Re: [newbie-it] cnn con kmail

2002-07-15 Thread Marco dal Par di Rota
Alle 14:53, martedì 9 luglio 2002, hai scritto: ... come mandare la posta usando il comando cnn (o bcc in inglese)? Scusate: a che serve? Marco

[newbie-it] Poortatile monitor TFT

2002-07-15 Thread Stefano Sebastiani
Ho preso un toshiba sat 6100. Il monitor è, come in oggetto un TFT 14.1 1024*768 Non riesco a configurarlo con XFdrake, non sò che monitor scegliere, con tutti ho un fastidioso (non definizione) effetto. Non conosco neppure le specifiche per editarle nel file di conf! Chi mi può aiutare?

Re: [newbie-it] [OT] compilatore x win

2002-07-15 Thread Filippo Riccio
Il lun, 2002-07-15 alle 00:43, tom ha scritto: Qualcuno mi piu indicare un compilatore per C che funzioni sotto windroz 98? Hai ragione da domanda è completamente fuori luogo, comunque voglio aiutarti lo stesso... Hai mai sentito parlare di cygwin (www.cygwin.org)! E' gratuito e ti permette di

Re: [newbie-it] [OT] compilatore x win

2002-07-15 Thread Roberto
- Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: M.L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:43 AM Subject: [newbie-it] [OT] compilatore x win Qualcuno mi piu indicare un compilatore per C che funzioni sotto windroz 98? Ciao , Tom Prova a fare una ricerca in rete con

Re: [newbie-it] cnn con kmail

2002-07-15 Thread Roberto
- Original Message - From: Marco dal Par di Rota [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie-it] cnn con kmail Alle 14:53, martedì 9 luglio 2002, hai scritto: ... come mandare la posta usando il comando cnn (o bcc in inglese)?

Fwd: Re: [newbie-it] scanner ...... arghhhh

2002-07-15 Thread piero boni
è colpa dell'uso eccessivi di win :-))) ho installato linux e non ho riavviato il cervello. In altri termini grazie adesso ho tutto quello che miserve piero From: LukenShiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie-it] scanner .. arg

Re: [newbie-it] Quale modem ADSL?

2002-07-15 Thread fabrizio
TheJack ha scritto: Dovrei mettere a breve la linea ADSL in casa, quale modem dovrei comperare per andare tranquillo con la MDK8.2? Ethernet !

[newbie] Problem with Notebook Computer

2002-07-15 Thread Min-Jii Hsiao
Hi I have a very strange problem with my Notebook. It's a non-brand name notebook with P-233, SiS-550X chipset and Trident 9385 Video chip, TEAD-220E CD-ROM drive. I was able to install Mandrake 7.2 just fine. I had problem to installing Mandrake 8.0/8.1/8.2. They would just die and screen

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-15 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:38, Randy Kramer wrote: Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 05:40, Randy Kramer wrote: Absolutely, and I'm rather annoyed that he doesn't provide an email address to allow feedback. I guess I could search on the web, but why should I have to. Top left

Re: [newbie] Re: CENSORSHIP: 1984-reduced.......?

2002-07-15 Thread robin
John Rigby wrote: Hello folks, Another one of his rants. :-) THIS is important. THIS might be about the last chance for us all - NOT just the Chinese, but Americans and Australians and everybody else! Please - get into it.. http://www.peek-a-booty.org The

Re: [newbie] DVD % CD-ROM

2002-07-15 Thread civileme
Frank McKenna wrote: Hi All, I decided to put an old Creative DVD 2 X in a Mandrake 8.1 box along with a 32 X CD-ROM. Unfortunately, only the DVD (I think) is mounted although both the DVD and CD-ROM show up in Hardrake When I run kdc the DVD shows up as the block D device but it Hardrake it

[newbie] Re: subscribe to mandrake newbie

2002-07-15 Thread robin
Luc Vermeersch wrote: Robin, excuse me for mailing you personnally but I'd like to post a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I always get the following message: The original message was received at Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:09:26 +0200 from localhost [127.0.0.1] - The following addresses

