[0.5 OT] Looking for recommendation on Unix shell account
Hi, For reasons hard to explain I need to set-up a Unix (preferably FreeBSD) shell account that I can access from anywhere. Arbornet and PBS were the first names that came to my mind, but I'm open to other options. I don't mind paying a regular fee for it. Privacy and security are my main concerns. Thanks in advance for your recommendations. -- The flames are all long gone, but the pain lingers on ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Very Important Note on HP LaserJet P1102 on FreeBSD
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Bahman Kahinpour bahman.li...@gmail.com wrote: Hi dear FreeBSD people, After spending a lot of time on making my HP LaserJet P1102 work on FreeBSD, I found out what the problem is!!! Please tell this to anybody who has problems with HP P1102 on FreeBSD! The problem with this HP model is that it has a fake CD-ROM which contains the Windows drivers. The USB must actually be switched from the CD-ROM mode to the Printer mode in order to work. Otherwise, the printer will not work whatever you do. /dev/ulpt0 will not show up either. --- The workaround is this: You must (unfortunately) connect the printer to a Windows system and run SIUtility.exe or SIUtility64.exe from the UTIL folder in the Driver CD-ROM (physical CD-ROM that comes with the printer not the fake one) and completely disable this HP Smart Install feature. After disabling this feature, everything will be fine on FreeBSD and life will be more beautiful. * Please pass this info on blogs, wikis, ... . I do not want other FreeBSD fans suffer this pain. Good luck First of all, I must make clear that regardless the fact that I work for HP and have been working on Laserjet printer firmware for more that five years -- though not on this particular printer model -- I'm speaking for myself, not for the company. From my own experience, you will probably achieve much better results from HP printers if you choose the network-enabled models (those whose names have a n or w suffix), not the host-based ones. This is especially true regarding printer management, since the net-enabled printers have an embedded web server. They also support management and monitoring via SNMP, which is very helpful. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ion windows manager on FreeBSD
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:25:35PM -0300, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: You can fork the code, rename it, whatever, but you can NOT change the license without explicit permission from the original copyright owner. That would be legally considered theft! Incorrect. It would be legally considered copyright infringement. Copyright law is not property law, and both different laws *and* different terms apply. Theft is not a term legally applied to copyright infringement -- at least, in any jurisdiction of which I'm even vaguely aware of the state of copyright law. That would be legally considered copyright infringement! I was referring to stealing intellectual property, which can be a synonym of copyright violation, depending on the country law. In my country, for instance, computer programs are considered intellectual property but they are also subjected to author rights, just like books and paintings [1,2] . There. I fixed it for you. Thanks for the clarification, anyway. References (in Portuguese) [1] http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9609.htm [2] http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9610.htm -- My preferred quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson is You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs. Not because I like the omelettes, but because I like the sound of eggs being broken. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ion windows manager on FreeBSD
2009/10/6 Renato Botelho rbga...@gmail.com: On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Dmitry Marakasov amd...@amdmi3.ru wrote: * Mark Linimon (lini...@lonesome.com) wrote: The author orginally contacted us with a legal threat because we were not in compliance with the 28-day clause. A long, acrimonious disucssion ensued. In that discussion, the author was asked if we agree to meet that condition going forward, would you guarantee that this would remove any further legal threat? and he said yes ... for now. But that he reserved the right to change his mind later. *depending* on what we did or did not do in the future -- not just in adhering to the *existing clauses* like the significant clause or renamed clause -- both of which he mentioned would be part of any lawsuit. Legally indefensible? Of course. Would that prevent a lawsuit being filed? No. Anyone can sue anyone for anything. Well, if you insist I of course won't commit it. But the whole thing disappoints me greately, cause I was pretty sure at least FreeBSD developers won't be affected by a mere FUD. Do you honestly think the probability of Tuomo suing us is higher of, say, me suing, well, us? And that anything will change by us not providing a port we have absolutely totally utterly 100% right to provide? That is just silly. The port from now on is available here (removed from people.freebsd.org): http://mirror.amdmi3.ru/ports/ion3-20090110.port.tar You can start a fork of it, change its name, its license, and keep it as a separate project... people will use the same software with another name. You can fork the code, rename it, whathever, but you can NOT change the license without explicit permission from the original copyright owner. That would be legally considered theft! Everybody will be happy and we won't have a Tuomo's software inside ports collection again. It would be Tuomo's software anyway, regardless what you renamed it to, and his ownership would still prevail. Feel free to dislike his behavior but keep compliant to his rights unless you are whiling to face a lawsuit. -- My preferred quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson is You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs. Not because I like the omelettes, but because I like the sound of eggs being broken. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
