for null.lostinthenoise.net which is
what is not resolving.
Any clues out there?
Howard
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Greetz all, long time no write - another story.
I have switched to Ubuntu from Fedora, at least for desk/lap top use and
I have hit a small snag.
When I stick in a USB or SD storage device with an explicit device
label, it automagically mounts the device at /media/device_label,
which is great
On Wed, April 30, 2008 17:25, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
You do a select before every insert?! Is the table indexed?
If not that might explain the slowdown; a select WILL take
longer the bigger the table.
Perhaps better to put a unique index on the appropriate column(s), then
just do an
I have a PHP script that inserts around 100K of records into a table on
each time that it runs.
It starts off at a good pace but gets progressively slower until it falls
over complaining that it cannot allocate sufficient memory.
I have increased the memory allocation in the script with:
, but how I can work
around it I am just not sure.
On Tue, April 29, 2008 15:45, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have a need to output a progress counter from a PHP script that takes a
while to run whilst writing a large number of records out to an SQL
database, mainly so that the user knows that things
I have a need to output a progress counter from a PHP script that takes a
while to run whilst writing a large number of records out to an SQL
database, mainly so that the user knows that things are still happening
and not hung.
It seems a simple thing to do, but when I try it, the progress
This is a project on which I am currently working in Nepal and am having
some trouble configuring Atheros cards.
The ALIX3 card from PC Engines GmbH has 2 Senao 400mW Atheros based radio
cards.
Configuing one card is not a problem, but when I try to configure them
both they appear to have a
On Sat, February 2, 2008 12:37, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
I'm doing some volunteer work with a non-profit (in Guatemala), and they
want me to set up a small Asterisk server (as they've been waiting 2
weeks for the PABX serviceman to come out and he charges $US75/hr -
expensive for a 3rd world
Does anyone have kernel-headers-2.6.18-1.2869.fc6.i386.rpm that they could
email to me pse.
I tried to upgrade to 2.6.19 and 2.6.20 and they both blew away my 2.6.18
kernel headers package.
Unfortunately .19 and .20 have problems with my Ralink rt2500 wifi card so
I am trying to back out back to
Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Howard Lowndes wrote:
SLUG feeding spam to the world wrote:
Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
1995 in fact.
On gmane.org?
I'll assume that this is a brain fart.
Yeah, the post I saw was probably due to a broken mailer, as it's replying
Keith Hopkins wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
I'm trying to get slmodemd running on a Toshiba lappy.
It used to work under the 2.6.15 kernel and compiles under 2.6.16 (FC5
build 2111), but won't start because the slamr module won't load:
# modprobe slamr
FATAL: Error inserting slamr
(/lib
I am strongly in favour of all mailing lists such as SLUG being
subscriber only, and definitely not being made available to (wo)man+dog.
Terry Collins wrote:
Mary Gardiner wrote:
Just for interests' sake, SLUG is also available via NNTP (Usenet news) on
gmane.org for both posting and reading.
desparately need the modem to work...
Keith Hopkins wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Keith Hopkins wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
I'm trying to get slmodemd running on a Toshiba lappy.
It used to work under the 2.6.15 kernel and compiles under 2.6.16 (FC5
build 2111), but won't start because
Peter Chubb wrote:
Erik == Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Erik Peter Chubb wrote:
It looks as thought the ACMA has finally got some teeth and is
doing something about spam ...
Erik I wonder what they can do to stop the chinese, japanese,
Erik korean, taiwanese and russian
I don't use Google Groups so I ask the question:
Will this mean my email address has a broader audience for better spam
address harvesting, because if so - I'm outa here...
Chris Deigan wrote:
Hey gang,
New toys for everyone, slug, slug-chat and the new coders list
are being syndicated to a
I'm trying to get slmodemd running on a Toshiba lappy.
It used to work under the 2.6.15 kernel and compiles under 2.6.16 (FC5
build 2111), but won't start because the slamr module won't load:
# modprobe slamr
FATAL: Error inserting slamr
(/lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/extra/slamr.ko):
Charles Myers wrote:
Thanks to those who helped with this, looks like I have to head the
freeswan way, as it does IPSec
I seriously suggest that you go the openswan way as I think freeswan has
stalled.