[newbie] Installing

2002-07-15 Thread David Batey
Hi I have gotten hold of linux mandrake 8.0 and i have tried to install it but it is causing me hassle. It is the partitioning which is causing me trouble.I use windows XP but want to have Mandrake aswell. If linux is installed first then i can't install windows because it causes problems

[newbie] Gnome-card save problems

2002-07-15 Thread Anne Wilson
My contact details are all in a .vcf file read by Gnome-card. This gives an easy to read display, and all was well until I wanted to amend a record. When I saved the file I found that it would not read the new version. I had to rename the backup file and load it unaltered. I am at a loss

Re: [newbie] xmms for CD

2002-07-15 Thread Anne Wilson
Did you remember to disable the Player plugin? Anne On Monday 15 Jul 2002 1:49 am, you wrote: I,ve gone thur the same thing and I do have the xmms-cdreader in fact sounds and cd,s work in other players but xmms I can,t seem to get anything to work. JOE JBarron For listen to CD at

Re: [newbie] Sound Is Impossible

2002-07-15 Thread Anne Wilson
I presume there must be a way to set Xmms as the player from the K menu? Anne On Monday 15 Jul 2002 12:28 am, you wrote: Use sndconfig to detect or set it manually. This solved my problem with sound from audio CD, using an old onboard Mobo. I also change from KsCD to Xmms. Filipe At

Re: [newbie] Sound Is Impossible

2002-07-15 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Anne Wilson wrote: I presume there must be a way to set Xmms as the player from the K menu? Anne Hi all, I've been following this thread for a little while now, and have decided to add my 2 cents to the mix. after reviewing the component list of this mobo I've

Re: [newbie] Installing

2002-07-15 Thread DreemWizard
Hey David, I am sorry that you are having so many probs trying to install it. First of all...what program are you using to partition your drive with? If you dont have partition magic then get it now because its one of the best programs to partition with.. currently right now though PM7

Re: [newbie] Installing

2002-07-15 Thread John Richard Smith
David Batey wrote: Hi I have gotten hold of linux mandrake 8.0 and i have tried to install it but it is causing me hassle. It is the partitioning which is causing me trouble.I use windows XP but want to have Mandrake aswell. If linux is installed first then i can't install windows

Re: [newbie] Installing

2002-07-15 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_1026742835-1428-32 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hey David, I am sorry that you are having so many probs trying to install it.

Re: [newbie] Konqueror 3.0.2 bookmark replacing weirdness

2002-07-15 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 14 July 2002 11:00 pm, shane wrote: when i moved to kde 3.0.2 it started using my kde2 bookmarks rather than my newer kde 3.0.0 bookmarks. i thought maybe 3.0.2 pointed to the .kde not .kde3 folder. i renamed .kde to -old and .kde3 to

Re: [newbie] Network security

2002-07-15 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 14 July 2002 9:01 pm, teddy wl wrote: You can setup your computer as firewall using IPTABLES or IPCHAINS, your mandrake 8.2 use IPTABLES, but you can use ipchains in your kernel 2.4.18x,. You should read ipchains manual or iptables

Re: [newbie] New Hobby

2002-07-15 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 14 July 2002 2:08 am, magnet wrote: If you are ever in West Thurrock, Essex somewhere near the PCWorld store [M$World] please take the time to pop in to chat with their upgrade assistant and confirm that no... you cant play Linux on an

Re: [newbie] Re: CENSORSHIP: 1984-reduced.......?

2002-07-15 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 15 July 2002 04:07 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: http://www.peek-a-booty.org Off-topic (so you should have marked it OT, naughty, naughty John!) is it just me, or is this a windows only product posted to a

Re: [newbie] Re: CENSORSHIP: 1984-reduced.......?

2002-07-15 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:59:53 -0700 shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 15 July 2002 04:07 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: http://www.peek-a-booty.org Off-topic (so you should have marked it OT, naughty,

Re: [newbie] stange install works and then doesn't

2002-07-15 Thread Joe Harkins
First of all, a thanks to all those who offered suggestions. It's comforting to know that dumb but sincere questions are given respect and sensible responses. Now for John Richard Smith, please note that out of great appreciation for your on-target advice, I have personally spoken to George

[newbie] and shes outta the gate

2002-07-15 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/07/15/0147230mode=threadtid=23 - -- Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying End-of-the-World Switch.

