Re: [xubuntu-users] USB boot disc?

On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 at 09:51, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sun, 2023-12-10 at 06:45 +, James Freer wrote: > > > Does your BIOS recognize the flashdrive? > > > > How do i check that? I've forgotten a lot of the commands having been > > ill for a year. Much apprec

[xubuntu-users] 32 bit or 64 bit motherboard P5KPL-AM IN/GB [ASUSTek]

I'd be grateful if someone could advise if i can run Xubuntu 64 bit on this machine. Reading the manual it mentions about running 32 bit windows and then also stating one can run 64 bit windows. I've left 32 bit Xubuntu on there. Now i need to install latest jammy jellyfish LTS which is 64 bit.

Re: [xubuntu-users] USB boot disc?

On Sat, 9 Dec 2023 at 22:42, J. Paul Bissonnette wrote: > > > On 2023-12-09 17:29, James Freer wrote: > > I have just found that the CD-ROM of mine seems to have died just when > i wanted to install the last version of xubuntu. So haven't been able > to burn a CD. >

[xubuntu-users] USB boot disc?

I have just found that the CD-ROM of mine seems to have died just when i wanted to install the last version of xubuntu. So haven't been able to burn a CD. Installed USB-CREATOR and followed the instructions [all seemed to copy over ok] but the flashdrive does not seem to boot up. I have been into

Re: [xubuntu-users] Broadband provider change

On Wed, 11 May 2022, 19:39 Clarence Fender, wrote: > If I understand correctly, you want to change your provider on your > system/network. > > If I were doing this, I'd start at the router/wireless router. > If the router uses DHCP, it sends the networking settings to the > computer

Re: [xubuntu-users] Broadband provider change

Yes? On Wed, 11 May 2022, 10:32 Bill Heald, wrote: > Yes > -- > *From:* xubuntu-users on behalf > of James Freer > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:29:21 PM > *To:* ALUG ; xubuntu-users < > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > *Subje

Re: [xubuntu-users] Broadband provider change

On Wed, 11 May 2022, 06:29 James Freer, wrote: > Xubuntu user. Live in UK Lincs. > > I would be grateful if someone could advise where one enters the new > config. I'm not sure if it's a text file or graphical. I not so up on > technicalities these days as i don't work in IT but

[xubuntu-users] Broadband provider change

Xubuntu user. Live in UK Lincs. I would be grateful if someone could advise where one enters the new config. I'm not sure if it's a text file or graphical. I not so up on technicalities these days as i don't work in IT but continue to use xubuntu for home use. I have had the same broadband for

[xubuntu-users] Evolution - email address colours

I have been using Evolution as an email client for sometime now. One thing that irritates me is the email address being in green/hi-viz colour. It's a bit sharp on the eyes. I would like to change it to black or blue... or a less sharp colour. I contacted the Evolution group who responded saying

[Evolution] Changing Evolution colours & contact list

Hi folks I'd be grateful if someone could advise where I can change the colour of email addresses. In a msg I find the default hi-viz green/yellow a bit sharp and would prefer to change it to blue or black. I read a post that one can access gmail addresses for contacts. I would be grateful if

[xubuntu-users] Firefox crashing

Since I upgraded to the latest Xubuntu LTS I have found firefox seems to crash. Whether I am browsing or on youtube it seems to happen. I also use Chromium without problems. I would be grateful for some guidance as to how to investigate the cause. I wonder if Firefox uses more RAM (think I have

Re: [xubuntu-users] Firefox - popup windows

o: Options -> Content -> > Notifications section. There, click on choose and remove facebook. > > Hope it helps. > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 6:42 AM James Freer wrote: > > > > I would be grateful of someone could advise how to stop these popup > > links. I f

[xubuntu-users] Firefox - popup windows

I would be grateful of someone could advise how to stop these popup links. I find them irritating and seem to have come in with the latest update. I thought one could turn them off in Preferences/General/Browsing/ -recommend extensions as you browse -recommend features as you browse but this is

Re: [xubuntu-users] Thunderbird on Gmail - 2 step verification

On Sun, 2019-07-21 at 18:00 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On 7/18/19 10:04 AM, linux@gmail.com wrote: > > The critical step left out of most tutorials: you must enable what > > Google calls "insecure" downloads or the setup will fail! > > > >

