Re: PPP question on AIX (yes i know this is not the place i have not place else to ask)

1999-03-18 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Nezer, Do you have a Linux machine with PPP, which you can use to call the AIX server? Using such a machine, you can isolate the problem and determine whether it is in the AIX or in the Windows NT (if the Linux machine can also receive PPP calls). Or, lacking such a machine, can you call

Re: Open or Closed? (was: Re: [Fwd: Re: Please, put a fscking bullet in , my head!])

1999-04-01 Thread Omer Zak
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Vadim Vygonets wrote: THE LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE MAILING LIST SHALL BE KEPT SECRET. In this case, I can't even think about the setup where the list of subscribers must be open. Even to the subscribers. I wrote, with tongue in cheek, the reason for making

[OFFTOPIC response to ontopic question] Re: FreeBSD or Linux

1999-03-15 Thread Omer Zak
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, 12:52 Ben Nes Michael wrote: BNM Why and or in what points is Linux better or more preferable then BNM FreeBSD ? Why and/or in what points are apples better or more tasty than oranges? Apples are better when

Re: email client

1999-09-15 Thread Omer Zak
Even if you can't convert your mailboxes from the format used by your OS/2 program into the format used by Unix E-mail clients, you can accomplish this by causing your OS/2 client to send all messages in your mailbox to some address. After sending the messages, switch to Linux and retrieve the

Browsing C/C++ source code under Linux

1999-10-22 Thread Omer Zak
I am looking for a good C/C++ code browser, which will offer at least the power and convenience of the MS-Visual C++ code browser. From Web surfing, I saw that there are several code browsers running under Linux. Does anyone have experience with the browsers and can recommend a good one? I

CLARIFICATION (was: RE: Browsing C/C++ source code under Linux)

1999-10-22 Thread Omer Zak
Clarification: Thanks to the people who replied to me in private. However, I would like to clarify that I am looking for free (open source preferred) source code browser, rather than a commercial solution. I am looking for a good C/C++ code browser, which will offer at least the power and

Is Linux on the way of getting too complicated?

1999-01-02 Thread Omer Zak
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:17:30 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Risks Digest 20.64 RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest Thursday 4 November 1999 Volume 20 : Issue 64 FORUM ON RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IN COMPUTERS AND RELATED

Re: OFF TOPIC - but importent, i think.....

1999-01-03 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Mike wrote: Hi. Lately there is lots of ppl that ask question (me between them) that might should not be posted to the whole list. Good to see that a constructive solution to the clueless newbies probem is being looked for. Is there an option to open a sub maling lists

Project Proposal (was: Re: SOT: regarding linux-unfriendly ISPs)

1999-11-07 Thread Omer Zak
Suggestion for a project for a youngster who is looking for a niche which would give him satisfaction, fame and riches: How about developing PPP configuration scripts for the other distributions? Then the Technical Support would need only to tell the newbie to download the script from their Web

Re: Project Proposal (was: Re: SOT: regarding linux-unfriendly ISPs)

1999-11-07 Thread Omer Zak
doesn't need X-Window. On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Nir Simionovich (Rin Solo) wrote: Hi Omer, On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Omer Zak wrote: Suggestion for a project for a youngster who is looking for a niche which would give him satisfaction, fame and riches: How about developing PPP configuration scripts

Re: Project Proposal (was: Re: SOT: regarding linux-unfriendly ISPs)

1999-11-08 Thread Omer Zak
On 8 Nov 1999, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Omer Zak [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Suggestion for a project for a youngster who is looking for a niche which would give him satisfaction, fame and riches: How about developing PPP configuration scripts for the other distributions

Yes, this is a matter of approach! (was: Re: Netvision support for , Linux issues?)

