Prublem with Update Manager

2009-04-28 Thread Renato Patron
Hi all, Thanks for all the comments to my previous posting. I installed Ubuntu from scratch, an so far my customer is happy. Now I have a problem of my own... I installed Ubuntu 8.10, and the upgraded to 9.04 beta some time ago. Everything went smoothly, but now that the final release is out,

MofoCamp 2009 (May Edition)

2009-04-28 Thread Derek Neighbors
For those wanting to explore new technologies. MofoCamp is the place to be. MofoCamp 2009 (May) http://mofocamp.com Wednesday May 20, 2009 from 6:30pm - 11:00pm Gangplank HQ Offices 325 E Elloitt Rd,Suite 34 Chandler, Arizona 85225 Derek Neighbors Integrum Technologies

Re: Why Wubi is the stupidest idea in Linux history...

2009-04-28 Thread Eric Shubert
wubi is a stepping stone. Not a good long term solution, but a way to get to the other side. Jim March wrote: Quoting: --- Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and uninstall Ubuntu from a Windows desktop. Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows

Re: Why Wubi is the stupidest idea in Linux history...

2009-04-28 Thread Jim March
Guys, once you have a working Ubuntu/Wubi system, how likely is it the user will just stick with it as long as it works? Seriously? Jim --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change

Re: Why Wubi is the stupidest idea in Linux history...

2009-04-28 Thread Stephen
Wubi is great for its purpose For you it is not needed but for someone who is 100% new to linux it is a great learning tool it was never considered a replacement for a real dual boot On 4/28/09, Jim March 1.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote: Quoting: --- Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that

Re: Why Wubi is the stupidest idea in Linux history...

2009-04-28 Thread Eric Shubert
Jim March wrote: Guys, once you have a working Ubuntu/Wubi system, how likely is it the user will just stick with it as long as it works? Very likely. The question is, how long will that be? ;) -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: Need Advice on Routers

2009-04-28 Thread Mark Phillips
Thanks for the suggestions. Newegg advertised that all the NICS I mentioned are Linux 2.4/2.6 compatible.for what that is worth! ;-) I will look into chip sets as well. Both machines have run Debian beforethe PIII is a Windows boxit would be more fun to format the drive and install

Re: Looking for Advice on Debian Server Setup

2009-04-28 Thread Mark Phillips
Lisa, I agree totally..but, unfortunately, with a Linode account, I don't have any control over the hardware, just the software. With a Linode account, do I need to partition the drive for a production/public facing Zope/Plone/ and maybe Tomcat server, or just make one big partition as the

Re: Looking for Advice on Debian Server Setup

2009-04-28 Thread Lisa Kachold
Tomcat creates a great deal of logs; it's needs to eat diskspace just to be debugged. An excellent log retention policy works wonders, but when developers need debug data, you need that diskspace. If you have the luxury of a huge drive, go-head partition away. Otherwise do what the Linode people

Ubuntu 9.04

2009-04-28 Thread Trent Shipley
After mysteriously refusing to update, the synaptic updater just started working last night. And darned if (with some hiccups) it didn't boot from the latest kernel. I am hoping to see many of my Ubuntu 8.10 woes cured, and I am chancing my luck with KDE again.

Re: Need Advice on Routers

2009-04-28 Thread Sir Light
Mark, At first, I would think that the PII will be enough but the back of my mind says...Naw... go with the PIII because one never knows. It really depends on what the router will do in the future. I have a DL380 G2 with dual PIII @ 1.2 ghz running IPCop and yea.. it's overkill but at

Job: Embedded Firmware Engineer

2009-04-28 Thread Alan Dayley
Adtron is seeking to hire an Embedded Firmware Engineer. Job description and online application can be found at: http://jobs.accolo.com/17436 Or you can reply off-list to me. Thanks. Alan --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: Need Advice on Routers

2009-04-28 Thread Stephen
In theory but I don't know withot buying a IPkvm or something similar On 4/28/09, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. Newegg advertised that all the NICS I mentioned are Linux 2.4/2.6 compatible.for what that is worth! ;-) I will look into chip sets

Re: Need Advice on Routers

2009-04-28 Thread Lisa Kachold
I just did a presentation on this at the last HackFest. And after working with IPCop, I found that personally, I would rather not have to futz with it all. I would rather have an ASA or another cisco DSL/firewall/switch that does Layer 2.5 VLAN, in place IDS, and VPN. On 4/28/09, Sir Light

Re: Need Advice on Routers

2009-04-28 Thread Eric Shubert
Lisa Kachold wrote: I just did a presentation on this at the last HackFest. And after working with IPCop, I found that personally, I would rather not have to futz with it all. I would rather have an ASA or another cisco DSL/firewall/switch that does Layer 2.5 VLAN, in place IDS, and VPN.

Re: Ubuntu 9.04

2009-04-28 Thread Benjamin Francom
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote: After mysteriously refusing to update, the synaptic updater just started working last night. And darned if (with some hiccups) it didn't boot from the latest kernel. I am hoping to see many of my Ubuntu 8.10 woes

Re: Why Wubi is the stupidest idea in Linux history...

2009-04-28 Thread Dazed_75
Doesn't matter guys. He just does not see the point. And he is entitled to feel that way. I just wish he would not try to have new users being turned off by only having a LiveCD as a way to try it out. Of course now we can also make them a LiveUSB stick to try which is somewhat better than the

Re: 9.04 netbook remix ?

2009-04-28 Thread Sean Roe
what netbook do you have? I have an Eee PC 900 and there are supposedly still some issues on it. Sean On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else try the netbook remix yet? So far I am liking it -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on

Re: 9.04 netbook remix ?

2009-04-28 Thread JD Austin
I tried ubuntu on the eee 701 and didn't like it as much as Mandrake 2008/2009. -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC j...@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com Winston Churchillhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/winston_churchill.html - The best argument