Re: [PLUG] Font collections for cross-platform compatibility?

2009-11-10 Thread Scott Garman
Tim wrote: > I'm no fonts expert, but I've dealt with this issue a number of times. > First off, do you have the "mscorefonts" package installed? For a > while M$ was distributing many of their fonts under a free-as-in-beer > license. From what I understand, this has ceased, but you can still > o

Re: [PLUG] Font collections for cross-platform compatibility?

2009-11-10 Thread drew wymore
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:35 PM, David Kaplan wrote: > some distros use: msttcorefonts. I've use that command in Ubuntu: > # apt-get install msttcorefonts > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Tim > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > If buying the exact same fonts separately would be prohibitively >

Re: [PLUG] Font collections for cross-platform compatibility?

2009-11-10 Thread David Kaplan
some distros use: msttcorefonts. I've use that command in Ubuntu: # apt-get install msttcorefonts On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Tim wrote: > Hi, > > > If buying the exact same fonts separately would be prohibitively > > expensive (which I'm guessing is likely), I'd be willing to settle for

Re: [PLUG] Font collections for cross-platform compatibility?

2009-11-10 Thread Tim
Hi, > If buying the exact same fonts separately would be prohibitively > expensive (which I'm guessing is likely), I'd be willing to settle for a > collection of near-identical fonts that are named in an obvious enough > way that I would which fonts to substitute for their Windows alternatives.

[PLUG] Font collections for cross-platform compatibility?

2009-11-10 Thread Scott Garman
I imagine many of you who run Linux desktops are frustrated by the font situation, and find editing MS Office documents back and forth between OpenOffice under Linux and MS Office under Windows to be a pain at least in part due to the differences in font availability. Searching for font collect

Re: [PLUG] Hulu and squid...

2009-11-10 Thread m0gely
Michael Robinson wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 07:44 -0800, Patrick J. Timlick wrote: >> Just in the interest of science, I just ran a Hulu SNL clip and monitored my >> PIII firewall with the program top. The processor was always above 98% >> idle; top often showed 100% idle. If memory serves,

Re: [PLUG] Advanced Topics Weds 18th?

2009-11-10 Thread Russell Senior
> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom writes: Keith> Will we be having an advanced topics meeting next week, on the Keith> previously-usual 3rd Wednesday (18th)? Consider this a personal plea to move it to either Tuesday or Thursday. -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net __

Re: [PLUG] Hulu and squid...

2009-11-10 Thread Michael Robinson
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 07:44 -0800, Patrick J. Timlick wrote: > Just in the interest of science, I just ran a Hulu SNL clip and monitored my > PIII firewall with the program top. The processor was always above 98% > idle; top often showed 100% idle. If memory serves, a PIII firewall can > handle

[PLUG] Advanced Topics Weds 18th?

2009-11-10 Thread Keith Lofstrom
Will we be having an advanced topics meeting next week, on the previously-usual 3rd Wednesday (18th)? I can bring a projector, but I'm far too busy to organize it. The organizer needs to inform Roots that we are coming. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com Voice (503)-520-

Re: [PLUG] Can't figure out jigdo

2009-11-10 Thread Larry W
John Jason Jordan wrote: At this point I am stuck. Why would a Debian ISO be on Ubuntu mirrors? I guess I need the full URL to the jigdo version of the netinst ISO, but I don't know where that is. The URL is http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/testing/arch-latest/ia64/jigdo-cd/deb

Re: [PLUG] Can't figure out jigdo

2009-11-10 Thread drew wymore
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:51 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I am preparing for a reinstall of Debian testing, x86_64. Last time I > used six DVDs; this time I want to do a netinst. That is, I want to > download the 148 MB CD image and install the rest over the internet. > > The problem is that dow

[PLUG] Can't figure out jigdo

2009-11-10 Thread John Jason Jordan
I am preparing for a reinstall of Debian testing, x86_64. Last time I used six DVDs; this time I want to do a netinst. That is, I want to download the 148 MB CD image and install the rest over the internet. The problem is that downloading the netinst image for testing is painfully slow. There is a

Re: [PLUG] Hulu and squid...

2009-11-10 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
Just in the interest of science, I just ran a Hulu SNL clip and monitored my PIII firewall with the program top. The processor was always above 98% idle; top often showed 100% idle. If memory serves, a PIII firewall can handle a T1 line. My firewall is not running squid. I haven't bothered wit

Re: [PLUG] Hulu and squid...

2009-11-10 Thread Michael Robinson
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 06:43 -0800, Michael Ewan wrote: > > - "Michael Robinson" wrote: > > > Has anyone been able to watch a movie on Hulu through a squid proxy? > > > > It seems to effectively filter an Internet connection that one has to > > use a proxy outfitted with say Dansguardian.

Re: [PLUG] Mandriva verses what I use...

2009-11-10 Thread drew wymore
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Michael Robinson wrote: > I'm a heavy CentOS user. The reality is, enterprise distributions > of Linux like Slackware and CentOS tend be rock solid stable, but > they aren't cutting edge. I wonder for example if a newer version > of Crossover Linux Standard will

[PLUG] Mandriva verses what I use...

2009-11-10 Thread Michael Robinson
I'm a heavy CentOS user. The reality is, enterprise distributions of Linux like Slackware and CentOS tend be rock solid stable, but they aren't cutting edge. I wonder for example if a newer version of Crossover Linux Standard will support the mathematical fonts I need in Microsoft Word 2003 b

Re: [PLUG] Hulu and squid...

2009-11-10 Thread Michael Ewan
- "Michael Robinson" wrote: > Has anyone been able to watch a movie on Hulu through a squid proxy? > > It seems to effectively filter an Internet connection that one has to > use a proxy outfitted with say Dansguardian. Great, problem is some > sites seem to be incompatible with Squid. T

Re: [PLUG] Mandriva 2010 One

2009-11-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Fred James wrote: > ... and I would stay away from subscription schemes (theirs or anyone > else's for that matter). FWIW: I've been a subscriber to Slackware since I switched to it in 2003. Whenever a new version is released I eventually get the boxed cd set for a very rea

Re: [PLUG] Mandriva 2010 One

2009-11-10 Thread David Kaplan
Mandriva One is free and works as well as Ubuntu, Mint, openSuse, and Fedora! Has the best wifi connection I've found. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:25 PM, wes wrote: > > > > PS: I only replied in the first place because it was suggested that no > > one was using Mandriva - it seems cost may be