Belgian HOWTO Dag Wieërs v1.1.8g, 16 February 2003 Abstract 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_organisations 4.1._ALUG_(Antwerp) 4.2._BeLUGa_(Brussels) 4.3._BxLUG_(Brussels) 4.4._Charleroi_LUG_(Charleroi) 4.5._Computer_Forum_KaHo_(Leuven) 4.6._HCC_Limburg_(Genk) 4.7._HCC_Leuven_(Leuven) 4.8._IGUANA_(Brussels) 4.9._Infogroep_-_IGWE_(Brussels) 4.10._ISW_(Leuven) 4.11._Leuven_Linux_Users_(Leuven) 4.12._LiLiT_(Liège) 4.13._Linux_for_Life_(Berchem) 4.14._Louvain-Li-nux_(Louvain-La-Neuve) 4.15._LugWV_(Brugge) 4.16._LUMUMBA_(Diepenbeek) 4.17._Mons_LUG_(Mons) 4.18._Namur_LUG_(Namur) 4.19._Open_Technology_Assembly_(Brussels) 4.20._OS3B_(Charleroi) 4.21._Ouverture 4.22._PC_Aktief_Computerclub_(Sint-Niklaas) 4.23._Student_Information_Networking_(Geel) 4.24._TINA_(Antwerp) 4.25._ULYSSIS_(Leuven) 4.26._WOLF_(Mechelen) 4.27._Zeus_WPI_(Gent) 5._Belgian_Linux_businesses 5.1._aDOC_Services 5.2._Ampersant 5.3._Arafox 5.4._Aragne 5.5._Better_Access_nv 5.6._Consultux 5.7._CoreSequence_Consultancy_&_Training 5.8._CSS_nv 5.9._D._Connect 5.10._Digibel 5.11._Dolmen 5.12._DS_Improve_bvba 5.13._EMMO_Service 5.14._FKS_bvba 5.15._Glasshouse_Business_Networks_bvba 5.16._Grmbl_productions 5.17._Hellea_sprl 5.18._IBM_Belgium_sa/nv 5.19._IP_Net_generation 5.20._Kangaroot_Linux_Solutions 5.21._Linugen 5.22._LinuxIdee 5.23._Mind 5.24._Minotaur_Solutions 5.25._Neolabs 5.26._OpenSides 5.27._Phidani_Software_sprl 5.28._Qbian_Linux_Systems 5.29._Si-Lab 5.30._Spier_bvba 5.31._Stone-IT_Belgium 5.32._Supporting_Open_Source_cvba 5.33._Sygmanet 5.34._Théridion_sprlfs 5.35._UWYN 5.36._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 1. Introduction 1.1. Why this document? 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. ;) 1.2. New versions of this document If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to contact the supervisor Tim Bynum . 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! 1.3. Translated versions 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 and is found at: http://dag.wieers.com/howto/. The French version is maintained by Dany Vanderroost and is found at: http://club.euronet.be/dany.vanderroost/howto.html. 1.4. Contributions A few people mailed us their suggestions and improvements, thanks go to: * Wim Vandeputte * Pablo Saratxaga * Christophe Lambin * Geert Uytterhoeven * Herman Bruyninckx Many thanks go to Ivo Clarysse who started something similar earlier (LinBel) and his project helped us a lot to get this document online. 1.5. The Linux.be-domain debacle 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, 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. 1.6. Feedback 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. 1.7. Copyright information 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. 1.8. Todo 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!) * Add more information about ADSL * Update the locale-section, preferably link to a related document. 2. Configuration 2.1. Keyboard setup Linux provides 2 ways to set up your keyboard. At the console you can use loadkeys and under XFree86 you can use xmodmap. 2.1.1. Console 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. 2.1.2. XFree86 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" XkbRules "xfree86" XkbModel "pc101" XkbLayout "be" EndSection 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 2.1.3. Compose key Some people prefer to use a 'Compose'-key to enter their special characters, like: Compose+' e => é Compose+/ o => ø Compose+c , => ç Compose+c o => © Compose+s s => 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 AltGr+/ as a 'Compose'-key. 2.2. Display and applications Some applications have to be compiled as 8-bit clean to work well with the European characterset. Others like to be told in advance. 