On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:29:16 +1300 Rowan Trau'e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all > I thought that I had better drop a line to the list about several > things that I have to tell about. > > Recently my wife returned from Russia and bought with her a dual > language keyboard.To make it work I only had to install dual > languages, choose the keys that I wanted to toggle between the two and > off we go.Most of Mandrake 9.1 comes out in Russian when it is > selected so she is happy. > > Recently there was talk about getting Sky digital on Linux.In this > country it comes down in DVB (digital video broadcast) format.I have > investigated a little on several forums and they do have linux > programs. I have not joined any of these forums because to mention the > word 'hack' or 'crack'can get you told off.I read about this on one > forum a couple of months ago.No doubt Sky has people monitoring or > even joining these groups to keep tabs on what is happening.I believe > that using any of these programs in N.Z. is classed as theft. But then > again they would have to prove that you were pirating sky. Having a > satellite dish on your roof is not illegal and they can be installed > and aligned by most aerial companies. > I will have to check my bookmarks and post the forum URLs on the list > for you chaps to investigate DVB is not the problem. the encryption on channels other than one & two (maybe prime?) is the problem. > > When I first joined I enquired about 'Wine' for games. I want to play > Red Faction and UT2003 but they seem to be unsupported as yet.Some > game writers are writing Wine type emulators that are dedicated for a > particular game and they seem to run, from what I can gather, rather > well. Does anybody on the list know of an emulator that will work with > these games ? > UT2003 does not require wine. it runs on linux. > One last thing. Does the club have any plans to hold a class on how to > use the command line ? I have seen many programs that I would like to > get but I don't know how or where to install them.It's just one of the > side effects of coming from windows with it's auto-install systems. > there are sessions from time to time on various command line programs, many people are disinterested. theres heaps of stuff on the web. try looking for the rute manual, available as pdf and html. free. > Rowan Trau'e > >
