Webmail.

2002-04-09 Thread Ken Ambrose
On a note having absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with flat panels, I just want to pipe up and say that Squirrel Mail (currently at v. 1.25) rocks. If any of you are looking for a powerful web-based interface to your IMAP (and, with the proper plugin, even your POP) e-mail server, I strongly s

Meeting announcement - Concord, April 10, 7pm

2002-04-09 Thread Bobnhlinux
People, et. al., Yes, it is time for another Central NH LUG meeting. The topic this time is Linux - Revolutionary OS! As always, Sybase is letting us use their conference room @ 6 Loudon Rd, in beautiful downtown Concord, NH. To get there from Interstate 93: Take exit 14, head east, over th

Fun with flat panels and non-standard standards.

2002-04-09 Thread Ken Ambrose
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Ben Boulanger wrote: > > http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/sgi1600sw(2).shtml > > Now that I look more, they used some kind of SGI breakout box... So that > probably cuts it down to any video card that supports 1600x1024, I would > imagine. That would be the SGI multili

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, I wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Ken Ambrose wrote: > > - the 1600sw has a funky resolution of 1600x1024 that most digital > > video cards don't support, and > > If it's of any use, my GeForce3 ti200 card supports that res, and here's a > test setup that used the 1600sw with

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Ken Ambrose wrote: > - the 1600sw has a funky resolution of 1600x1024 that most digital > video cards don't support, and If it's of any use, my GeForce3 ti200 card supports that res, and here's a test setup that used the 1600sw with a geforce3... http://www.hothardware.com

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, at 9:59pm, Paul Iadonisi wrote: > I'm perfectly willing to accept that this is probably true, but then what > does this mean from the xfree86.org site about driver status for this > card? -- [...] > It's identical for 4.1.0 as well. Looks like it's *supposed to be* > accelerat

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Paul Iadonisi
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 06:07:36PM -0700, Ken Ambrose wrote: [snip] > In that case, I'll settle any uncertainties: the #9 is -not- accelerated. I'm perfectly willing to accept that this is probably true, but then what does this mean from the xfree86.org site about driver status for this card?

Re: Documentation (was Re: OpenOffice)

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 16:46, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > > Derek's issue here is that he hates writing documentation. No > > amount of technology is going to change that. :-) > > Actually I don't really mind writing documentation, though I certainly > don't love it. The real problem is that I

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Ken Ambrose
> > I'm using the 1600SW with the #9 TTR-IV card. I didn't realize it > > wasn't accellerated, but then again, as long I can switch from an > > xterm to an XEmacs window, what kind of acceleration do I need :) > > Now, I'm not sure it's *not* acclerated. Maybe I have something > configured wro

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Paul Iadonisi
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 06:36:03PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 16:33:36 EDT > "Derek D. Martin" said: [snip] > >Actually, Paul (lussier), isn't this the exact same configuration > >you're using? > > I'm using the 1600SW with the #9 TTR-IV card. I d

Re: Documentation (was Re: OpenOffice)

2002-04-09 Thread plussier
In a message dated: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 16:46:11 EDT "Derek D. Martin" said: >Paul L. will no doubt pipe up here with a "function over form" comment, >to which I generally would agree... But I'll also add that it doesn't >always matter how functional a thing is if you can't stand to look at >it.

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread plussier
In a message dated: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 16:33:36 EDT "Derek D. Martin" said: >At some point hitherto, Paul Iadonisi hath spake thusly: >> pick on up. Anyone know if there is a Linux supported hardware >> accelerated card that'll drive the SGI 1600SW widescreen? And if >> so, anyone in the market

Documentation (was Re: OpenOffice)

2002-04-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Benjamin Scott hath spake thusly: > > I found DocBook to be really easy. All I needed was ... > > You people are making a classic mistake, in not realizing what the > user (Derek, in this case) ) really means. Derek's a brig

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Paul Iadonisi hath spake thusly: > pick on up. Anyone know if there is a Linux supported hardware > accelerated card that'll drive the SGI 1600SW widescreen? And if > so, anyone in the market for a Number Nine card that I mig

Re: Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Paul Iadonisi
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:45:44PM -0500, Thomas Charron wrote: [snip] > http://www.systemtoolbox.com/bard/3ddesktop/ > > Its basically a desktop manager for Gnome using OpenGL. 8-) I actually > found it quite practical to use, much to my surpise, really.. > > *MAKE* sure you have hardw

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 15:46, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, at 2:55pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> You're not missing much! It's a nice idea (if you live in > >>> TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for lazy people > >>> to bother with! > >> > >> Hey! Them's fighting

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, at 2:55pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> You're not missing much! It's a nice idea (if you live in >>> TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for lazy people >>> to bother with! >> >> Hey! Them's fighting words! The real problem is that ... > > I found DocBook to b

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread ccb
> > You're not missing much! It's a nice idea (if you live in > > TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for lazy people to > > bother with! > Hey! Them's fighting words! The real problem is that it's way too > poorly documented, and is therefore better suited to people who have > t

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 14:15, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > There are a few newer GUI apps for editing DB, but no real WYSIWYG > > apps, as...well...DB was never meant to be WYSIWYG. > > Like? Morphon XML Editor (www.morphon.com) XMLmind XML Editor (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/) Neither falls

Fun GNOME Eye candy..

