Re: [newbie] 8.2, Trolls etc

2002-03-22 Thread shane
ven scandalous. We hear other voices than they do." -Deng Ming-Dao shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to

[newbie] 8.2 so far

2002-03-22 Thread shane
is using the memory munching KDE with all the eye candy turned on (she turned it on, but does she know how much of a hit that takes?) and 3) she is running setiathome in the background. that can't help. -- "The linux philosophy is laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong one. 'Do it y

Re: [newbie] databases

2002-03-22 Thread shane
onal label our behavior erratic, antisocial, irresponsible, inexplicable, outrageous, even scandalous. We hear other voices than they do." -Deng Ming-Dao shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-ma

Re: [newbie] CD Installing Problem

2002-03-22 Thread shane
> MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- Remember, to a tree being useful is a terminal illness. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ edit

Re: [newbie] Update help please

2002-03-22 Thread shane
ls about how i should give up, and nobody uses it. one guy claimed 0.27% of the desktop is linux. now for all i know he is right, but if he is, every single one of them have been on the mandrake servers for several days now. ;-) -- "My job is bring comfort to the disturbed, and disturb

Re: [newbie] Living in the johns world

2002-03-21 Thread shane
-truths. They have to eat, too. > > Civileme -- When everyone agrees around here, it means that something must be wrong. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registere

Re: [newbie] Living in the johns world

2002-03-21 Thread shane
oblems caused by Spammers, all email addressses also they should not include any known address of john the mandrake list spammer. can we get him blocked from the whole list? this is pointless! -- I used to be confused, but now I am not that sure anymore.. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.o

Re: [newbie] OK new problem with 8.2

2002-03-20 Thread shane
On Wednesday 20 March 2002 21:22, Femme opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > I did as you did one thing at a time. I did the mouse first, letting > mandrake detect it...then the keyboard :) > > Merci to you too Shane. as a character in one of my daughters favorite cartoon

Re: [newbie] OK new problem with 8.2

2002-03-20 Thread shane
gt; 3) There is no step three. Proceed to the next step. for me step 3 was reboot, and unplug the ps2 mouse, let mandrake find the USB, but i think his is most likely to work :) -- At first they burn books, eventually they burn people. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Pr

Re: [newbie] OK new problem with 8.2

2002-03-20 Thread shane
ice" it worked but > why would I want to use them as PS/2 when I hate that protocol anyway!? -- of all of the actions humanity has called crimes, "blasphemy" is the most amazing, with "obscenity" and "indecent exposure" neck and neck for second. -heinlein shane

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update

2002-03-20 Thread shane
guys stop downloading so i can, ok? ;-) On Wednesday 20 March 2002 12:52, Seedkum Aladeem opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Ok Shane. How did the upgrade go and how did you go about doing it? I may > follow your foot steps; so try not to make me fall in hole. > > I have dow

Re: [newbie] HTML in KMail

2002-03-20 Thread shane
layout of the > message are displayed properly, but no images are shown. > > Does anybody know what could be wrong? > > TIA, -- Everyone seems so impatient and angry these days. I think it's because so many people use Windows at work. Do you think you'd be Mr. Politeness

Re: [newbie] And their OFF!!!!! 8.2 is now out!!

2002-03-20 Thread shane
. :) -- I used to be confused, but now I am not that sure anymore.. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want

Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem

2002-03-19 Thread shane
u. > All my partitions are XFS, and I did not have to do anything special when > installing new kernels. It just works... > > derek -- "The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better.' So I installed LINUX" shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html

Re: [newbie] How to best support Mandrakey

2002-03-19 Thread shane
it I was wrong, I am only saying I am wiser today than yesterday. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pa

Re: [newbie] How to best support Mandrake

2002-03-19 Thread shane
I can say the same thing about how it > runs it's business or executes a somewhat dubuious business plan. short term investing? well i won't get into that discussion, but i hope they do well for your investments too. -- "one mans theology is anothers belly laugh" -heinlein sha

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update

2002-03-19 Thread shane
know what we are, but not what we may become" -William Shakespeare shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy you

Re: [newbie] How to best support Mandrake - real world style

2002-03-18 Thread shane
ote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*'." - Linus Torvalds shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www

Re: [newbie] How to best support Mandrake

2002-03-18 Thread shane
ms that screw it up? :-D -- "you can have peace or freedom, but never count on both at once" -heinlein shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered li

