[LUAU] Linux-Hackers-onMac

2006-04-21 Thread Ronald Willis
Why label intelligent knowledgeable OS capable individuals Hackers, because the mainstream is limited to looking at windows and seeing only their reflection! And the typical fallacy by association: ...However, other experts say that running an open source OS could lead to more security risks

RE: [luau] Be on the lookout for Stolen laptops

2004-03-11 Thread Ronald Willis
Does anyone know if these unfortunate travelers had a beacon installed or if they have record of a mac address? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ho'ala Greevy Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [luau]

RE: [luau] The SCO saga continues...

2004-01-17 Thread Ronald Willis
- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:35:34 -1000 Ronald Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im sure you folks are probably tired of this SCO vs the world cat fight, but what are your views on the future of Linux? What alternatives are there now for the remaining open source code? Are we all

RE: [luau] Warren quoted internetnews...

2004-01-16 Thread Ronald Willis
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3300161 Another option, is a subset of the Fedora Project, called the Fedora Legacy Project. This project aims to offer community-based support for 'dead' versions of Red Hat Linux. However, some members say more volunteers are needed to support

RE: [luau] The SCO saga continues...

2004-01-16 Thread Ronald Willis
Im sure you folks are probably tired of this SCO vs the world cat fight, but what are your views on the future of Linux? What alternatives are there now for the remaining open source code? Are we all destined to become politicians with promises of open source freedom, without an honest indication

RE: [luau] Routing table problems...

2004-01-05 Thread Ronald Willis
Sorry I didnt catch the beginning of this thread, hope the following hasnt been recommended... When ever I build a multihome box I learned from the ISA card days to run the diagnostic software to confirm whether the card even works for starters, and run the diagnostics test on each card. The io

RE: [luau] Two computers working as one

2003-10-30 Thread Ronald Willis
Hey Matt, Linux does distributed computing very easily. Imagine a classroom of computer sitting idle all night long. Or complete coporation of PC's doing nothing for at least 8 hours a day. Now imagine using all of those idle BogoMips to function as a rendering farm, or to crunch numbers like

[luau] Steve Ballmer Bashes OS

2003-10-27 Thread Ronald Willis
Ballmer Trashes Open Source ENTMag just came out with an article, very timely indeed, just after last week 50% of you said you trust open source software. Perhaps MS CEO Steve Ballmer read the article in W2Knews, but he effectively closed the door on any MS involvement in open source initiatives,

RE: [luau] I need help

2003-09-13 Thread Ronald Willis
Old-timer ask: Have you considered using Samba? It is by far the best way to share with Windows. Lots of documentation and awesome gui tools to help newfolks. Also quite rewarding to integrate that first box on someones network. Rn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [luau] Linux and Munich, Germany government

2003-05-29 Thread Ronald Willis
This makes three days in a row M$ makes the news. 1. They now offer free support and training for subscribers. 2. And today Win XP reportedly crashed 600,000 desktops. Did you say in 60 seconds? Excuse the humor on the previous sentance. The above articles where published in the Advertiser on Tue

RE: [luau] Linux and Munich, Germany government

2003-05-29 Thread Ronald Willis
-Original Message- From: Ronald Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [luau] Linux and Munich, Germany government 2. And today Win XP reportedly crashed 600,000 desktops. ___ LUAU

Re: [luau] Beheading Servers

2003-04-23 Thread Ronald Willis
SSH. On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 Michael_Bishop/FARRINCS/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have multiple servers that I am setting up and I was wondering what is the best way to run them headless? I'd want to remotely run X and be able to use the interactive tools, but I want to conserve resources by not

Re: [luau] Eric S. Raymond On ThinkTech Hawaii Radio!

