Re: sendmail without DNS

2024-07-21 Thread Jeff Pang
rking? 2. What's the best way to engage with Sendmail forums / mailing list? Both comp.mail.sendmail and newscomp.mail.sendmail usenet groups appear to be dead. --- Adam -- Jeff Pang jeffp...@aol.com

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

2024-07-20 Thread Jeff Pang
IIRC. Thought MS bought it and changed its running environment to windows. Google FB and many other huge players are using linux as server OS. On 2024-07-20 21:57, Larry Martell wrote: I’ve never owned a machine running windows in my life. -- Jeff Pang jeffp...@aol.com

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

2024-07-20 Thread Jeff Pang
My reason to keep windows is that I can’t play Starcraft under Linux. -- Jeff Pang jeffp...@aol.com

Debian for Limited memory

2024-07-16 Thread Jeff Pang
My tiny vps from vultr has 512m ram only (it’s 2.5usd/m so cheap). Should I install debian 9 in it for this limited memory? Thank you -- Jeff Pang jeffp...@aol.com

Re: purely local DNS

2024-07-15 Thread Jeff Pang
. -- Jeff Pang jeffp...@aol.com

Re: purely local DNS

2024-07-15 Thread Jeff Pang
On 15/07/2024 14:17, Jeff Pang wrote: Given you want to send mail to foo.com whose mx record is mail.foo.com whose IP is 1.2.3.4 Then write this entry in hosts file: 1.2.3.4  foo.com Which should work for sending mail. Regards On 2024-07-15 21:00, Adam Weremczuk wrote: What I need to config

Re: purely local DNS

2024-07-15 Thread Jeff Pang
public or LAN DNS whatsoever - ability to fetch a single MX record for a single domain I don't think I can add MX to /etc/hosts which only works for A records. I'm after a similarly simple, "one liner" solution. --- Adam -- Jeff Pang jeffp...@aol.com

ask for drivers

2024-07-10 Thread Jeff Pang
greetings, I am trying to install Debian on my counterfeit pad. Do you know where to find touch screen drivers? regards -- Jeff Pang jeffp...@aol.com

Re: Great system

2024-07-08 Thread Jeff Pang
On 2024-07-08 10:05, George at Clug wrote: On Monday, 08-07-2024 at 11:19 Richard Bostrom wrote: Debian is such a great system. But now copying and rsync does not work Richard, Please elaborate on what you mean by "copying and rsync does not work"? I often use Thunar, cp, and rsync to copy f

Re: This is a testmail!

2024-07-04 Thread Jeff Pang
I didn’t chech the header. But loop.de should have its own signature. Debian list server rewrite envelope address to list adress due to SRS requirements. But message header address is not changed as well as message body (debian list seems not modifying message body), so DKIM for loop.de will be

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

2024-07-03 Thread Jeff Pang
maybe you can use rbenv to install the required ruby toolkit? I'm trying to install gitlab from sid, but it requires ruby-sidekiq>=7~, which is not available in sid (there's only 6.5.12 available). -- Jeff Pang j...@simplemail.co.in

Re: timeout for iptables

2024-07-02 Thread Jeff Peng
Got the idea (nft) and thanks for all help. On 2024-07-03 04:22, Tim Woodall wrote: On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, Jeff Peng wrote: Hello gurus, Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules? for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and another IP should be

timeout for iptables

2024-07-02 Thread Jeff Peng
Hello gurus, Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules? for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and another IP should be blocked for one week. Thanks.

Shell UA

2024-07-01 Thread Jeff Peng
Do u know if there is a shell UserAgent that can be used to log in gmail? That might have to support JS and cookie. Thanks.

Re: LLM Local Documents ?

2024-06-24 Thread Jeff Peng
On 2024-06-25 11:49, jeremy ardley wrote: I've installed a desktop Large Language Model shell GPT4all does gtp4all have a shell only interface? my debian is remote server, has no desktop. regards.

