Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-14 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Hi,

I have a friend who works on KDE a lot.  I had a chat with him last
night about some of the issues that have been mentioned here, and I am
going to write about our conversation in my LinuxProMagazine blog.

But since Greg has found out some things, and made the comment about
Gee it would be nice for some documentation or some videos, my friend
said in our conversation that there are 300 videos on YouTube about
KDE, but they are short and fragmented.  I am trying to convince him to
do an over-all video as an introduction, since that seems to be the way
that most people learn these days (and to be fair, it is easier to show
in a video than to write about left mouse-push swish).

Stay tuned.

md
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[GNHLUG] PySIG for November -- yes indeed, altho moved to Tuesday (the 23rd)

2008-11-14 Thread Bill Sconce
Hi, all -

I stopped by the ABI, and we're in luck for moving our 4th Thursday
to 4th Tuesday this month to get away from Thanksgiving.

So, PySIG is ON, Tuesday the 23rd, 7:00PM at the Amoskeag Business
Incubator, 33 South Commercial Street, Manchester.

Agenda to follow.  If we have one.(*)  File formats and data interchange?
A workshop?

-Bill


(*) Well we do have: get ready for the big T day, get the resistance
built up...   seems to call for cookies, heh.
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Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread Ted Roche
Lloyd Kvam wrote:
 My daughter's laptop has a failing disk drive.  I've backed up her data.
 The laptop is old enough that we want to replace it.  I'm looking for
 suggestions as to where I can get a reasonable laptop with Ubuntu or
 simply bare.  I can handle the Ubuntu installation.

I have heard good things about http://www.system76.com/

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Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread Lloyd Kvam

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 20:24 -0500, Nikkiana H. wrote:
 Actually, Dell does sell them on the web, you just have to go to the
 right second on the website to find it. (In the Laptops  Mini
 dropdown nav, it's under Open Source PCs). If you try to go through
 the selector thing on the main page, the only thing that shows up with
 Ubuntu is the Mini. 
 
 But to directly link to their Ubuntu section:
 http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=uscs=19l=ens=dhs
  
 
Thanks.

 I bought both the Studio 15 and the Mini recently and am pretty happy
 with them. 
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Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 08:04 -0500, Ted Roche wrote:
 Lloyd Kvam wrote:
  My daughter's laptop has a failing disk drive.  I've backed up her data.
  The laptop is old enough that we want to replace it.  I'm looking for
  suggestions as to where I can get a reasonable laptop with Ubuntu or
  simply bare.  I can handle the Ubuntu installation.
 
 I have heard good things about http://www.system76.com/

Thank you all for the advice and help.  The Dell site navigation only
shows the mini when you pick laptops/ubuntu.  I did not see the
possibility of picking open source first towards the bottom of the
screen.

I've ordered a Dell Studio 15.  It's her primary computer, so the mini,
mobility choices are not good options.  

The non-mini Walmart choices were all Celerons.  She does enough Math
work and I've always felt that the Celerons were not worth the
performance sacrifice.  System76 looked good, but was somewhat pricier.
I'm quite willing to go with an unknown brand name, but I know my
daughter prefers to stay closer to the main stream.

At least we managed to avoid buying an unwanted Windows license.

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YDL (RHAT) etc/sysconfig/desktop

2008-11-14 Thread bruce . labitt
I am trying to get vnc-server running on my Cell Blade which runs YDL. 
Since the blade has no video, there was no default window manager 
installed.  When I run gvncviewer on my ubuntu box - all I get is twm == 
yuck.  That is one of the worst wm's I have ever encountered.  Guess I am 
spoiled by modern wm's.

Tracking down where the wm is set leads me to the file 
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients.  In Xclients the wm is set by either executing 
/etc/sysconfig/desktop or setting the variable PREFERRED.  Is there 
anything in /etc/sysconfig/desktop besides the variable PREFERRED?  Anyone 
have a sample listing?