1999-11-08 Thread Omer Zak
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Avraham Hanadari wrote: Dear Friends, The official ILUG position is no help for newbies, but I am happy to say that several members have been most helpful to me. It may just be a matter of approach. Yes, this is a matter of approach. If you approach an individual

Re: another netscape question

1999-11-13 Thread Omer Zak
On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, dorit ben shalom wrote: This is turning to be a general problem with netscape: I just don't seem to be able to get rid of items in menues. This time it is preventing me from editing my bookmarks. I am getting tired of this. Netscape is supposed to be open code,

Forking the Linux-IL mailing list? (was: Re: Firewall for Linux)

1999-01-17 Thread Omer Zak
I suppose that there are several Linux-IL subscribers who are NOT interested in job offers or in advertisements. (Personally, I am interested in job offers but not in advertisements.) This is not an issue of opening a separate list for newbie questions (this does not work). So, I suggest that

:-) (was: Re: 15th Century French Castle for Sale)

1999-11-21 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Valentin, You may want to make your message on-topic by the following modifications: 1. Put the castle in Finland rather than in France. 2. Claim that the land is filled with 16 RPMs of high quality (rather than sqm = short of spam?). 3. Fill the pool with penguins. 4. Change the

Re: Mail Q

1999-11-24 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Micha, On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Micha Feigin wrote: I have one pop account and another acount which I have telnet/ftp access to that i have mail accounts on. I want to download the mail automaticlly each time on conection, How do i do this? One suggestion is to develop a shell script,

Open-Source Language Translator

1999-11-26 Thread Omer Zak
See http://linuxpr.com/releases/735.html The press release announces a machine translator. The list of supported languages doesn't include Hebrew. I'm going to ask the contact person what is needed to get the software to be able to translate into/from Hebrew.

Me too (was: Re: Jon Hall's lecture)

1999-11-30 Thread Omer Zak
I do not plan to go to the lecture, as it will probably be inaccessible to me ("fall on deaf ears" is no pun in my case...), but I'll be happy if anyone will take down lecture notes and post them on a Web site. My opinion in the lecture subject debate is a "me too". I agree with Moran Cohen's

Boring Old Religious Wars (was: Re: HUJI)

1999-12-04 Thread Omer Zak
On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: EM I believe that "Perl of PHP?" will attract much more audience. EM EM Not to mention "MySQL or PostgreSQL", "GNOME or KDE", "GTK+ or Qt", EM "mod_ssl or Ben-SSL", etc. "GPL vs BSD" and "vi vs Emacs" would make a good

Re: Boring Old Religious Wars (was: Re: HUJI)

1999-12-04 Thread Omer Zak
On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: OZ - Windows NT vs. Linux You call *this* new? Now that even New York Times, etc. is participating? Yes. Relative to the vi vs. emacs religious war and other religious wars from the 1980's.

Dilbertish Reboots (was: Re: ZDnet)

1999-12-05 Thread Omer Zak
This qualifies as a Dilbert cartoon. Reminds me of the story from several years ago about the pointy-haired manager who decreed that Workers Shall Leave Their Desks Clean and Ordered. Then one evening he inspected his workers' desks and threw to the trash bin the contents of any desk which was

Amazon Boycott (was: RE: I want to learn Programing for linux...)

1999-12-15 Thread Omer Zak
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Chaim Zadok wrote: Neer hello Try to find in Amazon books about Linux/Unix - there are several books wich indeed not so bad. [... snipped ...] Please be advised that there is a boycott of Amazon, due to their attempt to enforce their "1-Click shopping" software

Re: Amazon Boycott (was: RE: I want to learn Programing for linux...)

1999-12-15 Thread Omer Zak
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Herouth Maoz wrote: On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:00:32 +0200 (IST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Omer Zak) wrote: Please be advised that there is a boycott of Amazon, due to their attempt to enforce their "1-Click shopping" software patent. Anyone who values the Open Sour

Re: Amazon Boycott (was: RE: I want to learn Programing for linux...)

1999-12-15 Thread Omer Zak
I agree with your statement that one should consider it with one's own mind. See emphasis below. On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: OZ Please be advised that there is a boycott of Amazon, due to their attempt OZ to enforce their "1-Click shopping" software patent.