Re: suggestion of upgrade to 12

2024-06-20 Thread Jeff Peng
that's nice to know. thanks for all your help. about dovecot: if you have dovecot installed from the dovecot repository, then be aware that dovecot does not (yet) provide a version for bookworm. if you have dovecot installed from the debian repository, then you should be fine. about debian:

suggestion of upgrade to 12

2024-06-19 Thread Jeff Peng
Hello, I am running a small mailserver with debian 11 for many years. It's quite solid. Though I have read this article: https://www.cherryservers.com/blog/debian-12-bookworm-release do you think there is any need for me to upgrade from 11 to 12? just for the newer software like postfix, doveco

network question

2024-06-18 Thread Jeff Peng
may I ask a network question? when my server is a vps who has floating IP (that means, the server's iP is an internal IP, the public ip is bond on provider's router/firewall devices), then my ssh client connecting to the server will never disconnect even if I changed my local gateway (for exam

Instant flush to file

2024-06-18 Thread Jeff Peng
Hi After write to file with bash shell like: echo … > file echo … >> file Is it possible the file get no update instantly? I ask this b/c some commands following echo cannot run well. Such as, echo … >> dove.db doveadm create mailbox from dove.db Sometimes it succeeds. Sometimes it fails.

Re: systemrescuecd -- a bit off Debian topics

2024-06-13 Thread Jeff Peng
Hi You can use gitlab issues to submit the question. https://gitlab.com/systemrescue/systemrescue-sources/-/issues regards. Does anybody know how to contact systemrescuece developers? Their web page https://www.system-rescue.org/ doesn't have a "contact" or "forum" button. My brother has imp

Re: systemctl vs service

2024-06-13 Thread Jeff Peng
On 2024-06-13 08:38, Greg Wooledge wrote: If all you want to do is stop and restart a service, they're both fine. If you want more features, it's worth learning systemctl. that's all right. I will check the doc of systemctl for more details. thanks.

systemctl vs service

2024-06-12 Thread Jeff Peng
Hello I was a bit confused, systemctl and service both are used for service control (start|stop|reload etc). what's the suggested way for using them? thanks & regards.

DNS query question

2024-06-11 Thread Jeff Peng
Hello list, I have made a successful query in one of my VPS as the following. ~$ dig 235.84.36.104.zen.spamhaus.org ; <<>> DiG 9.16.48-Ubuntu <<>> 235.84.36.104.zen.spamhaus.org ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2160 ;; flags: qr rd ra; Q

Re: date for week

2024-06-10 Thread Jeff Peng
thanks roberto. that's exactly what i am looking for. $ date +%a

date for week

2024-06-10 Thread Jeff Peng
Hello, I run the folllowing command, $ date +%w 2 While I expect the output should be: $ date +%such_a_option Tuesday or $ date +%such_a_option Tue does date command has this option? Thanks.

Re: kernel tuning for cloud VM

2024-06-09 Thread Jeff Peng
many java dev ecosystem (such as big data stacks) are in debian 11. it's hard to upgrade to 12 at this time. Thanks. Keep in mind that Debian 11 will be out of oldstable in about a year, with the release of 13/Trixie; and it will be out of security support in a few weeks, with the transition

kernel tuning for cloud VM

2024-06-08 Thread Jeff Peng
Hello I am using the VMs from big providers such as AWS and Azure. most of the VMs are 2core/4gb ram/100gb disk etc. They are used for running the regular web services (java, php etc), with debian 11 installed. Every VM I just use the default system configuration. Do I need to update some kern

Correction to last message for Debian 11 and Debian 12

2024-01-16 Thread Jeff Jennings
packages. Consequently, I've decided to keep using 10.13 until I can find a different Linux distribution that is still completely free. Please find a way to restore the integrity of open-source software distributions. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Jeff Jennings

Debian 11 & Debian 12

2024-01-16 Thread Jeff Jennings
packages. Consequently, I've decided to keep using 10.13 until I can find a different Linux distribution that is still non-free. Please find a way to restore the integrity of open-source software distribution. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Jeff Jennings

Re: Keyboard prevents screensaver & scrolling terminal window

2021-10-21 Thread Jeff
Hi Thomas, On 19/10/2021 22:31, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Seems to be considered a firmware bug of the keyboard which might become repairable in the future: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=267365 Oh, yes. Even better. Worked a treat. Thanks again Jeff OpenPGP_signature

Re: Keyboard prevents screensaver & scrolling terminal window

2021-10-19 Thread Jeff
quot;InputClass" Identifier "disable cherry key" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event4" Option "Ignore" "on" EndSection Thanks for the help! Regards Jeff OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Keyboard prevents screensaver & scrolling terminal window