Re: [newbie] How to best support Mandrake

2002-03-18 Thread shane
questions about mandrake or its workings that we can answer and 2) has no answers we want and simply not feed the troll. -- "If you can't make it good, at least make it look good." -Bill Gates, 1994 shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10

Re: [newbie] How to Install Alternative Kernel

2002-03-18 Thread shane
this without overwriting my existing kernel > version k2.4.8-19mdk in /boot partition. -- "... the only people I fear, are those who never have doubts" -Billy Joel shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http

Re: [newbie] How to best support Mandrake

2002-03-18 Thread shane
boxes and join clubs. behold the magic linux, ;-) i wasn't a thief for using it before, and now i am a proud contributor. -- Microsoft: Having a false sense of security was never so expensive. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98

OT: was Re: [newbie] mem opinion please.

2002-03-17 Thread shane
On Sunday 17 March 2002 17:12, Lyvim Xaphir opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Don't worry about it. I've felt stupid also; I used to run Windows. ;) i have felt more stupid. i was certified to run windows. :-P -- "To live is to war with trolls" -Isben

Re: [newbie] Screenshots, OT

2002-03-17 Thread shane
chic Convention. If you belong there, you will KNOW when and where." shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to bu

Re: [newbie] How to best support Mandrake

2002-03-17 Thread shane
ote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*'." - Linus Torvalds shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www

Re: [newbie] Security hole?

2002-03-17 Thread shane
uot;Psychic Convention. If you belong there, you will KNOW when and where." shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Want to buy your Pac

Re: [newbie] What is WINE?

2002-03-17 Thread shane
code weavers has an RPM for mandrake 8.2 on their site? they are _fast_! ok, so i forgot to point that out, shot me.. but join first. ;-) On Sunday 17 March 2002 15:14, Robin Turner opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > On Monday 18 March 2002 00:52, shane wrote: > > i

Re: [newbie] Anti-spam measures

2002-03-17 Thread shane
Linux is like trading a glider for an F117. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] What is WINE?

2002-03-17 Thread shane
starcraft and TFC, so what do i know about the newer games? nothing actually. -- If someone tells you they possess the truth, listen carefully. If they tell you they possess the *only* truth, run for your life. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-

Re: [newbie] CVS

2002-03-16 Thread shane
efense Secretary William Coen shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Master & slave drives

2002-03-16 Thread shane
also, once installed, if you wish to remove lilo you can boot to linux and as root run "lilo -u" which if i recall is for -uninstall. :-) On Saturday 16 March 2002 08:30, Joe Barron opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Sorry ! Shane you told me what I wanted to know ,except w

Re: [newbie] Master & slave drives

2002-03-15 Thread shane
know is setting up > bootmanager for XP on master Mandrake on slave ,what I,ve found are > partitioning the same drive. -- "We know what we are, but not what we may become" -William Shakespeare shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Profile at:

Re: [newbie] M$ to stop shipping windoze?

2002-03-15 Thread shane
ted false evidence, later admitted it, and yet there is still a question about the case? an even better question, why does the american government buy software from criminals they are in court with? > I recommend the following book: > > Barbarians Led by Bill Gates > ISBN 0-8050-5754

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-15 Thread shane
re Microsoft.. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] QT libraries

2002-03-14 Thread shane
u ruled paper, write the other way." -Juan Jimenez shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ -- ...in a world without walls or fences, we woul

Re: [newbie] KMail and Opera

2002-03-14 Thread shane
ociations" and find html under text, i do believe simply moving opera to the top of the list will change that. it will also make it your default from other KDE apps to though. i may be misremebering though, so play around a bit. hope that helps. -- Remember, to a tree being useful is a

[newbie] laptop

2002-03-13 Thread shane
furbs, etc. thanks! -- Veni, Vidi, Linux. I came, I saw, I got a real OS shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandrak

Re: [newbie] Lycoris or Mandrake?

2002-03-13 Thread shane
i should also have pointed out you can download mandrake for a test run so to speak, if you have doubts, in case you didn't know. having said it, if you do like it, please buy it. support real software.. -- We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. shane

Re: [newbie] An apology and a round of virtual beer

2002-03-13 Thread shane
cessarily. all other sins are invented nonsense. (hurting yourself isn't sin, just stupid)" -heinlein shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Installing WordPerfect on Mandrake 8.1??????

