RE: Xandros

2003-01-14 Thread cha93
I don't think Xandros is D/L able you have to buy it I think they've got some commercial software no GPL in it and therefore don't offer downloads. yep here we are from there EULA for Xandros desktop. The user may not distribute copies of the Software Product to third parties. The user may not

RE: ADSL - Jetstart - ISPs

2002-12-08 Thread cha93
www.maxnet.co.nz $32 + Telecom fee. No Data or Bandwidth cap. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >I have been advised by Actrix that from the 1/1/2003 their charge for >JetStart will go up to over $140.00 per month!! Seems that they do >not want me as a user. > >I seems to

RE: Knoppix NZ mirror

2002-12-08 Thread cha93
ftp://jetstreamgames.co.nz if you have JetStart/JetStream use the gaming realm login to download it for a full speed free dl. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >Hello, > >I cant seem to find a NZ mirror for knoppix. Do you guys know a mirror close to us? > >Justin C Harland

RE: Bandwidth [OT] (Was: Distributions)

2002-12-03 Thread cha93
Yes I use Mandrake 9.0 and 8.2 before that I've had very few problems with it it's faster than most other rpm dists having been compiled for pentium or better machines (unlike RH's 386 target). It's drake tools are very usefull and easy to use.Gnome2 and Kde 3.0.3 Both work prefectly along with

Openoffice.org problems.

2002-11-28 Thread cha93
2 Openoffice problems. First and this has been happening since soon after I installed Mandrake 9.0 ,It worked prefectly the frst few times, is that when ever the program is loaded it loads up so you see the doc and every thing then simply dies before you can do any thing. If it's loaded again w

RE: MSN Messenger for Linux

2002-11-27 Thread cha93
amsn it's nearly identical to real thing works well on my linux machine infact it works better through the firewall and proxy server than the real thing does! http://amsn.sourceforge.net/ Gaim also supports MSN but desn't work as well and the interface is alot different. >= Original Messag

RE: Date and Time

2002-11-20 Thread cha93
>In debian it'd be tzconfig as root. in Mandrake tzselect as root > >On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 10:07, Kevin Linux account wrote: >> Ever since I set my computer up with Windows and Linux on my machine I have had trouble with the time and date being wrong. in one instance I had to go into cmos and s

New Freetype 2.1.3

2002-11-19 Thread cha93
A new freetype lib is out apparently improves the quality of the font rendering abit and adds device specific settings (eg LCD, Monotone) also the autohinters now been improved and they're suggesting trying it with out enabling the bytecode interperator. announcement. http://www.freetype.org/pip

RE: X

2002-11-19 Thread cha93
ctrl alt F1 to command line ctrl alt F7 from GUI. (might be F6 or some thing else.) >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >Dear group, > >Another query > >The machine at home was set to run in graphics mode (RH7.3 + Gnome) > >Stupid question, but how can I log out of Gnome, getting

RE: WINE

2002-11-19 Thread cha93
What method did you use to install wine? If you compiled from source useing the wine-install script it should have set up a fake reg for you. If you didn't I'd suggest you find and download the tool winesetuptk a wizard that will set up the files needed for wine and allow you to configure it m

gtk themes?

2002-11-19 Thread cha93
Any one know of a guide or HOWTO to creating gtk2 themes? C Harland - "Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath to spit in Sightblinders's eye on the Last D

RE: Ease Of Install

2002-11-18 Thread cha93
Mandrake 9 is dead easy to install. It also has a much better and easier to use partitioning program (diskdrake) than Red hat 8 (which I'm not even sure has one). Will also read WinXP partitions (ntfs). Heres a quick summary of the 4-5 easiest to use linux dists. http://www.extremetech.com/articl

RE: download RH

2002-11-13 Thread cha93
It would appear they've removed it. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >Can someone point me to where RedHat resides on ftp.jetstreamgames.co.nz >Do they have Mandrake as well? > >Shaun > >> If you have full speed jetstream changing to the >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] will also mean that

RE: rpm --rebuild

2002-11-12 Thread cha93
Newer versions of RPM use the command rpmbuild. rpm is know only used for install or uninstall. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >Hi all > >I am having trouble with the above command. > >I have installed ELX linunx (kernel is 2.4.17-elx) that Paul (e-cafe) >downloaded for me.

