Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-01-26 Thread Mick
that I'm just not comfy with. Next they will want a camera on my rig so they can watch me surf. I found a search engine that may work. It is here: www.ixquick.com Does anyone have a better search tool? I don't like Yahoo either. I do like froogle so that would be a bonus. You know

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-01-26 Thread Dale
surf. I found a search engine that may work. It is here: www.ixquick.com Does anyone have a better search tool? I don't like Yahoo either. I do like froogle so that would be a bonus. You know, shopping tool. Now to my next issue. I'm thinking about switching emails too. Yea

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT as it gets. Sorry] Windoze 7 and reinstalling error.

2012-02-02 Thread Michael Mol
, Kubuntu is what I am going for, and windoze is all under the hood.  All they do is surf the web, check emails, and check on their banking stuff, maybe pay a bill or two. For what they do, Linux would be great.  He's good enough on puters to upgrade Kubuntu too.  It's just point and clicky anyway

Re: [gentoo-user] Weather thingy using up my network, ALL THE TIME.

2012-09-02 Thread Dale
and it also started sending packets to wetter.com - despite the fact that I have set it to connect to the BBC weather RSS feed. Hmm ... Does anyone know how to kill this thing? I'd like to surf the net without this thing hogging up my DSL connection. It's not using that many packets, but I

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless connection-sharing with networkmanager problem

2012-10-02 Thread João Matos
of a usual signal bar). But when connected it still can't surf the net. Any help would be appreciated. :) 2012/10/2 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org On Tue, October 2, 2012 3:18 am, João Matos wrote: Dear list, I've been trying to get networkmanager working and use it to share my Internet

Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless connection-sharing with networkmanager problem

2012-10-02 Thread J. Roeleveld
conection ( 3 PCs icon instead of a usual signal bar). But when connected it still can't surf the net. Any help would be appreciated. :) 2012/10/2 J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org On Tue, October 2, 2012 3:18 am, João Matos wrote: Dear list, I've been trying to get networkmanager working

[gentoo-user] Re: rpm or deb package installs

2015-02-13 Thread James
and look at in the cluster and hpc world, as a rpm or deb package; so I'm looking for a time saver, to surf thru the myriad of codes I'm getting; many look very cool from the outside, but once I run them, they are pigs... Then a slick way to keep them secure and clean it out. Maybe I need chroot

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet card for puter

2021-11-07 Thread Dale
  lol  So, if I leave the 100Mb/sec card in and use it, it will be the bottleneck for my network.  Right now, the connection to the puter is the last upgrade I'll need to be ready to surf like lightening.  I learned my lesson on SMR a while back.  I googled and made sure it was a CMR drive before I or

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting Question...

2007-12-20 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
or LVM. I have read up on it but just never got up the nerve to try it yet. This is a desktop mostly used to surf the net and run foldingathome on. Hope this helps tho. Thanks for the info guys. Yeah - the server has been pretty steady. I use to run it on a P90 with an 8.4 GB (7.6 formatted

Re: [gentoo-user] How many people use KDE?

2006-01-20 Thread Shawn Singh
to her than Gnome. Although, the environment she really took to was XFCE (though it's not a choice in this discussion). In looking at Holly's post, I'm inclined to agree. Being that most of the stuff I do (besides surf the net), but things like programming, moving files, your general admin stuff

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: internet/lan access control

2005-10-27 Thread Michael W. Holdeman
8-13), but if employees are here late they should work, not surf * Downloading files is not allowed (.exe, .com, .arj, .zip, .asf, .avi, .mpg, .mpeg, etc) * We do not like banners, so they are filtered and replaced with a transparent gif (this is where you get creative!). * All

Re: [gentoo-user] revdep-rebuild is giving me fits

2005-11-03 Thread Dale
ran for almost 10 months just to reboot and find out my inittab was blank. It wasn't happy at all and I was very worried. It's really not a big deal. Relax. I'm allmost always relaxed. As long as I can get to the net and surf or email, I'm relaxed. Other than that, I'm worried. Right now

Re: [gentoo-user] Google privacy changes

2012-01-26 Thread Florian Philipp
they seem to be doing things that I'm just not comfy with. Next they will want a camera on my rig so they can watch me surf. I found a search engine that may work. It is here: www.ixquick.com Does anyone have a better search tool? I don't like Yahoo either. I do like froogle so that would

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rpm or deb package installs

2015-02-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
there. It seems *everything* I want to test and look at in the cluster and hpc world, as a rpm or deb package; so I'm looking for a time saver, to surf thru the myriad of codes I'm getting; many look very cool from the outside, but once I run them, they are pigs... Then a slick way to keep them

Re: [gentoo-user] which keymap and keyboard setup

2015-06-06 Thread Alan Mackenzie
me a personal email. The keyboard shows up as: Unicomp Inc. Surf Ruffian USB 122 Keyboard v 2.50. Xev shows that the function keys F13--F24 yield the same scan codes as F1--F12. I still have a 105 key PS/2 keyboard plugged in, and nothing is prepared for the 122 key keyboard, so that might

[gentoo-user] Re: Project:Installer

2015-07-27 Thread Hans
2TB USB drive with Gentoo Xfce installed to back up my families Laptops. Plug in the USB drive. Power on the Laptop, Login as Laptop-1. Click the Backup or Restore Icon to start the required rsync session. Have lunch or surf the net. Will make a image for a USB stick with or without Xfce

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "New to aliexpress" pop up - how to block it?

