Re: 2 TB HDD not automounting under Debian.

2015-02-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
://lists.debian.org/cadddzrmgd3wgjh4jw9yc4jyugg-pqfz2siex2jan6-vzsqa...@mail.gmail.com -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: Migrating 32 - 64

2013-08-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
efficient machine. -- Stan About a year ago it was hard to find _any_ new motherboard with a NIC which was supported under Linux: http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/12/28/163211/ask-slashdot-linux-friendly-motherboard-manufacturers -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: Highlighting CLI output: what are these terms called?

2013-04-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-048.htm Have fun :) Note: this spec is quite easy to read, unlike many other I have read. Thanks. It might be an easy read, but at 108 pages it is a long one! I'll go through it, though. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: Highlighting CLI output: what are these terms called?

2013-04-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
would be inclined to use grep's --color option. Same thing but easier to type and remember. tail -f file.log | grep --color keyword Thank you Bob. I like how you get to the source (sed) and to the problem (use grep). Very informative, and I'll be reading this post a few times over. -- Dotan

Re: Highlighting CLI output: what are these terms called?

2013-04-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
- but only on suitably capable terminals: echo Hello $(tput smso)world$(tput rmso) as you can see. Thank you, that is interesting. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Highlighting CLI output: what are these terms called?

2013-04-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
of the replace called? They are rather hard to goolge for without a name! If anybody has a good resource bookmarked with examples, I would love to see that as well. Thank you! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Highlighting CLI output: what are these terms called?

2013-04-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Loïc Grenié loic.gre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, these are ANSI escape codes, ANSI escape sequences, ANSI control codes, ANSI control sequences, ... Great, thank you Loïc. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: how to practice.

2012-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
for programming. I don't know what I would do without it. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: SOLIDWORKS

2012-05-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
the user to install some application). -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakdxfkmta0rw

Re: SOLIDWORKS

2012-05-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
of the lesser products have already been ported. So every letter counts! I do not know how effective the approach would be for AutoCAD, but it won't hurt so contact them as well: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112id=12338355 -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what

Re: correct English usage

2012-04-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
self-opinionated person I have ever come across. You are talking nonsense where English is concerned. Go and vent your omniscience on someone else. Will do. I wish to you a peaceful life. Should you ever feel to be civil towards me, I will happily reengage discussion with you. -- Dotan Cohen

Re: correct English usage

2012-04-04 Thread Dotan Cohen
, by the way. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKDXFkOURVUZg7RG-ShpM0hohLJjX_rpe=D8+0+ka=imdo5

Re: correct English usage

2012-04-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
alphabetically? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakdxfkp16apv7ir2pxyt54rf9popoxw8_in4--z5gp0qtep

Re: correct English usage

2012-04-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
preferable to a learned immigrant. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKDXFkO

Re: OT Apache Open Office

2012-03-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 16:45, Jon Dowland j...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 01:36:58PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Thanks, I will start enumerating the differences between OpenOffice and LibreOffice here: http://dotancohen.com/eng/difference_openoffice_libreoffice.html That's

Re: OT Apache Open Office

2012-03-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
line style created in LO 3.4.x later(they are blank), have not tested other table line styles As that is a primary use case for you, I would appreciate it if your could be tasked with that particular difference. Just let me know what, if anything, changes. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il

Re: OT Apache Open Office

2012-03-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
the differences if they really do affect workflow, features, and document compatibility. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: [OT] how to take care of hand

2012-02-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
. Lisi I was actually suggesting to stay with QWERTY and put the hands further apart, with the index fingers on D and K. I do that with my Colemak layout as well, my index fingers are on S and E. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Debian VPS

2012-02-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
://wiki.debian.org/DebianHosting Greetings, Not on the list are these guys who I am very happy with: http://www.hetzner.de/en -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: [OT] how to take care of hand

2012-02-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
now contentiously try to reduce that pressure. 12) I take great care not to hit anything with my hands. Even pushing open the door to the building is now done by first placing my hand on the door, then pushing. Or with my foot if nobody sees me! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what

Re: [OT] how to take care of hand

2012-02-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
, that is interesting. I just threw the wrist rest in the refrigerator to see how that goes! I thought that heat promotes circulation, not cold. I'll have to look into that. But tell me, it seems that you are treating the symptom, not the cause. What about the torn ligament? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il

Re: how to kill 120 jobs at once.

2012-01-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 06:06, lina lina.lastn...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: how to kill 120 jobs at once. Sell the company to Oracle. You do know what Oracle is an acronym for, no? I don't know. just checked, ORACLE  Oak

Re: OT: how to kill 120 jobs at once.

