Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-15 Thread mooney
On Monday 15 November 2004 23:27, Paul wrote: > Op Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:13:54 +1100 schreef Stephen Kühn: > >There are some that can work - and work very well with GNU/linux, but > >sadly, quite a few cannot. > > I once made a winmodem with a Lucent chipset work in Linux. That was > quite easy. > I

Re: [newbie] Re: Is Abba safe?

2004-11-13 Thread mooney
On Saturday 13 November 2004 20:05, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Saturday 13 November 2004 11:45 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Saturday 13 November 2004 17:38, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > On Saturday 13 November 2004 02:30 am, frankieh wrote: > > > > I'm not much for digital music at the moment an

Re: [newbie] Re: Is Abba safe?

2004-11-13 Thread mooney
On Saturday 13 November 2004 17:38, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 13 November 2004 02:30 am, frankieh wrote: > > I'm not much for digital music at the moment anyway..  and with the > > ridiculous DRM antics the RRIA are playing with, I'm unlikely to start. > > I also refuse to buy music CD's anym

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Linux not yet ready for primetime

2004-11-12 Thread mooney
On Friday 12 November 2004 23:35, Jack wrote: > Bryan Phinney wrote: .) > > >With WinXP, I still can't be sure the user actually intalled or opened > >anything, there are simply too many security holes that could account for > > the trojans being there. > > Bryan, good post and some valid observati

Re: [newbie] Is Abba safe?

2004-11-12 Thread mooney
On Friday 12 November 2004 18:06, JoeHill wrote: > My 4 yr old daughter wants me to download some Abba songs, like 'Dancing > Queen' and the like. Is this safe? > > Has anyone successfully copied some Abba to their HD without hosing their > system? Are there special precautions I can take in advanc

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Linux not yet ready for primetime

2004-11-12 Thread mooney
On Friday 12 November 2004 15:23, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Friday 12 November 2004 06:33, David Cormier wrote: > > There is a difference. Performance in some ways yes. Software all over > > the place. But at the end of the day, people like Anne (whom I've never > > even read before) are the reason

Re: [newbie] Am I right in thinking..

2004-11-09 Thread mooney
On Tuesday 09 November 2004 19:35, Warly wrote: > geoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > that you can't open .exe files in linux? I downloaded BitTorrent > > and was hoping to run it to download stuff but it is a .exe file. > > Any help please > > Technically you can use wine to run .exe under linu

Re: [newbie] RSS feeds reader

2004-10-21 Thread Paul Mooney
> > >Hi all: > >Now that Evolution has dropped the Summary, I am going to need a RSS >reader. > >I am currently using liferea but I would like to try some others before >making a decision. Any suggestion? > I've stopped using Evolution for the same reason. The KDE Kontact package does have a RSS

Re: [newbie] How does one print man pages.

2004-07-29 Thread mooney
On 29 Jul 2004 at 12:56, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > There has to be a better way to print man pages than to use > copy/paste. Please give me a clue? -- Regards; Hoyt > > for the man page $ man -t | lpr or see http://www.schweikhardt.net/man_page_howto.html#q10 pm __

Re: [newbie] Toshiba 330CDS

2004-07-07 Thread mooney
On 7 Jul 2004 at 16:21, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Anyone know how to get at the bios setup on this model? > > Lee > > Don't know about the 330, but the 230 you hold down the 'esc' key as you power up Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] 9.2 DVD from ISO

2003-11-06 Thread mooney
I've succesfully downloaded the bittoerrent files, now I'd like to create a single DVD (rather than 3 CDs) from the 9.2 ISOs. Any suggestions as to how I convert the hdlist files, etc? Many thanks Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] EU Patents - letters needed now

2003-10-21 Thread mooney
Signatories of the petition will have received notification - others please, please check out http://www.ffii.org.uk/council.html Paul M. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft critic loses job over report

