Re: [gnhlug] linuxworld

2005-01-17 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
Jonathan Linowes wrote: it's not free, it's not cheap, but it's Linux... Jonathan *LinuxWorld Conference & Expo* - Hynes Convention Center, February 14-17. You can expect: - Keynote presentations by industry thought leaders from Novell, HP, Computer Associates and MySQL. - 10 hours of FREE

Nashua Meeting

2005-02-22 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
I was wondering if we should have a social meeting tomorrow and maybe discuss the future of the group . Don Leslie ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: [work] Re: Nashua Meeting

2005-02-22 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Donald Leslie {74279} wrote: I was wondering if we should have a social meeting tomorrow and maybe discuss the future of the group . Well, I guess I should pipe up, then. I've taken up the mantle of "meeting coordinator," and a dinner get-together

Custom live CD

2005-03-28 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
I need to create a bootable CD for a diskless laptop. Instead of booting intothe desktop it needs to start with a menu of choices . One of these will be the desktop. The others will start an X application a a specified remote machine. I have started looking at KNOPPIX . Remastering is not simple

Re: Custom live CD

2005-03-30 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
Ted Roche wrote: On Mar 28, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Donald Leslie {74279} wrote: I need to create a bootable CD for a diskless laptop. Instead of booting intothe desktop it needs to start with a menu of choices . One of these will be the desktop. Don: I'm not sure what you're looking fo

Re: [gnhlug] The Averatec 6240 Laptop

2005-04-25 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
. Overall, I am pleased with the Averatec 6240. I am waiting with bated breath, though, for a SiS video driver for the 64-bit Linux. In the meantime, I am wondering if it is possible to modify the VESA driver to give me the 1280x800 mode. Any ideas are welcome. -Fred You may want to look at the S

Re: [gnhlug] Re: Nix and Doze co-existance

2005-05-26 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
Bill McGonigle wrote: Are you guys just playing games on Windows? I've been running Windows in a nice safe VMWare jail for about 6 years and haven't looked back. I tried the dual-boot thing for a little while and quickly realized I couldn't run linux while Windows was running that way, so it

Are we meeting tonight ??

2005-07-20 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
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Gerry Weinberg speaking at events on Sep 27.

2005-09-21 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
Gerry Weinberg is speaking twice on Tues Sep. 27. He is giving a keynote at the sdexpo at Hynes convention ceneter. EXPO pass and keynotes are free. Info is at www.sdexpo.com. The following is from the conference web page. This presentation will discuss trends in the market place and how they

html special characters and web forms

2005-10-09 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
I have a web application which allows text to be input into a form. A user went to a web page where the text contained a quote , which was represented in the page source as ’ . When the form data is read the quote becomes \222 . Where do I find how this is being encoded so I can put back the quo

47% off O'Reilly book sale at bookpool.com

2005-11-07 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
www.bookpool.com is running their once per year 47% off sale on all O'Reilly books . I do not know how much longer it runs. Don Leslie ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

How to find rpms for various distros?

2006-01-13 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
I am running Suse and use apt-get for rpm or Yast with the Suse repositories. I was asked for a xdiif/mgdiff for rel4 . I looked at www.rpmfind.net and found rpms for Suse 9.3 and PLD nothing foir RedHat . I then tried www.fedoratracker.org . This is even worse it finds nothing for mgdiff. I

Re: [gnhlug] Re: How to find rpms for various distros?

2006-01-13 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:26, Ben Scott wrote: Once I added the dag repository to my YUM configuration, I find I can usually find any given package by doing "yum install foo" or "yum search foo". I'll second Ben's recommendatiohttp://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?cont

[gnhlug] Re: How to find rpms for various distros?

2006-01-13 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:26, Ben Scott wrote: Once I added the dag repository to my YUM configuration, I find I can usually find any given package by doing "yum install foo" or "yum search foo". I'll second Ben's recommendatiohttp://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?cont

Re: [gnhlug] January MerriLUG meeting [1/19/2006] (Tomorrow!)

2006-01-19 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
I will be there . Don ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: [gnhlug] Re: 32bit compatibility mode with 64bit distros

2006-02-07 Thread Donald Leslie {74279}
For SuSE you may want to look at the discussion thread at http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/ There is a lot of information about software and hardware issues. Don ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.o