Re: [PLUG] Kewel tool: MasterPDFEditor

2017-09-21 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
o know. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Kewel tool: MasterPDFEditor

2017-09-21 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 09/21/2017 10:49 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Thought I'd share this in case you're not aware of MasterPDFEditor. The > non-commercial use version if free and there are linux tarballs for both > 32- and 64-bit systems. I just upgraded to the -4.3.50 version. > > MPE is a really useful too

Re: [PLUG] I'm shopping for hardware, what about Lenovo?

2017-08-24 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
(also sold as Sager and Alienware) hardware from them and never had a problem. Not sure what they're selling these days. > ____________ > > Joe Shisei Niski > > Portland, Oregon, USA > > 至誠 > >

[PLUG] Libre Office Writer Version: 5.1.6.2 and curly quotes SOLVED

2017-08-07 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
e typset in Lyx -- ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Libre Office Writer Version: 5.1.6.2 and curly quotes

2017-08-07 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 08/06/2017 09:21 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 6 Aug 2017 16:40:01 -0700 (PDT) > Rich Shepard dijo: > >> On Sun, 6 Aug 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> >>> I'll disagree with the suggestion to use Lyx, but only because Joe >>> said that he needed to do college papers. For academic

[PLUG] Libre Office Writer Version: 5.1.6.2 and curly quotes

2017-08-06 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
beyond macros in LO's knockoff of Visual Basic scripting. Can anyone enlighten me on this? my use is for non-technical college papers and business correspondence, so Tex- based tools area bit of overkil. -- ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Port

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu upgrade

2017-05-16 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
installer image and pu it on a usb drive and upgraded from 14.04 to 16.LTS without a hitch. I have a single ssd in mine, and the upgrade flew by in the blink of an eye. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___

Re: [PLUG] acroread for 64-bit machines?

2017-02-14 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
t it working. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-13 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
d post-sale. My wife has a System76 Starling netbook that's well over five years old and still happily humming along. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Any Ubuntu 16 users?

2016-10-09 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 10/09/2016 06:59 PM, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote: > On 10/09/2016 06:51 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: >> Is Ubuntu 16.04 stable enough to use, now? >> > 16.04.01 desktop (Unity) works better than most other versions, and Ive been using Ubuntu for over 5 years

Re: [PLUG] Looking for all-in-one printer-scanner device

2016-07-20 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 07/20/2016 05:18 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jul 2016, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > >> >My only disappointment (really just a quibble) is that the outbound fax >> >doesn't work if your landline uses the telco's voicemail system. (thie is >> >

Re: [PLUG] Looking for all-in-one printer-scanner device

2016-07-20 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
eally just a quibble) is that the outbound fax doesn't work if your landline uses the telco's voicemail system. (thie is msnetioned in the manual. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-03 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 07/03/2016 08:12 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > >> On 07/02/2016 08:26 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 7:59 PM, John Jason Jordan >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, 2

Re: [PLUG] Cannot get to printer

2016-07-02 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
dates utility until the first bug-squash release roughly 3 months after the LTS release. Itchy as I am to get the latest, I'm biding my time in the hope of saving time Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Metal roofs and wireless?

2016-05-17 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
For me, there's no noticable difference on wifi, but cell phone (T-Mobile 3g) reception is so spotty I need to go out onto the porch to get a reliable voice connection. It's worth the hassle for never needing to re-roof in this lifetime. ________

Re: [PLUG] Slightly OT: Good HTML design books

2016-04-16 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
be the look you want. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Slightly OT: Good HTML design books

2016-04-14 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
se it's a very successful Google tool. Whether it's too much for your needs only you can determine. HTH, Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Acroread Changes Typeface

2016-03-18 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
I've encountered this before, but my google-fu is rusty since i found and applied fix. There'sa setting that you can flip in a gnomeconfig file fro avrorea, iirc something about font replacement. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 03/

Re: [PLUG] System 76 laptop display type

2016-03-15 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 03/15/2016 10:50 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > I think I conclude that it is IPS technology, or another display mfg.'s > name for something similar. So now I just have to decide if the occasional > reports of hardware difficulties are a barrier. > > -Denis > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 10:25 AM,

Re: [PLUG] I'm going to build a laptop..