2.2.1. Using the ISO-8859-1 font in console You can load the ISO-8859-1 font by typing the following in console: setfont lat1u-16.psf mapscrn trivial echo -ne '\033(K' To be able to use ë, è, é or ç in console, you might want to add these to your ~/.inputrc: 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) Also set the following environment variables: LC_CTYPE=iso-8859-1 SYSFONT=lat1u-16.psf SYSTERM=linux 2.2.2. Support for the Euro symbol 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 2.3. Time zone 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 /etc/localtime symbolicly like: 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 this: hwclock --set --date="Feb 25 03:38" clock -u -s If your clock is set to local time (which is discouraged but if you also run broken OS's, you must), you can do: 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 > /dev/null 2>&1 to your /etc/crontab. Check the ISP-information below to see if your ISP has a NTP-server available. 2.4. Locale support 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 ? 2.4.1. Dutch To enable support for the Dutch locale in Belgium on a system with locale support you just have to set the following environment variables: LANG=nl LANGUAGE=nl_BE Try nl_BE.ISO_8859-1 if nl_BE does not work. 2.4.2. French If you want French locale support in Belgium, set the following environment variabels: LANG=fr LANGUAGE=fr_BE Try fr_BE.ISO_8859-1 if fr_BE does not work. 2.4.3. German If you want instead German locale support in Belgium, set the following environment variabels: LANG=de LANGUAGE=de_BE Try de_BE.ISO_8859-1 if de_BE does not work. 2.4.4. Walloon For Walloon locale support you can find files and information at: http:// chanae.stben.be/linux/locales/walon/. To use it set: LANG=wa LANGUAGE=wa_BE:fr_BE Try wa_BE.ISO_8859-1 if wa_BE does not work. 2.5. Native language support and codepages 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, ...). < > Codepage 850 (Europe) < > NLS ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1; Western European Languages) < > NLS ISO 8859-15 (Latin 9; Western European Languages with Euro) Located in Filesystems > Native Language Support If your kernel is a modular kernel that came with your distribution (=you never compiled a kernel before), then you might want to type: insmod nls_cp850 insmod nls_iso8859_1 insmod nls_iso8859_15 2.6. Ispell Contributed by Dany Vanderroost 2.6.1. Install and setup 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. 2.6.2. Dutch export DICTIONARY=nederlands or ispell -d nederlands file_name 2.6.3. French export DICTIONARY=francais or ispell -d francais file_name 2.6.4. German export DICTIONARY=deutsch or ispell -d deutsch file_name 2.6.5. Walloon export DICTIONARY=walon or ispell -d walon file_name 2.6.6. Multilanguage spelling 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. 2.7. Setting up Internet 2.7.1. Dialing in with your modem (PPP) 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. Warning 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='AT&F&C1&D2Z'# 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 #idle 300 #kdebug 0 #-vj Once dialing in works like a charm, you can leave debug out. Warning 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. You might want to do the following: 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. 2.7.2. Dialing in with your ISDN-modem Contributed by Christophe Lambin 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 Warning 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 /etc/rc.d/rc.isdn: #!