Re: [newbie] Re: CENSORSHIP: 1984-reduced.......?

2002-07-15 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 15 July 2002 09:13 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: A GNU/Linux port is in the works. Hacktivismo (the developers of ah well, i hope i recall them later then. good project? sounds like it, but i ain't

Re: [newbie] New Hobby

2002-07-15 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 14 July 2002 10:49 am, you wrote: ??What's Linux? bigger grin Anne Hi Anne! Yep, thats just about the usual reponse I get... lol -- /\

Re: [newbie] Re: CENSORSHIP: 1984-reduced.......?

2002-07-15 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:59:53 -0700, shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 15 July 2002 04:07 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: http://www.peek-a-booty.org Off-topic (so you should have marked it OT, naughty,

Re: [newbie] stange install works and then doesn't

2002-07-15 Thread John Richard Smith
Joe Harkins wrote: First of all, a thanks to all those who offered suggestions. It's comforting to know that dumb but sincere questions are given respect and sensible responses. By the way joe never ,never appologise for not knowing something, we are/were all beginners sometime. Now

[newbie] ftp issue

2002-07-15 Thread Dex . Patel
Hello folks I am trying to start proftpd and the error I'm getting are Unable to determine IP address of 'ginko.corp.net' Please advise on this. tks/Dex Patel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] ftp issue

2002-07-15 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello folks I am trying to start proftpd and the error I'm getting are Unable to determine IP address of 'ginko.corp.net' Please advise on this. tks/Dex Patel apart from a lot of guessing which really wouldn't help you at all I'd say

Re: [newbie] DVD % CD-ROM

2002-07-15 Thread civileme
Frank McKenna wrote: Thanks Civileme, Here is my fstab: /dev/hda1 / ext1 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cd rom auto auto user,isocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,ro,n oauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto

Re: [newbie] 3Com USR Modem Installation

2002-07-15 Thread iggy
from the disheveled desktop of iggy: let me guess... it was an internal pci fax/modem (not voice). i went through the exact same hassles less than a month ago. after bashing my head repeatedly, i exchanged it for an external USR (they can't #^% that one up). ain't had a problem since.

Re: [newbie] Ten Things Wrong with Linux

2002-07-15 Thread Randy Kramer
Michael Adams wrote: Only a big blue link at the bottom of the left column called Contact me. MAILTO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow, I am blind! ;-) Thanks! Randy Kramer Now, what was I going to tell him -- ahh, yes -- try nedit! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] ftp issue

2002-07-15 Thread robin
daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello folks I am trying to start proftpd and the error I'm getting are Unable to determine IP address of 'ginko.corp.net' Please advise on this. tks/Dex Patel apart from a lot of guessing which really wouldn't help

[newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread Anne Wilson
During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even halted, but it persists. During the bootup messages I briefly saw something to the effect that a compressed image had been found and was being

Re: [newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread dfox
During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even halted, Hmm. There might be an application or task that's swallowed a lot of RAM on your system. I would run 'top' in an xterm or konsole and see if

Re: [newbie] ftp issue

2002-07-15 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 15 July 2002 03:56 pm, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Unable to determine IP address of 'ginko.corp.net' My stab in the dark is that there is no DNS server configured. or is ginko his machine? does he not have an ip

Re: [newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 15 Jul 2002 9:12 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even halted, but it persists. During the bootup messages I briefly saw something to the effect that a

[newbie] Anybody running the distributed net client?