2016-01-02 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
er (the first two I bought directly from Sager. )The System 76 techs are great to work with when the Ubuntu forums can't help. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-15 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
I've found that small home/office switches can be price-competitive with simple hubs, while providing better performance. Then again, I haven't been concerned with manageability. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 11/15/2015 04:19 P

Re: [PLUG] multi-function color laser printer for home office

2015-10-10 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 08/11/2015 01:32 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2015, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > >> >My initial research shows that multifunction color lasers (some of which >> >are powered by LEDs rather than real lasers) have come way down in price >> >in recent yea

Re: [PLUG] websites that seem to take over the machine

2015-10-09 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
ll good advice, to which I add Ghostery, an Adblock analogue for tracking cookies and beacons. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] multi-function color laser printer for home office

2015-08-11 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
ro MFP M277dw looks Does anyone on this list have experience or recommendations with this model or near-equivalents? Tia, Joe ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG

Re: [PLUG] Clicking on 'mailto' string freezes GUI

2015-07-25 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
If you look at Edit/Preferences in Firefox, you should see an entry for "mailto". Is it configured for your default mail client? ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 07/25/2015 09:06 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > This started on

Re: [PLUG] Firefox again

2015-07-12 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
u bar to work as most of us expect/desire (i.e. alwyas present in the app window. FWIW, on regular Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity), I've never seen the issue that started this thread, and FF is now at verion 39. ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠

Re: [PLUG] Need new Java

2015-04-12 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
y downloading a current jdk from Oracle (iirc, they provide .rpm and shell-based installers), installing, and using this command to select the instance of java to run when you type the "java" command: sudo update-alternatives --config java ________ Joe Shis

Re: [PLUG] Shifting a virtual box instance to another user

2015-03-01 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
ally and modify both users VirtualBox.xml files accordingly. HTH, Joe Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Stable guest for Virtualbox - Win 7 or 8?

2015-01-14 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
running Quicken and Turbotax under Ubuntu. upgrading to a solid-state "disk drive" makes the performance quite tolerable. Win8 seems so much more optimized for touchscreens that I wouldn't consider running it in a VM. ____________ Joe Sh

Re: [PLUG] Using less on a growing file

2014-09-25 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
Consider: tail -f growingfile On Sep 25, 2014 2:17 PM, "Tim Wescott" wrote: > Is there a way to use less, or a less-like viewer, to view a growing > file such that as the file grows, paging down will get me more and more > content? > > As far as I can tell, just running 'less myfile.txt', when m

Re: [PLUG] New computer working on old computer

2014-09-05 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Jason, > > Not to hijack your thread, but how do you like your Bonobo Extreme? I am > thinking of getting new System 76, and I am deciding between the Gazelle > Pro or maybe the Bonobo Extreme. However, the Bononbo Extreme looks like a > beas

Re: [PLUG] Samsung S5 and Ubuntu 12.04,

2014-08-19 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
capable phone). The "AirDroid" app from the Play Store provides a really nice UI for browsing/uploading/downloading to/from the phone's filesystem, and you can easily limit access to the phone from a local network only. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Or

Re: [PLUG] Computer hell

2014-07-21 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
he fans are when the box heats up. Coworkers referred to my machines as "the Hummer" and "the Hovercraft". Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Need a new laptop

2014-05-11 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
the fan noise on the 500's? ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Need a new laptop

2014-05-09 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
de me look at the current crop of Thinkpads on the Lenovo site, some of which are enticingly reasonable feature/price-wise. Sadly, they don't seem to be available without an OS. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 _

Re: [PLUG] Expand a VirtualBox VMDK file?

