indows-Users face.
And it may reduce some of these "debates" over who can walk the halls of
Debian-Land.
Mac < ... > McCaskie
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stated plainly about the supierior support
available in the Linux world.
On the other hand it is stated we don't have to give support and if you
can't figure it out on your own then tough.
So what is it?
Mac McCaskie
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Thanks,
I had a feeling it was something like that. I've decided to go ahead
and 'upgrade' the old IBM for a "Joe's Garage" blue plate special.
-mac mccaskie
Kent West wrote:
Mac McCaskie wrote:
I've been trying to re-install deb stable from a CD (3.0r
I've had very good luck with Road Runner cable. I used to have SBC DSL
but after they kept dialing down my speed (I'm at the edge of the
service radius) and the 2nd modem burned up I went with RR. They did
have problems (DNS server issue, they said) this fall locally, but they
eventually got
I've been trying to re-install deb stable from a CD (3.0r2 and 3.0r1
images were downloaded and burned to disk), the old system got hosed
somehow. The CD is not bootable on the old IBM box (but is on another
system).
Problem might be two-fold.
1- I am able to get an older CD (the net-install
Micha Feigin wrote:
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 05:02:59PM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
-The third part puzzles me. How would you know how to use it without
some type of instructions.
google et al, home page, man, info, -h/--help, source code
(hopefully commented), trial and error, mailing lists
ROFLOL,
Richard Lyons wrote:
But this has been a bad week for tempers here. Quite a few rants and
upsets. Has anyone else wondered if it's seasonal? Subject for a
little paper, perhaps? SUBTLE - Seasonal Usenet Bad Temper Loss
Episodes... Climatic Recurring Influences on the Internet Commu
Paul Morgan wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:18:50 -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
So you would wish, for instance, to deprive me of a package which I can
understand and use simply because the documentation is not adequate enough
for you, or for somebody non-me, anyway?
Yes, because otherwise a value
Monique Y. Herman wrote:
On 2004-01-17, Mac McCaskie penned:
I think my point would be closer to not allowing a package on-board
without adaqate instruction on what it was and how to use it.
Where is the value of providing a widget to a customer without giving
them a clue as to what the widget
ake care of
themselves (hows that for a win-win situation).
Yes, I have received some good advice on this list in the last week
(including today) which has been very helpful. Today, I discovered some
other comments should go into "useless" catagory.
What did you learn today?
Mac McCa
I think my point would be closer to not allowing a package on-board
without adaqate instruction on what it was and how to use it.
Where is the value of providing a widget to a customer without giving
them a clue as to what the widget is or what to do with it.
Mac McCaskie
Kent West wrote
r Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 09:23:12AM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
Hey Folks,
What do I need to do to get a new site to show up in DNS? This is the
scenario: I've just connected a pc via satalite to the net, now I want
it to show up as a sub-part (is that the right term?) on our domain.
ie
pages that did not match executable supplied help.
-Found man pages with circular "help" i.e. "foo is foo-like because it
is derived from foo's parent"
-Discovered the "best support organization" is impatient with frustrated
noobies.
Mac McCaskie
Stephen wrote:
immense
amount of mostly barely useful and out-of-date documentation .
Mac McCaskie
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as "104.foo.net"
we already have named running locally in the Home Office
what should I do?
thanks much
Mac McCaskie
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members to know the secret incantations.
OR, you can work to reduce the frustration and steep learning curve many
noobies, including myself and Monique, face when we begin to work on our
new Debian box.
Mac McCaskie
Monique Y. Herman wrote:
On 2004-01-17, Joseph Guida MD penned:
Sometimes I t
sounds very much like static electricity to me.
are you getting shocks when you touch doorknobs?
if you have a "joe's garage" pc then it may not be handling static very
well. You can build up plently of static (enough anyway) while rolling
around in your chair.
another item might be voltage l
I have the same setup, win xp with Mozilla, but could get to both of
these sites.
Do you block cookies or have any other privacy settings active? I
notice the first one did a fast re-direct.
Christopher L. Everett wrote:
OK,
I git this problem only once in a while. Otherwise useful site tha
Would this routine also "downgrade" from unstable to testing?
thanks
user list wrote:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
and you must issue:
apt-get update
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Update,
I went the apt-get routine and everybody is much happier.
Thanks to all who lended there hands.
-mac
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nope, but disgo with vodka just fine (ha, ha disgo = this go)
sorry, couldn't resist.
mmm
Colin Watson wrote:
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 03:40:43PM +, Richard Lyons wrote:
Anyone here know if disgo go with Linux?
(it's a usb memory stick in a fancy wrapper, for those who haven't
notice
as
struck by how beautiful is was but didn't do a whole lot and was
indecipherable about how to set up. Design by committe.
Mac McCaskie
Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Mac McCaskie wrote:
Hey folks,
I'm fairly new to debian and have been playing around getting a web
s
#x27;s .deb will actually work?
-give up on the .deb package system and use the .tar file - (takes me
back to DOS days)?
-just shut up and hope someday it will be magically fixed?
Thanks for any help,
Mac McCaskie
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