2002-07-15 Thread Glenn
Please pardon what is probably a FAQ, but I've been running Mandrake 8.2 for all of about 10 hours or so, and my *nix experience is purely as a command line user about 8 years ago on a dumb terminal. Can anybody point me to a dummy's guide to distributed net client installation. I gather

Re: [newbie] Wine Powerpoint 97

2002-07-15 Thread FemmeFatale
shane wrote: Is there a reason why you don't migrate over to OpenOffice.org? Has MORE features that Powerpoint and runs native. Has anyone used wine to run Powerpont 97 successfully? If so, which wine did my wife, for example, was very impressed to find she could import all her work

Re: [newbie]test, ignore pls

2002-07-15 Thread FemmeFatale
Bill Davidson wrote: On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:16:21 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sylpheed *can't find the @!##@@#$ undelete key!* You can right click on the message in the trash and click move. Then you can choose the folder that it was in originally. Bill Found

RE: [newbie] Anybody running the distributed net client?

2002-07-15 Thread Buzek, Tom R.
add a ./ before the command. -Original Message- From: Glenn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 3:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Anybody running the distributed net client? Please pardon what is probably a FAQ, but I've been running Mandrake 8.2 for

Re: [newbie] Anybody running the distributed net client?

2002-07-15 Thread Glenn
On Monday 15 July 2002 05:30 pm, you wrote: Thanks, I'll give that a try. add a ./ before the command. -Original Message- newbie-knucklehead trick? Glenn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread civileme
Anne Wilson wrote: During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even halted, but it persists. During the bootup messages I briefly saw something to the effect that a compressed image had been found

Re: [newbie] Anybody running the distributed net client?

2002-07-15 Thread Glenn
On Monday 15 July 2002 04:46 pm, you wrote: Looks like I'll have to keep trying: dnetc: Unable to create/write /etc/rc.d/init.d/dnetc: Permission denied On Monday 15 July 2002 05:30 pm, you wrote: Thanks, I'll give that a try. add a ./ before the command. -Original

Re: [newbie]test, ignore pls

2002-07-15 Thread Bill Davidson
On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 18:23:22 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Davidson wrote: On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:16:21 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sylpheed *can't find the @!##@@#$ undelete key!* You can right click on the message in the trash and click

Re: [newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 15 Jul 2002 10:52 pm, civileme wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even halted, but it persists. During the bootup messages I briefly saw something to

Re: [newbie] Anybody running the distributed net client?

2002-07-15 Thread Michael Viron
Are you running this as root? If you are not, you'll get that error, as /etc/rc.d/init.d/ is owned by root (and rightly so). Michael -- Michael Viron Project Manager / Primary Developer / Manager of Online Operations General Education Online http://www.findaschool.org At 04:54 PM 7/15/2002

[newbie] How can I block access to IRC in LM8.2 ?

2002-07-15 Thread Paulo Araújo
Hello, Is there an easy way to block access to IRC channels, on all my network? I am using Mandrake 8.2 as a gateway for the internet with Mandrake Conection Sharing and Bastille firewall. Would it be possible to make restrictions for only some of the internal machines not beeing able to

Re: [newbie] stange install works and then doesn't

2002-07-15 Thread FemmeFatale
Joe Harkins wrote: The Mandrake display is now perfect. And the WIN XP display remains exactly the same as I have always had it. Wouldn't you think that the monitor front panel controls would affect both OSs in the same manner? Apparently, something is telling the monitor to remember the

[newbie] Lilo boot loader configuration help needed

2002-07-15 Thread Drake Zero
I installed Mandrake as the second OS after installing WindowsXP. I set it to use the graphical Lilo loader and I'd like to make some changes in the Lilo configuration. Using the Mandrake Control Center and the Lilo configuration wizard any change I make returns the error message Installation

Re: [newbie] Anybody running the distributed net client?

2002-07-15 Thread FemmeFatale
Glenn wrote: On Monday 15 July 2002 04:46 pm, you wrote: Looks like I'll have to keep trying: dnetc: Unable to create/write /etc/rc.d/init.d/dnetc: Permission denied On Monday 15 July 2002 05:30 pm, you wrote: Thanks, I'll give that a try. add a ./ before the command.

