Re: konqueror errors

2012-06-09 Thread Lisa Kachold
Joe, Options: *--silent * Start without a default window *--preload * Preload for later use *--profile * Profile to open *--profiles * List available profiles *--mimetype * Mimetype to use for this URL (e.g. text/html or inode/directory) *--select * For URLs that point to files, opens the director

Re: konqueror errors

2012-06-09 Thread joe
Had not heard of --silent before, but I did try it now and got the same result as before. > Hi Joe, > > Did you try to send it the silent flag? > > $ konqueror lb.htm --silent > > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:51 PM, wrote: > >> >> When I do (from the command line): firefox lb.htm ... it works >>

Re: Fedora Pays Microsoft Boot License fee.

2012-06-09 Thread Derek Trotter
From the article mentioned in the original post: Microsoft's practice is facilitated by the UEFI, or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, which allows a manufacturer to lock down the boot process so that it will only work on their specified conditions. What's to keep Microsoft from telling

Re: Fedora Pays Microsoft Boot License fee.

2012-06-09 Thread Stephen
The main thing will be oem builders being able to lock the pre-installed os into place. But that would also mean locking the bios. And there is nothing to say that will or wont happen On Jun 9, 2012 4:47 PM, "Derek Trotter" wrote: > I just don't like the idea of buying a uefi motherboard and not

Re: Fedora Pays Microsoft Boot License fee.

2012-06-09 Thread Eric Shubert
I don't see how that would be a problem. Please reference exact part of the article which leads you to believe that. BL, there's a lot of misinformation about this. I don't think it's anything to be concerned about. -- -Eric 'shubes' On 06/09/2012 04:47 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: I just don't

Re: Fedora Pays Microsoft Boot License fee.

2012-06-09 Thread Derek Trotter
I just don't like the idea of buying a uefi motherboard and not being able to run the OS I want to on it. Maybe I will want to install an OS that predates uefi. According to the dangerous prototypes article, it looks like that could be a problem if the manufacturer of the motherboard doesn't

Re: Fedora Pays Microsoft Boot License fee.

2012-06-09 Thread Wayne Davis
Excellent. I'm glad it IS nothing of note. On 06/09/2012 09:01 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: As stated, they are not paying M$, they are paying Verisign a TOTAL of $99 for a certificate they can use to sign their software. This is not worth the time to discuss it. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Wa

Re: konqueror errors

2012-06-09 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Joe, Did you try to send it the silent flag? $ konqueror lb.htm --silent On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:51 PM, wrote: > > When I do (from the command line): firefox lb.htm ... it works perfectly. > No complaints. > When I do (from the command line): konqueror lb.htm ... it works fine, > > but I

konqueror errors

2012-06-09 Thread joe
When I do (from the command line): firefox lb.htm ... it works perfectly. No complaints. When I do (from the command line): konqueror lb.htm ... it works fine, but I get the series of complaints listed below. Any idea how to stop those complaint messages? Also, how can I execute either a firefo

Re: Fedora Pays Microsoft Boot License fee.

2012-06-09 Thread Dazed_75
As stated, they are not paying M$, they are paying Verisign a TOTAL of $99 for a certificate they can use to sign their software. This is not worth the time to discuss it. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Wayne Davis wrote: > http://dangerousprototypes.**com/2012/06/04/fedora-pays-m-** > boot-tax