Re: [Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge

On Sat, 2019-07-20 at 18:06 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via evolution-list wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:50:04 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > > this list is for _Evolution_, not Ubuntu > > The original request is not regarding Ubuntu, it's a valid Evolution > related request Thank you Sir for your kind

Re: [Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge

On Fri, 2019-07-19 at 13:24 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > this is a list for Evolution development. Well according to the wiki this is the list for users. 'evolution-hackers' is the list for developers - I thought I was posting in the right place. james

Re: [Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge

Fri, 2019-07-19 at 16:08 +0100, James Freer wrote: > > I was pleased evolution installed without hitch but I am a bit unsure > > on the > > Expunge. I want to automatically delete messages over 24 months. Went > > into > > Folder > Properties > AutoArchive (s

[Evolution] New user - please clarify Expunge

[xubuntu user since 2007] Hi After a few years of not using an email client I have decided to try Evolution. I receive quite a lot of mail as I belong to many groups. I did use Alpine to purge emails after a couple of years but gmail seems to change its UI and I have decided to look for an

[xubuntu-users] Thunderbird on Gmail - 2 step verification

I would be grateful if someone could put me right. I am unsure what to call thunderbird when one enters in the application. I tried Geary and Evolution - set up instructions seem helpful and worked ok. But i would prefer going back yo thunderbird. But in thunderbird I am not so sure - I tried

[xubuntu-users] Adding ringtones to 2G mobile phones

I just bought a 2G Nokia and found that the provided ringtones are rather quiet even when setting the volume to max. Before the days of smartphones one could add ringtones via sms. I was wondering if there was a linux app that could be installed so one could add from the PC to a certain

[xubuntu-users] Garmin sat nav updates using WINE

I was wondering if using wine was possible to use for map updates. For about three years I have been using OpenStreet map data which I found excellent on a 52LM (about 4-5 years old now). More recently I decided to get a 65LM as for me the bigger screen is a benefit for my work. It was a

Re: [xubuntu-users] Garmin sat nav updates

No but one still needs windows to install onto it? On 17 June 2018 at 16:09, fred roller wrote: > Have you tried using a virtual machine? Seems the connection would bridge.. > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >

Re: [lubuntu-users] GPS Recommendation(s) Requested

On 9 June 2018 at 06:47, Eric Bradshaw wrote: > My trusty Garmin just bit the dust about a week ago now. I had purchased it > for $5 at a garage sale many years ago. I used Open Street Map maps on it, > but had to limit the data as the HDD wasn't very big. I also enjoyed using > different

[xubuntu-users] Garmin sat nav updates

For over four years I have been able to update my sat nav 52LM model with Openstreetmap data each month which has worked fine with Linux. I also think OSM is better than either TomTom or Garmin maps. Only use Xubuntu so have not been able to do Garmin Express updates as a windows PC is required.

Re: [lubuntu-users] how to run the pkg updater from cmd line

On 31/01/2018, Harry Putnam wrote: > Lubuntu-17.10 > lxde desktop > > How does one run the gui updater that pops up on the desktop showing > available updates, from the command line. > > If I ssh into the box how can I run that tool. What is it called? > > I would normally

[lubuntu-users] Test

Just to test - having just joined the group as a new user. Previously used Xubuntu since 2008. So far since joining the list I haven't seen any posts. james -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [xubuntu-users] Chromium updates (16.04 LTS) - you tube clips

On 11/01/2018, Daniel Wastak wrote: > I too was having problems with Chrome as well. It seemd to be using too > many > resources. I also tried Firefox and then remembered Opera was also > available. > > I work with Cryptocurrencies and was aware of a problem with Chrome apps > were

Re: [xubuntu-users] Chromium updates (16.04 LTS) - you tube clips

On 11/01/2018, James Freer <jessejazza3...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/01/2018, Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> wrote: >> On 10/01/18 18:52, James Freer wrote: >>> Since the last update about a week ago. I have found that You Tube clips >>> do not seem to play.

Re: [xubuntu-users] Chromium updates (16.04 LTS) - you tube clips

On 10/01/2018, Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> wrote: > On 10/01/18 18:52, James Freer wrote: >> Since the last update about a week ago. I have found that You Tube clips >> do not seem to play. Yesterday and today there were updates that I >> installed and yet

Re: [xubuntu-users] Software Updater - disable?

