Re: answers, maybe (was Re[2]: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list)

2001-02-01 Thread Al Baker
For the large file support, look for a 2.2 patch, or I believe it'll be included in the 2.4 kernel, at least that's what I've heard. Aj --- Rusty Carruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a coincidence, a couple of questions my clients asked me, should qualify: How to

Re: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-31 Thread J . A . Magallon
On 01.31 Simon Cousins wrote: What I'm seeing more and more, however, and what makes me a little sad and nostalgic for the pioneering days, is a general movement towards "complaining to the developers" 'cause something doesn't work to a user's full expectations. I don't think so. Apart

Re: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-31 Thread ivar
Just my personal opinions for what this list should be. A bit of personal history. Though I sell and consult a lot of systems with Mandrake , I discovered this list only a few days ago. Most of my problems I solved myself, with the help of Google search, some were answered in very specific lists

answers, maybe (was Re[2]: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list)

2001-01-31 Thread Rusty Carruth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a coincidence, a couple of questions my clients asked me, should qualify: How to ssh to remote computer without giving password every single time? Well, that's actually covered in the ssh man pages (or other docs, because I've read it and done it a year ago).

Re: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-31 Thread Ron Heron
--- Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes... a zillion thanks to all the developers out there for lifting us out of that costly hell-hole known as Microsoft. Now we can spend more time with our work rather than screw with that piece of junk Windows. Well, I too thank the

Re: answers, maybe (was Re[2]: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list)

2001-01-31 Thread Matthew Micene
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 10:57 am, you wrote: I need large file support. 20 meg to 500 meg range. Above 500 meg excuses have a better chance of my accepting them ;-) Large file support for the Ext2 file system is available I believe as a patch to the kernel. This is to remove the

Re: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-31 Thread Stephen Horton
Agreed On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Sevatio Octavio wrote: Yes... a zillion thanks to all the developers out there for lifting us out of that costly hell-hole known as Microsoft. Now we can spend more time with our work rather than screw with that piece of junk Windows. Seve We owe a huge

[expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-30 Thread Simon Cousins
Dear fellow listers, There was a time when Linux lists were all about collaboration. Sysadmins would collaborate with other sysadmins, hobbyists would collaborate with other hobbyists, developers would collaborate with other developers. It was widely understood that without the developers,

Re: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-30 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Yes... a zillion thanks to all the developers out there for lifting us out of that costly hell-hole known as Microsoft. Now we can spend more time with our work rather than screw with that piece of junk Windows. Seve We owe a huge debt of gratitude to open source developers the world over,

Re: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 30 January 2001 10:41 pm, Simon Cousins wrote: Dear fellow listers, There was a time when Linux lists were all about collaboration. Sysadmins would collaborate with other sysadmins, hobbyists would worthy tribute snipped I'll try to pay you back with my evangelism of your

RE: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-30 Thread SJN
Cool Man! Joe RLU# 186063 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon Cousins Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 12:42 PM To: expert linux mandrake.com Subject: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list Dear fellow listers