[plug] Inquiry how to download repositories via rsync

2007-09-04 Thread Tata Dano
Greetings! I have a very slow Internet connection and I would like to download all the repositories of Mandriva Spring via rsync. Any advice? I couldn't find the rsync server in easy-urpmi site. Thanks in advance. Tata _ Philippine Linux Users' Gr

[plug] Fwd: Silicon Valley Linux Users Group / Maemo

2007-09-04 Thread Miguel Paraz
Any PLUGgers in Silicon Valley? I know we had a thread about that.. Has anyone tried the Maemo platform? Nokia does not sell the 770 and N800 in PH... -- Forwarded message -- From: Mike Rowehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sep 5, 2007 7:56 AM Subject: [mobilemonday] Silicon Valley Lin

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Miguel Paraz
The main reason I shifted from Fedora/CentOS to Ubuntu is intangible and nontechnical: The Community! _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Tiger Quimpo
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 13:47 -0400, David R. Meyer wrote: > OpenSolaris runs VERY well in VMware server. I'm also looking at this in the other direction. OpenSolaris as the host and linux in vmware as the. I don't see an OpenSolaris download of vmware. Does OpenSolaris have some sort of FreeBS

[plug] VPN between Endian Firewall and a Fortigate appliance

2007-09-04 Thread Jun Martin
Hi, all. Comclark has installed a Fortigate 100A (demo unit) in our main office and installed a pfSense gateway/firewall PC in our remote office and the IPSEC-based VPN is working fine. I would like to replace the pfSense-based firewall with an Endian (EFW) appliance or PC. I've already installe

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Dax Solomon Umaming
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 21:27:14 David R. Meyer wrote: > All, > I am writing this because I am thoroughly confused by something. I have > tried Ubuntu each release since v5. I have to tell you, when it comes > to distros, I do not care for it. Let me be clearer...I can't stand > it. With s

Re: [plug] About fedora 7

2007-09-04 Thread Dax Solomon Umaming
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 21:11:34 Jeric John Romero wrote: > how would you compare fedora 7 and ubuntu 7.04? Package management: in fedora you do yum, in ubuntu, you do apt > In terms of development for LAMP and Java? Installation just installation. In fedora, you only need to select the D

Re: [plug] Get Memory

2007-09-04 Thread Dax Solomon Umaming
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 21:45:06 Genfil Villahermosa wrote: > I need help. I have a clone with Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2 and foxconn board > installed with Fedora 6 64bit. But according to my system monitor I have > only 3.2 GB of RAM. How can I get all 4GB of memory? You most probably don't have

Re: [plug] FW: JOB VACANCIES FOR URGENT HIRING

2007-09-04 Thread Tiger Quimpo
Hello Sheilla, On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 17:10 +0800, sheilla bagalawis wrote: Please post job vacancies and other job related emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posting there is generally considered more clueful than posting here because if you post here, it means you haven't been around long enough to se

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Gideon Guillen
On 9/5/07, David R. Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't like gnome. However, I have not found (in the past) that the KDE > version (Kubuntu) was as current as Ubuntu. I'm using Kubuntu. AFAIK, since the Kubuntu project became an official project, it is updated just like the main Ubuntu pr

Re: [plug] linux OS hard disk cloning

2007-09-04 Thread Norbert P. Copones
you can simple boot that freebsd disk and use its gmirror(8) tool. for more info see geom(4), geom(8), and gmirror(8) man pages. On 39 0, gregorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to clone our hard disk containing FreeBSD OS. > The hard disk is installed on a PC acting as gateway serv

Re: [plug] linux OS hard disk cloning

2007-09-04 Thread Ian Penguin
hello greg, Mondorescue @ http://www.mondorescue.org Nice Article regarding mondorescue @ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6808 OR G4L(ghost for linux) http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l Nice howto on G4L @ http://bhavesh.freeshell.org/cloninghd.html Cheers, Penguin On 9/5/07, gre

