Geert Uytterhoeven `geert@linux-m68k.orgb
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Herman Bruyninckx `Herman.Bruyninckx@mech.kuleuven.ac.beb
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Many thanks go to Ivo Clarysse `soggie@iguana.beb who started something similar earlier (!LinBel?) and his project helped us a lot to get this document online.
As you might have heard, Belgium also has its problem with the Linux.be domain. Similar to the Linux.nl case. Around March 1999, someone tricked the DNS administration about the trademark 'Linux' in Belgium by using 'Linux' as a commercial representation of the company ('uithangbord') which was according to the rules of the DNS administration at that time. The company in fact was one that sold motor-parts and the registration was done with a fake fax containing a penguin.
It is sad that the person who registered the Linux.be-domain name (Matthias Barremaecker), did this behind the back of some Open Source volunteers who were planning to register a not-for-profit organisation to hold the domain name to prevent any abuse.
Afterwards there were several meetings with this person to work out an agreement so that the domain was not used for commercial purposes and handed over to a neutral organisation. But after several attempts it was very clear that the owner wanted full control over the domain, which he later emphasized by 'handing it over' to his own not-for-profit organisation. He stated several times he wanted to keep the right to add advertissements to the website, but wouldn't mind that volunteers added content to the site (that was empty at the time). After this, no one was willing to work voluntarily for the content of the site. Sadly he managed to get some people volunteer for it after all.
If some information seems to be wrong, deceptive or missing, we'd appreciate if you mailed us the improvements. Since we're just human this document isn't bug-free, but your contribution can and will make a difference.
To add yourself to the Linux user groups or businesses, collect all necessary information and mail it to us.
This document, Belgian HOWTO, is copyrighted (c) 1998 - 2002 by Dag Wieërs. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "New versions of this document", "Contributions", "Feedback" and "Copyright information" with no Front-Cover Texts and with no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html.
Trademarks are owned by their owners.
Although the information given in this document is believed to be correct, the author will accept no liability for the content of this document. Use the tips and examples given herein at your own risk.
There are some things I'm planning to add to this document, if you're interested be sure you're reading the most current version of this document. (This todo-list is only a reminder to myself, it is not in the translated documents!)
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Integrate !LinBel? some more (should have done this a long time ago)
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Add more information about ADSL
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Update the locale-section, preferably link to a related document.
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Linux provides 2 ways to set up your keyboard. At the console you can use loadkeys and under XFree86 you can use xmodmap.
To use the keytable for a Belgian keyboard you can use loadkeys be2-latin1 or loadkeys be-latin1. The only difference between the two is that be2-latin1 adds support for twosuperior and threesuperior (keycode 41) and grave (keycode 43).
Usually loadkeys is started at boottime from the scripts located somewhere in /etc/rc.d. Different distributions handle it differently. Most distributions have a simple program (like kbdconfig in Red Hat, install-keymap in Debian or yast in SuSE) to change the behaviour of these scripts.
To set your keyboard properly under XFree86 you've got more choices. By running Xconfigurator (or a similar program) a config-file for XFree86 is created (with some standard behaviour). This file is called XF86Config-4 or XF86Config and is usually located in /etc/X11 or /etc
Make sure (and change otherwise) that something similar to this is given under the Keyboard Section.
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
If you own a 'microsoft' keyboard (or the less-known penguin keyboards ;p) you can enable those extra 3 keys by changing the "pc101" into "pc104". (I use the extra keys as meta-keys in my windowmanager so some shortcuts don't conflict with the internal ones of my wm).
To get the !AltGr? key to work under XFree86 simply add in the Keyboard Section:
RightAlt? !ModeShift?
Compose-' e =b é
Compose-/ o =b ø Compose-c , =b ç Compose-c o =b © Compose-s s =b ß For XFree86, the solution is to enter xmodmap -e "keycode xx = Multi_key" or xmodmap -e "keysym yy = Multi_key" where 'xx' is the keycode or 'yy' the keysym of the key you choose to be the 'Compose'-key. (use xev to get these values)
Alternatively you can add keycode xx = Multi_key to your /.xmodmaprc. This way it happens automagically.