... where openvpn doesnt (from my
readings) :( (shame.. as it is far easier to
need some changes
to iptables rules - this one caused me some midnight oil burning when I
switched over.
Charles Myers wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Charles Myers wrote:
Thanks to those who helped with this, looks like I have to head the
freeswan way, as it does IPSec
I seriously
I have a number of servers, all of which match their system clocks to a
couple of central time sources that I run.
All, except 1, are within a couple of seconds of the time source. The
oddball is 13 seconds fast.
Even though its running ntpd and is seeing the time sources it still
won't
the time
to do some research on their own systems.
Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have a number of servers, all of which match their system clocks to a
couple of central time sources that I run.
All, except 1, are within a couple of seconds of the time source. The
oddball is 13 seconds fast.
Even
Matthew Palmer wrote:
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 01:19:39PM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I should point out, though I don't see it as relevant, that this is a
Xen guest server and one of the reference clocks is the Xen host but the
other is independent.
It's 100% relevant. By default
I assume the flag referred to is /proc/sys/xen/independent_wallclock
which appears in both xen0 and xenU and is set to 0 in both.
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Matthew Palmer wrote:
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 01:19:39PM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I should point out, though I don't see it as relevant
Nicholas Tomlin wrote:
Sluggers,
I've used Linux for some years now but I've struck an issue on which I need a
quick fix to my ignorance on - I ask of your knowledge on the following:
I have on this machine [195.168.0.1] Mandrake 10.1 on an AMD 64 bit Athlon 3k
cpu with .5g ram and 2 80g
Thunderbird under your user account per normal.
Goto Edit-Preferences click on the Composition Icon then the Spelling
Tab, and in the drop down menu is the Australian dictionary.
in a On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 19:22 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have been trying to install an en-AU dictionary in TB
Peter Rundle wrote:
I have installed fc5 on my new laptop and I am having no end of bother
getting the wireless connection going.
I've just managed to get a netgear wg511v2 (made in China) card working
in SLED-10 by using the ndiswrapper. The docs say this card is
completely unsupported
Are you able to run top to see what is hogging the cpu?
elliott-brennan wrote:
Hi all,
I have a
P4 3GHz
1G RAM
Until recently I was running FC4 on the same machine. I installed Ubuntu
5.10 (with KDE) approx three weeks ago. Over the last three days, the
machine has started to freeze.
John Clarke wrote:
On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 06:14:43 +1000, elliott-brennan wrote:
Until recently I was running FC4 on the same
machine. I installed Ubuntu 5.10 (with KDE) approx
three weeks ago. Over the last three days, the
machine has started to freeze. Running at the time
I've had a
An example of what I am trying to do:
eval echo -e \\tGetting files from ${MIRROR_URL[$STARTIDX]} $LOG_FILE
\t certainly doesn't work, but I would have expected \\t to have put a
tab character into the output stream, but it only outputs t
Any suggestions?
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david wrote:
The scrip works as long as there are no blanks unfortunately there
are lots of blanks in both directories and filenames. Can anyone tell me
what i should be doing?
#!/bin/bash
# takes the first 3 chars of each directory and
# prepends it to the file names in that directory.
Paul Maloney wrote:
Hi,
Well I have gone brain dead once again. When i try to connect to the
internet the error i get is that I don't have sufficient permission to
run /usr/sbin/pppd
then is says please make sure that Kppp is owned by root and has the
SUID bit set.
Yep, that's about
I have been trying to install an en-AU dictionary in TB.
It downloads fine and I have the file located and TB says that it has
been installed, but it still fails to show up in the spell checker.
Any help...?
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Has anyone got any good pointers handy to IT support ratios that I can
use in a report that I am writing. I recall seeing somewhere mention of
1 IT head to 45 Windows boxen as against 1 IT head to 120 Linux boxen,
but I really could do with a sound citation.
