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Report from the Front: 9.2 Suse vs Windows XP
After a complete rebuild using the best from OSS and CSS, in which I set up XP on 20GB and Suse 9.2...
Looking for headless Unix box
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Kent wrote on Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:10:11 +0000 You both might want to study the dhcpd.conf file; it's highly flexible. I've studied the issue...
Hint for Linux people
Hi, Since you are trying to beat windows, I thought I'd offer some feedback. I need to search a document (so long that it's unreasonable...
Hint for Linux people
snips On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:10:28 -0800, Doug B Your premise is wrong. Linux isn't about beating Windows. Linux is about having a high...
Linux distribution that has Nvidia drivers by default
Terry Fisher That is why I don't buy windows, yes. So the truth does not hurt you, so what...
Teaching to maintain Linux Computers
Hello All, This is a mail to help a community to get literate with computers. I belong to a...
COLA Stats 20 Mar 2005 2043
Roy Culley I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that Snit is an only child of about 20 or so...
COLA Stats 20 Mar 2005 2044
begin oeprotect.scr I had an au-pair like that. He was dishonest much of the time, not at a level where you'd be worried about him being around...
COLA Stats 20 Mar 2005 2045
I would love to see your support of this claim. Did you decide that your posts were getting to offensive and easily disproved, even for you? Or possibly - and likely - Steve Carroll, and he is...
COLA Stats 20 Mar 2005 2046
Good for you. Did you notice how no one else questioned that it happened? You mean *your* claim that I did so? A claim that even you admitted you had *no* proof for...
Novice Users' Linux Perspective
Taught a clbutt today with the topic of securing your computer. I had read an article in the April Popular Science that was pertinent, so...
Novice Users' Linux Perspective 2048
Snit Curious. I've got 11 Linux users I support at the moment, only 2 of us computer literate. All the rest are click-pointy, for god sake don't show...
Novice Users' Linux Perspective 2049
I can see that she is not on a timeline and loves to look up commands in a book where the GUI would have all the options on the screen. Either that or you are...
Novice Users' Linux Perspective 2050
tab She owns no books on either Linux, or Unix. On her own system at home, of course she is not on a timeline. On the other...
Novice Users' Linux Perspective 2051
Snit Possibly both. Few of my users would have stuck with it if I had just...
Novice Users' Linux Perspective 2052
begin Error log for Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:21:06 -0700 - Snit caused a page follows .vbs Hey, it...
The Mac Revolution has begun! 2053
Two weeks ago I bought a 17" powerbook with 2 Gig Ram. I've been a unix user for the last decade (Freebsd on my desktop.) I am very disappointed and would advise...
The Mac Revolution has begun! 2054
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mike Cox wrote on Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:07:18 -0800 What a weird choice...
How to Kill Linux ...from JCD
Jim Polaski "Linux can use Windows drivers shock" "The first comes from Montreal, Canada -- it is called "DriverLoader" and created...
Mr. Softee makes his move
I have been at a conference for the past two days at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, or more accurately at Lake Buena Vista. Today was "Microsoft Day" and...
Mr. Softee makes his move 2057
Terry Fisher Free is only a starting point. Free is a lure only when there is nothing expected as...
Mr. Softee makes his move 2058
billwg poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: I develop socket-thread-based software for Windows XP-2003 server. I'm not laughing. The various...
Mr. Softee makes his move 2059
7 the be, Whenever MS begins to give away (previously high priced) software for free, you can be certain it is because they see their market share being threatened. This is a...
And you call me dumb
Hi TerryFisher ( and Rick the troll ), You two voluntarily slave away to pay taxes that get spent...
In a slap to Moore's law
How was Sam Walton a thief ? ... And even though Gates seems to have no business ethics, if Relf will steal from him-m$, who or what, else...
Rex Ballard knows his sh_t
John, All of Sam Walton's kids are almost as rich as Gates. Why is that so impossible for you to comprehend ? They didn't earn it John... it was fate...
Novice recruit's windope perspective
feeder2.news.jippii.net!news.usenetzone.com Snit Taught company a clbuttic lesson today with the topic of securing your business. I had read...
Microsoft Insiders Can't SELL their stock fast enough
Do they know what we know? That Linux won. 7-Mar-05 BALLMER, STEVEN A. Chief Executive Officer 990,000 Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share...
That's pretty cool 2065
Here's an example of how you can do this, based on my ssh setup that I use from home. Here's the network setup: 1. We have a machine that is reachable from outside, that...
Linux at an Internet Cafe 2066
begin Error log for Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:44:27 +0000 - peter stickney follows .vbs We are considering this as well, and...
Linux on the desktop = Mac Mini 2067
begin Error log for Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:21:59 -0700 - Snit caused a page follows .vbs Not really, because unlike you, I do not proffer declarations about something...
Nimble GNOME
I converted my Suse 9.2 machine from KDE to GNOME. It's a tiny celeron. It seems GNOME is the...
Linux financial disaster
I have finished a two month consultancy with a company that had deployed Linux, in the theory it would save money. It was a medium sized company, with approx. 200 employees. During...
