Re: [opensuse-factory] FTP installation of factory

2006-02-08 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
s through the package manager is a Very Good Thing (TM). Perhaps this can go onto a wishlist for the future... I'll try and put down a good idea of what I think would work, why, etc, and post up a feature request once I can. Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin

Re: [opensuse-factory] AVM/SUSE/Novell long-term relationship endangered

2006-02-15 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
rdware. And I don't mean I won't use their hardware on a Linux machine. I mean I _won't_ use their hardware. Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse-factory] AVM/SUSE/Novell long-term relationship endangered

2006-02-15 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 17:37, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 15. Februar 2006 23:13 schrieb Joseph M. Gaffney: > > You're saying a company ditching linux support means that people have > > to scramble to appease the company? I demand the opposite. I use >

[opensuse-factory] Webcam Support

2006-02-17 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
is not included out of the box yet? [1] http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtop=209333 [2] http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/16340.html [3] http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/files/ Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin

Re: [opensuse-factory] Webcam Support

2006-02-17 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Friday 17 February 2006 17:00, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:30:23PM -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > [1] http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtop=209333 > > Doesnt work, gets me to the front page. > > Ciao, Marcus Whoops, typo http

Re: [opensuse-factory] Webcam Support

2006-02-17 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Friday 17 February 2006 17:15, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Joseph M. Gaffney schrieb: > > A recent thread [1] on suseforums at is ongoing and discussing the > > webcam support in SUSE. > > > > I replied to the thread with a link to the Novell Cool Solutions feat

Re: [opensuse-factory] Webcam Support

2006-02-18 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Saturday 18 February 2006 15:35, Richard Bos wrote: > Op zaterdag 18 februari 2006 04:44, schreef Joseph M. Gaffney: > > Now, being the zealot and supporter that I am, I would love to be able to > > recommend Linux as an alternative for desktop collaboration, but this is >

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse-announce] SUSE Linux 10.1 Beta6 is ready

2006-03-03 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
how I could resolve it? To give you an outline of whats on this machine, I had 10.0, and did a clean install of 10.1 beta 3. I updated after beta 5 was released using factory, and now I'm where I am at. Thanks, Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin ---

Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse-announce] SUSE Linux 10.1 Beta6 is ready

2006-03-03 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Friday 03 March 2006 11:16, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > I'm trying to update my installation, currently beta 5, using factory as I > have been. I'm having some issues though. > > When using yast, the installation source will add properly, but when I try > to fini

Re: [opensuse-factory] NetworkManager?

2006-03-07 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
Ok, this isn't making much sense to me now. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here. I thought *proprietary* drivers were being removed, and issued as kmp packages. Now, open source, GPL'd software that gets linked to proprietary software is removed as well? Joseph M. Gaffney a

Re: [opensuse-factory] Adding Factory Repo using rug

2006-03-08 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
>and y2pmsh cannot be uses for > upgrading > Why not? I did, when I couldn't use other means. Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-09 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
#x27;s consent. We need to stop copying complete garbage from MS, and do original items that are better. I'm getting sick of this "it worked for them, lets do the same!" mentality. Linux isn't thriving because it copies functionality, it thrives becau

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-10 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
I've contacted [EMAIL PROTECTED] to post on suselinuxsupport.de as well. I'm a bit put off by this for another reason; for such a significant change, I would have thought the openSUSE community would have been asked for input on the matter, which I did not see. Joseph M. Gaffney ak

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-10 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Friday 10 March 2006 14:18, Robert Schiele wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:45:30PM -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > So nothing yet from Novell or the developers? > > Why should the developers say anything here about that? The whole > discussion was completely emotional

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-13 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Monday 13 March 2006 05:39, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:45:30PM -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > So nothing yet from Novell or the developers? > > > > I believe alot of people here have expressed serious concerns with the > > use of a .Net

Re: [opensuse-factory] About Zen and Mono (was: suse xp home sp2?)

2006-03-13 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Friday 10 March 2006 17:34, Pascal Bleser wrote: > [keeping the thread, but changing the subject to a more descriptive one] > > Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > On Friday 10 March 2006 14:18, Robert Schiele wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:45:30PM -0500, Joseph M.

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-13 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
does and understand. Realy interesting approach. > > houghi +1. Pretty offensive, and imho, belittling the issue at hand. It does go against standard naming practices. Though perhaps I should just go edit my linux.ini and rc.bat? Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin ---

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-13 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Monday 13 March 2006 13:53, Robert Schiele wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 12:23:11PM -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > +1. Pretty offensive, and imho, belittling the issue at hand. > > Seems otherwise people don't get it. > > > It does go against standard nami

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-13 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Monday 13 March 2006 15:22, Robert Schiele wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 02:21:09PM -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > It goes against standard posix naming practices. PE = portable across 32 > > and > > Could you point to the section of the POSIX standard that describ

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-13 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Monday 13 March 2006 16:00, Robert Schiele wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 03:34:22PM -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > You're right, I spoke incorrectly. Bit busy at work and I blurted that > > out mistakenly. > > > > Instead, I'll revise my comment t

Re: [opensuse-factory] suse xp home sp2?

2006-03-13 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Monday 13 March 2006 17:10, Robert Schiele wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 04:11:53PM -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > And PE is used on 32 and 64 bit Windows. So what you're saying is, we're > > And on any implementation of the CLI specification like Mono. Corre

Re: [opensuse-factory] About Zen and Mono (was: suse xp home sp2?)

2006-03-14 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
ended up stopping the update because of the usage I was seeing.. it was locking up my laptop. Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse-factory] YaST - Software Management

2006-03-15 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
and almost selected the wrong option). Perhaps the old way, "Finish" would be a better option instead of "No"? Maybe "Add More Packages" and "Finished Installing" would be good options. Whichever really; I just don't think "Yes

Re: [opensuse-factory] Default Root Partition Size

2006-03-16 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
. Most users who don't care will simply click "ok" with the given pre-determined size, and anyone with any particular interest greater than "who the hell cares" will not only be informed of whats suggested, but offer them the chance to make it more "right" -

Re: [opensuse-factory] Default Root Partition Size

2006-03-16 Thread Joseph M. Gaffney
On Thursday 16 March 2006 14:37, houghi wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 12:15:51PM -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > Why does it have to be automated, really? > > Ease of use > > > A simple question to the user could briefly explain intent, why a > > differ