/bin/sh 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 following to / etc/rc.d/rc.local: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.isdn ]; then . /etc/rc.d/rc.isdn fi The ipppd command gets its parameters passed through a file, /etc/ppp/ioptions: -ac -bsdcomp debug defaultroute ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote mru 1524 mtu 1500 noipdefault -pc useifip -vj -vjccomp #idle 360 #persistent Warning 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. Warning 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 the shutdown of the interface: #!/bin/sh /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 /etc/ppp/ chap-secrets. Its format is: #client server secret IP 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 /etc/resolv.conf: 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. You might want to do the following: 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 connection. I've put this as /usr/local/bin/isdn: #!/bin/bash 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. 3. Belgian ISP information 3.1. PPP/ISDN 3.1.1. Brutélé Web http://www.brutele.be/ Support no official Linux support yet 3.1.2. Cable&Wireless (Online, TijdNet) 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 http://www.online.be/ Support no official Linux support yet 3.1.3. KPN Belgium (Eunet) Authentication text-based Extra options proxyarp Nameservers 193.74.208.135, 193.74.208.65, 193.121.171.135 Web http://www.eunet.be/ Support http://support.eunet.be/ 3.1.4. Planet Internet (Ping) Authentication CHAP Nameservers 194.119.232.3, 194.119.232.2 NTP-server ntp.pi.be Web http://www.planetinternet.be/ Support http://www.ping.be/Support/redhat.shtml (Ping) 3.1.5. Skynet (Belgacom) Authentication PAP Extra options defaultroute Nameservers 195.238.2.21, 195.238.2.22 NTP-server ntp.skynet.be Web http://www.skynet.be/ Support http://help.skynet.be/linux/indexen.html 3.1.6. Tiscalinet (Freegates, FreeBel) Authentication text-based ? Nameservers 212.35.2.1, 212.35.2.2 NTP-server ntp.tiscalinet.be Web http://www.tiscalinet.be/ Support no official Linux support yet 3.1.7. UUNet (VT4) 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 3.1.8. Wanadoo (Euronet) Authentication text-based / PAP Nameservers 195.74.193.12, 194.134.0.12 Web http://www.wanadoo.be/ Support no official Linux support yet 3.1.9. World Online Authentication CHAP Nameservers 212.233.1.34, 212.233.2.34 Web http://www.worldonline.be/ Support http://help.worldonline.be/en/linux/index.htm 3.1.10. XS4ALL Authentication PAP Nameservers 194.109.6.66, 194.109.9.99 NTP-server ntp.xs4all.be Web http://www.xs4all.be/ Support http://helpdesk.xs4all.be/ned/linux/index.html 3.1.11. Yucom (DMA) Authentication CHAP Nameservers 212.8.180.122, 212.8.180.126 NTP-server ntp.yucom.be Web http://www.yucom.be/ Support no official Linux support yet 3.2. Cable 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. 3.2.1. Telenet (Pandora) Automatic proxy http://pac.telenet.be:8080 HTTP proxy export http_proxy="http://proxy.telenet.be:8080/" NTP-server ntp.telenet.be Web http://www.telenet.be/ Support no official support yet More information http://helpdesk.telenet.be/ http://users.pandora.be/bdr/DHCP/ http://users.pandora.be/de.boeve/pandora.html 3.2.2. UPC Belgium (Chello, TVD) NTP-server time.chello.be Web http://www.upcbelgium.be/ Support no official support yet More information http://foobar.starlab.net/~soggie/tvd_linux/ 3.3. ADSL 3.3.1. Easynet Web http://www.easynet.be/ Support http://support.easynet.be/ 3.3.2. KPN Belgium (Eunet) Web http://www.eudsl.be/ Support http://support.eunet.be/ 3.3.3. Turboline (Belgacom) Web http://www.turboline.be/ Support no