Linux-Misc Digest #570, Volume #19 Mon, 22 Mar 99 20:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Networking HP855c w/ Ghostscript filter problem... (Jon Slater)
Re: I've had it with linuxmall! (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
Re: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status? (Timothy J.
Lee)
Re: Names to call Windows... (Tina)
Apache SSL and slow pages (Jeff Middleton)
Re: xanim troubles (Rob Komar)
Re: Netscape & Freezing (Hans Wolters)
Re: Is there a "modem activity light" for X (Matthew Bafford)
Re: looking for a vector based drawing tool (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
Re: Q: Slackware FTP install? (L J Bayuk)
Re: ulimit to stop gimp from crashing my system? (Carl Johnson)
Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it (Bob Sully)
stb velocity 4400 (William Parker)
Re: Linuxconf and segfault (Andy Piper)
HELP: Win95/WinNT/Linux partitioning ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? ("tamika")
Re: Linux Emulator for Windows? (Matthew Bafford)
Linux as fileserver useable? (Konstantin Wiesel)
Debian Intstall -> 486/All scsi (problem) (Darren Greer)
Re: looking for a vector based drawing tool (William C. Cheng)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs?
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs?
Re: RPM, where to get? ("LAU, ELIAS MOISES")
**Newbie question** ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Memorex rewritable CD (Christopher Browne)
Opera ("Matt O'Toole")
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From: Jon Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Networking HP855c w/ Ghostscript filter problem...
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 15:27:09 -0700
I turns out, I have and old version of Ghostscript. As soon as I
downloaded the current version (5.50) it worked without changing a
single parameter.
Thanks for all the suggestion!
Jon
Jon Slater wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to print PS to a non-Postscript printer on my home network.
>
> The network is working fine! I can print plain ascii to the 855c and it
> works!
>
> I set up the remote printer using the RedHat 5.2 printer setup utility.
> Of all the choices listed for filter types, "Deskjet 550C/560C/6xxC
> series" looked the best, because it supports both black and color
> cartridges in the printer at the same time.
>
> RedHat uses Ghostscript to filter PS to non-PS printers. When I print
> the ascii test page, it prints fine. When I print the Postscript test
> page, it prints:
>
> Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdevicesprops
> (1488)op_array(486)ox817bod4:Execution stack at 0x813ccc8:
> 0x8145fdc: 0x0f oper --F---e-- 0x0000 0x08071650
> 0x8145fdc: 0x03 file --G-rxe-- 0x0001 0x0817b620
> 0x8145fdc: 0x05 mpry --G-rxe-- 0x0002 0x0817c200
> 0x8145fdc: 0x05 mpry --G-rxe-- 0x0039 0x0817ca72
> Dictionary stack at 0x813cbf0:
> 0x8145fdc: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0x0000 0x0814695c
> 0x8145fdc: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0xbfff 0x0818b66c
> 0x8145fdc: 0x02 dict --Lwrx--- 0x0000 0x0814b864
> 0x8145fdc: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0x0000 0x0814695c
>
> I've traced the error down to Ghostscript. If I select either "Deskjet
> 500" or "HP Deskjet" filters, the PostScript prints correctly, but only
> in B&W.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what's going wrong? Is there some command
> line option that I've missed? Has anyone had success printing to the
> HP855c in color?
>
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
> --
> Jon D. Slater QualComm Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6150 Lookout Road
> Phone: (303) 247-5037 Boulder, Colorado
> Fax: (303) 247-5167 80301
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I've had it with linuxmall!
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:29:17 -0600
Yan Seiner wrote:
>
> Where else can I get the basic RH 5.2 CD?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Yan
Have you tried www.CheapBytes.com ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee)
Subject: Re: Refunds from M$ (for unused WinTrash 9x) on new computers: status?
Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:30:01 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
|Desktop. But I suppose the issue becomes sticky when they say:
|
| 1) You can buy pre-assembled system X - ready to go with Win98
| for Y dollars out the door.
|or
| 2) We can build you a system to your specifications, but essentially
| the same as system X, w/o Win98, and it will cost Z dollars.
|
|In practice, you will generally find that Z >= Y.
I just checked a large local computer store's web page. Z < Y,
using the same components for the advertised system and putting
the components together.
However, bear in mind that many of the advertised systems use
rather marginal quality components in many places. Cases,
motherboards, sound cards, speakers, and modems (WinModems)
are the most common places where price leader systems skimp
on quality.
--
========================================================================
Timothy J. Lee timlee@
Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com
No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
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From: Tina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Names to call Windows...
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:57:36 +0100
There is only one word for it:
WinPrrt
--
/Tina
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www8.tripnet.se/~chjo/>
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From: Jeff Middleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache SSL and slow pages
Date: 22 Mar 1999 22:32:02 GMT
I am running Slackware and Apache-SSL 0.8.0, the pages show up just fine,
except when they are secure. On the secure page it can take 2-4 minutes
just to display. Does anyone know why these pages would slow down?
Is there something in the configuration I need to change?
Thanks, any help appreciated
Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Komar)
Subject: Re: xanim troubles
Date: 22 Mar 1999 23:14:59 GMT
Jesse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I recently got the most recent version of xanim and the associated DLL's
: but I can't get it to work. When I try to run it on a vid file I get
: the following message:
:
: XAnim Rev 2.80.0 by Mark Podlipec Copyright (C) 1991-1999. All Rights
: Reserved
: dlopen of /usr/local/xanim/mods/vid_iv41_1.0_linuxELFx86g21.xa failed:
: /usr/local/xanim/mods/vid_iv41_1.0_linuxELFx86g21.xa: undefined symbol:
: __bzero.
:
: I am running RH5.2 with the 2.2.1 kernel.
Those libraries are for a system running glibc 2.1. If you're using
the default RedHat glibc (2.0.7, I think), then you probably want
the other glibc based libraries for xanim.
:
: The only other thing of note is that when I was trying to compile, it
: wouldn't find files in /usr/X11R6/include/X11/ such as Xos.h.
: I eventually just copied the relevant files into the source directory
: and things compiled okay.
I edited the Makefile to point to /usr/X11R6/include/X11 rather
than /usr/X11R6/include. I seem to recall that the xanim docs also
explained how to edit the file in /var/X11R6/lib/config to permanently
fix this (although I could be mixing this up with some other package
I recently installed).
Cheers,
Rob Komar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Wolters)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Netscape & Freezing
Date: 22 Mar 1999 22:46:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:06:42 +0100, Ansgar Radermacher
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
found a keyboard and composed the following newsitem:
[snap]
>I tried the libc-5 as well as the glibc version of netscape (the latter
>is only available as 4.50). I have to systems: rh-5.1/2.0.33 kernel and
>rh-5.2/2.0.36 kernel, both show identical behavior as described above.
[snap]
Hope the following helps. You're not the only one that has the problem
(see the FAQ on freshmeat). I had trouble too and are now running 2 days in
a row without errors
I started netscape with the option -no-irix-session-management (run netscape
--help from a xterm for the excact param). Don't know what it does (Yeah, I
know its got to do with Irix:-) but it sure helped me. I have both Java &
Javascript enabled.
Hope it helps, Hans Wolters
(remove uhhh, you know what to mail me)
--
Java Search Engine Front End
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/
Linux Links/CMI8330 Soundpro HOWTO
http://home.gelrevision.nl/~h.wolter/linux.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Bafford)
Subject: Re: Is there a "modem activity light" for X
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:05:17 GMT
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:09:15 +0100 -- Bernd-Ulrich Adrigam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
[snip]
-> can you tell us, where you got "wmppp" from?
-> I would like to get it too.
Goto <URL:http://wm.themes.org> and go through the 'Dockapps' link.
