On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 09:19:10AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Du, 17 ian 21, 20:12:38, Brian wrote:
> > On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 20:57:19 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> > > This
> > > may have advantages and disadvantages, but you don't get to control
> > > those :)
> >
> > In
On Du, 17 ian 21, 20:12:38, Brian wrote:
> On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 20:57:19 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> > > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a
> > > security standpoint, what is the difference
On Du, 17 ian 21, 12:43:26, Darac Marjal wrote:
>
> In theory, I imagine it would be possible to make some sort of hook for
> apt here. That is, in the same way that apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges
> fire off before apt runs and as "Are you still sure you want to install
> these packages?", it
On Sb, 16 ian 21, 17:04:54, The Wanderer wrote:
>
> Nothing immediate for the former, but for the latter, you may want to
> look at the 'vrms' package.
>
> It stands for 'virtual Richard M. Stallman', in honor of RMS' role as
> the orienting compass of the Free Software movement (although its
>
On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 20:57:19 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a
> > security standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi
> > card with built in closed
On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 21:12:54 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
[...]
> https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware is the page giving full details.
That is quite a smart page, explaining the need for firmware during
a Debian installation succinctly. It should have some prominance for
users.
The -devel
On 17/01/2021 05:03, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Nothing immediate for the former, but for the latter, you may want to
>> look at the 'vrms' package.
> Yes, I use that as well. But that's an "opt-in", and it's rather crude
> (and operates after the fact). I think Debian would benefit from having
>
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 08:40:53PM -0500, Celejar wrote:
[...]
> I think you're conflating two senses of wireless 'firmware' - the kind
> that runs on the wireless chipset itself (i.e., the stuff that Debian
> ships in its free and non-free 'firmware' packages), and the kind that
> runs on the
Le 16/01/2021 à 22:55, Stefan Monnier a écrit :
[...]
I often enable `non-free` because I need it for one package or another
(GFDL docs for example), but I strongly dislike the fact that as soon as
it's enabled, all its packages become "silently" installable.
[...]
On this particular point,
> Nothing immediate for the former, but for the latter, you may want to
> look at the 'vrms' package.
Yes, I use that as well. But that's an "opt-in", and it's rather crude
(and operates after the fact). I think Debian would benefit from having
this kind of mechanism be much more "in your face"
On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:52:25 +0300
Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:25:10PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> > I have a laptop with a QCA9377 Atheros AC wifi card. When I install
> > debian 10.7 amd64 I get a warning about missing non-free firmware and
> > the wifi doesn't
On 2021-01-16 at 16:55, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/01/msg00151.html
>> Very informative.
>
> Yes, I agree with Ted Tso's suggestion.
>
> I think the `non-free` repository needs to be significantly improved, so
> that the user is properly
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/01/msg00151.html
> Very informative.
Yes, I agree with Ted Tso's suggestion.
I think the `non-free` repository needs to be significantly improved, so
that the user is properly warned/informed when something is installed
from there (in both senses:
On Saturday 16 January 2021 12:25:10 Steven Mainor wrote:
> I have a laptop with a QCA9377 Atheros AC wifi card. When I install
> debian 10.7 amd64 I get a warning about missing non-free firmware and
> the wifi doesn't work. It was my understanding that ath10k was open
> source and included in
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 07:30:16PM +, Brian wrote:
> On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 18:27:58 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> > > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a security
> > > standpoint, what is
Please do not top post.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a
> security standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi card
> with built in closed source firmware, and closed source firmware
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a
> security standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi
> card with built in closed source firmware, and closed source
> firmware that is loaded by the
On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 18:27:58 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a security
> > standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi card with built in
> > closed
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a security
> standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi card with built in
> closed source firmware, and closed source firmware that is loaded by the
>
My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a
security standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi card
with built in closed source firmware, and closed source firmware that is
loaded by the kernel like ath10k. Either way the firmware is only
running on the
Hi.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:25:10PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote:
> I have a laptop with a QCA9377 Atheros AC wifi card. When I install
> debian 10.7 amd64 I get a warning about missing non-free firmware and
> the wifi doesn't work. It was my understanding that ath10k was open
> source
On 2021-01-04, didier gaumet wrote:
> A little bit out-of-subject because it also mentions proprietary
> software, but there is a very recent article precisely on this
> subject:
> https://www.fastcompany.com/90590201/how-to-use-flash-to-play-old-games-after-adobe-discontinues-it
>
> (and being
A little bit out-of-subject because it also mentions proprietary software, but
there is a very recent article precisely on this subject:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90590201/how-to-use-flash-to-play-old-games-after-adobe-discontinues-it
(and being not intersted in games, I did not know
On 2021-01-02 at 17:26, didier gaumet wrote:
> Hello,
>
> From what I understand from the lightspark website (1) and the
> wikipedia page about lightspark (2),
> - Gnash is both a free standalone flash player and flash plugin for
> Actionscript 1&2
> - Lightspark is also both a free standalone
Le vendredi 1 janvier 2021 à 16:40:07 UTC+1, Kenneth Parker a écrit :
> Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd check up
> on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some Standalone .swf files (games,
> etc).