On Sun, 14 May 2017, chris wrote: On 14/05/17 15:47, James Freer wrote: [using xubuntu 16.04] For certain reasons I have preferred to do manual updating. If one goes into Software and Updates; selects 'never' in updates - one still gets the orange update window coming up in the panel after

[xubuntu-users] Software Updater - disable?

[using xubuntu 16.04] For certain reasons I have preferred to do manual updating. If one goes into Software and Updates; selects 'never' in updates - one still gets the orange update window coming up in the panel after an update which i find irritating. I'd be grateful if someone could advise

Re: [xubuntu-users] Abiword 3.0.2?

On Sat, 4 Feb 2017, Peter Flynn wrote: On 02/04/2017 09:52 PM, flocculant wrote: That version is in the repos for Zesty. To get it available for xenial would mean an SRU [1] Abiword is no longer part of the default Xubuntu I wondered if that was the case. Abiword seemed to have problems

[xubuntu-users] Abiword 3.0.2?

using Xubuntu 16.04 I believe this has now been released - one feature of this release is the editing highlight bug is now fixed [used to be stuck on black which was a pain]. I was wondering if this version was going to be put in the repos as 16.04 is LTS. thanks james -- xubuntu-users

[xubuntu-users] iPlayer downloads

Using xubuntu 16.04 Be grateful if someone could advise. It seems one can download iPlayer programs on windows and mac but not linux according to the website. In the repos there is get-iplayer which I installed. But I can't workout how to use it. -- xubuntu-users mailing list

Re: [xubuntu-users] Synaptic problems?

On 2 November 2016 at 03:00, Gérald Jean wrote: > I didn't try, went straight to the Unbuntu Logitec and it installed without > complaining. Next time I'll get this message I'll try apt-get. > > Gérald > > Le 2016-11-01 à 22:27, J. Paul Bissonnette a écrit : >> >> On

Re: [Evolution] Newbie-questions

On 24 October 2016 at 20:22, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 10:17 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: >> If Evolution hasn't yet, just sit down and document all of the file >> locations and DConf / GSettings keys. > > As already pointed out, push F1 and Ctrl+F, then search

Re: [Evolution] Gmail integration w. Evolution

On 27 October 2016 at 18:48, Bart Vliegen wrote: > Thanks for the reply poc. You als have [Gmail] as a subfolder of your > account. > > Basically what I want is for my Gmail-account to be the single account / > folder in Evolution. So my Gmail inbox is also my Evolution inbox.

[Evolution] Newbie-questions

Hi folks using linux xubuntu 16.04 Just started using Evolution. I'd be grateful if someone could just clarify a few points for me. - can I set the mailbox to ascending order rather than descending - using imap. Which directory is mail and settings stored in on the PC as I would prefer to

Re: IMAP disconnection issue.

On Fri, 14 Oct 2016, KONRAD Frederic wrote: Le 13/10/2016 à 21:15, James Freer a écrit : On Thu, 13 Oct 2016, KONRAD Frederic wrote: Hi everybody, I'm new to Mutt and I'm trying to get emails from my yahoo IMAP account so I configured ~/.muttrc like this: set folder=imaps://konrad.frede

Re: IMAP disconnection issue.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2016, KONRAD Frederic wrote: Hi everybody, I'm new to Mutt and I'm trying to get emails from my yahoo IMAP account so I configured ~/.muttrc like this: set folder=imaps://konrad.frede...@imap.mail.yahoo.com set spoolfile=imaps://konrad.frede...@imap.mail.yahoo.com/INBOX set

using Mutt to read mail server

Hi folks I have just joined the list as I am thinking of trying Mutt. But what I want to do is just use it for reading and replying to emails from the server rather than downloading headers. Hope you follow me I am not too IT technical. Why - you might well ask! Using Ubuntu with upgrades

menu editor

I have just installed f20 and can't find the menu editor. It doesn't seem to be in Settings or under System like other xfce distros. It seems I've overlooked something. thanks james. ___ xfce mailing list xfce@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] How would it be if we had fewer releases? Say, only one per year?

