Re: Suggestions for re-tasking a Dell PowerEdge 2450

2012-06-13 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 06/12/2012 04:20 PM, James Dugger wrote: I have inherited a Dell PowerEdge 2450 and want to re-task it somewhere in my network running as a linux server. It was being used two months ago as a VPN server running Windows 2003 Server. Here are the secs: 2 - 866 MHz Pentium Processors Bus

Re: Ubuntu Linux losing popularity fast. New Unity interface to blame? | Royal Pingdom

2011-11-30 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 11/30/2011 05:05 PM, Michael Butash wrote: I've used every version of ubuntu since 6.04 on the desktop (and extensive server) full-time, and while it's always been a bit cranky, it was always the most together and solid linux. Packaging was simply never a problem, nor were dependencies (ahem,

Re: SCADA/Municipal water system attacks

2011-11-27 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Erm, really? How so. On 11/21/2011 09:08 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: Cute comic! But sadly technically incorrect. On Nov 21, 2011 8:03 PM, Alex Dean a...@crackpot.org mailto:a...@crackpot.org wrote: On Nov 21, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Lisa

Re: left while downloading

2011-11-27 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/27/2011 09:09 PM, Michael Havens wrote: I was downloading a program and I stepped out for a moment. Well, when I returned the machine was asleep. When I woke the machine up I discovered the download was complete. Is the download good or

Re:

2011-10-02 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/30/2011 06:05 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: ..I think you won?t find the place better than this site! http://www.braingene.net/com.friend.php?lID=90l5 Does anyone else find it supremely ironic that one of the folks who posts the most about

Re: OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

2011-09-13 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/13/2011 12:28 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: I am thinking of getting Netflix, and I am trying to figure out how to distribute it to several TVs in the house, and I was wondering if anyone else has solved this problem. We currently have cox

Re: etiquette nudge

2011-07-16 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/14/2011 09:50 PM, Stephen wrote: I forget these things as gmail Tisha up allot automatically Voice recognition FAIL? ;-) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat -

Re: tablet computer

2011-05-30 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 05/30/2011 07:37 AM, Michael Havens wrote: are they awesome? do they suck? could I have some feedback on them? I have a Nook Color I installed CyanogenMod 7 (Android 2.3) on and I freaking love it. I use it to check company e-mail, home e-mail, play music and movies on it, it's a really

Just Sayin'...

2011-01-28 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Helpful hints: If you take a private conversation and use it to publicly flame me on a list, then harangue me and accuse me of all kinds of heinous, vile crap off-list: 1) DON'T, several months later (when you figure out where I work, I guess) try

Re: OT: Self Employed Health Insurance Costs and Coverage

2010-08-17 Thread Thomas Cameron
Is there any possibility your wife could take a job somewhere with insurance? Both times I've been self employed that's what we did. Full family coverage for ~ $400/month with a very low deductible. Some part time gigs even offer (more expensive) insurance. Still less than self-employed

Re: Android phone and linux computer

2010-08-08 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 08/07/2010 05:36 PM, mike Enriquez wrote: I would like to purchase an Android Phone but I am not clear if I can connect it up to my Ubuntu computer. Is anyone using an Android phone and transferring files from their lunix computer and phone. Thanks for your answer. I have an HTC Incredible.

Re: System crontab

2010-08-01 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 07/30/2010 12:11 AM, keith smith wrote: Hi, I have been setting up a cron job and found out there are two different crons. 1) the user cron located at /var/spool/cron/ on my Fedora Box and 2) the system crontab located at /etc/crontab . When I do the crontab -e (if I am recalling

Re: Linux certification

2009-11-03 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 11/01/2009 09:55 AM, Sean Parsons wrote: Hello all – I’m new to the group, but have been working in IT fields for longer than I want to admit, but I see the error of my ways and I want to repent and be saved….. I’m considering getting Linux certification. I am interested in

Re: Need help for Installfest

2009-09-25 Thread Thomas Cameron
I would say go with RHEL for $99: https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/developers/ It comes with a real RHEL subscription so there's no munging around with CentOS. On 09/24/2009 03:45 PM, Stephen wrote: I have never done it. But i would suggest Centos based on the following link from oracle

Re: 2.6.31 kernel

2009-08-31 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 08/27/2009 09:42 PM, Ryan Rix wrote: Jim March wrote: Osama Yo Mama uses terrorbytes! Ah! Oh, uhm... I agree...? To put things back on firm earth and on-topicness... Why on earth would Linus even waste his time on trying to get this much memory addressed in the kernel? What is the

Re: 2.6.31 kernel

2009-08-31 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 08/30/2009 01:33 PM, Technomage wrote: Of course, we cannot DEMAND that the developers fix these problems Sure you can. Buy a commercially supported distro like Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat has hired many of the top guns in the OSS community so they can work on that stuff. (as they

Re: By way of giving something back...

