Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-12 Thread Rhiamom
On Oct 12, 2013, at 10:15 AM, John Hasler wrote: > > Joe writes: >> I think the vast majority of computers are used with an Internet >> connection, which these days means a router rather than a modem. > > 1) A dialup connection to the Internet is still an Internet connection. > 2) A DSL or cabl

Re: Building computer

2013-10-03 Thread Rhiamom
> On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > If your broadband router has QOS features, many newer models do, you > should be able to program it to give priority to game traffic. That > would prevent the lag and stutter due to Skype or any other traffic. > It's usually pretty easy to

Re: Building computer

2013-10-02 Thread Rhiamom
> On Oct 2, 2013, at 4:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote > > This is the limiting factor. And this is why I implore people to buy > the fastest dual core and forgo the quad, six, eight core models. And > in fact, for non gamer daily use, I recommend the single core AMD > Sempron, because a dual core

Re: Building computer

2013-09-30 Thread Rhiamom
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Here is a prime example. Where did you arrive at 1.8GB of shared RAM. > This is silly. Silly? I admit to being off by .1 gig; it is actually only 1.7 gig as confirmed by the specs for the HD4600 on the Intel website.

Re: duplicate emails

2013-09-26 Thread Rhiamom
I am very glad the list is not being spammed. Now to figure out why I am getting half a dozen incomplete emails and three or so complete emails of each one I send to the list. Only mail to the list is affected. But it is likely an Apple Mail issue. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