Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?

2009-01-11 Thread Alan Dayley
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > And all because you didn't spend the 40 minutes to download a kubuntu > .iso and make an install CD. > > I laugh WITH you! Indeed. My impatience was blinding me to the better solution. I used what I had in hand at the time. LOL. Alan ---

Re: OT: The Barack-Mobile

2009-01-11 Thread Jerry Davis
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:56:41 -0700 "James Finstrom" wrote: > off topic but kinda cool barack's new ride I think I will take 2. > > http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/cadillac-one_01.jpg > > James Finstrom wow thats somethin. now i wonder what wrangler one would look lik

Re: 2012 and OpenStreetMap party

2009-01-11 Thread Jerry Davis
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:05:27 -0700 "Bob Elzer" wrote: > When the worlds ends, I'm gonna hop a quick flight to San Diego, and have a > whole Hour to party like mad !!! oh yeah? well I'm going to sayulita mexico, and watch the sunami come in with a corona in BOTH my hands -- Happy Trails! Je

RE: Softraid Multi-dirve Failure

2009-01-11 Thread Lisa Kachold
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RE: 2012 and OpenStreetMap party

2009-01-11 Thread Bob Elzer
When the worlds ends, I'm gonna hop a quick flight to San Diego, and have a whole Hour to party like mad !!! _ From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of bmike1 Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:28 PM To: jamiel..

OT: The Barack-Mobile

2009-01-11 Thread James Finstrom
off topic but kinda cool barack's new ride I think I will take 2. http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/cadillac-one_01.jpg James Finstrom --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubs

Re: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread Gerald Thurman
I wrote a C program that demonstrated the Y2.038K problem back in 1999. http://shell.deru.com/~gdt/c/code/Y2.038K.c --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http:

Re: Softraid Multi-dirve Failure

2009-01-11 Thread Joe Fleming
Cool command. I couldn't remember how to check the serial numbers on drives and hdparm wasn't helping. It turns out, this command does that as well. Excellent, made it easy to replace my failed drive and the array is rebuilding. Any advice for running SMART tests or do you simply use it to che

Re: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread bmike1
I was thinking that it was cool that UNIX is a prophetic voice of destruction! On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Austin Godber wrote: > Nope, thats 2038 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem > > Austin > > bmike1 wrote: > > On the history channel they're doing something on the end of t

Re: 2012 and OpenStreetMap party

2009-01-11 Thread bmike1
I'm considering retreating to a monestary so nothing really matters! On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Jamie Shackles wrote: > > True that. I really don't believe in any of that stuff. When it happens > it happens. I guess you can say, in my case, ignorance is bliss. I have no > desire to liv

Re: 2012 and OpenStreetMap party

2009-01-11 Thread Jamie Shackles
True that.  I really don't believe in any of that stuff.  When it happens it happens.  I guess you can say, in my case, ignorance is bliss. I have no desire to live until 90 anyway.  Everything is mushy.  Mushy meals, mushy body, mushy brain.   There is an up-coming OpenStreetMap party.  It is

RE: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread Bob Elzer
Well since the Mayan & Aztec Empires have already ended, I guess their calendars were just wishful thinking. :-) _ From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Jamie Shackles Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:29

Re: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread Jerry Davis
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:29:27 -0800 (PST) Jamie Shackles wrote: > The Aztec calender ends on December 23 2012.  So a lot of people have > predicted this as the end of the world. my son and I were looking at at a couple of the shows this morning. When they said it could not really be used to pred

Re: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread Matt Graham
After a long battle with technology, Jamie Shackles wrote: > The Aztec calender ends on December 23 2012. You Mean "Mayan Long Count calendar". > So a lot of people have predicted this as the end of the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_long_count has a pretty reasonable account of this

Re: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread Joshua Zeidner
the last time we had the end of the world in 2000 was not very exciting. Im hoping this one is a bit better. -jmz On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Jamie Shackles wrote: > The Aztec calender ends on December 23 2012. So a lot of people have > predicted this as the end of the world. > > ~ Jam

Re: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread Jamie Shackles
The Aztec calender ends on December 23 2012.  So a lot of people have predicted this as the end of the world. ~ Jamie --- On Sun, 1/11/09, bmike1 wrote: From: bmike1 Subject: Re: 2012 To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 8:16 AM After i sent the mailing I though

Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?

2009-01-11 Thread Dazed_75
And all because you didn't spend the 40 minutes to download a kubuntu .iso and make an install CD. I laugh WITH you! Larry --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail setti

Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?

2009-01-11 Thread Stephen
you can also run sudo "dpkg-reconfigure gdm" change gdm to your new desired display manager. On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Alan Dayley wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Tuna wrote: >> The default is to use the last-used desktop environment. >> >> So log in once with KDE and it's (tech

Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?

2009-01-11 Thread Alan Dayley
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Tuna wrote: > The default is to use the last-used desktop environment. > > So log in once with KDE and it's (technically) default! Yes, that's true. And if I had installed Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu, KDE would already be the default without logging in first. The

Re: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread bmike1
After i sent the mailing I thought it was 2036. WRONG in both instances. On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Austin Godber wrote: > Nope, thats 2038 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem > > Austin > > bmike1 wrote: > > On the history channel they're doing something on the end of the

Re: 2012

2009-01-11 Thread Austin Godber
Nope, thats 2038 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem Austin bmike1 wrote: > On the history channel they're doing something on the end of the world > all this week. I was watching one of the programs and it says that a > bunch of prophecies from different cultures say it s going to al

2012

2009-01-11 Thread bmike1
On the history channel they're doing something on the end of the world all this week. I was watching one of the programs and it says that a bunch of prophecies from different cultures say it s going to all end in 2012. Isn't that when the UNIX clock craps out? -- :-)~MIKE~(-:

Re: Set KDE as default in Ubuntu?

2009-01-11 Thread Tuna
The default is to use the last-used desktop environment. So log in once with KDE and it's (technically) default! Alan Dayley wrote: > I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a system because I don't currently have a > Kubuntu 8.04 CD. No big problems encountered. I then installed the > kubuntu-desktop meta-