Outside of Israel job offers? (was: Re: OT: Job offer in California)

1999-12-17 Thread Omer Zak
Is this list the proper forum for offers for jobs which can't be done in Israel and/or not related to Linux? I suggest that such job offers be banned from this mailing list. There are enough mailing lists and Usenet groups for job offers from California and other far and distant locations. I

2nd message about this subject (was: Re: OT: Job offer in California)

1999-12-17 Thread Omer Zak
First of all, I have no intention to flame Aviram Jenik. Actually he is doing us a service by forcing us to define and clarify the scope of on-topic subjects of the Linux-IL mailing list. I waited patiently as the job offers became less and less Linux related. Guy Keren's job offer in Kiryat

50% agree, 50% disagree (was: Re: stop pimping)

2000-01-11 Thread Omer Zak
Hello David, I agree with you that Smlink are overdoing. I think I have seen their ad at least 4 times already. However, I disagree with your statement that the Linux-IL mailing list is not the place for job ads. It is my source for Linux-related (the emphasis is on Linux-related) job and

The E-mail Eating TTMW? (was: Re: The Webmaster Conspiracy)

2000-01-24 Thread Omer Zak
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Ohad M. Somjen wrote: hi, is it just me or does all of you get double emails. one from linux-il and one from iglu annoying Ohad. It is just you and the others. I don't receive double E-mail messages from the Linux-IL mailing list. I hope it's not

Re: OT - gzip PostScript

2000-01-24 Thread Omer Zak
Probably your printing subsystem knows to recognize compressed files and uncompress them using a printing filter, before doing anything else to them. About ghostview - maybe your version of ghostview can do the same (not too difficult to implement, just use popen("gunzip -c yourpsfile.ps.gz

[grammar flame!] Re: Programming languages (was: Greetings: Me Linux)

2000-02-13 Thread Omer Zak
On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Alex Shnitman wrote: Hi, Chen! On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 06:19:41PM +0200, you wrote the following: Because he probably will have to maintain his code, but why not lisp? ;-) If anyone is interested in hearing why Lisp is a great language and shouldn't be

[Anti-spellingflame FLAME] RE: Job Offers At Gizmoz Inc. [OT]

2000-02-29 Thread Omer Zak
Where is Marc's integrated FireWire (next to his notorious differential SCSI cable) when we need it for the purpose of bloody flogging the naked bottoms of people who flame other people's spellings, especially in a mailing list which serves people for whom English is not mother tongue? On Tue,

Re: A wysiwyg hebrew word processor

2000-03-09 Thread Omer Zak
This is a classical example of the plight of people who actually move their asses and do something. They invariably draw fire, no matter which way they move. We don't have enough volunteers for Linux-related stuff in Israel (the proof is that no adequate Hebrew support exists, few years after

RE: A wysiwyg hebrew word processor

2000-03-09 Thread Omer Zak
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Chen Shapira wrote: 2. Support the use of a scripting language (such as Tcl, Perl or Python) interpreted by an embedded interpreter. This will allow other people to turn your word processor into a sophisticated and complicated and feature-rich one by

Argument in favor of scripting (was: Re: A wysiwyg hebrew word processor)

2000-03-09 Thread Omer Zak
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Omer Zak wrote: 1. Make as clean separation as possible between the SVGAlib based display engine and the rest of the word processor. This will allow someone else to replace the SVGAlib by whatever engines needed

Argument in favor of lightweight (was: Re: Argument...)

2000-03-09 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Moshe Zadka wrote: On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Omer Zak wrote: I think this is the first thing you should support. Especially as it is not that hard and I believe that you'll get cooperation from Chen Shapira. And, if he chooses either Tcl or Python, some support from me

Re: A plea for mercy for a bandwidth (was: Re: Argument in favor of ...)

2000-03-10 Thread Omer Zak
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Omer wrote: Sorry people, what is happening here? [... snipped ...] ... This is true because such an approach allows core develpers to focus on performance and stability, while branch developers may focus on features. [... snipped ...] The whole previous message is

Re: repartition disk

2000-03-17 Thread Omer Zak
Another way is to: 1. Create in the /home partition directories like /home/bin, /home/doc, etc. 2. Move stuff from /usr/bin, /usr/doc, etc. to those directories. 3. Replace /usr/bin, /usr/doc, etc. by soft links to /home/bin, /home/doc, etc. This way, the partitions don't have to be

No single user mode for backup (was: Re: Single user mode.)

