Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

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Hi there,

On 20 June 2012 22:20, Tom Sparks  wrote:
> 'We have been getting phone calls say "your computer has a problem..."
> Most time I just hand up. But I've been think of give these caller a 10 
> question or some wacky replies
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Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb69H7l0vJA (Ha ha!)

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Re: Good IRC client

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On 21 May 2012 08:36, Stephen Rees-Carter  wrote:
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Ishwor Gurung  
> wrote:
>> On 20 May 2012 10:30, Stephen Rees-Carter  wrote:
>>> I'm curious, what does the client-server model do in Quassel?
>>> I assume you don't mean you run your own IRC server?
>> No. It runs the irc client for you and stays connected until it is shutdown.
>>
>> 1. your irc client on Ubuntu <> quassel <> irc.freenode.net
>> 2. You disconnect
>> 3. But Quassel <> irc.freenode.net remains open.
>
> Ah ok. I've never considered that as an option. I guess I'm more of a
> casual IRC user so I don't need to know everything said while I'm
> gone.
> Still, I'll keep it in mind :)
>
>>> I tried Irssi a while ago, but it doesn't play nice with Byobu so it
>>> never worked out for me.
>> Having said above, people still prefer to use irssi with screen or tmux.
>
> My Irssi/screen/tmux skills must just be lacking :)
> (Highly likely!)

It's also about how one likes to use the tools I guess.
The said tools should feel natural to the user.
It could very well be that you like Pidgin / Empathy because it feels
natural to you.
Like I said, it's just a preference thingy but knowing what are
available out there would not hurt :-)

Cheers

>> I know it's a bit uncool, and i don't know if it meets your requirements
>> (since i don't use Unity), but i find pidgin to be pretty good.  I
>> prefer it because it integrates IRC, XMPP, and other protocols, and its
>> logging and searching works pretty well.  I use dircproxy to keep my IRC
>> connection going regardless of my laptop's status, and between the two
>> it meets my needs.
>
> I've been using Empathy for a similar reason, and it's still on my short list.
>
> Thanks everyone, I'll give XChat another trial and see how it goes. I
> can always switch if it gets too annoying again!
> Thanks,
> ~Stephen
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Re: Question for GCC programmers

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Hello.

On 10 October 2010 07:29, Paul Gear  wrote:
> On 09/10/10 14:21, David Fawcett wrote:
>
> On 9 October 2010 15:13, Lisa Milne  wrote:
>
> Please don't recommend mono, it's just a Bad Idea:
> http://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono
>
> So whats the solution?
>
> Java works for me.  It has interfaces to all of the appropriate low-level
> libraries on both Linux & Windows, and it's not patent encumbered like
> Mono.  It also has an outstanding ecosystem of software which has grown up
> around it, particularly the various Java components of the Apache project.

Urwid[1] UI library for Python could be of interest. It provides
high-level abstraction to console interface. Cheers

[1] http://excess.org/urwid/

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Re: Xen on 9.10 server

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Hi Dave

2010/1/8 Dave Hall :
> On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 13:39 +1100, Ishwor Gurung wrote:
>> Anyone had any success? Thanks.
>
> I haven't tried xen, but kvm (and libvirt) works well
Hmm.. that's another good option I can use. Thanks Dave.

Right now though, I am living my life with the 8.04 and Xen 3.2 but I
am soon planning to upgrade.

The compilation is complaining since its not officially supported *yet* AFAIK :/

Has anyone got a sample .config lying around? I am not fussed about
the rest of the stuffs as long as it can produce xenified kernel.
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Xen on 9.10 server

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Anyone had any success? Thanks.

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Re: Email reader for the blind

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Hi David,

2009/12/19 David Bowskill :
> Hello all
>
> I have a friend who is virtually blind and would like to migrate from MS
> to Ubuntu.
> He requires a 'text-to-audio' program to read his emails.
>
> Does anyone know of an OS program which can run under Ubuntu to achieve
> this ?

I don't know how well it works but its there ;)
http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/kttsd/

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Re: Ubuntu-based malware

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Heh.

