Re: [SLUG] Video card problem?

2008-06-19 Thread Richard Neal
Some more info would help.. 1. What Nvidia card model 2. What distro and version 3. Are you using the nv driver or the nvidia driver, if the later what version ? I have had a hell of a time with Kubuntu and my nvidia graphics card (GF 420) that was until I discovered envy. Envy downloads and

Re: [SLUG] Wanting to see an eeepc :)

2007-12-26 Thread Richard Neal
I visited Myers in the city (George St, near QVB) and they have four units on display that you can poke and prod. I came away very disapointed with the whole experience to be honest. The icons were nice but the software seemed poorly setup with windows not fitting to the screen properly and

Re: [SLUG] Re: An exceedingly courteous .jpg enquiry

2007-11-24 Thread Richard Neal
There are lots of options. if you are using kde there is a menu tool or an application called SIR (Simple Image Resizer) www.kde-apps.org Gnome has a plugin for the Nautilus file browser www.gnome-apps.org If your running Gnome on Ubuntu the Nautilus resize plugin is in the repository.

Re: [SLUG] linux dedicated computers in australia?

2007-06-22 Thread Richard Neal
I know www.pioneercomputers.com.au have an Ubuntu option on most of their laptops models, you will have to click on the Build Your Own button once you have selected the general model your after. On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:29:34 pm Rufi_Dukes wrote: hi all, i'm new here; i want to buy a computer

Re: [SLUG] Joining and a Question

2007-06-18 Thread Richard Neal
Openoffice.org can export to a PDF very easily and makes a decent publishing tool but if your after something more professional you may want to look at Scribus http://www.scribus.net/ . Not only is it free and open source but also now works on OSX/Windows/Linux. Richard On Tue, 19 Jun 2007

Re: [SLUG] Bluetooth Headsets

2007-06-09 Thread Richard Neal
The a href-http://www.plantronics.com.au/australia/aus/products/cat5180073/cat5180073/prod5530003;jsessionid=1I1YRWMMBHZRQCQBGNUCFFAKAEZWSIV0Plantronics Voyager 510 /a is a bluetooth device, I have sold a truck load of them over the last year so I should know :-) On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:26:42

Re: [SLUG] Bluetooth Headsets

2007-06-09 Thread Richard Neal
Sorry just found out kmail doesnt do hyperlinking. The Plantronics Voyager 510 is a bluetooth device, I have sold a truck load of them over the last year so I should know :-)

Re: [SLUG] Bluetooth Headsets

2007-06-07 Thread Richard Neal
The actual headset itself is peripheral, what hardware your using to interface with the PC is what really matters. The Plantronics Voyager 510USB bluetooth headset works with Ubuntu (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=459977). I should get the whole Plantronics USB range and test them (Im

Re: [SLUG] Frustration Rant

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Neal
I would rather have someone vent their spleen than keep it in and then explode and cause harm to themselves and others in a more serious or hurtful manner. Also it spices up the day to see people other than me have issues. On Tue, 22 May 2007 06:01:44 pm Howard Lowndes wrote: I've just wasted

Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-20 Thread Richard Neal
) with the obvious result being you can pretty much play anything you want (even games like doom). Richard Neal On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:38:23 am Sonia Hamilton wrote: My noname mp3 player is on the blink, I'm looking at buying a new one. What are ppls's recomendations? (iPod, iriver, etc). -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Firefox problem

2007-02-28 Thread Richard Neal
try moving/renaming the /home/username/.mozilla directory. you can do it in a terminal with the following command mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla-bak Or just use a file browser and rename the folder. **NOTE** make sure you have show hidden folders turned on if you use the later method. Richard

Re: [SLUG] Where/how to buy a Linux desktop?