2017-07-16 Thread tuxic
> >> > >> R0b0t1. > >> > > > > Hi R0b0t1, > > > > For "normal browsing" I created a profile for firefox which is privacy > > enhanced -- blocking all sorts of things. This profile works half > > with the sites I normally visit. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Switching default tmpfiles and faster internet coming my way.

2020-12-06 Thread Dale
ter too.  I assume I can use my router.  It has a ethernet cable going from modem to router.  Looks pretty simple to me.  If I can use my existing router, don't know why I can't, then it should be as simple as unplug cable from router, plug into new modem from power company and surf the internet, at

[gentoo-user] Re: Daniel Robbins' come back ?

2008-01-12 Thread James
to own. I'll surf through the desires and ideas and pick one (or use one I like) and fund the startup and give the key persons stock in a company you help start On the otherhand I've posted serveral times about the entrepreneurial endeavor and few on the list seem interested. If you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-07 Thread Michael Sullivan
to assign the those via mythsetup, before running the front end Surf to - http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html and scroll down to jusr passed the STOP sign, and work through - Mythtv-setup. Bob - I followed the howto. When I finished mythfilldatabase the last output was: Adjusting

[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-11 Thread James
tens of thousands of processors, via computer, and consumers and other users will not be able to surf thru thousands of vendor supplied software applications. For exammple, just go and try to find your copy of a manual to something electrical you purchased more than 3 years ago. Chances

[gentoo-user] XSESSION=Xsession doesn't work!

2007-07-17 Thread Stroller
in the past. This stage4 is quick to set up and the basics seem to work very well - I can log in at the framebuffer surf the internet using elinks :D. This stag4 also includes fluxbox, which I haven't used before am not really interested in but which I haven't uninstalled yet. The Gentoo X

Re: [gentoo-user] XSESSION=Xsession doesn't work!

2007-07-17 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
(more recently) tarballs in the past. This stage4 is quick to set up and the basics seem to work very well - I can log in at the framebuffer surf the internet using elinks :D. This stag4 also includes fluxbox, which I haven't used before am not really interested in but which I haven't

[gentoo-user] Re: ATI Radeon 9550

2007-01-11 Thread James
referred to a radeon? C. 'modules-update' needs to be ran after building kernels and after rebuildling xorg-x11? (or something like that). D. Graphics acceleration (dri, drm, fglrx, glxgears, opengl etc etc) and many more specific are still a little confusing to me. So you have to surf the various

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "New to aliexpress" pop up - how to block it?

2017-07-16 Thread tuxic
ed to ask whether or not you've done something > > > > > > > > like > > > > > > > > disable cookies. I'd not suggest doing that, at most delete all > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > them when you close your browser s

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "New to aliexpress" pop up - how to block it?

2017-07-16 Thread Urs Schütz
ch I use for Aliexpress only. This one has only some privacy related things enabled. Aliexpress works -- including poping up this [beep] "Are you new to Aliexpress?" popup. Cookies are enabled with this profile. Does it do this on every page load or just the first time you interact wit

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "New to aliexpress" pop up - how to block it?

2017-07-16 Thread tuxic
t, at most delete all of > > > > > > them when you close your browser session. It's impossible to use > > > > > > most > > > > > > pages without having cookies enabled (this makes automating things > > > > > > with web li

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "New to aliexpress" pop up - how to block it?

2017-07-16 Thread Urs Schütz
it do this on every page load or just the first time you interact with it? I did the following: *** Surf to www.aliexpress.com (no popup and no way to search despite the fact that a search bar is shown.) *** Click on any product -- product will be displayed and popup pops up (hence the name), cl

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "New to aliexpress" pop up - how to block it?

2017-07-16 Thread tuxic
t; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I feel like I need to ask whether or not you've done > > > > > > > > > something like > > > > > > > > > disable cookies. I'd not suggest doing t

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: "New to aliexpress" pop up - how to block it?

2017-07-16 Thread R0b0t1
t; >> >> > >> > Hi R0b0t1, >> > >> > For "normal browsing" I created a profile for firefox which is privacy >> > enhanced -- blocking all sorts of things. This profile works half >> > with the sites I normally visit. >> > Aliexpress

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Mozilla Google behind the scenes payola

2005-08-11 Thread Holly Bostick
(and therefore recognized and most likely interrupted in my business), so I must conceal my physical appearance so as not to be recognized, irrespective of your 'right' to perceive and know who is in your environment. I desire that the boss doesn't discover that I surf porn (or do other non-work related

Re: [gentoo-user] which keymap and keyboard setup

2015-06-07 Thread lee
of my keyboard layout to help you on your way, just drop me a personal email. Thanks :) The keyboard shows up as: Unicomp Inc. Surf Ruffian USB 122 Keyboard v 2.50. Xev shows that the function keys F13--F24 yield the same scan codes as F1--F12. I still have a 105 key PS/2 keyboard plugged

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-09-05 Thread Matt Randolph
. An enterprise web server has to do more things than I can count. As a result, it has to be closely watched and fiddled with to keep things running smoothly. Somewhere in between is the Linspire desktop. If all it has to do is write documents, send emails, and surf the web, then little more than

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005-09-06 Thread Holly Bostick
, send emails, and surf the web, then little more than security updates would need to be performed (by cron, even) to keep it going. But if you actually want to use your computer AS a computer instead of an appliance, then a different distro would be a better choice and somebody is going

Re: [gentoo-user] CONFIG_SCSI_WAIT_SCAN=m I don't want modules here.

2008-03-22 Thread Dale
and that the .config used is actually the same one as I suggest he posts. Stroller. True, you may have to read between the lines but I do not have any modules with the exception of nvidia. I have to have my picture on the screen so I can surf the www. LOL I attached a copy of my config

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