Fwd: Re: Tablet recommendations?

2012-03-22 Thread Bob King
I also opted for a Transformer... I tend to use it docked to the keboard as a netbook but undock it and use it as a tablet if I am just watching media or reading something in bed or on the couch. Unlike the iPad, the transformer has a microSD and microHDMI out on the tablet. Dock adds two

HP releases AdvFS under GPL-2

2008-06-23 Thread Bob King
Full Disclosure: I work for HP, but not in any marketing capacity. I am frankly just curious what folks on the list think about AdvFS as an option for Linux. Just saw this on CNet: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9974882-7.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1001_3-0-5, although there is not that

Fwd: Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge -- InformationWeek

2008-05-15 Thread Bob King
According to the Information Week article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207603339 One of the more interesting bits was that the attacks are shifting to a more distributed model to avoid detection by IDS/IPS systems, using botnets. Many distros

Re: low power linux PC?

2008-04-07 Thread Bob King
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect the hard drives will be pushing things. Figure 15 watts per disk. Startup watts for the laptop drive I used in my new router was 4.5 watts. You pay more for a laptop drive, but the power usage is certainly

Re: Lower power portable Linux

2008-02-22 Thread Bob King
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Fwd: Fix for vmsplice exploit...

2008-02-13 Thread Bob King
On Feb 13, 2008 1:04 PM, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw the patch come in over the Red Hat Network for a couple of Red Hat systems we have subscriptions for, too. Nice to see such quick response time! Fedora also. I also saw a fix for Mandriva announced as well. Nice to see the

Re: Eee PC hands on?

2007-12-20 Thread Bob King
On Dec 19, 2007 8:07 PM, Brian Karas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been wanting a Nokia n810 for a while, but all this talk of the Eee got me more interested. So, I stopped by Micro Center at lunch today to pickup a 4GB eee. Seems pretty cool so far, can't wait to void the warranty on

BT Drones (was: Eee PC hands on?)

2007-12-20 Thread Bob King
On Dec 19, 2007 10:12 PM, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The BT earpiece droids do it because they think it's cool to show off that they have a phone that costs way too much, and has more features than they can possibly ever figure out how to use. I don't know about that... I just

Re: BT Drones (was: Eee PC hands on?)

2007-12-20 Thread Bob King
On 12/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note: You could have all that coolness...build the device entirely yourself with available hardware and open-source software...*BUT ONLY IF* building your own cellular radio wasn't illegal. It would be nice if there were more unlocked

Re: Phone Hands free

2007-12-20 Thread Bob King
BT would mean I don't have that pesky wire hanging around. I could see BT headphones being useful instead of wired when I'm doing yardwork, mountain biking and motorcycling. The pair I have works a fair distance away, and has audio pick-ups so you can use it to answer the phone if you want.

Stumbling block on road to going Linux-only, the dvdrw is very odd.

2007-11-19 Thread Bob King
Hey all, Having been (as most on this list) fed up with MS for a long time, I am finally getting off my butt and trying to switch to a Linux desktop full time. I have been listening to the distro conversations here as well as reviews in other places and had settled on Mandriva as a decent distro

Re: Stumbling block on road to going Linux-only, the dvdrw is very odd.

2007-11-19 Thread Bob King
On Nov 19, 2007 11:59 AM, Neil Joseph Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One troubleshooting mechanism I'd give a shot... Have you tried booting up with a Knoppix or Ubuntu or some other liveCD distro? At least then, you can boot up and see if your DVD drive works there and identify to start

Re: Stumbling block on road to going Linux-only, the dvdrw is very odd.

2007-11-19 Thread Bob King
On Nov 19, 2007 2:57 PM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not a Mandriva expert, but my guess is you're probably seeing the new ATA subsystem in Fedora 7 and the old one in Mandriva 2008 (hence the /dev/hd* designation). Fedora was using the sg* driver to treat the cdrom as a scsi

Re: [OT] Verizon/FairPoint sale (was: Comcast!?!?)

2007-11-15 Thread Bob King
On Nov 13, 2007 2:17 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 12, 2007 7:41 PM, Jim Eden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am an IBEW employed tech in NH. By the way, Sir, I wanted to thank you for taking the time, and having the courage, to voice your opinion and POV on this, in what was

Re: [OT] Verizon/FairPoint sale (was: Comcast!?!?)

2007-11-15 Thread Bob King
On Nov 15, 2007 3:17 PM, Star [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wireless is not nearly as all-encompassing as we think... I live in Nashua and yeah, great coverage... I head out to my buddies house in Allenstown and on my Verizon phone can't seem to find signal and eventually kills itself looking...

Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

2007-04-25 Thread Bob King
During the Xen discussion at MerriLUG, it was mentioned that the Xen implementation on FC6 required PAE on the cpu. I knew that my two Linux boxen at home did not support VTX, so I checked the processors for the PAE flag. My Xeon system had PAE and also supported hyperthreading, which was hardly

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

2007-04-25 Thread Bob King
On 4/25/07, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The differences between Dualcore and Hyperthreading are debatable. Is it possible that whatever reported the HT bit simply did so because the capabilities from a software perspective are so simular? After rereading, I anted to clarify.

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

2007-04-25 Thread Bob King
On 4/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That article also says the D 805 looks like a great overclocker, the biggest reason I prefer my Core2Duo is power consumption, but with the 805 in hand I might look for a good overclocking mobo to take full advantage of it, if that's your

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

2007-04-25 Thread Bob King
On 4/25/07, Shawn K. O'Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ht in 'flags' field of /proc/cpuinfo indicate that the processor supports the Machine Specific Registers to report back HT or multi-core capability. Additional fields (listed down below) in the CPU records of /proc/cpuinfo will give more

Re: Pentium 805D has an interesting surprise

2007-04-25 Thread Bob King
On 4/25/07, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right, 'ht' just reports whether the CPU knows it has hyperthreading or knows it doesn't have hyperthreading. This tripped me up for a good hour once! I have a 2.5GHz P4 here without hyperthreading, but it knows that it doesn't: $cat

Re: Cheap USB Analog Tuner

2007-04-20 Thread Bob King
On 4/20/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess a bunch of tax dollars are going to be allocated for buying external digital tuners for people, so those of us with more modern hardware will be subsidizing the Luddites. Very generous of us. :) And so typical of our generosity ;)

Re: [GNHLUG] MerriLUG/Nashua - 19 Apr - Machine virtualization on Linux (Xen)

2007-04-19 Thread Bob King
I will be there, and will be bringing a guest. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

2007-03-26 Thread Bob King
On 3/26/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not just do a one-time batch tivodecode of the .tivo files to .mpeg files? That's what I did. Anyone recommend a good mpeg editor once you have them converted so I can take out the $#^%# commercials?

Re: [GNHLUG] MerriLUG Nashua, Thurs 15 Feb, Linux Saves Windows Server - Bill Gates Delighted!

2007-02-15 Thread Bob King
I should be there tonight, hopefully around 5:30 or so. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: GNHLUG Nashua, Thur 20 July, SELinux for Dummies

2006-07-20 Thread Bob King
I will be there Bob King On 7/19/06, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who : Daniel J Walsh, Lead SELinux Engineer, RedhatWhat : SELinux for DummiesWhere: Martha's Exchange Day : Thur 20 July (*Tomorrow*)Time : 6:00 PM for grub, 7:30 PM for workshop:: OverviewDan starts with an overview