2007-01-31 Thread Richard Neal
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:39:57 pm Martin Pool wrote: Some people would go with Del or HP and get a generic Intel machine and slap a Nvidia dual dvi based video card in the machine (nothing wrong with this). But were talking buying a machine for me so I would just go buy a machine built to spec

Re: [SLUG] Re:SLUG] Edgy Upgrade

2006-11-19 Thread Richard Neal
About two weeks ago I did the dapper-edgy update. Trust me don't bother, yes I did get it finally installed via the net update procedure but for reasons unknown to me some things didn't get installed (like the kernel). Just backup your /home directory and start afresh, it will be quicker and

Re: [SLUG] Cheap P4 Desktop

2006-08-12 Thread Richard Neal
The sale fell through he didn't ring shrug you can contact him on 0420214114 Its a stock machine so google the specs for more details. On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 15:20 +1000, Richard Neal wrote: Hai sluggers My neighbor is selling off his Dell Optiplex 170L Specs P4 2.66Ghz Intel

[SLUG] Cheap P4 Desktop

2006-08-11 Thread Richard Neal
Hai sluggers My neighbor is selling off his Dell Optiplex 170L Specs P4 2.66Ghz Intel i828 board No agp slot 256Gb ram 40Gb HDD 48 x CD/RW comes with a 15 Dell CRT and 101 Keyboard. Works fine with Linux (Yes I tested it). All for $200 Available at Bondi Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] Cheap P4 Desktop

2006-08-11 Thread Richard Neal
opps typo 256Mb ram On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 15:20 +1000, Richard Neal wrote: Hai sluggers My neighbor is selling off his Dell Optiplex 170L Specs P4 2.66Ghz Intel i828 board No agp slot 256Gb ram 40Gb HDD 48 x CD/RW comes

Re: [SLUG] Mega confused

2006-06-29 Thread Richard Neal
at 14:51 +0930, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there...i am new to all things linux/gnu/gpl etc etc Can anyone tell me if someone was to use a group of gnu/gpl programs to provide a service for a feeis this legal under the licensing terms? Regards Richard Neal Real Men don't make backups

Re: [SLUG] Printer problems

2006-06-13 Thread Richard Neal
of weeks ago, using the old set up. Then not locally, but through samba, and now not at all, except of course when we hook up the printer to one of the windows machines. But I can't use it through the network in ubuntu. Regards Richard Neal Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp

Re: [SLUG] Re: Printer problems

2006-06-13 Thread Richard Neal
me in the right direction. Regards Richard Neal Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp and let the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Thunderbird automatic update not working

2006-06-08 Thread Richard Neal
not that onerous to do it that way, although the other method would be neater. Thanks again, Leslie Regards Richard Neal Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp and let the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Installing a dictionary in Thunderbird

2006-05-18 Thread Richard Neal
. -- Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian states. Regards Richard Neal Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp and let the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription

Re: [SLUG] Internet connection speed.

2006-05-10 Thread Richard Neal
on Ubuntu 5.10, when using dial-up? Thanks, Muz Regards Richard Neal Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp and let the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Serious Printer Question -- Samsung CLP-550N

2006-04-29 Thread Richard Neal
the different up-front costs, I doubt I'll print that many). Regards Richard Neal Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp and let the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs

Re: [SLUG] Automatix/EasyUbuntu and kernel upgrades

2006-04-11 Thread Richard Neal
On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 02:40 +1000, tuxta2 wrote: Hmm, strange that there is a perception that Ubuntu doesn't handle nvidia drivers with kernel upgrades. Not saying it does just saying when you do a kernel update it doesnt simple check on the reboot to make sure the nvidia driver is

Re: [SLUG] Automatix/EasyUbuntu and kernel upgrades

2006-04-09 Thread Richard Neal
it, if that fails edit the xorg.conf file and change nvidia to nv. You only install the extra init script if the nvidia/ati driver is installed (add it to the dependencies for the driver package). This is such a simple thing in reality and I'm surprised Ubuntu hasn't picked up on this yet. Richard Neal

[SLUG] Linux in routers

2005-05-14 Thread Richard Neal
/Reviews-199-ProdID-H2H3-1.php Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two minor drawbacks. One, we don't have a power source for the lasers, and two, we don't have any lasers. - Cat and Kryten, White Hole ( Red

Re: [SLUG] EMF IPAQ

2005-05-13 Thread Richard Neal
, 2005-05-13 at 19:58, Clinton wrote: Guys, Anyone no a good way to protect electrical equipment from EMF? I have a IPAQ that need to site very close to a scanner that generates and EMF to read RFIDS? Any help would be welcomed? Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our

Re: [SLUG] Grabbing a copy of Linux

2005-05-02 Thread Richard Neal
and we'd be happy with that. Thanks, --Jarrah Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two minor drawbacks. One, we don't have

[SLUG] CCuX Linux distro

2005-04-30 Thread Richard Neal
Richard Neal Holly We have three realistic alternatives: (1) Sit here and get blown up, (2) Stand here and get blown up, (3) Jump up and down, shout at me for not being able to think of anything, then get blown up. BBC Red