For the console, you could do something similar with loadkeys. echo "altgr keycode 52 = Compose" | loadkeys to use
Some applications have to be compiled as 8-bit clean to work well with the European characterset. Others like to be told in advance.
setfont lat1u-16.psf
mapscrn trivial echo -ne '\033(K'
To be able to use ë, è, é or ç in console,
set meta-flag on
set convert-meta off set output-meta on (This must be done for every user, if you want this to be default for all users you can either add this file to /etc/skel/ or you could add these lines to /etc/inputrc and add the following to /etc/bashrc, export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc)
Note!
This is only useful to programs that use readline (like bash)
LC_CTYPE=iso-8859-1
SYSFONT=lat1u-16.psf SYSTERM=linux
Since Europe had to invent a new character, the Euro, there's a new standard. It's called ISO-8859-15 (aka Latin-9 or Latin-0). To add support you need both a new font and new keymaps. This is part of every major distribution nowadays, if you have an older distributions you probably need a newer console-tools package.
There's more information in the Euro Character Support mini HOWTO
Since Belgium is located in the Central European Time zone (aka MET) which (in the winter) is equivalent to the Greenwhich Mean Time plus 1 (GMT+1), you can simply link /usr/lib/zoneinfo/localtime/MET to
ln -sf /usr/lib/zoneinfo/MET /etc/localtime
or
ln -sf /usr/lib/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime
This automagically sets Daylight Savings (which is GMT+2 in the summer).
Note!
Different distributions have different paths, zoneinfo can be located in /usr/share or such...
Another note!
Red Hat uses a tool called timeconfig, SuSE uses yast
To change the CMOS clock and then synchronize the system time with the CMOS clock, do something like
hwclock --set --date="Feb 25 03:38"
clock -u -s If your clock is set to local time (which is discouraged but if you
hwclock --set --date="Feb 25 04:38"
clock -s [Noticed the 1 hour difference ? ;p?
If your computer has Internet-access you can use NTP (Network Time Protocol) to keep your system clock in sync. One way of doing this is by starting ntpdate from cron by adding
05 0 * * * root /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s ntp.belnet.be b /dev/null 2b81
to your /etc/crontab. Check the ISP-information below to see if your ISP has a NTP-server available.
Not much programs support locale yet, if you want to know more about locale or how to write your own programs to support it, check: [put the damn url here ;p?
Be aware that locale makes it harder to resolve problems as less people can help you !! You might understand a problem when it's in technical English, but what if it's translated in some obscure Dutch ?
To enable support for the Dutch locale in Belgium on a system with locale support you just have to set the following environment
LANG=nl
LANGUAGE=nl_BE Try nl_BE.ISO_8859-1 if nl_BE does not work.
If you want French locale support in Belgium, set the following environment
LANG=fr
LANGUAGE=fr_BE Try fr_BE.ISO_8859-1 if fr_BE does not work.
If you want instead German locale support in Belgium, set the
LANG=de
LANGUAGE=de_BE Try de_BE.ISO_8859-1 if de_BE does not work.
For Walloon locale support you can find files and information at:
http://www.linuxi18n.org/locales/walon/.
LANG=wa
LANGUAGE=wa_BE:fr_BE Try wa_BE.ISO_8859-1 if wa_BE does not work.
These options add support for the Belgian characterset and codepages. If you'd like to have these, compile a kernel with these options put on. They only apply to some filesystems (FAT-based, ISO9660, ...).
` b Codepage 850 (Europe)
` b NLS ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1; Western European Languages) ` b NLS ISO 8859-15 (Latin 9; Western European Languages with Euro) Located in Filesystems b Native Language Support
If your kernel is a modular kernel that came with your distribution
insmod nls_cp850
insmod nls_iso8859_1 insmod nls_iso8859_15
'' Contributed by Dany Vanderroost `danyv@euronet.beb
''
Ispell is composed of different components: the main software and one or more dictionaries. The default dictionary is /usr/lib/ispell/english.hash. To override this default you have 2 options. Either you can set the DICTIONARY-variable or launch it with the "-d" option.
You can create custom dictionaries in your home-directory like /.ispell_english.
export DICTIONARY=nederlands
or
ispell -d nederlands file_name
export DICTIONARY=francais
or
ispell -d francais file_name
Ispell doesn't work with Walloon which is a phonetic dialect and not a lexical structured language.
export DICTIONARY=deutsch
or
ispell -d deutsch file_name
By default Ispell will not work with multiple dictionaries but the solution is to work with the /.ispell_words file.
