[SLUG] Cursor colour.

I'm using Fedora 4 and Gnome. Can anyone tell me how to change the colour of the cursor? I've changerds the font colour in the terminal: the cursor is still the same and I can't see what's under it. Any help etc. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

[SLUG] Question on Gnome.

a command-line freak and like to have several files open/minimized at a session. Has anyone seen this before? Any help would be appreciated, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Lindows experience.

I've been given a copy of Lindows4.5 by someone who is (was) rather chary of it---the Lindows, not the version. Has anyone had any experience with Lindows that they'd care to communicate? Good/bad/indifferent will do. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

[SLUG] An fstab question.

/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] An unsupported AGFA scanner.

not the parallel port versions. Has anyone any ideas on how to get some life out of it? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Templates and their manufacture.

? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] PSTricks question.

The pst-grad that I have can do linear gradations and these can be fiddled with gradmidpoint. I'd like to produce a radial gradation, leading to a graphic of Great Taste and Poignancy. Has anyone come across a PSTrick that does this? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] LaTeX, seminar class question.

Tried amending the example in the LaTeX Graphics Companion, page 339. Information at the bottom of the page. Tried \slideframe{double}. No, it doesn't like the {double}. Or {shadow}. Obviously I've offended it somehow. Anybody been this way before? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] On probing a CD.

. As I remember, it was a method to avoid typing out the titles on the disk. Can anyone help? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Microsoft game analogue.

. A Dogpile search thus far has resulted in zero. Can anyone help? By doing so, you will save me the trouble of explaining to my nephew just what living on borrowed time means. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http

[SLUG] LaTeX: character thus far unobtainable.

, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] LateX question, tabular and raggedright.

/suggestions will be greatfully received and looked over, Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Wanting a single file from an rpm.

To all: Many thanks for the replies. I've elaborated on the problem; someone else might have run into it and this might help. I run Fedora2 on an IBM 600e Thinkpad. I wanted to install elvis, which is a rather good improvement on vi/vim etc. I'm gunshy of using other than rpm to install an

[SLUG] Wanting a single file from an rpm.

system. ncurses-5.2-34.i686 contains it simply as /lib/libtinfo.so.5 Shouldn't I be able simply to extract libtinfo.so.5 and install it myself? Or is there an rpm flag that says install a certain file and only that file? Any help ... Regards, Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] Suggestions for a soundcard, please.

My laptop (IBM Thinkpad 600e/ Fedora core 2) cannot, despite repeated attempts by people with more---alright, *much* more---Linux knowledge than me, activate the soundcard. So I'll have to relegate it to the Project When I Have The Time basket. I'd like to use audacity to tailor some talk and

[SLUG] alsaconf query.

Has anyone had any experience with alsaconf? I'm trying to get some sound out of my (IBM 600e) laptop and, according to some people on LinuxQuestions, alsaconf is the way to go. Any help etc., Regards, Bill bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

[SLUG] Latex question. On arrows.

@ and @ do *not* produce arrows that extend automatically to accommodate unusually wide subscripts and superscripts, page 226 of TLC notwithstanding. I have a feeling that I've seen this before, although long ago and far away. Can anyone help, please? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] Gnome games. The other type.

The nephew noticed some games on my laptop, in particular one called, I think, Same (ball game, object is to get rid of the entire set). Could he have a copy for Dad's (Microsoft-oriented) PC? I dunno. Is there an analogous game somewhere? Any help etc., Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG

[SLUG] Soundcard, IBM and sox

one inside, can anyone suggest/recommend one, please? Any help in the matter etc. Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Soundcard, IBM and sox

Many thanks for the reply. Well, I've progressed: I now know that the laptop *has* one. I'm a bit apprehensive about this. My laptop was given to me by someone who bought it in the USA, which is a roundabout way of saying that IBM (Australia) don't wish to know me. Presumably drivers differ

[SLUG] A(nother) question on audacity.

would apply to cdparanoia also, wouldn't it? If so, how do I adjust cdparanoia? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] qustion about audacity.

I've installed audacity to edit a couple of files that contain chat *and* music. It's trying to tell me something. I append the error message. Can anyone help? More to the point, can anyone suggest a fix? Regards, Bill Bennett. The error message:--- Pa_SetupDeviceFormat: warning - requested

[SLUG] Python recommendations, please.