2009/12/15 db :
> You cannot just read the pre and post install instructions. If there
> is a compiled binary how are you going to know what it does ?
>
> It isn't that simple. If it was simple to know if a piece of software
> was dangerous antivirus companies would have a hard time :P

I think Chris was referring more to malwares that tries to do sneaky
things via pre-post install scripts. Ofcourse to check the  binary,
one would have to do other trickery that aren't trivial.
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Re: My experience with Ubuntu...not great

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Hi,

2009/11/4 Microbe :
> Hey folks,
>
> I thought I would share my experience installing Ubuntu.  As
> background, I am the guy friends, family and neighbours call when they
> have trouble with their Windows PC and am pretty good at it.  I can
> also find my way around a Linux terminal OK.
>
> Having read about how good desktop Linux is nowadays I thought it was
> time to give it a go.
>
> The install of 9.10 was easy as you could want.  The whole thing works
> well and boots and shuts down quick smart.
>
> I should add that the computer I was experimenting on is in my shed
> (don't ask!) so not much at stake.  All i do is listen to music, Skype
> sometimes and look up something about my latest tinker project.
>
> Well, the first problem was listening to music. MP3s were associated
> with the movie player.  I managed to sort that out easy enough but
> even when I pointed MP3s at Rhythmbox, no go...it can't play layer1
> MP3s or something.  Not a good start.

libmad - http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/ (Choose one you like
down the bottom). Use Ubuntu's package manager called Synaptic to
install any software that are provided by a particular software
repository. http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/libmad0 has mad so you
need to install libmad0 using Synaptic. If you prefer command line
then -
$ aptitude install libmad0; as root.

> OK, let's get Skype going.  I downloaded the proper version only to
> have the install fail with the friendly message about a dependency
> needing dbus >= 4.3 I think it was.  At this point I can imagine the
> average mug giving up and I wouldn't blame them, but I was
> determined.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/libdbus-1-3. That's in Karmic. I
don't know how/why its asking for >= 4.3.

> It took me a while to find dbus to download but I did it.   Oh shucks,
> it depended on something or another XML.  I grabbed that and guess
> what...on and on it went.  It was just too hard.
Yep. Always try and use a package manager _unless_ the need be for
source install.

> The long and short of it is that I never did get skype or music
> working and can only assume that the idea that Linux is ready as a
> windows replacement for the average punter is someone's fantasy.
Ubuntu software repository should have Skype.

> It is a shame really because there needs to be an alternative (apart
> from a Mac) but right now, this isn't it.
>
> This is not meant as a troll, I am genuinely disappointed and look
> forward to hearing from people about what you think...maybe even some
> solutions, but I fear it is going to be ongoing dramas every time I
> try to install something.
Most of the time, if you don't screw around manually with dpkg, it
should be fine unless you take some time to read man pages. Use the
packages provided by Ubuntu always as a first means unless source
installation is needed.

> Which reminds me, a couple of games I from the built in installer?
> Guess what
>
> Over to you, penguins.

I thought we became tuz already. ;-)
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Re: Starting MySQL

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Oh  and there's mysqld_safe
[...]
> $ mysql -u david -p
> 
>
> See how it goes. If you haven't set the user, then re-configure mysql
> to use one (iirc, by default, it has a root user. if it doesn't then
> just do as 'dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server' as root). If it still
> doesn't like it, try edting my.cnf (resides somewhere in /etc
> directory) directly - http://www.modwest.com/help/kb6-242.html

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysqld-safe.html
http://24x7servermanagement.com/blog/?p=44
(also, make sure to do a backup of your db, resides somewhere in
/var/backup methinks, you can run 'find /var -name mysql' to look for
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Re: Starting MySQL

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Hi David,

[...]
> When I try to start from the terminal however, I receive  the error message:
>
>
> "ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'david'@'localhost' (using
> password: NO)"

$ mysql -u david -p


See how it goes. If you haven't set the user, then re-configure mysql
to use one (iirc, by default, it has a root user. if it doesn't then
just do as 'dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server' as root). If it still
doesn't like it, try edting my.cnf (resides somewhere in /etc
directory) directly - http://www.modwest.com/help/kb6-242.html

