Job Posting - Please feel free to pass this along: OT Mostly Windows.

2011-02-03 Thread Michael Webb
Help Desk/Junior Systems Administrator We are looking for an intelligent tech guru who, while focused on sorting out help desk issues, is looking for something more. Success will require a willingness to wrestle with all manner of phone, network and computer problems, and learn on the job. The

Re: Looking for possible options to NetApp storage

2011-02-03 Thread Jim Gasek
Check out open filer for basic needs. Yes, the WAN component is huge. Do you want to pay for storage features, or WAN capacity? I believe the two most compelling companies pay up for netapp are: 1) SnapMirror. Highly optimized WAN traffic feature. 2) Nobody ever got fired for buying

LinuxPCRobot vs VGO

2011-02-03 Thread Mark Woodward
http://vgocom.com/ Just saw these guys on Slashdot the other day. Besides being a really slick looking robot, it seems to be little more than the LinuxPCRobot with an Ekiga client. I think I have a demo! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org

Re: LinuxPCRobot vs VGO

2011-02-03 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 02/03/2011 04:40 PM, Mark Woodward wrote: http://vgocom.com/ Just saw these guys on Slashdot the other day. Besides being a really slick looking robot, it seems to be little more than the LinuxPCRobot with an Ekiga client. I think I have a demo!

Re: force connect to hidden wireless network

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Metro
Jerry Feldman wrote: iwconfig wlan0 essid my ssid Most of the time, setting this allowed network manager to connect. I tried that in rc.local, and it didn't seem to help., Maybe my assumption that rc.local runs well before X starts is incorrect. I've had a bit better luck with: # force set

GNOME session management and crash recovery

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Metro
GNOME 2.28.1 has the ability to remember what applications you have running when you shut down the system in a controlled fashion, or remember them at the time you click the Remember Currently Running Applications button on the Startup Application Preferences applet. But it appears to make no

Re: workspace affinity

2011-02-03 Thread Richard Pieri
Most GNOME window-related issues can be solved by dumping Metacity for another window manager. Any other window manager. Even TWM. --Rich P. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: force connect to hidden wireless network

2011-02-03 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 07:41:19PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: iwconfig wlan0 essid my ssid Most of the time, setting this allowed network manager to connect. I tried that in rc.local, and it didn't seem to help., Maybe my assumption that rc.local runs well before X