Linux financial disaster 2070
This is a clbuttic scenario used in Microsoft's Fast Facts. They pick as company just small enough to have no UNIX systems, then proceed to choose the worst possible...
Walking in the wrong direction
Red lights are flashing on the highway. I wonder if we're gonna... ever get home. I wonder if we're gonna ever get home... tonight. Everywhere the waters...
Windopes financial disaster
83.103.131.224 Mike Cox I am a complete idiot you see, and I am directly funded by microshaft to bring you this news. I have finished a two...
Record Price for VS.NET Team System 2005! 2073
10,000 dollars for the VS.NET Team System 2005. MSDN Universal will not include all the...
Record Price for VS.NET Team System 2005! 2074
MC++ code is not lost. It can still be compiled in 2005. There is a command...
Record Price for VS.NET Team System 2005! 2075
Mike Cox will not developers are time. Ummm... that is the highest version of VS. MS will...
Record Price for VS.NET Team System 2005! 2076
Yeah, so, I can get SharpDevelop for free too. VS Experss probably has nothing any serious developer could use. What about the single person ISV, that wants to do development and...
The Mike Cox Linux Install Fest
ANNOUNCEMENT I have just completed my new research into ease of Linux coexistance with Windows XP. I carefuly selected...
Whining about Wine
This is a real person for me, and I don't understand why it is happening, though I think it has something to do with Debian etch's version of glibc. Here's the...
Whining about Wine 2079
Roy Schestowitz This simply isn't practical in the real world. For starters if American Express, Visa Internation or Citibank sends me a word document, they are not going to change their entire...
Whining about Wine 2080
The NMCI, despite the nut's sneering use of the term "debacle" is a wonderful thing for...
Is This Guy Kidding or LIEnixING
This machine: processor : 0 vendorid : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 6 model name : Celeron (Mendocino) stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 434.365 Installed RAM : 96Mb...
Use Linux....Do without.... Here is another example. 2082
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:04:25 -0500, Richie Spano I buttume you are talking about clicking on the headphone icon...
Use Linux....Do without.... Here is another example. 2083
The racist, liar and software thief Sue (flatfish) nymshifted: You lately nymshifted to Abbie Diaz, Aftab Singh, Allen Cusimano, Allie Perkins, Allison Juergans, allisonhunt1968 plus 1, Ana...
Looks Like Michael Dell has the COLANuts Figured Out
People are always asking us to support Linux on the desktop, but the question is: 'Which Linux are you talking about?'," Dell asked. If we say we...
Linux for Windows SBS network
Hello, I am "IT Department" for a small firm (7PCs) running Windows SBS2003 and Win2K workstations. Over a period of last year we've had a LOT...
More tales of a system twonk
Just to really tweak the wobblies of the GUI-uber-alles types... Got a systemic failure...
More tales of a system twonk 2087
The Ghost In The Machine on Friday 10 March 2006 23:00 Hi Kelsey, Ghost, I'll comment as I read on. I was initially going to suggest that you consider hardware failures, before...
More tales of a system twonk 2088
snips On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:42:32 +0000, Roy Schestowitz Considering the relative scope of the software, not so much in complexity as in sheer rate of processing data, it wasn't...
Microsoft Rep. destroys the Linux Rep
Today we had 2 consultants offer proposals concerning updating our ageing twinax AS-400 network-workstation systems. We...
Microsoft Rep. destroys the Linux Rep
snips There's a couple things wrong with this. Offering a proposal and actually showing up to perform an install are somewhat different animals, for one thing. For another, it is virtually unheard of to bring...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2091
TheLetterK My computing audio needs are fairly simple but I'm no slouch when it comes to audio equipment. In computers...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2092
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:52:03 -0800, Larry Qualig That's almost impossible to do with any subject in comp.os.linux.advocacy, but here goes anyway. snip...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2093
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:35:01 +0000, philicorda At one time I was nervous about doing commercial work on Cubase running on Windows systems...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2094
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:15:16 -0500, flatfish+++ Kids these days don't know how much fun Cubase Audio XT 3.0 was. :) Try here: It's...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2095
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:01:02 -0700, GreyCloud Actually musicians tend to excel at things like math and...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2096
flatfish+++ Well, I like math and science and play clbuttical Pipe Organ. But I dropped out of music due to its high cost. I liked it, but being retired sort of...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2097
The racist, liar and software thief flatfish blubbered: We don't. Because it wasn't. The Atari was the system of choice You lately nymshifted to Abbie Diaz, Aftab Singh, Allen...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2098
Larry Qualig on Saturday 11 March 2006 03:52 But why miss the point that latency was too high in...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2099
OK on Saturday 11 March 2006 09:46 ,---- Quote Over the years, we've realized that there three major problem areas with...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2100
begin oeprotect.scr Below about 25 ms, most people can cope with it, as it just...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2101
begin oeprotect.scr Okay, but really it's the same thing, it's just a question of the period - "wander" is long time-constant variation...
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