Re: Licensing requirements ???

2003-10-09 Thread Chris Spencer
This is of course my personal understanding of the licenses. If you advise your client of things and are wrong and get sued...hey it's not my problem. I am not giving legal advice, that's not my job. On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 12:06, Michael D Schleif wrote: > OK, this is my first foray into a sale-a

cell phone data kit / linux compatible?

2003-07-09 Thread Chris Spencer
Anyone know of any Cell phones available in the US that have data kits that will work with Linux? -Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian x Redhat

2003-06-05 Thread Chris Spencer
The advantage of Red Hat is commercial support and easy installation. The advantage of debian is a truly stable platform with thousands upon thousands of apps compiled for it. Red Hat actually does have people you can call and talk with for help installing or configuring a supported application.

OT: Putting down the SCO FUD

2003-05-29 Thread Chris Spencer
I know a number of people expressed interest in the SCO Vs. IBM lawsuit. You may find these articles of interest. -Chris -Forwarded Message- From: Jeremy Hogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OS:N:] Putting down the SCO FUD Date: 28 May 2003 11:56:36 -0400 If there

Re: KDE vs. Gnome

2003-03-13 Thread Chris Spencer
Why limit yourself to just KDE and Gnome? What about blackbox? enlightenment, fvwm, cde, window maker, icewm, sawfish, afterstep, etc Lots of little benefits here or there. Personally I like KDE. It has more of a flashy interface. It really doesn't matter. The others aren't obsolete. They j

Re: IP Masqing question II

2001-06-16 Thread Chris Spencer
On Friday 15 June 2001 22:44, will trillich wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 08:36:54AM -0400, Ed Lawson wrote: > > I installed the ipmasq package rather than using home rolled scripts and > > the issue remains: the desktop machines cannot access ceertain websites > > (linuxtoday) nor certain web

Multiple Sessions?

2001-06-08 Thread Chris Spencer
Has anyone else running Unstable noticed that multiple tty sessions (ie: ALT-CTRL-F1, F2, etc.) is gone? As well I have noticed that I can't start a second X session. Am I missing something? -Chris

Xmame

2001-06-02 Thread Chris Spencer
I'm running Debian unstable and just downloaded all of the Xmame .debs. Unfortunately I can't get Xmame to run. It seems as though the executables were not included in the packages. Am I losing my mind or has anyone else experienced this problem? -Chris

Root in X Display

2001-05-21 Thread Chris Spencer
Hello, How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the X Display of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su to root, and try to configure the kernel by typing in "make xconfig" I get the error: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client i

Re: Which Linux NVIDIA driver to download?

2001-05-21 Thread Chris Spencer
On Monday 21 May 2001 13:37, Gordon Hart wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 11:25:09AM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: > > I am trying to install a Linux driver for my NVIDIA > > GTS2 Geforce video card. Their site lists RPM, RPMS, > > and tar files for non-RPM systems. I should use the > > tar file, rig

Re: Novice mail project

2001-05-20 Thread Chris Spencer
On Sunday 20 May 2001 22:00, Keith O'Connell wrote: > Am I right in thinking that I need something like "sendmail" and > "procmail" on the server and any old mail client on the Windows/Linux > machines in order to get this done? Do I need to be setting up any other > software specifically to make

Boot Disk & Reiserfs How To?

2001-05-14 Thread Chris Spencer
Hello, Although I am new to Debian up until now I have been using Mandrake. Please excuse me if this is a dumb question. I am currently running unstable with 2.4.4 kernel. I would like to change my / partition from ext2 to reiserfs. I have already converted my other partitions. Can someone te

Re: Is Nvidia Geforce supported on potato?

2001-05-13 Thread Chris Spencer
On Saturday 12 May 2001 23:22, Lars Jensen wrote: > Is the eVGA Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 32MB Video Card supported on potato, or > is there some way of getting it to work? Any help appreciated. The SVGA server from XFree 3.3.6 (which comes with Potato) might work with it but I dunno for sure. You'd be