2000-04-08 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Mike, An alternative solution is to create a special partition (in the same hard disk, or in a different hard disk) and install a spartan Linux installation there as a root filesystem. Or boot from a boot+root diskette. When you want to backup, boot your computer into that special root

Re: Clueless Newbie Questions (was: Re: Reporting an error)

2000-04-30 Thread Omer Zak
the entire mailing list membership. The load on any experienced participant wouldn't have been excessive, if the questions are distributed among them in a more-or-less even way. On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Noam Meltzer wrote: Omer Zak wrote: Does the following exchange mean that an uncoordinated gang

Re: Linux professional cources

2000-05-04 Thread Omer Zak
I suggest that advertisements about Linux related services from Israeli companies be considered on the same basis as Linux related job offers: 1. The ad must be related to Linux in a way more meaningful than using the same Posix and the same shell as other Unix flavors. 2. Companies must not

Re: Commercial software in our links database?

2000-05-07 Thread Omer Zak
My suggestion: Are there any costs associated with running the www.linux.org.il Web site? If yes, then ask the non-open-source Linux software vendors to participate in covering those costs. --- Omer On Sun, 7 May 2000, Shlomi Fish wrote: As some of

Re: Arabic support forwarded

2000-06-05 Thread Omer Zak
I think that the best course of action is to leave the GPL/LGPL copyright as it is. Otherwise, the "other side" may try to force upon us their pet ideas of Eternal Mideast Peace, starting with forced eviction of Jews who immigrated to israel after 1917 and their descendants. And I don't feel

Re: Consider banning KDE?

2000-06-17 Thread Omer Zak
This is a short range vs. long range conflict. In the short range, KDE is more stable, has more nice software, etc. But in the long range, what will happen to KDE and software based upon it? THE reason for Stallman's GPL is to vest with users of software the power to modify it and tailor it to

Unauthorized and heterodoxical biography of Linus and Linux

2000-07-03 Thread Omer Zak
http://www.softpanorama.org/People/Torvalds/Linus_Torvalds_biography.shtml --- Omer WARNING: By sending me unsolicited commercial/political/religious E-mail message/s (known also as "spam"), you irrevocably agree to pay me US$500.- (plus any legal

The IGLU Cabal - the real facts

2000-07-23 Thread Omer Zak
1. There is no IGLU Cabal. 2. The current secret IGLU Cabal members hide their identities by faking anger and using abusive language when they see a thread about the nonexistent IGLU Cabal. 3. The IGLU Cabal was founded by Harvey J. Stein and the mysterious Asker Of The First Question

Re: Really? no cabal?

2000-07-24 Thread Omer Zak
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Vadim Vygonets wrote: Quoth Marc A. Volovic on Mon, Jul 24, 2000: A cabal is a capacitor. Just a capacitor. Nothing but a simple, humble capacitor. It cannot and wil not, under any circumstances, alter weather, divert aircraft, cause localized thunderclaps or

You ruled me out as a potential customer (was: Re: 4 sale...)

2000-08-09 Thread Omer Zak
.. because you are available only on voice phone, not via FAX or E-mail and I happen to be deaf. By the way, the first item looks like a new PC. Is it legitimate??? On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, tal wrote: hey gang ! the following items are for sale.. if anyone is interested, please contact me to

Re: You ruled me out as a potential customer (was: Re: 4 sale...)

2000-08-09 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Matan, The problem is that the sender left me with no legitimate way to contact him in private. His E-mail address looked suspect to me. He left no contact information except for his voice phone number. I'm copying also the list with this information. I want people to remember that

THIS DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE SPAM (was: Re: 4 sale...(yes, again..) , :-))

2000-08-10 Thread Omer Zak
At least, this time the guy has contact information which is accessible to the deaf. --- Omer WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, TaLinux wrote: hi gang !! well , after much success with the

Re: [RELIGIOUS OFFTOPIC] Re: Organizing a Linux Dinner

2000-08-22 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Frodo, On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: OZ The real issue is not Shabbat/non-Shabbat, but Yom Kippur vs. Shabbat vs. OZ non-Shabbat. Now that you said that I know at least two people that would insist on doing it on Yom Kippur because doing it any other day