2021-10-15 Thread Jeff
unplug it. It is as if the keyboard is constantly sending invisible keystrokes (e.g. shift or control), but otherwise it works fine. Is this a fault with the keyboard, or am I missing a setting somewhere? Regards Jeff Please keep me in cc, as I am not subscribed to the list

Re: ctrl+shift has stopped working in the last 36 hours

2020-12-04 Thread Jeff
reply. Strangely, it's working again. Don't know why. Regards Jeff OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

ctrl+shift has stopped working in the last 36 hours

2020-12-04 Thread Jeff
? (Obviously, I have spent some time on internet searches, but none of the things I tried have worked) Regards Jeff P.S. Please keep me in cc, as I am not subscribed. OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Unable To Determine Proper Package For BUG

2018-10-15 Thread Jeff Rickman
I have a syslog capture of a BUG that I seem to routinely hit under specific circumstances. I have other details that might be of interest to whomever is interested in this BUG. For example, this is a fully updated Debian "buster" system with a ext4 (OS) and ZFS (storage array) filesystems

Fonts for widgets in Cinnamon

2017-08-19 Thread Jeff
-3.0, gtk-update-icon-cache, libgtk-3-bin to 3.22.17-1, which didn't help. I downgraded libwayland-client0, libwayland-cursor0 & libwayland-server0 to 1.13.0-1, but that didn't help either. So I'm now out of ideas. Does anyone know where I should look next? Regards Jeff P.

Re: How ip camera can be a bulb, updated items- AJR

2016-02-19 Thread Jeff Chiang
Dear Manager Happy Monkey Year! This is Jeff from Shenzhen AJR ,11 years manufucture of security ip cameras. We supply our own characteristic products and also OEM ODM service. Our new convert bulb camera may expand your business. Feel free to ask for details, expect potential cooperation

Re: Fresh hidden bulb ip security camera- AJR

2016-02-18 Thread Jeff Chiang
Dear Manager This is Jeff from Shenzhen AJR ,11 years manufucture of security ip cameras. We supply our own characteristic products and also OEM ODM service. Our new convert bulb camera may expand your business. Feel free to ask me for catalogue, expect potential cooperation. Best

Log in failure

2015-05-14 Thread jeff smith
Just trying to log in for support and the debian.org page is sending back "log-in failure". Just installed "jessie" from netbook ISO, installed graphically on t-40 IBM (1.5 gig ram) went seemingly well, but on boot states no firmware or radeon drivers loaded then continues on to run quite well when

Re: Debian nolonger claims to be the "Universal Operating System"

2014-10-04 Thread Jeff Bauer
se in value; "The dollar depreciated again" [syn: {depreciate}, {undervalue}, {devaluate}, {devalue}] [ant: {appreciate}, {apprise}, {apprize}, {revalue}] Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foun

Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream

2014-09-28 Thread Jeff Bauer
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:57:12 +0200 Martin Steigerwald wrote: Change is life. There is nothing static in life. So all the fuss about wearing those grounded, anti-static wrist straps is just a hoax? -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe

Re: There is no choice

2014-09-20 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 09/20/2014 04:20 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: On Sat, 20 Sep 2014, lee wrote: These few people are also very concerned with preventing other people, particularly users, from doing something which would contribute to what they claim that they are doing. Exactly how are Debian Developers preventin

Re: Choice of init system?

2014-09-19 Thread Jeff Bauer
wait until Jessie is declared the new Stable. Now where have I heard that before? Oh yes ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-05TLiiLU -Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upo

Re: Errors at login : in which log can I get the message ?

2014-08-31 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 08/31/2014 09:28 AM, Erwan David wrote: I submitted a bug, however I could not find those messages in any log : That's not a systemd bug... why ? ...it's a systemd feature -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation

Re: End of hypocrisy, beginning of reason

2014-08-06 Thread Jeff Bauer
relatively recent adventure into Debianland is going seem like a blink of an eye compared to the 5+ years with Arch. Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the pe

Re: What is the connection between Microsoft and systemd?

