Re: [newbie] Excellent idea.
I'll 2nd that motion Frank :-) Lee Hi all, I just had some offlist help from Vincent, and I had a thought.. Lets all hassle Mandrake to add Vincent and Civilme to the donations page.. (so we can make a donation to them for their support of the list.) Since they give us much needed advice and assistance to both newbie and expert lists. (and probably cooker too, dunno bout that one) and both have supplied packages that we wouldn't have otherwise. (and example of which is: ftp://ftp.eastwind.net/pub/mirrors/texstar/Mandrake-8.1-i686 new packages for 8.1 that otherwise would be relagated to cooker.) Its not part of their job description either as I understand it to do all this, so why not? Think about it, who on this list doesn't make a point of reading anything on the list from either of these guys? Shouldn't they get a few monthly beers for their efforts? what do you guys think? rgds Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Excellent idea.
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:07:39 -0800 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed frantically in their message: third :) I'll fourth it. this sounds like a wonderful idea. I had sent a reply to this earlier in the day, but i think it got lost. -- daRcmaTTeR Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 3:05pm up 22:00, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.11, 0.09 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Excellent idea.
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:06:48 -0500 Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:07:39 -0800 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed frantically in their message: third :) I'll fourth it. this sounds like a wonderful idea. I had sent a reply to this earlier in the day, but i think it got lost. -- daRcmaTTeR Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 3:05pm up 22:00, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.11, 0.09 hey, im all for it... but here are some things bugging me.. if we would do these 'special privileges' then others should also have the same. sure none is as consistent as civileme [applause at the mention of the name ;-) ] but they share with the community on a more or less consistent basis. anyway most people here have jobs and it is not in their job description to help the rest but they do. i propose that these 'beer privileges' be awarded quarterly so everybody helpful gets their shot at having a beer belly. ;-) next is how to collect the 'beer allowance'? sure paypal could come in handy but not all countries have paypal services (philippines is not included in the serviceable countries, dont know why. ;-) and most dont have the means to contribute. im all into contributing but provide a way and im with you, heck ill even mail it to you but it will be in philippine peso and you have to exchange it. ;-) ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. === Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1605 Tel no: (632) 6383070 loc 75 === Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Excellent idea.
start best southern drawl y'all done checked out mandrake-expert for those that want beer money, but I'ld be more'in happy to buy one for anyone shows up in this neck aw'da woods/end drawl On Wednesday 19 December 2001 08:59, you wrote: On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:06:48 -0500 Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:07:39 -0800 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed frantically in their message: third :) I'll fourth it. this sounds like a wonderful idea. I had sent a reply to this earlier in the day, but i think it got lost. -- daRcmaTTeR Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 3:05pm up 22:00, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.11, 0.09 hey, im all for it... but here are some things bugging me.. if we would do these 'special privileges' then others should also have the same. sure none is as consistent as civileme [applause at the mention of the name ;-) ] but they share with the community on a more or less consistent basis. anyway most people here have jobs and it is not in their job description to help the rest but they do. i propose that these 'beer privileges' be awarded quarterly so everybody helpful gets their shot at having a beer belly. ;-) next is how to collect the 'beer allowance'? sure paypal could come in handy but not all countries have paypal services (philippines is not included in the serviceable countries, dont know why. ;-) and most dont have the means to contribute. im all into contributing but provide a way and im with you, heck ill even mail it to you but it will be in philippine peso and you have to exchange it. ;-) (I only drink ale and rhum... some islanders don't know what to do with sugarcane, lol) ciao! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft's idea of risk
What do you get if you not only use but also copy and sell it? Windows 95 and 98 disks have the words "please do not make pirate copies of this disk" on them. Nice try m$. - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:46 PM Subject: [newbie] Microsoft's idea of risk From http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15101.html Microsoft urges people not to use the Internet By: Kieren McCarthy Posted: 29/11/2000 at 17:10 GMT Finding out what exactly Microsoft is thinking is harder than getting blood out of a stone or a coherent sentence out your grandma, but work hard enough... The Beast of Redmond has put an online form on its Web site that will tell you what sort of risk you are running of having obtained unlicensed or pirated software. Which is nice. Depending on how you answer, M$ will give you a low, medium or high-risk rating. So we had a play around to determine exactly what Microsoft saw as risky behaviour. Unsurprisingly, if you buy