Re: [newbie] PATH Oops

Hello Anne, Sunday, April 3, 2005, 1:25:11 AM, Anne wrote: AW No man page matching to iptables found. Take a look at iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net - you might find it more useful than the man pages. Other similar stuff through Google, too. -- rikonamailto

[newbie] Assistance from newbies needed

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Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

the data is the same and can be read OK. Still looking.. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

Hello Anne, Thursday, March 10, 2005, 8:33:17 AM, Anne wrote: AW On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 14:39, rikona wrote: Hello Anne, Thursday, March 10, 2005, 3:56:25 AM, Anne wrote: AW Now I'll go back and burn it again, and I'll verify this time. How do you do a verify? AW In XCDRoast I couldn't

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

how dumb my first conclusion and statement really was. :-) Thanks. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

Hello SnapafunFrank, Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:21:26 PM, SnapafunFrank wrote: S I switched back to the cheap ones and burned at speed = 1.0 and S they then worked. Did you ever try a compare or verify to make sure they actually have good data? -- rikonamailto

Re: [newbie] Canon Powershot A85

. AW It's worth mentioning at this point that not all usb slots are AW equal. True. I have two usb slots in front, both go to the MB. One sees my Olympus C-60, the other does not. I'm not sure why they are different. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

Hello Anne, Thursday, March 10, 2005, 3:56:25 AM, Anne wrote: AW Now I'll go back and burn it again, and I'll verify this time. How do you do a verify? -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

Hello Anne, Thursday, March 10, 2005, 8:33:17 AM, Anne wrote: AW On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 14:39, rikona wrote: Hello Anne, Thursday, March 10, 2005, 3:56:25 AM, Anne wrote: AW Now I'll go back and burn it again, and I'll verify this time. How do you do a verify? AW In XCDRoast I couldn't

Re: [newbie] Microsoft overrules EU Council

their own daemons. The people on the OT list would LOVE to continue this, in all its gory detail. You bring up LOTS of good points that are worth exploring, but not here. Don't stop now, just bring it to the OT list. It's easy: Send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- rikona

Re: [newbie] Microsoft overrules EU Council

like to volunteer? -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Microsoft overrules EU Council

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake Forum - OT - backups

webdav or ssh automatically at regular intervals. You can DJ configure drakbackup to do a full backup, or an incremental backup DJ from the previous one. Does this backup include a verify step, especially if to CD/DVD, for us paranoid types? :-)) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL

[newbie] eBay graphics in Firefox.

For some reason eBay jpg graphics don't seem to show up in Firefox. I can save them OK, but they don't show up on the page. What needs to be set, or done, to show them? -- Thanks, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] eBay graphics in Firefox.

Hello Smiley, Thursday, March 3, 2005, 6:20:25 AM, Smiley wrote: S On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:38:07 -0800 S rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some reason eBay jpg graphics don't seem to show up in Firefox. I can save them OK, but they don't show up on the page. What needs to be set, or done

Re: [newbie] eBay graphics in Firefox.

Hello Anne, Thursday, March 3, 2005, 7:13:35 AM, Anne wrote: AW -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- AW Hash: SHA1 AW On Thursday 03 Mar 2005 14:20, Smiley wrote: On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:38:07 -0800 rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some reason eBay jpg graphics don't seem to show up

[newbie] best/easiest way to verify CD/DVD with just-written data?

I don't seem to see a place in K3b to verify directory tree data written to CD/DVD. Is there a way to do that in K3b? If not what's the easiest/best way? -- Thanks, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Anyone seen this? :-(

think we'll be hearing more bad stuff, especially when longhorn arrives. Bend over, and get ready for the long horn. :-)) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] Anyone seen this? :-(

' in giving software to schools.] SK (GAIM does still have a way to go). True Hurry, guys... :-))) SK I'm hoping that by the time Longborn hits the streets, I'll have a SK nice comfy permanent job somewhere in a linux/unix environment. Sounds good - best wishes to you with that. -- rikona

Re: [newbie] Creative Muvo player works great in 10.1

Hello Anne, Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 1:28:35 AM, Anne wrote: AW -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- AW Hash: SHA1 AW On Wednesday 16 Feb 2005 06:24, rikona wrote: Just had a chance to plug in a USB Muvo player. Mounts fine, and looks like disk files -- except Konq knows they're mp3 files

[newbie] Creative Muvo player works great in 10.1

Just had a chance to plug in a USB Muvo player. Mounts fine, and looks like disk files -- except Konq knows they're mp3 files and displays all the info about the song - author, album, year, etc. Very nice! -- Best regards, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Amarok, Audacity and streamtuner

