Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-10 Thread doug
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Pollywog wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote: Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you travel! You can backup your data securely and use it remotely via tightvnc. Andrew There must be some trick to accessing a

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-10 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 10 September 2007 22:21:58 doug wrote: On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Pollywog wrote: I am using tightvnc-1.2.9_1 on FreeBSD and the windows versions of tightvnc on win2k and windows XP Pro. On FreeBSD I only have used vncviewer running the server on the winders boxes. I am using FreeBSD 6.2.

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-10 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 10 September 2007 23:42:43 Pollywog wrote: On Monday 10 September 2007 22:21:58 doug wrote: On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Pollywog wrote: I am using tightvnc-1.2.9_1 on FreeBSD and the windows versions of tightvnc on win2k and windows XP Pro. On FreeBSD I only have used vncviewer

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-10 Thread Predrag Punosevac
doug wrote: On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Pollywog wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote: Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you travel! You can backup your data securely and use it remotely via tightvnc. Andrew There must be some trick to

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-09 Thread rachie
On Saturday 01 September 2007 10:22:08 pm Michael Hauber wrote: Hey, all... I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. Unfortunatly, I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely to change in the near future. Sadly, I need to get an OS that my wife would

RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-07 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Danny Pansters Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:18 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out I reckon the last two additions to this thread

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-06 Thread Michel Talon
Danny Pansters wrote: Now to get back to the subject, what I don't understand is how OP thinks that [k]ubuntu would not need tinkering time. It's quite possible that a generic debian or arch install requires less tinkering to get it to behave the way you want (perhaps initially some more, but

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-06 Thread Tore Lund
Michel Talon wrote: ... and X locks up at least once a day. Well, mine doesn't. It is not very difficult to understand why Ubuntu is massively gaining users, while FreeBSD doesn't, and is now ranked position 22 on Distrowatch. Add together FreeBSD, PC-BSD and DesktopBSD - FreeBSD will then

RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-06 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David U Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:10 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out That is my job. The ONLY way to get someone to re-examine

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-06 Thread Andrew Gould
On 9/6/07, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David U Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:10 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-05 Thread Michael Hauber
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 00:35:35 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Hauber Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:22 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Sadly, my tinker-time has run

RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Hauber Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 4:44 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out Now...  As to why I asked

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-05 Thread Michael Hauber
I apologize for that last comment... That was uncalled for. My time is limited because of my having to juggle so many things at once, and working on the road isn't helping me any (as much as I like the work). My wife is now travelling with me, so that was also part of the equation. Things

RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Hauber Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:38 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out I apologize for that last comment

RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-05 Thread David U
That is my job. The ONLY way to get someone to re-examine their assumptions is to piss them off. What a breathtakingly arrogant ponce! Perhaps THIS will piss YOU off enough to get you to reexamine YOUR assumption. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-05 Thread Bob Middaugh
I apologize for that last comment... That was uncalled for. Ted brings out the best in people. snip an unnecessary explanation But I'll be damned if you don't parse me off sometimes. :) Ted brings out the best in people. That is my job. The ONLY way to get someone to re-examine

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-05 Thread Danny Pansters
I reckon the last two additions to this thread was the passive-aggressive version of can't we just all get along.. and now STFU. Look, Ted's right (ouch, that hurt ;-). Quite often -- arguably always -- if you really want to be heard you have to be able to confront controversial issues head

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-05 Thread Steve Bertrand
As I said, don't apologize for using an OS that matches your needs better than FreeBSD. Just don't assume that everyone's needs are the same as yours, and we would all be spending less time tinkering with Ubuntu, or even FreeBSD for that matter. This is an exceptionally good point. I use

RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-04 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Hauber Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:22 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out Hey, all... Because I've put so much time into

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Michael Hauber wrote: Hey, all... I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. Unfortunatly, I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely to change in the near future. Sadly, I need to get an OS that my wife would be more comfortable using and that

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sunday 02 September 2007 02:22, Michael Hauber wrote: Hey, all... I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. Unfortunatly, I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely to change in the near future. Sadly, I need to get an OS that my wife would be

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 02 September 2007 07:31:41 Mike Jeays wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2007 02:22, Michael Hauber wrote: Hey, all... I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. Unfortunatly, I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely to change in the near

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Andrew Gould
On 9/2/07, Mike Jeays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2007 02:22, Michael Hauber wrote: Hey, all... I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. Unfortunatly, I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely to change in the near future.

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Michael Hauber
On Sunday 02 September 2007 07:12:37 am Manolis Kiagias proclaimed: Michael Hauber wrote: Hey, all... I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. Unfortunatly, I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely to change in the near future. Sadly, I need

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Andrew Gould
On 9/2/07, Michael Hauber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of backup, and will be installing ubuntu shortly. Like one of the repliers stated, I too feel somewhat guilty... But I'll be back one of these days. Thanks, all. Mike Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote: Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you travel! You can backup your data securely and use it remotely via tightvnc. Andrew There must be some trick to accessing a FreeBSD server via VNC. I have done it on

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Predrag Punosevac
There must be some trick to accessing a FreeBSD server via VNC. I have done it on Linux but I could not get it to work in FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Andrew Gould
On 9/2/07, Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote: Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you travel! You can backup your data securely and use it remotely via tightvnc. Andrew There must be some trick to

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 03 September 2007 01:37:23 Predrag Punosevac wrote: There must be some trick to accessing a FreeBSD server via VNC. I have done it on Linux but I could not get it to work in FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 03 September 2007 01:46:30 Andrew Gould wrote: On 9/2/07, Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote: Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you travel! You can backup your data securely and use it