Nice distro, isn't it?:-)
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd like to say a big thanks to whomever it was that recommended PCLinuxOS
2007 (Lt Don?)
I got fed up with trying to sort out my browser probs with Ubuntu and
tried
this one. After a
I'd like to say a big thanks to whomever it was that recommended PCLinuxOS
2007 (Lt Don?)
I got fed up with trying to sort out my browser probs with Ubuntu and tried
this one. After a whopping 7 minute install I was up and running and have
been rock solid ever since!
A...that's better!!
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Linux fans rejoice
Nice distro, isn't it?:-)
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd like to say a big thanks to whomever
that would have been me. i've been recommending it for the last decade
On Feb 15, 2008 7:53 PM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd like to say a big thanks to whomever it was that recommended PCLinuxOS
2007 (Lt Don?)
I got fed up with trying to sort out my browser probs with Ubuntu and
Decade of dog months, that is ---
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
that would have been me. i've been recommending it for the last decade
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On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
that would have been me. i've been recommending it for the last decade
On Feb 15, 2008 7:53 PM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd like to say a big thanks to whomever it was that
On 15/02/2008, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nice distro, isn't it?:-)
It certainly is!! I recommend it highly!
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to be honest, i'm really mostly going with ubuntu because of the quantity of
resources available. if i become proficient or ubuntu fails me, i'll pick
something else.
ubuntu as been going ok for me. basically, if it's not part of the built in
downloads, find a version of the program you want in
That's very true Hursty. I really like the fact that built into the OS is a
software search tool and it's all legit and FREEoh, yeah, and it works!
Jeff Zedic
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most anything you could need, but where i get in trouble is if i'm used to
running a program and it's not on the list, i have to go search for a linux
version in .deb.
it's just silly to pay for any software in this day and age. i remember
paying $2k for an at clone. i remember paying $200 for
Give PC-BSD a try. I was awfully impressed by it last time I tried
it...
Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well I have to say that my UBUNTU is acting up. I've installed it
three times now and it runs Firefox fine for a while and then
nothing. Try another browsernothing. No splash
Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
... and it just escaped me why Yahoo was worth whatever billion$ they
would spend on it.
To compete in the web-searching business, trying to put Google down?
Who uses YAhoo to search the web anymore? I agree, why spend that
much money on an internet
Yahoo services mysteriously don't work so well on non-Microsoft
platforms NOW, it will really be bad later.
Good thing is that there are alternative.
Peter
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On Feb 9, 2008 1:34 AM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
internet and can d/l updates etc, but no browser will open. Not Firefox,
not
Opera and not even Epiphany!
Instead of starting the browser via link/icon, open a terminal window and
start it via command line. From CLI (command line
Thanks for the info Ed!
Do you know the command for firefox? Are the commands similar to DOS? I
really should learn those too!
Jeff Zedic
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It seems than at Sat, 9 Feb 2008 01:34:20 -0500, Jeff wrote:
Id/l'd from the Ubuntu site as well, so it's weird that it's
like this. It runs fine for the first few boots and then no
browser at all. I still have internet and can d/l updates etc,
but no browser will open. Not Firefox, not Opera
either firefox or mozilla-firefox, depending on what that distro uses
On Feb 9, 2008 2:15 PM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the info Ed!
Do you know the command for firefox? Are the commands similar to DOS? I
really should learn those too!
Jeff Zedic
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criminally insane sex offender until you prove otherwise. why bring that
upon yourself?
On Feb 9, 2008 4:43 PM, Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i deal with email addresses all day every day and i can tell you that the
i deal with email addresses all day every day and i can tell you that the
quality of the yahoo and hotmail user is the pits and the quality of the
google user is very high.
My primary account is a Hotmail account. I also have a Yahoo account. Perhaps
some users of these services are
From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If nothing else, the chances that the Linux-based vehicles will crash is
substantially reduced.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
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Also:
Guess Micro$oft has dug it's own grave, I remember not so long ago Billy
or Stevo saying that they did not count Linux as a threat, are they
still maintaining that line?
Closed source is all very nice if there is no real alternative but
people are not gonna pay for something if they can get
Vive la France!