TIA
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Replying to my own post, I have found this report:
http://www.levanta.com/linuxstudy/EMA_Levanta-Linux_RR.pdf
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Has anyone got any good pointers handy to IT support ratios that I can
use in a report that I am writing. I recall seeing somewhere mention of
1 IT head to 45
Is there any other open source e-commerce software available other than
Interchange (I don't like its tagging ideas, and it doesn't like
multi-thread Perl), or osCommerce (not updated since Nov 05 and still
requires register_globals, and segfaults when it tries to register a
session).
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With a lappy, what is the best way to have it do NFS mounts on boot when
there exists a network connection - either eth0 or wlan0, and not
attempt to do so when no network connection exists.
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When you want a
On Wed, May 10, 2006 14:02, Dean Hamstead wrote:
by lang i meant php or perl or java etc
Sorry, my stupid. PHP prefered, Perl accepted, not Java. Something that
will run on a LAMP/LAPP stack.
but multi-lingual support my be essential also.
Dean
Howard Lowndes wrote:
On Wed, May 10
tolerant of this problem than the current opsys (FC5). The solution
is that the client has been told to put his hand in his pocket and upgrade
his Domino server software.
On Wed, May 10, 2006 10:21, James Gray wrote:
On Tue, 9 May 2006 03:03 pm, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have a Domino server
On Wed, May 10, 2006 10:34, Rick Welykochy wrote:
The separation of responsibilities is a practical one. If a new box
needs to be cloned, the sysadmins should be able to do it in a few
hours, based on the documented existing server. Then I should be able
to grab a database replica, deploy the
I'm interested to know ppls views on web based collaborative groupware
that will run on Linux.
I have looked at eGroupware and, though it looks slick, I find that when
you try to use some of the more obscure components it has some very
fundamental errors, such as basic SQL syntax errors. This is
On Wed, May 10, 2006 13:26, Dean Hamstead wrote:
what sort of features are you after?
email (IMAP)
calendar
wiki
timesheets
what lang/db/os would you like it to run on?
EN
LAMP or LAPP stack
Dean
Howard Lowndes wrote:
I'm interested to know ppls views on web based collaborative
I have a Domino server which is now running on FC5 having previously been
running on RH7.1
I can establish an SMTP connection to it (3 part TCP handshake) but it
won't announce itself to the calling host, except I did manage to get it
to announce, and receive, an email immediately after I had
Looking at netstat -pant on the Domino server, I am seeing a large number
of connections in CLOSE_WAIT state without any associated process number -
kinda like zombie connections. I wonder what gives here...
On Tue, May 9, 2006 15:03, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have a Domino server which is now
I've just had to do a mobo swap on a box and now the brand new
Gigabyte/Via mobo flat out won't find the 2 40Gb WD drives.
I know that I have had incidents before where the BIOS was reluctant to
detect WD HDD, but eventually did after about a 30 sec delay, but in this
case it just refuses.
I
On Tue, May 2, 2006 10:05, Benno wrote:
On Tue May 02, 2006 at 09:46:58 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
I just really doubt that a feature which is so difficult to use and
can mean losing all you data if you forget a key or password is going
to be enabled by default for home PCs -- of course
On Wed, May 3, 2006 02:03, bill wrote:
If Vista prevents dual booting via software within its installation,
what is to prevent booting linux from a separate hard drive and using
the PC's Bios to determine the drive boot order?
JUut make the linux drive hda with Grub dual booting Windows from
IMO, for what you are talking about, both machines are over-spec'd. Email
is not time critical and 12 users and Samba will hardly cause any box to
crack a sweat - we're not talking Windows here. If I had this situation I
would use the 1GHz box, pull out 1Gb of RAM and sell it to recoup some of
How do you install plugins in FF 1.5 (FC5)
I can find no reference to plugins in any of the menus, nor in the
preferences. I went to a site that required JRE so I downloaded it using
the offered plugin finder screen (jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm.bin), ran
the install, and - nothing... When I go
OK, stupid me - read ALL of the installation instructions - including the
symlink instructions. Sorry for the unnecessary noise.