2014-08-04 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 08/03/2014 09:51 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Microsoft wrote systemd. Or at least the design spec. *Everyone* knows that much silly! Here's a web page for ya: Microsoft wrote systemd. Or at least the spec. This is authoritative. "The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is har

Re: FWIW: the modularization of systemd

2014-07-27 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 07/27/2014 07:32 PM, green wrote: Minix has some fascinating reliability features... Wouldn't it be ironic if Tanenbaum ultimate wins the debate? ;) Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of au

Re: What do you guys use instead of youtube-dl and minitube?

2014-07-12 Thread Jeff Bauer
com/>works pretty well. Regards, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker

Re: Article on swift, responsive computers

2014-06-22 Thread Jeff Bauer
gs, so of late I've been fiddling with luakit browser. Regards, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Strange no mail traffic........

2014-06-21 Thread Jeff Bauer
attempt at resubscribing has met without any feedback? Could someone please throw some light on this? Or has there really been no traffic on the list for the last 5 hours? TIA, Charlie Only Debian traffic here today has been the three related to "Strange no mail traffic..." Rega

Re: Disturbing ICEWEASEL behavior

2014-06-19 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 06/19/2014 08:38 AM, Jeff Bauer wrote: I'm using Iceweasel 24.6.0 with Wheezy... I forgot to mention installed addons, which are: Flash and Video Download 1.57 Flashblock 1.5.17 Ghostery 5.3.1 Shortly URL Shortner 1.04 Simple Adblock 1.0.8 Again, TIA, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rk

Disturbing ICEWEASEL behavior

2014-06-19 Thread Jeff Bauer
et/browser2.png Anyone else experience this problem? Is there a fix for it? Anything in "about:config" I can address? I'd like the preferred toolbar to be persistent after setting it up. TIA, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The

Re: Iceweasel and DRM

2014-05-24 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 05/24/2014 08:49 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 14:07 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 13:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Being against DRM isn't clownery :(. I made a living from artwork many snip PS: A "pirate" copy, shared cracked software could be good prom

Re: FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support Digital Restrictions Management

2014-05-23 Thread Jeff Bauer
roke the system <http://patentabsurdity.com/watch.html> Regards, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker

Re: Off-topic posting (was Re: FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support Digital Restrictions Management)

2014-05-20 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 05/20/2014 08:12 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 5/20/2014 5:05 PM, David Guntner wrote: David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Jerry Stuckle grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Then don't add to the bandwidth with your please to stop. As you've been told before - just ignore the thread. And i

Should apt-get autoremove Gain Confirm for Packages Removal?

2014-04-02 Thread Jeff Bai
would really want to hear what you guys think... Jeff Bai from AOSC

Re: On what is helpful and what is not [was: Re: Wifi]

2014-03-11 Thread Jeff Bauer
reatened is not a healthy community". "feel threatened"? Puh-leez! Cry me a river, then grow a pair. Jeff Bauer Winsted CT USA -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon t

Re: systemd: some more questions

2014-02-14 Thread Jeff Bauer
Please make the voices stop... -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subj

Re: iceweasel upgrade being held back

2014-02-11 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 02/11/2014 09:50 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 08:51:55AM -0500, Jeff Bauer wrote: On an existing Wheezy installation, performed "apt-get update", then "apt-get upgrade" - but iceweasel is being "held back". Tried "apt-get -f install&quo

iceweasel upgrade being held back

2014-02-11 Thread Jeff Bauer
On an existing Wheezy installation, performed "apt-get update", then "apt-get upgrade" - but iceweasel is being "held back". Tried "apt-get -f install" thinking it may be a dependency issue, but still being held back. Any thoughts/suggestions? Jeff

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-01-27 Thread Jeff Bauer
he gas cap and put a new car under it." Consider LFS, Gentoo, Arch, or Slackware. Jeff P.S. You do realize that this is the Debian user list and not the Ubuntu user list, don't you? ;) -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote

Re: Help with command - cp

2014-01-26 Thread Jeff Bauer
ave the heavy lifting to rsync. No looking back ... Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: sad but true, Linux sucks, a bit

2014-01-20 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 01/20/2014 05:20 AM, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: Am 17.01.2014 um 22:10 schrieb Ralf Mardorf : A computer is able to produce a jazz, rock, classical style song, but not able to touch human emotions. Artificial Intelligence needs Artificial Emotions. It was in the year 1987 taht I first s