[plug] linux OS hard disk cloning

2007-09-04 Thread gregorio
I would like to clone our hard disk containing FreeBSD OS. The hard disk is installed on a PC acting as gateway server. I would like to clone it so in case of hard disk failure, all I have to do is replace it. How am I going to clone the hard disk. What software will I use. Any windows-based or

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Mhac Janapin
Things I like with Ubuntu: 1) sudo apt-get update/install/remove/upgrade/dist-upgrade 2) i don't have to suffer with configuration/installation nightmares Things I wish they would improve: 1) Default Theme is -- how do I say it? -- ugly. Mhac _ Phil

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Gerald Timothy Quimpo
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 13:47 -0400, David R. Meyer wrote: > OpenSolaris runs VERY well in VMware server. You need to > download ALL THREE PARTS of the DVD and then put them > together (instructions on how to do that are on the Sun > site around the download area). Once you do that, install it.

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread David R. Meyer
Hi Tiger, OpenSolaris runs VERY well in VMware server. You need to download ALL THREE PARTS of the DVD and then put them together (instructions on how to do that are on the Sun site around the download area). Once you do that, install it. It found ALL of my hardware properly the first time,

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Allister Levi Sanchez
On 9/4/07, Elijah Alcantara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why all that hate for a distro ... what's in it that you didn't like? > > Personally the only thing I didn't like about it is the choice of > colours for the themes... I didn't like the default brown ones .. but > other than that everything

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread David R. Meyer
I don't hate it, but I do enjoy doing the evil dance (it's a Dilbert thing). Here is what I don't like. I don't like gnome.  However, I have not found (in the past) that the KDE version (Kubuntu) was as current as Ubuntu. I don't like that I can't have a root shell without going and downloadi

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Gerald Timothy Quimpo
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 09:27 -0400, David R. Meyer wrote: > I can't stand it. Originally I couldn't stand it either. I like it now. what i couldn't stand was the inflexible install procedure (no developer edition, no profiles to choose from, no ability to choose what to install and what not to

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Elijah Alcantara
On 9/5/07, David R. Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK...you've all got me convinced to give it ONE more try. I have been a > Debian user for some time, and have also used Red Hat, SuSE and Mandriva > for a while. I have been working with OpenSolaris for a while now and > like it, but I will g

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread David R. Meyer
OK...you've all got me convinced to give it ONE more try. I have been a Debian user for some time, and have also used Red Hat, SuSE and Mandriva for a while. I have been working with OpenSolaris for a while now and like it, but I will give Ubuntu one more shot. If I don't like it, I will bur

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Allister Levi Sanchez
I used to be an rpm-based distro kind of a guy. Tried from the early days RedHat, then Mandrake, then SuSE (for a long time), while fiddled a bit with Gentoo and even Linux From Scratch. But the first time I tried Ubuntu was the first time my webcam worked with Yahoo Messenger (via Gyach). I kno

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Elijah Alcantara
I like it because it's debian-based, the package management is great. I'm much more comfortable working with debian-based OS's. Hardware just 'works' , well most of the time at least. Also, Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies around the world. Don't

[plug] Get Memory

2007-09-04 Thread Genfil Villahermosa
I need help. I have a clone with Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2 and foxconn board installed with Fedora 6 64bit. But according to my system monitor I have only 3.2 GB of RAM. How can I get all 4GB of memory? Janfel Q. Villahermosa Head, Product R & D Pulse Digital Network Corp.

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
i can think of two reasons: 1. everything worked 'right out of the box'. 2. if I'm in a hole, i just google it up and a fellow ubuntu user almost always has been through the same thing and there's documentation (more or less) of how he got out of it. I'm sure a case can be made re other distros as

Re: [plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread John Peter Loh
I use Fedora but my guess is the following: - large community support - support for various hardware (specially network and audio cards) - already includes proprietary codecs like MP3 - Debian-based I'm curious too. But some friends whom I've convinced to switch to Linux got Ubuntu working in one

Re: [plug] hard disk clone

2007-09-04 Thread Amir Franco Joven
this might help http://sourceforge.net/projects/windd/ On 8/31/07, Luisito G. Trinidad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you could use ghost if you want to use windows-based software > or try "dd" if your using linux os > > On 8/30/07, gregorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > I would like to clone

[plug] Ubuntu...why do you use it?