On Sun, April 30, 2006 15:11, Howard Lowndes wrote:
How do you install plugins in FF 1.5 (FC5)
I can find no reference to plugins in any of the menus, nor
On Sat, April 29, 2006 14:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Benno:
On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:18:15 +1000, Malcolm V wrote:
On Friday 28 April 2006 19:55, Adam Bogacki wrote:
snipped
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/
Call
I have a weird situation on an RHAS4 server where I am running OpenLDAP
and netstat shows that it is open to everything:
tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:389 0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 3578/slapd
I Know that it works fine when connecting from an outside IP address.
The
On Thu, April 27, 2006 17:02, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 04:48:46PM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have a weird situation on an RHAS4 server where I am running OpenLDAP
and netstat shows that it is open to everything:
tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:389
This ia a tremendously useful piece of information and solves a problem
that I have come across. How typical of M$ to screw things up in this
way, but I bet it will work to IIS without this kludge, thus creating yet
more vendor lockin...
On Sun, April 23, 2006 01:47, Phill O'Flynn wrote:
Hi
This is a dumb postfix question that I should be able to answer, but can't.
If I have a virtual mail domain of, say, example.com.au, then how do I get
emails addressed to, say, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be
directed into the virtual mailbox .../example.com.au/fred
I'm using
Tks for that, I found the plugin I was looking for and it will be a core
part of Squirrelmail from the 1.5 release, but in the mean time I have
incorporated it.
On Thu, April 13, 2006 15:42, Erle Pereira wrote:
On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 13:40 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
When I look at the index
When I look at the index list of emails in Thunderbird there is the option
to flag individual emails (this is not the same function as the ability to
label emails in TB) and this flag seemingly gets passed onto the IMAP
server because when I subsequently view the index list of emails in
...is it possible?
...what's the best way?
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When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft.
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Tks, that looks a good place to start...
Matthew Hannigan wrote:
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:27:14AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
...is it possible?
Depends on what you want exactly.
...what's the best way?
Ultra-Monkey! (probably)
Check out linux-ha.org
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falls over (and hence all of its virtual servers) then all of the
compatriot servers take over.
O Plameras wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
...is it possible?
...what's the best way?
Do you mean by 'tandeming' is 'redundancy' and/or
location transparency and/or 'uninterrupted' file access
when one
Don't worry about it. With FC5, I had to modify the source code for
wlan-linux-ng (D-Link wireless driver) and zaptel (Asterisk PSTN card
driver) and slmodem (laptop modem driver) to get them to compile. All
compiled but not all will load. I haven't even tried recompiling
VMware, that got
Matthew Hannigan wrote:
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 03:55:19PM +1000, Peter Rundle wrote:
I've just installed FC5 onto a single processor P4 and it all went
fairly smoothly, except that it claims to have detected my sound card
but no sound comes out, (shrugs, par for the course with Linux).
Visser, Martin wrote:
I can share your frustration, many many times - yet I persevere knowing
that the end mostly justifies the means.
As far as packaging goes, however I have learned in the last year or so
(having been a Linux hobbyist for about a 14 years now) that Debian
distros (in
.
O Plameras wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Don't worry about it. With FC5, I had to modify the source code for
wlan-linux-ng (D-Link wireless driver) and zaptel (Asterisk PSTN card
driver) and slmodem (laptop modem driver) to get them to compile. All
compiled but not all will load. I
attach the patches to the bug report?
Matt
top posting is the new black
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 07:57:45AM +1000, O Plameras wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Don't worry about it. With FC5, I had to modify the source code for
wlan-linux-ng (D-Link wireless driver) and zaptel (Asterisk PSTN
Is anyone having problems with the struct usb_driver in usb.h
I have had 3 situations where it is complaining about .owner
One was when compiling zaptel for Asterisk, one was when compiling
wlan-linux-ng and one was when compiling slmodemd
I was able to over come the first two by altering
Peter Hardy wrote:
On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 11:48 +1100, Peter Hardy wrote:
I need something able to run Windows XP Pro (that's the only current
Windows licence I have).
