Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-16 Thread Mani A
Re: Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness (Kenneth Gonsalves) > and it is not even point and click. (I cannot be dead sure because my > last encounter with the beast was 6.10). But if it *is* point and > click, I would appreciate it if someone showed be where the GUIs for > the following tasks are l

Re: [ilugd] unable to open /etc/fstab

2007-11-16 Thread आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ,--[ On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 07:08:35PM +0530, asheesh varshneya wrote: | I am using fedora core 6 (FC6). | I did *chmod and chown (recursively) on /mnt* thinking that it will give my | user 'asheesh' write permisisons to the /mnt folder | but the icon

[ilugd] unable to open /etc/fstab

2007-11-16 Thread asheesh varshneya
I am using fedora core 6 (FC6). I did *chmod and chown (recursively) on /mnt* thinking that it will give my user 'asheesh' write permisisons to the /mnt folder but the icon of the files in /mnt changed and they became inaccessible. So I umounted all partitions , rebooted , deleted all files in /mnt

Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-16 Thread Kazim Zaidi
On 16/11/2007, Mani A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 8. setting up and managing compiz-fusion > I think this needs a CLI tool. The GUI is formidable Best > > A. Mani An apt-get (or synaptic manager for point-and-click) command does it. Details at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManag

[ilugd] [Fwd: [svlug] penguin juice]

2007-11-16 Thread Raj Shekhar
Original Message Subject: [svlug] penguin juice Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:20:56 -0800 From: Paul Reiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SVLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pretty good strategy; running big bulky distros inside VMs doesn't make a lot of sense. -Paul -

[ilugd] ILUG-D activity in last 7 days

2007-11-16 Thread nkapoor
Fri 16-Nov-2007: ILUG-D activity in last 7 days: = New/recent events: 0 Total events: 70 = New Discussion forum postings: 0 Total postings: 964 ===

Re: [ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Nov-07, at 9:45 PM, Mani A wrote: >> click, I would appreciate it if someone showed be where the GUIs for >> the following tasks are located: >> >> 1. Partitioning the hard disk > use the mouse the install qtparted or gparted. > >> 2. resizing windows partitions > the above suffices > >> 3.

[ilugd] Fwd: Fedora 9 Bug Day-v0.1 :: Monday, November 19, 2007

2007-11-16 Thread Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray
-- Forwarded message -- From: John Poelstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 17 Nov 2007 09:31 Subject: Fedora 9 Bug Day-v0.1 :: Monday, November 19, 2007 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greetings, This is an invitation to all community members to join us for our first "Bug Day" of the Fedora 9 r