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Re: Stickers

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2009/8/30 Ryan Ralph :
> I also sent a SASE to that same place and am yet to get a reply. This just
> reminded me, I'd forgotten about it.
> I wonder what happened to the distributor?
> --
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> ryanralph1...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Scott Evans 
> wrote:
>>
>> Well, I don't want to put a damper on this but I posted a SASE to ...
>> (system 76)
>>
>> Australia
>>
>> Sticker Offer
>> P.O Box 1412
>> Lavington, NSW 2641
>>
>> back in January this year, as yet I have not received the reply envelope
>> containing the goods!
>>
>> I offered to the person in charge of the above mentioned project that I'd
>> be happy to pay for postage for a quantity of stickers and the SASE to be
>> posted and I'll complete the request as I do not work and have the time to
>> assist with this. I was bluntly told that the matter was in hand and to go
>> posting items all over the place was inefficient.
>>
>> Thanks to the Ubuntu Australia Team!
>>
>> You would be better off buying some from zareason not only will you get
>> what you want within 10 working days, these stickers are made from aluminium
>> and look much better than the paper  ones from the system 76 site...


Hmm.. This whirlpool post has some useful info
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/977477.html.
Other places I will be looking for is cafepress and zazzle.
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Stickers

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Hi folks
I want some of those (~3-5) cute Ubuntu stickers. Please advise where
I can find one for free/fee. Thanks :-)
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Re: Lightweight Email Client

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Hello,

Simon Ives wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a lightweight email client that I can use with my 
> EEE PC running Ubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu NBR?  Evolution is too bulky and 
> Thunderbird doesn't play well with the NBR interface.  I'm after 
> something with a really simple user interface.
> 
> Thanks.

http://www.claws-mail.org/

"Claws Mail is an email client (and news reader), based on GTK+, featuring

Quick response
Graceful, and sophisticated interface
Easy configuration, intuitive operation
Abundant features
Extensibility
Robustness and stability


The appearance and interface are designed to be familiar to new users
coming from other popular email clients, as well as experienced users.
Almost all commands are accessible with the keyboard.

The messages are managed in the standard MH format, which features fast
access and data security. You'll be able to import your emails from
almost any other email client, and export them just as easily.

Lots of extra functionality, like an RSS aggregator, calendar, or
laptop LED handling, are provided by extra plugins."

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Re: I totally screw up with my sources.list

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Junin Toiro wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Ishwor Gurung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Junin Toiro wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Totoro.love.YY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> ..anyone could help??
>>>> or.. send me a default one.
>> [ ... ]
>>
>>> You'll need to change all the 'interpid' entries for your version. IE:
>> s/interprid/intrepid/g
>>
>>
>> cheers
>>
> 
> Meh, I was in a rush if you couldn't tell. :)

No I couldn't tell :) All I saw was a spelling mistake.

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Re: I totally screw up with my sources.list

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Junin Toiro wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Totoro.love.YY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> ..anyone could help??
>> or.. send me a default one.

[ ... ]

> You'll need to change all the 'interpid' entries for your version. IE:

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Re: Default Hardy Sources.list

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Totoro.love.YY wrote:
> does anyone know where I can get a default sources.list for Hardy
> Heron??
> 
> I've mucked mine up..

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/CommandLine



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Re: How to load korganizer at boot up?!?

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:20:26 pm Peter Williams wrote:
> How do I make korganizer load each time I boot up my Kubuntu system?!? I
> did it once, but now it doesn't load automatically - and thats what I want

# cd ~/.kde/Autostart/ 

Create a soft link
# ln -s /usr/bin/korganizer korganizer

Restart kdm/gdm/xdm whatever..
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Re: I need a Menu Editor for the Application Launcher Menu (widget)

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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 01:40:12 am you wrote:
> Hi Ishwor,

I don't know. 
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Re: I need a Menu Editor for the Application Launcher Menu (widget)

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Hi Peter,

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:00:31 pm Peter Williams wrote:
> Does not appear to have a "Menu Editor" option. Does anyone else have
> any suggestions of where I can find a Menu Editor for it.

