Re: [newbie] Re: Why is 7.2 so much slower than 7.1

2001-03-08 Per discussione abramo
take a very close look at the programs that are running automatically at boot time. That could be the source of your problems. Abe Original Message --- From: Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 15:29:08 -0700 I ran " $ free" and saw that I was

Re: [newbie] To any linux newbies who really want to know their system well....

2001-03-06 Per discussione abramo
Hey Randy, this is an awesome email. You offer some very good ideas for how total newbies can start to get a handle on how their system is working. Some good ideas for people like myself too: Not a newbie anymore but still a real newbie! I often know just enough to break things real good

Re: [newbie] quake2 as non-root?

2001-01-12 Per discussione abramo
cool. I'll try that as soon as I can. Thanks! Abe Original Message --- From: Trevor Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:40:34 -0500 Abe, Have you tried looking at www.linuxquake.com ? They have a huge message board. You might find your

Re: [newbie] Fast CPU

2000-12-27 Per discussione abramo
I find that http://www.gamepc.com usually has a pretty unbiased view point on procs. Personally I'm really happy with my athlon 900. Mandrake 7.2 is fast as hell after I recompiled everything I use for my processors architecture. windowmaker opens from startx (enter) to finished in about 2

Re: [newbie] Wondering

2000-12-24 Per discussione abramo
what processor are you using and did you change the processor type to the appropriate one when you recompiled? I change mine from 586 to PPro and there is quite a bit of difference in performance ;-) Abe Original Message --- From: Glenn Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [newbie] gates gets Linux

2000-12-15 Per discussione abramo
whatever. this is a dumb conversation. try playing quake3 or UT with only a single mouse button. Mice have more then one button because people use them for more then navigating their desktop GUI. Oh yes, in windows everything on my machine is set to single click but in windowmaker I like

RE: [OT] [newbie] Napster Server IP Address Wanted

2000-09-17 Per discussione abramo
there's the major flaw in the "Napster is like a library" arguement. Libraries aren't corporate ventures trying to make a profit. Original Message --- From: Mike Tracy Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 13:00:00 -0700 I don't know about England, but in

Re: [newbie] xfree86

2000-09-17 Per discussione abramo
Go to init3, make sure there is not an X running, use rpm -Uvh foo.i586.mdk.rpm If the packages won't go you may have to use the --nodeps flag and possibly even it and the --force flag. It would look like this: rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps foo.i586.mdk.rpm I've used the binaries from xfree86

Re: [newbie] Network StarOffice Install

2000-09-16 Per discussione abramo
as far as I know the /net switch only works for staroffice 5.1. 5.2 has a completely different installation scheme. Abe Original Message --- From: Rick Bonczek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:58:04 -0400 When I downloaded the StarOffice 5.2 from Sun,

Re: [newbie] xfree86

2000-09-16 Per discussione abramo
there are RPMs for 4.0.1 in the mandrake cooker list too. Original Message --- From: pungki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 06:44:13 +0700 http://www.xfree86.org -Pungki On Min, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: does anyone know where i can get xfree86-4.0.1

RE: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Per discussione abramo
My point exactly. If it ain't broke, it works. Don't fuck with it. Abe Original Message --- From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 21:36:47 -0400 (EDT) Don't worry Abe. I don't hate you. I think you're perfectly normal for not wanting to push

Re: [[newbie] Athlon thunderbird ka7-100]

2000-09-15 Per discussione abramo
why don't you buy your own and overclock it since your so damn hot to see an overclocked duron ;-) Original Message --- From: dwyatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:38:01 -0500 uh...who talked 'shit' about you? (You dirty bastard...overclock that