Re: small samba question

2000-09-07 Thread Omer Zak
At least in my installation, you would need only: ; Options for handling file name case sensitivity and / or preservation ; Case Sensitivity breaks many WfW and Win95 apps ; case sensitive = yes short preserve case = yes preserve case = yes I would also suggest that you check which

[Announcement] fribidi-0.1.14-oz-1

2000-10-17 Thread Omer Zak
I hereby announce the availability of an improved version of Dov Grobgeld's FriBidi package. The improvements consist of: 1. Bug fixes (including a patch from Owen Taylor from RedHat Corp.). 2. Port to the GEOS operating system (the operating system of the Nokia 9110 Communicator). The

Re: LGPL question

2000-10-18 Thread Omer Zak
While IANAL, my understanding of the situation is that LGPL was designed exactly for such a situation. The deciding point is whether your customer can customize your application by modifying the LGPLed library and using his modified executable with your application; and whether he can share his

Re: your mail

2000-10-19 Thread Omer Zak
Is it a winmodem? If yes, either you are out of luck, or you need to upgrade to a more recent version (today there is RedHat 7.0), which may be having a driver for the modem. On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, dx3 wrote: I have a creative Modem Blaster V.90 PCI DI5655 modem Windows sees it fine. It is

Re: reply-to field

2000-10-24 Thread Omer Zak
In such a case, we split the list into two (like the split between newbies and oldtimers), and people will crosspost to both of them, and people will subscribe to both of them, and will get each message 2-3 times anyway. [Ducking into cover] --- Omer

[OFFTOPIC] Expensive Combination of Chofshi Chodshi with ISDN?

2000-10-30 Thread Omer Zak
When Bezeq advertised its "Chofshi Chodshi" program for unlimited Internet access for 99NIS/month, I registered for it. I have ISDN phone line. I noticed that they charge me for each number of my ISDN line, so for me the program has effective cost of 198NIS/month, which is more than what I'd pay

Re: HD copying in FreeBSD

2000-11-09 Thread Omer Zak
The 'dd' command? On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Maxim Kryachko wrote: Hi people. My problem is not directly related to Linux, but to BSD instead. I need to copy all the contents of a hard-drive which contains root partition onto another one as is, preserving all the file structure and links. I need

Re: Win Convenience Parition (fwd)

2000-11-20 Thread Omer Zak
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Eli Marmor wrote: Ury Segal wrote: We have tons of Windows Licences. Never used any. Any idea of what we can do with them? They are packed in original package. Donate them to nonprofits as temporary stopgap measure until LyX and AbiWord are good enough? Can you

A better Linux based firewall installation?

2000-11-28 Thread Omer Zak
I have the following idea for a Linux based firewall, which will hopefully make it safer to connect a LAN to the Internet. 1. The firewall will be a dedicated machine. 2. Its root filesystem and all software will be burned in a CD-ROM. The other filesystems (floppy and hard disk) will be

Re: A better Linux based firewall installation?

2000-11-28 Thread Omer Zak
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Ariel Biener wrote: On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Omer Zak wrote: 3. It will boot from a floppy disk (write-protected, of course) - as the PC on which I want to implement the idea is older and its BIOS does not know to boot directly from CD-ROM. Here you sat write

[OFF TOPIC] Re: Request for NT NFS server recommendation.

2000-12-05 Thread Omer Zak
Ask for recommended brands of pork, beacon or shrimps in a mailing list devoted to Jewish halacha; or for the best wine and whiskey brands in a fundamental Moslem mailing list. However, you'll find that we are very liberal and enlightened: we only sprinkle stale penguin pee on people who ask

Re: 128MB RAM - Does Linux recognize it all?