1) Go to console (ALT+F2 and type "xterm")
2) Type "kmenuedit" and press enter.

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Re: Package manager problems

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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:39:16 pm Ron Gauci wrote:
> dpkg: parse error, in file

Perhaps your cache is corrupted. Delete it -
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3096180.0

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Re: DVD - CD BURNING

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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:57:33 am David Ryder wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> HARDY

[ ... ]

> But I really would prefer not to use Wine - does anybody know of other
> Linux (Ubuntu) programs that are good or what I might be able to do to
> get successful burns in Ubuntu, please?

Try k3b but you need to install kde libraries as well if that's ok with you, 
give it a go once.

$ aptitude install k3b;

Also http://k3b.plainblack.com/screenshots

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Re: zombie after startup

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:33:52 pm Sebastian Spiess wrote:
> hi all,
>
> for quite a while now I've been having one or sometimes 2 zombie processes
> showing in my system monitor

zombie is a defunct process; a process which hasn't been wait(2)'ed upon by 
its parent procecss after dying. In terms of non-programming jargon, this 
basically means that a process goes into a zombie state when it dies but 
hasn't been recollected by its parent because the child hasn't returned yet.
PARENT---
 |- CHILD (via fork), died but not returned to the parent yet, so a 
   
   zombie. 

> I tried to kill them using the system monitor. I tried killall and PID but
> everything I tried did not work. After reboot the zombie is back.

I don't think you can kill a zombie process normally. You can try issuing 
SIGCHLD(signal(7)), install a signal handler specifically for SIGCHLD 
(because it is ignored on Linux afaik) and then issue wait(2) on the child 
but that's about it. If that doesn't work out, init (PID 1) automatically 
handles defunct processes and issues wait(2) on it. However, do remember that 
it does take up space in the running kernel (for process table entries) but 
not actual system memory.

> PID is always >6000 if that matters.

PID - Incremented sequentially so that doesn't really matter afaik unless they 
are more than what the system can handle (max value is available via 
procs - /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max, which is tunable)

> How can I investigate what causes this zombie and how can I kill it.
> I would prefer the shot gun which worked well on zombies in some games but
> here in my system probably not :-)

heh. :)
You could write a small code that -
1) adds a hook to SIGCHLD (signal(7)) by installing a signal handler (because 
a SIGCHLD signal is ignored by default on Linux).
2) issue wait(2) on process.
If they don't do the magic, then I guess init(8) [PID 1] will adopt the 
zombies and then set wait(2) on it so it can reap it. That's the last resort.

I guess the most important statement from [1] is that - "Zombies that exist 
for more than a short period of time typically indicate a bug in the parent 
program." So, if that's the case it may be a good idea to contact the 
upstream author of whatever piece of code that is.

I am no guru but since its weekend, I thought I could help you out a bit ;)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_process

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Re: z600 driver for a Lexmark printer.

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On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:26:05 pm The Wassermans wrote:
> Thank you Ishwor,
>
> This looks promising.  I'll try it out a little later.  And report the
> result due course.
>
> Cheers
> Dave W

No worries! :)

[ ... ]

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Re: z600 driver for a Lexmark printer.

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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:46:17 pm The Wassermans wrote:
> I have loaded and installed z600 driver which variuos sources assure me
> will drive my Lexmark x1195 printer.
>
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Lexmark-X1195 says
> it will work "perfectly".
>
> System>Administration>printers Sees both the printer and the z600
> driver.  I have configured and re-configured the printer carefully
> following the prompts.
>
> But when it comes to actually printing . . nothing happens.

I just had a quick google at your printer and required setup to run in Ubuntu. 
In case you haven't tried these already -

1) Check the cablings and try a self-test of the printer if theres one.
2) Run the printer configs as root (and also add the printer as a root).
3) Try testing by running z600 backend (/usr/lib/cups/backend/z600).

Check 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/LexmarkMultifuncPrinters
 
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Re: Arduino boards

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:58:12 am ishwor wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I am looking to buy Arduino board from reseller here in Australia that
> accept direct debits. I've found only Littlebird electronics which does not
> accept dd :( Any idea/s?

