[newbie] Home Network: What's Next?
To everyone- Goal: -I want to convert my Win2k ICS network to a Mandrake 8.1 Network -I want Printer and Drive sharing for all -I want Internet access for all -I want a firewall -I want a webserver Problem: -I don't know how to get my network and internet setup with Mandrake 8.1 for other drives and PCs on the network. Specs: -I have a PIII 500 Intel box dual booted win Win2K and Mandrake 8.1 as my server. -I have a Motorola Surfboard USB Cable Modem installed and working-connected to server. -I have 2 laptops and an AMD 1.4ghz on the network. -My old network had all these PCs, printers, and drives, shared and working fine through an Ethernet/USB hubs and Orinoco RG for the laptop I don't know what my next step is. I need to know about IP Masquerading, firewall, IP tables (chains), and I have to be able to have the server drives accessible by all of the above PCs, as I have a lot of storage on the server (80GB). What do I do? Thanks. -Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Star Office Install
So what then, just double click on it?
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From: "Steve Weltman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Star Office Install
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 18:26:06 +0800
Hi there...Steve W. writing as a newbie
Tim, I would order the CD which is next to free. I am a newbie to
installing stuff as well, so I would do it that way if possible. Also, the
5.2 version came with my order of Mdk 7.0 so I am pretty sure you should
have got it as well. If not, go to the LSL homepage and check for cheap
versions ($1.99 per CD or something!). www.lsl.com
Best of Luck!!
Steve Weltman
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From: "Tim" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 11:42 AM
Subject: [newbie] Star Office Install
Hi all,
Just spent FOREVER downloading Star Office 5.2 from the Sun site ("only"
100
MB ... dunno why it took all day. My ISP will blame net-congestion, Sun
would blame my ISP ... in any case the file's here).
Ummm...
It's a file ending in .bin I can guess "binary" BUT double-clicking (or
just clicking) gets me nowhere(!). Nothing is associated w/ ".bin"
files.
I'm going to go after it from a few angles; but would appreciate any
help.
Have never successfully installed Star Office, or anything else in Linux,
for that matter. Sort of frustrating for a guy who's installed/run
software
in about 4 other operating systems
I'm running Mandrake 7.0, in KDE. Seems REALLY nice. Just have to get my
"sea legs" with it.
TIA for any help!
--tim
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Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)...
Hmmm..the owners (bands in this case)usually see little if none of the record sales revenue. Most musicians ONLY make money from the touring and merchandise sales. Anyways, they should sue the bootleggers, i.e., the people who download the music. Napster is not selling any of the copyrighted material. They make it easier. Why not sue Napster's ISP then? They helped Napster. And why not sue Cisco? They helped the ISP help Napster. This is absurd. Right or wrong, this technology is here. Suing Napster will only shut them down, but it will not stop people trading mp3s or any other related technology. The music industry doesn't want to update or change it's current business model. That is what they need to do to stay competitive. The current figures also demonstrate that CD sales have increased since Napster has been around, so proving damages is really non-evidence and rhetorical. Original Message Follows From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Gnapster (continued)... Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 07:25:24 -0400 (EDT) yeah, but what about the people whos livelyhoods are earned by those songs? and what about the people who hold the copyrights to those songs. don't they deserve to have their material protected from being stolen? that IS in effect what napster does. TAKE those songs and distribute them for free. the owners of the copyright don't see a cent. -- Mark ** Registered Linux user # 182496 ** On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: "Ronald J. Hall" wrote: Anthony wrote: The password that you chose when you registered on Napster/Gnapster. Argh. Did not know that you had to go to their website and register! ;-( What is it they say about a little knowledge being dangerous? Thank you, Anthony... -- /\ DarkLord \/ That's ok, evidently they're going to be turned off at midnight... another victory for those poor people who have to spend their mornings deciding which Porche to drive to work today =( Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Linux resources online
Nobody "froces" anyone to sell their company. That is a business decision, most often for the best of the business-owner. Microsoft has the clout to "buy" its expertise. None of these exchanges can happened with consent. Many of would not be in the IT, MIS, PC industires if it weren't FOR Microsoft. Through their business practices, they mass-marketed and made computers easy to use and popular. No one can argue that. Apple did not, or we would all be rooting for government to chew them a new a--hole. If you hate Windoze, don't use it. But for many of us, we have to still hybrid still because so many applications are not available in Linux, and so many customers want Win Appz. Not to mention many of our average secretary tyes would never be able to figure out how to use linux. I still know so many users to who have a hard enough time learning Outlook. Come on, in the early 80's everyone hate IBM, because they were the "Evil Empire", now it is MS. I bet it will be SUN (maybe Cisco) next. Look how they "protect" Java. Come on. MS bashing is so old. Let's ignore it and get some Linux work done. Original Message Follows From: "Ronald J. Hall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux resources online Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:11:44 -0400 Romanator wrote: I am not 100% sure but it sounds familiar. They have purchased a lot of the smaller companies that provide coding, installation, uninstall, 'dll' stuff. A fair chunk of the coding is not necessarily written inside the Microsoft building. They own many smaller companies that contribute to the general product. Can you imagine if you had a smaller software producing good software, and then you tried to challenge Microsoft. Not only will they buy your company through the courts, and, if you don't agree or conform with their philosophy, they will boot you out of your own company. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Exactly. One of the big points in the Justice Depts case against them is that they have stifled inovation through such tactics. I mean whats the point of developing a killer piece of software, knowing that MS will just take it from you, by hook or by crook? Anybody else on this list old enough to remember when the "suits" didn't run things, and games/software were ported to every single platform, just because they could/it was neat? Circa '80's with names like Tandy, Atari, Amiga, etc, etc,... ;-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] See through windows?
www.vmware.com Original Message Follows From: "John McCrudden" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] See through windows? Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 12:36:02 GMT I heard that it was possible to have see throught windows in Linux. Is that true? and if it is how do you get them? Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] I have Cable too
OK Here's the situation: I am clueless with Linux (You're Shocked, I know): Anyway, I installed my Mandrake over a clean Dos 6.22 on a P200/128MB. No Problems there. I have a Win98 PIII/500 that is hooked to my cable modem. I have a static IP for each box and the modem is Currently setup like this: Wall -- Cable Modem -- 4 port Hub -- PIII/500 This works fine. I want to have: Wall -- Cable Modem -- 4 port Hub -- Win98 PIII/500 |- Linux P200 All cables work, but I cannot get my Linux to read anything. I can't find anything about setting up the "Cable Network" connection. I am lost. I put all the info for DNS, IP, etc. as best I could, but I don't think I did it right. Is there a complete step by step for setting this Linux box on a network. I know no Unix, but I will pick it up quick. I am (was) half way through my MCSE, so I understand Networking in M$ fine, but this Linux is confusing the hell out of me. Someone, PLEASE HELP. I need this online by the weekend. :( Thanks in Advance. -Rob "My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