On Tue, 26 Aug 2014, Kaj Ailomaa wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2014, at 10:22 PM, Jimmy Sjölund wrote: I'm not sure how backporting works, but if that would mean the users would have a LTS base and get newer applications I think that might be the best way to go. Also with some documentation on how to

Re: [TEAM] Drop XChat for 14.10

On Thu, 31 Jul 2014, Simon Steinbeiß wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:14:12 +0300 Pasi Lallinaho p...@shimmerproject.org wrote: On 2014-07-31 06:33, Micah Gersten wrote: On 07/29/2014 07:10 AM, Simon Steinbeiß wrote: Hey Xubuntu team members, we started voting on a proposal for the default

RE: [TEAM] Drop XChat for 14.10

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, julien mervyn dedier wrote: Chat is a very integral part of Ubuntu by dripping it will create disaster for many new users who get help there. What is the reason to drop it and replace it with what rubbish people please think before you act Ubuntu need xchat Julien M

[ubuntu-studio-devel] Software updater - bug?

I have only been using Ubuntu Studio for a week, but I've noticed that if one uses apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade it seems to trigger the Software Updater to then repeat the process. This didn't happen in Xubuntu. james -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list

Re: Xubuntu target audience and development focus (Was: Re: Default application for IRC)

On Tue, 15 Jul 2014, Pasi Lallinaho wrote: On 2014-07-15 20:57, James Freer wrote: As there's no shortage of space on the DVD iso Xubuntu could offer a setup version of emacs with email, irc (ERC), Org and other stuff. Just because there is space is a bad argument. With that argument, you

Re: Default application for IRC

On Tue, 15 Jul 2014, Elfy wrote: On 25/06/14 11:58, Simon Steinbeiß wrote: Hey everyone, as our next release is not LTS we're reviewing some of our default app choices and considering to move away from XChat, as it hasn't been maintained as actively lately as e.g. its fork hexchat. [1]

Re: vim 7.4: pasting is very slow on HP UX machine.

On Mon, 30 Jun 2014, Sarath Addanki wrote: I tried all the options suggested here. I have understood the problem more clearly now. Problematic Case: 1)Open a remote session to hpux machine via putty. 2)Open Vim and paste text (that has atleast 3 lines) 3)paste operation freezes and text

Re: watermark plugin

On Fri, 27 Jun 2014, Felix Riemann wrote: Hi James Am Dienstag, den 24.06.2014, 23:05 +0100 schrieb James Freer: OS xubuntu 13.10 just about to upgrade to 14.04 eog version 3.8.2 I've only just noticed that there's a watermark plugin for eog. However, having downloaded the .zip I am a little

watermark plugin

OS xubuntu 13.10 just about to upgrade to 14.04 eog version 3.8.2 I've only just noticed that there's a watermark plugin for eog. However, having downloaded the .zip I am a little unsure how to install it as the website instructions are a bit advanced for me. eog doesn't seem to be in

[ubuntu-studio-users] Intro - first look at studio

Hi folks Studio is the member of the *buntu family I hadn't tried until this week as live dvd. It seems nicely put together and fills a niche for me being xfce and having some kde apps as well. I do quite a lot of photography but not so into the media side of things. That of course can

Vim as prose editor - how to remove '~' and '@'

I am trying out gvim and vim for use as a prose editor for writing - rather than programmer coding. Whilst doing pgup and pgdn one gets ~ and @ on the screen and I was wondering if it was possible to remove them. thanks james -- -- You received this message from the vim_use maillist. Do not

Re: Vim as prose editor - how to remove '~' and '@'

On Sat, 7 Jun 2014, Paul Isambert wrote: Le samedi 07 juin 2014 à 10:39, James Freer a écrit: I am trying out gvim and vim for use as a prose editor for writing - rather than programmer coding. Whilst doing pgup and pgdn one gets ~ and @ on the screen and I was wondering if it was possible

Re: Vim as prose editor - how to remove '~' and '@'