official support yet More information http://minf.vub.ac.be/~fquestie/turbo/ 4. Belgian Linux organisations 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/ 4.1. ALUG (Antwerp) Address Van Luppenstraat 70 B-2018 Antwerp Phone +32 (0)3 218 63 54 Email Web http://sunsite.belnet.be/alug/ Meetings In ACCB_(HVR),_Herentalsebaan_212_te_Deurne Contact Armand Verachtert 4.2. BeLUGa (Brussels) Address           Building F, room 218           Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussel Email Web http://linux.rave.org/ Mailinglist http://linux.rave.org/mlist.html 4.3. BxLUG (Brussels) Address Avenue Alexandre Galopin, 2 B-1040 Brussels Email Web http://www.bxlug.be/ Contact Jérôme Warnier Mailinglist http://www.bxlug.be/mailman/listinfo 4.4. Charleroi LUG (Charleroi) Email Web http://charleroi.linuxbe.org/ Mailinglist http://charleroi.linuxbe.org/mailing/mail.html 4.5. Computer Forum KaHo (Leuven) Email Web http://eduserv.kahosl.be/cfk/ 4.6. HCC Limburg (Genk) Email Web http://www.limburg.hccnet.nl/ Contact Stijn Croes 4.7. HCC Leuven (Leuven) Address Diegemstraat 61 B-1930 Zaventem Email Web http://www.leuven.hccnet.nl/linux.html Contact Ivo Jossart or Michel Cuppens 4.8. IGUANA (Brussels) Address Milcampslaan 101 B-1040 Schaarbeek Phone +32 (0)2 582 66 50 Fax +32 (0)2 582 66 50 Email Web http://www.iguana.be/ 4.9. Infogroep - IGWE (Brussels) Address           5F218 (building F) Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Phone +32 (0)2 629 33 56 Fax +32 (0)2 629 33 89 Email Web http://igwe.vub.ac.be/ 4.10. ISW (Leuven) Address KHLeuven departement Rega Lokaal 004 St-Maartenstraat 55d B-3000 Leuven, Email Web http://isw.student.khleuven.be/ Extra Exclusive to KHLeuven students 4.11. Leuven Linux Users (Leuven) Email Web http://l2u.iguana.be/ 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 4.12. LiLiT (Liège) Email Web http://www.lilit.be/ 4.13. Linux for Life (Berchem) Email Web http://www.vosberg.be/lug/ Mailinglist http://www.vosberg.be/lug/mailinglist.shtml Contact Frederik Vos 4.14. Louvain-Li-nux (Louvain-La-Neuve) Address           Louvain-la-neuve Linux User Group Place des paniers 5/014 B-1348 Louvain-La-neuve Phone +32 (0)10 454 761 Email Web http://lln.udev.org/ Contact Benjamin Henrion 4.15. LugWV (Brugge) Email Web http://www.lugwv.be/ 4.16. LUMUMBA (Diepenbeek) Address           Filii Lamberti Universiteitslaan 1 B-3590 Diepenbeek Email Web http://lumumba.luc.ac.be/ Mailinglist 4.17. Mons LUG (Mons) Email Web http://mons.linuxbe.org/ 4.18. Namur LUG (Namur) Email Web http://namurlug.org/ 4.19. Open Technology Assembly (Brussels) Address Kruipstraat 14 B-1850 Grimbergen Phone +32 (0)11 275 898 Fax +32 (0)11 270 389 Email Web http://www.ota.be/ Contact Jan Vanhercke 4.20. OS3B (Charleroi) Address 29, Boulevard Audent B-6000 Charleroi Email Web http://www.os3b.org/ Meetings Every thursday evening and saturday afternoon. Mailinglist http://carolo.net/mailman/listinfo/os3b 4.21. Ouverture Email Web http://www.ouverture.be/ Mailinglist http://www.linuxcompanies.be/archive/ 4.22. PC Aktief Computerclub (Sint-Niklaas) Address           PC Aktief Computerclub Web http://www.pcaktief.be/ Meetings Second tuesday every month in 'Ons Huis', Schoolstraat 270, B-9100 Sint- Niklaas Contact Johan De Baere 4.23. Student Information Networking (Geel) Address Kleinhoefstraat 4 B-2440 Geel Email Web http://www.sin.khk.be/ 4.24. TINA (Antwerp) Contact Tina gebruikers Web http://tina.kangaroot.net/ Meetings Hof_van_Rieth,_Molenlei_68,_B-2640_Mortsel Mailinglist 4.25. ULYSSIS (Leuven) Address           Holleberg Schapenstraat 37, lokaal 91 97 B-3000 Leuven Mail-address           Residentie Vinckenbosch Parkstraat 137-139, flat 305 B-3000 Leuven Email Web http://www.ulyssis.org/ Extra Only for KULeuven students and KULeuven personnel 4.26. WOLF (Mechelen) Email Web http://www.wolf-mechelen.be/ 4.27. Zeus WPI (Gent) Address Krijgslaan 281 S9 B-9000 Gent Phone +32 (0)9 264 47 51 Email Web http://www.zeus.rug.ac.be/ Comment Restricted to RUG students 5. Belgian Linux businesses 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/. 