[EUG-LUG:939] Re: Demo Linux -security

2001-05-10 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 07:01:52PM -0700, Timothy Bolz wrote: I have a question about Demo Linux and possible could be used for other distros. If Demo Linux is runs from CD, it almost makes it hack proof is what I'm thinking. Sure everthing that is memory and mounted file systems would be

[EUG-LUG:940] Re: python or perl or $yfsl?

2001-05-10 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 06:06:33AM -0700, larry a price wrote: On Tue, 8 May 2001, Jacob Meuser wrote: One other thing to note - perl is standard on almost every Unix-like OS. Python is not, at least not yet. It's standard with redhat and it's relatives (it's behind that nice

[EUG-LUG:941] Re: python or perl or $yfsl?

2001-05-10 Thread larry a price
On Thu, 10 May 2001, Jacob Meuser wrote: --snip-- True, the security of code first comes from the coder. But it doesn't hurt to have some kind backing for any code, no matter how secure it may seem. Tainted data in perl is basically anything that comes into your program from outside

[EUG-LUG:942] Re: Demo Linux -security

2001-05-10 Thread Cory Petkovsek
This may be good for running a firewall or a webserver from, although kbob's point is very good. Difficult to patch when exploits are found. However, cracking a firewall or a webserver is rarely the goal (for larger companies, and for really serious crackers). The real goal is that database

[EUG-LUG:943] Re: The Open Source Community responds to Craig Mundie's Speech

2001-05-10 Thread Dennis Soper
On 10 May 2001, at 0:06, Randolph Fritz wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:45:20PM -0700, Dexter Graphic wrote: Here's another one: Ransome Love, CEO of Caldera Systems, agrees with Mundie that the GPL doesn't make much business sense. Ransome Love just canned Nicolas Peterley. I wonder if

[EUG-LUG:945] I think i fixed my xmms issue :)

2001-05-10 Thread Jamie Chamoulos -- Internet.Now!
Hey... I was having a heck of a time wiht xmms locking up... It turns out I have 2 output plugin options, since im using enlightenment, i changed it from the oss driver to the esd driver... now it hasnt locked up yet, and its played for over an hour!

[EUG-LUG:947] Country Fair

2001-05-10 Thread Jamie
We need to start compiling the stuff we want to hand out at the country fair... Do we want to do a new flyer or anything.. We probably have about 1/2 gazillion of those little ones from last year... do we have an recent distros ot hand out? GNU/Opensource materials? Jamie

[EUG-LUG:949] imwheel....

2001-05-10 Thread Jamie
I have been trying to use imweel, (well... mandrake is trying i guess...), I had too much trouble with it under 7.2, but 8.0 was using it fine, however its locked up my machine 3 times this week... I was wondering if anyone else using imwheel with a generic wheel mouse might have figurerd out

[EUG-LUG:951] Performance Monitors (was: KDE question (SOLVED!))

2001-05-10 Thread Bob Miller
Jamie wrote: I just tried gkrellm today... Its pretty cool... Its certainly nicer than xosview, and more comprehensive than a bunch of epplets... ( although I like the epplets, they are cool... Now if you want a classy performance meter, there's nothing better than the Moaning Goat Meter.

[EUG-LUG:952] Re: Country Fair

2001-05-10 Thread Patrick R. Wade
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 01:43:44PM -0700, Jamie wrote: We need to start compiling the stuff we want to hand out at the country fair... Do we want to do a new flyer or anything.. We probably have about 1/2 gazillion of those little ones from last year... do we have an recent distros ot hand

[EUG-LUG:953] Re: imwheel....

2001-05-10 Thread Jamie
I suppose it could be... Ironicly the mouse moves around, but clicking and scrolling fail, and the system gets really busy... (so busy it takes minutes for xdaliclock to update the time on the screen ) I did a: ps aux |grep gpm and it only displayed my grep... so im guessing gpm isnt

[EUG-LUG:954] Re: imwheel....

2001-05-10 Thread Jamie
Damnit just did it again! On Thursday 10 May 2001 02:59 pm, you wrote: I suppose it could be... Ironicly the mouse moves around, but clicking and scrolling fail, and the system gets really busy... (so busy it takes minutes for xdaliclock to update the time on the screen ) I did a:

[EUG-LUG:955] Macromedia flash player

2001-05-10 Thread Lindsay Crawford
Darn these graphic heavy sites, complicating life. I recently followed these instructions. At least the download, that part was easy. The next part not so. Unpackage the file. From where? I downloaded it into the user directory I was in, home/prime/ etc. Now what, go into console and