Re: [SLUG] returning windows software

2005-10-25 Thread Russell Davie
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:44:49 +1000 Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Purser wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 13:28 +, l cheung wrote: > > > >>Get a life, get a power book. :) > > > > Yes but can you return OSX? > > It's a good idea to keep OSX on it as a small partition that c

Re: [SLUG] usb audio problem

2005-10-25 Thread Henry Chatroop
Henry Chatroop wrote: On the off chance that I am having a run of bad luck with hubs I will be buying another 7 port powered hub and repeater of a different brand today. And it made no difference. Henry Interested in the applications of technology - past, present and future - especially u

Re: [SLUG] Re: returning windows software

2005-10-25 Thread Jeff Waugh
> > Yes but can you return OSX? > > No, and the Trade Practices Act is no use because Apple Computer produces > the software that is preloaded - i.e. Apple freely chooses to sell > hardware + software systems, unconstrained by coercive contracts. If > Apple was also the only hardware manufactur

[SLUG] Re: returning windows software

2005-10-25 Thread Nicholas Jefferson
> Plus, quite a few companies resell Apple hardware with non-Apple software. Do you still effectively pay for OS X or do these companies obtain hardware sans software from Apple? I'd like a PowerPC but I'd rather not pay for software I don't use - it's difficult enough getting a refund for XP, let

Re: [SLUG] Re: returning windows software

2005-10-25 Thread Jeff Waugh
> > Plus, quite a few companies resell Apple hardware with non-Apple software. > > Do you still effectively pay for OS X or do these companies obtain > hardware sans software from Apple? I'd like a PowerPC but I'd rather > not pay for software I don't use - it's difficult enough getting a > refu

[SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread Phill
Hi all I'm told that one of the big pros of the X server/client is that the server and the client can be on separate machines ( I guess like a remote desktop). How can I use my windows machine to run applications on the linux machine. Currently I'm just using a "vnc" setup. Phill smime.p7s D

Re: [SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread Phil Scarratt
Phill wrote: Hi all I'm told that one of the big pros of the X server/client is that the server and the client can be on separate machines ( I guess like a remote desktop). How can I use my windows machine to run applications on the linux machine. Currently I'm just using a "vnc" setup. Phill

[SLUG] xmms config volume problem

2005-10-25 Thread Henry Chatroop
Hello I am using xmms with alsa and using a shell script to play a series of sound files at different amplitudes -by setting the volume level in the ~/.xmms/config file before running - ie: volume_left=50 volume_right=0 However they play at full volume anyway and when I look in the config f

Re: [SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread James
On Wednesday 26 October 2005 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm told that one of the big pros of the X server/client is that the > > server and the client can be on separate machines ( I  guess like a > > remote desktop). How can I use my windows machine to run applications on > > the linux ma

Re: [SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread Phil Scarratt
James wrote: On Wednesday 26 October 2005 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm told that one of the big pros of the X server/client is that the server and the client can be on separate machines ( I guess like a remote desktop). How can I use my windows machine to run applications on the linux m

Re: [SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread Amos Shapira
On 10/26/05, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 October 2005 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm told that one of the big pros of the X server/client is that the > > > server and the client can be on separate machines ( I guess like a > > > remote desktop). How can I use my wi

RE: [SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread Roger Barnes
> It doesn't do what cxoffice does, but it does what the > original poster asked - i.e. to be able to login remotely to > a linux machine from Windows and run a graphics interface on > the Linux which displays its windows on the Windows machine. > > In case you are not up to date with it (whi

Re: [SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread Peter Hardy
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:36:20AM +1000, Phil Scarratt wrote: > Phill wrote: > >I'm told that one of the big pros of the X server/client is that the > >server and the client can be on separate machines ( I guess like a remote > >desktop). How can I use my windows machine to run applications on th

Re: [SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread Peter Hardy
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:56:50PM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > In case you are not up to date with it (which I suspect from your definition > of > Gygwin as a simple "unix-api") then it also includes a full port of the core > XFree86 to Windows. Minor point of order: it's even more up to date th

[SLUG] Anyone know of a LISP Users group in Sydney ?

2005-10-25 Thread David Creelman
Hello fellow SLUGers, Does anyone know of any LISP user groups in our fair city ? If there are any LISP users on this list, could they drop me a line ? I'm a beginner looking for info on good places to hone my skills. Thanks David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.

[SLUG] Albert introducing himself

2005-10-25 Thread albert
Hello everyone at SLUG, My name is Albert, I am from Barcelona, Spain and I just arrived to Sydney two weeks ago. I am into the Open Source movement and computer technologies in general, have been working on the GNU/Linux for aobut 5 years, and as it is my first visit in Australia, don't have many

Re: [SLUG] Anyone know of a LISP Users group in Sydney ?

2005-10-25 Thread james
> Hello fellow SLUGers, > > Does anyone know of any LISP user groups in our fair city ? Nope, but I'm willing to get involved with one. > If there are any LISP users on this list, could they drop me a line ? I'm a > beginner looking for info on good places to hone my skills. Right here. I'm still

Re: [SLUG] Xserver/Xclient

2005-10-25 Thread Amos Shapira
On 10/26/05, Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:56:50PM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > > In case you are not up to date with it (which I suspect from your > > definition of > > Gygwin as a simple "unix-api") then it also includes a full port of the core > > XFree86 t

Re: [SLUG] xmms config volume problem

2005-10-25 Thread Simon Bowden
Henry, xmms doesn't usually set the volume. Nor is the volume set in a config file - its essentially a state in the driver. Just use a tool like aumix (or amixer for alsa) to change volume levels: aumix -v50,0 play_sound aumix -v0,50 play_sound The -w option is also handy, depending on your

Re: [SLUG] Anyone know of a LISP Users group in Sydney ?

2005-10-25 Thread Mark Jonathan Greenaway
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Hello fellow SLUGers, >> >>Does anyone know of any LISP user groups in our fair city ? >> >> >Nope, but I'm willing to get involved with one. > > I'd probably pop along to such a thing largely out of curiousity. I think there are many people on this list who have a

Re: [SLUG] Anyone know of a LISP Users group in Sydney ?

2005-10-25 Thread Taryn East
* Mark Jonathan Greenaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Does anyone know of any LISP user groups in our fair city ? > >Nope, but I'm willing to get involved with one. > > > I'd probably pop along to such a thing largely out of curiousity. I > think there are many pe