As an aside, I've been wondering about the legalities of this.
My laptop dual-boots Windows XP and Linux. I'm planning on
How are you trying to do the upgrade. If you are using the install CD
or the rescue CD then I have had no problems, even with a Xen host,
though the Xen guests are proving problematic.
What does
rpm -qa | grep hotplug
tell you?
Beav Petrie wrote:
Hi Sluggers,
We are a dedicated young
186743, but it seems I was beaten by one as there is a dup at 186742
apparently
Matthew Hannigan wrote:
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 12:02:46PM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
FYI, I have submitted a bug report to the Fedora project
Howard, do you have the bug number handy? Searching bugzilla
Alan L Tyree wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:19:12 +1100
Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:48:45 +1100
Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Hardy wrote:
On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 11:48 +1100, Peter Hardy wrote:
I need something able to run Windows XP
Alan L Tyree wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:49:32 +1100
Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan L Tyree wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:19:12 +1100
Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:48:45 +1100
Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Hardy wrote
There is a problem with the times zone data files for Linux
Despite having the correct time zone data files (to accommodate the Comm
Games), and my workstation being set to the correct time zone, it has
still reverted back 1 hour, which it shouldn't be doing until next weekend.
tzdata
This gets weirder.
My original comments were made against my production systems which are
running Fedora Core 4. My test environment running Fedora Core 5 gets
it right.
Howard Lowndes wrote:
There is a problem with the times zone data files for Linux
Despite having the correct time zone
Craig Sanders wrote:
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:26:22AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
This gets weirder.
My original comments were made against my production systems which are
running Fedora Core 4. My test environment running Fedora Core 5 gets
it right.
there's something wrong
Sean Jackson wrote:
There is a problem with the times zone data files for Linux
Despite having the correct time zone data files (to accommodate the Comm
Games), and my workstation being set to the correct time zone, it has
still reverted back 1 hour, which it shouldn't be doing until next
Craig Sanders wrote:
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:58:32AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
Craig Sanders wrote:
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:26:22AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
This gets weirder.
My original comments were made against my production systems which are
running Fedora Core 4
Philip Derrin wrote:
On 26/03/2006, at 9:58 AM, Howard Lowndes wrote:
Craig Sanders wrote:
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:26:22AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
This gets weirder.
My original comments were made against my production systems which
are running Fedora Core 4. My test
FYI, I have submitted a bug report to the Fedora project
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Craig Sanders wrote:
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:58:32AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
Craig Sanders wrote:
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:26:22AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
This gets weirder.
My original
Has anyone tried compiling the first under the second. I tried last
night and I guess some of the Linux headers have changed - again.
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When you want a
Has anyone any thoughts on this.
Guests first or host first?
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When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux;
When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft.
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O Plameras wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Has anyone any thoughts on this.
Guests first or host first?
You have to supply us with some details, like:
1. What did you use to compile... Did you use
the .gz distribution ? or SRC.RPM distribution ?
They're all RPMs - standard with FC
2
This might help
http://www.openca.org/
Philip Greggs wrote:
I'm sick and exhausted. For one and
only one reason.
I'm paying thousands of dollars for
the damn ssl certificates.
Can some one in plain English explain
to me why should I pay that much
money and what am I paying for exactly?
That
Does anyone know of any Linux drivers to suit Bigpond's EVDO service.
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When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux;
When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft.
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Yep, I've had a torrent running since this morning, currently just under
25% but it took a while to get up near saturation speed on my download.
I saw that the extras were available 24 hours earlier so I have
already pulled them into my repo.
O Plameras wrote:
Hi Sluggers,
Just letting
I'm now up to 37% pulled in but my download speed has fallen to about
half of my saturation level and I currently have .56 upload ratio. It's
projecting another 44 hours...
O Plameras wrote:
Howard Lowndes wrote:
Yep, I've had a torrent running since this morning, currently just
under 25
Windows Vista delayed into January 2007
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060321-6433.html
Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system has been beset with another
delay. After clearly pinpointing the holiday season of 2006 for launch,
the company has now revised their primary launch period
O Plameras wrote:
David Gillies wrote:
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David Gillies wrote:
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O Plameras wrote:
I tried to install OpenSSL-0.9.8a in FC 4. But there are far too many
packages
try bog standard bittorrent-console or bittorrent-curses, both have
throttling and neither need java.
