Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:23:09 -0500 Avi Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 28, 2004, at 9:03, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:28:58 -0500, Avi wrote: Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a home network (which I don't need, but this is all they currently seem to offer) How would they even know you have a home network? They don't. It is their only offer in my area. They call it the home network in which they supply a wireless AP and a cable modem and set you for up to 5 computers. I don't need it at all since I already have my own network (wired and wireless) and NAT. Maybe I should just wait for a normal offer for a single IP and no wireless AP. Avi I have to add that a supervisor got offended when I asked her about blocked ports. She said company policy from the beginning was to block nothing. Of course that could change in a blink of an eye. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 08:25 am, The Other wrote: Anyone know how to change those tiny fonts in the body of the email messages? Thanks, Dan Hello Dan, for Opera 7.23 On the main menu bar: File- Preferences (or Alt-P)- Fonts (on the left side dialog box) This brings up the right side dialog box. Select the font use topic you wish to change (start with Normal, it may be the one you need) and highlight the font name. Double-click on the font name or click on the Choose button. This brings up another dialog box that lets you change the font, size, and other parameters. For my astigmatism, I like the Helvetica (Adobe) at 14. normal. in black. Regards, The Other. I'm running 7.5. preferences are under tools. Had to change the web page font. Also, setting the zoom to 120% makes it look good. Now if I can figure how to view the message instead of the source. Thanks, Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:59:53 + Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:21:57 +, Lee wrote: Comcast just boosted my connect speed and Opera 7.5 flies anyway. Almost get a page before I ask for it. I got a 3.7 meg dl faster than I could check the speed! Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. Miark We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. Didn't even change my ip. My server popped right back up with a happy Apache. The windows box went back in the closet for next time. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 10:56 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:59:53 + Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:21:57 +, Lee wrote: Comcast just boosted my connect speed and Opera 7.5 flies anyway. Almost get a page before I ask for it. I got a 3.7 meg dl faster than I could check the speed! Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. Miark We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. Didn't even change my ip. My server popped right back up with a happy Apache. The windows box went back in the closet for next time. that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into hysterics if you say Linux. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
Anyone know how to change those tiny fonts in the body of the email messages? Thanks, Dan Hello Dan, for Opera 7.23 On the main menu bar: File- Preferences (or Alt-P)- Fonts (on the left side dialog box) This brings up the right side dialog box. Select the font use topic you wish to change (start with Normal, it may be the one you need) and highlight the font name. Double-click on the font name or click on the Choose button. This brings up another dialog box that lets you change the font, size, and other parameters. For my astigmatism, I like the Helvetica (Adobe) at 14. normal. in black. Regards, The Other. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into hysterics if you say Linux. In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time I called Comcast, the person gave me the we don't support Linux diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to level 2 support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised more often than not with Comcast. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 05:59, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into hysterics if you say Linux. In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time I called Comcast, the person gave me the we don't support Linux diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to level 2 support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised more often than not with Comcast. Miark Very interesting. I saw some numbers on Comcast when I was watching Bulls Bears on Fox this weekend and I was impressed with the growth of the company and their market share. Now I know why they are growing so fast and outpacing the competition. I believe the main factor is the Linux awareness. This also is a strong indicator to the extent with which Linux has penetrated the public sector. One problem Cox has is that all their stuff is M$ based. They are always having problems in our area and are one of those stupid ISP's that try to solve their own M$ problems by shutting down their smtp access. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 08:03 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 05:59, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into hysterics if you say Linux. In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time I called Comcast, the person gave me the we don't support Linux diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to level 2 support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised more often than not with Comcast. Miark Very interesting. I saw some numbers on Comcast when I was watching Bulls Bears on Fox this weekend and I was impressed with the growth of the company and their market share. Now I know why they are growing so fast and outpacing the competition. I believe the main factor is the Linux awareness. This also is a strong indicator to the extent with which Linux has penetrated the public sector. One problem Cox has is that all their stuff is M$ based. They are always having problems in our area and are one of those stupid ISP's that try to solve their own M$ problems by shutting down their smtp