Re: [PLUG] Any comments on SLAX?

2011-10-25 Thread Fernando Freire
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On a language related forum I asked for recommendation of a > small distro that would be attractive to users of that > forum. Slackware was one recommended, though I'd hardly call > it small ;/ A Google search then gave SLAX as being > Slack

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu running by default on a Mac

2011-10-12 Thread Fernando Freire
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Isaac Lewis wrote: > Hi there. > > I am wondering if anyone has some tips about running Ubuntu by default on a > mac. I have heard that it can be quite tricky, and I wonder if that is true > or not. > > Would the best approach be to install Ubuntu as the base OS an

Re: [PLUG] SD cards always mount read-only

2011-10-10 Thread Fernando Freire
This may seem silly to suggest, but have you could attempt to throw up a quick Windows VM and see if you have RW access to the drive then. May not be optimal, but at least it'll get you support from SanDisk? On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:32 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:22:57 -

Re: [PLUG] List Guidelines

2011-10-03 Thread Fernando Freire
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Jameson Williams wrote: > What is preventing our list administrators from removing the offending party > from the subscribers list, and adding a regex for the offending domain to > the ban list? The years of repeated violation of publicly stated list rules > would j

Re: [PLUG] question on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) repositories availability in Oregon

2011-10-03 Thread Fernando Freire
I too, lost access to cat.pdx.edu, although I was accessing Arch-Linux repositories. I ended up changing my update server to point to the OSU OS Lab, which seemed to work fine. Hope this helps! On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:45 PM, website reader wrote: > I lost the ability to rsync into the Ubuntu mi

Re: [PLUG] I really do need help with Asterisk...

2011-09-28 Thread Fernando Freire
> I think you are wrong.  I have been trying to be a part of this list for > years where trouble has been ongoing.  The Linux community may be > welcoming somewhere else, but not here in Portland. I hardly deem it necessary to post to this list, it's often far more interesting to read what my elde

Re: [PLUG] Web Site Accessible But Name Doesn't Resolve

2011-09-20 Thread Fernando Freire
Downloaded fine for me, did you perhaps mean to wget from http://orgmode.org/ instead? Navigated to the website just fine, too. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > I'm trying to download org-mode for emacs from http://orgnode.org/. The > Web site pages load in firefox, but I

Re: [PLUG] Fedora 15 upper bar ugly...

2011-07-12 Thread Fernando Freire
> PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- ~ Fernando Freire ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Favorite Linux Netbook specific distro?

2011-04-28 Thread Fernando Freire
> well of it. (i believe it's ubuntu-derived) > > regards, > > nathan > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- ~ Fernando Freire ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] RMS Talk

2011-04-08 Thread Fernando Freire
This was most amusing, along with the auctioning of the gnu. :) On Apr 8, 2011 12:55 PM, "Paul Wroe" wrote: > Stallman did a comedy routine about the church of EMACS. I was entertained. > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > >> Did anyone make it to the RMS talk? Was the

Re: [PLUG] Algorithm's and Compilers PSU...

2011-03-27 Thread Fernando Freire
Obviously, > PSU's ability or lack thereof to educate local residents isn't something > I have the power to improve or even influence right now. I have a free > ride practically to attend PSU or else I'd be gone already. > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- ~ Fernando Freire ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] combined BSD and Linux security monitor

2011-02-16 Thread Fernando Freire
Keith, For those of us unfortunate enough to be unable to attend, are there any resources you would recommend (print or web) that covered Michael's presentation? Thank you! On Feb 16, 2011 8:13 AM, "Keith Lofstrom" wrote: > I was thinking about Michael Dexter's BSD presentation last night. > One

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice - Worth the trouble?

2011-02-10 Thread Fernando Freire
u enjoy the old Excel style, and assuming you are using gnome, you could try Gnumeric which has a similar interface to the old Excel style and comparable features. ~Fernando Freire On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > Is anyone using LibreOffice? > Did you switch f