2000-12-08 Thread Omer Zak
Use the 'top' command and see how much memory it reports as being used and how? --- Omer WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Noam Meltzer wrote: htmlhead/headbodyHello!br I have 128MB RAM and I

[TRANSLATION] Re: Linux - Final and Complete Answer (was Re: Me)

2000-12-14 Thread Omer Zak
Translation for those who do not do it cunningly: Linux is a Buddha. It was created in Finland. The influence of the Gods of Finland upon Linux is obvious to anyone except for those who imprison birds and charge a fee for watching them. Since the original name of Finland is pronounced with

The bullshit of upstream/downstream ratio (was: Re: ADSL questions)

2000-12-15 Thread Omer Zak
There is a cretain application (which is important to hearing impaired), for which all the intricate and convoluted calculations of d/l:u/l ratios are completely irrelevant: VIDEOPHONES This application is characterized by d/l:u/l ratio of 1:1. For people who need

Triple Triplicates (was: Re: hebrew lecture)

2000-12-17 Thread Omer Zak
Since I am subscribed to both Linux-IL, IGLU and Ivrix mailing lists, I received the Hebrew Lecture Announcement (henceforth to be referred to as HLA (TM)) in triplicate. I also received subsequent discussion in triplicate. And I am sure that several people will receive this followup in

You forgot about videophones (useful for the deaf among us)! (was:Re: adsl)

2000-12-18 Thread Omer Zak
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, eldad moore wrote: Ok, so some references regarding the adsl: The upstream is 64kb to all of the customers! No one has more then that. About the future - nothing is clear yet - especially not an extra cost for more uploading capacity. (Why the hell do you needmore

GPL or not GPL, that is the question (was: Re: ipchains)

2000-12-30 Thread Omer Zak
I believe that all the arguments about GPLed software (starting from ipchains and then wandered elsewhere) overlooked one important point. This point is what originally motivated RMS in his GNU crusade. His original point is that users must have the power to modify software and tailor it to

Re: Hole in GPL

2000-12-31 Thread Omer Zak
However, the GPL does say: The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts

Confusing Mirrors

2001-01-15 Thread Omer Zak
I am looking for a version of glib = 1.2.7 and gcc = 2.95. I started browsing the mirrors at ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/distributions/, and quickly got confused. I remember that there was some stench about gcc version 2.96 or something. Where can I RTFM the authoritative information about

Proper Language for Linux-IL? (was: Re: [OT] Re: Debian mirror inPalestine)

2001-01-18 Thread Omer Zak
On 18 Jan 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Ely Levy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is not acceptble langauge/topic in this mailing list. Ely, Marc F. Volovic is involved here. Bearing that in mind, the proper rule to put in the FAQ is "no politics or dirty language unless it is

Where is Marc the Terrible? (was: Re: : AverMedia TVCapture Card)

2001-01-24 Thread Omer Zak
Sarig proclaimed himself to be a clueless newbie. Nevertheless, he posted to a mailing list intended for discussions of Linux experts. Quick! Where is that mailing list which was opened for newbies? Nu? On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:03:59PM +0200,

Re: Unefficient disk formating

2001-01-25 Thread Omer Zak
Did you check df as regular user, or as root? There is some reserve disk space, which only the root can see or use. On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, [windows-1255] wrote: Connecting my new Seagate IDE 40Gb hard disk: fdiskcreates a partition of 39078081 blocks mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 df -h

Re: serious ADSL connection problem - please help...

2001-01-27 Thread Omer Zak
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Lior David wrote: Hello, I have a problem connecting to the ADSL service from Linux. I have tried everything I know and I simply can't get it to work. Maybe some of the ADSL experts here will have an idea... [... snipped ...] Lior, Your detailed report on your ADSL

Re: File size

2001-04-02 Thread Omer Zak
In the ext2fs filesystem, the limit is 2GB. So if you need to manipulate bigger files, check out a more recent filesystem. --- Omer WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Moshe Ashkenazi wrote: Hi, List -

Where is Marc's differential SCSI cable? (was: Re: Counter productiveposts.)

2001-04-13 Thread Omer Zak
I believe that Guy Keren did disservice by apologizing to Yotam Rubin. Yotam Rubin deserves no such apology! There is a separate mailing list for newbie questions, and the regular Linux-IL subscribers' time is too precious for clueless newbie questions. New users who didn't read the FAQ when

Re: Where is Marc's differential SCSI cable? (was: Re: Counter productive posts.)

