Re: contributing to FSF

2005-08-26 Thread _z33
Jeff Woods wrote: "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." -- from the Robert Heinlein novel: The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress Google's "feeling lucky" (i.e. first) result for TANSTAAFL: http://jargon.net/jargonfile/t/TANSTAAFL.html worth putting that phrase on my desktop :) _z33 -- I love T

Re: contributing to FSF

2005-08-26 Thread Jeff Woods
At 8/27/2005 11:23 +0530, _z33 wrote: Pretty enlightening and a motivating one. Thanks a lot! You're welcome. :) TANSTAAFL --- ??? "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." -- from the Robert Heinlein novel: The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress Google's "feeling lucky" (i.e. first) result for

Re: contributing to FSF

2005-08-26 Thread _z33
Jeff Woods wrote: Participate. In a small way you're doing it right here and now. :) Giving back to the community isn't just writing code. It can be by providing support online in forums like this, or in local user groups or other venues in which you find yourself. You might be able to hel

Re: contributing to FSF

2005-08-26 Thread Jeff Woods
At 8/27/2005 10:51 +0530, _z33 wrote: I have been using Linux for the past 2 years. I'm still trying to get my feet wet in many programming languages widely used by the GNU/FSF community. My goal has always been to contribute something to the FSF community as I have gained a lot of help and sup

Re: human readable format?

2005-08-26 Thread Jeff Woods
At 8/27/2005 10:39 +0530, _z33 wrote: When using commands like 'ls', 'du' & 'df', I fnd special switches to the commands that convert the usage details reported by these programs into human readable format. I am still not able to understand why these switches aren't enabled by default? "backw

Re: where do folders reside on partition

2005-08-26 Thread Bryan
rekha vn wrote: how can i know the hard disk partition in which the various folders reside? the "find" command is giving only the path and not the partition on which the folder resides. __ Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Ch