Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown

2000-04-09 Thread maxtorator
Well here is my two cents on this topic. I have used Windows products from early Dos to the Windows 2000 NT5.I have to say that for the many years that I didnt know of anything better I liked Windows, or atleast dealt wtih its inconsitencies. When I decided to go with Linux, I got rid of

Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]

2000-04-09 Thread maxtorator
On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Thanks, thats what I thought. > I forgot where the firewall howto is, > when I do find out or when you or someone > tells me, I'm gonna go and snoop through it > and see what I can do. Heres a link to FirewallHow-To http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/Firewall-HO

Re: [newbie] Barely Related But Funny

2000-04-06 Thread maxtorator
> > You guys have got to check out this avi of Bill Gates. > > > > http://www.atella.com/seveman/bill.avi * > > > > *Of course we don't condone such actions in real-life. We don't condone those actions???...Speak for yourself :-) --Maxtor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maxtors.com IC

Re: [newbie] help needed

2000-04-01 Thread maxtorator
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, you wrote: > "Andrew Doe (Web master)" wrote: > > > i am creating a site for linux users www.linuxfaqs.org.uk and need > > stuff to put on it suggestions apreciated email > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] andrew doe > > How about: Don't use HTML in newsgroup postings? -- HA HA ...

RE: [newbie] Linux is so slow... Please help

2000-03-26 Thread maxtorator
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Hum... Well when I open it it isn't just slow it gets to the point where it > just isn't responding, I assumed it was a bug in linux as far as RAM > utilization went. By not responding I mean I'll move the mouse and it will > take about 3 seconds for it to *jump*

Re: [newbie] Mouse Scrolling?

2000-03-23 Thread maxtorator
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Hey, this is a rather simple problem: > How do u set it so that the "scrolly thing" in the middle of the mouse acctually >works? I never set it up in Windows, so I have no idea where to begin > > Thanks so much, > Julien > -

[newbie] Mount Problems

2000-03-08 Thread maxtorator
To all that can help: My friend and I have been working on his drives to get them properly accessible but we continue to have problems. Here is a brief description of our problems: First he installed mandrake 7.0 on his system with the 2.2.14-15 kernel. Everything went very well for him. His

[newbie] Mandrake with WuFTP Problems (no more)

2000-03-05 Thread maxtorator
Seems that I am replying to my own request for assistance. Although, no one ever replied with help from my previous request. I have to say that with a bit more internet suring and alot of trial and error that I figured it out for myself. It seems that the "ls" with Mandrake is dynamically lin

[newbie] Mandrake with Wu-Ftp Problems

2000-03-04 Thread maxtorator
I finally got my FTP server up and running (partially). I read through all of the docs and man pages and faqs that I could find but I am still having problems with it. I can connect to it but I cant see any files that I have on there. I dont see any directories that I have made. I mean, I can

[newbie] Modem is up and Running THANK YOU!!

2000-02-22 Thread maxtorator
To all who replied: I must send a big THANK YOU to all that recently replied to my modem woes. I had to finally just go over to my friends house and try the tips that you all sent me. I found that "dmesg" is a very useful command. We used that to see if he was getting errors and found that th

[newbie] modem will not work

2000-02-22 Thread maxtorator
To all: I know that you are gonna look at the subject and say "oh noanother modem problem" Well, I have read the docs, the man pages and searched various sites on the internet for help. Usually I can figure it out myself by doing enough reading (I am a newbie) but I must now be at your

Re: [newbie] Video Modes

2000-01-23 Thread maxtorator
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, you wrote: > > I just loaded up my first copy of Linux and am running in 640x480 with what appears >to be 256 colors. Now I have looked throughout everything in KDE thats readily >availiable to see if there is a place to change video modes (I like 800x600 16 bit). >I read