On Sat, 7 Jun 2014, BPJ wrote: 2014-06-07 10:39, James Freer skrev: I am trying out gvim and vim for use as a prose editor for writing - rather than programmer coding. Whilst doing pgup and pgdn one gets ~ and @ on the screen and I was wondering if it was possible to remove them

google docs pdf download when using Firefox

I have been using google docs for word processing. One problem I have found is that the pdf download for printing alters the page length slightly. I was wondering if anyone else had found this. Is there a FF pdf addon that would correct this? Using Chromium is doesn't happen - works fine but

Re: google docs pdf download when using Firefox

sorry please delete I meant this to go on the users list On 3/13/14, James Freer jessejazza3...@gmail.com wrote: I have been using google docs for word processing. One problem I have found is that the pdf download for printing alters the page length slightly. I was wondering if anyone else

Re: Shipping LibreOffice (Was: Re: Feature request)

On 1/8/14, Lutz Andersohn landers...@gmail.com wrote: My 2 cts: I understand lightness, which is why I like Xubuntu. Having said that, in order to get more users on Xubuntu (or all Ubuntu flavors for that matter) I think we need to take into account that a lot of computer work involves

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Ubuntu GNOME 13.10 has been released

On 10/20/13, Ali Linx (amjjawad) amjja...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 2:39 AM, James Freer jessejazza3...@gmail.comwrote: I was looking forward to the install and regret to say that I couldn't get it to work on my spare machine 2.6 MHz, 1G RAM. I've put Xubuntu back on for now

Re: [CentOS] Evergreen ILS on CentOS?

On Mon, 16 Sep 2013, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Can you say, dependency hell? I suspect they wrote it on Ubuntu (this is client/server software, dunno why they'd do that). At any rate, I yum installed the postgresql 9.x I don't think it is appropriate to be derogatory to other distros. Before

Re: Articles needed for a special edition of a magazine about Ubuntu Flavors

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph l...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach l...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi everyone, We were recently approached by Sonny Gaviola who is seeking to publish a special edition of their magazine and writes: I

Re: [CentOS] How to add usb driver to CentOS 6.4 LiveCD?

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Jiang Wen Dong wendong.ji...@td-tech.com wrote: I have 3 USB disk, 2 of them can not boot, because kernel does not have driver included. But I can boot this 2 disk from CentOS 5.6 LiveCD. How to add usb driver to CentOS 6.4 LiveCD? I need a simple way.

Re: [CentOS] How to add usb driver to CentOS 6.4 LiveCD?

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Rob Kampen rkam...@kampensonline.com wrote: On 07/27/2013 10:46 PM, James Freer wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Jiang Wen Dong wendong.ji...@td-tech.com wrote: I have 3 USB disk, 2 of them can not boot, because kernel does not have driver included

Re: [CentOS] How to add usb driver to CentOS 6.4 LiveCD?

On Sat, 27 Jul 2013, John R Pierce wrote: On 7/27/2013 12:57 PM, James Freer wrote: I've got them sitting there so i might as well use them... costs nothing. USB and SD cards are not for permanent data storage. 3.5 floppy aren't brilliant but that's an option for booting on. the modern

Re: Many, many serious problems with Ubuntu

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Dale Amon a...@vnl.com wrote: I have held back from putting in this report for a very long time as my experience reading this list has led me to believe that no one will much care because Granny Would Never Do That and she certainly Would Never Know How to Do

Re: Aptitude installed by default on 13.10?

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Brett Cornwall brettcornw...@lavabit.com wrote: On 04/09/2013 12:17 PM, Alexandre Strube wrote: Why? Because aptitude is the successor to apt-get, endorsed by the community that does all the packaging for this OS, is more stable, and has better dependency

Re: Articles needed for a special edition of a magazine about Ubuntu Flavors

I've recently installed about 6 distros on my spare machine just to see how they compare with xubuntu. When choosing a distro i think it is important to look 'under the bonnet'; repos, updating, release cycle etc. Xubuntu is still by far the best xfce distro that i've come across. I started using

Re: [CentOS] replacing joe

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Alexander Dalloz ad+li...@uni-x.org wrote: Am 13.03.2013 08:52, schrieb Michael Schumacher: Morning everybody, I am still using good old joe editor on my CentOS machines although it is no longer included in the CentOS repositories. The editor joe is

Re: Samsung laser drivers for Linux - thinking aloud

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Fernando Cassia wrote: So the $1M question is: can´t Samsung design drivers which can be installed via a package manager (rpm), or via a cups install routine, instead of the current method?. I´m sure they can, in