access. LX That's why I picked speakeasy.net they love linux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Apr 28, 2004, at 10:09, Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 28 April 2004 08:03 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 05:59, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into hysterics if you say Linux. In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time I called Comcast, the person gave me the we don't support Linux diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to level 2 support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised more often than not with Comcast. Miark Very interesting. I saw some numbers on Comcast when I was watching Bulls Bears on Fox this weekend and I was impressed with the growth of the company and their market share. Now I know why they are growing so fast and outpacing the competition. I believe the main factor is the Linux awareness. This also is a strong indicator to the extent with which Linux has penetrated the public sector. One problem Cox has is that all their stuff is M$ based. They are always having problems in our area and are one of those stupid ISP's that try to solve their own M$ problems by shutting down their smtp access. LX That's why I picked speakeasy.net they love linux I am currently also using speakeasy.net. unfortunately, the only thing available in my area as far as DSL is concerned is IDSL which is limited to 144K and costs a fortune (~$100 a month). Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a home network (which I don't need, but this is all they currently seem to offer) and I am afraid they will start blocking certain ports one day. The nice thing about Speakeasy is that the license allows you to run servers on your connection while Comcast's does not. I am running my own mail server and I am afraid that Comcast will block it one day, leaving me without email. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:28:58 -0500, Avi wrote: Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a home network (which I don't need, but this is all they currently seem to offer) How would they even know you have a home network? and I am afraid they will start blocking certain ports one day. That is certainly possible. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Apr 28, 2004, at 9:03, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:28:58 -0500, Avi wrote: Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a home network (which I don't need, but this is all they currently seem to offer) How would they even know you have a home network? They don't. It is their only offer in my area. They call it the home network in which they supply a wireless AP and a cable modem and set you for up to 5 computers. I don't need it at all since I already have my own network (wired and wireless) and NAT. Maybe I should just wait for a normal offer for a single IP and no wireless AP. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Monday 26 April 2004 05:53 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 26 Apr 2004 22:25, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Just discovered the new Opera 7.50 beta. Fastest browser this side of the universe. Completely new interface. Marvellous ! Kaj Haulrich. Agreed. Much as I like FireFox, Opera still has the edge. It may not be OpenSource, but they are still good guys. derek Hi, Anyone know how to change those tiny fonts in the body of the email messages? Thanks, Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 12:47:11AM +0100, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 26 Apr 2004 23:40, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:25:18PM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Just discovered the new Opera 7.50 beta. Fastest browser this side of the universe. Completely new interface. Marvellous ! Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, How's the RSS reader? I hear it's integrated with the mail client M2. It's been a while since I used Opera, but I thought about trying it again when I heard about it's RSS capabilities. Ya wouldn't be willing to post a screenie of it displaying an RSS feed, would ya? ;) Todd Here you are http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/gallery/linux05/opera Somehow it seems to automatically find rss feeds. Not worked out how yet. (That is not the standard skin BTW) Cool, thanks! I'm going to have to give it a try. As far as finding the feeds, it might be using auto discovery which a lot of aggregators are using these days. Can you right-click an orange XML button or link and automatically subscribe? I'll find out soon enough as I plan on trying it out. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 11:59:51AM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 27 April 2004 00:40, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:25:18PM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Just discovered the new Opera 7.50 beta. Fastest browser this side of the universe. Completely new interface. Marvellous ! Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, How's the RSS reader? I hear it's integrated with the mail client M2. It's been a while since I used Opera, but I thought about trying it again when I heard about it's RSS capabilities. Ya wouldn't be willing to post a screenie of it displaying an RSS feed, would ya? ;) Eh... Ahem What's RSS... Really Speedy System ? Educate me Todd, and I'll be glad to send you screenshots. Like Derek said, RSS is Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary, or RDF Site Summary, depending on who you ask. It's an XML-type document that describes the stories on a page. A user can put the RSS URL in an aggregator and the aggregator displays it. For Linux, there are a few aggregators: Liferea (rpm available for 9.2 or 10), Syndigator (now in GTK2), Straw (don't know much about it). There's also an RSS panel plugin for Mozilla/Firefox. I'm looking forward to the day when weblogs, news sites, email, usenet etc. are all integrated in one interface like an aggregator: read a story on the net via the aggregator, post a reply directly from the aggregator, or email the author, same with usenet and mail. They're all just messages, after all. