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The Distribution Switcheroo...Exactly what is it
In reality the Distribution Switcheroo is quite simple. You, as an end user have a problem with Redhat. The Linux FREAKZOIDS will suggest you try Debian to...
The Distribution Switcheroo...Exactly what is it
Vladimir Yepifano Yep. I saw the same pattern when I was shopping around for a new laptop last year and asked my friends and colleagues...
Linux Void my warantee Make tech support impossible
What sane person would install Linux when their newly purchased pre-loaded system comes with a ton of great software? Why void my warrantee, or at best pee off the tech support people should I...
Be SPECIFIC Sinister Midget also known as diaperboy
In another thread (Top 7 COLA Liars): Question was posed: action You answered: buttuming I really wanted to use them (I don't), they'd...
Roy Culley = Iraqi Information Minister
There are no coalition tanks in Bagdad! We are beating down the coalition! Iraq is winning the war. Sir? Sir? Where are you sir? Why aren't you answering your...
Everyone Knows Linux Sucks... It's Quite Obvious... Linux===the Elvis of operating systems
Linux is FREE...Market Share, less that 1.0 percent as a desktop system. Vendors that could make extra profit by not having to...
Everyone Knows Linux Sucks... It's Quite Obvious... Linux===the Elvis of operating systems 2837
I completely agree. On Linux to intstall the nVidia driver is just to enter a simple command and it's...
Everyone Knows Linux Sucks... It's Quite Obvious... Linux===the Elvis of operating systems 2838
gooey It's always so obvious these are trolls(Sally Squats). Just look at the senders name. No balls! Always hiding behind some dumb name....Just a waste of all are time. Anyway, just...
external usb harddrive, filesystems speed
Hello, I recently bought a usb-ide harddisk enclosure. I put two parbreastions on the harddrive and formatted one...
Making an iPOD mini work with Suse Linux 9.2 9.1
While the iPod original seems to work rather well, the mini has problems even with a FAT format because of the way Linux recognizes the file system. Here is how to...
Keyboard lag in kernel 2.6.824.13
Hi, Since upgrading to kernel 2.6.8-24.13 I'm experiencing very strange keyboard behavior: lags and randomly repeated keys. The setup is: - Toshiba laptop Satellite 2450-101 - 512Mb ram, 80Gb 4200 RPM disk - SuSE 9.2, KDE 3.3 (though...
Suse Gone Mad v9.3 is crippled beyond belief
On Sunday 10 April 2005 14:55 Phillip Cornwallis Well. that's not QUITE what the reviewer has said since! I...
Pal XVID to NTSC VCD
Rick There are two possible ways of doing this: - The 'purist' way is to download avidemux off Packman's site (see elsewhere on this...
Howto load a usb module before hid
Crossposting trimmed, deprecated comp.os.linux group removed On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:54:59 -0700, Jim staggered into...
New to Linux. I'm not impressed
Normally I am a Mac person but I picked up a Pentium 4 system in order to experiment with Linux. The processor is...
C.O.L.A a Detriment to Linux and the Biggest JOKE on USENET
comp.os.linux.advocacy is supposed to be a Linux advocacy group? Wow! you had me fooled! So what is...
C.O.L.A a Detriment to Linux and the Biggest JOKE on USENET! 2847
Wibur Post I'll tell you why. Because MS is smart in business. They give copies away for little to no cost to stategically...
C.O.L.A a Detriment to Linux and the Biggest JOKE on USENET! 2848
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wibur Post (likely flatfish puppet) Snip - BS Nobody is forcing you to use it, so I fail to see why...
Desktop Linux Where is it hiding Is this group a joke or something
I read comp.os.linux.advocacy and honestly it feels like I have entered the twilight zone because I certainly do not...
Need help with a Suse 9.3 installation, was Why is Suse 9.3 Linux so slow
Post a copy of your startup log and let's take a look at it. Since this is a separate box and a first...
Why is Suse 9.3 Linux so slow
Post top don't please. 06-09-2005 Nope, only your credibility. Sorry, tonto, but a Linux install is easy; even a pendejo like you could do it if you RTFM. Further...
Why is Suse 9.3 Linux so slow 2852
insert CD, boot, qtparted, parbreastion, knx2hd, go for coffee, come back, log in. How *hard* is that?? that's down to...
Why is Suse 9.3 Linux so slow 2853
Sorry, no, this is not true anymore, since Office 2000. Youcanhave a "Microsoft Office" shortcut to OSA9.exe in your startup folder...
Why is Suse 9.3 Linux so slow 2854
You are wrong. The retail SuSE Pro 9.3 comes with 2 DVD's and 5 CD's. Not everyone has a DVD drive; SuSE provides the CD's for folks who don't have DVD's (and for...
Why is Suse 9.3 Linux so slow 2855
Y o u r . S h e p h e r d . A q u i l a . D e u s . ( d 2 0 0 5 x x , d 2...
Virtualization , was: New Debian Linux DESTROYS SYSTEMS
Noah Roberts In the course of a year, I see a lot of different businesses. Most of them are heartily sick of the constant...
Linux and Audio work OMG NO
Oh My GOd.. the only thing worse than trying to use Linux for serious audio work is trying to use a 1950's Wollensak Tape Recorder. Yea sure, I got sucked in by buttuming the...