I think this would be offtopic for this list. :> 
Right?

If someone does know any other shop besides LB electronics, please let me 
know. Thinking of starting to play around it a bit in my spare time. :)

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Arduino boards

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Hi list,

I am looking to buy Arduino board from reseller here in Australia that accept 
direct debits. I've found only Littlebird electronics which does not accept 
dd :( Any idea/s? 

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Re: Slashdot-like aussie website

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On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:52:26 am Daniel Mons wrote:
> ishwor wrote:
> | On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:49:25 pm Daniel Mons wrote:
> |> Morgan Storey wrote:
> |> | I find www.overclockers.com.au <http://www.overclockers.com.au> good
> |> | as well, it aggregates and has very active forums, but it is
> |> | everything, Linux, Windows, Mac, hardware.
> |>
> |> A beer to anyone who can guess my handle on OCAU! :)
> |>
> |> -Dan
> |
> | Oh and Danyell :) save the beer for another day. will ya? :)
>
> Sorry, that ain't me.  Guess again! :)
>
> Hint: I rant just as much there as I do here. :)
>
> -Dan

woops! no idea then :)

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Re: Slashdot-like aussie website

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:49:25 pm Daniel Mons wrote:
> Morgan Storey wrote:
> | I find www.overclockers.com.au  good as
> | well, it aggregates and has very active forums, but it is everything,
> | Linux, Windows, Mac, hardware.
>
> A beer to anyone who can guess my handle on OCAU! :)
>
> -Dan

Oh and Danyell :) save the beer for another day. will ya? :)

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Re: Slashdot-like aussie website

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:49:25 pm Daniel Mons wrote:
> Morgan Storey wrote:
> | I find www.overclockers.com.au  good as
> | well, it aggregates and has very active forums, but it is everything,
> | Linux, Windows, Mac, hardware.
>
> A beer to anyone who can guess my handle on OCAU! :)
>
> -Dan

Pretty obvious. Danyell :-)

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Re: Monitor problem

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:09:00 pm The Wassermans wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 12:42 +0930, ishwor wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:17:46 pm The Wassermans wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 21:12 +1000, Martin Visser wrote:

[ ... ]

> > Hope that's not too hard to understand from technical perspective.
>
> No ishwor, that was helpful.  I guess I want it badly enough.  But does
> that explain why the Picasa "Linux version" does not perform as well as
> the native Windows version?

Possibly. :)

> I'll have a peep at gwenview and see what I think.  (The way this is
> going, I'll soon be the technical authority on the best photo album
> software in the world!!)

Heh.

There's more esoteric ones but I'll let you figure out for yourself. 
Hint: view it's called. :P 

When you do get the hang of all of them, if you got some time at hand and say 
you're willing (during say weekends or sometime), write up a blog comparing 
feature sets, speeds and/or beautification of each one you tried. It could 
immensely help other linux users. Ofcourse, that's only if you want to. You 
don't have to if you don't want to. ;)

> Thanks for your input

Anytime. No problemo.  :)

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Re: Slashdot-like aussie website

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:11:23 pm Senectus . wrote:
> I have a list of web comics I visit every day :-)
> Most of them are daily updaters
>
>
> User Friendly the Comic Strip - The Daily
> Static Penny Arcade! - I Get Hungry On
> Occasion  General Protection Fault--The
> Comic Strip  Ctrl+Alt+Del - Tragically l337
>  PvPonline.com · Hosted By
> SPEAKEASY.NET  xkcd - A webcomic of romance,
> sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe 

xkcd <3 :