) answers to some problems considered particularly low I know this sounds like *every* textbook. But people who think that haven't read Grokking the Gimp. Also, there's a Python interest group somewhere, isn't there? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

[SLUG] Editing audio CDs

/information will be gratefully received. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] LaTeX--a query

a feeling they have to be. Can anyone help, please? The font is pzcmi and it comes with the LaTeX package. There is a .tfm file in adobe/zapfchan. Regards, Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

[SLUG] PowerPoint Analogue.

anyone any experience with any of these? That you can talk about? Regards, Bill Bennett. {*} http://www.linuxlist.com/win-lin-soft-en.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] A valid analogy.

to burgle a house and finding yourself staring at a keypad. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] A valid analogy.

at, or consider going back to MS. Blinding people with technicalia generally gets you nowhere. Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Graphics Question

on accutrace in freshmeat. Does anybody know of anything that works a la accutrace? Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] A Driver for a Scanner.

for this unit exists? If ir doesnt, I may have to conect it to a Windows machine. And I don't want that. Any help etc., Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Seems simple enough...

Starting from the desktop, 1) Go into command line 2) Set font to required (ie., large) size 3) Maximise the page 4) Do whatever has to be done 5) Exit and log right out Next session, after the password, I'd like to begin at 4) There must be a way to do this. Any help, please? Regards, Bill

[SLUG] LaTex and the use of \symbol.

and was going to use that, ie., \symbol{xx} 3. It doesn't work. Changing the value to see if it will print any of the symbols in the Cork layout doesn't work either. It's as though the program doesn't recognise the command \symbol. Any help will be acted upon immediately, with grateful thanks, Bill Bennett

[SLUG] Problem with a graph.

anyone any experience of this? It may be that if it can be done in Excel, then, analogous strokes can do it in oocalc. At the minute I can't find anyone who can do it in Excel, either. Any suggestions, etc Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More

[SLUG] Databases, some advice please.

of these that they'd like to air? As I have only (very, ancient) limited experience of Access, I think thorough documentation would be a high priority. Any help, comments etc. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au

[SLUG] A printing problem.

behind page 1. It seems impossible. pstops (or our printer) insists on tumbling. Has anyone else had any experience with this problem? Any help/suggestions etc. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] LaTeX question, Linux command.

encapsulates the binary jpg and it wont be much bigger at all than the jpg. Then you wont need the graphics rule at all. Well, I'd *better* look at jpg2eps (it isn't on our machine), cause the jpg file was 452731 bites. The corresponding eps was 29969362 bites. (It was a photograph). Regards, Bill

[SLUG] LaTeX question, Linux command.

{`convert #1 'eps:-' }. Could anyone help, please? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] LaTeX and the booklet package.

, but this will not work for the pages on the back of the leaf, because I haven't folded in the middle. I can't help feeling that I'm missing something simple here, but such things make ideal worlds. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Regards, Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http

[SLUG] Comparing files: odd result.

are the same size. diff says that, even so, they're not the same. Can anyone suggest a test to say whether they're X% identical? When I first mooted this, people asked that I post the results. I'll do so, but I'd like some guidance first. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group

[SLUG] A question of deletion.

and *don't* want resurrected at any later date. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Experience with emulators.

, it wasn't meant to sound the way it does.) So, my question is: would it be possible to run CorelDraw for Windows through an emulator? I assume that someone has had experience in the matter. Even neutral/bad/positively appalling/much worse than $1200 worth would be helpful. Regards, Bill Bennett

[SLUG] Agfa and bit of attitude.

it into the laptop. Not that it seems to matter. Agfa, apparently will not release any information that will enable a driver to be written for Linux. Has anybody else had experience with this model. Or, if it comes to that, with Agfa? Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] A GhostView question.

In answer to Peter's question: I'm doing this from a terminal interface. Unsure of how to determine $DISPLAY When I type in xterm I am told: xterm Xt error: Can't open display: Bill Bennett. =+- =+- Are you doing this within X ? What's the value of $DISPLAY ? =+- Can you do =+- xterm

Re: [SLUG] CD tracks and their intervals.