Hope This Helps!
-> Bernd
--Matthew
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: looking for a vector based drawing tool
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:33:01 -0600
Have you tried Varkon?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello everybody, As said in the title, I'm looking for a vector based drawing
> software, able to generate postscript. I already know and have Xfig, but I
> just don't like it, so if you have something else to propose to me, I would
> be pleased. More over, if the soft could run under Linux & other unixs, it
> would be really great.
>
> thank's in advance.
>
> --
> Xavier SERPAGGI
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: Q: Slackware FTP install?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 23:00:35 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I was wondering if there is any way to do a direct, FTP install of
>Slackware 3.6. I have something in mind like the RedHat bootdisk-to-FTP
>deal. The thought of downloading a zillion floppies is not so hot.
>Thanks.
No FTP support in Slackware installs, but there are other ways.
If you are making a dual-boot system, you can download the
packages to a MS-DOS partition and install from there. If
you have another system (any kind of Unix) and are networked,
you can install directly over NFS, after downloading there.
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From: Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: ulimit to stop gimp from crashing my system?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 09:30:43 -0800
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got a problem where a normal user under Xwin can start a big
> memoryhogging program (like loading >500 pics in ImageMagick or
> something), this will make the machine crash as it runs out of memory
> and NFS then gets desperate. I've been directed to use ulimit to set
> down the limit of the mem available to a user to maybe 90% of available
> so that theres always a couple (10) percent left for system critical
> tasks, but how do I accomplish this!? The doc (help ulimit) is quite
> limited....
You mean that ImageMagick still hasn't fixed that memory problem? I
quit using it a long time ago because of that problem. All of the
other image packages I have used (xv, PBMtools, gimp) check for memory
before they do anything.
--
Carl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Sully)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Adaptec AHA-2930U2 controller/Linux can't see it
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:58:15 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove -nospam- to reply)
Hey all -
I just replaced the SCSI controller (AHA-2940U) in my machine with
a newer one (AHA-2930U2 - uses AIC7890 chipset), as I needed to use the old
one in one of my office machines. Linux can't see it, even though it's
technically an AIC-78xx board. I can't find any references to it in any of
the Linux newsgroups. Anyone out there using this board with Linux? I'm
running RedHat 5.2, upgraded to the 2.2.3 kernel. The board comes up fine
under Windoze.
Thanks - Bob
_____________________________________________________________
Bob Sully - Simi Valley, California, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.earthlink.net/~rsully/
And on the eighth day, God said: "Murphy, you're in charge."
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From: William Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: stb velocity 4400
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:09:46 -0600
has anyone had any success with this card and linux and if you did how?
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From: Andy Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linuxconf and segfault
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:09:53 +0000
sohn jung-woo wrote:
>
> Andy Piper wrote:
> >
> >
> > I'm having a pretty major problem with linuxconf. Every time I
> > try to run it - however I try to run it - it bombs out with a
> > segmentation fault.
>
> I'm having exactly the same problem. Recently I upgraded the kernel
> to 2.2.2, priorly installing various RPM packages required by
> 2.2.x kernel. I cannot pin down what packaged caused the segfault
> error. --; I'm using redhat 5.2 disturibution. Have you found any
> solutions?
>
> Thanks for reading. Sorry I cannot help you with the problem. --;
No solution as yet, no. Someone suggested that it might be a
case of e.g. Python (I think) having been upgraded and
causing the failure, but I'm not sure.
It's a real problem as it causes problems every time I
reboot. The simple solution is to avoid rebooting the box
too often, but that's not always practical.
I've read of several people having issues with Linuxconf on
RedHat now, I'm amazed nothing has been done to resolve the
problems.
Andy
--
Andy Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fareham, Hampshire
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HELP: Win95/WinNT/Linux partitioning ???
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:46:04 GMT
Hi,
I read all the linux groups for two days insearch of answers to my
questions. Some are close but not exactly what I wanted. Here is my
problem.