all your software off Microsoft, have all the licences at hand and also purchase upgrade licences, client access licences and purchasing licences, then you are at low-risk. Deviate much from this and you enter medium risk. Your software is pre-installed (keeping all the other answers the same)? Medium risk. Your IT department installed it? Medium risk. You're not sure that you have licences for every piece of software? High risk straight away. You don't know exactly how many workstations your company has? From Low to High risk in one fell swoop. However, of most interest to us were the Internet options. It would seem that Microsoft - despite everything it says - doesn't trust the Internet at all. In answer to the question "How did you acquire the software installed on your workstations/servers?", three of the ten options concern the Net. These are: Internet acquisition - On-line Store, On-line Auction and Downloaded from Internet. Select any of these three and you are immediately sent from a Low risk situation to a High risk one. So there you have it - Microsoft doesn't want you to use the Internet. We'd always suspected. Update Incidentally, don't bother to try the quiz out if you are using anything but Internet Explorer. Such is the complexity of running a simple quiz that only a product as amazing as Explorer can deal with it. Good to see Microsoft hasn't changed. ® Related Link MS' online form (try it yourself - you'll be Medium risk) http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/samguide/atrisk/default.asp
Re: [newbie] Microsoft's idea of risk
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Goldenpi wrote: What do you get if you not only use but also copy and sell it? Windows 95 and 98 disks have the words "please do not make pirate copies of this disk" on them. Nice try m$. That of course is high risk. But then, I never found a pirate that would lie still long enough for me to write a copy of windoze on him... ;) Paul -- Windows didn't get as bad as it is overnight. It took years of careful development. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] An idea
Steve Philp schrieb: Bernardo Rodrigues wrote: Hi folks, I hope you're all fine and ready for Easter. I've been wondering if any of the Mandrake Gurus could write a thorough and detailed step-by-step guide on the subjects listed below, since there has been a high flow of e-mails going around. 1. How to switch from Kde to other Window Managers. echo "exec window manager name" ~/.xinitrc 2. How to upgrade/compile the kernel. Details are on the Mandrake website. 3. How to access a Windows drive. man mount The final result can be possibly incorporated into the next Mandrake manual as a FAQ or even posted in the digest and then refer everybody with this kind of question to a repository of mails ( I heard somebody mentioning that he was willing to archive all the mails, so this would be an idea for a beginning). There is also the Mandrake User Support Thingie at http://landofoz.apana.org.au/mandrake.html that is collecting hints and tips from users to help out new users. In addition, there is a huge amount of documentation available in the /usr/doc directory of your Mandrake installation. Also, allow me please a remark. Since there has been this demand from users can Mandrake in the next edition not provide Kde with the option of switching to other Window Mangers, something similar to that of Fwvm2 and AfterStep or WindowMaker? All three of those window managers are provided with the 5.3 distribution that you're likely using. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] An idea
On Thu, 01 Apr 1999, you wrote: Hi folks, I hope you're all fine and ready for Easter. I've been wondering if any of the Mandrake Gurus could write a thorough and detailed step-by-step guide on the subjects listed below, since there has been a high flow of e-mails going around. 1. How to switch from Kde to other Window Managers. 2. How to upgrade/compile the kernel. 3. How to access a Windows drive. I agree and maybe some help with wine also
Re: [newbie] An idea
Bernardo Rodrigues wrote: Hi folks, I hope you're all fine and ready for Easter. I've been wondering if any of the Mandrake Gurus could write a thorough and detailed step-by-step guide on the subjects listed below, since there has been a high flow of e-mails going around. 1. How to switch from Kde to other Window Managers. echo "exec window manager name" ~/.xinitrc 2. How to upgrade/compile the kernel. Details are on the Mandrake website. 3. How to access a Windows drive. man mount The final result can be possibly incorporated into the next Mandrake manual as a FAQ or even posted in the digest and then refer everybody with this kind of question to a repository of mails ( I heard somebody mentioning that he was willing to archive all the mails, so this would be an idea for a beginning). There is also the Mandrake User Support Thingie at http://landofoz.apana.org.au/mandrake.html that is collecting hints and tips from users to help out new users. In addition, there is a huge amount of documentation available in the /usr/doc directory of your Mandrake installation. Also, allow me please a remark. Since there has been this demand from users can Mandrake in the next edition not provide Kde with the option of switching to other Window Mangers, something similar to that of Fwvm2 and AfterStep or WindowMaker? All three of those window managers are provided with the 5.3 distribution that you're likely using. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] An idea
I think this would be great. I feel bad to be pestering people, mainly Steve I guess, for information they've already passed on. I guess a large proportion of people using Mandrake are very new, particularly since it was recommended as the best distribution for beginners, and the same questions are bound to keep cropping up. Tom