Re: [arch-general] Arch handbook as PDF

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Pierre Schmitz pie...@archlinux.de wrote: Am 13.02.2013 23:29, schrieb Ralf Mardorf: Hi :) is there an up to date handbook, beginner's guide or even better the Wiki available as PDF? I already found outdated PDFs. Languages: English and/or German I did not

Re: [CentOS] pcl to pdf

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Gregory P. Ennis po...@pomec.net wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Eero Volotinen eero.voloti...@iki.fi wrote: 2013/2/14 Gregory P. Ennis po...@pomec.net: Everyone, I am currently using a vsifax program (pcltotiff) to convert pcl files to tiff files

Re: Prevent list emails going to gmail?

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote: On 12 Feb 2013, James Freer wrote: I use Alpine as it's so fast. But i get over your problem by setting a filter; go to the box doesn't have and enter something like 'jabberwocky' (or some other unusual word

Re: [CentOS] I want an advice

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Nux! n...@li.nux.ro wrote: On 13.02.2013 22:48, Bassem Sossan wrote: Hello I've changed from Ms Windows 2008 R2 to CentOS 6 recently, and there are many aspects to learn in relation to command line ( Bash scripting, package system managing, file system and

Re: [CentOS] pcl to pdf

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Eero Volotinen eero.voloti...@iki.fi wrote: 2013/2/14 Gregory P. Ennis po...@pomec.net: Everyone, I am currently using a vsifax program (pcltotiff) to convert pcl files to tiff files on a SCO Unix box, and then I am using tiff2pdf on a Centos 5.9 box to

Re: Prevent list emails going to gmail?

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote: On 12 Feb 2013, Aaron Webster wrote: On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Tony Mechelynck antoine.mechely...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/02/13 15:27, Anthony Campbell wrote: I normally read emails from

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Reindl Harald h.rei...@thelounge.net wrote: Am 26.01.2013 22:07, schrieb James Freer: From what i have seen of fedora and centos in the rpm world the repos are very much better in the debian world. To me the stability comes from the distro and it's repos

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Nikolaos Milas nmi...@noa.gr wrote: There is no such thing as a 100% reliable system if you don't do things right. You can easily screw (in terms of security and reliability) your

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Reindl Harald h.rei...@thelounge.net wrote: Am 26.01.2013 22:07, schrieb James Freer: From what i have seen of fedora and centos in the rpm world the repos are very much better in the debian world. To me the stability comes from the distro and it's repos

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:43 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 1/26/2013 2:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: There was a WordPerfect included in Red Hat Linux around about release 5 or so. To get it to work on later releases you had to install the required dependency packages from

Re: humble suggestion to Fedora developers

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Ondrej Majerech oxyd.o...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 January 2013 16:14, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Tom Horsley horsley1...@gmail.com wrote: How about no schedule? When something worth releasing is done, declare

Re: humble suggestion to Fedora developers

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Tom Horsley horsley1...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:19:49 + James Freer wrote: but ubuntu are considering giving up. Yea, but they HAVE to change - they are almost out of letters in the alphabet! LOL - good reply! I must admit i do get fed

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:34 PM, John Doe jd...@yahoo.com wrote: From: James Freer jessejazza3...@gmail.com i do not recommend to use this two repos simultaniuous (or use priorities!). hmmm - well what is one supposed to do? I use priorities and did not run into much problems so far

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:32 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: James Freer wrote: On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:34 PM, John Doe jd...@yahoo.com wrote: From: James Freer jessejazza3...@gmail.com i do not recommend to use this two repos simultaniuous (or use priorities!). hmmm - well what is one

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Leon Fauster leonfaus...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 22.01.2013 um 23:03 schrieb James Freer jessejazza3...@gmail.com: On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: On 01/22/2013 03:01 PM, James Freer wrote: I've just installed v6.3

Re: Fedora release cycle -- F18 January 2013?

