[OCLUG-Tech] Reminder: LITW

2011-07-11 Thread Mike Kenzie
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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what are the "five myths about open source"?

2011-06-28 Thread Mike Kenzie
On Tuesday 28 June 2011 08:25:06 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most > pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion, > what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their > brutal and savage debunking. t

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Seeing ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions from 'doze ...

2011-05-18 Thread Mike Kenzie
On Wednesday 18 May 2011 12:18:23 pulmud muppe wrote: > As with many, at work I have to use 'doze. > > (... though I do have a dual boot second machine (linux/xp) which I > can often run with linux ...) > > I have occasionally tried to locate an add-on (or whatever one calls > such in the m$ real

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the "uname" variation that shows a 32-bit install on 64-bit system?

2011-05-06 Thread Mike Kenzie
On Friday 06 May 2011 14:53:32 Rick wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 18:24, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >> Not quite what you intended, but how about: > >>file $(which uname) > > > > I often do exactly this with '/bin/ls' to tes

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG project: wicked cool openwrt router?

2011-04-20 Thread Mike Kenzie
On Saturday 16 April 2011 09:33:13 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > a while back, i suggested on the KWLUG list that, as a group, we > pick communal projects and work on them as a collective so that > everyone got the benefit. and one of the projects i suggested was > selecting a state-of-the art, open

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG project: wicked cool openwrt router?

2011-04-20 Thread Mike Kenzie
On Saturday 16 April 2011 09:33:13 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > a while back, i suggested on the KWLUG list that, as a group, we > pick communal projects and work on them as a collective so that > everyone got the benefit. and one of the projects i suggested was > selecting a state-of-the art, open