Dep wrote:
quoth Leon A. Goldstein:
| I ordered a copy this morning. I will only use Textmaker
| occasionally to format HTML documents. After playing a bit with the
| trial download, I do find Textmaker a lot simpler for the non-expert
| to format a HTML document than OO or Staroffice.
that's
with MS, Roger, to hasten the demise of MS!
Some of us remember what happened to DR DOS and Word Perfect after
Novell bought them. It is not auspicious IMHO.
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on someone else's machine).
You can download a free copy of Libranet 2.7 and try it.
No telling if it will run your sound though. Libranet 2.8/2.8.1
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Bob Raymond wrote:
Leon A. Goldstein wrote:
> Bob Raymond wrote inter alia:
>
>>Debian... I'm also willing to try it... but I just have a bad taste in
>>my mouth after the last time I tried it (though that was several years
>>ago- I just hated having to wait for up
do with Libranet Debian.
Recompiling the Libranet kernel is easy - I did it to match the CPU's
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Tony Alfrey wrote:
On Thursday 18 September 2003 04:42 pm, Leon A. Goldstein wrote:
> Dep wrote:
> > i was just moving some stuff around while bringing in stuff from
> > the outside in anticipation of tonight's windstorm, and i happened
> > upon a box containing boxed sets
of unitedlinux and my progeny stuff.
If your trove includes any copies of Corel Linux with WordPerfect
8.1, you might post a note on the Corel WP Linux newsgroup.
Plenty of folks would like to buy a copy.
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version provided with Libranet 2.8 (1.0.10-1) supports them
directly, which is just as well since the latest
Epson backend seems to have problems. NBD since xsane works perfectly,
including turning on the slide backlighting.
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Net Llama wrote inter alia:
Yea, i hear that apt-get thing is really painful time consuming.
Well, if you do a complete KDE upgrade with a dial-up connection it can
be a bit time consuming.
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as if there is no way out but to reformat and re
partition etc.
Sounds like another partition overlay problem (Maxblast, EZDrive,
etc.). I believe these programs interact with the BIOS, so a different
BIOS will mess up how it reads the MBR.
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looking for another laser. The Samsung price is attractive,
although the toner cartridges are pricey
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On 7/31/2003 8:48 AM, someone claiming to be Tom Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 19:59, Leon A. Goldstein wrote:
> [snip]
>>Actually, I could sure go for a Belgian Rodenbach right now, but the
>>North Carolina Booze Bureaucrats have ruled th
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Keith Antoine wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:29 am, Leon A. Goldstein wrote:
> Lots of people wrote too much to quote.
>
> Between reminiscing about eDesk 2.4 and favorite brews, this is becoming
> another eDesk 2.4 wake.
> Not that that is a bad thing. How many other distr
of Fosters
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Tony Alfrey wrote:
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 02:59 pm, Keith Antoine wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 03:20 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 18:20, Leon A. Goldstein wrote:
> > > A group in Australia has filed a complaint with the Australian
> > &g
/2003/07/25/technology/25SOFT.html)
>
And that they don't have data about the other 95% :-D
I know a sure way to keep Windows from crashing - don't multitask.
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oes almost everything I need.
Star Office 6 is reserved only for those pesky Word documents, which it
handles with aplomb.
Libranet is Debian without the "attitude."
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of the new packages (like KDE3.1, etc...)
SOT, formerly Best Linux, used Lizard.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Libranet Debian has
an installer that is "reminiscent" of Lizard, but of course it is not
as graphically sophisticated. The Lizard partition tool IMHO
is still
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(and doesn't break
KDE like RH does)
$0.02 ching
If any one wants a slightly used (i.e. one time) SuSE 8.2 Professional,
let me know.
You can have it for $40 plus whatever it costs to ship it.
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tive.
Your previous posts on the the subject make a convincing argument that
a knowledgeable Linuxist can wring acceptable performance out of one of
the Walmart Lindows boxes.
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Bob Hemus wrote:
Leon A. Goldstein wrote:
> Joel Hammer wrote:
> BTW the latest Consumer Reports has a review of the Walmart Lindows
> boxes. It is not favorable.
> However, Consumer Reports takes an "average user" perspective. Your
> previous posts on the the
ic font manager is crippled
after installing CrossOver Office. It also includes a small
3 " plush Tux toy, vice the inflatable penguin that came with the original.
CrossOver Office informed me that support for WPxx/win is still on the
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A friend just had his Windows 98 roll over. If I can't resurrect
it with a dose of Norton,
I want at least to rescue his files.
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of any Deb package of SO. I remember
that Caldera 2.2/2.3 included SO 5 in RPM, but you still had to go
through the setup rigamarole.
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. (Learned
this from Libranet 1.9.1)
Oh yes, Netscape 7.0 has wheelmouse scrolling without any additional
calisthenics required.
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appreciate it.
http://www.ixsoft.de/software/products/FSPCINSIDE.html
Another possibility: http://www.LinuxMall.com/shop/01726
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-national Linux. I
think it more likely that Mandrake will become a regie before it
disappears.
When French automaker Citroen went under, the French government coerced
Peugeot to buy it, to prevent Italy's FIAT from getting the historic car
builder. Ditto with French Chrysler.
