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Is Windows becoming irrelevant 1211
Ignoramus19383 I am also by no means a professional photographer, at best an amateur-with-some-potential. I own a...
Is Windows becoming irrelevant 1212
Aquila Deus on Sunday 30 April 2006 21:19 I beg to differ. The GIMP users...
Is Windows becoming irrelevant 1213
Roy Schestowitz It's not a plugin but a fundamental function in Photoshop. And I don't see why should anyone use Songbird, which is obviously no better than Amarok or wxMusik. It doesn't work...
Is Windows becoming irrelevant 1214
Ignoramus19383 on Sunday 30 April 2006 18:59 I have some colleagues who are competent with both GNU-Linux...
Creating a lowpower machine
Hi, I think unlike most modders I'm trying to do something relatively contrarian. I'd like to build a...
Creating a lowpower machine
Why don't you just do an "allow list" to bypbutt a dummy proxy in IE ? Just put it on your daughters login. That list is good for about 75 URLs, and if she...
Coming from XP 1217
In comp.os.linux.misc, on Tue 16 May 2006 23:45, Rick shred will wipe an entire parbreastion or an entire disk. Because you do not have to spend your life moving files around...
Coming from XP 1218
On Tue, 16 May 2006 19:09:19 GMT, Rick staggered into the Black Sun and said: Er, what does your last clause there mean? Mozilla and Firefox manage...
Installing more than a distribution
In a message on Mon, 01 May 2006 12:07:33 +0200, wrote : When you install multiple distributions, you will need multiple '-', '-usr', and '-var' directories and probably a *shared* '-boot' directory...
job opportunity for backup & recovery expert with well funded open source startup
Hi there, If you are thinking about switching careers from system administration to technical marketing, please consider Zmanda, a leader in open...
linux device drivers
hi everyone, i'm trying to compile and run introductory examples from the book Linux device drivers 3rd ed, but i'm not sure how to setup...
Total n00b question
Black Sun and said: from that miserable "G2" excuse for a newsreader. simon.landry wants to install Linux on a PII-333 with a Radeon 7000 and use it to watch AVIs-MPEGs-DVDs There...
desparate has anyone installedused "aspell
have tried for several days to install and use aspell. I easily installed on my development computer which is Windows XP. I am trying to get it to run on a linux box now...
desparate has anyone installedused "aspell" 1224
On Thu, 18 May 2006 09:11:00 -0400, Notgiven Hmmm, that is not owned by root. This is on my Mandriva 2006.0 system: $locate libaspell.so.15xargs ls...
desparate has anyone installedused "aspell" 1225
Finally, some information. But then how does he have access toetc-ld.so.conf? Or to running ldconfig? No it is is not, it is software...
desparate has anyone installedused "aspell" 1226
On Fri, 19 May 2006 10:58:16 -0400, Notgiven Whaaa???A?? What do you mean, "do not have man page access"? That actually makes zero sense at all. "man" is a user-usable program. Not...
No Sound: Dell Inspiron 9400 Intel HDA ICH7 STAC9200
Hi, I built the alsa drivers into the kernel. I am aware that traditionally one is recommended to build it as a module, however this is said to be not necessary since kernel...
firefox
When I have firefox already running, then executing will open up a new tab in the existing browser. I'm trying...
Umlauts not being displayed in the shell
Hi, my problem: I can't display umlauts like äöü in the bash anymore! If I do a "ls" on a directory, all umlauts get displayed as "?" (questions marks). I don't...
Unable to mount nfs a filesystem on a san
Hello, We have a IBM DS6800 san attached to a Linux server. A lun on this san is mounted and exported to be mounted in nfs by another server...
Extracing hidden data on CD
Hi, Thanks for pointing me towards readcd - I've had a play with it but the area doesn't seem to contain any data - readcd throws errors whilst reading it ("readcd: Input-output error. Error...
Multiple CPU and Load Average 1232
On Saturday 20 May 2006 05:51, Ignoramus23298 stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.misc...: The number...
Multiple CPU and Load Average 1233
Aragorn on Saturday 20 May 2006 07:19 Good explanation. There is no need to repeat it, but perhaps only...
Multiple CPU and Load Average 1234
On Saturday 20 May 2006 10:38, Roy Schestowitz stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.misc...: Normally, it's the last 1...
Multiple Linux Distribution Installation 1235
What you want to do is create an empty unformatted parbreastion, maybe 6 to 10 gig in size. Then you pay very close attention during install...