>
> Two came up in my searches, Lightspark (which seems to
to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> [...]
>
>> Why would you need this. update your sites to HTML5 [...]
>
> If I read correctly, the OP hasn't a "site" (s)he coule "update". Rather
> some .swf files of value to him/her.
>
> Who are we to judge whether it's feasible to rewrite them? And whether
> html5
On 2021-01-02 at 09:23, Curt wrote:
> On 2021-01-02, wrote:
>
>> This is awesome. I never used anything flash myself, but it's
>> always great to see someone caring.
>
> Adobe Flash officially died at the tail-end of 2020, so I wonder what
> need exists to prolong it's life in open source.
On 2021-01-02, wrote:
>
> This is awesome. I never used anything flash myself, but it's always
> great to see someone caring.
Adobe Flash officially died at the tail-end of 2020, so I wonder
what need exists to prolong it's life in open source.
> Let me know if you need some help.
>
On 2021-01-02 at 06:45, deloptes wrote:
> Kenneth Parker wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought
>>> I'd check up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some
>>> Standalone .swf files (games,
On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 12:45:55PM +0100, deloptes wrote:
[...]
> Why would you need this. update your sites to HTML5 [...]
If I read correctly, the OP hasn't a "site" (s)he coule "update". Rather
some .swf files of value to him/her.
Who are we to judge whether it's feasible to rewrite them?
Kenneth Parker wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker wrote:
>
>> Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd check
>> up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some Standalone .swf files
>> (games, etc).
>>
>> Two came up in my searches, Lightspark
On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 04:00:21AM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote:
[...]
> I will contact gnu.org and see about taking it over. It will be a
> Challenge, but I've got more time on my hands now.
This is awesome. I never used anything flash myself, but it's always
great to see someone caring.
Let
On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 3:56 AM wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 06:17:32PM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Update: I just installed Stretch in QEMU-KVM in my "Knockabout" Mint 20
> > system and was able to install Gnash on it. I did a bit of research into
> > Gnu Gnash, seeing
On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 06:17:32PM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote:
[...]
> Update: I just installed Stretch in QEMU-KVM in my "Knockabout" Mint 20
> system and was able to install Gnash on it. I did a bit of research into
> Gnu Gnash, seeing that it may not be currently maintained. I wonder if
>
On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 06:17:32PM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker wrote:
>
> > Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd check
> > up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some Standalone .swf files
> > (games, etc).
> >
>
On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 18:17:32 -0500
Kenneth Parker wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker
> wrote:
>
> > Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd
> > check up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some
> > Standalone .swf files (games, etc).
> >
> >
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 10:29 AM Kenneth Parker wrote:
> Since Adobe Flash is going the way of the Dodo Bird, I thought I'd check
> up on Open Source Alternatives, since I have some Standalone .swf files
> (games, etc).
>
> Two came up in my searches, Lightspark (which seems to be, mainly a
>
Use o, fsck, mais apenas é bom lembrar que falha física no HD não pode ser
reparada via Software, o setor danifica será apenas marcado, de forma que o
SO não irá gravar neste bloco.
Em 10 de dezembro de 2011 15:55, Samuel Andrade Teixeira
kerne...@yahoo.com.br escreveu:
Boa tarde, pessoal!
Você pode usar tbm o badblocks para verificar algum setor defeituoso.
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:54:59 -0200
Sinval Júnior sinva...@gmail.com wrote:
Use o, fsck, mais apenas é bom lembrar que falha física no HD não pode ser
reparada via Software, o setor danifica será apenas marcado, de forma que
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Miles Fidelman
mfidel...@meetinghouse.netwrote:
Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
You get full /source/ code access so you can make the system behave just
the
I guess I should have said it's not FOSS.
Give it a try, we've used it for years for
On 13 June 2011 12:16, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk wrote:
I really don't care about a desktop start/stop widget. Does it do
standard timesheet type stuff, you know:
- enter hours against projects
- sign and submit
- approval
- export to billing
Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
Actually, come to think of it, we are looking to move away from
ActiveCollab.. Mostly because it really sucks balls in many other
aspects. Can I withdraw my recommendation? lol.