[SLUG] Buying a Printer

2005-04-19 Thread Richard Neal
work great. So whats a good new laser printer thats just does black and white prints. Also while Im here whats a good three in one printer that people have had experience buying and using with Linux lately. Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] ssh scan and iptables

2005-04-19 Thread Richard Neal
snort or LIDS. On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 19:20, Gottfried Szing wrote: does somebody of you have a better idea for this? maybe calling an script which adds an iptables rule with an expiration? thanks, gottfried Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] Creative Soundblaster USB and Linux

2005-03-21 Thread Richard Neal
card doesn't bring the line inputs out to a connector, so it's useless for recording). Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two minor drawbacks. One, we don't have a power source for the lasers

Re: [SLUG] Puppy Linux

2005-03-08 Thread Richard Neal
in the early stages of understanding much about Linux. Can anyone tell me if Puppy can be installed to dual boot with the dreaded XP? If so, how might it be done? It would be appreciated if advice can be expressed in as non technical language as possible. John. Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey

Re: [SLUG] AFR article

2005-02-12 Thread Richard Neal
nope not the right link not even the right Author Author is Steve Hamm posted from San Francisco On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 19:14, Martin Ellison wrote: See http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2005/01/27/innovation-and- the-internet/ On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 16:18 +1100, Richard Neal wrote

Re: [SLUG] AFR article

2005-02-12 Thread Richard Neal
Bit of digging around and I found the same article on another website you can find it here http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_05/b3918001_mz001.htm?campaign_id=nws_insdr_jan21link_position=link1 On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 15:56, Dean Hamstead wrote: care to scan it? Dean

[SLUG] AFR article

2005-02-11 Thread Richard Neal
nothing ugly at all, it really surprised me, most reviews in the AFR are usually critical but this was totally the opposite. PS Ok who's been mailing free beer to the media again. Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion

Re: [SLUG] AFR article

2005-02-11 Thread Richard Neal
no scanner sorry.. also the article is'nt on the AFR website either.. I'll keep a copy see if i can find someone to scan it.. On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 15:56, Dean Hamstead wrote: care to scan it? Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through

[SLUG] Converting adressbook.db to sxc

2005-02-09 Thread Richard Neal
address/contacts to MS-Excel very easily. I remember there was some work being done to make Evolution and OOo work together and I was just wondering if anything came of it. Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir

Re: [SLUG] Visual Basic port

2005-01-15 Thread Richard Neal
available. Thanks in advance. Peter. Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two minor drawbacks. One, we don't have a power source for the lasers, and two, we don't have any lasers. - Cat

Re: [SLUG] St George Internet Banking

2005-01-12 Thread Richard Neal
Im of the same opinion just throwing the towel in doesn't work. On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 16:39, Rod Butcher wrote: I treat issues like this as solution engineering - they are problems that need to be fixed, not just put aside and another way found to do the job... otherwise you end up with a

Re: [SLUG] URPMI's not working

2005-01-01 Thread Richard Neal
. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two

Re: [SLUG] If you didn't get one for Christmas...

2004-12-28 Thread Richard Neal
it: http://www.downtown.com.au/hpc1024.htm A mainframe is for sale. The add says: $500, save $99, 500 LOL. I'm just wondering how much Christmas wrapping paper you'd need! Patrick Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion

Re: [SLUG] (Slightly OT) Neuros

2004-12-28 Thread Richard Neal
wrote: Hi, Does anybody know if it's possible to get the Neuros digital audio computer (http://neurosaudio.com/) in Australia? It's miles ahead of anything else in terms of free-software-friendliness (http://open.neurosaudio.com/), but not only can't I find an Australian Regards Richard

Re: [SLUG] ifolder tarpit

2004-12-27 Thread Richard Neal
if it is worth it ? Any ideas ? Hilton. Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two minor drawbacks. One, we don't have a power source for the lasers, and two, we don't have any lasers. - Cat and Kryten, White

Re: [SLUG] Firefox Download Server Overload ?