Re: sad but true, Linux sucks, a bit

2014-01-18 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 01/18/2014 03:12 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 06:00:53PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 14:38 +0100, Denis Witt wrote: Or think about machines in mills, sorting out single grains of poor quality while they are falling down like a waterfall into the mil

Re: Debian logging - confused

2014-01-15 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 01/15/2014 06:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: The reason I'm asking is, I can't seem to find where sshd is logging (I'm having someone remote in and help me with something, but can't find any record of him having been there yesterday)... Appreciate any pointers... Pointer: http://bit.ly/19u0D

Re: Question

2014-01-12 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 01/12/2014 04:44 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Sun, 12 Jan 2014, Cameron Murgatroyd wrote: Hi I've recently become a frequent user of debian and I have a question [...] I love the internet. Consider where this post took me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murgatroyd Fabulous stuff. Simply fab

Re: Number of Procs

2014-01-09 Thread Jeff Bauer
143914 In 2014, that's a pretty meager amount of memory. Going into swap tells a tale, too. If possible, consider adding memory. Jeff http://alienjeff.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: unable to install stardict

2014-01-04 Thread Jeff Bauer
abases locally, as I was virtually crippled when dict.org's servers were offline. YMMV. Jeff http://alienjeff.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: ht

Re: jwm

2013-12-22 Thread Jeff Bauer
tp://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=498150544&t=85757 Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52b6f66d.10...@charter.net

Re: Installing Debian 7.3.0

2013-12-21 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 12/21/2013 09:10 AM, Rob Owens wrote: On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:29:40PM -0800, Alireza Bahrami wrote: According to Debian website it's enough for installing Debian on a system. There is an old Dell Latitude laptop with specs as below which I chose to for this purpose: Mobile Pentium4: 1.8

Re: Package Request

2013-12-07 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 12/07/2013 05:55 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Reading the whole thread is impotent heh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52a31394.3030...@charter.net

Re: Won't complete bootup (gdm3 problem?)

2013-11-29 Thread Jeff Bauer
tpoison WM. Between ratpoison and ROX, I'm pretty much set and not shopping for a DE. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52991743.9070...@charter.net

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2013 #1401

2013-11-17 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 11/17/2013 05:08 PM, Neal Murphy wrote: help This has be the least informative request ever seen in a community support forum. SOS would have provided even less information ... -Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Re: software for (reminder) recommendation

2013-11-13 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 11/12/2013 11:09 PM, lina wrote: Hi, Which package I can be installed which may serve as calender, Just remind me when, where and what I need attend or prepare? Thanks with best regards, Barebones would be cal. Type "man cal" for details. Regards, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Why Debian

2013-11-10 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 11/10/2013 12:52 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2013-11-10 at 12:44 -0500, Jeff Bauer wrote: On 11/10/2013 10:40 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 08:17:06AM -0700, thomas aylward wrote: how does a novice begin with debian? Tom How does a novice begin with Linux

Re: Why Debian

2013-11-10 Thread Jeff Bauer
about it. Then try some others. Repeat as necessary until you find a distro worthy of installing. -Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/527

Re: Why Debian

2013-11-10 Thread Jeff Bauer
systemd crowd, no. It's about control. "My way or the highway" mentality. --Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/527f992a.2070...@charter.net

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 10/31/2013 06:53 PM, Craig L. wrote: I have a good friend ... Consider https://www.linode.com/ Friends don't run a friend's server on Microsoft; nor do friends set up friend's email with Google. Regards, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: Screenshots under flash

2013-10-30 Thread Jeff Bauer
%m-%d-%y--%T.png' -e 'mv $n ~/scrot/' & Lightweight and fast. Regards, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52719ad4.8050...@charter.net

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jeff Bauer
and pay Geek Squad to take care of it for you. I sold my television, VCR, and video tapes in January, 1998. No regrets. I remain blissfully ignorant of that "entertainment" medium in 2013. Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fr

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Jeff Bauer
Apropos: http://bit.ly/1cR4LnG Regards, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: [OT] Trim your posts. (was ... Re: ...)

2013-10-06 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 10/06/2013 09:06 AM, Joel Rees wrote: On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: . How about taking time to trim your posts instead of allowing them to build into an unreadable mess. Hard to tell where to trim when you're trying to make sense of certain kinds of conversations.