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:28 AM, David dgbo...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/22/2013 4:09 PM, James Freer wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:02:35AM +, James Freer wrote: I looked at that location and that's why i

Re: humble suggestion to Fedora developers

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 01/23/2013 06:53 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: because first new anaconda was approved and integration all over the distribution started and after that damage was done people realized hm new anaconda is not ready So what you're

Re: humble suggestion to Fedora developers

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 07:59:21PM +, James Freer wrote: I have the greatest respect for the developer's that put in considerable effort for each release. The problem with 6 month release cycle is too little

Re: Fedora release cycle -- F18 January 2013?

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 11:02:35AM +, James Freer wrote: I looked at that location and that's why i thought when installing F17 that was the latest version. F18 goes down as the latest release but no one says

Re: The changing Fedora

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Jorge Fábregas jorge.fabre...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/22/2013 01:52 AM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: but I must admit I'm having trouble keeping up. You're not alone there! And for me, since I'm still on Fedora 14, there's also GNOME 3! I will install F18 in

[CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

I've just installed v6.3 as a desktop (from Centos-6.3-i386-LiveCD.iso) and to get the hang of the Centos approach and then hope to move on to a server. I've been using linux *buntu for 5 years. Hope i don't sound like a nit but i've got a little confused with the repos. Hoping someone would be

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: On 01/22/2013 03:01 PM, James Freer wrote: I've just installed v6.3 as a desktop (from Centos-6.3-i386-LiveCD.iso) and to get the hang of the Centos approach and then hope to move on to a server. I've been using linux

Re: fedora-upgrade from F17-F18 (mostly successful, but some issues)

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Ranjan Maitra maitra.mbox.igno...@inbox.com wrote: Dear friends, I recently upgraded from F17 to F18. I chose not to use fedup but rather I used fedora-upgrade, which is basically a wraparound around yum upgrade (from the documentation). Everything went

Re: Installer inadequacies

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Reindl Harald h.rei...@thelounge.net wrote: Am 19.01.2013 22:50, schrieb Paolo Galtieri: I think I'll stay on F14 strange logic you stay on F14 because you do not like the F18 installer? WTF - and you did not notice F15,F16,F17 all the time? F14 does

Re: [CentOS] E17 on CentOS6?

On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, wwp wrote: Hello there, does anyone have experience setting up Enlightenment E17 on a CentOS6 system? I know that the RPM's are available from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Enlightenment:/Factory/CentOS_CentOS-6/x86_64/ but don't have a single clue

Re: Updating - installing apt/synaptic

On Fri, 4 Jan 2013, Heiko Adams wrote: Am 04.01.2013 20:33, schrieb James Freer: That would make things clear for anyone trying to find their feet with Fedora. I have to say that having experimented with yum and yumex - neither compare with apt/synaptic. Big difference when one is searching

Re: Wish list for Xubuntu 13.04

On Sat, 29 Dec 2012, Patrick Johnson wrote: gedit, arguably the most popular text editor for Linux users, __ Patrick Johnson arguably? i think you mean the most popular GUI text editor... on the Gnome desktop. Vim, emacs, nano is the order that's on surveys. I don't like them and use gedit

Re: [CentOS] Live CD iso

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012, John R Pierce wrote: On 12/28/2012 3:21 PM, James Freer wrote: You mean the bin DVD. Thing is with the DVD they are big for broadband download. I think i'd buy one. But i appreciate your advice. unless your broadband is metered, or really slow (and then should

Re: [CentOS] Live CD iso

On Sat, 29 Dec 2012, Phil Dobbin wrote: On 12/29/2012 09:54 AM, James Freer wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2012, John R Pierce wrote: On 12/28/2012 3:21 PM, James Freer wrote: You mean the bin DVD. Thing is with the DVD they are big for broadband download. I think i'd buy one. But i appreciate your

[CentOS] Live CD iso

Hi folks I'm just about to start using Centos again. I used it briefly a couple of years ago but found the switch to rpm a bit much after using deb for 5 years. Now there seem to be a lot of changes on the deb front so i'm going to try again with rpm. I noticed that there is now a live CD (as

Re: [CentOS] Live CD iso

On Fri, 28 Dec 2012, Phil Dobbin wrote: On 12/28/2012 08:28 PM, James Freer wrote: Hi folks I'm just about to start using Centos again. I used it briefly a couple of years ago but found the switch to rpm a bit much after using deb for 5 years. Now there seem to be a lot of changes

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