2014-05-07 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 05/07/2014 07:08 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 05/06/2014 05:59 PM, King Beowulf wrote: >> On 05/06/2014 05:17 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: >>> >>> >>> I've tried Googling >>> for how to expand the virtual disk space in a vmdk file, but I keep >>> finding how to do that on a Windows host rather tha

Re: [PLUG] Alternatives to Firefox & Thunderbird

2014-04-04 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
hough i'm not thrilled by Thunderbird (searching through my 10+ GB of messages is terrible), i keep using it. It's reliable and handles multiple mail accounts and large mailboxes very well. Some plugins really enhance its usability. ___

Re: [PLUG] Java .jar problem

2014-03-31 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
Rich, feel free to send me the stacktrace, i'd be happy to look at it. Sadly, i've probably spent a half decade of my life reading those, but at least i've gotten paid for it. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On Mon, Mar 31,

Re: [PLUG] Is this scripting?

2014-01-21 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
up their skills. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > > > A call for opinion, or a pseudo poll. > > > > Consider someone at the command line, needs some information, d

Re: [PLUG] Is this scripting?

2014-01-21 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
nversation. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jan 2014, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > >> A call for opinion, or a pseudo poll. >> >> Consider someone at the

Re: [PLUG] Chrome difficulties

2014-01-20 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
urce hardware drivers don't get updated through UpdateManager/apt-get, but rather through the "Additional Drivers" utility. So, i update from v. 173 to 319 "post-release-updates" and so far, so good. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Laptop power brick

2014-01-09 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
ble for my 10-yr-old Sager laptop, they found it on eBay. eBay's item search is spotty in terms of usability and results, but you might be able to search on model/par number or UPC code. ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 __

Re: [PLUG] Dumb network question

2013-12-27 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
I didn't read all of your earlier thread in detail, but my first guess is that you're getting your ip addr via DHCP and need it to be static. Here's one quick how-to: http://www.howtoforge.com/linux-basics-set-a-static-ip-on-ubuntu On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 2:35 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I re

Re: [PLUG] Gnome-terminal in Ubuntu 12.04

2013-05-27 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
of items not showing up in the Dash. http://askubuntu.com/questions/225519/applications-not-showing-in-unity-dash Also, fwiw, if you're a heavy terminal user, you should look at terminator (in the standard repo), a multi-pane container for gnome-terminal. _

Re: [PLUG] Trying to buy a new laptop (sigh)

2013-04-23 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
t of business - the domain is for sale, and Amazon has a but handful available (for very good prices). http://www.amazon.com/Xbrand-Height-Adjustable-Laptop-Cooling/dp/B002ELNCB2 http://www.amazon.com/Xbrand-XB-1002F-US-Rotating-Laptop-Stand/dp/B000GB3E9W ____________ Joe

Re: [PLUG] Annoying window maximize feature in Ubuntu 12.04

2013-03-18 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 03/18/2013 09:31 PM, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > On 03/16/2013 04:43 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: >> I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with gnome-session-fallback. I have an nVidia >> card and two monitors. The annoying feature is that when I drag a window >> to the secondary

Re: [PLUG] Annoying window maximize feature in Ubuntu 12.04

2013-03-18 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
Windows" plugin controls this behavior and defaults to ON. It's a simple chekbox to disable the plugin altogether. HTH, Joe Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Seeking current netbook recommendations

2012-09-08 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
us) it tops out a 2GB ram. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 09/08/2012 12:44 PM, Eric House wrote: > My daughter's looking for a new netbook. It'll run Ubuntu because > they have the best support for her adopted language Catala

Re: [PLUG] Java on Ubuntu 10.04

2012-08-11 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
as installed, although I don't know which is the > default. Everything is working, so I haven't fussed with it. i suspect the tool youre referring to is "update-alternatives" ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 _

[PLUG] Google Chrome and built-in video camera

2012-07-23 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
failed to produce anything relevant. Has anyone else noticed, or read of, this behavior? -- ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox Better Than Qemu-KVM for USB Devices?

