RE: [newbie] Linux saves MS's butt.

2003-08-18 Thread Paul
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 07:44, Frankie wrote: Bill Gates didn't make people idiots, God did. Hate the user, not the developer. Next... Brandon Vanderberg www.clueless.m$killedmydoggy.andi'mgonnacry.whaaa.com Linux User #34.5 | Linux machine

Re: [newbie] text to speech?

2003-08-18 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Sunday 17 August 2003 16:53, Anarky wrote: A V Flinsch wrote: I just built a linux box to be used for reading texts to a blind friend using festival http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/ Festival comes with a tool text2wave which can be used to create a .wav file and then you can

RE: [newbie] Mdk is cash flow positive!

2003-08-18 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 21:46, Frankie wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ed tharp Sent: Monday, 18 August 2003 9:08 AM To: newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Mdk is cash flow positive! On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 19:06, owenb wrote: There

[newbie] dead hd?

2003-08-18 Thread Todd Slater
I arrived at work to find messages about EXT3FS errors sprawled across the monitor. Getting a login prompt and trying to log in, it sounds like there a gremlin inside the computer laughing at me evilly (heee heee heee). This sounds really bad. So it can't be rebooted. It says Error reading block

[newbie] Troubleshooting

2003-08-18 Thread Lee Wiggers
I had mouse problems after installing a few upgrades Saturday. I assumed that the problems were software problems, forgetting all I know about troubleshooting. I then uninstalled everything I had done, and some other crap too because everything I did still left me with a wonky mouse. Big

Re: [newbie] Mdk is cash flow positive!

2003-08-18 Thread Miark
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:11:23 -0400, Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As to the poor quality of the manuals (which triggered this thread): I spent most of my working life working for manufacturing companies. One of the first lessons I learned was that if the product doesn't meet the

Re: [newbie] VNC with sound?

2003-08-18 Thread Miark
Hey, that's sounds just crazy enough to work. It hadn't occurred to me that sound is served on Linux boxes. (And why wouldn't it be? Everything else is!) Miark On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you connect to a sound server like esound, NAS or arts

Re: [newbie] VNC with sound?

2003-08-18 Thread Miark
On 16 Aug 2003 15:17:42 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about using a thin client solution that would allow for you to export the display and have you make use of the hardware on the local machine? Interesting. Any recommendations on specific packages? Miark Want to buy

[newbie] Test Message

2003-08-18 Thread Bryan Phinney
This is a test message. For some reason, my messages to the list are not appearing (or at least I can't see them). This is a test to see if an alternate transport helps. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Help on what (sccs)?

2003-08-18 Thread Tony S. Sykes
All, On Sco Unixware (boo) we have a command called what which Extract SCCS-version information from a file. I have been trying to Google but it does not let you search on what, to try to find this command in Linux (to move off of Sco(yeah)). So far I have not been able to do this. The

Re: [newbie] VNC with sound?

2003-08-18 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 23:13, Miark wrote: On 16 Aug 2003 15:17:42 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about using a thin client solution that would allow for you to export the display and have you make use of the hardware on the local machine? Interesting. Any

[newbie] lightweight text editor

2003-08-18 Thread Anarky
do you by any chance know of a cool lightweight text editor (hopefully wiht tabs) ? -- a la Editpad classic if u've ever used it in windows. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Test Message

2003-08-18 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 09:32:47 -0400 Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a test message. For some reason, my messages to the list are not appearing (or at least I can't see them). This is a test to see if an alternate transport helps. Gotcha here dude, Ralph --

Re: [newbie] Installing downloaded rpm packages

2003-08-18 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:39:15 -0700 I believe this means there is no signiture in the rpm package. I normally get a warning message with the option to stop or continue anyway. If there is no pgp signature in the package you can't check it so either continue anyway or don't get it. I have always

Re: [newbie] lightweight text editor

2003-08-18 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:22:38 +0300 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a look at Nedit (www.nedit.org), this is part of the 9.1 distro and probably earlier but I'm a new convert. No tabs though. Cheers Nigel do you by any chance know of a cool lightweight text editor (hopefully wiht

[newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5064978.html?tag=lh -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom

Re: [newbie] lightweight text editor

2003-08-18 Thread John Drouhard
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:16:19 +0100 Nigel Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:22:38 +0300 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a look at Nedit (www.nedit.org), this is part of the 9.1 distro and probably earlier but I'm a new convert. No tabs though. Gedit does have

Re: [newbie] lightweight text editor

2003-08-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:22:38 +0300 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: do you by any chance know of a cool lightweight text editor (hopefully wiht tabs) ? -- a la Editpad classic if u've ever used it in windows. whooo boy, here we go. prepare for an onslaught. Favourite editor in the

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:06:12 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5064978.html?tag=lh Poor MS, they have suffered so mightily. But monopolies are bad whether MS or Chinese, OS all the way! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
HaywireMac wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:06:12 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5064978.html?tag=lh Poor MS, they have suffered so mightily. But monopolies are bad whether MS or Chinese, OS all the way! I agree. My heart goes out to

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread InDeSkyz
And so to keep China buying from MS - MS offers to let China view source code? For some reason that annoys me. - Original Message - From: Brant Fitzsimmons To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2003 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting! HaywireMac

Re: [newbie] lightweight text editor

2003-08-18 Thread Josenildo Marques
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 18 August 2003 20:53, HaywireMac wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:22:38 +0300 Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: do you by any chance know of a cool lightweight text editor (hopefully wiht tabs) ? -- a la Editpad classic if u've ever

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
InDeSkyz wrote: And so to keep China buying from MS - MS offers to let China view source code? For some reason that annoys me. - Original Message - *From:* Brant Fitzsimmons mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 19 August

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Todd Slater
M$ is like a crack dealer, willing to give you a free look to get you hooked, then laugh and get fat as your dependence grows. They're selling Windows XP pro *and* Office XP for $39 a pop in Thailand. That's $39 for the both of them, not each. Don't you think consumers here should bitch about

Re: [newbie] lightweight text editor

2003-08-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:32:07 -0300 Josenildo Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: How about Kate ? :-) Besides being lightweight (I think it is...), it also has a beautiful name ! I don't use anything that has anything to do with KDE, since it requries loading a whole whack of KDE init

Re: [newbie] Installing downloaded rpm packages

2003-08-18 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:11:28 +0100, Nigel Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [newbie] Installing downloaded rpm packages: I believe this means there is no signiture in the rpm package. I normally get a warning message with the option to stop

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread David E. Fox
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5064978.html?tag=lh Hmm. Linux is foreign software, at least from the standpoint that much of the development did not occur in China. This could be a good thing, an impetus for open source, but it could be also a bad thing - and just another way for the Chinese

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Todd Slater wrote: M$ is like a crack dealer, willing to give you a free look to get you hooked, then laugh and get fat as your dependence grows. They're selling Windows XP pro *and* Office XP for $39 a pop in Thailand. That's $39 for the both of them, not each. Don't you think consumers here

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
David E. Fox wrote: http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5064978.html?tag=lh Hmm. Linux is foreign software, at least from the standpoint that much of the development did not occur in China. This could be a good thing, an impetus for open source, but it could be also a bad thing - and just

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Todd Slater wrote: M$ is like a crack dealer, willing to give you a free look to get you hooked, then laugh and get fat as your dependence grows. They're selling Windows XP pro *and* Office XP for $39 a pop in Thailand. That's $39 for the both of them, not each. Don't you think consumers here

Re: [newbie] browsing cache

2003-08-18 Thread Michael Lothian
This would be a browser feature. Maybe bring up the cached version then check periodically for a newer version on both the proxy and via Direct Conection if it finds something new trigger a refresh perhaps? This could probably be done in mozilla/firebird as an addin (like the spellchecker and

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:08:40 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Fox) uttered: Ironically, that's what MS and the Federal Government want, albeit for different reasons (marketing anti-piracy in the latter, political freedom with the former). Ummm, against my better judgement...

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Todd Slater
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:19:30PM -0400, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: I have it disabled in Mozilla. What else can I do? I've heven't had any complaints from this list thus far. Is this one in HTML? You're fine, Brant, I was replying to InDeSkyz. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] browsing cache

2003-08-18 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Michael Lothian wrote: This would be a browser feature. Maybe bring up the cached version then check periodically for a newer version on both the proxy and via Direct Conection if it finds something new trigger a refresh perhaps? Direct connection to the site would negate the benefits of

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:19:30 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I have it disabled in Mozilla. What else can I do? I've heven't had any complaints from this list thus far. Is this one in HTML? I think he was talking to InDeSkyz (cool nick, btw) who has since disabled it :-)

Re: [newbie] browsing cache

2003-08-18 Thread Michael Lothian
Yes your right of course and I belive squids is intelligent enought not to need that option. You'd just need something to check for newer version on the squids server and maybe something to stimulate the squids server into getting the latest version of a site more frequently. A very tired an

Re: [newbie] lightweight text editor

2003-08-18 Thread Josenildo Marques
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 18 August 2003 22:08, HaywireMac wrote: I don't use anything that has anything to do with KDE, since it requries loading a whole whack of KDE init resources in the background. It is only lightweight if running it from within KDE. I

Re: [newbie] browsing cache

2003-08-18 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Michael Lothian wrote: Yes your right of course and I belive squids is intelligent enought not to need that option. You'd just need something to check for newer version on the squids server and maybe something to stimulate the squids server into getting the latest version of a site more

Re: [newbie] That's gotta sting!

2003-08-18 Thread Todd Slater
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:39:34PM -0400, HaywireMac wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:08:40 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David E. Fox) uttered: Ironically, that's what MS and the Federal Government want, albeit for different reasons (marketing anti-piracy in the latter, political freedom

Re: [newbie] lightweight text editor

2003-08-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:37:58 -0300 Josenildo Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I suspected you'd say that. ah, my reputation precedes me? I don't mean to hijack (?) this thread, suure...hey, this is hijack central. but I'd like to ask something about this. I'm using Xfce4 but, as all