2009-08-24 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 07/04/2009 03:17 AM, Jim March wrote: I want to thank y'all for the ongoing help with routers and then Apache trying to scalp me (sorry). I came across the best wallpaper collection I've ever seen...bigtime geek interest, pure high-res fractals and Mandelbrot sets:

Re: Error code 6400?

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Josef Lowder wrote: What is error code 6400? In the last couple of days, I 've begun to frequently see a pop-up that reads as follows: Oops... the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 6400) Please try again in a few

Re: Trying Fedora

2009-01-24 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 leegold wrote: Hi, I'm finding Xubuntu 8.10 to be unstable. A lot of people on this list seem to be into Fedora disto - I'm downloading the iso now. It's ashame, Xubuntu feels wonderful - but it acts weird, things freeze and crash. My theory

Re: Red Hat vs. Fedora

2009-01-22 Thread Thomas Cameron
, it would be cool to pay them for that work. /total bias -- Thomas Cameron --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman

Re: Offering Linux hosting

2008-11-29 Thread Thomas Cameron
A. W. Wright wrote: Thomas Cameron wrote: A. W. Wright wrote: Is it worth it to keep hosted applications in a Virtual Machine? We tried Xen, but it seems to crash the server, I don't know if it has anything to do with the processor not supporting native virtualization. What VM software

Re: Offering Linux hosting

2008-11-27 Thread Thomas Cameron
A. W. Wright wrote: Is it worth it to keep hosted applications in a Virtual Machine? We tried Xen, but it seems to crash the server, I don't know if it has anything to do with the processor not supporting native virtualization. What VM software would you recommend, or are there any good

Re: We are screwed.

2008-11-05 Thread Thomas Cameron
mike havens wrote: It is not surprising but Obama won:( -- :-)~MIKE~(-: Damn right, it's not surprising. After 8 years of pissing on the Constitution, destroying our international image and lining the pockets of themselves and their top bribers, oh, sorry, campaign contributors to the

Re: We are screwed.

2008-11-05 Thread Thomas Cameron
keith smith wrote: A president with a socialist view is much better? He wants to tax your business to help those who do not want to help themselves. BWAHAHAH! Are you serious? I mean, *really* - this is hogwash and you should know better. One misquote != socialist agenda, and anyone

Re: We are screwed.

2008-11-05 Thread Thomas Cameron
Jason Hayes wrote: On Wednesday 05 November 2008 11:50:39 Thomas Cameron wrote: keith smith wrote: A president with a socialist view is much better? He wants to tax your business to help those who do not want to help themselves. BWAHAHAH! Are you serious? I mean, *really

Re: We are screwed.

2008-11-05 Thread Thomas Cameron
Judd Pickell wrote: ...You can take heart that we on the R side of the board will not stoop to that. When McCain mentioned Obama's name in his concession speech, the Republican crowd booed. When Obama mentioned McCain's name in his victory speech, the Democrats applauded. As always.

Re: SELinux vs. AppArmor vs. Standard vs. What?

2008-11-02 Thread Thomas Cameron
Alan Dayley wrote: Thanks for all the responses to my remote desktop login question. I'm pretty sure we will deploy FreeNX for that function. This question has to do with the same server. A tech savvy manager says we should use NSA Linux on the remote desktop host server. What he means is use

[Fwd: Follow Up]

2008-10-17 Thread Thomas Cameron
Howdy All - Here's a job posting your LUG members might be interested in. I'm not interested in a move to Phoenix (I live in Austin), but I told the recruiter I'd pass this along to you. Mention my name if you contact this fellow, please. Thomas Original Message Subject: