Re: [Eug-lug] Free O'Reilly book

2005-01-28 Thread T. Joseph CARTER
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 04:39:06PM -0800, Alan wrote: > Sarge > >hasn't been released yet, and Debian stable uses a 2.2 kernel still. > > As much as I hate "distribution wars": > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/debian_version > 3.0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache search kernel-image > kernel-im

Re: [Eug-lug] Free O'Reilly book

2005-01-28 Thread Alan
Ben Barrett wrote: It *seems* different, but I'm probably missing your meaning. Differences to me, being among: subscription/binary vs. roll-your-own/compilation, bootloader and module configuration, etc. (Which is why I don't get involved in distribution debates, I'm bad at them. ) By no dif

Re: [Eug-lug] meeting 1-29-5 (tonite)

2005-01-28 Thread Linux Rocks!
On Friday 28 January 2005 05:23 pm, Ben Barrett wrote: : I think you're doing the presentation, Jamie, so you tell us the : details :) since you called it for the 1/29 meeting... BTW, did the : mac mini's make an appearance for the 1/27 mtg last night? Yes, they did. they are pretty cool. I was

Re: [Eug-lug] Free O'Reilly book

2005-01-28 Thread Ben Barrett
(see below) Alan wrote the following on 1/28/2005 4:39 PM: T. Joseph CARTER wrote: Sarge hasn't been released yet, and Debian stable uses a 2.2 kernel still. As much as I hate "distribution wars": [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 3.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache search kernel-image k

Re: [Eug-lug] meeting 1-29-5 (tonite)

2005-01-28 Thread Ben Barrett
I think you're doing the presentation, Jamie, so you tell us the details :) since you called it for the 1/29 meeting... BTW, did the mac mini's make an appearance for the 1/27 mtg last night? Ben Linux Rocks! wrote the following on 1/27/2005 6:38 PM: Saturday? ok, what are the details? J

Re: [Eug-lug] Free O'Reilly book

2005-01-28 Thread Alan
T. Joseph CARTER wrote: Sarge hasn't been released yet, and Debian stable uses a 2.2 kernel still. As much as I hate "distribution wars": [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 3.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache search kernel-image kernel-image-2.2.20 - Linux kernel binary image for version

Re: [Eug-lug] Free O'Reilly book

2005-01-28 Thread T. Joseph CARTER
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 07:09:07AM -0800, John Sechrest wrote: > % I would like to have a look at Knoppix Hacks at some point as I am > % beginning to conclude the only way to get a reasonably sane Linux > % distribution is to do it myself. I still have most of the skills needed > % to do that

Re: [Eug-lug] Favourite WM/Desktop

2005-01-28 Thread Mike Cherba
Dunno, Last I had heard, Apple didn't buy any GUI stuff from Xerox. As far as I'm concerned the only GUI work that wasn't really Derived from the Xerox stuff that Apple popularized was the ArthurOS stuff from Acorn. Of course, Microsoft ripped that off too. But again, I still suggest that ther

Re: [Eug-lug] Favourite WM/Desktop

2005-01-28 Thread Bob Miller
T. Joseph CARTER wrote: > then explain why there are dozens > of window managers out there for X11? Surely they can't all be different > sets of icons and graphics--one window manager could do that. There are four hundred thirty-seven different window managers out there for the exact same reason

Re: [Eug-lug] Favourite WM/Desktop

2005-01-28 Thread T. Joseph CARTER
On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 06:38:57PM -0800, Mike Cherba wrote: > It might be better to state that the original MAC, Like every other GUI > since then was inspired by the work from XEROX PARC. There's been no > real fundamental improvement in interface design since the original > GUIs. Just more bel

Re: [Eug-lug] Favourite WM/Desktop

2005-01-28 Thread T. Joseph CARTER
On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 01:15:10AM -0800, Jacob Meuser wrote: > Joseph, have you ever tried blackbox? [..] > DESCRIPTION >[...] > >Blackbox is similar to the NeXT interface and Windowmaker. Yes. I found it to be not very much like either.

Re: [Eug-lug] my laptop...

2005-01-28 Thread Jeff Newton
Wow - moments ago you posted joyhood, now its megafrenzyhood! What that thing do, FLY!!! :) Good luck on the reward! Jeff Linux Rocks! wrote: Heh! It just came! Sweet, Im so happy to have my computer back! well... time to unpack it... Keeping fingers crossed! Jamie _

Re: [Eug-lug] my laptop...

2005-01-28 Thread Linux Rocks!
Heh! It just came! Sweet, Im so happy to have my computer back! well... time to unpack it... Keeping fingers crossed! Jamie On Friday 28 January 2005 03:34 am, Jeff Newton wrote: : Hehehe, just like a new hot toy under the tree from Santa - Jamie's getting : into a weekend frenzy, again, gang! :

Re: [Eug-lug] my laptop...

2005-01-28 Thread Jeff Newton
Hehehe, just like a new hot toy under the tree from Santa - Jamie's getting into a weekend frenzy, again, gang! :) Jeff Linux Rocks! wrote: hey, I checked, and my laptop shipped yesterday, it should be back in my hot little hands by 3pm. Woo HOO! now I get to spend the weekend wiping out window

[Eug-lug] my laptop...

2005-01-28 Thread Linux Rocks!
hey, I checked, and my laptop shipped yesterday, it should be back in my hot little hands by 3pm. Woo HOO! now I get to spend the weekend wiping out windows and putting linux back on it! Jamie -- "Linux was made by foreign terrorists to take money from true US companies like Microsoft." - Some

Re: [Eug-lug] Free O'Reilly book

2005-01-28 Thread John Sechrest
"T. Joseph CARTER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: % I would like to have a look at Knoppix Hacks at some point as I am % beginning to conclude the only way to get a reasonably sane Linux % distribution is to do it myself. I still have most of the skills needed % to do that, but I no longer hav

Re: [Eug-lug] Free O'Reilly book

2005-01-28 Thread T. Joseph CARTER
On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 01:32:54PM -0800, Rob Hudson wrote: > >"Knoppix Hacks" might be a good one. > > We've got a copy of that in the EUGLUG library. Unfortunately, only > Kbob and I know what books are in the library at this moment. It's no > secret. I had planned on publishing a list on o