On Feb 8, 2008 8:11 AM, archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If nothing else, the chances that the Linux-based vehicles will crash
is
substantially reduced.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
I don't think I will ever bet against MSFT (or invest in their stock,
either). Both are risky propositions...
On Feb 8, 2008 5:46 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Guess Micro$oft has dug it's own grave, I remember not so long ago Billy
or Stevo saying that they did not count Linux as
archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Note: Also read somewhere that Microsoft is hard at work on Windows
7.
That's because Vista has been a FIASCO.
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i think ubuntu is a threat. it is nearly foolproof and much easier to
install than XP. it seems to do a better job picking up and configuring
itself to various hardware, which is the one thing that XP was supposed to
be king at. I find it easier to use than XP. etc, etc.
last time i installed
Gary:
Now that you are among the elect you might want to give this a look.
http://www.codeweavers.com/
D.
On Feb 8, 2008 8:47 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i think ubuntu is a threat. it is nearly foolproof and much easier to
install than XP. it seems to do a better job picking
yeah, i've been running that on your recommendation
On Feb 8, 2008 9:59 PM, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gary:
Now that you are among the elect you might want to give this a look.
http://www.codeweavers.com/
D.
On Feb 8, 2008 8:47 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i
Good move.
On Feb 8, 2008 9:11 PM, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
yeah, i've been running that on your recommendation
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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
The following packages will be replaced
Prez
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
I think Google is gonna clean their clocks before long, somehow someway,
maybe with a Linux OS coupled with open-source apps and net-based apps,
and that Yahoo thing is a last gasp of trying to stay relevant. I read
an article yesterday in WSJ about the weenie that came up with the deal
( a
Click.
On Feb 8, 2008 10:23 PM, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
it just escaped me why Yahoo was worth whatever billion$ they would spend
on it.
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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
The following packages will be replaced
Prez
Do you want to
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:23:56 -0600 Rich Thomas
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... and it just escaped me why Yahoo was worth whatever billion$ they
would spend on it.
To compete in the web-searching business, trying to put Google down?
Craig
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On Feb 8, 2008 11:23 PM, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
and it just escaped me why
Yahoo was worth whatever billion$ they would spend on it.
Well, Yahoo! still has a bit going for it. As far as mind share and product
placement is concerned, Yahoo! is still a well known brand. No matter
i deal with email addresses all day every day and i can tell you that the
quality of the yahoo and hotmail user is the pits and the quality of the
google user is very high. yahoo mail can have 100 times the number of user
accounts, but they have still lost this battle.
dialup, microsoft,
what version are you running on what hardware?
if you downloaded 7.10 and installed it, you shouldn't have required 185
updates
On Feb 9, 2008 12:06 AM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I have to say that my UBUNTU is acting up. I've installed it three
times now and it runs Firefox
Yes, it is 7.10 the latest and it still says 178 or 185.
I'll look into the Pclinux os.
Id/l'd from the Ubuntu site as well, so it's weird that it's like this. It
runs fine for the first few boots and then no browser at all. I still have
internet and can d/l updates etc, but no browser will
i just don't know much about it as i'm a newbie to ubuntu myself. i had a
little trouble early getting it to work with the audigy2 sound card, but
that was easily solved and no trouble since. i've been using it daily as
well as my main system as i like the sound of it over my powermac.
On Feb
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
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If nothing else, the chances that the Linux-based vehicles will crash is
substantially reduced.
On Feb 7, 2008 7:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
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MacroCrap.
Gives a whole new meaning to Blue Screen of Death.
I hope and pray that all vehicles Don't use it.
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At 08:56 PM 2/7/2008, you wrote:
If nothing else, the chances that the Linux-based vehicles will crash is
substantially reduced.
If you read the article closely (or even from a distance), the issue isn't
that Linux works or doesn't, it is that they are having difficulty making
Linux talk to existing Windows apps.
Uh, I have an easy solution!
On Feb 7, 2008 8:10 PM, Frederick W Moir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alles.
i once knew a guy who tried to run an elevator on linux with uncle, but that
was back then
On Feb 7, 2008 8:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
Back in December it was being reported that the Army was integrating
more Macs into its infrastructure...
http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/20/apple-army-hackers-tech-security-cx_ag_1221army_print.html
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