On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> On 04/21/11 09:21, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>
>> --- On Sat, 4/16/11, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>>
>>> On Vi, 15 apr 11, 22:26:54, Patrick
>>> Bartek wrote:
So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not
>>>
>>> suitable for
On 04/21/11 09:21, Patrick Bartek wrote:
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Vi, 15 apr 11, 22:26:54, Patrick
Bartek wrote:
So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not
suitable for
the Linux firsttimer. I would never recommend it
to a noobie. With
Debian, you need
On Thursday 21 April 2011 21:15:11 Heddle Weaver wrote:
> ...
> Yes, I've found this to be exactly the case. I've developed a strong
> interest in quantum, chaos and game theory so I decided to up my math
> ability. Applied to the local tech. colleges and discovered that they could
> teach me hou
Heddle Weaver wrote:
The logs, algebra, geometry, etc., that I was learning in my first
year of high school, isn't taught here in Australia until after the
third year of high school, now. To get anything better I have to drop
work/career and go to university at a phenomenal cost.
The 'conspir
On 22 April 2011 10:39, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> --- On Thu, 4/21/11, Alan McConnell wrote:
>
> > A couple of comments.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 01:15:08PM -0400, Miles Fidelman
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >It's been my experience that most users never read
> > the manual.
> > > Too much troubl
--- On Thu, 4/21/11, Alan McConnell wrote:
> A couple of comments.
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 01:15:08PM -0400, Miles Fidelman
> wrote:
> >
> > >It's been my experience that most users never read
> the manual.
> > Too much trouble. When something breaks, they
> find someone to
> > fix it or te
Alan McConnell wrote:
OK, a little survey here. How many of you use mutt, or
elm, or Evolution(?), and do your E-mail right from your
home computer? I do, and since my ISP -- not PatriotNet,
incidentally -- gives me a dynamic IP
address I have
A couple of comments.
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 01:15:08PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>
> >It's been my experience that most users never read the manual.
> Too much trouble. When something breaks, they find someone to
> fix it or tell them how to. No learning required.
If someone tells you
On Thursday 21 April 2011 20:03:00 Klistvud wrote:
> Dne, 21. 04. 2011 18:21:09 je Patrick Bartek napisal(a):
> > Windows users are accustomed to being lead around by the hand
>
> I thought that "lead around by the nose" was the correct (Queen's
> English) phrase. But then again, I'm not a native s
Dne, 21. 04. 2011 18:21:09 je Patrick Bartek napisal(a):
Windows users are accustomed to being lead around by the hand
I thought that "lead around by the nose" was the correct (Queen's
English) phrase. But then again, I'm not a native speaker.
--
Cheerio,
Klistvud
On Apr 21, 2011 1:58 PM, "Heddle Weaver" wrote:
>
>
>
> On 22 April 2011 02:31, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>
>> It's been my experience that most users never read the manual. Too much
trouble. When something breaks, they find someone to fix it or tell them
how to. No learning required.
>
>
> Most
On 22 April 2011 02:31, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> --- On Sat, 4/16/11, foldingst...@theowned.org
> wrote:
>
> > > Like I said, "A Lot has changed
> > in 12 years". Debian is more friendly
> > > today than yesterday as are most distros, but there
> > are others that are
> > > friendlier, a lot fri
Patrick Bartek wrote:
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, foldingst...@theowned.org
wrote:
Like I said, "A Lot has changed in 12 years". Debian is more friendly today
than yesterday as are most distros, but there are others that are friendlier, a lot
friendlier. So, I stand by my initial statement th
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, foldingst...@theowned.org
wrote:
> > Like I said, "A Lot has changed
> in 12 years". Debian is more friendly
> > today than yesterday as are most distros, but there
> are others that are
> > friendlier, a lot friendlier.