2012-01-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 13:56, Ralf Madorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote: On Sun, 2012-01-22 at 11:11 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: One Real A__ Called Larry Ellison http://www.kongtechnology.com/2007/07/03/weird-origins-of-some-famous-tech-names/ Might the acronym be deliberate

Re: how to kill 120 jobs at once.

2012-01-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
how to kill 120 jobs at once. Sell the company to Oracle. You do know what Oracle is an acronym for, no? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: hi, how to get more software from debian repo?

2012-01-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakdxfko3evjw8uyrsfokxhvhtr88m-psutfndt0ugsfaecz

Re: hi, how to get more software from debian repo?

2012-01-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 14:32, Shiyao.Ma i...@introo.me wrote: On 2012/1/17 20:26, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 14:15, Bijoy Lobobijoy.l...@paladion.net  wrote: Tried Ubuntu Repos? Ubuntu and Debian are not binary compatible, even if it works most of the time. I have

Re: hi, how to get more software from debian repo?

2012-01-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
wants it should be into software development so compiling and installing an app from source should not be too much to ask: http://sourceforge.net/projects/eric-ide/files/eric5/stable/ -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
, with my fingers one key over (that would be D and K in qwerty). Since the hardware feels physically different under my hands, muscle memory lets me switch easier. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-12 Thread Dotan Cohen
, and which are inaccurate and take too much. If I don't notice the different keycaps in typing, then I assure you that it is not an issue. Note that I did put some rough tape on the (qwerty) F and J keys to help me find home row. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
for it. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakdxfkn6b7qceqtk+anjfdkck_nlx8sk-+vxu2y+6h7e2xn

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
on from Qwerty to Colemak. Photos upon request. If you need advice for removing and reinstalling the keycaps I can help. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
of the better keyboards out there! Which switches? Blues? If it is reds then I'm jealous! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
are crazy about keyboards, I invite you to Geekhack: http://geekhack.org/ -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
more an advantage than the actual placement of the keys. You will find that Colemak is much more similar to Qwerty, and is therefore much easier to learn. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: OT: deferring gmail's new look

2011-12-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
is in the bottom right of all pages. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKDXFkNrA0PJvCJYA

Re: OT: deferring gmail's new look

2011-12-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
(chronological organization). -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakdxfkptcrvvfj17bqskp

Re: GNOME 3 Alt-Tab takes two hands now?

2011-11-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
/ -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKDXFkNhdqZvT6ngkuBBxNY=jv3gw-5u20xvraosggpb6ju

Re: Hi, how to control the speed of fan?

2011-11-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
purpose is to control down the fan, and I am in wheezy. What should I do? Thanks I was using this on my old Inspiron: http://dellfand.dinglisch.net/ While googling for it just now I found this competing utility: http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/ -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what

Re: Wow, Evolution left me with eggs in my face

2011-10-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
as the default email client instead of Evolution. Give it a try. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Wow, Evolution left me with eggs in my face

2011-10-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
sense existed. Lisi You've never been stopped by a cop while drunk then! Instant sobriety! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: a quick Q: how did you handle files from windows

2011-09-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
don't have Word, you need a Windows machine and the free Word reader, to check your work. If the recipient does not need to edit, then you should use PDF. If he does need to edit, then you should of course use what he uses. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: a quick Q: how did you handle files from windows

2011-09-20 Thread Dotan Cohen
I invite the OP and everyone else to send to me .doc / .xls / .ppt documents that do not display properly in LO/OOo. I file bugs on them. Sometimes they even get fixed :) Just make sure that you've removed any sensitive information, as the document will be made public. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen

Re: Configuring WIFI

2011-05-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTik9s7D7qE02nZaC_UDha=_wm6h...@mail.gmail.com

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTim1py=dfznuvccu9++sool-vtt...@mail.gmail.com

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-24 Thread Dotan Cohen
an Airbus? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTinAfXtTjJCnL2v8FW=7xa6_rr

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
? It's probably only an issue in the Windows world and then only with a user whom is in the administrator's group. Again, that's an OS issue, not a Skype issue. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
run Iceweasel as root, don't run Skype as root. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
is a security risk and not well mitigated. Maybe the issue needs to be dealt with already: how would you suggest changing the kernel behaviour to mitigate the risk? A warning or log entry each time an application uses setuid? At install, at runtime, or both? Something else? -- Dotan Cohen http

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
. Indeed. I did find this application, but it seems to be far from adequate: http://www.cims.nyu.edu/cgi-comment/info2html?%28cfengine-Tutorial%29The%2520setuid%2520log -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
) Detailed logging. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktimyjj1psqwl0-kdobvpzazy3nd

Re: lsusb lists nothing and webcam gone -- romance ruined

2011-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 15:51, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: How oh how did humanity survive w/o webcams?  GOML! We weren't competing with others that have them. Just like cellphones -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 19:07, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote: A decision to drop or not the Linux version of Skype might depend on how many Linux users pay for Skype-in and Skype-out. I'm one such user. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
to me like a firewall problem, not a Skype problem. What is this about super user rights? Does Skype attain elevated privileges when being run as a regular user? How does it do that, and wouldn't that be an OS bug? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Is the Menu key used for anything in Debian?