5.1. aDOC Services Address Avenue du Pesage, 31-33 B-1050 Brussels Phone +32 (0)2 646 00 76 Email Web http://www.adoc-services.com/ 5.2. Ampersant Address Dr. Jacobsstraat 3 B-2570 Duffel Phone +32 (0)15 323 619 Fax +32 (0)15 323 790 Contact Web http://www.ampersant.be/ Type of support Installation, configuration, support, (onsite) maintenance, training, webdevelopment. Special expertise 'Astaro Security Linux' partner. Distribution, installation and support for these Linux based firewalls. 5.3. Arafox Address Avenue Joseph Wybranlaan 40 B-1070 Brussels         Phone +32 (0)2 529 59 91 Fax +32 (0)2 529 59 92 Email Web http://www.arafox.com/ 5.4. Aragne Address Boulevard Général Michel 1E B-6000 Charleroi Phone +32 (0)71 270 389 Email Web http://www.aragne.com/ Contact Denis Frère Special expertise GNU/Linux services, specially Python and Zope solutions (websites, intranet, Internet connectivity, ...) 5.5. Better Access nv Address Geldenaakse Vest 6 B-3000 Leuven Phone +32 (0)16 298 045 Fax +32 (0)16 298 046 Email Web http://www.ba.be/ Type of support After an onsite installation, we mainly support our customers with SSH remote administration. Most problems are reported by E-mail or by the inhouse-developped webbased supportsystem. This doesn't mean that once in a while a supportcall comes in. Special expertise Security, systemadministration and setups, security (firewalling, tigerteaming, VPN, etc.) Networkdesign, wireless networking, Troubleshooting, product development, etc. Please visit http://www.ba.be for more info. 5.6. Consultux Address Alfons Jeurissenstraat 53 B-3500 Hasselt Phone +32 (0)474 91 55 61 Email Web http://www.consultux.be/ 5.7. CoreSequence Consultancy & Training Address Tiensestraat 243/3 B-3000 Leuven Phone +32 (0)472 689 497 Fax +32 (0)16 29 99 32 Email Web http://www.coresequence.com/ Contact Machtelt Garrels Special expertise Consultancy: disaster recovery, troubleshooting. Training: Dutch/French/ English speaking trainers. 5.8. CSS nv Address Henneaulaan 366 B-1930 Zaventem Phone +32 (0)2 718 53 33 Fax +32 (0)706 53 306 Type of support support on networking, installation, hardware maintenance, Red Hat certified reseller Special expertise Red Hat RHCE 5.9. D. Connect Address Av. Van Goidtsnoven 33 B-1180 Uccle Email Web http://www.dconnect.be/ 5.10. Digibel Address Oude Leuvensebaan 57 B-3460 Bekkevoort Phone +32 (0)473 269 112 Fax +32 (0)13 55 66 99 Email Web http://www.digibel.be/ Contact Joan Lavrijs Type of support Digibel (since 1995) uses its competence in Open Source software to deliver solutions, consultancy, development, remote administration, training and support with a strong focus on security. All our consultants have been using Linux since 1995 and have extensive Open Source experience. Special expertise We maintain the qmail-sql patch in which qmail gets integrated with MySQL or PostgreSQL databases. Our unique key product is the SUS (Security Update Service) in which we intensively manage the security of servers. Closely related to SUS are our high quality VPN/Firewall/Router- solutions. We also deliver virtually all kind of company-servers (file-,web-,fax-,mail-,name-,print-,database-,.. servers). We have acquired a special expertise with the Red Hat distributions. 