Re: [PLUG] ReactOS site down again...

2010-06-16 Thread Someone
Shouldn't this be on PLUG-TALK? Perhaps. I thought it was relevant to PLUG because I brought up Linux in my post with the question, Does it make more sense to fix the remaining problems in Linux than it will to create an OSS clone of Windows NT? Sure, this can be continued on PLUG-TALK. I

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-16 Thread Gregg Berkholtz
For monitoring logfiles I use multitail, - Gregg Solid IT Support Hosting Since 1995: www.tocici.com Small Parts Design Machining: www.berkholtz.net On Jun 10, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm

[PLUG] Two Windows Per Screen

2010-06-16 Thread Rich Shepard
I don't recall if Keith wants two page displays on a text console or within X. If the latter, this article may have useful ideas: http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2010-1/dohmen/ Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

[PLUG] Tech republic: 10 ways to dodge Linux hardware issues

2010-06-16 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
In case someone hasn't seen this: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1582tag=nl.e101 It's kindergarten material, but some people think everything you need to know is taught in kindergarten. -- Pat -- p.j.timl...@ieee.org www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs Rd. Dundee

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-16 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Jun 10, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm but bring up two or more windows, one scrolling into the other, like two-column mode in word processors? This would be nice for working on long ascii

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-16 Thread Michael
Keith Lofstrom wrote: From the responses so far, I think the answer is no. The goal is to use a laptop with (multiple virtual windows) to show scrolling xterm output is this scrolling xterm output a log file?  arbitrary rubblish listing from whatever? Turning the laptop screen sideways?

Re: [PLUG] Tech republic: 10 ways to dodge Linux hardware issues

2010-06-16 Thread Word Wizard
Don’t use very old hardware? I thought one of Linux' selling points was that unlike Windoze Linux supported legacy hardware. I'm using a 14 year old HP scanner fed by a Adaptec SCSI card even older. No need to change them out as long as they meet my needs. I was initially lured to try

Re: [PLUG] Tech republic: 10 ways to dodge Linux hardware issues

2010-06-16 Thread alan
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Word Wizard wrote: Donÿÿt use very old hardware? I thought one of Linux' selling points was that unlike Windoze Linux supported legacy hardware. In the Linux world very old hardware are things like MFM and RLL drives. In the Windows world it is any hardware that is

[PLUG] Upgrading Adobe Flashplayer in xUbuntu-10.4

2010-06-16 Thread Rich Shepard
Apparently, the flash player installed with xUbuntu-10.4 is rather outdated. My wife wants to watch a thing or two that complains she doesn't have the latest Adobe P O* S*** ... er, flash player ... installed. She tried using Synaptic package manager but doesn't see how to upgrade

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Adobe Flashplayer in xUbuntu-10.4

2010-06-16 Thread Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.
Rich Shepard wrote: Apparently, the flash player installed with xUbuntu-10.4 is rather outdated. My wife wants to watch a thing or two that complains she doesn't have the latest Adobe P O* S*** ... er, flash player ... installed. She tried using Synaptic package manager but doesn't

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Adobe Flashplayer in xUbuntu-10.4

2010-06-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: Just did that for my BigDog wife. If you go to youtube and try to play something, you get a message and a link to adobe to download the thing from adobe. I downloaded the .tar.gz version, unzipped and untarred it and got a libflashplayer.so

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Adobe Flashplayer in xUbuntu-10.4

2010-06-16 Thread m0gely
Rich Shepard wrote: Apparently, the flash player installed with xUbuntu-10.4 is rather outdated. My wife wants to watch a thing or two that complains she doesn't have the latest Adobe P O* S*** ... er, flash player ... installed. She tried using Synaptic package manager but

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Adobe Flashplayer in xUbuntu-10.4

2010-06-16 Thread wes
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote: Apparently, the flash player installed with xUbuntu-10.4 is rather outdated. My wife wants to watch a thing or two that complains she doesn't have the latest Adobe P O* S*** ... er, flash player ... installed.

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Adobe Flashplayer in xUbuntu-10.4

2010-06-16 Thread jen montserrat
Why not just download the most recent and place the file in her own home directory for her web browser instead of using it globally? I would download the .tar.gz file and then toss the libflashplayer.so file into ~/.mozilla/plugins - assuming she is using Firefox or Iceweasel. ~ Jen On Wed, Jun

[PLUG] Projector

2010-06-16 Thread mwlist
Do you have a projector for sure. If not call 503-869/0634 in the next 15 min Mark wills On Jun 14, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Michael Dexter dex...@linuxfund.org wrote: MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The Portland Linux/Unix Group

Re: [PLUG] two column xterm?

2010-06-16 Thread jgw
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:36:19PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My previous rant on screen width reminded me - are there any programs that work like xterm but bring up two or more windows, one scrolling into the other, like two-column mode in word processors? This would be nice for working on