2002-03-13 Thread shane
net or tuxfinder. if you can't locate them, and don't mind a 2 MB attachment i can send them to you. -- "There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't." shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread shane
e something, and go away or "i shall replace you with a very small shell script" -- "If Microsoft is innovative in any area, it is in creating new forms of intimidation." - Ralph Nader shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread shane
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 17:49, ed tharp opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > hey shane, if it talks like a geek, and walks like a geek, and can > install any OS, then Jon says you are a geek then i fail the redhat test. :-P -- Microsoft: Having a false sense of security was

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread shane
i am not a geek by _any_ stretch, and other than font de-uglification, all my mandrake installs have been nice and clean, and i had only the instructions from mandrake to depend on. On Tuesday 12 March 2002 16:50, john rigby opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Hi Shane, > B

Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread shane
ork for the "free" projects like KDE, gnome, xfree, the kernel, etc. who will they let go first, the ones working directly for the company, or the ones working for all OSS? it effects linux as a whole. -- "... the only people I fear, are those who never have doubt

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread shane
8.2 - which isn't even "there" for us > chickens. Altho I noticed it got a couple of accolades on fixing earlier > problems in reviews. > -- Nimda virus affects Linux! My linux boxes have had their bandwidth chewed up by four thousand Nimda servers infected with IIS. sh

Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma.

2002-03-12 Thread shane
ged to instal a > comprehensively working Linux system who was not a full-fledged Geek. > (Actually it is only heresay even then - I personally have not seen one.) -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?

Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

2002-03-12 Thread shane
dire straits? -- "The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better.' So I installed LINUX" shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html W

Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all

2002-03-12 Thread shane
So I installed LINUX" shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread shane
25th, 1991, and is therefore a virgo. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

OT games Was: [newbie] gaim

2002-03-11 Thread shane
raid to cry, ICQ me sometime." -- "Hold (ESC)(CTRL)(ALT)(TAB)(SHIFT)(ENTER) & click here> #" shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html

Re: [newbie] OK New Q, OT Small Linux! ;)

2002-03-11 Thread shane
. the rawwrite program that starts will write an image to disk in windows. you could also try looking up rawwrite in fav search engine-o-choice. -- Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '86, Windows '95, Windows '98, Windows 2000! shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be

Re: [newbie] Where are the sources???

2002-03-11 Thread shane
er licenses to INCLUDE source codes > in the the distro cd? Correct me if I am wrong. -- "Doing my part to piss off the religious right." shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-10 Thread shane
t;) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

GIMP scripting Was: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-10 Thread shane
t's so expandible.. -- remember the original 'jimminey cricket'??? no? he got smashed for telling the truth, remember that the next time someone says "honestly now, tell me what you think" shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-10 Thread shane
ease everyone. very true, and it will always be that way. -- "The only people who like Microsoft are those who don't understand. When people understand what Microsoft is up to, they're outraged." - Tim O'Reilly shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to b

Re: [newbie] samba - online books?

2002-03-10 Thread shane
ood book or other document on samba on the net? > > Thanks in advance, > Stojs -- The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.

Re: [newbie] Minimizing the cult factor

2002-03-10 Thread shane
for gaming. if loki were still out there, and transgaming announced they were making money, i would feel better, but gaming in the one place linux does struggle in my opinion. -- Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier! shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DM

[newbie] Re: ximian gnome

2002-03-10 Thread shane
hailing frequency and transmitted: > no joke, i started liking gnome because of ximian.. -- Microsoft: Having a false sense of security was never so expensive. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile

Re: [newbie] Leaving system running

2002-03-10 Thread shane
built box running 8.1 and i leave it at the log in screen > for KDE is that a good way to leave the system when not being used > Thanks Greg -- "My job is bring comfort to the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable." shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a

Re: [newbie] seeing windows chapter 2 :-)) (bit for Costin)

2002-03-09 Thread shane
-- "The only people who like Microsoft are those who don't understand. When people understand what Microsoft is up to, they're outraged." - Tim O'Reilly shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it

Re: [newbie] where are lisarc and rlisarc?