5.11. Dolmen Address           Industriepark Zenneveld Vaucampslaan 42 B-1654 Huizingen Phone +32 (0)2 362 55 55 Fax +32 (0)2 362 55 99 Email Web http://www.dolmen.be/ 5.12. DS Improve bvba Address           European Erasmus Business & Innovation Center Joseph Wybranlaan 40 B-1070 Brussels Phone +32 (0)2 529 59 41 Fax +32 (0)2 529 59 54 Email Web http://www.dsimprove.be/ 5.13. EMMO Service Address Jan Van Harcourtlaan 7 B-3200 Aarschot Phone +32 (0)16 565 708 Fax +32 (0)16 569 963 Email Web http://www.emmo.be/ 5.14. FKS bvba Address Luikersteenweg 65 B-3500 Hasselt Phone +32 (0)11 214 911 Fax +32 (0)11 220 419 Email Web http://www.fks.be/ 5.15. Glasshouse Business Networks bvba Address Hessenstraatje 20 loft 1.1 B-2000 Antwerp Phone +32 (0)3 234 96 96 Fax +32 (0)3 234 96 97 Email Web http://www.glasshouse.be/ 5.16. Grmbl productions Address Korte Vuldersstraat 30 B-8000 Brugge Phone +32 (0)50 674 512 Fax +32 (0)50 342 623 Email Web http://www.grmbl.com/ 5.17. Hellea sprl Address Rue de Prague 61 B-1060 Brussels Web http://www.hellea.be/ 5.18. IBM Belgium sa/nv Address Square Victoria Regina 1 B-1210 Brussels Phone +32 (0)2 225 33 33 Fax +32 (0)2 225 24 73 Email Web http://www.ibm.com/be/ Contact Sam Versluys 5.19. IP Net generation Address Cyriel Verschaevelaan 12 B-2980 Zoersel Phone +32 (0)477 513 987 Email Web http://www.ipng.be/ Special expertise IPnG focuses on Open Source software development. 5.20. Kangaroot Linux Solutions Address Grote Steenweg 91 B-2600 Berchem (Antwerp) Phone +32 (0)3 286 17 17 Fax +32 (0)3 281 23 49 Email Web http://www.kangaroot.net/ Contact Peter Dens 5.21. Linugen Address Borkelstraat 2/4 B-2900 Schoten Phone +32 (0)3 685 39 81 Fax +32 (0)3 293 33 43 Email Web http://www.linugen.com/ 5.22. LinuxIdee Address  Prins Albertstraat 35 B-8310 Brugge Phone +32 (0)494 607 037 Fax +32 (0)50 364 341 Web http://www.linuxidee.com/ Contact Jurgen Defurne 5.23. Mind Address Vaartkom 11 B-3000 Leuven Phone +32 (0)16 309 666 Fax +32 (0)16 309 644 Email Web http://mind.be/ Contact Peter Vandenabeele Type of support Device drivers, porting to new platforms, development (fixed price), set- up of development environment, on-site support (outsourcing), architecture study and training. Special expertise Mind uses Open Source software (Linux, RTLinux, RTAI, eCos, Wonka, gcc, gdb, etc.) to set up basic infrastructure for new embedded systems based on various embedded processors: ARM, StrongARM, XScale, PowerPC, MIPS, x86, ... 5.24. Minotaur Solutions Address Astridlaan 199 B-8310 Brugge Phone +32 (0)475 311 650 Email Web http://www.minotaur-solutions.com/ Contact Maarten Loose 5.25. Neolabs Address Zwarte Zusterstraat 16 B-3000 Leuven Phone +32 (0)16 236 342 Fax +32 (0)16 650 497 Email Web http://www.neolabs.be/ Contact Maarten Slaets 5.26. OpenSides Address Rue des Palais 44/33 B-1030 Brussels Email Phone +32 (0)2 211 34 83 Fax +32 (0)2 218 89 73 Web http://www.opensides.be/ 5.27. Phidani Software sprl Address Rue de l'autonomie 1 B-1070 Brussels Email Phone +32 (0)2 552 06 63 Fax +32 (0)2 522 09 30 Web http://www.phidani.be/ 5.28. Qbian Linux Systems Address Bischoppenhoflaan 289 B-2100 Antwerp Email Phone +32 (0)9 328 93 28 Fax +32 (0)9 326 08 88 Web http://www.qbian.com/ 5.29. Si-Lab Email Phone +32 (0)486 149 048 Web http://www.si-lab.com/ Contact Toon Knapen 5.30. Spier bvba Address Knaptandstraat 96-98 B-9100 Sint-Niklaas Email Phone +32 (0)3 765 90 61 Fax +32 (0)3 765 90 62 Web http://www.spier.be/ 5.31. Stone-IT Belgium Address           Minerva Office Brussels Minervastraat 14b B-1930 Zaventem Email Phone +32 (0)2 720 88 35 Fax +32 (0)2 720 51 71 Web http://www.be.stone-it.com/ Contact Martijn Smit 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 & 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. 