Linux and Audio work OMG NO
Micky Uh, no. Here is the original "accusation": "Since you don't do audio work, how would you know?" Why would it be? No, to correct your way of thinking here is another list of...
Programming is like lifting heavy boxes, it's menial work, low paid
Hi HarryMacafeeBirdie, You commented: RoyCulley posts his so called Linux stats every Sunday yet how many people realize that his numbers don't...
comp.os.linux.advocacy 's BIGGEST BULLpoo ARTISTS...MidYear AWARDS
So who is the biggest COLA NUT in comp.os.linux.advocacy? Rapskat without a doubt. This dude conjurs up all kinds of fairy tales that nobody but him, and a very few lying linux nutballs can...
comp.os.linux.advocacy 's BIGGEST BULLpoo ARTISTS...MidYear AWARDS!! 2861
Get A Shovel poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: He's one of my favorites, and I suspect his track record for accuracy is very good. If...
comp.os.linux.advocacy 's BIGGEST BULLpoo ARTISTS...MidYear AWARDS!! 2862
begin risky.vbs Hmm, so I wasn't an 'butthole of the year' for the years before 2002? Damn, what was I doing wrong? Not in yer spell checker eh? You could try copy paste you know...
My Professor Says Linux Sucks and Is Not Real Unix
I am a 2nd year CS xover student who is new to programming and the topic of Linux came up in...
My Professor Says Linux Sucks and Is Not Real Unix. 2865
Floyd L. Davidson Of course he's a troll. But this is such a common tactic. Rather than try and...
My Professor Says Linux Sucks and Is Not Real Unix. 2866
Comparing Solaris and Linux is indeed valid. That is a compareison between $25,000 *hardware* and $500 *hardware*, and has *nothing* to do...
My Professor Says Linux Sucks and Is Not Real Unix. 2867
We have all agreed that Luna Lane was probably a WinTroll trying to discredit Linux...
My Professor Says Linux Sucks and Is Not Real Unix. 2868
Luna Lane well, Solaris does have some open source tools available. well, thats his opinion. mind you, the only fragmentation is the 30,000+ development projects, and even then, thats...
My Professor Says Linux Sucks and Is Not Real Unix. 2869
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:15:09 -0700, Luna Lane About four years ago I ported several thousand lines of...
My Professor Says Linux Sucks and Is Not Real Unix. 2870
Sure, they're fragmented. While they "dip into many of the same streams," each, by virtue of being distinct, has ways in which it does NOT dip into the same streams...
Techniques of the Linux Freakzoid
Well it's not as if you left much room for any other response, is it...
Linux Void my warantee Make tech support impossible 2872
Wallace Corpus Here I thought when you bought a computer you can do anything you want with...
Linux Void my warantee Make tech support impossible 2873
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, TokaMundo wrote on Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:19:53 GMT I'm old enough to remember SASI, though I...
email sending problem with Linux gateway
Hi, We used to connect our local (900+) users to internet through a Netware box with two nics, and an apropriate routing configuration. This box was also running DHCP and NAMED. Our mail...
Floppy boot disk with Redhat Advanced Server 3.2
Dear experts, In previous versions of Linux, I was able to create a floppy boot disk...
Why is Redhat's EXT3 incompatible with Mandrake
On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:10:52 -0500, General Schvantzkoph mumbled something like this: I'm not sure about Redhat EXT3 and...
about to install what to save
On Sat, 14 May 2005 23:03:13 +0200, Michael Heiming I really have to apologize for not getting back earlier but I...
Linux compatible hardware Obscurity, linux
Then just try to find one. There are some Linux magazines (in Germany) now with advertisements...
Incredibly slow file saving
OK, I've got an issue.... I'm a beta tester for a particular CAD package that...
What's the best and easiest FTP server to use in Debian for a small LAN
I was told that wu-ftpd is very old and has a lot of security holes. I used to use it a...
Ways to keep my Debian box updated over dialup 3 KBsec
There are few things out there, but you'll have to look into them on your own. Apt-proxy is good for, like, a group of machines (one downloads from net, others get it...
mount: mount pointmediacdrom0 does not exist
Hello! I seem to have problems when mounting with my CD-ROM after every time I boot up Debian r3.1 (Kernel 2.6.10-1-K7...
Setting up VoIP at home using Asterisk instead of Vonage, etc
I'm a fairly seasoned computing professional with intermediate to advanced Linux and mainstream networking skills. But I know little to nothing about VoIP other...
I'm looking for a new server to host my discussion lists
Hello! I am a list-owner of several popular science discussion lists (about meteorites, mineralogy, chemistry, mushrooms, and...
Specs for a supercheap, supersmall httpd server
Sorry to cross post this, but I think that this message has to do with a lot of topics and I wasn't sure where to put it to get the best help. I'm looking...
Specs for a supercheap, supersmall httpd server 2886
Hi, For a Touchscreen solution try MagicTouch addon kit, it can be used with LCD and CRT monitors and it acts as a mouse. Of...
Specs for a supercheap, supersmall httpd server 2887
This means that I'll probably need some sort of window manager in order to display Firefox. You should be able...
Specs for a supercheap, supersmall httpd server 2888
Vector is nice and lightweight, so you may want to look into Vector Linux Standard 4.3. It doesn't have KDE, but for your purposes...
