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OT "The Evil That Men Do" 6753
On Saturday 10 December 2005 20:33, Kier stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: Been there, done that... :- I don't know how things are in other countries...
OT "The Evil That Men Do" 6754
On Monday 12 December 2005 16:12, Iñaki Silanes stood up and spoke the following words...
OT "The Evil That Men Do" 6755
begin risky.vbs I've had a terrible memory for certain types of things all my life. In fact I would say its bad for everything. I do...
OT "The Evil That Men Do" 6756
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:55:23 +0000, Aragorn Sad it say, but in their case, you most probably...
Running as root
I've noticed that even though in most circles it's considered standard practice to run your Windows machine as administrator, it's considered almost taboo in the Linux world to run your box as root. While...
Running as root 6758
Daveman750 If you want to run as root the whole time that is your business - you can set up your own...
Running as root 6759
Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:20:51 -0800, Daveman750 It will happen time and time again that some users...
Running as root 6760
Daveman750 This would be because, in contrast to windows, things will work quite well when not run as root on a *NIX system. In windows, even the most common apps and simplest tasks...
Running as root 6761
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:14:55 -0600, Rob Hughes I guarantee you that if Office wouldn't work as a normal user, there...
Running as root 6762
Erik Funkenbusch Is that a money back guarantee? Because Office insists on writing into program files. You can make it run as a normal user, but requires some fiddling with file system permissions...
Running as root 6763
begin oeprotect.scr What a narrow world of alternatives you live in. Some distros, as well as OSX, use a sudo approach, so there is...
Running as root 6764
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:14:37 +0000, Mark Kent Just a clumsy way of implementing a root account. I'm...
Running as root 6765
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:35:42 +0100, Sudo can be...
Running as root 6766
begin oeprotect.scr Just like a root account can, you mean. This is a huge change of position...
Running as root 6767
Daveman750 wrote something like: WHat simple task? I use this box as user all the time. I can do what I want? I can install software and...
Running as root 6768
On Tuesday 06 December 2005 16:24, Daveman750 stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: Error...
Running as root 6768 plus 1
Truthfully, I never thought of this. Using a CLI for untarring is a real pain. IMHO, both a CLI and a GUI have their advantages, depending on what you're trying...
Running as root 6770
begin oeprotect.scr If you're doing something every day, then you should be looking at programmes like cron...
Running as root 6771
Daveman, You are talking to super HARDCORE Linux guys here. They forget the conversion factor. And if you say anything...
Firefox on the beeb
begin oeprotect.scr It's on BBC World, and I think on News 24. There are clips on the BBC World website, although they're in MS format, so you need a well-endowed mplayer...
Panasonic doubles Bluray capacity to 50GB
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:20:58 -0600, so nice...
World's richest man claims the cost of software is not an important issue in the
You can give people free software, but they won't have the expertise to use it, says Microsoft Nigeria's manager." Given the amount of support available...
World's richest man claims the cost of software is not an important issue in the
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Kleuskes & Moos wrote on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:40:04 +0000 Who needs documentation? Windows is "easy to use", remember...
World's richest man claims the cost of software is not an important issue in the
DFS Mostly a waste of time. You get better help from the newsgroups. On my XP machine, the...
World's richest man claims the cost of software is not an important issue in the
DFS Snippet from the man page for the 'rm' command: SEE ALSO chattr(1), shred...
World's richest man claims the cost of software is not an important issue in the
DFS Look who's talkin'... Ummmmm...why is the proof I've given you, in the form of a man page, all...
World's richest man claims the cost of software is not an important issue in the
WarpKat Because often they are utterly useless? Inadequate. Lacking important commands? Did you know that you can set...
Certification for a Linux firewall
snips On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:39:19 -0800, John Bailo If it's running BSD, it should not be crashing...
Gate$Ballmer in hiding
Kelsey Bjarnason Put on your glbuttes next time you look at it. Last I saw MS had a larger...
Stop tripping balls, Martin
Hi MarkMartin, I I take a little, I give a little... freely... then I'm gone forever. And you replied: Don't even preach to me...
It Soars IT SOARS
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:24:14 +0000, Mark Kent If you buy and sell through the ebay system then you are fully protected as buyer or seller. They can see that you paid for...
Micoshaft: Africa doesn't need free software
Micoshaft: Africa doesn't need free software Outgrid Marson ZDNit UK You can give people free software...
Quality is Job #1
There really is no need to give the impression you feel personally attacked. They are, after all, only words. What is...
Microsoft: Stealth Rootkits Are plantarding XP SP2 Boxes
More than 20 percent of all malware removed from Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) systems are stealth rootkits, according to senior official in Microsoft Corp.'s security...
Spambuttbuttin Extinguished Bill 6789
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ian Hilliard wrote on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:26:00 +0100 Not a bad...
Spambuttbuttin Extinguished Bill 6790
begin oeprotect.scr Or I can't, as I'm starting to think of them. We gotreallyclose to the ITU running it, which would've been a far superior solution. That way, at least every country...
Spambuttbuttin Extinguished Bill 6791
begin oeprotect.scr But they won't, because in reality, few people really see the advantages of cooperating with others, and even those who do are always outmanoeuvred by those few who see...