Multiple Linux Distribution Installation 1236
In a message on Sat, 20 May 2006 10:54:06 -0400, wrote : Depending on the distro's base kernel version, there might be kernel specific differences between distros. And in *some* cases, kernels from...
just "do you
following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.misc...: Just for the record, I don't have any idea what you're talking about, but I'm trying... When people tell you that, it...
Ubuntu Linux and the PNL My Sprogs Are Out Of Control.Help Needed FAST
My sprogs are completely out of control and I need some help in bringing them back under control. My question...
Converting wmv, mpeg,avi and mp4 to DVD
On Sat, 20 May 2006 16:03:04 -0500, flatfish+++ The format used by DVD's is just plain old MPEG-2 for...
lpr2005 input filter script help needed
this has been driving me nuts, been working on it for over a week. lpr-048 supported input filters on remote printers (i have two soon to be...
Changing screen resolution through GUI resp. file
On Sun, 21 May 2006 09:31:27 +0100, Roy Schestowitz staggered into the Black Sun and said: This may or...
Returning a Microsoft license and getting a refund 1242
On Sun, 21 May 2006 12:53:01 -0400, Geico Caveman If you don't want to pay for Windows then buy a machine without Windows. There are lots...
Returning a Microsoft license and getting a refund 1243
In a message on Sun, 21 May 2006 12:53:01 -0400, wrote : This is a problematical thing. The Microsoft ELUA states that you can return the...
Returning a Microsoft license and getting a refund 1244
On Sun, 21 May 2006 19:40:07 +0200, Robert Heller staggered into the Black Sun and said: Basically, one...
fedora core 5 monitor refresh rate
the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.misc...: If Fedora Core usesX.Orgas it's X Window System, then look for a file called *-etc-xorg.conf* or possibly *-etc-X11-xorg.conf...
How to allow some basic programs to start automatically 1246
danish There are quite a few ways to do it. There are some scripts that run on bootup at different intervals, also called runlevels. One could write a script and place it in...
How to allow some basic programs to start automatically 1247
snip With all due respect, I don't think you've answered my question(s) -- is there a single file...
How to allow some basic programs to start automatically 1248
On Monday 22 May 2006 07:23, danish stood up and spoke the following words to the mbuttes incomp.os.linux.misc...: I'm not familiar with the program or how it is started - i.e. the command to start the...
How to allow some basic programs to start automatically 1249
On Monday 22 May 2006 09:12, danish stood up and spoke the following words to the...
Configuration problems and questions about KDE Control Center, YaST and Sax2
When I (as root) click on the YaST ControlCenter icon on the Panel bar the YaST window pops up...
plants and Exclamation mark desktop background for root under Suse Linux
Snip... I view SuSE's plants-Bangers wallpaper as related to root *X* logins. AFAIK you don't get any warnings like that...
Linux Windows Question
Hi All, I'm trying to set something up where I can SSH into my Linux box, and run some RDP so I can bring up my Windows desktop. Reason: For...
about seting file permission by default
John-Paul Stewart Point accepted, I read the man page you are correct. However continuing that same section.. After reading that file, it...
HELP STOP CELEBRITIES FROM STEALING MONEY TO SUPRESS INFORMATION
HELP STOP CELEBRITIES FROM STEALING MONEY TO SUPRESS INFORMATION!!!!! A scientist has discovered ANOTHER PARALLEL DIMENSION! In this dimension a human can...
apache 2.0 number of httpd grows up
Hi, i run the apache 2.0 on linux system. The number of httpd grows up after I start the server a few...
Linux Services
On Tue, 23 May 2006 17:32:12 -0400, General Schvantzkoph I've tried a number of experiments talking to machines with various speed connections and CPUs. The configuration factor that...
Why linux is less prone to viruses 1257
Better odds for starters. 59,000+ malware programs for doze, less than 1,000 for non-doze Operating Systems. Exploit fixes and program updates made...
Why linux is less prone to viruses 1258
The real question is why is Windows so insecure. The differences stem from the different origins of the two OSes. Linux is a Unix clone and Unix...
Why linux is less prone to viruses 1259
In a message on 19 May 2006 07:01:59 -0700, wrote : Linux has a 'proper' protection separation scheme. User-mode vs. kernel-mode processor state, privileged vs. non-privileged...
Why linux is less prone to viruses 1260
Computer viruses is a big topic, but I'll cover some points (shotgun style.) This article covers the basics: Look down that page for this bookmark: #Thevulnerabilityofoperatingsystemstoviruses This section explains the...
Perl on Linux and SQL Server 2000 on Windows
Colleagues, There was a time when I did a lot of searching on ways to...
VOTE! alt.fan.artbell awards, Spring 2006 1262
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VOTE! alt.fan.artbell awards, Spring 2006 1267
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