Hello Greg, Saturday, February 12, 2005, 9:01:55 PM, Greg wrote: GM On Saturday 12 February 2005 05:31 pm, rikona wrote: I'm trying to get some sound up on a box recently updated to 10.1. Using Amarok to play an mp3 file results in severely distorted sound, but xmms and Audacity seem to do OK

Re: [newbie] Amarok, Audacity and streamtuner

Hello Aron, Thursday, February 10, 2005, 12:29:51 PM, Aron wrote: AS On Thursday 10 February 2005 11:21 am, rikona wrote: I didn't have xmms installed originally, but streamtuner uses it to play the stream and it got installed then. Works well. I like the playlist in Amarok a bit better

Re: [newbie] Amarok, Audacity and streamtuner

Hello rikona, Friday, February 11, 2005, 12:26:07 PM, rikona wrote: r Hello Greg, r Friday, February 11, 2005, 7:18:01 AM, Greg wrote: GM On Wednesday 09 February 2005 02:38 am, rikona wrote: Hello newbie, I'm trying to get some sound up on a box recently updated to 10.1. Using Amarok

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

be given to subscribe to the list ? HD Any chance of an answer to this question? I cannot see it in my HD mail list (or have I deleted something...) Try sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Off-topic

Hello Stephen, Friday, February 11, 2005, 7:44:00 PM, Stephen wrote: SK On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 14:39, rikona wrote: Hello Hugh, Friday, February 11, 2005, 6:09:21 PM, Hugh wrote: -Original Message- From: Marek Pawinski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 12 February

Re: [newbie] Amarok, Audacity and streamtuner

Hello Aron, Wednesday, February 9, 2005, 1:31:17 PM, Aron wrote: AS On Wednesday 09 February 2005 10:53 am, rikona wrote: Hello Aron, Wednesday, February 9, 2005, 7:00:13 AM, Aron wrote: AS On Tuesday 08 February 2005 11:38 pm, rikona wrote: Hello newbie, I'm trying to get some sound

Re: [newbie] Amarok, Audacity and streamtuner

Hello Anne, Thursday, February 10, 2005, 11:24:45 AM, Anne wrote: AW -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- AW Hash: SHA1 AW On Thursday 10 Feb 2005 19:21, rikona wrote: I didn't have xmms installed originally, but streamtuner uses it to play the stream and it got installed then. Works well. I

Re: [newbie] Amarok, Audacity and streamtuner

Hello Aron, Wednesday, February 9, 2005, 7:00:13 AM, Aron wrote: AS On Tuesday 08 February 2005 11:38 pm, rikona wrote: Hello newbie, I'm trying to get some sound up on a box recently updated to 10.1. Using Amarok to play an mp3 file results in severely distorted sound, but xmms

[newbie] Amarok, Audacity and streamtuner

do that? -- Thanks, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] firefox not robust as mozilla?

on this? I look at pdf's all the time and never had a problem. Both the Win version and the Mandrake version have never crashed, and both have several plugins. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Windows Security

their problems enormously. You MUST be behind a router, though, preferably with at least an SPI firewall! -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Windows Security

is both sides love the arrangement. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Windows Security

invasion of privacy, which is a larger topic, but we should move this to the OT list and not add clutter here. See you there? -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [newbie] Windows Security

Hello Kaj, Thursday, December 2, 2004, 3:42:07 PM, Kaj wrote: KH On Friday 03 December 2004 00:27, rikona wrote: KH Agreed. At last Microsoft did something good. I'd have to disagree. It is a rather large invasion of privacy, which is a larger topic, but we should move this to the OT

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

Hello Anne, Sunday, November 21, 2004, 10:31:15 AM, Anne wrote: AW On Sunday 21 Nov 2004 18:10, rikona wrote: It might be OK to use it in both places. But I might, for other reasons, decide to adopt a new identity for my Twiki participation. If this new person contributes to the group

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

Hello Anne, Sunday, November 21, 2004, 9:32:05 AM, Anne wrote: AW On Saturday 20 Nov 2004 21:30, rikona wrote: Hello Anne, Friday, November 19, 2004, 11:52:52 AM, Anne wrote: AW Over the past few days some of us have worked very hard to get the TWiki back. Thanks, to you all. AW While

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

, I'd agree, but I don't see how using another name to protect privacy constitutes abuse. PLEASE reconsider this. AW The email address you give on your user page is mangled to foil AW web-bots, so there is no need to worry about that either. Us paranoid folks always worry. :-)) -- rikona

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

it. Makes for an interesting conversation. :-) Seems what we both seem to remember is getting pissed off at M$. :-)) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[newbie] Simultaneous media record and play - was: Is Abba safe?