If you don't want to make multi instance with Ispell, You can build /.ispell_words with the words package by cp /usr/dict/words /.ispell_words; chmod +w /.ispell_words.
To configure PPP correctly, you should check the PPP-HOWTO. I try to explain it briefly, but if you have any questions or problems, read the HOWTO very carefully.
----2.7.1.1. Configuring the modem
To configure your modem, you can alter the initstring of your modem. To learn more about your modem, check Ask Mr. Modem.
If you have a winmodem you will probably not get it to work. More
information about winmodems is at:
http://linmodems.org/.
Work is underway, but winmodems are not as good as
real modems.
----2.7.1.2. Installing pppd
Now, you need to have the ppp-package installed (check this by typing pppd --version), make sure you have a recent one. Then you have to make sure you've got these files:
/usr/local/bin/ppp
/bin/sh
case $1 in (on|start) TELEPHONE='555-1212' # The telephone number for the connection ACCOUNT='your_login' # The account name for logon (as in 'George Burns') PASSWORD='your_pass' # The password for this account (and 'Gracie Allen') INITSTRING='AT8F8C18D2Z'# Modem initstring IPLOCAL=0.0.0.0 # Local IP address if known. Dynamic = 0.0.0.0 IPREMOTE=0.0.0.0 # Remote IP address if desired. Normally 0.0.0.0 DEVICE=/dev/ttyS1 # Serial Device com1=ttyS0, com2=ttyS1,... SPEED=57600 # 19200, 38400 or 57600 (don't try something different) export TELEPHONE ACCOUNT PASSWORD INITSTRING exec /usr/sbin/pppd $DEVICE $SPEED $IPLOCAL:$IPREMOTE \ user $ACCOUNT connect /etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer ;; (off|stop) if [ -r /var/run/ppp0.pid?; then kill -INT `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid` if [ ! "$?" = "0"?; then rm -f /var/run/ppp0.pid echo "ERROR: Removed stale pid file" exit 1 fi exit 0 fi echo "ERROR: PPP link is not active on ppp0" exit 1 ;; (info|status) /usr/sbin/pppstats ;; (*) echo "Usage: ppp on|off|info|start|stop|status"; esac
/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
/bin/sh
exec /usr/sbin/chat -v \ REPORT CONNECTION \ REPORT CARRIER \ TIMEOUT 10 \ ABORT '\nBUSY\r' \ ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' \ ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r' \ ABORT '\nNO DIALTONE\r' \ ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' \ ABORT 'Invalid Login' \ ABORT 'Login incorrect' \ '' "\r$INITSTRING\r" \ 'OK-+++\c-OK' 'ATH0' \ TIMEOUT 45 \ OK "ATDT$TELEPHONE" \ CONNECT '\d\c' \ ogin:--ogin: "$ACCOUNT" \ ord: "$PASSWORD" You can remove the -v once everything looks normal.
The pppd command uses /etc/ppp/options to list its options, change these options to whatever fits. These defaults normally work in most cases.
asyncmap 20a0000
crtscts debug default-mru defaultroute detach escape 11,13,ff hide-password ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote lcp-echo-failure 4 lcp-echo-interval 400 lock modem mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.255.0 noipdefault passive
Once dialing in works like a charm, you can leave debug out.
It is important to emphasize that every special character, thus every character that is not [a-ZA-Z0-9? and '_', should be escaped by preceding it with a '\'-character. Thus "e!b$l+" would become "e\!b\$l\+". Try it if you are having troubles !
----2.7.1.3. pap-secrets / chap-secrets
If your ISP requires CHAP or PAP, you need one of these files with their proper username and password:
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets or /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
- client server secret IP
your_login * your_pass *
----2.7.1.4. Network
To configure your nameservers, change /etc/resolv.conf. If dialing in is succesful, but you can't get it to connect to URL's: this is probably the cause.
domain domain_of_your_isp
nameserver your_primary_nameserver nameserver your_secondary_nameserver
----2.7.1.5. File permissions
Before you can run a (shell)script, it must be set executable. Be sure that you set the permissions so that other users cannot see the passwords stored in the files. If you want other users to be able to dial in, you might want to consider using sudo.
chmod u+rw og-rwx -R /etc/ppp
chmod u+x /etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer /usr/local/bin/ppp
----2.7.1.6. Dial + Hangup
Then if /usr/local/bin is in your PATH, you can easily dial in with ppp on, hangup with ppp off and to get some statistics, you do: ppp status.