Many thanks for the reply. Well, padsize is listed as a track option, so it seems that I'll have to burn the disc manually, ie., cdrecord -multi -padsize=15x60x75s audiofile1 The -multi to ensure that I can add the next file; the -padsize to add the 15 seconds after audiofile1 After

Re: [SLUG] A GhostView question.

. I don't suppose you could suggest one? I'm a bit out of my depth here. Regards, Bill. On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 04:23:05PM +1000, Mike Alonzo spake thusly: =+- Bill == Bill Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: =+- =+- Bill In answer to Peter's question: I'm doing this from a terminal

[SLUG] A GhostView question.

I've a PostScript file that I should be able to view with GhostScript. The command gv file.ps produces gv: Unable to open the display Presumably I'm missing something. Could anyone suggest a command that would give some indication of what's wrong, please? Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] CD tracks and their intervals.

to in seconds. Can anyone help, please? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Just thinking.

will, however, post what results I get. Thanks again, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] The burning of audio CDs.

I'd like to try burning audio (and data) CDs under Linux, but I'm a bit chary about the applications. There are several. The few people who've volunteered opinions suggest cdparanoia, although it looks a bit involved. Has anybody had any experience with cdparanoia? Regards, Bill Bennett

[SLUG] Partially comprehensible error message.

/scd0, or too many mounted file systems. Well, I understand the first line. Can anyone explain the rest of the error message, please? Any help will be acted upon immediately. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au

[SLUG] Questions on hotplug.

whilst the computer is still on, ie., a warm connection. Will hotplug wear this? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Mounting a second CD device.

of a CD that I've placed in the burner. If I can do that I guess I can assume that all is well thus far. Could someone tell me how to go about doing this, please? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Mounting a second CD device.

any experience with this situation? Regards, Bill Bennett. - Details: IBM 600e notebook, running RH8 CD burner: Mitsubishi Diamond Data. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Solution. Was: [SLUG] Mounting a floppy drive, RH8.0

) it's nothing new. Was to me, though. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Mounting a floppy drive, RH8.0

) something I have to tell the system? Any help ... Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] That vi problem, with pike.

not be capitalized because they'd look like two short words. If anyone has comment on this, could you post it, please? Regards, Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] A vi problem, with pike.

, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Software Query.

of software? Any comments would be gratefully received. Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] One or two cheap books.

as rather superceded. Even so, as some of them teach by exercises, they may be of use to novices, like myself. (Incidentally, no commercial connection with Academic Remainders...) Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au

[SLUG] Re: [chat] Spam state of the art.

Adrian, I'm unsure of what you're wittering on about. Apart from the line beginning Two things, none of the text you quoted is mine. I always try to keep my lines about 65 charaters. More and better particulars, please. Regards, Bill Bennett

[SLUG] Re: [chat] Spam state of the art.

their electronic doorstep and take it hence... On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 07:04:24PM +1000, Matthew Palmer spake thusly: =+- On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Bill Bennett wrote: =+- =+- Two things. I'm writing as a novice (alright, an ultra novice), =+- but I noticed what seemed to me to be a good filtering device

[SLUG] Failed dependencies problem.

? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Failed dependencies problem.

Thanks for the reply. Even so, I'd still like to know what these dependencies are. I'm running Redhat 7.1 on an IBM 600e laptop. These aren't kernel fiddles are they? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au

[SLUG] On finding a log, if it exists.

, if possible, where I'm making mistakes. I've looked around, but cdrdao doesn't seem to make such a file. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Question on cdrdao

. Regards, bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Printing with a USB port.

? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] OT if you stretch the point somewhat.

I have a little pocket organiser (Canon DM-320 $10 at the Post Office (many) years ago, no expense spared when I'm looking after Number One). Unfortunately, I've become rather addicted to it. So when the button that tells me the time began to fail, I carefully prised the casing apart and

[SLUG] Burning a CD.

have to put an address for the disk in the laptop. Could anyone tell me what address I should put in the line reader = ? Any help etc. Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] CD burners and USB2.

When last I asked for advice on buying a CD burner I was told to hold off until USB2 had established itself. Which is probably now. Has anyone had experience (good or otherwise) with a burner using USB2? Any advice will be gratefully received, Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

[SLUG] A GhostView question.

them to millimetres? They'd be a better help this way. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Opinions, please.