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Re: Monitor problem

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:42:03 pm ishwor wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:17:46 pm The Wassermans wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 21:12 +1000, Martin Visser wrote:
> > > I would disagree here. For display photographic images, almost no work
> > > is being done by the graphics card. Any basic card running as a frame
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > Greetings Martin,
> >
> > I just downloaded and tried gThumb.  My first impressions are that it
> > slidescreen's very much better than both Picasa & F-Spot.  Just as you
> > said.  I will spend some time with it to see if I will adopt it in
> > favour of the others.
>
> gwenview isn't too bad either. It's the default image viewer in
> Kubuntu(KDE).
>
> > Much of the technical discussion that has been going on is well above
> > me.  But I'm trying to digest some of it. Maybe one day I too will be
> > able to converse so technically?
>
> If you want it badly enough, you shall have it badly enough. *_^ does that
> make sense? Anywho, it's not that hard if you just muck around and take
> some time to read man pages, technical_reviews, articles _regularly_. It's
> an interesting metaverse of it's own. ;)
>
> > You say that Picasa for Linux is really an emulation using intergrated
> > Wine?  And therefore some aspects of the Windows version are
> > compromised?   Or were you assuming I had loaded Wine in order to run
> > Picasa?  Might be the same thing really?
>
> Picasa runs off wine (reverse acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator).
> Basically it's a software library that provides the
> same/atleast_try_to_provide_the_same feature set as win32 dlls (Shared
> software libraries in windows) so that windows programs that depend on
> win32 library/s can instead link into wine libraries and use the dlls there
> like in Microsoft windows. Hence, I believe, the software that run natively
> on Microsoft windows may not be as fast as the wine equivalents because of
> extra overhead underlying the function calls from wine
> dlls<->glibc<->kernel (I could be dead wrong in the water here! If so,
> please rectify me).
Typo - The other way round ;)
i.e. - 
"the software that run using wine may not be as fast as the Microsoft windows 
equivalents because of extra overhead underlying the function calls from wine 
dlls<->glibc<->kernel (I could be dead wrong in the water here! If so, please 
rectify me)."

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Re: Monitor problem

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:17:46 pm The Wassermans wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 21:12 +1000, Martin Visser wrote:
> > I would disagree here. For display photographic images, almost no work
> > is being done by the graphics card. Any basic card running as a frame

[ ... ]

> Greetings Martin,
>
> I just downloaded and tried gThumb.  My first impressions are that it
> slidescreen's very much better than both Picasa & F-Spot.  Just as you
> said.  I will spend some time with it to see if I will adopt it in
> favour of the others.

gwenview isn't too bad either. It's the default image viewer in Kubuntu(KDE).

> Much of the technical discussion that has been going on is well above
> me.  But I'm trying to digest some of it. Maybe one day I too will be
> able to converse so technically?

If you want it badly enough, you shall have it badly enough. *_^ does that 
make sense? Anywho, it's not that hard if you just muck around and take some 
time to read man pages, technical_reviews, articles _regularly_. It's an 
interesting metaverse of it's own. ;)

> You say that Picasa for Linux is really an emulation using intergrated
> Wine?  And therefore some aspects of the Windows version are
> compromised?   Or were you assuming I had loaded Wine in order to run
> Picasa?  Might be the same thing really?

Picasa runs off wine (reverse acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator). Basically 
it's a software library that provides the 
same/atleast_try_to_provide_the_same feature set as win32 dlls (Shared 
software libraries in windows) so that windows programs that depend on win32 
library/s can instead link into wine libraries and use the dlls there like in 
Microsoft windows. Hence, I believe, the software that run natively on 
Microsoft windows may not be as fast as the wine equivalents because of extra 
overhead underlying the function calls from wine dlls<->glibc<->kernel (I 
could be dead wrong in the water here! If so, please rectify me).

Hope that's not too hard to understand from technical perspective.

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Re: Slashdot-like aussie website

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:52:56 am Dave Hall wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 09:23 +0930, ishwor wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I am a bit curious as to what people here read daily? Obviously, there is
> > no slashdot-like page hosted within Australia.
> >
> > The websites/forums that I regularly visit are slashdot, linuxworld,
> > whirlpool, lwn and ddj. Are there any more I am missing from the scene
> > that could potentially be of interest?

[ ... ]

> I have 50 or 60 feeds I subscribe to, so let me know if you need more
> geeky news sources.

Dave, could you maybe blog it or just dump it here for others to benefit as 
well? :p

[ ... ]

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Slashdot-like aussie website

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Hi list,

I am a bit curious as to what people here read daily? Obviously, there is no 
slashdot-like page hosted within Australia. 