> >
> > So, I stand by my initial statement that Debi
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Vi, 15 apr 11, 22:26:54, Patrick
> Bartek wrote:
> >
> > So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not
> suitable for
> > the Linux firsttimer. I would never recommend it
> to a noobie. With
> > Debian, you need to know, at least somew
Steven Rosenberg put forth on 4/18/2011 6:58 PM:
> On 04/15/2011 12:49 PM, Krzysztof Bieniasz wrote:
>>> FWIW: O'Reilly published a Special Edition book LEARNING DEBIAN
>>> GNU/LINUX (c. 1999). It was a very good introduction and step-by-step
>>> guide to installing and using Debian. I got it for
On 19 April 2011 10:06, Steven Rosenberg wrote:
>
>
> "Practicing" installing the system and doing it a bunch of times also helps
> a lot.
Massive
A bunch? I've done it a million times more than necessary and everytime I've
learnt something. I've fallen asleep over the keyboard installing for
Sorry. That should have gone to the list.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Heddle Weaver
Date: 19 April 2011 10:33
Subject: Re: New to Linux
To: Steven Rosenberg
On 19 April 2011 09:58, Steven Rosenberg wrote:
> On 04/15/2011 12:49 PM, Krzysztof Bieniasz wrote:
>
&
such steps so am not
recommending them unless testing gets done with a significant sample
size of users new to Linux first. If follow up study shows these users
progress faster on their learning curves, then I'd recommend making
these modifications. The bsd system has a learn utility that te
On 04/15/2011 12:49 PM, Krzysztof Bieniasz wrote:
FWIW: O'Reilly published a Special Edition book LEARNING DEBIAN
GNU/LINUX (c. 1999). It was a very good introduction and step-by-step
guide to installing and using Debian. I got it for free from the Debian
booth at Las Vegas COMDEX 1999. This w
tems. A question like "Are you new to Linux (y/n)? in the install
> script might not only install that package by default but also configure
> boot up sequence such that once all was finished booting the user would
> land inside the debian-reference application. I can't real
Actually, if a new user reads the contents of debian-reference before
doing much else with Debian they'll solve that problem. The problem
behind that is that debian-reference doesn't install by default on
systems. A question like "Are you new to Linux (y/n)? in the install
s
On Apr 16, 2011 11:18 AM, wrote:
>
> > Like I said, "A Lot has changed in 12 years". Debian is more friendly
> > today than yesterday as are most distros, but there are others that are
> > friendlier, a lot friendlier.
> >
> > So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not suitable for th
> Like I said, "A Lot has changed in 12 years". Debian is more friendly
> today than yesterday as are most distros, but there are others that are
> friendlier, a lot friendlier.
>
> So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not suitable for the
> Linux firsttimer. I would never recommend
On Vi, 15 apr 11, 22:26:54, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>
> So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not suitable for
> the Linux firsttimer. I would never recommend it to a noobie. With
> Debian, you need to know, at least somewhat, what you're doing.
For mere users (no administration)
--- On Fri, 4/15/11, Krzysztof Bieniasz wrote:
> > FWIW: O'Reilly published a
> Special Edition book LEARNING DEBIAN
> > GNU/LINUX (c. 1999). It was a very good
> introduction and step-by-step
> > guide to installing and using Debian. I got it
> for free from the Debian
> > booth at Las Vegas C
--- On Fri, 4/15/11, shawn wilson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM,
> Patrick Bartek
> wrote:
> > --- On Thu, 4/14/11, Marc Shapiro
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 04/12/11 09:15, Patrick Bartek
> >> wrote:
> >> > --- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> > FWIW: O'Reilly publishe
> FWIW: O'Reilly published a Special Edition book LEARNING DEBIAN
> GNU/LINUX (c. 1999). It was a very good introduction and step-by-step
> guide to installing and using Debian. I got it for free from the Debian
> booth at Las Vegas COMDEX 1999. This was the first year Linux had a
> major presen
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> --- On Thu, 4/14/11, Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
>> On 04/12/11 09:15, Patrick Bartek
>> wrote:
>> > --- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh
>> wrote:
>> >
> FWIW: O'Reilly published a Special Edition book LEARNING DEBIAN GNU/LINUX (c.
> 1999). It
--- On Thu, 4/14/11, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> On 04/12/11 09:15, Patrick Bartek
> wrote:
> > --- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh
> wrote:
> >
> >> I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way
> to start on things?