2012-05-10 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
g Visor (PalmOS PDA) on WindowsXP SP3 and (thumb drive only) Windows7 (64-bit), hosting on 64-bit Ubuntu 10.11. Once upon a time, one had to use the closed-source edition of VirtualBox rather than VirtualBox OSE in order to get USB support. i'm not sure whether that's still the case. __

Re: [PLUG] Firefox: Tabs No Longer Move

2012-03-16 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
ory (typically ~/.mozilla), so fresh default settings are created at next launch. Upgrading from 2.6.x to 10.x is a big jump, and i wouldn't be surprised if the old settings didn't work seamlessly with a much newer release. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, O

Re: [PLUG] Sequent history anyone?

2012-03-10 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
When i was on the computing staff at Reed College in the early 90's, we had 2 of their 386-based MPP machines (donated), running Dynix. i believe those machines debuted before Intel started using x86 chips in their own MPP boxes. ____ Joe Shisei

Re: [PLUG] general list setup whine

2011-12-03 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
#x27;d guess other >>> people run into it as well. a dash would be just fine. >> What mail server do you run? Are you sure it isn't your mail client >> that is having trouble? FWIW, i second (n) the request. i use TBird on all my machines and this has been a long-st

Re: [PLUG] Hardware question from "fly-over country"

2011-11-28 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
e the standard Dell docking station to connect to those), but good enough when i'm on the road. Most of my employers have used these as standard developer laptops - reliability seems pretty good. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠

Re: [PLUG] Firefox Cookie Management

2011-11-17 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
hat's my experience. Many sites seem to assume that you've enabled cookies and don't bother to test and warn the user that cookies are required for feature X or form Y to function properly. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] List Guidelines

2011-10-04 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 10/03/2011 09:58 PM, Larry Williams wrote: > If Usenet taught me anything, it was how to filter the undesirable chat. Agreed. Can we all please just move on? ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA

Re: [PLUG] Sorting A Text File on Multiple Fields

2011-09-01 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
...and yet the *ix shell environments are chock full of underrated and underutilized tools such as sort, cut, grep, sed, awk, etc., etc. that are much quicker to pick up far more appropriate for working with flat files than a DBMS. ____________ Joe Shisei Nisk

Re: [PLUG] Upgrade Xubuntu Distribution

2011-08-24 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 08/22/2011 12:55 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Back to the distribution upgrade. It keeps telling me that 10.04 is up to > date but I cannot find a menu option to upgra

Re: [PLUG] grub2 error

2011-08-04 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
e pardon my ignorance. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. googling "grub2 error invalid signature" produces a wealth of results - this one seems to have had a lot of success: http://www.blog.arun-prabha.com/2010/03/15/grub-error-invalid-signature/ _

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu 11.04 Not Starting

2011-07-19 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
now working smoothly. > > I think I need a new graphics card if I want Unity, but I can live without. i seem to remember reading about a Unity 2D option, but i don't recall whether that's in 11.04 or slated for 11.10. ____________ Joe Shisei Ni

Re: [PLUG] OO.o vs. LO

2011-06-07 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
OS) for over 25 years. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 06/07/2011 04:38 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Since I process words only infrequently, and when conversion from and to > Microsoft is necessary, I don't really care which one I us

Re: [PLUG] OO.o vs. LO

2011-06-07 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
and .xlsx files is all but nonexistent, and the presentation program still chokes on the simplest PowerPoint files. It's not business-class interoperable with MS Office. Harumph :-) Joe Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠

Re: [PLUG] Caps Lock Toggle Backwards

2011-05-08 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
y laptop via a kvm switch (at home) or docking station (at work). A complete disconnect/reconnect of all usb things usually clears it up. ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.

Re: [PLUG] CentOS subversion upgrade

2011-05-07 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
e.g. berkeley-db or file-based) used for your repos. Also, i've run into real snags when the server and client versions get too far out of sync. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailin

Re: [PLUG] Natty is here

2011-05-02 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
be my next choice. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Problems with Virtual Box

2011-04-20 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
igrating older configurations, using bridge and NAT networking setups. But, in all fairness, i haven't had to mess with any of the server editions of Windows. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Request for Suggestions: Configuration file templating?

