useful gentoo search tool

2004-04-19 Thread Nick Rout
for the gentoo users on the list, a quite neat utility: emerge esearch you probably know that emerge -s keyword takes a long time, and emerge -S keyword even longer. I have just installed esearch, which indexes the portage list to create real fast searches. cool time emerge -S vmware [snip outpu

Re: digital cameras

2004-04-19 Thread Zane Gilmore
(sorry this is late for the thread I've just got back from holiday) I agree Nick. The dividing line, I believe, is whether it's on-topic. A problem with the "OSS ethos" is that people think that any commerce is bad. I believe that people should be encouraged to earn a living from our favourite

Re: Welly InstallFest a go go!

2004-04-19 Thread Zane Gilmore
Nick Rout wrote: speaking of which, apart from the gentoo effort, has anyone organised something in chch?? it keeps slipping back... OK seeing as I am probably able to get some breathing space. What say we go for something around the middle of the year.(June-July) Because this is mid-winter I m

Re: Linux for Kids

2004-04-19 Thread Zane Gilmore
What about this? http://www.linuxforkids.org/ Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Tuesday 13 April 2004 15:16, Vik Olliver wrote: On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 11:55, Michael wrote: Hi, There's been some on-list discussions and questions in the past about Linux apps and desktops for kids. This came throu

Re: This email triggers firewall rule (Was: su not working)

2004-04-19 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 09:36, Yuri de Groot wrote: > This reply will trigger it again :-) Oh, I needed a good laugh this morning. Thanks Yuri! -jim

This email triggers firewall rule (Was: su not working)

2004-04-19 Thread Yuri de Groot
I was checking my IPCOP logs and discovered I may have been hacked. It turns out that IPCOP thought someone may have gotten root access because it saw a packet containing the string "uid=0(root)" in response to "id". I checked the offending IP address and it resolved to pop.clear.net.nz "Damn" I