> >> Currently I'm a Computer
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> On 04/12/11 09:15, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>
>> --- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh wrote:
>>
>>> I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
>>> Currently I'm a Computer S
On 04/12/11 09:15, Patrick Bartek wrote:
--- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh wrote:
I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
Currently I'm a Computer Science student and have experience only with
algorithms! Comfortable with C/C++ but willing to learn more to
Thanks Larry! I'll get hold of the book asap!
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:00 PM, wrote:
>
>
> - Original Message -
> *From: *rishabh animesh
> *To: *debian-user@lists.debian.org
> *Sent: *4/12/2011 11:41:13 AM
> *Subject: *New to Linux
>
> Hello People,
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:36 +0200, Erwan David wrote:
> The author (or the copyright owner, depending of the country) may
> change the licence at any moment.
> However, he cannot remove rights to people who obtained the software
> under GPL.
a recent example is NoMachine NX4...they changed to clo
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 02:32:23PM CEST, Chen Wei said:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 01:41:58PM -0400, Chris Brennan wrote:
> > GPL doesn't promise future freedom when someone else legally buy's the
> > rights to the source and changes it. That being said, Final versions of a
> > program released und
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 01:41:58PM -0400, Chris Brennan wrote:
> GPL doesn't promise future freedom when someone else legally buy's the
> rights to the source and changes it. That being said, Final versions of a
> program released under GPL or another F/OSS licence allows that snapshot in
> time of
On 2011-04-12 18:41, rishabh animesh wrote:
> Hello People,
>
> I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
> Currently I'm a Computer Science student and have experience only with
> algorithms! Comfortable with C/C++
> but willing to learn more
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 04/12/2011 07:17 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
>>
>> on 17:11 Tue 12 Apr, rishabh animesh (rishabh.anim...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
> [snip]
>>
>>> I have experiences with the Search Technology. I have also created a
>>> forum
>>> to promote program
On 04/12/2011 07:17 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 17:11 Tue 12 Apr, rishabh animesh (rishabh.anim...@gmail.com) wrote:
[snip]
I have experiences with the Search Technology. I have also created a forum
to promote programming among my peers where we organize monthly contests on
this portal. www.
On 04/12/2011 12:41 PM, Chris Brennan wrote:
[snip]
As to Shawn's response: "per the source of virtualbox - oracle owns it.
however, it is all
under a gpl type license exept the usb driver which is close source."
GPL protect the current incarnation of a project, what's to stop Oracle from
relea
On 4/12/2011 8:17 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
on 17:11 Tue 12 Apr, rishabh animesh (rishabh.anim...@gmail.com) wrote:
Hello People,
I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
There's a two-step process, I recommend:
1: install Linux.
2: use it.
Currently
On 13/04/11 10:17, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
> on 17:11 Tue 12 Apr, rishabh animesh (rishabh.anim...@gmail.com) wrote:
>> Hello People,
>
> Um. So, are you asking a question or spamming your website?
>
:-D
A quick look at the about page on the main domain that the poster claims
to have created
on 17:11 Tue 12 Apr, rishabh animesh (rishabh.anim...@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hello People,
>
> I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
There's a two-step process, I recommend:
1: install Linux.
2: use it.
> Currently I'm a Computer Science stude
I suppose my point was, get a virtualization platform and go to town. I
disagree with the fears of some about vbox (at worst, it may go the way of
LibraOffice). But use whatever really.
Ps - knowing code has little to do with knowing a system. Than again I meet
dumb as hell cs majors all the time
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Jonathan Matthews
wrote:
They got borged by Oracle, IIRC, leaving them with at least 3
> different virtual platforms: virtualbox, solaris zones, virtual iron.
> Ooo, and maybe one more whose name escapes me. They also bought up
> Q-Layer, who were *great* ... and
On 12 April 2011 16:34, shawn wilson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Chris Brennan wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:12 AM, shawn wilson wrote:
>>>
>>> another thing about times changing - virtuals are great. download some
>>> popular distros (don't limit yourself to linux either).