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before sentencing your
old soundblaster to oblivion.
Compared to AC97 sound, my old SB's are loud and clear. I am getting
reports from the Debian
list I frequent of the same.
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-booted HD.
The only thing GRUB is doing is telling the BIOS that the slave is
the master, so boot it from its MBR.
This does not explain why the partitions are duplicated.
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Net Llama! wrote
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Leon A. Goldstein wrote:
> I guess it is MY fault for having the temerity to try running a
> multi-partition DOS HD slaved to a Linux-booted HD.
> The only thing GRUB is doing is telling the BIOS that the slave is the
> master, so boot it
. You can then type
in start options: English (lang=us) wheelmouse, display and some
other options.
With a fast CDROM you'll hardly notice the difference. Viel Spass!
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restored the partitions back to logical.
Since the drive performs normally booting from its own DOS bootloader,
and only goes haywire when booted from GRUB, I'd consider this a
GRUB/Linux issue.
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advantages?
Joel
It's appreciated by those of us who can't type long lines of arcane
commands error-free.
I like XCDRoast. I just burned a 623 MB data back-up CD with a couple
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, and the CD-RW as slave, on the secondary IDE channel.
As pointed out previously, SCSI burners avoid this IDE channel
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with a Plextor 40x burner. Using XCDRoast
alpha10 with Libranet on the same system I burn at 40x - maximum speed
of my Plextor.
I also take care to select blank CD's that are rated for 40x burning.
I've had very good luck with Fuji - haven't made a coaster yet.
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transfers
if command -v hdparm /dev/null 21; then
# hdparm -q [PUT ARGS HERE]
true
fi
# configure QIC-02 interface
# see qic02conf(8)
# qic02conf --card= --port= --dma= --irq=
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I've had that impression since SuSE 6.4.
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pick up a 1650 Photo for about $150 as a
closeout. Just make sure it is a Photo model - there is a model
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there is a Win4Lin how-to posted now on the Libranet Support
Database, just below my WP8 how-to.
Brian Kapturkiewicz wrote:
Hi,
Do you know http://www.distrowatch.com
You'll see Libranet and many others.
Yes, although I suspect some or many of the listed distro's are only
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Linux Journal has just posted my review of Libranet 2.7 Debian on its
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6358mode=threadorder=0
and on this note.. anyone here use libranet
scroll in KDE 3. There is a work-around that
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not have the NS4.7x script, so this dodge won't work with
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' for related stuff and then 'man'
to look in more depth.
Grub-install is a script; I have it in Libranet. Here is what I use for
Caldera:
grep -v ^# /etc/grub.conf | grub --batch
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Keith Antoine asked inter alia:
Also a grub boot floppy, need one of those too
Take a look at the excellent SxS:
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this higher version number.
I don't know what package name I should use, etc.
I am a total newbie to Debian.
Any insight appreciated.
Try adding this to your sources.list file:
http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde/stable/3.0.3/Debian/
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an alternative
choice. Perhaps it may not be the BEST choice, perhaps Lindows will need
some time to improve and grow. Time will tell...
Perhaps the next step is Burger King marketing. You order your Linux
compatible system either with
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realplay8.)
Did the NPR report mention that Lindows is a rather light installation,
and that you have to subscribe (to the tune of $100 or so) to download
productivity apps?
I don't think Lindows will make friends for Linux with its current
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Japanese.
Hell is where the cooks are British, the police are German, the
mechanics are French, the houses are Japanese, and the women are
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the chaff. In other words, unitedlinux (Unux?) aims
to achieve what Debian has had for years.
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Keith Skippy Antoine wrote:
No I don't have any 'old' hd's so thats out g Mind if it will not install on
any new stuff its no good to me anyway.
In my experience WS 3.x has installed flawlessly on all of my
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, yes, Skippy's a *Wizard* ;o)
Gandalf is/was the name of the KDE setup wizard that greeted you
after installing OL 2.x distro's using KDE 1.
I guess he retired too.
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a Big Buck$ distro will work for me rather than against me.
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and installed
it in Libranet 2.0.2. It works fine.
And it recognizes my DVD as a SCSI device.
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installed XCDRoast alpha 10 and the necessary
updated libs.
When I later installed a different app, YAST decided it did not like the
updated
XCDRoast and its libs and reinstalled the old versions.
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their first hilarious attempt
at auto-installation with 6.3. Maybe they'll replace their geecko
with a new logo - Tux wearing a Pickelhaube (spiked helmit.)
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reasonable.
I am using a basically unmodified eDesk 2.4 on one of my boxes. All it
does is word processing and internet/e-mail.
And it does these tasks more efficiently and reliably than other more
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, there
are a few other bugs, but you can get the fixes for them now on the
Libranet tech support knowledge base.
One thing I like about Libranet is that it is very snappy and runs very
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distro without fear of
screwing up your working CLOS distro.
Debian will grow on you, but it will take some time to get the hang of
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release) plus postage you get a
very slick
Debian. There are a few rough edges, but they are manageable.
It boots up faster than any other Linux I have experienced, and
KDE 2.2.2 also starts fast. This is an excellent distribution for an
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