2002-04-09 Thread Thomas Charron
I just wanted to pass on that I stumbled accross this quite by accident, and its small, yet can sure as heck wow friends and have that definate movie effect on things.. http://www.systemtoolbox.com/bard/3ddesktop/ Its basically a desktop manager for Gnome using OpenGL. 8-) I actually fo

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Mark Komarinski hath spake thusly: > DocBook is great because it separates out the authoring from the > presentation. Oh, I agree with the benefits of using it, I just find actually using it painful. > There are a few newer

Re: farallon wireless card

2002-04-09 Thread Henry L. Hall
Hey Jerry, Because I'm writing this from another account (not the one I'm subscribe through), I suspect this won't pass through to the list so please forward. In /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, you'll notice that the CASE is based on MAC address for setting up the card to talk to another card or ac

Re: farallon wireless card

2002-04-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
Thanks Henry, I actually put in the full MAC address of my card. I'll enter in only the first part and see what happens. On 9 Apr 2002 at 13:21, Henry L. Hall wrote: > Hey Jerry, > > Because I'm writing this from another account (not the one I'm subscribe > through), I suspect this won't pass

(Fwd) Re: farallon wireless card

2002-04-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
--- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 13:21:26 -0400 From: "Henry L. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Because I'm writing this from another account (not the one I'm subscribe through), I suspect this won't pass through to the list so please

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 13:08, Derek D. Martin wrote: > My experience with DocBook is that the only people who *want* to use > it are people who enjoy writing documentation, and they're all crazy > anyway... ;-) Last I checked (not very recent, but I believe still > accurate -- correct me please i

Re: farallon wireless card

2002-04-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Joshua S. Freeman hath spake thusly: > Anyone have any guidance on getting 7.2 (laptop installation) to see/use a > farallon wireless skyline card? You should probably check out the Wireless Howto, here: http://www.hpl.hp.c

silly me

2002-04-09 Thread Joshua S. Freeman
dig it... I fiddled around in the network setup system control 'panel' (for lack of a better name)... and was able to get wireless working extremely painlessly.. sorry to have bothered everyone. :-) J. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Joshua S.

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Karl J. Runge
On 09 Apr 2002 09:37:52, Mark Komarinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OO doesn't want to take over the desktop like 5.2 did. That's the > biggest thing. On the down side, there is some functionality missing, > most notably the database access and much of the clipart. I don't > need either, s

Re: farallon wireless card

2002-04-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Jerry Feldman hath spake thusly: > 7. 2 - Red Hat or SuSE? > BTW: I have had no luck gettung my Compaq WL110 (Orinoco) working. > I am not running WEP or other encryption on my WAP. I can see the orinoco > driver load when I

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Mark Komarinski hath spake thusly: > Depending on how large the document is, you may want to just use > DocBook and generate PDF. Then again, you can generate RTF (the > base of DOC) from DocBook as well. My experience with D

Re: farallon wireless card

2002-04-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
7. 2 - Red Hat or SuSE? BTW: I have had no luck gettung my Compaq WL110 (Orinoco) working. I am not running WEP or other encryption on my WAP. I can see the orinoco driver load when I boot or insert the card. I've played around with the /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts. I have verified that the card

farallon wireless card

2002-04-09 Thread Joshua S. Freeman
Anyone have any guidance on getting 7.2 (laptop installation) to see/use a farallon wireless skyline card? J. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Joshua S. Freeman | preferred email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp public key: finger [EMAI

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
Nor does it on Linux. On 9 Apr 2002 at 11:16, David Andrew - Sun MDE wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just to correct a misunderstanding - Staroffice 5.2 does not take over > your desktop, at least not on Solaris or Windows. I have been using it > for well over a year as a separate window. You may ne

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread David Andrew - Sun MDE
Hi folks, Just to correct a misunderstanding - Staroffice 5.2 does not take over your desktop, at least not on Solaris or Windows. I have been using it for well over a year as a separate window. You may need to change the view - I forget exactly how to do it just now, but it was very easy at

Re: SpeedStep and Linux

2002-04-09 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: "Benjamin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: SpeedStep and Linux > Try pressing [CTRL]+[ALT]+[+] or [CTRL]+[ALT]+[-] (use the number pad > keys, not the QWERTY secti

Re: Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 10:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On 09 Apr 2002 09:45:45 -0400 "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't know much about DocBook. > > You're not missing much! It's a nice idea > (if you live in TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for

Re: Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread plussier
On 09 Apr 2002 09:45:45 -0400 "Kenneth E. Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know much about DocBook. You're not missing much! It's a nice idea (if you live in TheoryLand :) but it's just way too complicated for lazy people to bother with! Stick with LyX, you can create PS, PDF,

Re: OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
OO is much better than 5.2. OO doesn't want to take over the desktop like 5.2 did. That's the biggest thing. On the down side, there is some functionality missing, most notably the database access and much of the clipart. I don't need either, so it doesn't bother me. Even used it to whip up s

OpenOffice

2002-04-09 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
Hi All, Someone metioned getting a copy of OpenOffice the other day, so I was curious. I currently use AbiWord and GnuMeric for most of my smaller tasks, and when I have something larger, like a presentation, or a large document that needs to go out to M$ Office users, I use StarOffice 5.2. If