--- On Tue, 4/12/11, rishabh animesh wrote:
> I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
> Currently I'm a Computer Science student and have experience only with
> algorithms! Comfortable with C/C++ but willing to learn more to help me
> get st
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Chris Brennan wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:12 AM, shawn wilson wrote:
>>
>> another thing about times changing - virtuals are great. download some
>> popular distros (don't limit yourself to linux either). i'd suggest
>> debian, fedora, centos, ubuntu, and
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Peter Beck wrote:
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 10:53 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote:
> > You'll need VMWare or VirtualBox (VBox is free but because it's not
>
s/not/now (Dyslexia first thing in the morning caught me off guard :D)
> > Oracle owned, it's licence might rad
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 10:53 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote:
> You'll need VMWare or VirtualBox (VBox is free but because it's not
> Oracle owned, it's licence might radically change without warning
why not KVM ? If your processor supports VT I would go for KVM.
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:12 AM, shawn wilson wrote:
another thing about times changing - virtuals are great. download some
> popular distros (don't limit yourself to linux either). i'd suggest
> debian, fedora, centos, ubuntu, and freebsd. then get virtual box and
> have fun. go, install, snaps
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:41 AM, rishabh animesh
wrote:
> Hello People,
>
> I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
> Currently I'm a Computer Science student and have experience only with
> algorithms! Comfortable with C/C++
> but willing to le
- Original Message -
From: rishabh animesh
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: 4/12/2011 11:41:13 AM
Subject: New to Linux
Hello People,
I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
Currently I'm a Computer Science student and have experience only
On 04/12/2011 06:41 AM, rishabh animesh wrote:
Hello People,
I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
What things?
Have you yet actually *installed* Debian?
Currently I'm a Computer Science student and have experience only with
algorithms! Comfortable wit
Hello People,
I am new to Linux and Debian. Whats the best way to start on things?
Currently I'm a Computer Science student and have experience only with
algorithms! Comfortable with C/C++
but willing to learn more to help me get started with the OS mentioned
above!
I need suggestio
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 09:45:05PM +, Glyn Astill wrote:
> > 'ALL=(ALL) ALL' is no more dangerous than having the 'su' binary
> > available.
> >
> > The NOPASSWD option is not the default.
>
> No. For su they'd have to enter the root password, for sudo su they'd
> just have to enter the passw
Hi,
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 03:03:23AM -0500, dwain wrote:
> hello all. i just installed debian tonight next to win xp. they seem to
> play well together. i was trying to setup the bug report and found that i
> can't sudo into root. i can get into the synaptic package manager with the
> root p
On 2009-05-22_18:19:19, dwain wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>
Hi, dwain
I went back in the archives and read your original post. It is pretty
clear to me from that post that you are a single user working on your
own computer. There is no sysadmin to help or
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:19 PM, dwain wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>>
>> > i too was disappointed. i tried su and authentication failed. how do i
>> > update my system without being able to log in as root?
>> >
>> > now i don't mind a spirited discussio
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 07:09:17PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 05:50:28PM -0500, dwain wrote:
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM, George wrote:
> >
[snip]
>
> A last resort would be:
>
> 1.physically disconnect the box from the network.
> 2.boot a live CD
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > i too was disappointed. i tried su and authentication failed. how do i
> > update my system without being able to log in as root?
> >
> > now i don't mind a spirited discussion on the pros and cons of sudo vs.
> su,
> > but my origina
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 05:50:28PM -0500, dwain wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM, George wrote:
>
> > I was a little disappointed being called out on my suggestions in my
> > original post. Obviously the person isn’t a sys admin and from my
> > understanding the whole purpose of sudo is s
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM, George wrote:
> I was a little disappointed being called out on my suggestions in my
> original post. Obviously the person isn’t a sys admin and from my
> understanding the whole purpose of sudo is so the user only has root
> privileges for that given command inst
In Friday 22 May 2009, Glyn wrote:
>--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>> Glyn Astill wrote:
>> > ALL=(All) ALL is a bad idea.
>>
>> Um, no. With 'ALL=(ALL) ALL' they would still have to
>> type in their
>> password unless they had recently given their
>> credentials. If you want
--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
> Subject: Re: sudo vs. su (was Re: new to list, new to debian, new to linux)
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Friday, 22 May, 2009, 9:20 PM
> In <857394.80354...@web23608.mail.ird.