2003-10-21 Thread mooney
On 27 Sep 2003 at 7:24, ed tharp wrote: > > the M$ philanthropy I get a kick from is the educational discounts given > to 'impoverished schools'. > Let's see, we have this stuff that is worth (nothing) 145.00 retail, > (cost Bill Gates and co $.48 to produce) we are going to almost give it > awa

Re: [newbie] Desktops and their progs

2003-10-07 Thread Paul Mooney
> >So my question for ya'll today is: is there any reason that I need to stick >with KDE native (would that be the right term?) applications, or can I >freely use those Gnome applications I like in KDE (and, presumably, >vice-versa)? > >The reason I'm suspicious is that after having a working palm

Re: [newbie] MS is target because of market share? WRONG.

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Mooney
> > >On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:08:38 -0500 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: > >> >> i'll offer a slightly different take... i believe we will in time >> see more efforts at virii for linux/os x/ >> as they become more popular simply because there are those who >> enjoy seeing what holes they can find or s

Re: [newbie] MS is target because of market share? WRONG.

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Mooney
> > >On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:08:38 -0500 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: > >> >> i'll offer a slightly different take... i believe we will in time >> see more efforts at virii for linux/os x/ >> as they become more popular simply because there are those who >> enjoy seeing what holes they can find or s

[newbie] List weirdness

2003-10-01 Thread mooney
I, too, am getting weird responses to mails. I have been getting an unable to deliver message, despite my mail getting through (I checked on marc). Like Anne, responses to mails are showing up, but not the originals. Now tonight I get a message from the admin saying only list members can post me

Re: [newbie] Some MS Propaganda for ya (Funny)

2003-10-01 Thread mooney
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 20:44, robin wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 4:27 pm, robin wrote: > > > > > >>HaywireMac wrote: > >> > >> > >>>On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:40:45 -0400 > >>> > >>>Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >>> > >>> > I'll look forw

Re: [newbie] Software Patents

2003-10-01 Thread mooney
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 14:36, Margot wrote: > An interesting reply from my MEP Caroline Lucas... > > > Original Message > Subject: Re: Software Patents > Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:08:19 +0200 > From: Caroline (Dr) Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PRO

RE: [newbie] XFce 4.0

2003-09-29 Thread mooney
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 23:29, Boulytchev, Vasiliy wrote: > Ladies and Gents, > Does anyone know/use a Groupware Linux Email client that replaces Outlook? > > THANKS! is Evolution any use to you? Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.co

[newbie] USB card reader

2003-09-29 Thread mooney
Are there any recommendations for linux- compatible card readers; 5- or 6- in 1 types? Looking around can find only single varieties, e.g. compact flash only Thanks Paul m Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] sound problems after upgrade

2003-09-28 Thread mooney
Sound working in 9.1, installed 9.2 but no sound, I am informed it is being used by another app. ps -A appears to show no other application using the card. On-board card SiS7012 (not the greatest, I know) using snd-intel8x0 - this is installed and running. Any suggestions, please? Paul M Want

[newbie] sound problems following upgrade

2003-09-28 Thread mooney
Sound OK in 9.1, upgraded to 9.2 RC. Sound is now locked by another process whenever I attempt to use. Card is an on-board SiS7012 (not the best), which used snd-intel8x0 module. This is installed, and module is loaded. Any suggestions, please? Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from Ma

Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Microsoft critic loses job over report

2003-09-26 Thread mooney
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 10:33, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > It's being proven over and over and over again - freedom is nonexistent. > You cannot speak out against either the US government or a US business > that generates as much money as Microsoft does. George Bush has > solidified that in his tenure. In

Re: [newbie] Cheap color inkjet printer

2003-09-21 Thread mooney
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 09:07, Dale Huckeby wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > Dale Huckeby wrote: > > I created a 600dpi scanned A4 colour page .jpg file of 3.4Mb, in gimp, > > which took just over 3 minutes to print from the moment the page loaded > > to final ejecti

Re: [newbie] Intro

2003-07-29 Thread mooney
On 28 Jul 2003 at 23:55, Aron Smith wrote: > On Monday 28 July 2003 11:18 pm, Frankie wrote: > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen > > Kuhn > > Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2003 6:42 AM > > To: Mandrake Newbie > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Intro > > > > On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:49, Aron Smith wrot

[newbie] O.T. Hypocrasy?