'' Contributed by Christophe Lambin `clambin@skynet.beb
''
This section does not aim to be a definitive guide on ISDN for Linux. For a more detailed discussion on the topic, see Paul Slootman's ISDN4Linux HOWTO and ISDN4Linux-FAQ.
----2.7.2.1. Updating the kernel
If you're using a 2.2 kernel, it's recommended to get an updated
version of the ISDN code. You can retrieve it
from CVS at
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/isdn4linux/.
For more information, check:
http://www.brisse.dk/site/linux/docs/isdn.htm
If you've recently purchased an Eicon Diva 2.0 PCI (eg, via Belgacom), there's a good chance you've actually got a Diva 2.01.In this case, you must get a version dated 1 July 1999 or later !
Once the ISDN is in place, you can start up the driver. Eg: modprobe hisax type=11 protocol=2 Refer to the Readme's for the right parameters and values for your card.
----2.7.2.2. ISDN4Linux toolkit
Next, you'll need the ISDN4Linux toolkit. You can retrieve the latest
version of the toolkit at: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/isdn4linux/
----2.7.2.3. Configuring the interface
With the tools installed and configured, write a script to configure the interface, to be used for the ISDN connection. As always in Linux, there's no one correct way of doing this. I've put these in a script
MSNREMOTE='555-1212' # Phone number of ISP MSNLOCAL='555-1313' # my number, without 0, with areacode ACCOUNT='george' # The account for logon (as 'George Burns') IPLOCAL=10.0.0.2 # my fixed IP (use 10.0.0.2 if no fixed) IPREMOTE=0.0.0.0 # IP number of ISP INTERFACE=ippp0 /sbin/modprobe hisax type=11 protocol=2 /sbin/isdnctrl verbose 3 system on /sbin/isdnctrl addif $IF /sbin/isdnctrl secure $IF on /sbin/isdnctrl addphone $IF out $MSNREMOTE /sbin/isdnctrl eaz $IF $MSNLOCAL /sbin/isdnctrl huptimeout $IF 300 /sbin/isdnctrl l2_prot $IF hdlc /sbin/isdnctrl l3_prot $IF trans /sbin/isdnctrl encap $IF syncppp /sbin/isdnctrl dialmode $IF auto /sbin/ifconfig $IF $IPLOCAL pointopoint $IPREMOTE -arp -broadcast /sbin/ipppd /dev/ippp0 user $ACCOUNT $IPLOCAL:$IPREMOTE
To start this at boot time, make it executable and append the
. /etc/rc.d/rc.isdn fi
The ipppd command gets its parameters passed
debug defaultroute ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote mru 1524 mtu 1500 noipdefault
useifip
Do NOT specify +pap or +chap in this file. This specifies the authentication that ipppd should use for an INCOMING client. If you were to use this to connect to your ISP, ipppd would wait for the ISP to authenticate itself using the specified protocol.
It is important to emphasize that every special character, thus every character that is not [a-ZA-Z0-9? and '_' should be escaped by preceding it with a '\'-character. Thus 'e!b$l+' would become 'e\!b\$l\+'. Try it if you are having troubles !
Finally, create /etc/ppp/ip-down.local to handle
/sbin/ifconfig $1 down sleep 1 /sbin/ifconfig $1 10.0.0.2 pointopoint
Note!
This is to handle some problems with routes on shutdowns. Anyone know of a clean(er) solution ?
----2.7.2.4. pap-secrets / chap-secrets
If your ISP uses PAP or CHAP, create a file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or
your_login * your_pass *
----2.7.2.5. Network
Not really related to ISDN, but a lot of people forget this step (too eager to try out all the stuff they typed in above ? :-)).