2011-04-19 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
e. Simple, expressive in-template language with variable replacement, conditional flow control, and expressions. Well-supported, mature framework. The only real Java skill required to use it is the ability to construct a command line to generate your output. _

Re: [PLUG] Resolved: Hardware failure

2011-04-12 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 04/12/2011 08:12 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > percussive maintenance i nominate "percussive maintenance" for euphemism of the year. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 ___ PLUG mail

Re: [PLUG] Gnome 3 released today

2011-04-08 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
sktop metaphor and WIMP (windows/icons/menus/pointer) interaction model, as well as with the *ix command line, i'd welcome a completely new interaction model for my meat-and-potatoes working environment if it made organizing information and workflow easier and more intuitiv

Re: [PLUG] libgd, php website hack, etc.

2011-03-26 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 03/26/2011 07:39 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > PHP, the public > bathhouse orgy of programming languages that's the funniest (and most apt) description of PHP i've ever seen. Thanks for the laugh! ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice - Worth the trouble?

2011-02-10 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
2007 "ribbon" nonsense, imho) but ugly. Switching to LibreOffice on Ubuntu was minimal trouble (thanks to the PPA), and worth the effort. The less contact i have with Larry Ellison's reality, the better. ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至

Re: [PLUG] crashing a bash shell script with double free memory errors on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 OS

2011-02-10 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
works fine on Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:44 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux, 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 02/09/2011 08:48 PM, website reader wrote: >

Re: [PLUG] Trying to change gnome-terminal command behavior

2011-02-02 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
If you're using Compiz, the Window Rules and Place Windows plugins let you manipulate a lot of these setting via a decent GUI (CompizConfig Settings Manager). ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 02/02/2011 11:36 AM, Daniel Hedlund

Re: [PLUG] Evolution and Google Calendars

2011-01-27 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
accounts and different protocols. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 On 01/27/2011 01:31 PM, Daniel B. Herrington wrote: > All, > > Does anyone use evolution? I started using it with my upgrade to Ubuntu > 10.04 in November. I hooked it in

Re: [PLUG] postgresql SELECT...AS issue

2010-12-22 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
//c2.com/cgi/wiki?RubberDucking ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Firefox Question

2010-12-01 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
;s no need to backspace - but the body-memory is hard to change.) ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] flash problems x86_64...

2010-10-21 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
or a living. -- Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Ubuntu from 9.10 to 10.04

2010-06-26 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > > On 06/24/2010 03:06 PM, Aaron wrote: > > What Nvidia card are you using? I have an Nvidia 9800 and it runs great. > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Joe Shisei Niski > wrote: >> >> >> Both my

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Ubuntu from 9.10 to 10.04

2010-06-24 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
ke two columns. This has persisted despite all my attempts at tweaking the config, and even after the recent upgrade to the Nvidia closed drivers. i opened a bug, but it hasn't gone anywhere. Nothing on the Nvidia forums last time i looked. Joe Shisei

Re: [PLUG] Outlook Calendar syncing with Debian Calendar Server

2010-06-21 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
ird 3.0 + Lightning + Provider for Google Calendar - i can see all my Google Calendars and multiple Exchange calendars within ThunderBird+Lightning, in one view. It's quite nice. http://davmail.sourceforge.net/ Now if i could only do the same on my Andriod phone porting DavMail might be my fi

Re: [PLUG] Migrating to 64-bits

2010-06-11 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
download the 32-bit jdk/jre and point to that. ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Real Men Don't Click

2010-06-07 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 06/07/2010 02:43 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > >> yes, but the MS-DOS command languagewas sooo limited compared to its IXen >> *contemporaries - especially for scripting - that it was truly >> pitiful from the beginning. The