I have 12 GB HD and installed Win95 (~2GB, C:\) and WinNT (~2GB,D:\).
Now I want to install RedHat5.2 linux on the remaining part of HD.
I already have a boot manager(select-it) to boot Win95 and WinNT.
When I tried to install Linux, Disk druid can't create more than 4
partitions including the 2 I already have. How can I go about installing
Linux with partitions for swap, root, user and home etc.. ??
Can you give me a guide line of the partitions I should create and what
kind of partitions they should be ??
Thanks in advance
Suresh
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From: "tamika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:25:13 -0800
These are not applicable questions for Linux really. Linux is Unix, and not
Windows; this means there aren't minions of Microsoft slaves and drones out
there to do idiot work in response to a massive propaganda campaign. The
thing is You can do anything you want in Linux, and because of that you are
unlikely to see the ready-made appz here that one will see in Windoze.
Suffice to say that if you want to build your own app, all the tools are
here. If you want someone else to do the fishing, Windows will likely have
the fish.
Linux User wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>I've finally got RedHat 5.2 running with WindowMaker and an updated
>kernel to 2.2.3. And I find it it MUCH more beautiful than Win98
>(because of WinMaker?) and incredibly more faster and more reliable.
>
>But still, I don't standard bootup my computer with Linux. Why? Well,
>because, you can say what you want about Windoze, it got some pretty
>good programs written for it.
>And I doubt that I'll bootup with linux before I can get their
>Linux-equivalents.
>
>What I really want to know, are there linux eq- for these programs?
>(and I don't mean using Wine to open them. I mean real Linuxmade
>programs)
>
>A good and easy to use offline news-reader like Forte Agent, which is
>able to decode binaries with a single click of the mouse, sorting
>headers on subject, and launcing binaries with one click.
>
>A powerfull and versatile e-mail program, equal to Eudora Pro 4 or
>higher. Maintining mailboxes with drag-and-drop, filtering incoming
>message and put them in the appropiate mailbox, an windowssystem,
>which allows you to switch from one mailbox/message to another easily
>with a taskbar, save and launch attachment easily. But what's even
>more important, as a user you can backup the mails you received by
>just backupping the mailboxes.
>
>A good file manager, equal to Windows Explorer. you can say what you
>want, but the windows explorer is a good file manager. Drag-and drop
>is just very easy to use.
>So the linux-equal should be supporting drag-and-drop, keyboard
>commands (copy and move,etc), configurable with all kind of
>decorations, execute files with a double click and a configurable look
>of how you browse files (details, list or in Linux tems ls-l ls ls-a)
>
>A fast image viewer program, equal to ACDsee. It must be FAST,
>FAST,FAST, have a browser-option which allows you to maintain your
>image files easily, supports keyboard command (delete, move, copy) adn
>it must be fast.
>
>A good image program equal to Paint Shop Pro. With only one musthave
>option. Batch conversion. Convert a bunch of image files into another
>file system with only three clicks.
>
>(And Netscape, but I already got Netscape for Linux)
>
>If these programs exists, then please tell me where I can get them.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Bafford)
Subject: Re: Linux Emulator for Windows?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:35:17 GMT
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:40:36 +0000 -- Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
-> Read the question: it was "Linux under Windows?" not "Windows under
-> Linux?".
Read the site: it will indeed run Linux under Windows (or Windows under
Linux).
[snip]
-> > Check out www.vmware.com. They arn't nessecarily coding a MSWindows
[snip]
HTH!
--Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Konstantin Wiesel)
Subject: Linux as fileserver useable?
Date: 22 Mar 1999 22:50:23 GMT
Does anybody use Linux as fileserver and can tell about his experiences
especially compared to other Networking OS like Netware/NT.
Answers please also by email
Kostantin Wiesel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Greer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Debian Intstall -> 486/All scsi (problem)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:22:07 GMT
Howdy all.
