Stuff, stuff and more stuff

2000-10-28 Thread Enchantir
I just got Mandrake 7.1. Looks great. I like th fact that it actually picked up my Zip drive... I downloaded the newest Star Office suite from Sun via my Cable modem and peaked out at 440 k/sec. All in all, it took like 3 minutes to download the almost 93 Meg file. The fastest I have seen on

Re: Linux Mac's Help?

2000-10-28 Thread Christopher Allen
On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Dave Wyatt wrote: like 6100CD. You have what is referred to as a 68K machine. It's been awhile since I have dealt with macs, but if Linux will run on a 68K machine, then you are in business. The FPU is not necessary for Linux. Linux runs on 68k machines as well as

Re: Microsoft Hacked?

2000-10-28 Thread Bob Miller
Kent Loobey wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_993000/993933.stm Woo-hoo! We're having fun now! The article says that the crackers (mistakenly referred to as hackers) used a known worm/virus to break in, and, once they were in, they were undetected for three months.

KainX (of Eterm) interview

2000-10-28 Thread Christopher Allen
For any Enlightenment/Eterm and Aterm users on this list, you might find the interview with Aterm project leader sasha and Eterm project leader KainX posted yesterday at e.themes.org interesting (Talks about the past, present and future): http://e.themes.org -Chris

XFree 4.0 resolutions

2000-10-28 Thread Enchantir
ok, I give up! How do I get this machine to change resolutions to the more appropriate one? I have tried to use XF86Setup and DrakConf and although DC will allow me to make the change, it will not test it and the change does not stick. Is there another utility to use or a file to edit so I can

Re: Stuff, stuff and more stuff

2000-10-28 Thread Enchantir
On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 08:54:00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is your best offer so far on the modem? Garl Nothing serious. This modem is about $100.00 at staples as I recall. Ron Computer Guru to the Gods... What is it about Penguins that has Microscared so soft???

Re: Home networking

2000-10-28 Thread Kent Loobey
I am also interested in connecting two Linux computers together in this manner. I am also using Mandrake 7.1. At 02:02 PM 10/28/00 -0700, you wrote: I am wanting to set my Linux machine as my server. I'm running Mandrake 7.1. I want to hook up my Win98 to my Linux. I have ethernet cards in both

Re: Home networking

2000-10-28 Thread Ralph
So, what's not working? Drew Itschner wrote: I am wanting to set my Linux machine as my server. I'm running Mandrake 7.1. I want to hook up my Win98 to my Linux. I have ethernet cards in both and a crossover cable with no hub. I have gone through the tutorial on Mandrakes page and tried

Re: Linux Mac's Help?

2000-10-28 Thread Dean Ridgway
like 6100CD. You have what is referred to as a 68K machine. It's been awhile since I have dealt with macs, but if Linux will run on a 68K machine, then you are in business. Linux will run on a 68k machine PROVIDED you have an MMU (memory management unit). See http://www.linux-m86k.org .