Fwd: [PLUG-applications] Installfest reminder

2009-09-24 Thread Dazed_75
Thanks Hans, I should have thought to do this. Hence the forward to the discuss list as well. -- Forwarded message -- From: der.hans plug-anwendun...@lufthans.com Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:56 AM Subject: [PLUG-applications] Installfest reminder To: Free Software applications

grml distro

2009-09-24 Thread Eric Shubert
Just came across this. http://grml.org/ Does anyone here know much about it? -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: grml distro

2009-09-24 Thread Stephen
nope but it is not working well today :-) On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: Just came across this. http://grml.org/ Does anyone here know much about it? -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: grml distro

2009-09-24 Thread Eric Shubert
Stephen wrote: nope but it is not working well today :-) On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: Just came across this. http://grml.org/ Does anyone here know much about it? -- -Eric 'shubes' How so? -- -Eric 'shubes'

Re: grml distro

2009-09-24 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
One of the few CDs that will handle you a functioning SSH server right out of the box... :) Just boot with: grml ssh=password-for-grml-user Pretty handy sometimes... ET Eric Shubert writes: Just came across this. http://grml.org/ Does anyone here know much about it? -- -Eric

OT: Anyone want to go to Astricon next month?

2009-09-24 Thread JD Austin
Astricon will be in Glendale on October 13-15th. If you'd like to go to Astricon you can use this discount code to get a 20% discount: AST09XORCOM http://www.astricon.net/confDescriptions.aspx -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC j...@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201

Re: OT: Anyone want to go to Astricon next month?

2009-09-24 Thread AZ RUNE
Sure thanks for the discount coupon :-) On Sep 24, 2009 12:55 PM, JD Austin j...@twingeckos.com wrote: Astricon will be in Glendale on October 13-15th. If you'd like to go to Astricon you can use this discount code to get a 20% discount: AST09XORCOM http://www.astricon.net/confDescriptions.aspx

Need help for Installfest

2009-09-24 Thread Dazed_75
We have someone coming Saturday to install Linux and Oracle 10g on his laptop in order to explore and learn about using Oracle. He has 40GB of the drive set aside for this (windows on the other 40 GB). I know nothing about Oracle so it would help to have someone come who could give advice,

Re: Need help for Installfest

2009-09-24 Thread Stephen
I have never done it. But i would suggest Centos based on the following link from oracle http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/smiley_10gdb_install.html unless he has any of the paid stuff that oracle lists and

a Karmic Koala Goodness

2009-09-24 Thread Dazed_75
Last month I gave a talk at the East Side meeting and talked about netbooks and using different distributions. All seemed to have issues even if they were mostly resolvable. I downloaded the Ubuntu Netbook Remix Alpha 6 version of Karmic Koala and made a live USB stick. That booted up on my

Re: a Karmic Koala Goodness

2009-09-24 Thread Stephen
interesting tidbit. thx On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: Last month I gave a talk at the East Side meeting and talked about netbooks and using different distributions.  All seemed to have issues even if they were mostly resolvable.  I downloaded the Ubuntu

Re: a Karmic Koala Goodness

2009-09-24 Thread mike havens
it seems to me that distros run better when run live rather than when installed. That is just my experience though. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: interesting tidbit. thx On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: Last month

Bulk HTML mailing

2009-09-24 Thread Craig White
I have a customer that thinks he wants to try bulk e-mail to generate sales. I had nothing to do with this. He hired some graphic artist who of course creates a single jpg file which is useless. Now I have to create an html file that we can mail. My limited knowledge of this remembers something

Re: Bulk HTML mailing

2009-09-24 Thread Stephen
you cna use something like Nvu for a simple HTML editing and you cna flip between source and WYSWYG http://www.net2.com/nvu/ On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Craig White craigwh...@azapple.com wrote: I have a customer that thinks he wants to try bulk e-mail to generate sales. I had nothing

Re: a Karmic Koala Goodness

2009-09-24 Thread Eric Shubert
mike havens wrote: it seems to me that distros run better when run live rather than when installed. That is just my experience though. I suppose that might be true for some people. There's no opportunity to muck up the configuration. ;) -- -Eric 'shubes'

Re: Bulk HTML mailing

2009-09-24 Thread Ryan Rix
Craig White wrote: I have a customer that thinks he wants to try bulk e-mail to generate sales. I had nothing to do with this. He hired some graphic artist who of course creates a single jpg file which is useless. Now I have to create an html file that we can mail. And we hear the

Re: Need help for Installfest

2009-09-24 Thread James Mcphee
I've installed oracle 10g on centos, but I needed an xserver to do it. I think you can get the express version without, but at that point why not just load the oracle express appliance? It'll all depend on what he actually wants to do with it, I guess. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Stephen