2007-09-04 Thread David R. Meyer
All, I am writing this because I am thoroughly confused by something. I have tried Ubuntu each release since v5. I have to tell you, when it comes to distros, I do not care for it. Let me be clearer...I can't stand it. With so many distros already out there, why Ubuntu? Fedora, OpenSUSE, M

[plug] About fedora 7

2007-09-04 Thread Jeric John Romero
how would you compare fedora 7 and ubuntu 7.04? In terms of development for LAMP and Java? Configuring my DSL Connection? which is easy? -- JERIC JOHN ROMERO BS Information Technology Java Enthusiast _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing Li

Re: [plug] Effective Backup software with GUI, is there such?

2007-09-04 Thread David R. Meyer
If you are not looking for something strictly Open Source, CA's ARCserve for Linux offers what I think is the best backup product for Linux on the market today. They offer support for MySQL, Ingres, Apache Web Server (with hot agents) and also support backup of Unix, Windows and Netware. For

Re: [plug] Effective Backup software with GUI, is there such?

2007-09-04 Thread Holden Hao
On 8/22/07, Nelson Serafica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm using scripts (rsync) and amanda to backup our files,etc. I'm planning > to remove amanda since tapes are now obsolete. Is there such a backup > software with GUI that can do backups that is free and effective? Try Backuppc or Bacula.

Re: [plug] FW: JOB VACANCIES FOR URGENT HIRING

2007-09-04 Thread John Peter Loh
WTF? One copy was enough to get our attention. On 9/4/07, sheilla bagalawis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.p

[plug] FW: JOB VACANCIES FOR URGENT HIRING

2007-09-04 Thread sheilla bagalawis
Axis Global Interactive is a development arm of U.S. internet. A start up company engages in web and mobile development applications. As a Web 2.0 Company, we create and offer innovative tools, applications, and services to web users, satisfying their ever changing web demands. The co

Re: [plug] FW: JOB VACANCIES FOR URGENT HIRING

2007-09-04 Thread Rom Feria
I am sure that some people feel the same way but can you please spare us these types of e-mail? Thanks. _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/l

Re: [plug] OT recommend mobo with lots of pci slot

2007-09-04 Thread Jay Jesus Amorin
hi, Just an o.t. based on your experience, can anyone pls recommend a intel/asus/epox mobo for dual core or pentium 4 proc with a lots of pci slot probably 4 or 5 pci slots and works fine on linux or bsd. is there a good support on linux or bsd for intel dual core proc? Thanks for your help g

[plug] FW: JOB VACANCIES FOR URGENT HIRING

2007-09-04 Thread sheilla bagalawis
Axis Global Interactive is a development arm of U.S. internet. A start up company engages in web and mobile development applications. As a Web 2.0 Company, we create and offer innovative tools, applications, and services to web users, satisfying their ever changing web demands. The co

[plug] FW: JOB VACANCIES FOR URGENT HIRING

2007-09-04 Thread sheilla bagalawis
Axis Global Interactive is a development arm of U.S. internet. A start up company engages in web and mobile development applications. As a Web 2.0 Company, we create and offer innovative tools, applications, and services to web users, satisfying their ever changing web demands. The co

Re: [plug] Ubuntu Edition Question

2007-09-04 Thread Michael Tinsay
GO for Desktop since you're going to use it for coding. Unless you're very intimate with the command line interface and vi/vim (or emacs). --- mike t. - Original Message From: Jeric John Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: plug@lists.linux.org.ph Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:22:26 AM

Re: [plug] DSL Question

2007-09-04 Thread Michael Tinsay
Best thing is for you to boot an Ubuntu Live CD. You'll see what works and what not out of the box. --- mike t. - Original Message From: Jeric John Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: plug@lists.linux.org.ph Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:17:48 AM Subject: [plug] DSL Question Hi linu