Anyway, you need to configure the DNS, by creating a file
domain your_domain_of_your_isp
nameserver your_primary_nameserver nameserver your_secondary_nameserver
----2.7.2.6. File permissions
Before you can run a (shell)script, it must be set executable. Be sure that you set the permissions so that other users cannot see the passwords stored in the files. If you want other users to be able to dial in, you might want to consider using sudo.
chmod u+rw og-rwx -r /etc/ppp
chmod u+x /etc/rc.d/rc.isdn /etc/ppp/ip.down-local /usr/local/bin/isdn
----2.7.2.7. Dial + Hangup
Finally, you can write a little wrapper to start and stop the ISDN
case $1 in (on|start) /sbin/isdnctrl dial ippp0 ;; (off|stop) /sbin/isdnctrl hangup ippp0 ;; (info|status) /sbin/isdnctrl list ippp0 ;; (*) echo "Usage: isdn on|off|info|start|stop|status" esac
Then if /usr/local/bin is in your PATH, you can easily dial in with isdn on and hangup with isdn off.
; Web:
; Support:
no official Linux support yet
; Authentication:
text-based / PAP
; Extra options:
noccp
; Nameservers:
62.112.0.7, 194.88.127.7
; NTP-server:
ntp.antw.online.be, ntp.brus.online.be, ntp.gent.online.be
; Web:
; Support:
no official Linux support yet
; Authentication:
text-based
; Extra options:
proxyarp
; Nameservers:
193.74.208.135, 193.74.208.65, 193.121.171.135
; Web:
; Support:
; Authentication:
CHAP
; Nameservers:
194.119.232.3, 194.119.232.2
; NTP-server:
ntp.pi.be
; Web:
; Support:
http://www.ping.be/Support/redhat.shtml (Ping)
; Authentication:
PAP
; Extra options:
defaultroute
; Nameservers:
195.238.2.21, 195.238.2.22
; NTP-server:
ntp.skynet.be
; Web:
; Support:
http://help.skynet.be/linux/indexen.html
; Authentication:
text-based ?
; Nameservers:
212.35.2.1, 212.35.2.2
; Web:
; Support:
no official Linux support yet
; Authentication:
PAP
; Nameservers:
194.7.1.4, 194.7.15.70
; Web:
http://www.uunet.be/, http://www.vt4.net/
; Support:
no official support yet
; Authentication:
text-based / PAP
; Nameservers:
195.74.193.12, 194.134.0.12
; Web:
; Support:
no official Linux support yet
; Authentication:
CHAP
; Nameservers:
212.233.1.34, 212.233.2.34
; Web:
; Support:
http://help.worldonline.be/en/linux/index.htm
; Authentication:
PAP
; Nameservers:
194.109.6.66, 194.109.9.99
; NTP-server:
ntp.xs4all.be
; Web:
; Support:
http://helpdesk.xs4all.be/ned/linux/index.html
; Authentication:
CHAP
; Nameservers:
212.8.180.122, 212.8.180.126
; NTP-server:
ntp.yucom.be
; Web:
; Support:
no official Linux support yet
DHCP was designed to make life easier, and most of
the times it does ;) More information to set up your
DHCP client can be found at:
http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/DHCP.html
and a
list of Frequently Asked Questions from the infamous document
of John Wobus at
http://www.dhcp.org/
which describes everything you need to know. Along with the
information in the Cable-Modem HOWTO
(http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/Cable-Modem.html).
Lots of people want to connect a whole network to their cablemodem, that's not a problem. You'll need
IP-Masquerading
and make sure the interface (that speaks to the cablemodem) has the right MAC-address !! Another solution (in case of problems) is to reset your cablemodem.