Re: Building computer

2013-10-02 Thread Jeff Bauer
again, Linux will eat nearly all RAM for cache if the system is up long enough. "free" is another quick way to see where all your RAM went. Regards, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of

Re: unsuscibe

2013-09-30 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 09/30/2013 05:39 PM, Marc Stephan Nkouly wrote: how do i go out of the list ??? http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#subunsub -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the peop

Re: Code Of Conduct

2013-09-23 Thread Jeff Bauer
Does the obvious pronunciation of the acronym for Code of Conduct, CoC, violate the Code of Conduct? ;-) -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker --

Re: Code Of Conduct (was ... Re: Security?)

2013-09-23 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 09/23/2013 06:47 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: A quick archive search does show that I helped others on this list much more than you did. List participation is not a competitive sport. -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundat

Re: dictd

2013-09-13 Thread Jeff Bauer
ely on their server(s). I installed the daemon/server locally, as well as the desired databases, and BLAM! Definition displayed. it's hard to accept anything less these days :) Anything less is NOT acceptable. Period. I'm spoiled. Regards, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.ne

Re: Thanks

2013-09-02 Thread Jeff
is a good substitute for Gnome 2. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5224ff2e.2000...@gmail.com

Re: How to get rid of an entry in grub?

2013-08-31 Thread Jeff Bauer
-Dave My backup regime uses "rsync -avz" as its backbone. Anything I don't want backed up, I address with the "--exclude-from=" option in my backup script, and the "rsync.exclude" file in my user home dir. Regards, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.free

QRZ?

2013-08-24 Thread Jeff Bauer
Just out of curiosity, any Debian amateur radio operators care to ID? 73, Jeff, WN1MB -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people." - Thomas Hooker -- To U

Re: What if I choose install text-based mode than X?

2013-08-23 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 08/23/2013 05:51 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I don't know if an IRC client is available irssi for the hardcore; weechat for the fledgling 'leet Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - visit The Fringe quote: "The foundation of authorit

Re: your thoughts: special post for Debian birthday

2013-08-13 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 08/13/2013 06:15 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Ana, please would you say what the date of the anniversary is. August 16th heh - my birthdate, too, although I'm considerably older than 20... Happy birthday, Debian. -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net - vi

Re: apache logging

2013-08-09 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 08/09/2013 06:45 AM, msl09 wrote: I think the apache team would be better to ask this kind of question. Maybe they have an irc channel. Check #httpd on irc.freenode.net - 350+ logged in right now. Regards, Jeff -- hangout: ##b0rked on irc.freenode.net diversion: http://alienjeff.net

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-11 Thread Jeff Bauer
r you want, whenever you want, with cron. The learning curve will be pretty gentle with both writing said script and setting up cron. YMMV. Regards, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Re: Switching to 64 bit

2013-06-30 Thread Jeff Bauer
200 browser tabs /and/ a gmail account. That figures ... On 06/30/2013 04:22 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: Can't speak for him of course, but my SeaMonkey is currently using 4.2 GB RES and 5.3 GB VIRT (probably north of 200 tabs)

Re: what happened to the task bar??

2013-06-29 Thread Jeff Bauer
figurations, but for this humble soul, it's ratpoison FTW. Regards, Jeff Or, abandon the desktop environment all together, and just go with a window manager, a panel and Debian-menu (I use Openbox and LXPanel).

the continuing disappointment of Debian 7

2013-06-29 Thread Jeff Shearer
Iceweasel crashes all the time and cannot play flash � � �

pdf applciation that ACTUALL deletes pages

2013-06-29 Thread Jeff Shearer
resulting file fo Debian 7? Thanks, Jeff Shearer, CISA, CISSP --- (703) 615-6997 http://www.linkedin.com/in/shearerjeff � �

Re: what happened to the task bar??

2013-06-28 Thread Jeff Shearer
the choice. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51cdc1b8.2050...@rail.eu.org > > Thanks, Jeff Shearer, CISA, CISSP --- (703) 615-6997 http://www.linkedin.com/in/shearerjeff

Re: what happened to the task bar??

2013-06-28 Thread Jeff Shearer
New install of a new dist for me. > > WT > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51cdc122.2060...@gmail.com > > Thanks, Jeff Shearer, CISA, CISSP --- (703) 615-6997 http://www.linkedin.com/in/shearerjeff

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