2001-04-13 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having been on the mailing list for some time now one thing has become plain to me ; and that is that the manner in which some people reply to a request for help is just downright rude. Winning friends and influencing people? Or rather: losing

The Dilemma of Marc's Differential SCSI Cable

2001-04-16 Thread Omer Zak
I have received unusual amount of hate E-mail after my previous posting against clueless newbie questions in the Linux-IL mailing list. The arguments revolve around two points: 1. Is this how you want to promote the use of Linux? I am not interested in promoting Linux. I only use it. 2. If

Marc's F[ormidable] Weapons (was: Re: Counter productive posts)

2001-04-17 Thread Omer Zak
On 17 Apr 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: \begin{reflections-on-tradition} Did Marc drop F. as his middle initial? Wow! A more pertinent remark on the F[ine] traditions of Linux-IL is the continuing reference to differential SCSI cables. I distinctly remember Marc producing a new, upgraded

Re: Zope programmer STILL needed.

2001-04-20 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Nimrod Simba Carmi wrote: Hey, We STILL need a zope programmer, but we will not take anyone that asks for more then 15$/hour -- The bubble has popped no one has a 2M$investments anymore .. In other words, Nimrod is asking for someone who will deliver amateurish,

Re: Zope programmer STILL needed.

2001-04-20 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Nimrod Simba Carmi wrote: Hey, On one hand you're holding the flag of open source and free code. The fact that I am subscribed to the Linux-IL mailing list does not automatically imply that I am advocate of open source and free code. And the fact that I advocate of

Re: Zope programmer STILL needed.

2001-05-02 Thread Omer Zak
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Nimrod S. Carmi wrote: It also seems silly to me, that one sits at home doing nothing and will not take a 15$/hour work and at least do SOMETHING with his time. I know I would have taken that. The point is that people who demand $50/hour and get paid this, do not have

[OFFTOPIC**2 + ONTOPIC] Multiprocessor boards (was: Re: Non-intel)

2001-05-15 Thread Omer Zak
For a project I may need a SMP motherboard with the following specs: 1. 3 processors. 2. Linux support is mandatory. 3. Processors from Intel or its competitors - advantage (i.e. Alpha, Sparc, etc. are at disadvantage). As of now, I am not familiar with the Israeli market of such workhorses.

[OFFTOPIC] Naming the lazy ISP? (was: Re: goldfish spamming)

2001-05-16 Thread Omer Zak
The spamming issue is not specific to Linux, so I labelled it as OFFTOPIC. On Wed, 16 May 2001, Nadav Har'El wrote: ... As usual, I contacted his ISP but they seem to be doing nothing about it (I'm not going to say which ISP, so people don't start comparing ISPs again...). I suffer from

Re: Israeli spammers (Was: goldfish spamming)

2001-05-16 Thread Omer Zak
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: I was thinking ISOC should take care of the ISP education. Since ISPs are interested in IIX peering etc., maybe ISOC should force participating ISPs to have non-abuse-tolerant AUPs and active spam departments? I emailed ISOC about this, but all

Trouble with UDP/IP communications

2001-06-26 Thread Omer Zak
problems? Thanks, --- Omer -- Attached file included as plaintext by Listar -- -- File: udpecho.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -w # udpecho.pl script - speak to an UDP echo port. # # Was written by Omer Zak in order

Re: MS prohibits licensees using open source as development tools?

2001-06-26 Thread Omer Zak
I have read the EULA in question. The situation was blown up, due to Microsoft's own FUD tactics. They claim that GPL is more infectious than it really is. They claim that if you edit and compile code using GPLed tools, your code must, too, be GPLed. This is untrue. According to what I

Re: dust

2001-07-10 Thread Omer Zak
Are there heavy smokers in the vicinity of your CD players, recorders and DVD? On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Cedar Cox wrote: I'm just wondering if here in Israel other people have problems with dust, mainly with cd players, cdrom and dvd drives?I have to clean our various cd players very often.As

Prepare for the attack (Re: nobie questions(type of the filesystem))

2001-11-13 Thread Omer Zak
Now we have to prepare for the inevitable Clueless Newbie Whine about the cruel and cold-hearted oldtimers, who refuse to fire their precious neurons and answer seriously the newbie's question. On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list,

PROBLEM SOLVED (was: Re: Alcatel ADSL modem, Linux and Bezeq ADSL)

2001-11-20 Thread Omer Zak
Thanks for the work done by various members of the Linux-IL mailing list in the past and for the miniscule effort they put answering my question, the problem was solved. - - - - - - - - - - It was the tcpmss problem, which was discussed by Avishai (who referred me to past messages by him).

