Re: ubuntu 9.10

2010-02-23 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
>> not the disk with the extra programs. Hm... Never heard of one... Or ever needed a CD to install anything. How'bout: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade Add stuff with: /usr/bin/aptitude (universal) and/or (KDE based): /usr/bin/kpackagekit There is a Gnome/Xfce/(something else

Re: Openmoko rootkit

2010-02-23 Thread Tuna
There are several distributions available for the Freerunner. It looks like he's running a particular distro that came out in 2008. I believe that it had SSH open by default, and with a fun little default password. Also, OM only has one user, root (who wants to go through an authentication screen

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Tuna
Excerpts from Michael Havens's message of Tue Feb 23 20:32:51 -0700 2010: > I never got the cd. A gentleman was gracious enough to give me a spare box > he had lieing around with ubuntu pre-installed. > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Tuna wrote: > > > It may be on the CD. You should have the

ubuntu 9.10

2010-02-23 Thread Michael Havens
I am in possession of a linux machine installed with ubuntu 9.10. I got the computer but not the disk with the extra programs. Would someone be gracious enough to mail me that disk? I am at 3486 E Granite DR, Cottonwood, AZ 86326. Why am I oosting my address? Beecause whoever wants to come visit me

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Michael Havens
wireless card in the M$ machine. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:33 PM, keith smith wrote: > > Sorry, I understand. You are using a wireless card. > > > Keith Smith > > > --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Michael Havens wrote: > > > From: Michael Havens > > Subject: Re: Ruby it is! > >

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Michael Havens
it has one inport and 4 outs. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:32 PM, keith smith wrote: > > Is your router only wireless? No rj45 ? > > > Keith Smith > > > --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Michael Havens wrote: > > > From: Michael Havens > > Subject: Re: Ruby it is! > > To: "Main PLUG

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread keith smith
Sorry, I understand. You are using a wireless card. Keith Smith --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Michael Havens wrote: > From: Michael Havens > Subject: Re: Ruby it is! > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8:30 PM > I am 'sharing' someones uns

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Michael Havens
I never got the cd. A gentleman was gracious enough to give me a spare box he had lieing around with ubuntu pre-installed. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Tuna wrote: > It may be on the CD. You should have the CD set as a repository still, > so just pop in the CD and try installing it via synap

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread keith smith
Is your router only wireless? No rj45 ? Keith Smith --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Michael Havens wrote: > From: Michael Havens > Subject: Re: Ruby it is! > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8:30 PM > I am 'sharing' someones unsecure > wirel

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Michael Havens
I am 'sharing' someones unsecure wireless account. I do not have a wireless card for ubuntu but rather just a router from when I could afford internet. Now I am on disability and all I can do is beg and plead for mercy! I am to afraid to put the hackware on the router for fear of turning it into a

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Tuna
It may be on the CD. You should have the CD set as a repository still, so just pop in the CD and try installing it via synaptic. Excerpts from Michael Havens's message of Tue Feb 23 18:54:02 -0700 2010: > Okay. The majority of the noise out there is telling me to learn Ruby; > therefore, Ruby is

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Eric Shubert
I would. Then again, I suppose you could run Ruby on the other box. :( keith smith wrote: > I think the first step is to get your Linux box connected. > > Keith Smith > > > --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Eric Shubert wrote: > >> From: Eric Shubert >> Subject: Re: Ruby it is! >>

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread keith smith
I think the first step is to get your Linux box connected. Keith Smith --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Eric Shubert wrote: > From: Eric Shubert > Subject: Re: Ruby it is! > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 7:07 PM > Michael Havens wrot

Re: Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Eric Shubert
Michael Havens wrote: > Okay. The majority of the noise out there is telling me to learn Ruby; > therefore, Ruby is what shall be learned! My next question is how should > I install it seeing as how I do not have internet access from the ubuntu > box but I do have it from the windows computer?

Ruby it is!

2010-02-23 Thread Michael Havens
Okay. The majority of the noise out there is telling me to learn Ruby; therefore, Ruby is what shall be learned! My next question is how should I install it seeing as how I do not have internet access from the ubuntu box but I do have it from the windows computer? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: ---

Re:

2010-02-23 Thread Kurt Granroth
On 2/22/10 12:29 AM, Tuna wrote: > Excerpts from Gerald Thurman's message of Sun Feb 21 09:08:04 -0700 2010: >> Learn the command-line using BASH, then use BASH as your first programming >> language. The transition is seamless. BASH provides the three things you >> need to write a structured progra

Re: Help for my mom part 2

2010-02-23 Thread Stephen
I think it was fedora 11 i ran into a tool to make the USB stick form livecd and it added a persistent storage area to the disk (if you had the space free) On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Nathan England wrote: > OpenSUSE Live discs can be dd'd to a USB flash drive. > dd if=/path/to/opensuse-KDE-

Re: Lookin at Qwest DSL Service

2010-02-23 Thread Stephen
Thats why it was only 12k to have it done. if further would have been more. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Charles Jones wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Technomage > wrote: >> >> she might also consider cox >> biz services. they tend to be reliable and stable (according to >> DSLrep

Re: Help for my mom part 2

2010-02-23 Thread Nathan England
OpenSUSE Live discs can be dd'd to a USB flash drive. dd if=/path/to/opensuse-KDE-live-blah.iso of=/dev/usbdevice bs=4MB And it works very well and is very fast. I use it quite a bit for various tasks. I wish it had a persistent feature to it so I could save things. It is possible you can do the

Re: Lookin at Qwest DSL Service

2010-02-23 Thread Charles Jones
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Technomage wrote: > she might also consider cox > biz services. they tend to be reliable and stable (according to > DSLreports). > Yeah that's what she wanted at first (Cox), but they told her that the building was not wired and she would have to pay $12,000.00 to

Openmoko rootkit

2010-02-23 Thread Charles Jones
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