'other' artists via the net, and will support those who are NOT associated with the DRM-pushers. Some fine music out there, too. -- Best regards, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

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

, the easiest way they can. If I lose data or work, tough, they don't care a bit. That wretched response from their PAID support was so obnoxious it was a major factor in my exploring alternatives to M$. Yech! I've had better, more effective responses from this list than I got from M$. -- rikona

Re: [newbie] Where are the archives?

Hello Eric, Monday, October 4, 2004, 6:40:24 PM, Eric wrote: EH I should have sent the answer to this thread. EH The archives have been started back up (thanks to Vincent), but the EH gap hasn't been filled. Over what time period is the gap? -- rikonamailto

Re: [newbie] Where are the archives?

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Re: [newbie] Microsoft patents sudo.

instead of good products? Seems quite obvious to me. Might happen when Wronghorn comes out. Gives time for the M$ patent army to get ready. Then they'll claim all this copied stuff as their new innovations in Wronghorn and start the suits. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

[newbie] Re: [newbie] W32.Netsky - Linux really better protected than windows?

are talking about. Agreed. He doesn't seem to know good practices in Win either. HB You are the only person who has qualified for 5 entries in spam. Well - glad to see someone else was seeing that too. :-)) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Emails are being sent with my username but I didn't send them :(

Hello JRH, Thursday, August 19, 2004, 11:31:08 AM, JRH wrote: J AND IT'S SOMEBODY WHO IS/HAS BEEN ON THIS LIST, AS THIS LIST IS THE J ONLY PLACE THIS EMAIL ADDRESS HAS BEEN!! UPDATE YOUR ANTIVIRUS AND J BLOODY RUN A SCAN!!! :-) Perhaps you could mention an IP address? -- rikona

Re: [newbie] Dell Dimension 3250 ok for Mandrake?

to getting him to try it was to tell him how to back up everything in case he needs to reinstall XP. It's an uphill battle -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

[newbie] Dell Dimension 3250 ok for Mandrake?

Hello newbie, A friend is extremely upset with his Win XP box and is thinking of using Mandrake. Anyone know if this box will install Mandrake easily? Do Dells give problems, in general? I checked the twiki. Another Dell is there and I'm hoping for the best. -- Thanks, rikona

Re: [newbie] Print in 10.0 missing chrs

Hello Rob, Saturday, June 5, 2004, 11:45:12 PM, you wrote: RB On Tuesday 01 June 2004 11:41 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Rob, Since it is over the net, could samba be doing this? Any other ideas to get the first few chrs to print? RB Humm. Then it is probably Samba messing up or something like

Re: [newbie] Print in 10.0 missing chrs

Hello Rob, Saturday, May 29, 2004, 5:30:47 PM, you wrote: RB On Saturday 29 May 2004 05:11 pm, rikona wrote: Hello newbie, Printing in 10.0 to samba/Win2000 printer. The first 3-4 chrs of every line is missing, and happens with different margin settings. Printer works OK on other machines

[newbie] Print in 10.0 missing chrs

UNIX... and in 10.0 it is CUPS..., but setting 10.0 to generic UNIX... does not help the problem. -- Thanks, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank

, but ie doesn't and since the site GM is written to IE, it won't work. M$ slogan: The jobs not done 'till won't run. Replace the 's with Netscape, Opera, Google, Linux, etc. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank

them LESS likely to change when they look at the numbers. Some have told me less than 1% of users are non-IE! Maybe they went someplace else. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed messages not readable in MS Outlook?

, security and privacy issues have faded almost into obscurity. Works surprisingly well. MUCH less trouble day to day than continuing with M$ stuff. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Re: OT: annoying spam filters

Hello Jonesy, Monday, May 24, 2004, 11:03:40 AM, you wrote: J Just what I like to see: My email addy in a monstrous To: list to J be found on gawd-knows how many infected Winder$ boxes. STOP! You're going to give me nightmares. :-)) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] MD 10 success story

that? -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] spyware, cookies, etc

access of the net for anything, and not send anything automatically. Safety first. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] MD 10 success story

a virus sent to them by her. We talked about virus problems, and she sent a reply re viruses and Linux, and that this could not have happened. I think this helped her to like it even more. Based on this, MD seems ready for just about anyone to use. -- Best regards, rikona

Re: [newbie] Newbie network question

Hello David, Saturday, May 15, 2004, 6:51:39 AM, you wrote: DAF From: rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] DAF DAFLW And when you're ready, post those necessary Windows progs and DAFLW we'll point you to the replacements. DAF DAFI would love to find a replacement for DTsearch

Re: [newbie] Good God what are the Irish up too ?

