Re: Back to Debian after 10 years

Avi Greenbury wrote: > Ali Milis wrote: >> Ubuntu is great only if you have spare time. > Or if the defaults are acceptable to you. ROFL, for years I tried to fantasize that Ubuntu is defaults are acceptable. > Personally, I find that Debian on laptops requires more time to set &

Re: Back to Debian after 10 years

> I wouldnt bother, try Ubuntu. Ubuntu is great only if you have spare time. I am on the way back to Debian too. Unfortunately, stable means also ancient :( -- Raja Ali M.I. Ilias, Bengkalis Counted GNU/Linux Engineer # 405138 - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

How to name a package (was Re: how to package?)

Apology for this question. Supposed there is a large organization where ''/usr/local'' is reserved for the real local of any system. Supposed HQ introduced package ''hq-vi'' which is a modification of vim. But, a branch also introduced ''branch-hq-vi'' which is a different modification of vim too.

Qemu PCI Bug -- Minix 3.1.2a -- Pinning

Hi, Does anyone in this list run Minix under qemu? It seems there is a "PCI'' problem so that qemu 0.9.0 can not emulate the REALTEK 8029 ethernet chip. Please let me know if you have heard this problem (and solution -- URLs, mailing lists, etc.). Meanwhile, I have un-installed qemu, and put back

Re: Cobol compiler

Ron Johnson wrote: >> And how good is Open Cobol? > Question which I can not answer... How about tiny Cobol? >> FYI: We still have a lot of Cobol applications that used >> to run on AOS/VS (Data General). Those applications >> were migrated Sun Solaris. > Spend an hour compiling a few simple pro

Re: Cobol compiler

> apt-cache search cobol And how good is Open Cobol? FYI: We still have a lot of Cobol applications that used to run on AOS/VS (Data General). Those applications were migrated Sun Solaris. regards, -- Raja Ali M.I. Ilias, Bengkalis, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AliMilis Counted GNU/Linux Engineer #

Re: "/etc/alternative/" How to use it?

man 8 update-alternatives is a good start .. Thank you! It is a good start. Not sure what you mean by 'using' it, as in determining the default editor or some other program? Or changing them? E.g. what if I would like to build my own java .deb package. I need an example on how to inform that

"/etc/alternative/" How to use it?

Hi, May I know where to find information about how to use /etc/alternatives/ when developing a debian package? regards, -- Raja Ali M.I. Ilias, Bengkalis, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AliMilis Counted GNU/Linux Engineer # 405138 - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

"Local Packages": can I use /opt/ ?

Hi, Suppose there exists large-company.com and branch1.large-company.com. Both are producing "local packages" which may conflict with each others. Question: Is it OK to use /opt/com/large-company/ and /opt/com/large-company/branch1/ for local packages? Or should /usr/local/com/large-company/ and

Re: An SSH X11Forwarding problem

I can open x application (such as xterm or eog...) well. However, from host B | ssh -X A I found there is no DISPLAY environment var, Are you allowed to run X (e.g xlock) from B locally? (i.e. without ssh to another host?). -- Raja Ali M.I. Ilias, Bengkalis, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AliMilis

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

> How do you grow brocolli? Read My Lips: Ask Dan Quayle! -- Raja Ali M.I. Ilias, Bengkalis, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AliMilis Counted GNU/Linux Engineer # 405138 - http://counter.li.org/

Re: msttcorefonts installed but not visible

Anthony Campbell wrote: > I just reinstalled msttcorefonts just after the recent xorg difficulties. > However, they don't seem to show up with xfontsel or in firefox. (1) What is in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (2) Have you done "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" ? > Microsoft-free zone Aha! Perha

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

> Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? Basbang! Hare genee masih ngomongin kolor ijo?! -- Raja Ali M.I. Ilias, Bengkalis, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AliMilis Counted GNU/Linux Engineer # 405138 - http://counter.li.org/

Re: How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > The debian default of my sarge installations is that the ext3-FS are > fsck'ed about every 30 mounts or 180 days (whatever comes first). This is just my Euro 0.01 opinion: 180 days is reasonable for new disks. Perhaps you would like to lower it when your disk goes ol

How to return bash from dash?

Uh-oh! How to return bash as /bin/sh? Why it is not in /etc/alternatives? thank you -- Ali Milis.

[OT] Attn. All GMAIL users

Hi, The default of gmail.com's "Reply-To: " is yourself. If you do not like that, you need to click "Settings" and fill "Reply-To: " with "< >". Do not forget that there is a space between "<" and ">". regards, -- Ali Milis.