:-)
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
Sudev Barar wrote:
On 13 June 2011 12:16, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk wrote:
I really don't care about a desktop start/stop widget. Does it do
standard timesheet type stuff, you know:
- enter hours against projects
- sign and submit
- approval
-
You get full *source* code access so you can make the system behave just
the
Quoted from their website.
Sure, you have to pay a license, but you get the full source code to do
whatever you want with after you purchase the license.
Give it a try, we've used it for years for internal time
How about redmine (www.redmine.org)?
That is a real nice project management system.
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Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
How about redmine (www.redmine.org)?
That is a real nice project management system.
time sheets - fill in, sign and submit, approve, transfer to
accounting/billing system, maintain audit log
expense reports - fill in, sign and submit, approve, transfer to
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:10:03 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
I've been looking high and low for a simple time expense tracking
package that I can run on my (Debian) server, to support a small project
team. Can't seem to find anything but commercial web services (e.g.,
clicktime).
So...
Why I prefer sillaj is that it mainly concentrates on time tacking.
--
Sudev Barar
On 11/06/11 11:10, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been looking high and low for a simple time expense tracking
package that I can run on my (Debian) server, to support a small project
team. Can't seem to find anything but commercial web services (e.g.,
clicktime).
So... Figured
Thanks for the suggestions. So far
sillaj: too simple
dotproject: seems like it might be buried in there, but way too complex,
undocumented, the demo is down, ...
opentimetool: looks like it might do the trick - unfortunately, I can't
read German, and both the English documentation
On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 11:58 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. So far
sillaj: too simple
dotproject: seems like it might be buried in there, but way too complex,
undocumented, the demo is down, ...
opentimetool: looks like it might do the trick -
Active Collab is what we used to use, it's pretty nice.
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Miles Fidelman
mfidel...@meetinghouse.netwrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been looking high and low for a simple time expense tracking
package that I can run on my (Debian) server, to support a small project
Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
Active Collab
but not open source
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Infnord practice, there is. Yogi Berra
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On 11 June 2011 06:40, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote:
I've been looking high and low for a simple time expense tracking package
that I can run on my (Debian) server, to support a small project team.
Can't seem to find anything but commercial web services (e.g., clicktime).
Sudev Barar wrote:
On 11 June 2011 06:40, Miles Fidelmanmfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote:
I've been looking high and low for a simple time expense tracking package
that I can run on my (Debian) server, to support a small project team.
Can't seem to find anything but commercial web services
On 11 June 2011 07:14, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote:
Sudev Barar wrote:
On 11 June 2011 06:40, Miles Fidelmanmfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote:
I've been looking high and low for a simple time expense tracking
package
that I can run on my (Debian) server, to support a
- Original Message -
From: Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net
To: debian-user debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 9:10:03 PM
Subject: open source time/expense tracking package?
Hi Folks,
I've been looking high and low for a simple time expense tracking
On Thursday 27 January 2011 10:31:11 Christos Ricudis wrote:
On 01/26/2011 09:35 PM, ga...@tee.gr wrote:
Υπάρχει όρεξη/ενδιαφέρον για να γίνει κάτι τέτοιο στην πόλη μας/σας?
Εγω πηγαινω μονο στα ubuntu release parties.
Εχουν περισσοτερες γκομενες.
Πραγματικά, είναι κουραστικό το συνεχές
On Thursday 27 January 2011 12:14:51 Christos Ricudis wrote:
Τους κρινω στο βαθμο που με την περιχαρακωση και την πολυδιασπαση τους
γινονται τα απληρωτα κοροιδα του brand recognition strategy της
canonical και της redhat. Δεν υπαρχει κανενας λογος να πεφτει και το
debian σε τετοια λουμπα.
6n Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:55:17AM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:
On Thursday 27 January 2011 10:31:11 Christos Ricudis wrote:
Εγω πηγαινω μονο στα ubuntu release parties.
Εχουν περισσοτερες γκομενες.
Πραγματικά, είναι κουραστικό το συνεχές trolling που κάνεις. Θα το
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:39:11AM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:
Ειδικά για το Debian, το κάθε release είναι άθλος που σε έχει σκάσει
προηγουμένως μέχρι να βγει οπότε ένας λόγος παραπάνω!
Kala eidika gia ta releases tou debian kaneis de noiazetai afou kaneis
den trexei stable ston
On Thursday 27 January 2011 12:14:51 Christos Ricudis wrote:
Τους κρινω στο βαθμο που με την περιχαρακωση και την πολυδιασπαση τους
γινονται τα απληρωτα κοροιδα του brand recognition strategy της
canonical και της redhat. Δεν υπαρχει κανενας λογος να πεφτει και το
debian σε τετοια λουμπα.