My friend is trying to install Debian onto his 486, which is all scsi.
The card is a 2840, and is recognized fine. The problem is, when
booting it trys to reset teh scsi channel, then does a stack dump and
locks up. He installed RedHat with no problems....so I dont know
where to go from here.
I looked at the options available for install, and one of them was to
skip the reset channel portion....I tried to do that as well....but it
still resets the channels. Could someone give me the exact syntax to
tell the install not to reset the channels.
Any other advice as to the problem will be appreciated,
Darren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William C. Cheng)
Subject: Re: looking for a vector based drawing tool
Date: 22 Mar 1999 18:40:23 -0500
In article <7d5qsa$q1v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello everybody, As said in the title, I'm looking for a vector based drawing
>software, able to generate postscript. I already know and have Xfig, but I
>just don't like it, so if you have something else to propose to me, I would
>be pleased. More over, if the soft could run under Linux & other unixs, it
>would be really great.
You can try tgif <URL:http://bourbon.cs.umd.edu:8001/tgif/>. The current
version of tgif is 4.1.3.
--
Bill Cheng // [EMAIL PROTECTED] <URL:http://bourbon.cs.umd.edu:8001/william/>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:56:02 -0500
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, adept wrote:
> I gotta agree with you %100. I had to write some library software on
> a Mac a year ago and it was like pulling teeth. The OS is clunky and
> crashes almost all the time. A day didn't go by that I didn't crash
What version were you using? "A year ago" is a long time for the Mac OS.
> it out at least 5 times or so. Mac users have grown accustomed to
> this and don't seem to find it a bother.
No, we didn't like it either but we had to live with it until 7.6 and 8.x
came along. Now things are very stable again.
> The compiler software that I
> had to use (metrowerks) was also a huge piece of junk. Every mac
> programmer I talked to swears by it though. I've used compilers on
> linux, windows 95/98/nt, old appleII's, etc... and I can tell you
> without a doubt metrowerks code warrior is the worst compiler i've had
> to use in AGES. I shudder at the thought of ever having to do
> anything on the mac ever again.
And what exactly did you not like about CodeWarrior? I must admit that I
haven't used any of the more recent versions going back about 3 years or
so but I didn't think it was all that bad.
I hate to tell you this but "X sucks" and "X is the worst thing I've ever
used" are neither convincing arguments nor constructive criticism.
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"A little nonsense now and then, | "If it walks out of the fridge, let
Is relished by the wisest men." | it go" -- John Dougherty
--W.W. | "If it loves you it will come back."
| -- Ian Davis
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 18:48:34 -0500
On 22 Mar 1999, Desmond Coughlan wrote:
> "robert staehle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'll go one step further... I run Linux, Irix, NT, Win98, and MacOS8.
> >
> > MacOS8 rules for ease of use, drag and drop, contextual menus, scripting
> > etc.. Linux is great but it's still a long way from the commercially
> > available OS's for ease of use.
>
> Which would you rather have: an OS which is easy to use, with pretty
> windows and icons, which crashes at least once a day, or an OS which
> doesn't have the above, but which never crashes?
I want both. Unfortunately, MacOS X Server is $499. However as a
registered Apple Developer it can be gotten for $99. (Student Developer
Registration being $89 but that still saves $300 off both the regular
price and the cost of WinNT. Also saves lots off the price of any
other commercial Unixoid.) Another thing is that Mac OS 8 *doesn't* crash
everyday. The days of System 7.5 are over. It's still a lot less stable
than linux but even linux crashes on occasion. Remember, the problem with
"never" is that it's always sooner than you think.
> I know which one I would plump for. I already have.