; NTP-server:
time.chello.be
; Web:
; Support:
no official support yet
; More information:
http://foobar.starlab.net/soggie/tvd_linux/
http://pac.pandora.be:8080http://proxy.pandora.be:8080/"; Web:
http://users.pandora.be/de.boeve/pandora.html; Web:
http://support.easynet.be/; Web:
; Support:
http://www.turboline.be/; Support:
no official support yet
; More information:
http://minf.vub.ac.be/fquestie/turbo/
More information can be found in the
User Group HOWTO
A complete list of Linux User Groups is at:
http://www.ssc.com/linux/glue/
and at:
http://lugww.counter.li.org/
Mechelbaan 260
B-3130 Begijnendijk
; Email:
`allin@linuxfreak.comb
; Web:
; Contact:
Paul Terweduwe `paul@faes.beb
Van Luppenstraat 70
B-2018 Antwerp
; Phone:
; Email:
`alug@pandora.beb
; Web:
http://sunsite.belnet.be/alug/
; Meetings:
In ACCB (HVR), Herentalsebaan 212 te Deurne
; Contact:
Armand Verachtert `alug@pandora.beb
Building F, room 218 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussel
; Email:
`info@linux.rave.orgb
; Web:
; Mailinglist:
http://linux.rave.org/mlist.html
; Email:
`lug_charleroi@caramail.comb
; Web:
; Mailinglist:
http://charleroi.linuxbe.org/mailing/mail.html
; Email:
`cfk@kahosl.beb
; Web:
; Email:
`Linuxgg@hotmail.comb
; Web:
http://www.uunet.be/hcc/Limburg/
; Contact:
Andy Peeters 8 Bruno Tony
Diegemstraat 61
B-1930 Zaventem
; Email:
`Yvo.Dries@village.uunet.beb
; Web:
http://www.uunet.be/hcc/Leuven/linux.html
; Contact:
Yvo Dries `Yvo.Dries@village.uunet.beb
Milcampslaan 101
B-1040 Schaarbeek
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@iguana.beb
; Web:
5F218 (building F)
Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`ig@igwe.vub.ac.beb
; Web:
; Email:
`info@l2u.iguana.beb
; Web:
; Meetings:
First and third thursday every month in Freinetschool De Zevensprong, Vital Decosterstraat 67, B-3000 Leuven
; Mailinglist:
http://l2u.iguana.be/mailman/listinfo/members
; Email:
`f.berger@student.ulg.ac.beb
; Web:
; Email:
`information@bxlug.orgb
; Web:
; Contact:
Raphael Bauduin `information@bxlug.orgb
Bergstraat 89
B-2220 Heist op den Berg
; Phone:
; Email:
`info_heistselinuxclub@yahoo.co.ukb
; Web:
http://uk.geocities.com/info_heistselinuxclub/
Filii Lamberti
Universiteitslaan 1 B-3590 Diepenbeek
; Email:
`helpdesk@lumumba.luc.ac.beb
; Web:
; Mailinglist:
`minordomo@lumumba.luc.ac.beb
Boulevard de la Meuse, 23
B-5100 Jambes
; Email:
`team@linuxbe.orgb
; Web:
; Contact:
Cedric Gavage `niddle@linuxbe.orgb
Louvain-la-neuve Linux User Group
Place des paniers 5/014 B-1348 Louvain-La-neuve
; Phone:
; Email:
`lln@udev.orgb
; Web:
; Contact:
Benjamin Henrion `benjamin.henrion@linuxbe.orgb
; Email:
`stephane.wirtel@belgacom.netb
; Web:
; Email:
`info@namurlug.orgb
; Web:
Rue Joseph Wauters 48
B-6043 Charleroi (Ransart)
; Email:
`info@os3b.orgb
; Web:
; Meetings:
Every thursday evening and saturday afternoon.
; Mailinglist:
http://carolo.net/mailman/listinfo/os3b
Kruipstraat 14
B-1850 Grimbergen
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@ota.beb
; Web:
; Contact:
Jan Vanhercke `jan.vanhercke@c-cure.beb
PC Aktief Computerclub
; Web:
; Meetings:
Fourth tuesday every month in 't Hoveken van Belsele, Nieuwe Baan 130, B-9111 Belsele (Sint-Niklaas)
; Contact:
Johan De Baere `debaerej@hotmail.comb
Kleinhoefstraat 4
B-2440 Geel
; Email:
`sin@sin.khk.beb
; Web:
; Contact:
Tina gebruikers `vraagtina@digibel.orgb
; Web:
; Meetings:
Hof van Rieth, Molenlei 68, B-2640 Mortsel
; Mailinglist:
`mailinglist@tina.kangaroot.netb
Holleberg
Schapenstraat 37, lokaal 91 97 B-3000 Leuven
Residentie Vinckenbosch
Parkstraat 137-139, flat 305 B-3000 Leuven
; Email:
`ulyssis@ulyssis.orgb
; Web:
; Extra:
Only for KULeuven students and KULeuven personnel
; Email:
`info@lugwv.beb
http://www.lugwv.be/; Email:
`!TeeCee?@WOLF-Mechelen.beb
Krijgslaan 281 S9
B-9000 Gent
; Phone:
; Email:
`info@zeus.rug.ac.beb
; Web:
The Linux Documentation Project contains worldwide lists of Linux
businesses, Linux Consultants HOWTO and V.A.R. HOWTO, and can be
found at: http://www.linuxports.com/.