The websites/forums that I regularly visit are slashdot, linuxworld, 
whirlpool, lwn and ddj. Are there any more I am missing from the scene that 
could potentially be of interest?

thanks. :)

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Re: Monitor problem

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Hi Wassermans,

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:07:29 pm Kim Hawtin wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>

[ ... ]

> The windows 'driver' is mainly to give hints to the video card about
> which screen resolutions to run, which are native and what gamma modes
> and colour correction is supported. Mainly so the user doesn't need
> to fiddle with them.
>
> Most of these options in Linux/xorg are configurable, however I'm not
> sure if these are changeable from the GUI.

Just to add to the OP:
GUI - Graphical User Interface; Software interface to make it 
clicky-here-clicky-there so that it's easier+(non-cumbersome) for users who 
do not want to get their hands dirty. :)

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Samsung+SyncMaster+205bw+Ubuntu and take a 
read through http://ge.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?p=5098246

Hope that helps bud. 

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Re: Microsoft CDs

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Hi Wassermans,

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:04:51 pm The Wassermans wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 01:21 +0930, ishwor wrote:
> > While I understand ocassional M$ bashing, what I do not understand is why
> > linux / GNU(moo)/Linux users have to criticise Microsoft Windows all the
> > time? Haven't we got something that's original of our own? I mean can't
> > we just let it alone? It's the same crowd everywhere these days from
> > slashdot to mailing list. MS Windows taks it from left/right/bottom/up in
> > much the same way as linux takes it from BSD.
>
> Okay.  You've touched my guilt nerve.  I can understand, and even
> sympathise with your irritation.  I just struck me as funny at the time.
>
> Err.  What does "BSD" mean please?
>
> Dave W

BSD - Berkeley Software Distribution. To get more information have a read 
through the wikipedia :) One primary difference between linux and bsd is that 
in bsd, everything in the system is worked on by a core set of bsd 
developers. compare that with linux where hundreds of developers/coders 
working on simulataneously/concurrently. plus the focus in lot of BSDs around 
is on strong codebase, security and ehnacibility. Everyone knows about 
openbsd's popular ssh server. it has pretty well withstood the time .

These days bsd's popular choice prevail as an alternative to 
windows/linux/solaris. Espceially Freebsd, OpenBSD and Netbsd. there are 
more. these were derived from 4.4BSD i think.

have a great weekend folks. Yay!

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Re: Microsoft CDs

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Hey list,

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:15:11 am The Wassermans wrote:
> I came upon this pearle while browsing.  Thought it might be appreciated
> in this forum:
>
> "Apparently, if you play Microsoft CDs backwards they play satanic
> messages. Worse still, if you play them forwards they install Windows."
>
> Dave W

Hehe jokes aside :-)), I am a linux/(part-time)bsd person using it primarily 
at home writing code, music and all those typa stuff.

While I understand ocassional M$ bashing, what I do not understand is why 
linux / GNU(moo)/Linux users have to criticise Microsoft Windows all the 
time? Haven't we got something that's original of our own? I mean can't we 
just let it alone? It's the same crowd everywhere these days from slashdot to 
mailing list. MS Windows taks it from left/right/bottom/up in much the same 
way as linux takes it from BSD.

Dan, you finally got that BSD in the bin man. Remember? :D

My views are firm on this. Windows suck big time but I don't think making 
jokes is a fair on them especially when it's OFFTOPIC in this list as 
well. :|

I am not flaming or supporting M$ windows but that's just a thought I came as 
I write this mail while sitting outside in my lawn. Please don't hold grudges 
against me for talking like this :). I love Penguins. I just can't stand 
people criticising something without a valid statement. "Oh it is MS windows, 
its got to suck!" and this is "alacarte Linux. It's got to be the b[ea]st!".

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Re: Ubuntu upgrades

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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:38:53 am ishwor wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:54:43 am Paul Gear wrote:
> > ishwor wrote:

[ ... ]

> Or, just uprade; yes as Paul writes. So essentially
> instead of
> # dpkg -i ;
   ^ *.deb 
> the op can do
> # aptitude upgrade
> in the second box.
>
> So, how's everyone's morning going? If I've been rude a bit then I am
  
woah! Felt like I just barged in randomly!:D
> sorry. My name is Ishwor. Nice meeting you all Ubunturos! ;)
>
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Re: Ubuntu upgrades

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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:54:43 am Paul Gear wrote:
> ishwor wrote:
> > ...