2003-07-22 Thread Paul Mooney
received an e-mail with this as a footer: MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Paul M _ CYTANET WebMail http://webmail.cytanet.com.cy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www

[newbie] MS at it again

2003-07-22 Thread Paul Mooney
It seems that there are 2 separate discussions going on here, firstly, licensing of software issues and, secondly, the companies exploitation of musicians, et. With music companies, they trap musicians with big advances, put them up hotels, get the whole PR stuff going, pay for their recording, g

Re: hitch hikers guide... WAS: Re: [newbie] Window$ free -follow -up

2003-07-06 Thread mooney
On 5 Jul 2003 at 23:15, bascule wrote: > and for those who never played: > http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html > > bascule > > On Saturday 05 Jul 2003 8:15 am, Anders Lind wrote: > > > (where's my towel???) > > > > You always need to know where your towel is... > > > > /Anders

Re: [newbie] Another petition

2003-06-28 Thread mooney
On 28 Jun 2003 at 23:27, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 21:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In protest at the 'Microsoft tax' -cannot (in many places) buy a > > computer without windows, but cannot get a refund when you refuse > > license. > > > > http://www.windowsrefund.net > >

[newbie] Another petition

2003-06-28 Thread mooney
In protest at the 'Microsoft tax' -cannot (in many places) buy a computer without windows, but cannot get a refund when you refuse license. http://www.windowsrefund.net Details under "What's happening" (court case against Toshiba (America) in New York rescheduled for June 30th) Paul M. Want

Re: [newbie] Orrin Hatch: farging icehole!

2003-06-24 Thread mooney
On 23 Jun 2003 at 23:37, Keith wrote: > The WEBMASTER is at fault NOT ORIN HATCH... > > > On Friday 20 June 2003 12:06 am, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 18:29, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > > On Thursday 19 June 2003 07:37 pm, Mark wrote: > > > > Seems Orrin Hatch also maybe a softwar

Re: [newbie] Mplayer

2003-06-23 Thread mooney
On 23 Jun 2003 at 16:54, Tom Brinkman wrote: > >mplayer, tho not full featured (questionable legal issues) is on > your CD's. The full featured Mandrake, an probly illegal, ones you > can get from http://plf.zarb.org/ > Surely it's only illegal in 'the land of the free'? (and maybe o

[newbie] 9.1/Speedtouch problems

2003-06-23 Thread mooney
Hi, I re-installed Mandrake 9.1 & am having trouble getting Alcatel Speedtouch working (managed to get it working prior to re-install). mgmt.o is installed. Speedtouch rpm is installed. Set up for connection to internet at boot. Both lights are green. I followed Michel's intructions on the Man

Re: [newbie] Install - iit's working...almost

2003-06-16 Thread mooney
On 16 Jun 2003 at 13:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ok, well, i havn't actually done the install yet. but i did do a fresh > download of all 3 CDs last night. i re-burned CD one by telling it to > create a CD from an ISO image. then went to install again and it > actually went into the insta

Re: [newbie] OPINION

2003-05-30 Thread mooney
On 29 May 2003 at 15:58, barting wrote: > http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11261 > > Outrageaously shameless sick motherf*ckers over there at the european > union headquarter$$, that's all I can say... > Just makes me more determined every day though. > > And i agree: i'm signing every

[newbie] modem problems

1999-03-13 Thread Steven Mooney
I got my modem configured fine, but when I start to connect, it gets stuck on "setting speaker volume." What causes this and how can I fix this.