/~pohallor/ireland/Business.html -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Exporting mail from Kmail - solved

Hello, Sunday, May 9, 2004, 3:16:15 PM, you wrote: J On Sun, 9 May 2004 14:24:51 -0700 J rikona disseminated the following: I'd like to move messages in and out of Kmail, but don't see any export function. Can I just select multiple messages, export as text, and then import as an mbox file

Re: [newbie] MS does something intelligent!

Hello JoeHill, Tuesday, May 11, 2004, 2:29:24 PM, you wrote: J On Tue, 11 May 2004 11:10:24 -0700 J rikona disseminated the following: R yes we can :-) R http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5209896.html Yep - main benefit to M$ is probably tracking down more pirates. J ...who

Re: [newbie] MS does something intelligent!

$ will NOT do anything without gaining some advantage. Always consider how they will profit from it. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] MS does something intelligent!

$ is probably tracking down more pirates. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] Exporting mail from Kmail

I'd like to move messages in and out of Kmail, but don't see any export function. Can I just select multiple messages, export as text, and then import as an mbox file? -- Best regards, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1

Hello Dennis, Wednesday, May 5, 2004, 8:07:08 PM, you wrote: DM On Wednesday 05 May 2004 08:49 pm, rikona wrote: The md5's on the disks are OK, and they seemed to work during install, but the install program seemed to be rather confused. It asked for a disk, but when I inserted it, it asked

Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1 - progress on 10.0

Hello Dennis, Thursday, May 6, 2004, 3:52:52 PM, you wrote: DM On Thursday 06 May 2004 04:44 pm, rikona wrote: I did find an old 4X CD and tried a reinstall again. I opted for the plain vga install this time to avoid possible video problems. It got to the summary and it said the video

Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1 - progress on 10.0

into it, because the mouse keeps moving and thus is not a crash, at least in that part. f Thats been my experiance anyway. Thanks - I guess I'll reinstall once again. Sure was spoiled by 9.1. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] Spoiled by 9.1 - progress on 10.0 - solved

Hello frankieh, Thursday, May 6, 2004, 7:02:24 PM, you wrote: f rikona wrote: ff As a rule, I never ever do the GUI test in the installer.. This looks like the way to go, I guess. f If it fails, you might have to start the instal again. (been there) :- Thanks - I guess I'll

[newbie] Spoiled by 9.1

to get the CD running again, too. :-) Did I encounter, perhaps, the two extremes in installing Mandrake? :-) -- Many thanks, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] IP address converter?

. Turns out the packet driver/Ghost was not seeing the dhcp server and I guess it was giving the mac address instead. Finally got it to work by using a fixed IP address, and now it gives both addresses. Thanks, -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] IP address converter?

Hello Greg, Wednesday, April 7, 2004, 5:22:41 PM, you wrote: GM On Wednesday 07 April 2004 07:56 pm, rikona wrote: RU The IP address refers to the address of the machine through a particular RU network port. RU The Ethernet address refers to a particular network card. I'm not sure I

Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows

on a 4004 or 8008, predating even the 8080. About 1971-73 I think. Might check a bit more before the fanfare. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows

of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] SCO goes after the *wrong* people.

' hypocrit! L I'm tellin' ya fellow list-members, when this guy is done, his name L and reputation won't be worth diddley-squat! He'll just go to work for M$, and will be right at home. They LOVE people with that kind of reputation. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want

Re: [newbie] Gateway BURN IN HELL!! RANT Kind of long

to not work right because the disk was not recognized properly. I had to get a special utility from Maxtor to remove it, then it worked. Don't recall all the details, but Maxblast might still be a problem. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] The Bat! vs M2 from Opera 7.23

, It is a bit odd, but most people remember it because it is so unusual. Perhaps just a smart marketing idea? :-) Stupid? Well, I guess with your bias :-) CM but CM that's probably just me. Could be. :-) CM Peace; Peace? With a post like this? :-) -- rikonamailto

Re: [newbie] The Bat! vs M2 from Opera 7.23

the story some time ago, centered on some of the interesting characteristics of bats, and how the ideas might apply to email communications, IIRC. A bit of a stretch, as I remember, but I'm not from Transylvania. :-) see, no teeth -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL

Re: [newbie] The Bat! vs M2 from Opera 7.23

Hello Melissa, Sunday, December 21, 2003, 9:47:31 PM, you wrote: MR I haven't seen *any* email client that really impresses me when I MR compare to TB!). I agree. I was also looking for this. It is really too bad they don't have a linux version. -- rikonamailto

Re: [newbie] Standalone dial-up firewall?