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tuesday 27 Apr 2004 20:13, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 12:47:11AM +0100, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 26 Apr 2004 23:40, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:25:18PM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Just discovered the new Opera 7.50 beta. Fastest browser this side of the universe. Completely new interface. Marvellous ! Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, How's the RSS reader? I hear it's integrated with the mail client M2. It's been a while since I used Opera, but I thought about trying it again when I heard about it's RSS capabilities. Ya wouldn't be willing to post a screenie of it displaying an RSS feed, would ya? ;) Todd Here you are http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/gallery/linux05/opera Somehow it seems to automatically find rss feeds. Not worked out how yet. (That is not the standard skin BTW) Cool, thanks! I'm going to have to give it a try. As far as finding the feeds, it might be using auto discovery which a lot of aggregators are using these days. Can you right-click an orange XML button or link and automatically subscribe? I'll find out soon enough as I plan on trying it out. Todd Hey Yes! Thats really cool. Just left click on an 'XML' symbol and you get automatically subscribed to the news feed and the news feed reader opens. Now I wonder if Internet Explorer can do that? (Silly question) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 21:22, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 11:59:51AM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 27 April 2004 00:40, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:25:18PM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Just discovered the new Opera 7.50 beta. Fastest browser this side of the universe. Completely new interface. Marvellous ! Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, How's the RSS reader? I hear it's integrated with the mail client M2. It's been a while since I used Opera, but I thought about trying it again when I heard about it's RSS capabilities. Ya wouldn't be willing to post a screenie of it displaying an RSS feed, would ya? ;) Eh... Ahem What's RSS... Really Speedy System ? Educate me Todd, and I'll be glad to send you screenshots. Like Derek said, RSS is Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary, or RDF Site Summary, depending on who you ask. It's an XML-type document that describes the stories on a page. A user can put the RSS URL in an aggregator and the aggregator displays it. For Linux, there are a few aggregators: Liferea (rpm available for 9.2 or 10), Syndigator (now in GTK2), Straw (don't know much about it). There's also an RSS panel plugin for Mozilla/Firefox. I'm looking forward to the day when weblogs, news sites, email, usenet etc. are all integrated in one interface like an aggregator: read a story on the net via the aggregator, post a reply directly from the aggregator, or email the author, same with usenet and mail. They're all just messages, after all. Thanks, Todd. Learning as we go, eh ? Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:43:04 + Marco Verheul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 21:53, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 26 Apr 2004 22:25, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Just discovered the new Opera 7.50 beta. Fastest browser this side of the universe. Completely new interface. Marvellous ! Kaj Haulrich. Agreed. Much as I like FireFox, Opera still has the edge. It may not be OpenSource, but they are still good guys. derek Thanks for the tip! Just downloaded it and it really rocks. Love the new interface. Marco -- Registered Linux user #268279 - -* This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Running Mandrake 9.1 / Mandrake 10.0 Community * --Tell me, Brother Baldrick, what exactly did God do to the Sodomites? I dunno, but I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other. - EB Baldrick, Blackadder's Christmas Carol Damn that's quick. Comcast just boosted my connect speed and Opera 7.5 flies anyway. Almost get a page before I ask for it. I got a 3.7 meg dl faster than I could check the speed! Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 09:04:34PM +0100, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 27 Apr 2004 20:13, Todd Slater wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 12:47:11AM +0100, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 26 Apr 2004 23:40, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:25:18PM +0200, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Just discovered the new Opera 7.50 beta. Fastest browser this side of the universe. Completely new interface. Marvellous ! Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, How's the RSS reader? I hear it's integrated with the mail client M2. It's been a while since I used Opera, but I thought about trying it again when I heard about it's RSS capabilities. Ya wouldn't be willing to post a screenie of it displaying an RSS feed, would ya? ;) Todd Here you are http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/gallery/linux05/opera Somehow it seems to automatically find rss feeds. Not worked out how yet. (That is not the standard skin BTW) Cool, thanks! I'm going to have to give it a try. As far as finding the feeds, it might be using auto discovery which a lot of aggregators are using these days. Can you right-click an orange XML button or link and automatically subscribe? I'll find out soon enough as I plan on trying it out. Todd Hey Yes! Thats really cool. Just left click on an 'XML' symbol and you get automatically subscribed to the news feed and the news feed reader opens. Now I wonder if Internet Explorer can do that? (Silly question) Now on that one M$ takes the Unix philosophy: do one thing and do it well. g Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:21:57 +, Lee wrote: Comcast just boosted my connect speed and Opera 7.5 flies anyway. Almost get a page before I ask for it. I got a 3.7 meg dl faster than I could check the speed! Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