2003-03-18 Thread Ronald Willis
I have sat with him for a four hour conversation when he was here long ago. When provided with an agenda he will provide an impressive and passionate presentation, but given an open forum without structure you will discover the person...but libertarian, doesnt sound like the Eric I met, he like

Re: [luau] Re: Dell Server for $466 before $100 mail in rebate

2003-03-12 Thread Ronald Willis
have different sales combos and the flexibility to negotiate at will via a telephone consult. On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11 Mar 2003 at 15:46, Ronald Willis wrote: Ask about the processor...celeron or pent. Ask about the motherboard buss speed, will you truely

Re: [luau] Injury

2002-12-16 Thread Ronald Willis
Keep the faith... Im recovering from a lumbar back injury (week 4) and wasnt able to sit in a chair for almost 2 weeks. Youll be on your feet in no time. Time to learn to code or setup one of those complex Linux projects that you have been putting off for a rainy day. Try ntop, very

Re: [luau] Shameless promotion of company + Brief mention of LUAU

2002-12-12 Thread Ronald Willis
Virtual pat-on-the-back Ho'ala. Ron On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Ho'ala Greevy wrote: Aloha, This column was published in today's edition of the Honolulu Star Bulletin. Computer savings for design-build company by Erika Engle

Re: [luau] Wal-Mart Linux

2002-12-07 Thread Ronald Willis
Look up Tiger Direct, they have it listed in their Nov mailer. Or give them a call. List was $200 (read the fine print) and conditions of course. Let us know how the product performs when you get it. Merry Xmas On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, kilauea wrote: I tried to order one on line yesterday but

Re: [luau] Hoala if you are around please contact me.

2002-12-03 Thread Ronald Willis
Hope to see you there...what day are you going? Ron On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Ho'ala Greevy wrote: heh, Flexnet moved over to PacificLight Net last week weds, caused an outage for several hours. Things back to normal now. anyone going to the ITEC? -ho'ala Matt Darnell said: Aloha Hoala,

Re: [luau] non-profit incorporation status

2002-11-05 Thread Ronald Willis
Hello Dusty, If this is still an urgent issue and you still have the monitors (sorry I havent followed the thread), I have three non-profits that can provide a tax write off for them in short order. Ronald Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Dustin Cross wrote: Aloha, How far

Re: [luau] solicit

2002-10-22 Thread Ronald Willis
set it up. Ronald Willis wrote I have worked in several different business environments where the proprietary software was the only limitation to a productive network of computers. . . . . Some examples of how few *Bogomips can preserve your sanity! Centralized user authentication

Re: [luau] solicit

2002-10-21 Thread Ronald Willis
stand and serve, as the WinBoxes fall victim to failure by design...oops, did I say that? For them (maybe not yours) it saved the loss of data by 90 percent. Do your best. Ronald Willis *Bogomips - sarcastic humor http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/BogoMips-2.html#ss2.1 I understand using Linux

Re: [luau] OpenSourceAdvocates

2002-10-09 Thread Ronald Willis
Thanks you JC, On 7 Oct 2002, Warren Togami wrote: Open-source software advocates will unfurl a legislative proposal next week to prohibit the state of California from buying software from Microsoft or any other company that doesn't open its source code and licensing policies.

Re: [luau] Please Help

2002-07-18 Thread Ronald Willis
I have been far to busy to make it to the meetings in recent history and I work during the majority of the hours that are scheduled for the installfest and etc. But can, and want to help. Is it possible someone can post a detailed list of what is needed and or a contact number of someone other

Re: [luau] HCC linux course

2002-07-03 Thread Ronald Willis
Yes he has been teaching that course for a while now...kudos too! On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Warren Togami wrote: Is that Ho'ala Greevy teaching that course? Ho'ala? - Original Message - From: T. David Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 3:41 PM

Re: [luau] Filter the Web with SquidGuard

2002-06-28 Thread Ronald Willis
The need for censorship is a reflection of the health of our civilization! Have we learned nothing from the past 1000 years? I was teaching a class of girls in the spring and gave them their own boxed version of SUSE. At that time a couple of them went looking for their web page www.suse.org...

Re: [luau] Outlook 2000 replacement

2002-06-04 Thread Ronald Willis
Has anyone used or heard of a replacement for Outlook 2000? I have looked briefly at Souceforge of course, but to my suprise there are quite a bit of apps now. My associates are on their way from depending on M$ and Linux is the only way they can maintain a productive working environment

Re: [luau] WWW 2002 Convention

2002-05-01 Thread Ronald Willis
Count me in Charles. On Wed, 1 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux-Geeks, I will be a staff volunteer at the WWW 2002 Conference on May 7-11 at the Sheraton Waikiki. Next week on Monday will be the staff orientation. My question to LUAU is: Should I try to get a few passes to