2011-05-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
to see, say, a total line without losing the cell you have selected. Thanks, that is exactly the type of tip that I was looking for! I don't have an installation of LibreOffice handy to see if it behaves this way, but I'd be surprised if it didn't. It doesn't! -- Dotan Cohen http

Is the Menu key used for anything in Debian?

2011-05-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
Windows keyboards come with a Menu key to the right of the spacebar. Is this key used for anything in Debian? I can find no use for it whatsoever so I am considering mapping it to something more useful. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Is the Menu key used for anything in Debian?

2011-05-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
with never using it then I can sacrifice it. I just don't want to paint myself into a corner by removing a feature that I may some day want (Like OpenSUSE removing CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE). -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Is the Menu key used for anything in Debian?

2011-05-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
/noah_ergonomic_keyboard_layout.html -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTiknB8iqMV=k2rbybojwyt29vss

Re: Is the Menu key used for anything in Debian?

2011-05-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
for the same matter, does anybody know of a use for the Scroll Lock and Pause/Break keys? If I get rid of those keys, into what type of corner will I be painting myself? I've never used them, but if anybody does, in any environment, I'd really like to know. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http

Re: Is the Menu key used for anything in Debian?

2011-05-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 19:39, shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com wrote: On May 9, 2011 12:18 PM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: for the same matter, does anybody know of a use for the Scroll Lock don't recall using it. and Pause/Break keys? It'll pause your boot sequence but don't

Re: URL shortening (was Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list)

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
and was bought, Canonical and Google both bought and saved one (I don't remember the names) and for a while bit.ly was under threat for violating Sharia law. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
: HTTP is already a tenuous protocol, why add more fragile links to the chain? In any case, this situation has already absorbed too much of my time. Agreed. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 07:50, Freeman hew...@gmail.com wrote: Craigevil is very cool but his sources.list has open lines so I cleaned it up, I hope. It's late here. Check it. Especailly for something that wrapped. That's great, thanks! I will go cherry-pick through there. -- Dotan Cohen

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
outweigh the detriment? What advantage exists at all to use tinyURL? It does not have to exist any. So why use it? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 13:28, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 09:42:49 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:41, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: I just tried tinyurl with wget and got the same IP address (and 200 response) as you. I didn't check

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
. Thank you! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktimjdndvwrzk7xgjvsj9kt4vcc0

Re: OT: Safe to access SSH server from work?

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
that will be compromised on the client as well. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: OT: Safe to access SSH server from work?

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
are controlling from the browser. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: OT: Safe to access SSH server from work?

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
so there is no reason to disallow it on those grounds. You can also be sure you have never left it at home or elsewhere. A strong password can be keylogged, a key cannot. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: OT: Safe to access SSH server from work?

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
be reading. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktimvlqebnhmazo0q5n5hyfx6ppq

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
in learning the error of using url-shortening services. I apologise if I stepped on toes or tried to teach the old dog new tricks. But in any case, even if I am fantasising about tracking or advertising, the links are most certainly broken. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: OT: Safe to access SSH server from work?

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
, but for this hole in my knowledge I'm not sure which manual I should be reading. tcpd(8) will start you off. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: OT: Safe to access SSH server from work?

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
. However, keys are good to prevent brute-force attacks. Think of it like a 256-character password using the entire ASCII field. Also, keys are not susceptible to keyloggers. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
list do you not think it to be appropriate to teach them the error of their ways? Or is popularity vindication for error here? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: OT: Safe to access SSH server from work?