I think I know how to set PREFERRED, I was wondering if desktop had any 
other settings.

So is there a cli script to set the desktop?

Thanks
-Bruce

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Re: YDL (RHAT) etc/sysconfig/desktop

2008-11-14 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:13 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I am trying to get vnc-server running on my Cell Blade which runs YDL. 
 Since the blade has no video, there was no default window manager 
 installed.  When I run gvncviewer on my ubuntu box - all I get is twm == 
 yuck.  That is one of the worst wm's I have ever encountered.  Guess I am 
 spoiled by modern wm's.
 
 Tracking down where the wm is set leads me to the file 
 /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients.  In Xclients the wm is set by either executing 
 /etc/sysconfig/desktop or setting the variable PREFERRED.  Is there 
 anything in /etc/sysconfig/desktop besides the variable PREFERRED?  Anyone 
 have a sample listing?
 
 I think I know how to set PREFERRED, I was wondering if desktop had any 
 other settings.
 
 So is there a cli script to set the desktop?

I believe you want 'switchdesk'.

]# yum search switchdesk
[...]
switchdesk-gui.noarch : A graphical interface for the Desktop Switcher.
switchdesk.noarch : A desktop environment switcher for GNOME, KDE and
AnotherLevel.

The description lies a bit, it supports some other things as well.


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Re: YDL (RHAT) etc/sysconfig/desktop

2008-11-14 Thread Shawn O'Shea

 I think I know how to set PREFERRED, I was wondering if desktop had any
 other settings.


On a standard Red Hat system, the /etc/sysconfig files are part of the
initscripts package. The documentation for this packages includes a document
about setting for the sysconfig scripts.

On a local box, that file is:
/usr/share/doc/initscripts-8.45.17.EL/sysconfig.txt

Here's what it says for desktop:
/etc/sysconfig/desktop:
  DESKTOP=GNOME|KDE
 This determines the default desktop for new users.
  DISPLAYMANAGER=GNOME|KDE|XDM
 This determines display manager started by /etc/X11/prefdm,
 independent of the desktop.

-Shawn



 So is there a cli script to set the desktop?

 Thanks
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Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 At least we managed to avoid buying an unwanted Windows license.

  The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?

  I've noticed in the past that many PCs being sold without a Windows
license cost the same as the ones with.  I've wondered if that's Dell
pocketing the difference, or whether Microsoft is still getting all
(or some) of the money, just not giving us the license.  They've been
nailed in court for doing so before, so this isn't baseless
speculation.

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Adding custom tags to RPMs

2008-11-14 Thread Dan Jenkins
Does anyone know if it is possible to add user-created custom tags to 
RPMs when creating them?
Thanks.

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RE: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread Michael Pelletier
http://marc.merlins.org/linux/refundday/ 
The original Windows Refund Day, February 15, 1999.

I'm not sure if I made it into one of those photos - that might be the back
of my head at the upper left of the photo of Eric Raymond.

-Michael Pelletier.

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Subject: Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 At least we managed to avoid buying an unwanted Windows license.

  The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?

  I've noticed in the past that many PCs being sold without a Windows
license cost the same as the ones with.  I've wondered if that's Dell
pocketing the difference, or whether Microsoft is still getting all
(or some) of the money, just not giving us the license.  They've been
nailed in court for doing so before, so this isn't baseless
speculation.

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Re: Adding custom tags to RPMs

2008-11-14 Thread Michael ODonnell


 Does anyone know if it is possible to add user-created
 custom tags to RPMs when creating them?

I don't quite understand what you're asking for but you
can cause rpm to generate a list of all possible tags thus:

   rpm --querytags

...some of which can (I believe) be specified in .spec
file directives.
 
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Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread Lloyd Kvam

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
 On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  At least we managed to avoid buying an unwanted Windows license.
 
   The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
 
   I've noticed in the past that many PCs being sold without a Windows
 license cost the same as the ones with.  I've wondered if that's Dell
 pocketing the difference, or whether Microsoft is still getting all
 (or some) of the money, just not giving us the license.  