5.32. Supporting Open Source cvba Address Zijpstraat 14 B-2570 Duffel Email Phone +32 (0)15 310 271 Fax +32 (0)15 310 381 Web http://www.sos.be/ 5.33. Sygmanet Address Hulststraat 8 B-3290 Diest Email Phone +32 (0)13 312 203 Fax +32 (0)13 312 203 Web http://www.sygmanet.be/ 5.34. Théridion sprlfs Address Rue de l'Aqueduc, 83 B-1050 Brussels Email Phone +32 (0)2 539 32 28 Fax +32 (0)2 539 19 54 Web http://www.theridion.com/ Contact Renaud Dans 5.35. UWYN Address Lambermontlaan 148 B-1030 Brussels Email Phone +32 (0)2 245 41 06 Web http://www.uwyn.com/ 5.36. VirgoPlus sprl Address Rue E. Solvay 29 A B-4000 Liège Phone +32 (0)4 253 00 59 Fax +32 (0)4 253 00 49 Email Web http://www.virgoplus.com/ Contact Bruno Mairlot Type of support By phone, email, or remote networked administration, inhouse, onsite Special expertise Installation, configuration, administration of Linux, internet connection, intranet developpment, firewalls, samba, netatalk, firewalls, proxys, DNS, web server (Apache), mod_perl, MySQL, Gui interface developpment (GTK+). We have acquired a special expertise with the Red Hat distributions. 6. Belgian Linux resources 6.1. Websites 6.1.1. Linux in Belgium * Belgian_HOWTO * be.comp.os.linux_FAQ * Belgian_LUGS * LinuxBelgium.net 6.1.2. Dutch Linux-related sites * Nederlandstalige_Linux_homepage _the_ Linux source for Flanders and the Netherlands * Nederlandstalige_Linux_Documentatie_Project most Linux HOWTOs translated to Dutch * Linux_Support_Website * EToS:_Educatieve_Toepassingen_van_Open_Software * A_Flemish_website_about_Open_Standards * Beginnen_met_Linux * Installatie_Handleiding_RedHat_5.2 * Configure.help_in_het_Nederlands * Cursus_Linux_voor_Informaticabeheer 6.1.3. French Linux-related sites * LinuxBe.Org * Association_Electronique_LIBRE * Belgian_HOWTO_in_french * linux-france.org 6.1.4. Mirrors in Belgium * Freshmeat_at_UPC_Belgium_(Chello,TVD) * Linuxberg_at_Wallonie_Internet * Linuxberg_at_Online * Linuxberg_at_Pandora_(Telenet) * Linux_Gazette_at_Belnet * Linux_Gazette_at_Linuxbe * LinuxFocus * Linux_France 6.2. HOWTO 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 ;) * HOWTO's_at_K.U.Leuven * HOWTO's_at_Double-Barrel * HOWTO's_at_SIN * HOWTO's_at_Linuxbe.org 6.3. HOWTO translations 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. 6.3.1. Dutch 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/. 6.3.2. French French translations of HOWTO's can be found at: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/ Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/fr/ 6.3.3. German German translations of HOWTO's can be found at: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/ Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/de/ 6.4. FTP 6.4.1. Kernel-source mirrors * Official_Mirror_kernel-sources_at_Belnet * Official_Mirror_kernel-sources_at_UPC_Belgium_(Chello,TVD) * Kernel-sources_at_Tiscalinet 6.4.2. Distribution mirrors * Red_Hat_Mirrors o Official_Mirror_at_Belnet o Official_Mirror_at_Easynet o Mirror_at_Pandora_(Telenet) o Mirror_at_UPC_Belgium_(Chello,TVD) * Debian o Official_Mirror_at_Belnet o Official_Mirror_at_KULeuven o Official_Mirror_at_Pandora_(Telenet) o Official_Mirror_at_Easynet o Official_Mirror_at_Tiscalinet o Mirror_at_Skynet o Mirror_at_spnet * Mandrake o Mirror_at_Belnet o Mirror_at_UPC_Belgium_(Chello,TVD) * SuSE o Mirror_at_Belnet o Mirror_at_Pandora_(Telenet) 6.4.3. Mirrors in Belgium * Mirrors_at_Belnet * Mirrors_at_UPC_Belgium_(Chello,TVD) * Mirrors_at_Pandora_(Telenet) 6.5. Usenet/Newsgroups * be.comp.os.linux at Google 6.6. IRC 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.