Re: OT: Dell disks

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Butash
Not in general dell systems/servers, don't believe they ever did. Maybe in their DAS or Equilogic stuff they borg'd later, as most "enterprise" vendors tend to do that. Usually just firmware disabling things like tler function and other performance/stability tweaks, but otherwise their system

Linux Stammtisch - Tuesday

2012-06-18 Thread PLUG Announcements
We'll be meeting up at Iguana Macks at 7pm on Tuesday for the Linux Stammtisch. They have new owners and a new menu and the quality seems to have improved significantly. Come on out and see what's changed. A Stammtisch is a gathering of people with a common interest, so there is no formal pr

Re: OT: Dell disks

2012-06-18 Thread keith smith
I have several Dells and have added HD's to 2 of them w/o any problem.  They are a little older.  Things could have changed.  I'd do more due diligence though, just to make sure. Keith Smith --- On Mon, 6/18/12, Mark Jarvis wrote: From: Mark Jarvis Subject: OT: Del

OT: Dell disks

2012-06-18 Thread Mark Jarvis
I'm considering buying a Dell desktop (Inspiron 620), but a few years ago I was warned off them because Dell did something different to their disks so that you had to buy replacement/additional disks only from Dell. Any chance that it's still true?

Re: (username) is not in the sudoers file.

2012-06-18 Thread Stephen
What he said :-) On Jun 18, 2012 6:16 PM, "JD Austin" wrote: > That would work. > Alternately add yourself to the wheel group and uncomment that line in the > /etc/sudoers file. > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 5:45 PM, wrote: > >> When I tried to use sudo, I saw this message: >> >> (username) is n

Re: (username) is not in the sudoers file.

2012-06-18 Thread JD Austin
That would work. Alternately add yourself to the wheel group and uncomment that line in the /etc/sudoers file. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 5:45 PM, wrote: > When I tried to use sudo, I saw this message: > > (username) is not in the sudoers file > > Searching the 'net for a solution, I found that pe

(username) is not in the sudoers file.

2012-06-18 Thread joe
When I tried to use sudo, I saw this message: (username) is not in the sudoers file Searching the 'net for a solution, I found that perhaps I can just edit /etc/sudoer to add this line: joe ALL=(ALL) ALL to get sudo to work. Is that correct or ill advised? --

Re: An introduction and RFC on education path.

2012-06-18 Thread Dazed_75
Calibre and read and convert just about anything. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Carruth, Rusty < rusty.carr...@smartstoragesys.com> wrote: > There is a windows app for reading kindle docs on windows. I don’t know > if there is a linux app, but I’d hope so. Oh, wait! Google is your > friend:

Re: An introduction and RFC on education path.

2012-06-18 Thread Stephen
One of the most educational exercises i have ever take to learn Linux was the old school minimal install of Gentoo. Their process was one of the best documented install guides i have ever seen. and it presented allot of good launch points to learn more about your computer and the way Linux interact

RE: An introduction and RFC on education path.

2012-06-18 Thread Carruth, Rusty
There is a windows app for reading kindle docs on windows. I don't know if there is a linux app, but I'd hope so. Oh, wait! Google is your friend:it looks like you are stuck with reading it in your browser ("Amazon Cloud Reader", see http://techlaze.com/2011/08/linux-users-kindle-cloud/) or

Re: An introduction and RFC on education path.

2012-06-18 Thread Kenn
I see the Keir Thomas books on Amazon, only .99 (Even I can afford that!) and they look like what I'm in need of. Sorry to reply to the whole list on the previous posts (geez, what a n00b!) but I guess this question might be for all ... is there a way to read Kindle publications if you don't o

Re: An introduction and RFC on education path.

2012-06-18 Thread Kenn
Hi Derek, Yes, I noticed the install-fests on the plug site, will keep an eye on the subject for next meet and come check those out. I'm a radio-fan, mostly SWL, scanning and WiFi stuff but I did get my General in 2010 so I could do some transmitting. I also went for it just for the personal c

Re: An introduction and RFC on education path.

2012-06-18 Thread Kenn
Thanks!!! You're absolutely right. When I taught myself DOS, Windows, TCP/IP, several Adobe Apps, Amateur Radio I found good books that took me from zero to reasonably competent. Experimenting, help files and Google searches took it from there. I haven't found that book yet, will check the BB l