RE: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-27 Thread Robert Becker Cope
Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CentOS is *not* for users new to Linux or Unix-like operatings > systems. It isn't. Full stop. Hopefully what you mean is that it isn't designed specifically for users that are new to Linux. It is a perfectly fine distribution for those wanting to learn

Re: [CentOS] Re: Firefox and Thunderbird 2.0, Centos 5, and rpms

2007-06-19 Thread Robert Becker Cope
Bart Schaefer wrote: Just as a point of interest -- we have one person here who installed FF2 from the those tarballs on her CentOS 4 machine, and she's been having problems with it crashing every few days. I on the other hand I have -- and I'm betting a lot of other folks are -- been running

Re: [CentOS] Recommended WLAN-Adapter for CentOS 5

2007-09-18 Thread Robert Becker Cope
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - >The WLAN DSL-Router should not be the problem. But which wlan- >adapter (internally (PCI), USB... whatever) can be recommended for a >work "out of is the box" with cent OS 5? The Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG adapter works well. I believe that I had to get RPMs from a

RE: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-19 Thread Robert Becker Cope
"Brian Mathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest OpenVPN. It's modern, very secure, and had a wide range of > options and usage scenarios. PPTP / L2TP is a pain to get working, > and it has some security issues. I want to second this suggestion. Another strong advantage of OpenVPN is that i

RE: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread Robert Becker Cope
"Brian Mathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The use of port 443 with openvpn is only mentioned as a convenience, > because many firewalls allow traffic to port 443 to pass > unrestricted, while they may block other ports. Absolutely right. I never intended to imply anything else. Sorry if there