In <857394.80354...@web23608.mail.ird.yahoo.com>, Glyn Astill wrote:
>--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>> It's not equivalent to running as root, since (a) you have
>> to prefix
>> privileged operations with "sudo", (b) you have to re-auth
>> such actions by
>> entering your pass
--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
> Subject: Re: sudo vs. su (was Re: new to list, new to debian, new to linux)
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Friday, 22 May, 2009, 8:14 PM
> In <20090522183807.ga16...@marksh
In <78582fa40905221202r3efedabege566a47c61144...@mail.gmail.com>, S Scharf
wrote:
>On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Mark Shroyer <
>subscriber+deb...@markshroyer.com
>wrote:
>> It *would* be safer to use neither su nor sudo, and only have root log
>> in on a separate, secure console, thereby elim
>From: S Scharf [mailto:ss11...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 3:03 PM
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: sudo vs. su (was Re: new to list, new to debian, new to linux)
>On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Mark Shroyer
>wrote:
>It *would* be safer to us
In <20090522183807.ga16...@markshroyer.com>, Mark Shroyer wrote:
>On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:56:18AM -0700, Thorny wrote:
>> You've just advised an obvious newbie (stated in post) on how to make
>> his system insecure. Giving ALL=(All) ALL rights to a normal user is
>> pretty much the same as runni
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Mark Shroyer <
subscriber+deb...@markshroyer.com >wrote:
>
> It *would* be safer to use neither su nor sudo, and only have root log
> in on a separate, secure console, thereby eliminating the possibility of
> password sniffing from a compromised regular account. H
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:56:18AM -0700, Thorny wrote:
> You've just advised an obvious newbie (stated in post) on how to make his
> system insecure. Giving ALL=(All) ALL rights to a normal user is pretty
> much the same as running as root and is not recommended on a Debian
> system. It is what wa
On Fri, 22 May 2009 06:14:59 -0400, George posted:
> You have to install the sudo package to be able to use sudo.
>
>
>
> If you want to install sudo you will first need to open a terminal and
> type:
>
> $ su
>
> $
>
> # aptitude update <- let it do it’s thing and it will tell you if there
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 08:45:03AM -0400, Bob Parnes wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:24:49AM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote:
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:14:59AM -0400, George wrote:
> > > You have to install the sudo package to be able to use sudo.
>
-Original Message-
From: Daryl Styrk [mailto:darylst...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:25 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: new to list, new to debian, new to linux
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:14:59AM -0400, George wrote:
> You have to install the sudo package to be able to use sudo.
>
>
> # vim /etc/sudoers < now you can edit the sudoers file and add your username.
> The new line will look just like the line
orge Randall
From: dwain [mailto:dwain.alf...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 4:03 AM
To: debian
Subject: new to list, new to debian, new to linux
hello all. i just installed debian tonight next to win xp. they seem to play
well together. i was trying to setup the bug report and
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 03:03:23AM -0500, dwain wrote:
> hello all. i just installed debian tonight next to win xp. they seem to
> play well together. i was trying to setup the bug report and found that i
> can't sudo into root. i can get into the
hello all. i just installed debian tonight next to win xp. they seem to
play well together. i was trying to setup the bug report and found that i
can't sudo into root. i can get into the synaptic package manager with the
root password and this has me a bit confused why i can't login as root in
Frank Lanitz escreveu:
> I was referring to the confidential stuff ;)
>
But you quoted Eugene's comment ont it, which made your message somewhat
ambiguous as to what you were refering to.
--
Eduardo M Kalinowski
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On Monday 05 January 2009, Martin, Larry D wrote:
> I have downloaded the Debian 40r5 for S390 and have it on CD.
>
>
>
> When I load the CD into the HMC (zSeries z9BC) and try to do the "Load
> from CD/DVD" operation I get:
>
> ""An error has occurred while trying to obtain a list of the software
On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:41:57 +0200
"Eugene V. Lyubimkin" wrote:
> Frank Lanitz wrote:
> > On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:03:17 +0200
> > "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" wrote:
> >
> >> Martin, Larry D wrote:
> >>> This E-mail and any of its attachments []
> >> This is off-topic, but any info on Debian public lis
On 01/05/09 08:20, Martin, Larry D wrote:
I have downloaded the Debian 40r5 for S390 and have it on CD.