I'd like to install elvis, which is a vi/ex clone, but it occurred to me to ask if anyone has any experience with others. Has anyone any strong feelings they'd like to air? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http

[SLUG] LaTeX, PsTricks and Colour Problem.

like the background colour to show through. Any suggestions will be gratefully received. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Downloading to a floppy.

.) floppy. The only thing to be remembered was to upload the discs in reverse order. Is there a similar method with RH 7.1? A flag with cp, perhaps? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Downloading to a floppy.

Many thanks to those who suggested solutions. I'm grateful: the change to Linux was not easy, but something like this makes it well worthwhile. Regards, Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Buying a usb connected CD burner

Could anyone point me, please, at a site that will give me information on the buying of a CD burner that will operate the usb of my laptop and will operate on a Linux driver? Sorry if this seems trivial, but I shook Microsoft loose some time ago and I'm anxious to continue. Regards, Bill

[SLUG] A quick LaTeX

in these two cases? Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] LaTeX and Linux question.

programme gzip filename.eps Please excuse the primitive explanation. Does anyone know of this command? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Funny files.

.eps filename2.cdr When I looked at the disk using Linux, I find filename1.eps.eps filename2.cdr.cdr Can anyone tell me why the double suffix and how to avoid it, please? It doesn't seem to matter, but there may come a time when it does ... Regards, Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group

[SLUG] A PostScript file and a Printer.

not to be up to the standard of a simple PostScript print. Any help etc., Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] LaTeX: a random walk.

it in the LaTeX programme anywhere. Any help ... Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] LaTeX, small font question.

To those who volunteered information:--- Many thanks for the help. {\normalfont\large\em ...} Did the trick. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] LaTeX problem revisited.

/suggestions, etc. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] A smallish LaTeX problem.

On p.146 of the LaTeX Graphic Companion, the programme makes use of a package called postpoly. Which I cant find on the AARNET mirror in Australia. Uh, it does exist, doesn't it? Bill Bennett. This is the Postfix program at host mailhub1.une.edu.au. I'm sorry to have to inform you

[SLUG] Rescue operation.

are important)? Any suggestion would be gratefullt considered. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] UWell, it might amuse some people.

The trouble with posting summat like this is that:-- 1) Some will say it's off-topic and not funny. 2) Some will say that it's funny, but that they've seen it. 3) Some will want to add to it with definitions of their own. These are generally quite good. I'll risk it. Regards, Bill bennett

[SLUG] OCR software--advice, please.

Has anybody any experience with the various OCR packages available? Freshmeat has ocre, gocr and FreeOCR; presumably they differ. Has anyone tried any of these? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au

[SLUG] Query re a CD burner.

and any help would be gratefully received. Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Two queries on installation.

sy. To my discredit, I'm inclined to think this not to be so. However, I don't know how to fiddle it so that it will work when I connect to the phone line. Can anyone advise me, please, whether it's possible? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://s

[SLUG] A somewhat theoretical problem.

and, I presume, has been discussed ad infinitum wherever programmers raise their glasses. Even so... Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] That somewhat theoretical problem.

used to demonstrate to biology undergraduates and therefore have no pride or shame.] And the next time I'm in Sydney, if there's a Slug gathering, I'd be happy to buy drinks for those who helped... Regards, Bill Bennett. -- A Game of Noughts and Cros

[SLUG] Analogue for QBASIC

When I changed to Linux, I was in the process of teaching myself a computer language, viz., QBasic---which is, unfortunately, etc. Has anybody had any experience with a Linux analogue? Someone suggested Chipmunk, but I thought I'd ask about. Any suggestions gratefully received. Regards, Bill

Re: [SLUG] Analogue for QBASIC

have been prophesying the death of Basic for years (and Fortran and Pascal and others). Even so, if you have a good grounding (what Schneider calls "sound programming practice") in a simple language, the jump to a more complex one is not so hard. Bill Bennett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Use

[SLUG] Installing RH 7.0

an operating system to destroy/remove itself, because what carries out this operation, ie., what's left after completion, is part of the operating system. Am I right?] Any help will be gratefully received. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http

[SLUG] Installation on a laptop (more)

Just a note to say thank you to all who responded to my enquiry. The replies were numerous and all helpful. Kindness like this is rare and it greatly appreciated. Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists

[SLUG] Enquiry re installing Linux

time I've been asked this. Um, I dunno." So can anyone advise, please? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug