[luau] Red Hat vs. Mandrake vs. SuS

2002-07-17 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
As I mentioned previously, Mandrake is having serious problems raising its desperately needed capital. I am sure many in the so-called Linux community applaud(ed) Mandrake's decision to boycott UnitedLinux. But this decision seems to, at least perceptionally, have the effect of marginalizing the

[luau] Dell, Red Hat To Run CBS's SportsLine Web Site

2002-07-17 Thread John Christian
Dell, Red Hat To Run CBS's SportsLine Web Site CBS SportsLine will host its site on Dell PowerEdge servers running Red Hat Linux as part of a three-year agreement that includes $1 million in the first year for Dell hardware. http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0%2C4902%2C72763%2C0.html?nlid=WS

[luau] Fwd: Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc.

2002-07-17 Thread Dustin Cross
If anyone is looking for a good tech job in this not so good economy, you might want to look into this booming technology sector! The Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc. Colombian cartels have spent billions of dollars to build one

Re: [luau] Fwd: Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc.

2002-07-17 Thread Yuser
> The Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc. > Colombian cartels have spent billions of dollars to build one of the > world's most sophisticated IT infrastructures. It's helping them smuggle > more dope than ever before. I wonder if they are hiring IT folks. Probably not much more risk then working a

Re: [luau] SparcStation IPX

2002-07-17 Thread al plant
I think you are confused about FreeBSD it is the newest stable version of the OS used by many thousand ISP's world wide and is constantly upgraded. It is also the basis of the new Mac O/S. Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small

Re: [luau] SparcStation IPX

2002-07-17 Thread Eric Hattemer
Well, if you ever do get another hard drive, the only OS I could find instructions on installing with no CD and no floppy was OpenBSD, I believe. It crashed like mad, but I think there's something wrong with my sun hardware. But if you don't have a floppy and need any help loading something onto t

Re: [luau] SparcStation IPX

2002-07-17 Thread MonMotha
Eric Hattemer wrote: Well, if you ever do get another hard drive, the only OS I could find instructions on installing with no CD and no floppy was OpenBSD, I believe. It crashed like mad, but I think there's something wrong with my sun hardware. But if you don't have a floppy and need any help

Re: [luau] Fwd: Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc.

2002-07-17 Thread Ronnie T Livingston
thanks for article, very interesting reading. Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. -Henry David Thoreau On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Dustin Cross wrote: > If anyone is looking for a good tech job in this not so good economy, you > might want to look into

Re: [luau] SparcStation IPX

2002-07-17 Thread Ben Beeson
To all, I can't resist this one. I have a Sparc 20 that could use a new OS. I would ultimatley like to use it as a smart terminal on my home LAN. Only problem is I don't have a floppy drive or a CDROM for it. Short of visiting Hawaii Computer Recycling, does anyone have any ideas on

Re: [luau] SparcStation IPX

2002-07-17 Thread MonMotha
If you get really creative, you can take the HDD out of it, put it in another comp, and install the OS to it. You'll need an OS that will let you install for a different arch than you're on (unless you have another sparc that is), but it's quite possible. I've done it before (by hand using a

Re: [luau] SparcStation IPX

2002-07-17 Thread Ben Beeson
Thanks, Ben On Wednesday 17 July 2002 05:02 pm, you wrote: > If you get really creative, you can take the HDD out of it, put it in > another comp, and install the OS to it. You'll need an OS that will let > you install for a different arch than you're on (unless you have another > sparc that i

Re: [luau] SparcStation IPX

2002-07-17 Thread Dustin Cross
Just about any old scsi cd-rom will work in there. Just open the case, plug in the cdrom to one of the scsi ribbon cables boot cdrom, do your install, remove teh cd-rom, close teh case and your done. or you could simple dd one of the boot.net floppies to your swap partition and boot off that part

Re: [luau] SparcStation IPX

2002-07-17 Thread Dan George
MON 4:30am Im at work so I hope Im not still hitting the keys at that time because that means Id be unemployed. But its the 20 years working on all these different OS's and hardware that have kept me going. I just want to get my RHCE one way or the other. I just hope 8.0 (RH) do

Re: [luau] Sharp Zaurus sl5000d

2002-07-17 Thread Dan George
Id like to get my hands on the software for my Jornado 568 64meg also has ARM 206 added 128 compact flash but has Pocket PC. $275 with USB and adapter isnt a bad price. Some PDAs like the Sony Clie have a flimsy USB cradle and adapter. Jornado is the beefiest PDA next to the Compaq 64meg IPAQ.

Re: [luau] Fwd: Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc.

2002-07-17 Thread Dean Fujioka
Dustin Cross wrote: If anyone is looking for a good tech job in this not so good economy, you might want to look into this booming technology sector! especially with perks like this... night-vision goggles, ICOM radio frequency scanners, and Magellan GPS handhelds. but it makes you w

Re: [luau] Sharp Zaurus sl5000d

2002-07-17 Thread MonMotha
Dan George wrote: Id like to get my hands on the software for my Jornado 568 64meg also has ARM 206 added 128 compact flash but has Pocket PC. $275 with USB and adapter isnt a bad price. Some PDAs like the Sony Clie have a flimsy USB cradle and adapter. Jornado is the beefiest PDA next to t

Re: [luau] Sharp Zaurus sl5000d

2002-07-17 Thread Dan George
On Wednesday 17 July 2002 20:53, you wrote: > Dan George wrote: > > Id like to get my hands on the software for my Jornado 568 64meg > > also has ARM 206 added 128 compact flash but has Pocket PC. > > > > $275 with USB and adapter isnt a bad price. Some PDAs like the Sony > > Clie have a flimsy

Re: [luau] Sharp Zaurus sl5000d

2002-07-17 Thread MonMotha
Dan George wrote: ... It does have a touchscreen and Linux support for the 568 but HP just doesnt want to support it. I meant to say that the touchscreen is unsupported in Linux. Remember that many of these PDA ports are done on a mostly volunteer basis by the reasearchers (the iPaq stuff i