2002-03-09 Thread shane
ork, but it has been flakey for me so i usually use komba2 if i wanna tap the local network. rlisa is the same, but for more restrictive or controlled networks. -- Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '86, Windows '95, Windows '98, Windows 2000! shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/

Re: [newbie] Cheers Geeks :)

2002-03-09 Thread shane
> It couldnt get geekier I guess ... > > Chers Geeks :) > > - > Hanan AL-Shargi -- Everyone seems so impatient and angry these days. I think it's because so many people use Windows at work. Do you think you'd be Mr. Politen

Re:[newbie] Is it Reiser or is it somthing else

2002-03-09 Thread shane
opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Thank you shane,, > > this memory check is it on windows ? I suppose it must be on windows ? > since linux is not installed yet > > if you can give me a hint where is this utility I can go and look for

Re: [newbie] Is it Reiser or is it something else ?

2002-03-09 Thread shane
D CD OR CD DRIVE, CHECK THE CD WITH AN INSTALLED MACHINE WITH : > rpm -qpm Mandrake/RPMS... bla bla -- "If someone tells you they know the truth, listen carefully. If they tell you they know the only truth, run for your life." shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to b

Re: [newbie] OK New install, probs with virtual Terms

2002-03-08 Thread shane
hen everything is working, you find something to break while trying to make it run better -- Some software money can't buy. For everything else there's Micros~1. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it

Re: [newbie] OK New install, probs with virtual Terms

2002-03-06 Thread shane
andalous. We hear other voices than they do." -Deng Ming-Dao shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services f

Re: [newbie] OK new question... ya i'm full of em.

2002-03-05 Thread shane
ked? -- "I struggle to be breif but manage to be obscure."- Horace shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] full Distribution on a floppy disk?

2002-02-28 Thread shane
forgot to mention, boy would it be cool to see a toolkit type thing that would allow the easy creation a mandrake live cd with basic profile info! not that i expect miracles from mandrake, but they haven't let me down before.. ;-) On Thursday 28 February 2002 12:48, shane ope

Re: [newbie] full Distribution on a floppy disk?

2002-02-28 Thread shane
ng, I am only saying I am wiser today than yesterday. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] RPM's, ok, what next? Gnome Pilot installed...

2002-02-26 Thread shane
bandwidth chewed up by four thousand Nimda servers infected with IIS. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? G

other OS apps and competition was: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-22 Thread shane
er be an acurate count. -- Linux, cause i reboot less often than windows users reinstall. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-22 Thread shane
i agree, it is way too early, i meant subnet. what netmask have you got? i am going back to leep. On Friday 22 February 2002 08:53, shane opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > yes, he should. > > what are the addresses and gateways on the respective machines? is

Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-22 Thread shane
t; he be able to ping even without samba installed?" ... with apache on my > linux box, i could use a browser to reach the linux box with no problems -- "If Microsoft is innovative in any area, it is in creating new forms of intimidation." - Ralph Nader shane http://shentzu.

Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP

2002-02-21 Thread shane
n dhcp. It will make a static connection at 192.168.0.1 but Win XP can > not see it. Neither machine can ping each other. Neither machine is > running a firewall. > > Thanks in advance > ~Lance -- "... and if you drown, die knowing you were headed for the shore." -fr

Re: [newbie] Problem with X when I go to any of the consoles with ctr-alt-f"#"

2002-02-21 Thread shane
_ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com -- Some software money can't buy. For everything else there's Micros~1. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 1

Re: [newbie] Anti-virus

2002-02-21 Thread shane
/.wine > directory, it shouldn't be able to damage the underlying Linux system. -- Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier! shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/prof

Re: [newbie] Changing user

2002-02-20 Thread shane
so there are no default users logging in when the computer boots up. > > If anyone can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. -- 1 if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by interdimentional teleportation. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindsp

Re: [newbie] ext 3

2002-02-20 Thread shane
spoke unto me thusly: > called ext3..which is different from the old ext2...do you know if > Mandrake 8.2 will support it?? and which is the advantage in choosing one > or the other for my linux box -- At first they burn books, eventually they burn people. shane registered linux us

Re: [newbie] wine install on mandrake 8.1

2002-02-19 Thread shane
ing this os will let me do away with window$. > > I know nothing about wine. And I can't seem to get a windows program > running. > > Any suggestions on what to look for and/or to do. -- ...in a world without walls or fences, we wouldn't need windows or gates. shane