Re: [PLUG] Real Men Don't Click

2010-06-07 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
But DOS wasn't new to CLI. > > Rich yes, but the MS-DOS command languagewas sooo limited compared to its *IXen contemporaries - especially for scripting - that it was truly pitiful from the beginning. The current standard MS-Win command shell isn't much of an improvement. _

Re: [PLUG] Need Help with Aptitude on Debian

2010-05-20 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
nce of 32-bit supporting libraries) on Ubuntu. ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] DSL options in Portland

2010-05-18 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
nding me the junk mail hawking their higher speeds. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] (fwd) Ubuntu 10.04 LTS released

2010-04-30 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
d last night before going to bed, my this morning i'd seeded ~150 others. 10.4 is feeling great in a clean install on a brand-new machine (timed perfectly for a new box from my employer). ________ Joe Shisei Niski Port

Re: [PLUG] Unable to unlock root utilities on Intrepid (Solved)

2010-04-21 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
ve a root password set and boot single-user, you could simply login as root, no? ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] XXX?

2010-04-09 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
FWIW, i read the original message as saying that the recipient of grant machines wished to block porn on the machines they were granted. If that's indeed the case, then i don't see a problem. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA On Fri, 201

Re: [PLUG] random question: how do you think newbies select their distributions?

2010-03-10 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
u gives me the best usability and utility bang for my buck, for about the smae time committment to keep things humming along as MacOS or MS Win. ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing

Re: [PLUG] let's get momentum for Portland...

2010-02-10 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On the form linked in the fine article, one can both nominate and comment, as an individual or on behalf of an organization. i made a plug (no pun intended) for Portland metro area east of the Wilamette. Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA On 02/10

[PLUG] let's get momentum for Portland...

2010-02-10 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
tland. -- ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Facebook & PHP - massive speedup

2010-02-03 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 02/03/2010 07:20 AM, Carlos Konstanski wrote: > An interpreted language does all the work of translating the > high-level, complex, abstract programming statements written in a > human-readable language into machine code (the only kind of code a > computer can_actually_ execute) at runtime, rig

Re: [PLUG] HOWTO Upgrade Specific Ubuntu Package

2010-02-02 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
_Page the installation instructions require a bit of copy-command-string-and-paste-into-terminal, but that's preferable to manually installing a tarball and setting the Applications menu. ____________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA On 02/02/2010 11:26 AM, Ric

Re: [PLUG] Fwd: odd Pidgin connectivity issues on Ubuntu Karmic

2010-01-15 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On Thu, January 7, 2010 10:41, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: >> oops - hit "send" instead of "save" >> >> anyway - when i'm simply connected to my ISP, i can't connect to any of >> the following im services: Yahoo, MSN, AIM, or Google via XMPP (for

Re: [PLUG] MFC Printer

2010-01-15 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
As much as i'd like to, the Sunday clinics happen at a time that i'm already committed. :-( ________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA On 01/15/2010 12:46 PM, Aaron Burt wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 02:30:25PM -0800, Joe Shise

Re: [PLUG] Linux Scanner Recommendations?

2010-01-15 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
Aaron, it's yours for the fetching. Contact me off-list fax works, too. ____ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA On 01/15/2010 05:08 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:51:57PM -0800, Aaron Ten Clay wrote: > >&g

Re: [PLUG] MFC Printer

2010-01-14 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 01/11/2010 09:29 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > > >> i researched the paper-handling problem on line a bit, saw similar >> comlaints but no solutions. Can anyone recommend a local repair shop? >> > Joe, > >

Re: [PLUG] MFC Printer

2010-01-11 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
On 01/11/2010 11:14 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > It bears mentioning that HP's printer division does not manufacture the > printers that they sell. Most lasers are made by Canon, although I > think some of the recent models are from Okidata. I think Okidata also > makes most of their inkjets, b

Re: [PLUG] MFC Printer

2010-01-11 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
no solutions. Can anyone recommend a local repair shop? Joe Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

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