Spambuttbuttin Extinguished Bill 6792
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, William Poaster wrote on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:29:03 +0000 Ah, but remember...
OT: Micoshaft is now 3 x convicted monopoly
Micoshaft is now 3 x convicted monopoly Korea has convicted micoshaft with 33 billion Won fine and like previous countries that have...
OT: Micoshaft is now 3 x convicted monopoly
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, 7 wrote on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:18:50 GMT By the time the Korean courts finish...
Micoshaft is now 3 x convicted monopoly
7 Not at all. It's not the people of S. Korea demanding anything - it's one abusive government department with a few ambitious bureaucrats latching onto...
Yet ANOTHER SuSE Kernel SECURITY update
It is a side effect of the 'release early, release often' philosophy in the open source world. The alternative is...
Firefox Faces an Uphill Battle
It takes money to make money and we all know what cheapskates open sores supporters are. If firefox is going to depend upon the community to...
Why so many Windows security risks and vulnerabilities
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Erik Funkenbusch wrote on Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:14:20 -0600 Disclaimer: I actually had to go and *count* these. Hopefully I've counted correctly. 27 unpatched, 2 partially fixed...
Microsoft: "Let's Be Friends
After takin' a swig o' grog, Ramon F Herrera belched out this bit o' wisdom: "Microsoft's army of lawyers must be...
Cross Platform Development
I've been thinking the same thing. The surface it sits on seems to make a difference. It lasts longer on...
Objects virus scanned: 507,623 Objects infected: 0
In their never-ending attempt to slander MS and Windows, cola loudmouth crazies would have everyone believe 80% of Windows systems are mbuttively infected with viruses, trojans...
Objects virus scanned: 507,623 Objects infected: 0 6802
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:48:09 -0500, DFS At last MS is safe, we've waited long enough for it to happen but worth the wait. Free of all virus's at last, I'm glad, because there...
Objects virus scanned: 507,623 Objects infected: 0 6803
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:55:15 -0500, DFS Yes but not milicious. It does seem that...
Objects virus scanned: 507,623 Objects infected: 0 6804
BearItAll ... I presume you didn't like WinME - the last DOS-Win "upgrade" of the 3.1-95-98-ME line - either? ... Viruses started earlier than NT; even...
Objects virus scanned: 507,623 Objects infected: 0 Desktop: KDE 3.5.0 Level "a" OS: SuSE 10
Once upon a Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:17:33 -0600 dreary, as I laboured tired & weary, came a tapping at...
I feel like a linux advocate already
That presumably is your answer to everything where you don't obtain the agreement you seek. That's not linux advocacy, that's an buttist to Microsoft and its success that you should adopt such an obtuse posture...
RealPlayer
I like real player, good all round music-video player. But my favourite bit is listening to radio stations around the world. I...
Could Linux be more in use than IDC or Gartner think 6808
mlw ... What about those of us who will be using more than 1 OS next year: I'm intending to rejig my home network slightly so that my usage with be spread more evenly between FreeBSD...
Could Linux be more in use than IDC or Gartner think 6809
Robert Newson Yes, but I hardly think that this is a common thing. Maybe amongst us geeks, but few others. I actually didn't...
Ubuntu means "joke" in Swahili
Ok, you guys have been pulling my leg for the past six months by telling me how great Ubuntu is, right? I mean, it's like in the Boy Scouts where they find...
Ubuntu means "joke" in Swahili 6812
Then care to explain to us just how Ubuntu can be so non-deterministic as to make this happen. You are vastly overstating the available variables. As...
Ubuntu means "joke" in Swahili 6813
Walter Mitty No you haven't. I see you haven't been following the news all these years. Are you that clueless?? To find out just how malicious M$ is, why don't you be one...
BRING IT
George Ellison I'm sure...but, and again, I'm totally new to Ubuntu, my experience suggests that yes, in a general environment, Ubuntu may install, but that any variation may give it problems...
My face REALLY HURTS
On Friday 09 December 2005 06:28, Bobbie stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.advocacy...: You...
Ubuntu means "joke" in Swahili 6816
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, John Bailo wrote on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:30:09 -0800 Erm, you sure you're not confusing UBuntu with a very old Gentoo LiveCD? As for the subject matter -- a scan at If...
Ubuntu means "joke" in Swahili 6817
John Bailo on Thursday 08 December 2005 15:30 John, I know you have just installed SuSE 10. You stated that in the SuSE newsgroup. Since I use SuSE on two...
BSA recommends switching to GNULinux
BSA claims in a barrage of press releases today that piracy costs millions of jobs and billions of dollars and switching to GNU-Linux and open source will eliminate this problem by creating a sharing...
Flatfish" Means Defecate in Cyberspace
official who examines the quality of slug slime, swore: Oh. Personally I don't care much for that sort of thing, I went to an Amway seminar once with a friend who was getting into...
Ubuntu Means Defecate In Nguni A Zulu dialect Spoken In Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington DC Camden
The racist, liar and software thief Franz Klammer (flatfish) nymshifted: You lately nymshifted to Aftab Singh, Allen Cusimano, Allison Juergans, allisonhunt1968 plus 1, Anna Banger, anonymous, Archie, Archie...