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 vs. SuSE 7.3

2002-02-18 Thread shane
ear, are those who never have doubts" -Billy Joel shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-17 Thread shane
> 5.25" 360KB floppy drives). Last year, when the 20th anniversary of these -- If the human brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to

Re: [newbie] CHanging WindowManager

2002-02-17 Thread shane
to X server failed" -- ...in a world without walls or fences, we wouldn't need windows or gates. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link differ

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 vs. SuSE 7.3

2002-02-17 Thread shane
u spoke unto me thusly: > >Any thoughts on how they compare? -- "'Windows for Dummies' is much more than a book title, it's a Microsoft way of life!" shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-15 Thread shane
k that up ;-) i recommend e first cause i kinda like it. nothing more. while not as light as others it does more. always trading off. -- Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier! shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be

Re: [newbie] Running slow.

2002-02-14 Thread shane
> Jeff - K1LE - SECT -- If the human brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans d

Re: [newbie] [OT] saw this one in Sridhar's sig

2002-02-14 Thread shane
have peace or freedom, but never count on both at once" -heinlein shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.h

Re: [newbie] Speed.... Or lack of?

2002-02-09 Thread shane
kernel i tested won't even allow me to complete the boot process, but the other is ripping fast no troubles. go figure. :-) On Saturday 09 February 2002 14:16, you spoke unto me thusly: > On Saturday 09 February 2002 03:48 pm, shane wrote: > > ok this is getting silly. > &g

Re: [newbie] Speed.... Or lack of?

2002-02-09 Thread shane
pen apps, etc etc... -- Vini, vidi, Linux. I came, I saw, I got a real OS. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/

Re: [newbie] Man--Konqueror STINKS

2002-02-07 Thread shane
a if this don't stop. -- Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft®, recently referred to Linux as a cancer. Unsuprisingly, this is incorrect - Linux was released on August 25th, 1991, and is therefore a virgo. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud

Re: Re(2): [newbie] Building a PC (2).

2002-02-07 Thread shane
d they're a good thing to have no > matter what chip you've got. -- I'm not in favor of senseless Micro$oft bashing. I'm in favor of bashing Micro$oft senseless. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ ed

Re: [newbie] Operating Systems and Ram

2002-02-07 Thread shane
s! in fact i prefer the visor for hardware reasons, the old laptop was just a learning project. -- "He who laughs, lasts." shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do i

Re: [newbie] Operating Systems and Ram

2002-02-06 Thread shane
. I guess my troubles have tarnished my view on linux. -- "It is increasingly obvious that our techknowledgy is outpacing our humanity." -Einstein shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://d

Re: [newbie] Licensing, Windows and Mandrake

2002-02-06 Thread shane
) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/she

Re: [newbie] Building a PC.

2002-02-06 Thread shane
the well depends on what you want, but my only problem with the handspring is that kpilot is not yet USB. -- "If Microsoft is innovative in any area, it is in creating new forms of intimidation." - Ralph Nader shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.h

Re: [newbie] Full Linux Network

2002-02-06 Thread shane
. I was just > wondering if there was a good solution to this? Any ideas would be > helpful. -- I'm not in favor of senseless Micro$oft bashing. I'm in favor of bashing Micro$oft senseless. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.c

Re: [newbie] Request for reposting of HP laptop info

2002-02-04 Thread shane
quot;Followers of tao are nonconformists. The conventional label our behavior erratic, antisocial, irresponsible, inexplicable, outrageous, even scandalous. We hear other voices than they do." -Deng Ming-Dao shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring

Re: [newbie] Putting LM on for-sale computers

2002-02-04 Thread shane
We hear other voices than they do." -Deng Ming-Dao shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html

Re: [newbie] Related Problems

2002-02-03 Thread shane
many thanks for the link! On Sunday 03 February 2002 11:49, you spoke unto me thusly: > Personally, I've printed it out ( there's a printer-friendly version > too) - just in case ;-) > > Kaj Haulrich -- "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." -Juan

Re: [newbie] Strange CD error installing 8.1

2002-02-02 Thread shane
a that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place." -DOUGLAS ADAMS, Author shane registered l

Re: [newbie] RaiserFS or Linux partition

2002-02-02 Thread shane
i will second that, reiser has been both good and fast, and stable too. On Saturday 02 February 2002 19:33, you spoke unto me thusly: > Reiser has been good to me. -- Going from DOS to Linux is like trading a glider for an F117. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ h

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