[newbie] Mailman in 8.2

2002-07-15 Thread Todd Slater
I just moved from 8.1 to 8.2, and it hasn't been as painless as I had hoped. I installed Mailman from the DL edition CD. When I try to send mail to a list, I get this in the return mail: Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; Command died with status 2: /var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post bob. Command

Re: [newbie] Wine Powerpoint 97

2002-07-15 Thread Damian G
Now I have 2k, so...Linux doesn't see the install to grab its fonts!? I tried putting them on my FAT32 drive Just somehow seeing if I could do an Import fonts...but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this? -- Femme uhm.. did you try to put them in

Re: [newbie] Wine Powerpoint 97

2002-07-15 Thread FemmeFatale
Damian G wrote: Now I have 2k, so...Linux doesn't see the install to grab its fonts!? I tried putting them on my FAT32 drive Just somehow seeing if I could do an Import fonts...but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this? -- Femme uhm.. did you try to put them

Re: [newbie] Lilo boot loader configuration help needed

2002-07-15 Thread bascule
i boot winxp pro using ntfs via lilo so it can be done, i'm not sure what you mean by 'windows partition, the boot partition' it appears that you managed to install lilo during the install? could you describe your partitions and where you are installing lilo? bascule On Monday 15 July

[newbie] Baldurs Gate under WineX

2002-07-15 Thread Ronald J. Hall
This issue came up a few message threads back smile and I just thought I'd post my results. Installation went fairly smooth under WineX with some scrambled screens. Nothing I couldn't figure out though. I did have to run Setup.exe from a different location than /mnt/cdrom, otherwise I could

[newbie] IDE/SCSI CD

2002-07-15 Thread Linus Drouhard
Hi all, I really enjoy all the posts. I have a question that has stumped me. I have an old CD drive (40x) and a CD-RW (Ricoh MP7040A). Anyway, I set up both drives as SCSI devices. Mandrake install automagically set up the CD-RW and I added the following as to the append line in

Re: [newbie] 3Com USR Modem Installation

2002-07-15 Thread Joe Harkins
I have an external USR Sportster 56k F/V modem. Works fine. At first I thought not because, as coincidence had it, my ISP was down as I was trying to confirm it was installed and functional. To make things more complicated, Connect (KDE's internet dialup) has it's own volume control. So

Re: [newbie] Baldurs Gate under WineX

2002-07-15 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Monday 15 July 2002 09:39 pm, you wrote: Hate to reply to myself but I just d/l'ed the latest patch I could find for this game and it installed just fine as well. Although I had to copy it to my /home/darklord/TransGaming_Drive/windows directory for it to run right. HTH's anyone playing

[newbie] Posting Saga Resolved.

2002-07-15 Thread Chuck Stuettgen
I am posting this message so to let others know there is a solution available for those who have to deal with ISP's that are run by brain-dead morons. First a short background. I subscribed to both the newbie and expert lists at the beginning of May. On the 22nd of my ISP, a cable company who

Re: [newbie] Wine Powerpoint 97

2002-07-15 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 July 2002 05:18 pm, FemmeFatale did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Now I have 2k, so...Linux doesn't see the install to grab its fonts!? I tried putting them on my FAT32 drive Just somehow seeing if I could do an Import

Re: [newbie] How can I block access to IRC in LM8.2 ?

2002-07-15 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 15 July 2002 03:50 pm, Paulo Araújo did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Is there an easy way to block access to IRC channels, on all my network? I am using Mandrake 8.2 as a gateway for the internet with Mandrake Conection

Re: [newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 15 Jul 2002 9:33 pm, you wrote: During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even halted, Hmm. There might be an application or task that's swallowed a lot of RAM on your system. I

Re: [newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 15 Jul 2002 9:45 pm, you wrote: On Monday 15 Jul 2002 9:12 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even halted, but it persists. How, using Process

Re: [newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 15 Jul 2002 10:52 pm, you wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even halted, but it persists. During the bootup messages I briefly saw something to the

Re: [newbie] What have I done?

2002-07-15 Thread dfox
To the untutored eye everything looks reasonable. Yeah, I'd say that. The Mem used is creeping up all the time. Normally, that's OK as well, since Linux wants to use all the available memory -- what's not active for programs is used for disk and for cache, which is a good idea, since