2009/8/28 John Proios j...@snigel.gr:
Τώρα που το καλοσκέφτομαι, εντάξει με τους υπολογιστές.. (γκούχ) θα έλεγα
αλλά με τις άλλες συσκευές τί γίνεται ; πχ windows mobile ; Και εντάξει βρε
αδερφέ με την διαμάχη που υπάρχει μέχρι τώρα για το μονοπωλιακό θέμα και
περιορίζεται μέχρι τα pc, αλλά τι
Simon,
I have several points.
* For a (very) in-depth discussion of the merits of various codecs for
distributing video via the web, look for the Theora thread (the really
long one) in the WHATWG HTML5 mailing list archive.
* Since you're not a fanboy of Adobe's proprietary products, pricing
$ mencoder example.flv -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1000:autoaspect
-vf pp=lb -oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:preset=standard -o example.avi
1) Its very generic command line to convert videos. What would you
improve?
What's improve? Only the file size or also the quality?
The size is much
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 01:28:47PM +0200, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote:
I am running a forum with small video clips (from YouTube and others). I
convert those Macromedia Flash videos with:
Under US law, you may want to think about copyright issues. I don't know
about any other country's laws.
Simon Jolle sjolle:
1) Its very generic command line to convert videos. What would you
improve? The size is much bigger than the original FLV :(
Why do you convert in the first place? Re-encoding files with a lossy
codec can only degrade their quality, no matter what bitrate you are
using.
On 06/28/2008 01:59 PM, Pol Hallen wrote:
What's improve? Only the file size or also the quality?
IMHO the quality of the original FLV is the same as my converted AVI. So
I only need to improve file size
Sure! U do the coding at 1000kb/s
I remember that flv files (from youtube) are about
On 06/28/2008 08:28 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
Why do you convert in the first place? Re-encoding files with a lossy
codec can only degrade their quality, no matter what bitrate you are
using.
I know that re-encoding degrades the quality. But my eyes don't see the
difference :-)
I already
On 06/28/2008 04:36 PM, Carl Fink wrote:
Under US law, you may want to think about copyright issues. I don't know
about any other country's laws.
Good input.
There's a Debian packaged mencoder at debian-multimedia.org. Just add that
repository to your sources.list.
thanks.
It's going
Simon Jolle sjolle:
On 06/28/2008 08:28 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote:
Why do you convert in the first place? Re-encoding files with a lossy
codec can only degrade their quality, no matter what bitrate you are
using.
I know that re-encoding degrades the quality. But my eyes don't see the
Simon Jolle sjolle:
It means AVI is the best choice for out-of-the-box playing on all
platforms and devices?
AVI is only a container for audio and video content. It can contain
video encoded in many formats (MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264 etc). Just because a
player knows the container format doesn't
Jochen Schulz:
Simon Jolle sjolle:
How accepted is Ogg Theora in Non-Geek environments?
Not at all. It is even quite uncommon in non-geek environments.
Of course I meant to write even quite uncommon on geek environments.
J.
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:15:15AM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote:
Quoting me, but with attribution removed.
BTW, I convert FLV to AVI with this command line:
ffmpeg -i filename.flv -sameq filename.avi
This converts to MPEG4 (ffmpeg's default choice, at least on my system)
in an AVI
On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 13:28 +0200, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote:
2) Is there a real open source format what I should prefer? Can you say
something about its quality?
Ogg is what you want. It's probably currently best known for it's audio
layer, Vorbis, though it also has a video component called
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 10:15:36AM -0800, Gary Koskenmaki wrote:
Hi all,
Believe it or not I actually have an on topic discussion I'd like to
start ;)
I contacted one of the Spokane, WA radio stations because I could not
listen to their streaming audio and received a response asking
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 08:15:28PM +0100, Ben Humpert wrote:
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:11:12 -0800 On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 10:15:36AM
-0800, Gary Koskenmaki wrote: Hi all,Believe it or not I
actually have an on topic discussion I'd like to start ;)I
contacted one of the
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 11:11 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 10:15:36AM -0800, Gary Koskenmaki wrote:
Hi all,
Believe it or not I actually have an on topic discussion I'd like to
start ;)
I contacted one of the Spokane, WA radio stations because I
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 20:12 +0100, Ben Humpert wrote:
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:15:36 -0800
Hi all,
Believe it or not I actually have an on topic discussion I'd like to
start ;)
I contacted one of the Spokane, WA radio stations because I could
not
listen to their streaming
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 20:35 +0100, Ben Humpert wrote:
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:31:51 -0800
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 20:12 +0100, Ben Humpert wrote:
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:15:36 -0800
Hi all,
Believe it or not I actually have an on topic discussion I'd
like to
Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I'm asking here is, what open source friendly streaming audio
protocols are the best one's out there and why? I would like to
give this guy an intelligent answer.
