[newbie] Restoring KDE Virtual Desktop on taskbar
I accidentally removed my Virtual Desktop monitor (the default 4 window pane) from the KDE task bar. I can't seem to find it in the Control Center under Look-n-Feel Desktop, the Utilities folder, and general searches via the CLI. How do you restart the thing and/or what's the name of the component? TIA, Steve
Re: [newbie] I need some help
Any common Ethernet card should work fine. If not, you can always buy another one as the low end ones are pretty cheap (and you're not going to get more than 10 Mb/s on your DSL connection anyway). I have a Realtek also (I forget if it's 8139 or 8129), and I bought it for probably $15-20 USD. From what I hear, it's not close to say 3COM quality, but it's good enough for me for desktop use. You can check out www.scyld.com/network for more info on supported vs. unsupported Ethernet hardware. I think these guys are the ones responsible for many of the Ethernet drivers. Steve On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 06:29:15AM +0200, Paul wrote: It was Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:37:46 +0900 when KoRn wrote: I user a Realtek 8139 which works really fine. Hi, My name is Israel, i live in japan, but i am not japanese, i will buy the Mandrake 8.0 in spanish, i am using windows 98 second edition,i am using a ADSL internet connection, my PC is a laptop, i need to insert a card in to my pc to connect it to the ADSL modem, that card is called LAN card, if i wanna use that card i need to install it, it works good in Windows 98 second edition, but i dont know if it going to work in my linux mandrake, in the box says that this LAN card is for windows, i am looking for a LAN card for linux, but i cant find one all are for windows... what should i do?
Re: [newbie] Is windows REALLY easier to install?
And I have to disagree. I've had problems with Win9x installs, but they were no big deal. I've installed M7.2 (at least tried to), M8, and Debian, and I've had a number of initial install problems. (And neither hold a candle to the MacOS Classic installs, but that's probably cheating.) I don't say this to beat up on Linux. I think M8 kicks butt once it's running, and Debian makes a terrific server. Plus, the install is only a small determinant of the overall value of an OS. My mentality is that Linux is growing quite fast. With growth comes a certain degree of instability and immaturity. So, I accept the bumps, muddle through, and try to make it easier for the next guy. So much progress has been made. I can't wait to see what the next incarnations of GNOME and KDE bring. But I don't expect the average computer user to do the same, and the Linux community must always strive to make Linux more accessible to the common person. What I am afraid of is that Linux advocates get comfortable with the ease of use issue when there is work to be done. What would be more interesting than anecdotes is to look at all the web boards/Usenet groups of Windows and Linux and see the % of posts by the confused for mundane issues like installs, getting the mouse, graphics card, sound, etc. to work and so on. What would be even more interesting would be to have install or task-oriented bake-offs in a mall with various computers and grab people at random to see who can install a base system or app faster with pre-determined benchmarks. Good publicity stunt if you really believe your stuff is better. Steve
Re: [newbie] IPchains is missing....
The 2.4 kernel uses iptables, no? Steve On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 03:52:20PM -0500, root wrote: Where the heck is the ipchains command... Using an install of LM8.0 on medium security. Looked in /usr/sbin and all over the place but seems to be afk...
Re: [newbie] NFS Question.
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:30:24PM +, Michael Lewis wrote: I recently networked my laptop and desktop together and after juggling some adapters around, got them up and running. In O'Reilley's Running Linux, they said that you could set-up a NFS file sharing system, without having to set up a NFS file server. I just have a simple network with the two machines and once I figure out how to network my wifes Windoze box in, will have three total. I'm not using any of the machines for a gateway. I've downloaded a NFS tutorial, but that relates to setting up a NFS file server and a client. I just want to be able to share files on my two machines, and not have to worry about setting up a flie server. Since you want to integrate your wife's Windoze box, you'll probably be learning more about Samba. Although you've said you don't want to worry about having to set up a file server, you can share files between Linux boxes via Samba too. You also avoid the NFS security issues (may not be a problem for you). Steve