[ ... ]

> A simpler method than NFS would be rsync:
>   aptitude install rsync # on both systems
>   cd /var/cache/apt
>   rsync -av . otherbox:/var/cache/apt # replace /var/cache/apt
>   # with $PWD if you prefer

@OP - Or as Paul mentions -> rsync ^_^

> > Now go to other box-
> > # cd /some/exported.share/
> > # dpkg -i *.deb;
>
> Now this will get you in big trouble.  What if you have different
> packages on the different boxes?  You'll get dependency problems.  The

FYI Paul, the OP mentions that he/she is upgrading both boxes simultaneously 
but do not want to expend the effort/cost of downloading at both the places. 
And hence, both the boxen have the needed for exactly the same packages. That 
is what I thought earlier and wrote straight off in one go . ^_^

Or, perhaps I haven't been clear about -
"Bear in mind, the dependencies have to be exact in both the machines. :)"

Basically it means -
a) Needed packages for box A - foo1.deb, foo2.deb, foo3.deb
b) Needed packages for box B - foo1.deb, foo3.deb, foo4.deb

Package upgraded via our method (both nfs+rsync) here is foo1.deb. Our manual 
drudgery sucks anyway compared to the harrisony's. moo! :D

> simple thing to do after you've rsynced the apt cache is just upgrade
> normally - it will use the cached files instead of downloading them again.

Or, just uprade; yes as Paul writes. So essentially
instead of 
# dpkg -i;
the op can do
# aptitude upgrade
in the second box.

So, how's everyone's morning going? If I've been rude a bit then I am sorry.
My name is Ishwor. Nice meeting you all Ubunturos! ;) 

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Re: Ubuntu upgrades

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Hi Slawek,

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:57:01 pm Slawek Drabot wrote:
> all this talk of downloads has reminded me of something:
>
> how do you deal with downloading upgrades for multiple installs?
>
> I have Ubuntu on 2 machines, and it seems a waste to download the same
> upgrades twice. What strategies do people use to avoid this situation?

One way of doing this is manually. 
# apt-get clean;
# aptitude upgrade;

The download packages are locally stored in /var/cache/apt; stay there.

Mount the other box as nfs share (or through fuse/sshfs if you prefer. nfs 
requires setup at the other end. sshfs just requires fuse+sshd at the other 
end)-
# mount -t nfs other.box.ip.addy:/some/exported.share /mnt/local.dir/
# cp /var/cache/apt/*.deb /mnt/local.dir/

Now go to other box-
# cd /some/exported.share/
# dpkg -i *.deb;

done.

I am sure there are automatic tools for doing this but this is like a quick 
way of copying files over to other unix machines and doing manual 'dpkg -i'. 
Bear in mind, the dependencies have to be exact in both the machines. :)

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Re: broadband with linux mirror

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Hi Sebastian,

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:30:51 am Dale wrote:
> 2008/7/1 Sebastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I recently moved and now I have to look into a new broadband connection.
> > Until now I was with AAPT but I consider a new carrier.
> >
> > Which ISPs can you recommend in the Sydney area who have a not counted
> > Linux mirror for updates?
> > I know of iinet and internode but are there more or even better one?
> >
> > I thought as well about naked DSL as we do not many local calls, if
> > only to calling card services for over seas.
> > By now I have a alder netgear router, am I correct that I can't use
> > this one for ADSL +2 or even VoIP?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sebastian

[ ... ]

> Hi Sebastian,
>
> Internode I would say it the best ISP to go with.

TPG adsl2+ isn't too bad either except that they do not provide any apt 
mirror. It would be great if pipenetworks (the backbone) actually made the 
data free of cost for participating ISPs (who I presume pay fees to them).

I am not sure if TPG is working towards providing an apt mirror. Speedwise 
(down+up), TPG adsl2+ is not too shabby.

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