When I load the CD into the HMC (zSeries z9BC) and try to do the “Load
from CD/DVD” operation I get:
“"An error has occurred while trying to obtain a list of the software
that can be lo
Frank Lanitz wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:03:17 +0200
> "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" wrote:
>
>> Martin, Larry D wrote:
>>> This E-mail and any of its attachments []
>> This is off-topic, but any info on Debian public lists is publicly
>> archived and therefore the noted message has no sense.
>
> No
On Monday 05 January 2009 14:20:16 Martin, Larry D wrote:
> I have downloaded the Debian 40r5 for S390 and have it on CD.
>
>
>
> When I load the CD into the HMC (zSeries z9BC) and try to do the "Load
> from CD/DVD" operation I get:
>
> ""An error has occurred while trying to obtain a list of the s
On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:03:17 +0200
"Eugene V. Lyubimkin" wrote:
> Martin, Larry D wrote:
> > This E-mail and any of its attachments []
> This is off-topic, but any info on Debian public lists is publicly
> archived and therefore the noted message has no sense.
Notes like this doesn't make sense
Martin, Larry D wrote:
> This E-mail and any of its attachments []
This is off-topic, but any info on Debian public lists is publicly archived
and therefore the noted message has no sense.
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Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com
Ukrainian C++ Developer, Debian Maint
I have downloaded the Debian 40r5 for S390 and have it on CD.
When I load the CD into the HMC (zSeries z9BC) and try to do the "Load
from CD/DVD" operation I get:
""An error has occurred while trying to obtain a list of the software
that can be loaded."
I am not sure if this is an HMC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I took a look through, I used the first link in the email I was given
(http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html) and under the
heading, "Stock or Custom Kernel?" I ran the following in a terminal:
apt-cache policy kernel-image-$(uname -r)
and I was give
On Saturday, 04.03.2006 at 16:51 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> Dave Ewart wrote:
> >As I understand it: nVidia claim that they would *like* to
> >open-source their drivers, but that parts of the driver code include
> >code (and other patented/copyrighted stuff??) from third parties,
> >such
I took a look through, I used the first link in the email I was given
(http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html) and under the
heading, "Stock or Custom Kernel?" I ran the following in a terminal:
apt-cache policy kernel-image-$(uname -r)
and I was given the following:
kernel-ima
Dave Ewart wrote:
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
It is very sad that nvidia is not making their drivers open source. I
wonder if they are really gaining anything in the end (with all the
discomfort caused to their end users using Linux).
As I understand it: nVidia claim that they would *l
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
>
> It is very sad that nvidia is not making their drivers open source. I
> wonder if they are really gaining anything in the end (with all the
> discomfort caused to their end users using Linux).
As I understand it: nVidia claim that they would *like* to open-source
th
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello fellow Debian Users!
>
> I'm new to Linux and I heard good things about Debian so I decided to give
> it a try. I've actually been meaning to try it for over a year now, but I
> went ahead and downloaded the net install and got it in
try here good place for nvidia drivers in debian http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/nvidia.htm[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello fellow Debian Users!I'm new to Linux and I heard good things about Debian so I decided to giveit a try. I've actually been meaning to try it for over a year now,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's my problem: I need to get the kernel source to get the NVIDIA
drivers in. I'm using Debian 3.1, the latest.
You can try
http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers?highlight=%28nvidia%29
It is very sad that nvidia is not making their drivers open source. I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello fellow Debian Users!
>
> I'm new to Linux and I heard good things about Debian so I decided to give
> it a try. I've actually been meaning to try it for over a year now, but I
> went ahead and downloaded the net install and got it in
Hello fellow Debian Users!
I'm new to Linux and I heard good things about Debian so I decided to give
it a try. I've actually been meaning to try it for over a year now, but I
went ahead and downloaded the net install and got it installed.
However, my previous Linux encounters were
hello Eduardo,
have a look at the link below its from mark shuttlework foundation "
linux learning " the ubuntu peaple. hope it get you on your gnu/linux way.
http://learnlinux.tsf.org.za/moodle/
peter colton
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