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 15:08, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Fri 06 May 2011 at 13:48:23 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: However, keys are good to prevent brute-force attacks. Think of it like a 256-character password using the entire ASCII field. Also, keys are not susceptible to keyloggers

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 16:32, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 06 May 2011 15:47:42 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 15:28, Camaleón wrote: Still is for me. It works here but anyway, you can use a TinyURL decoder: http://kiserai.net/turl.pl Still 500. That's

Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
Obviously I've done something wrong because on a virgin Squeeze install /etc/apt/sources.list has no repos other than the disc! Can someone please send to me a copy of this file. Custom added repos are fine, I'll be able to figure it out. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze-updates main contrib non-free Thank you! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 14:44, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: Why not install netselect-apt and let that do it for you? Regards, 1) I've never heard of it! 2) It doesn't seem to be on the disc, so I'd need a configured repo anyway. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http

Installing Squeeze: Cannot choose time zone (two issues)

2011-04-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
bug the Installer is not called Installer nor anything else that I can imagine. So, does a bug or workaround exist? Should I file one? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: Installing Squeeze: Cannot choose time zone (two issues)

2011-04-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
these bugs, no? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktimgjxz8jwmfk9zuxept30shmo0

Addressing a machine behind the router without port forwarding or DMZ

2011-04-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
it somehow (without configuring the router)? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: Addressing a machine behind the router without port forwarding or DMZ

2011-04-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
still require Computer1 to initiate the connection. My current solution is to have Computer1 cron to check an outside URL to see if a connection request is pending, and from where. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: SPAM SPAM SPAM !!! Re: Sip?

2011-03-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
another off-topic thread, sorry for disturbing everybody's day. Regards, In any case, could you provide a hint about what that link is about? Maybe it is something that would interest me. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: SIP services and softphones: what do you guys use?

2011-03-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 00:25, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: I haven't used ekiga in about a year, but I always found their service to be spotty.  iptel.org was much more reliable, and you can use it with the Ekiga software. Thanks, I will look at that service. -- Dotan Cohen http

Re: SIP services and softphones: what do you guys use?

2011-03-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 00:43, John A. Sullivan III jsulli...@opensourcedevel.com wrote: I don't spend a lot of time in Windows but I believe the two big freely available softphones are SJPhone and 3CX - John Thanks, I'll google them. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what

Re: SIP services and softphones: what do you guys use?

2011-03-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
of clients on the Ekiga site that might be of interest to you: http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Ekiga_Interoperability Thanks, Allan, I will look into the Windows software for the other party. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: SIP services and softphones: what do you guys use?

2011-03-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 01:41, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to get rid of proprietary Skype and two of my most important contacts are willing to give SIP a try. We all installed Ekiga

Re: SIP services and softphones: what do you guys use?

2011-03-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
when qt4 comes along is not quite known. Qt4 came around a good three years ago! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: Re (2): SIP services and softphones: what do you guys use?

2011-03-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 18:29, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: *       From: Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com *       Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:02:50 +0200 Is there an better softphone? You can try Twinkle.  The contact list and configuration are text file based; design is generally spartan

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-03-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
versions? To answer my own question: annotations in Evince are a case. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: To 64 or Not to 64?

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
and that is why it is still an alpha. Try it and see how _your_ hardware performs. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
that the OOo and Ubuntu offtopic lists are a good way to keep real thread _on_ topic. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
... Gentlemen: flame me with your Debian enterprise desktop experience please! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
in other thoughts - John Do you find enterprise applications available for Debian, such as LabView? What apps are you using? Are you aliening RPMs from other distros, or building from source? Please detail! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
don't you like about yum? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTi=kcRTe0P_RkeT_cN1qaYK

Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?

2011-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
here. But I suppose you're right. Thanks for the tips on which options to use. I didn't know that -x keeps one out of /dev! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?

2011-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 14:44, Steven Ayre stevea...@gmail.com wrote: You can use dd via ssh if you wish. I think the command would be: dd if=/dev/sda1 | ssh user@host dd of=/path/to/sda1.img Wow, that is really cool. I did not know that dd could be piped as such. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen

Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?

2011-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 15:05, BOYPT pen...@gmail.com wrote: netcat may help: dd if=/dev/sdX | nc -l 4321 On the other box: nc ip.of.the.serverbox 4321 | dd of=/dev/sdY Somehow I've never heard of netcat before. That is one handy feline. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http

Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?

2011-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
$IP_OF_OTHER_BOX | dd of=/dev/sda You may want to use gzip to trade off CPU usage for better network bandwith:        sourcebox:~# dd if=/dev/sda | gzip | nc -l -p        destbox:~# nc $IP_OF_OTHER_BOX | gunzip | dd of=/dev/sda Hope this helps Thanks Karl! -- Dotan Cohen

Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?

2011-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
that question in the Ubuntu forums. This is the Debian user list, and while Ubuntu gets their software packages mostly from Debian, they have their own issues with versions and custom packages. Nice! I'll use that line next time someone asks me for a canonical matrix! -- Dotan Cohen http

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