In the past, I determined that Dell's Ubuntu systems were slightly less
than the Windows equivalent.  I did not check this time before placing
the purchase.  I'll poke around and report back.

 They've been nailed in court for doing so before, so this isn't baseless
 speculation.
 
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Re: Adding custom tags to RPMs

2008-11-14 Thread Dan Jenkins
Michael ODonnell wrote:
 Dan Jenkins wrote:
   
 Does anyone know if it is possible to add user-created
 custom tags to RPMs when creating them?
 

 I don't quite understand what you're asking for but you
 can cause rpm to generate a list of all possible tags thus:

rpm --querytags

 ...some of which can (I believe) be specified in .spec
 file directives.
  
I didn't make it clear. I was asked whether it was possible to extend 
the list of standard tags in RPM packages someone is building. I don't 
know exactly what issue they are trying to solve, but a custom tag would 
help them somehow. I forwarded the question to the folk who would know 
what was possible best. :-)


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Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-14 Thread Greg Rundlett
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Jon 'maddog' Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi,

 I have a friend who works on KDE a lot.  I had a chat with him last
 night about some of the issues that have been mentioned here, and I am
 going to write about our conversation in my LinuxProMagazine blog.

Thanks maddog.

fyi, here's the link to maddog's blog
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/blogs/paw_prints_writings_of_the_maddog



 But since Greg has found out some things, and made the comment about
 Gee it would be nice for some documentation or some videos, my friend
 said in our conversation that there are 300 videos on YouTube about
 KDE, but they are short and fragmented.  I am trying to convince him to
 do an over-all video as an introduction, since that seems to be the way
 that most people learn these days (and to be fair, it is easier to show
 in a video than to write about left mouse-push swish).

Sounds great.  These days, there is so much information on the
Intertubes, it's really helpful when you have some official source
pointing to the video of upgrading.

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Re: Adding custom tags to RPMs

2008-11-14 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 11:07 -0500, Dan Jenkins wrote:
 Does anyone know if it is possible to add user-created custom tags to 
 RPMs when creating them?
 Thanks.

Like repotags? i.e., build a custom kernel, and install of calling it
kernel-2.6.18-123.el5, calling it kernel-2.6.18-123.el5.local?

Anything after the 123 in the example above is derived from the %dist
tag in RH/Fedora packages, assuming its present in the spec. So most
recent packages can be rebuild like so:

rpmbuild --rebuild --define 'dist .el5.local' foo.src.rpm.

Of course, if that's not the type of tag you're referring to, please
expand your explanation of what you're after... :)


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Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
 The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
 
Vista Home Premium appears to add $30 to the cost.  

The Vista laptop allows for some lower cost options that are not
available in the Ubuntu configurations.  Once all the hardware got
equalized, the Vista quote was higher by $30.

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Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-14 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
I will write the article, pass it past my friend for his o.k. on
accuracy and some URLs, and when I get it posted I will let you know.

md

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Re: Adding custom tags to RPMs

2008-11-14 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 11:50 -0500, Dan Jenkins wrote:
 Michael ODonnell wrote:
  Dan Jenkins wrote:

  Does anyone know if it is possible to add user-created
  custom tags to RPMs when creating them?
  
 
  I don't quite understand what you're asking for but you
  can cause rpm to generate a list of all possible tags thus:
 
 rpm --querytags
 
  ...some of which can (I believe) be specified in .spec
  file directives.
   
 I didn't make it clear. I was asked whether it was possible to extend 
 the list of standard tags in RPM packages someone is building. I don't 
 know exactly what issue they are trying to solve, but a custom tag would 
 help them somehow. I forwarded the question to the folk who would know 
 what was possible best. :-)

Ah. So ignore my prior post. There was some discussion along these lines
on the fedora devel mailing list a little while back, and iirc, the
answer was that you could really only do this by code changes to rpm
itself. Otherwise, rpm won't know to store the info in that tag in the
rpm database, apps won't know to look for that tag, etc.