Caching Web Proxy (was: Re: Alcatel ADSL modem, Linux and Bezeq ADSL)

2001-11-20 Thread Omer Zak
, 20 Nov 2001, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Omer Zak wrote: We connected a LAN to the Internet via Alcatel's Speed Touch HOME ADSL modem. This modem is an Ethernet modem, and works with a regular phone line (i.e. not ISDN). The gateway is Linux-based, and we use Mulix' patched pptp

Re: Caching Web Proxy (was: Re: Alcatel ADSL modem, Linux and Bezeq ADSL)

2001-11-21 Thread Omer Zak
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Dani Arbel wrote: On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Omer Zak wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Dani Arbel wrote: Omer, On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Why are you allowing the users to get

Stallman's Printer Driver Test (was: RE: making a non-GPLed module)

2001-11-28 Thread Omer Zak
There is a discussion about GPL related issues in the Linux-IL mailing list, and since my point is not Linux-specific, I suggest to move the discussion (if any) to Hackers-IL. Everyone, who read the history of FSP, knows that Stallman started the free software idea after having encountered a

Re: making a non-GPLed module

2001-11-28 Thread Omer Zak
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Nadav Har'El wrote: Finally some interesting words in the boring what-does-the-GPL-*really*-means saga (this whole thread almost convinced me to eschew the GPL and start using some sort of BSD or X license... People seem to be forgetting that free software was meant to

[FLAME] Very off-topic! (was: Re: Of-topic: Saving a vectorbool to a disk file.)

2001-11-28 Thread Omer Zak
I urge everyone to refer this criminal offtopicer to comp.lang.c or similar mailing lists/Usenet newsgroups, rather than actually feeding him the answer by spoon. On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Refael Ackermann wrote: I see this is a very livly list and full of pepole who know what they're doing, so I

Limiting FTP connections (was: Re: ftp://iglu.actcom.co.il)

2001-11-29 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Yotam Rubin wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 08:44:37AM +0200, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 16:08, Erez Doron wrote: hi who is maintaining ftp://iglu.actcom.co.il ? it allows only 2 connectsions from the same IP. the problem is that my

[OFFTOPIC wisecrack] The meaning of 'brif' (was: Re: CPU Control)

2001-11-30 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Official Flamer/Cabal NON-Leader wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 11:15:40AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: P.S. phew - to be flamed by Marc, and still have all my teeth in my mouth after reading it aloud. This is defamation. Im my brif professional life, never have

[SOLVED] Re: Mandrake 8.1 Installation

2001-12-03 Thread Omer Zak
after boot, when trying to actually install the selected packages etc)? From: Dani Arbel Omer, We had such problems and it was resolved by using high grade cd media Dani On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Omer Zak wrote: When trying to install Mandrake 8.1, the installer got stuck at the step

[SOLVED] Re: Mandrake 8.1 Installation

2001-12-03 Thread Omer Zak
after boot, when trying to actually install the selected packages etc)? From: Dani Arbel Omer, We had such problems and it was resolved by using high grade cd media Dani On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Omer Zak wrote: When trying to install Mandrake 8.1, the installer got stuck at the step

[FLAME] Sodom and Gomorrah! (was: Re: Explanation for how to edit/etc/fstab)

2001-12-03 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Salih, On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Salih Bicakci wrote: All it is good to get flamed the list. But sorry for the inconvinence because of justa simple (!) question, which is ostensibly under your level. There is another mailing list for newbie questions. Yes, I learnt that you are not

This was offtopic (was: Re: making a non-GPLed module)

2001-12-05 Thread Omer Zak
This message was rather appropriate for the Hackers-IL mailing list. On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Dan Kenigsberg wrote: So, Nadav, if I want to post something at linux-il, without you knowing about it, should I simply add the following lines to my message? 1 0 Z0gS ... mutilated to make the

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