A little judicious wikipedia reading suggests for truly free -- ogg
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On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 12:53:12PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote:
On Monday, August 14, 2006 11:52 AM -0500, Albert Dengg wrote:
...
At least they can do it, whether we approve of the results of not.
That's not the case for Debian. If you have to
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On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 08:43:14PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote:
...
I very much agree. To me the Linux distribution that Debian has become
is very impressive, and I hope that continues. And if Debian is able to
become more user-friendly, that is
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:45, Seth Goodman wrote:
Nothing would make me happier than if I believed this. Unfortunately,
they continue to do one thing right where the non-commercial Linux
distros have consistently failed, and this prevents the scenario that
you suggest from happening. That is,
Seth Goodman wrote:
Does that represent the Debian position? I'd very much like to know.
If so, I'll continue to use it in server applications and stop
recommending it to friends who are not computer professionals. That
would certainly make my life easier and Microsoft more profitable.
It
Wow, I fully agree what cr stated there. I have people calling upon me all the
time to solve their Windows problems and difficulties. For one, if GNU/Linux
was to be sold in stores on pre-installed system, such as in Future Shop and
Circut City, GNU/Linux would gain more popularity. Since
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:52:03PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Monday 14 August 2006 19:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 08:10:48PM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote:
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Seth Goodman wrote:
desire to learn, and some are here to teach as well. I'm also
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:30:11PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Monday 14 August 2006 11:04, Seth Goodman wrote:
On Monday, August 14, 2006 6:20 AM -0500, George Borisov wrote:
Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
I just get a little upset when people want to mold Debian into
something like a
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On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:30:11PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Monday 14 August 2006 11:04, Seth Goodman wrote:
On Monday, August 14, 2006 6:20 AM -0500, George Borisov wrote:
Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
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There's a
Paul Johnson wrote:
Someone needs to go read the Advocacy HOWTO again.
http://ursine.ca/cgi-bin/dwww/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Advocacy.html
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 09:31:46AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:30:11PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Monday 14 August 2006 11:04, Seth Goodman wrote:
On Monday, August 14, 2006 6:20 AM -0500,
Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
I just get a little upset when people want to mold Debian into something like
a Windows clone. If you want that, try a Debian-derivative such as Linspire
or Xandros.
Spot on, dude.
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On Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:43 PM -0500, Paul Johnson wrote:
I thought the niche Debian was trying to fill was rock solid
stability and reliability in a 100% free software format. If I'm
confused, let me know.
Add support for multiple architectures and I will agree with
you 100% :-)
George Borisov wrote:
I can not speak about other people
And yet, as I read your comments, I almost thought it was me speaking.
I use Debian because it is an operating system I can
_trust_ and it is 100% free as in speech and beer (to me, the
speech bit is actually more important.)
Ditto.
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On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 02:07:43AM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote:
On Friday, August 11, 2006 10:39 PM -0500, Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
That's a reasonable goal, even a good goal, if you are
willing to remain a small, exclusive club.
On Monday, August 14, 2006 11:52 AM -0500, Albert Dengg wrote:
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 02:07:43AM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote:
On Friday, August 11, 2006 10:39 PM -0500, Anthony M Simonelli
wrote:
...
You can get books that help. In fact, the Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Bible (ISBN
On Monday, August 14, 2006 6:20 AM -0500, George Borisov wrote:
Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
I just get a little upset when people want to mold Debian into
something like a Windows clone. If you want that, try a
Debian-derivative such as Linspire or Xandros.
Spot on, dude.
Does that
I'm guessing that there really isn't one POV within the debian
community about debians place in the linux world or as a replacement
for windows. I am an ambulatory linux user. I can debug perl, but I
don't write in it yet, because I can still get away with awk and sed. I
use the command line alot
Seth Goodman wrote:
On Monday, August 14, 2006 6:20 AM -0500, George Borisov wrote:
Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
I just get a little upset when people want to mold Debian into
something like a Windows clone. If you want that, try a
Debian-derivative such as Linspire or Xandros.
Kent West wrote:
George Borisov wrote:
I can not speak about other people
And yet, as I read your comments, I almost thought it was me speaking.
I use Debian because it is an operating system I can
_trust_ and it is 100% free as in speech and beer (to me, the
speech bit is
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