Avenue du Pesage, 31-33
B-1050 Brussels
; Phone:
; Email:
`sales@adoc-services.comb
; Web:
Avenue Joseph Wybranlaan 40
B-1070 Brussels
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@arafox.comb
; Web:
Boulevard Général Michel 1E
B-6000 Charleroi
; Phone:
; Email:
`info@aragne.comb
; Web:
; Contact:
Denis Frère `denis.frere@aragne.comb
; Special expertise:
GNU/Linux services, specially Python and Zope solutions (websites, intranet, Internet connectivity, ...)
Geldenaakse Vest 6
B-3000 Leuven
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@ba.beb
; Web:
http://www.ba.be for more info.Alfons Jeurissenstraat 53
B-3500 Hasselt
; Phone:
; Email:
`info@consultux.beb
; Web:
Tiensestraat 243/3
B-3000 Leuven
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@coresequence.comb
; Web:
; Contact:
Machtelt Garrels `sales@coresequence.comb
; Special expertise:
Consultancy: disaster recovery, troubleshooting. Training: Dutch/French/English speaking trainers.
Henneaulaan 366
B-1930 Zaventem
; Phone:
; Fax:
Av. Van Goidtsnoven 33
B-1180 Uccle
; Email:
`webmaster@dconnect.beb
; Web:
Industriepark Zenneveld
Vaucampslaan 42 B-1654 Huizingen
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@dolmen.beb
; Web:
European Erasmus Business 8 Innovation Center
Joseph Wybranlaan 40 B-1070 Brussels
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@dsimprove.beb
; Web:
Jan Van Harcourtlaan 7
B-3200 Aarschot
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@emmo.beb
; Web:
Luikersteenweg 65
B-3500 Hasselt
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@fks.beb
; Web:
Hessenstraatje 20 loft 1.1
B-2000 Antwerp
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@glasshouse.beb
; Web:
Korte Vuldersstraat 30
B-8000 Brugge
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@grmbl.comb
; Web:
Square Victoria Regina 1
B-1210 Brussels
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`blueline@be.ibm.comb
; Web:
; Contact:
Sam Versluys `sam_versluys@be.ibm.comb
Cyriel Verschaevelaan 12
B-2980 Zoersel
; Phone:
; Email:
`info@ipng.beb
; Web:
; Special expertise:
IPnG focuses on Open Source software development.
Grote Steenweg 91
B-2600 Berchem (Antwerp)
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@kangaroot.netb
; Web:
; Contact:
Peter Dens `peter@kangaroot.netb
Greenhill Campus
Interleuvenlaan 15A B-3001 Haasrode
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@life.beb
; Web:
; Contact:
Erik Goven `egoven@life.beb
Borkelstraat 2/4
B-2900 Schoten
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@linugen.comb
; Web:
; Contact:
Tom Schouteden `tom@linugen.comb
Prins Albertstraat 35
B-8310 Brugge
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Web:
; Contact:
Jurgen Defurne `jurgen.defurne@pandora.beb
Kleine Nieuwendijk 40
B-2800 Mechelen
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@mtecservice.comb
; Web:
; Contact:
Jeff Verheyen `jeff.verheyen@mtecservice.comb
Vaartkom 11
B-3000 Leuven
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@mind.beb
; Web:
; Contact:
Peter Vandenabeele `peter@mind.beb
Zwarte Zusterstraat 16
B-3000 Leuven
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`info@neolabs.beb
; Web:
; Contact:
Maarten Slaets `maarten.slaets@neolabs.beb
Rue de l'autonomie 1
B-1070 Brussels
; Email:
`info@phidani.beb
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Web:
Bischoppenhoflaan 289
B-2100 Antwerp
; Email:
`info@qbian.comb
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Web:
; Email:
`toon@si-lab.comb
; Phone:
; Web:
; Contact:
Toon Knapen `toon@si-lab.comb
Knaptandstraat 96-98
B-9100 Sint-Niklaas
; Email:
`info@spier.beb
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Web:
Minerva Office Brussels
Minervastraat 14b B-1930 Zaventem
; Email:
`info@be.stone-it.comb
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Web:
; Contact:
Martijn Smit `smit@stone-it.comb
; Type of support:
Stone-IT is a 'one-stop' Linux provider for integrating business environments in which we offer: Linux Consulting, Linux Solutions, Linux Support and Linux Education.