Terry Collins wrote:
cmyers wrote:
Just asking some advice on what BT clients you guys use?
I have tried Azuerus and found it so slow it was a joke.
So I thought I would throw the
Michael Fox wrote:
On 3/21/06, Terry Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Crossfire wrote:
Nope, Q as per amended subject.
Can you just swap from PPPoe/PPPoA mode to full bridge without your ISP
doing anything?
I am going to say no, as if you require a full bridge connection with
my ISP you
:
quote who=Howard Lowndes
Jeff Waugh wrote:
quote who=Howard Lowndes
Why doesn't someone just put out a decent desktop distro called Linux
Home...
Because brands make statements and associations that people identify
with. Do you drink STATE VODKA or STOLICHNAYA [1]? Do you drink NSW
APPROVED
Erle Pereira wrote:
Depends on which market segment or use case you want to please. I honestly
think that we have gone far beyond Windows XP on a number of levels, but a
lot of scale is required to extend beyond a few particular market segments
or use cases.
if i might add some hands on
Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:47, Bohdan S wrote:
I dont like how all these Linux users bag Windows S much.
Microsoft is convicted in US Federal Court of using unlawful pressure
(economic extortion) to control the market. It's a crime, and they knew it
was
This one is dangerous.
OK, ppl know to update their opsys, but how many bother to update their
plugins.
Original Message
Subject: US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-075A -- Adobe
Macromedia Flash Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:14:37
James Purser wrote:
Maybe it means desktop Linux companies need to knock on more doors
to try and get more printers being sold with a Works with Linux
sticker or something.
Which brings up the point: Why don't the Desktop Linux Companies want to
touch the retail market? Business/Corporate
] On
Behalf Of Howard Lowndes
Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2006 4:59 PM
To: SLUG Mail List
Subject: [SLUG] ISP info leakage
Out of curiosity I looked at the source of a recent email and discovered
that the sender's ISP had identified the suburb in the FQDN of the DSL
IP that the sender used to connect
don't know...
Dean
Howard Lowndes wrote:
James Purser wrote:
Maybe it means desktop Linux companies need to knock on more doors
to try and get more printers being sold with a Works with Linux
sticker or something.
Which brings up the point: Why don't the Desktop Linux Companies want
Julio Cesar Ody wrote:
The day that a **unified** effort is made to create a desktop OS with
Linux is the day that we will start to make progress towards making it
used by anyone (e.g.: what Apple did with BSD). So far, it's like most
programmers when they create websites: they put black text
James Purser wrote:
Why doesn't someone just put out a decent desktop distro called Linux
Home...
Not necessarily target at parent poster but:
rant mode on
Off you go then. Seriously. If I had a dollar for everyone who had said
someone should should... or Why doesn't someone... and then
Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Howard Lowndes wrote:
James Purser wrote:
Why doesn't someone just put out a decent desktop distro called Linux
Home...
Not necessarily target at parent poster but:
rant mode on
Off you go then. Seriously. If I had a dollar
Jeff Waugh wrote:
quote who=Howard Lowndes
Why doesn't someone just put out a decent desktop distro called Linux
Home...
Because brands make statements and associations that people identify with.
Do you drink STATE VODKA or STOLICHNAYA [1]? Do you drink NSW APPROVED BEER
or VB? DENIM
James Purser wrote:
Fine, but what does the name tell you - nothing... You wouldn't even
know it was Linux let alone what its target use is. Even on their web
site they find it necessary to explain the meaning of the word. All
nice touchy feely motherhood stuff that says nothing and
http://www.linuxprinting.org/
Angela Lindstad wrote:
dear slug
I am a convinced linux user (on principle, not because I know anything
about computers) I am retired and really appreciate not to get all the
bugs around that other operating systems get.
Now my HP officejet 635 printer has given up
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