Re: [newbie] Re: OT. C/C++/Java Pitfalls & Ada Benefits.

2004-09-13 Thread Ayoub890
Björn Lundin wrote: Ayoub890 wrote: Hi, The analysis "Programming in the Small: C/C++/Java Pitfalls & Ada Benefits" in the following link scared me. http://libre.act-europe.fr/Software_Matters/ Ayoub What is scary? These issues should be known by anybody using c/c++/Java U

[newbie] OT. C/C++/Java Pitfalls & Ada Benefits.

2004-09-12 Thread Ayoub890
Hi, The analysis "Programming in the Small: C/C++/Java Pitfalls & Ada Benefits" in the following link scared me. http://libre.act-europe.fr/Software_Matters/ Ayoub Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrake

[newbie] cons -make replacement.

2004-09-12 Thread Ayoub890
Hi, Has anybody tried this make replacement? http://directory.fsf.org/devel/cons.html Thanx, Ayoub Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _

Re: [newbie] Boot from UsB or Firewire.

2004-08-22 Thread Ayoub890
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Ayoub890 wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: [Deleted] /boot means the /boot directory. It can be a separate partition, on an IDE drive, or a CD. You might be able to make a boot floppy that will let you boot from a USB drive, but it will be a challenge to fit

Re: [newbie] Boot from UsB or Firewire.

2004-08-21 Thread Ayoub890
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Todd Slater wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 12:05:09PM -0700, Ayoub890 wrote: Hi, Can LM10 be booted from a USB or Firewire HD? Thanx, Ayoub As long as your BIOS supports it. Todd Or if you can put /boot on a drive your BIOS does support. You need to load the

[newbie] Boot from UsB or Firewire.

2004-08-20 Thread Ayoub890
Hi, Can LM10 be booted from a USB or Firewire HD? Thanx, Ayoub Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _

[newbie] buffer overflow attacks

2004-08-18 Thread Ayoub890
Hi, According to an AMD press release, "AMD Athlon 64 processors protect computers specifically from buffer overflow attacks." (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040818/175897_1.html) Willl Linux take advantage of this feature? Thanx, Ayoub Want to bu

Re: [newbie] How to fsck your KDE menus, and fix them in one easy lesson

2004-05-23 Thread Ayoub890
Hi Chris, If you feel this is a KDE bug then it may be a good idea to report it to KDE bugzilla. Chris wrote: I had this experience yesterday and thought I'd throw out to the list how I fixed it to. Hopefully to save someone else the agony I went through. [Deleted] ___

Re: [newbie] Is wine the best choice?

2004-02-15 Thread Ayoub890
Aaron wrote: Christophe Rhein wrote: Me again... There are as far as I can tell three main choices Wine Cxoffice vmware win4lin Wine and crossover office are hit or miss not everything runs. vmware and win4lin offer the widest range of programs working (not games) transgaming is for games alt

[newbie] urpmi inconsistency

2004-02-08 Thread Ayoub890
Hi, At first attempt at installing package_A directly thus: urpmi package_A gave me a message saying package_A had bad signature and stopped without installing it. When I installed package_B, which happens to depend on package_A thus: urpmi --auto package_B I got these lines: The following pa

Re: [newbie] AMD Support

2004-01-23 Thread Ayoub890
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 22 January 2004 22:54, Ayoub890 wrote: jason pearl wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:19:23 -0800 Ayoub890 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Deleted] Which is the best web resource for information on compatible hardware? Thanx, Ayoub mandra

Re: [newbie] AMD Support

2004-01-23 Thread Ayoub890
Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 22 January 2004 22:54, Ayoub890 wrote: jason pearl wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:19:23 -0800 Ayoub890 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Deleted] Which is the best web resource for information on compatible hardware? Thanx, Ayoub mandra

Re: [newbie] AMD Support

2004-01-22 Thread Ayoub890
jason pearl wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:19:23 -0800 Ayoub890 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Deleted] Which is the best web resource for information on compatible hardware? Thanx, Ayoub mandrake.com and look up compatability I looked at the motherboards in the "Hardwa

Re: [newbie] AMD Support

2004-01-21 Thread Ayoub890
Marc wrote: On Wednesday 21 January 2004 04:13 pm, Colin O'Connor wrote: Thanks for the help on my last question. I hopefully won't be asking too many more... Has anyone found problems installing/running Mandrake on AMD Athlon or Duron processors? Thanks, Colin Some motherboard chipset