____________________________________________________________________________
|
"A little nonsense now and then, | "If it walks out of the fridge, let
Is relished by the wisest men." | it go" -- John Dougherty
--W.W. | "If it loves you it will come back."
| -- Ian Davis
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From: "LAU, ELIAS MOISES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: RPM, where to get?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:04:10 -0700
"Walter L. Williams" wrote:
>
> Afternoon Linux fans
>
> I am working to collect all the stuff needed to update my
> kernel to version 2.2.3 . One of the things I am having
> trouble getting a hold of is "rpm-2.2.7-1.i386.rpm" .
> The Red Hats ftp site is impossible to get on anymore.
> (if even exists these days)
>
> Where else can I get this update to the rpm package?
>
> Many grateful Thanks
>
> Walter L. Williams
> in Utah USA
Are you sure that's the version you need? The one that comes with Red
Hat 5.2 is rpm-2.5.5-5.2.i386.rpm and you can find it in any Red Hat
mirror, e.g.
metalab.unc.edu
linux.ucs.indiana.edu
Hope this helps.
Elias
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: **Newbie question**
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:34:48 GMT
I'm very new to Linux, I installed Red Hat Linux 5.1, here's my problem: In X
Windows, my desktop is bigger than my physical monitor size. In other words,
if I can't see the "Start" button in the lower-left hand corner of the screen
I move my mouse pointer there and the whole screen will shift down there, but
that gives me headaches, and is annoying. How do I control desktop sizes
and/or resolution?
I appreciate all the help I can get!
ICQ# 3682449
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: Memorex rewritable CD
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:38:38 GMT
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 15:24:12 +0000, Robin Becker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Any one know if there's a suitable driver for memorex rewritable CDs?
Take a look at the CD-Writer compatibility list at:
<http://www.shop.de/cgi-bin/winni/lsc.pl>
I've got a Memorex CRW-1622 CD-RW unit which does the ATAPI/"IDE" thing;
in order to use it, I compiled kernel to provide a "SCSI emulation
interface" (e.g. - it actually uses IDE, but the system pretends that
it's doing SCSI).
Works fine; I've burned a number of CDs, none of them duds. I have yet
to figure out music tracks, though...
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Opera
Date: 22 Mar 1999 16:45:09 PST
> On 21 Mar 1999 22:41:47 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wolf) wrote:
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >Emile van Bergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Just stick to Netscape 3.04 Gold. Has an html editor, mail/newsreader,
> >>the complete package is much smaller (on disk and in memory) than even
> >>the standalone Navigator 4.0x or 4.5 (leave alone communicator), and
> >>crashes far, far less often. I was tempted many times to try one of
> >>those 4 series, but only to switch back to 3.04 in a few days.
> >>And oh, it already has full java/jscript/https support. No CSS, though.
> Pretty soon Opera will be out for Linux... no crashes, tiny program...
> I think it is way better then M$ exploder or Nscape. Just have a try
> when it comes out
While I think it's neat-o that Opera is taking on the two juggernauts, I'm
not impressed with it otherwise. The interface is busy and confusing. The
screen is too crowded, leaving little room to display the pages. This is
especially stupid if it is to run on older machines, which usually have
smaller monitors, running at low resolutions. Opera is indeed small, and
maybe runs measurably faster. But practically, if you have enough machine
to run a typical modern GUI OS, like Win95, Mac OS, or Linux/X, older
versions of IE and NS are probably just as good in terms of speed and
features; and still better in terms of UI design.
If there's one thing about Opera that really makes it worthwhile, it's the
terrific collection of included bookmarks. These seem to be an honest
effort to give users what they'd be interested in, rather than a tool to
shepherd users to "partner" sites (ugh). Opera's publishers should offer
this bookmark collection for download in IE and NS compatible formats. They
could do press releases, get the bookmark collection reviewed in comparison
with the others, get their URL mentioned in the press, etc. It would bring
a lot of people to Opera's site, and prehaps increase browser sales. I
think most users would be happier if they nuked their included NS and IE
bookmarks, and replaced them with Opera's.
But, I still think most users would be happier with NS or IE as their
browser.
Matt O.
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