RE: download RH

2002-11-12 Thread cha93
If you have full speed jetstream changing to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] will also mean that the download from ftp://ftp.jetstreamgames.co.nz will not count against your data usage. No charge! >Make sure you change your adsl modem before downloading, so that your username >becomes: >[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: uname

2002-11-12 Thread cha93
Might as well join in ;-) Linux Falcdragon.HOME 2.4.19-16mdk #1 Fri Sep 20 18:15:05 CEST 2002 i586 unknown unknown GNU/Linux Default mandrake linux 9.0 kernel. Have often considered compiling my self but never can be bothered. Will do when 2.6 or 3 what ever they end up calling it comes out un

RE: Mandrake on jetstream games

2002-11-08 Thread cha93
No mandrake 9 isn't on there (atleast as of last week when i last looked.) If you want a resonably fast local server for linux related stuff (has mandrake 9 gento lots of other stuff) http://debian.attica.net.nz/ or ftp://debian.attica.net.nz/ >= try Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: Xwindows Sound problem

2002-11-08 Thread cha93
With xmms if you runing in Gnome or Eligthenment you need to use the eSound out put plugin. In KDE the Arts one you can some times use the AlSA one however no other application will beable to make a sound and can cause crasses or hangs.And the OSS plugin should work in most environments but also

RE: Partitioning

2002-11-06 Thread cha93
http://www.xandros.org/ >From there features page http://www.xandros.org/features.html Top Ten Reasons to use Xandros Desktop 1. Easy 5 step graphical installation program includes resizing NTFS partitions. If you wan a quick review of it http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,651053,00.as

RE: Partitioning

2002-11-06 Thread cha93
Apparently Xandros linux supports NTFS Partion resizing. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > >[...] > >> Ok. I need a simple solution that preserves XP, and has the least room >> for error. > >Maybe take a look at http://rfhs8012.f

RE: Font anti-aliasing - I give up

2002-11-06 Thread cha93
>= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >>um - its generally not acceptable to send binary attachments to the >>list. Its much better to put your attachment on a http or ftp server and >>post a link. I know that not everyone has access to a ftp or web server, >>but often someone wi

RE: Font anti-aliasing - I give up

2002-11-06 Thread cha93
en someone will host it ofr you (and most isp's give some web >space to their users) Ok sorry then will keep that in mind next time. >Nice looking fonts though :-) > > >On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:58:48 +1300 >cha93 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Go to http://so

RE: Font anti-aliasing - I give up

2002-11-06 Thread cha93
asks for. They should have installed by default though. >Hello, > >Thanks for this, but you are talking to a linux newbie here. Compiling >what library??? > >On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 18:52, cha93 wrote: >> Or more likely if you using RD* you will want todo this. >> Download an

RE: Font anti-aliasing - I give up

2002-11-04 Thread cha93
This will improve the fonts system wide. I'm using Mandrake and the improvement in Mozilla and OO.org was dramatic. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >Or more likely if you using RD* you will want todo this. >Download and compile the latest version freetype but first make this c

RE: Font anti-aliasing - I give up

2002-11-04 Thread cha93
Or more likely if you using RD* you will want todo this. Download and compile the latest version freetype but first make this change. - open the file "include/freetype/config/ftoption.h" - locate a line that says: #undef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER - change it

RE: OSX for i386

2002-10-28 Thread cha93
>= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >>> Rumour has it that there *i*s a variant of OS X for i386 machines > >There was a sourceforge "project" to port OSX to x86 but it came to nothing. If >Apple did release OSX for the PC they would lose most of thier revenue, which is >mainly e

CFLAGS and gcc.

2002-10-26 Thread cha93
I'm doing a bit of compiling now and then and want to optimize the code for my k6-2. I'm using Mdk 9.0 with gcc 3.2 and want to use the -march=k6-2 flag for gcc. I'd like this to be added automatically when I start the computer to CFLAGS what sort of command (CFLAGS="$CLAGS -march=k6-2" ?) woul