Re: What's Up With Debian.org?

2013-04-01 Thread Howard Lee Harkness 
They ran more than one.
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/introducing-gmail-blue.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+OfficialGmailBlog+%28Gmail+Blog%29


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Tony van der Hoff t...@vanderhoff.orgwrote:

 On 01/04/13 20:19, David Guntner wrote:
 
  Yep, it's always nice to see such things.  Honestly, I'm surprised that
  Google isn't running some kind of April Fool's gag this year, given some
  of the ones they've pulled in the past. :-)
 

 Oh, but they did...
 http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en-GB/landing/nose

 Your area may vary :)


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Re: whether to install Squeeze or Wheezy

2013-02-06 Thread Howard Lee Harkness 
Ah, good info. I had some problem with getting Debian Squeeze to run on my
Asus x54c, due to some strangeness in both the ethernet and the WiFi
controllers. I was hesitant to try Wheezy, but that might be better than
applying the patches for the x54c hardware. Is Wheezy easier to configure
for dual-boot?

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote:

 On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 05:46:02PM -0200, William Ivanski wrote:
  On 06-02-2013 17:04, Madhu Srinivasan wrote:
  
  Hello list,
  
  I am planning to install Debian on somewhat dated hardware: Intel
  T2300 1.66Ghz, 1 gb RAM. I have used Ubuntu in the past and would
  like to move up to something more stable and snappy. I will be
  using my laptop to mostly output (digital) music to my amp, web
  browsing, office and running Windows-based programs on WinXP via
  VirtualBox. Performance is very important for me and that's one of
  the main reasons why I am considering switching to Debian. At this
  point I am debating whether to install Squeeze or Wheezy. I have
  some specific questions which I think will help me decide between
  the two, but feel free to give other inputs that might help me
  decide.
  
  1.How long will Squeeze be supported? At least 2 more years?
  
  2.Can I install GTK3 themes on Gnome 2? I don't care
  for compiz effects but I would like to install some GTK3 themes
  like Gnome Cupertino.
  
  3.However, if the fallback session of Gnome 3 (I don't
  plan to use Gnome Shell) is likely to have a small RAM footprint
  like Gnome 2, I would happily install wheezy (for they say Gnome 3
  is built on new technology and better).
  
  Thanks in advance for your help.
  
  Madhu
  
 
  Hi, Madhu,
 
  I am currently using Gnome Shell, and it indeed have a small RAM
  footprint like Gnome 2. It is using 124,2 MB right now.
  See this post:
 http://jeff.ecchi.ca/blog/2011/04/07/gnome-3-0s-ram-usage/
 
 I briefly tested Wheezy.  I didn't check the RAM usage, but I found
 Gnome Classic to be much more responsive than Gnome 3 Shell (same
 machine, same OS).  I think it may be due to my laptop's lack of
 hardware graphic acceleration, but that's just a guess.

 -Rob


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Re: [OT] End of the world

2012-12-01 Thread Howard Lee Harkness 
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Beco r...@beco.cc wrote:

 Hi guys,

 I just want to say thank you all for being such a great guys. To all
 gurus, and to those who doesn't understand that much, but when someone
 asks what they do,
 are willing to help anybody.

 You made a great Debian community, and you set the standards to the
 whole world regarding sharing, copyrighting, patenting, volunteering.
 The world might end, but you are sure to be gone with peace in your heart,
 certain that you've seeing this passage of life with eyes toward
 values of virtue.


 Thank you Debian Users!
 Beco


I will bet $50,000 that the world will *not* end on December 21st. Or for
that matter, on any other specific date that you would like to bet on.

:))
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