2004-11-20 Thread Richard Neal
of choice. PS even works for Red Hat, SuSE, Fedora and a few more.. On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 10:12, David Kempe wrote: should be able to get more speed from here: ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/mozilla/firefox/releases/1.0/ dave Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way

Re: [SLUG] spam suggestion

2004-11-13 Thread Richard Neal
aaah the old lets get rid of spam post been there done that was voted down On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 10:19, Ken Foskey wrote: Can we check incoming mail that is @slug.org.au for a valid name eg: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not valid therefore it is spam. -- Ken Foskey Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] Swap file performance tuning ?

2004-10-26 Thread Richard Neal
rds Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two minor drawbacks. One, we don't have a power source for the lasers, and two, we don't have any lasers. - Cat and Kryten, White Hole ( Red Dwarf ) -- SLUG - Syd

[SLUG] PIII and parts

2004-10-10 Thread Richard Neal
much $80-100 would be nice Email me of line for any further info Regards Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two minor drawbacks. One, we don't have a power source for the lasers, and two, we don't have any

Re: [SLUG] Walking talking Gimp whizz

2004-10-02 Thread Richard Neal
Richard Neal Kryten Cat: Hey, I got it! We laser our way through!? Kryten: Ah, an excellent suggestion, Sir, with just two minor drawbacks. One, we don't have a power source for the lasers, and two, we don't have any lasers. - Cat and Kryten, White Hole ( Red Dwarf ) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] OCR

2004-09-14 Thread Richard Neal
that come with scanner software on Windows :-( This is the only reason why I run an emulator -- for TextBridge. Nick Regards Richard Neal ** Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers

Re: [SLUG] NTFS vs EXT3

2004-09-12 Thread Richard Neal
normal just let xfs sort itself out over a few min and things start to whiz along fine. On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 11:59, James Gregory wrote: I was also referring to XFS 1.2 and to the current version of reiserfs (3.6, isn't it?) just in case I was unclear there. James. Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] Visual Linux Recovery tool ?

2004-09-02 Thread Richard Neal
what you want. Mike Regards Richard Neal ** Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded

Re: [SLUG] More on Font sizes under KDE Gnome

2004-08-28 Thread Richard Neal
) Vanderfluit Mobile: 0421 276 282 Regards Richard Neal ** Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar

Re: [SLUG] Stop X from Blanking screen after inactivity

2004-07-22 Thread Richard Neal
, can anyone one assist? Thanks Kevin -- Regards Richard Neal *** He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old, although no one knew where he kept it. -- The Life and Times of Corporal Nobbs (Terry

[SLUG] Linksys Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives

2004-07-07 Thread Richard Neal
Hai Just saw this interesting Linux device it's a tiny NAS/samba server just add a USB hardisk of choice.. http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-155-ProdID-NSLU2.php cheap too Regards Richard Neal *** On the fifth day

Re: [SLUG] OS in Law Firms

2004-07-05 Thread Richard Neal
anyone know or have experience in OS in small law firms? Or would like to take on the sales job for OSS here? Craig -- Regards Richard Neal *** Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred

Re: [SLUG] Re: Mozilla/Firebird issue with stgeorge.com.au

2004-06-19 Thread Richard Neal
I just gave up on Mozilla 1.4.x and trying to nail everything down and grabbed 1.5 and the heavens opened and java thus ran.. On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 18:19, Danny Yee wrote: If anyone has this working with Mozilla 1.4.1, I'd like to know which Java version you're using. Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] neophyte considering Xandros as a way out of Windows [many thanks]

2004-06-18 Thread Richard Neal
monitor and 10mb of ram and you can only uses the letters a,z and q on the keyboard during the install are idiots to be honest. Regards Richard Neal *** He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old, although no one knew

Re: [SLUG] Re. mounting DVD CDRW drives.

2004-06-17 Thread Richard Neal
am missing has to be simple. -- Regards Richard Neal *** He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old, although no one knew where he kept it. -- The Life and Times of Corporal Nobbs (Terry Pratchett

[SLUG] ftp servers with packages

2004-06-13 Thread Richard Neal
that can be searched not just for the package class but the distro type. I can tell you now lots of new users would love it rather than having to poke around for months finding them like I had to. Regards Richard Neal *** He

Re: [SLUG] (walkman) device that plays ogg files?

2004-06-12 Thread Richard Neal
? Lots of devices play mp3 files - haven't come across any that do ogg. The iPod does. Of course, you'll just need to install linux on it first.. ;-) - Chris -- Regards Richard Neal *** He was said to have the body

Re: [SLUG] OK, I'm impressed :)

2004-06-12 Thread Richard Neal
. I haven't managed to find one for Suse yet :-( Glen -- Glen Lewis Sydney, Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] NTFS and Fedora

2004-05-28 Thread Richard Neal
partition in write mode because it uses Microsoft's own .dll's (and a bit of Wine wizardry ). Its open source and free to enjoy and its one of those gems in the open source community. Regards Richard Neal ** Often the best tool is a rock ** On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 10:36, Simon Bryan wrote: Hi all, I

Re: [SLUG] building and maintaining a school web site

2004-05-21 Thread Richard Neal
GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] Upgrading to Mandrake 10.

2004-05-12 Thread Richard Neal
and files. If you run update your asking for headaches..it doesn't work on windows and it wont work on Linux for the same reasons no one can double check everything to that degree. Also the update often takes 2-3 hours normal install will take you 1hr Regards Richard Neal lng time

Re: [SLUG] LAN Traffic Regulator

2004-04-29 Thread Richard Neal
) ip addresses on the network. Because some computers are hogging bandwidth, I'd like to be able to dynamically change quota on separate workstations. ` * Sometime the best tool is a rock * Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] PowerPoint Analogue.

2004-03-25 Thread Richard Neal
the way it works with LaTEX code. On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 11:46, Alan L Tyree wrote: On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 11:05, Richard Neal wrote: I use Kile for LaTEX http://kile.sourceforge.net/ cool thing about LaTEX (and docbook) is you have a text source code file unlike Power Point. So

Re: [SLUG] PowerPoint Analogue.

2004-03-20 Thread Richard Neal
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Re: [SLUG] PowerPoint Analogue.

2004-03-19 Thread Richard Neal
? Regards, Bill Bennett. {*} http://www.linuxlist.com/win-lin-soft-en.html -- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL SCO GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] A valid analogy.

2004-03-15 Thread Richard Neal
This better On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 11:13, Mike MacCana wrote: On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Richard Neal wrote: GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MIKE GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL No offence, but your sig is retarded ;^). Mike -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] A valid analogy.

2004-03-14 Thread Richard Neal
, thanks very much. Felix Richard Neal wrote: The nearest single analogy I can come across that explains Linux security is Linux is based on an evolutionary development platform were the fittest and most diverse survive. Were windows has a forced evolutionary development based

Re: [SLUG] Copies of MDK 10?

2004-03-13 Thread Richard Neal
but not the offical release, however I've never used mandrake, and no fimilar with it naming of iso releases. -- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [SLUG] A valid analogy.

2004-03-13 Thread Richard Neal
race. Hope this helps GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 17:24, Bill Bennett wrote: It's a peculiar request, so please bear with me. I had been asked why

Re: [SLUG] linux cooking my PSU

2004-03-11 Thread Richard Neal
/03/msg00200.html -- Simon Males [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let them hate, so long as they fear -- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Linux easy Windoze very hard!

2004-03-07 Thread Richard Neal
(including time to format disk) * Two CDROMs and one Internet update * Nine dialog screens - plus three screens when logging in for the first time to configure your desktop type and email and news accounts * One reboot! Note the reboots Regards Richard Neal On Sun

Re: [SLUG] Print Script

2004-03-05 Thread Richard Neal
that monitors a certain folder, when that folder is populated with a postscript file it is converted to a pdf and then printed to a selected printer. -- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SLUG] mozilla thunderbird, mime, and ms outhouse

2004-03-03 Thread Richard Neal
GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] Time display aberation

2004-02-23 Thread Richard Neal
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Re: [SLUG] VOIP like skype (apologies if this is a re-send)

2004-01-14 Thread Richard Neal
etc, please? Jim Donovan -- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq

Re: [SLUG] Copy Controlled CDs

2004-01-02 Thread Richard Neal
-01-01 at 18:11, Gottfried Szing wrote: Richard Neal wrote: What I do is ask the shopkeeper Is this a AUDIO CD, if they say yes and its one of those broken copy protected heaps of shite CD's, then complain to everyone you can think of because its ILLEGAL to sell copy protected

Re: [SLUG] Copy Controlled CDs

2004-01-01 Thread Richard Neal
GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] cable and optusnet

2003-12-09 Thread Richard Neal
Linux Wizard who still remembers basic English please come to my rescue? John. __ -- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL

Re: [SLUG] SGI Octane- Linux?