; Special expertise:
Stone-IT offers high quality Linux expertise and can develop, test and implement Linux in several different business environments such as all kinds of servers (File-/Web-/Name-/Mail-/Print servers), as well as Clustering, VPN, Storage, Firewalls 8 Routers. Our support consists of Pro Active Monitoring, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Besides having trainers being a Red Hat Certified Engineer we offer Distribution Independent Education.
Zijpstraat 14
B-2570 Duffel
; Email:
`info@sos.beb
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Web:
Rue de l'Aqueduc, 83
B-1050 Brussels
; Email:
`info@theridion.comb
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Web:
; Contact:
Renaud Dans `renaud.dans@theridion.comb
Rue E. Solvay 29 A
B-4000 Liège
; Phone:
; Fax:
; Email:
`staff@virgoplus.comb
; Web:
; Contact:
Bruno Mairlot `bruno@virgoplus.comb
We have acquired a special expertise with the Red Hat distributions.
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Belgian HOWTO
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be.comp.os.linux FAQ
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Belgian LUGS
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Nederlandstalige Linux homepage the Linux source for Flanders and the Netherlands
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Nederlandstalige Linux Documentatie Project most Linux HOWTOs translated to Dutch
* *
Linux Support Website
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EToS: Educatieve Toepassingen van Open Software
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A Flemish website about Open Standards
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Beginnen met Linux
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Installatie Handleiding !RedHat 5.2
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Configure.help in het Nederlands
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Cursus Linux voor Informaticabeheer
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Association Electronique LIBRE
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Belgian HOWTO in french
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linux-france.org
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Freshmeat at UPC Belgium (Chello,TVD)
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Linuxberg at Wallonie Internet
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Linuxberg at Online
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Linuxberg at Pandora (Telenet)
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Linux Gazette at Belnet
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Linux Gazette at Linuxbe
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Linux France
The most important collection of Linux information on the net. Please if you encounter erroneous information in one of them, do contact the author. Only that way it will be corrected and we all stand together ;)
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HOWTO's at K.U.Leuven
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HOWTO's at Double-Barrel
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HOWTO's at SIN
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HOWTO's at Linuxbe.org
As Dutch is less wide-spread, it is the least supported. But work is being done to resolve this ;) (and maybe you can help ?!?) French and German translations obviously are already taken care of.
A succesfull initiative is making progress, but there's still a lot
to do. If you want to help, start translating and send it there.
Check http://nl.linux.org/doc/HOWTO/.
French translations of HOWTO's can be found at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/fr/
German translations of HOWTO's can be found at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/de/
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Official Mirror kernel-sources at Belnet
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Official Mirror kernel-sources at UPC Belgium (Chello,TVD)
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Kernel-sources at Tiscalinet
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Red Hat Mirrors
Official Mirror at Belnet
Official Mirror at Easynet
Mirror at Pandora (Telenet)
Mirror at UPC Belgium (Chello,TVD)
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Debian
Official Mirror at Belnet
Official Mirror at KULeuven
Official Mirror at Pandora (Telenet)
Official Mirror at Easynet
Official Mirror at Tiscalinet
Mirror at Skynet
Mirror at spnet
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Mandrake
Mirror at Belnet
Mirror at UPC Belgium (Chello,TVD)
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SuSE
Mirror at Belnet
Mirror at Pandora (Telenet)
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Mirrors at Belnet
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Mirrors at UPC Belgium (Chello,TVD)
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Mirrors at Pandora (Telenet)
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be.comp.os.linux at Google
The fastest medium to get support is IRC, but beware. Because IRC is rather anonymous it's also easy to deceive people.
On IRCnet there's a channel called #linux.be that is closely related to bcol and the Belgian Linux-scene. The channel is still small, but it surely will grow in time. To get help in English, there's only one place #linux.
Also Dalnet has a #linux.be channel.
No other page links to HowToBelgianHOWTO yet.
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