. The firewall leaves a bit to be desired, but as a primary shield for probes and floods, backed up with ZA on the local comp, it will probably be a good solution for my friend. Lots of options - he'll need help in configuring it, though. Thanks for the pointer. -- rikona

[newbie] Standalone dial-up firewall?

, and a quick search did not find one. Is there such a thing? -- Best regards, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Standalone dial-up firewall?

. :-) Thanks, -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Standalone dial-up firewall?

. The developer just got tired of it after a few years and moved on. Still works well, though, and has a lot of support from lists. No rush to leave it. Thanks for the heads-up. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Tax software

the net. It looked good, but I did not end up using it. It is updated each year, and it seems that a bit is added each year. Would work if you don't have very complex taxes. Don't have the URL anymore though. You'd have to search again. It would be nice if this ran in MD. -- rikona

Re: [newbie] Linux VS Windows virus Vulnerability

improperly]. Ask him how to do it. I'd like to do that too. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] OT Windows crashes BMW's?

. Linux does not. No contest. This way, they don't have to think, and nobody's head rolls when these things happen. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] 9.1 to 9.2 upgrade

, will it be necessary to upgrade ALL of those programs as well? -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Sneaky M$ - again?

backdoor code is discovered by outsiders. Then the outsider may be blamed or vilified as a hacker, cracker or attacker as part of a possible coverup of the existence of built-in backdoor facilities in Microsoft Windows. -- Best regards, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [newbie] tax software?

about the obnoxious product activation. At that time they said they had NO interest in a linux version. IF M$ does not buy them out, and pushes a competing product, the linux version might start to look a lot better to them. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Mirrors already deleting 9.1/contrib

be around for a while and there would be no problems getting 9.1 code when 9.2 came out. Maybe it's not as easy as everyone was suggesting. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re[2]: [newbie] sensitive materials

easily download crackers for zips and Office (don't know about the linux versions, though). These are considered rather insecure. For industrial strength protection, use GPG/PGP and a 256+ key length. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

$ software, and are using protective software to be safer and more private. When they get comfortable with their new tools and used to using non-M$ software, they start looking at other OS options. A slow, gentle path seems to be a good idea for many people. -- rikonamailto

Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

Hello Douglas, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 7:52:19 AM, you wrote: DB Here's a copy of the letter - we'll see what happens. Nice letter. I hope you would not mind if I use it as a basis for letters here in the US. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your

Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re[2]: [newbie] OT M$ is accepting responsibility?

Hello Bryan, Sunday, October 12, 2003, 11:15:57 AM, you wrote: BP On Sunday 12 October 2003 01:53 pm, rikona wrote: Given the past history, it might be a good idea to assume the worst, at least as a start. BP As long as you keep in mind that making such assumptions automatically colors BP

Re[8]: [newbie] Thought MS was scary enough? Nope.

-in board to provide the bios, the main board will still not work. They can make this REALLY difficult, if they want to. It's the 'final solution' Herr Bill might use to stamp out linux, with a 'cover story' of making users more secure. Fits the M$ mentality just fine. -- rikona

Re[10]: [newbie] Thought MS was scary enough? Nope.

. AS On my first box (Altair 8080) you had to load a 512 byte program (in hex AS by hand), which gave Dumbo enough smarts to read the paper tape Then you AS could load a program. I remember. Was that tape Bill's Basic, perchance? :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re[12]: [newbie] Thought MS was scary enough? Nope.

? :-) AS Tom Pitmans Ity Bity Basic 4K total You have a long history of not supporting M$, I guess. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re[2]: [newbie] Thought MS was scary enough? Nope.

Hello H.J.Bathoorn, Friday, October 10, 2003, 3:31:23 PM, you wrote: HJB On Saturday 11 October 2003 00:12, rikona wrote: Now you're talkin'. With luck, China will come to our rescue. :-) HJB Don't bet on it..though the Chinese government doesn't want to play ball HJB with Bill

Re[2]: [newbie] Thought MS was scary enough? Nope.

the best way for M$ to control the net. This is the thing to watch out for. Note that the draconian laws also address this issue, and will make it tough to get around. -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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