2003-12-09 Thread Richard Neal
MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Online banking

2003-11-26 Thread Richard Neal
? Cheers, Benno -- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] linmagau

2003-11-17 Thread Richard Neal
/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030728 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1 In this age of high technology often the best tool is a rock Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au

Re: [SLUG] Problem with a graph.

2003-11-10 Thread Richard Neal
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Re: [SLUG] FW: Phoenix to develop DRM-equipped BIOS

2003-10-05 Thread Richard Neal
now are getting sued for billions by Philips/Sony. Wonder if all the Windows users will have to pay for a DRM license because Microsoft didn't). Regards Richard Neal ** Often in this high tech age the best tool is a rock. ** Mihaly wrote: This was posted to the aus.linux.comp ng just today. I

Re: [SLUG] FW: Phoenix to develop DRM-equipped BIOS

2003-10-05 Thread Richard Neal
in this case the AZZA 845E-ANT comes with a Mandrake CD and Star Office. http://www.azza.com.tw local supplier http://www.ami-computers.com.au Regards Richard Neal ** Avoid buying anything that has a manual heavier than the device in question ** Terry Collins wrote: Richard Neal wrote: Dear

Re: [SLUG] YahooIM Protocol

2003-10-02 Thread Richard Neal
running a jabber server is simply because it's open (as in the Jabber protocol is an open source/standard). Well, both Everybuddy (ayttm) and Gaim stopped working too. Apparently Gaim 0.69 works - I'm just compiling it up now. Cheers, Gavin -- Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] Oh Complier ... where out thou?

2003-09-13 Thread Richard Neal
. No joy. I've never had this problem under previous linux versions. Still I suppose I should learn how to put things in a users Path (whatever that means). Thanks all, Mick -- Regards Richard Neal --- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL

Re: [SLUG] POS Software for a Record Chain

2003-08-30 Thread Richard Neal
software to a Linux alternative is a little trikier. Does anyone know of a Retail operation like a record company using any such software? Can anyone reccomend some good free POS software for running on Redhat? I look forward to hearing from people. Kev Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] modems,ppp, linux (will I ever get online!)

2003-08-27 Thread Richard Neal
more stable. Brad Kowalczyk wrote: Its been about 2 months since my last attempt so I thought I might try to get a net connection happening on my Linux box again. This time with a *real* modem that I know works and on Mandrake 9.1 ... dah! -- Regards Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] 2 problems with Mandrake 9.1

2003-08-25 Thread Richard Neal
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Re: [SLUG] Terminated RPM database

2003-08-16 Thread Richard Neal
use rpm --force unless you like to break your rpm database -- Regards Richard Neal --- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPLMICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] UWS IE5 Policy

2003-08-14 Thread Richard Neal
. They have receintly told her that they will no longer be issueing paper pay slips. They will be online and she will be required to use IE5 to read them. She has told them that she uses Linux and is waiting for them to get back to her. Geoffrey -- Regards Richard Neal

[SLUG] Thunderbird 0.1

2003-07-30 Thread Richard Neal
Hai This is my first email on Thunderbird not bad Im pretty impressed considering its Ver 0.1 -- Regards Richard Neal --- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL

Re: [SLUG] Thunderbird 0.1

2003-07-30 Thread Richard Neal
(think OSX too) Sorry I forget not everyone reads freshmeat.net every day or /. (slashdot.org) PS nice little intro to setting up Thunderbird here with pics http://www.nidelven-it.no/articles/introduction_to_thunderbird Thus spake Richard Neal, Hai This is my first email on Thunderbird

Re: [SLUG] Quiet keyboards

2003-07-29 Thread Richard Neal
(in my case beer). Regards Richard Neal News report 2065 July 15 Today Microsoft has introduced a new per slice of bread license for their Microsoft Bread Toaster (TM)...it was heard commented from a pensioner just before being dragged away

Re: [SLUG] Image viewer with full-screen slideshow capability

2003-07-26 Thread Richard Neal
Hai What about xnview http://www.xnview.com xnview Ive found will open just about any image file even pdf's and do full screen and its free and cross platform. -- GPLG GPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGP GPL MICROSOFT GPLGP GPLGPLGPLGP GPLGPLGPL GPLGPL Richard Neal

Re: [SLUG] Mplayer codecs, 'Face' error.

2003-07-26 Thread Richard Neal
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