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Re: YDL (RHAT) etc/sysconfig/desktop

2008-11-14 Thread Darrell Michaud
You may wish to consider not using a window manager at all. You may be
able to do everything you need on an ssh console. Or if you must run
something graphical, you may be able to use X11 forwarding over SSH back
to your normal desktop.



[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I am trying to get vnc-server running on my Cell Blade which runs YDL.
 Since the blade has no video, there was no default window manager
 installed.  When I run gvncviewer on my ubuntu box - all I get is twm ==
 yuck.  That is one of the worst wm's I have ever encountered.  Guess I am
 spoiled by modern wm's.

 Tracking down where the wm is set leads me to the file
 /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients.  In Xclients the wm is set by either executing
 /etc/sysconfig/desktop or setting the variable PREFERRED.  Is there
 anything in /etc/sysconfig/desktop besides the variable PREFERRED?  Anyone
 have a sample listing?

 I think I know how to set PREFERRED, I was wondering if desktop had any
 other settings.

 So is there a cli script to set the desktop?

 Thanks
 -Bruce

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Re: Adding custom tags to RPMs

2008-11-14 Thread Dan Jenkins
Jarod Wilson wrote:
 Ah. So ignore my prior post. There was some discussion along these lines
 on the fedora devel mailing list a little while back, and iirc, the
 answer was that you could really only do this by code changes to rpm
 itself. Otherwise, rpm won't know to store the info in that tag in the
 rpm database, apps won't know to look for that tag, etc.
   

That is just what I needed to know. I'll pass it on.
Thank you.

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Re: YDL (RHAT) etc/sysconfig/desktop

2008-11-14 Thread bruce . labitt
-"Darrell Michaud" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]From:"DarrellMichaud"[EMAIL PROTECTED]Date:11/14/200801:23PMcc:"GreaterNHLinuxUserGroup"gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.orgSubject:Re:YDL(RHAT)etc/sysconfig/desktopYoumaywishtoconsidernotusingawindowmanageratall.Youmaybeabletodoeverythingyouneedonansshconsole.Orifyoumustrunsomethinggraphical,youmaybeabletouseX11forwardingoverSSHbacktoyournormaldesktop.That is worth pursuing. How does one get X11 forwarding on ssh to work? I saw something written up, but it did look a little scary.I did get vnc to work. Still, it is a little ugly, but at least it is in gnome. Much better than twm!
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Re: YDL (RHAT) etc/sysconfig/desktop

2008-11-14 Thread Michael ODonnell


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Re: YDL (RHAT) etc/sysconfig/desktop

2008-11-14 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 12:17 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 -Darrell Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -
 
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 From: Darrell Michaud [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 11/14/2008 01:23PM
 cc: Greater NH Linux User Group gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
 Subject: Re: YDL (RHAT) etc/sysconfig/desktop
 
 You may wish to consider not using a window manager at all. You may
 be
 able to do everything you need on an ssh console. Or if you must run
 something graphical, you may be able to use X11 forwarding over SSH
 back
 to your normal desktop.
 
 
 That is worth pursuing.  How does one get X11 forwarding on ssh to
 work?  I saw something written up, but it did look a little scary.

Assuming the YDL box has its config set up to permit it (X11Forwarding
yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config), just ssh into the box w/either the -X or
-Y flag, and fire up your X11 app from that shell, and the gui will show
up on your local machine.


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Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2008-11-14 Thread Greg Rundlett
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
 The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?

 Vista Home Premium appears to add $30 to the cost.


I've noticed many vendors offering a Windows XP downgrade for an
additional fee.  I just ordered a Lenovo notebook, and they do that.
I don't know what to say about paying not to get something other than
it sounds like a mafia racket.  /me shakes head.  If I were going to
actually run Windows, then I'd probably pay extra for the XP option

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