Re: Ha'aretz article regarding RMS

2003-01-14 Thread Richard Stallman
Thanks for translating it for me. Does the article really refer to the system the first time as Linux? = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo

Re: ssh hangs for a long time

2003-01-14 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: What does /etc/host.conf say? /etc/nsswitch.conf? in both cases, hosts should be consulted first, and then the DNS server. /etc/host.conf: order hosts,bind /etc/nsswitch.conf: hosts: files nisplus dns Both seem right to me... Only if you are running

Re: Binary configuration files as panacea to whatever ails Linux(was: Re: the problem with LINUX)

2003-01-14 Thread Evgeny Stambulchik
Oron Peled wrote: So Allon presented one flaw in your assumptions and you came with a solution for this *specific* flaw... I don't have a solution. It was an example. I used words like e.g.. Did I say I had the scheme ready? Why are you trying to catch me on very specific _details_ instead

Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Eli Marmor
p.s. I prefer GNOME over KDE- it has much less of the windows chunkiness that KDE has. With no intention to raise a religious war, just for curiousity purposes, I want you to answer the following survey. You can send your responses personally to my private e-mail, if you prefer. If you are

Re: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Christoph Bugel
On 2003-01-14 Eli Marmor wrote: My desktop environment management is: - 1. Only KDE. 2. I prefer KDE. 3. Both. 4. I prefer Gnome. 5. Only Gnome. 0. None. Wait! As an fvwm2 user (at home) I feel this survey is 'offensive' There is no right answer for

Re: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Something that you left out of your survey: On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Eli Marmor wrote: p.s. I prefer GNOME over KDE- it has much less of the windows chunkiness that KDE has. With no intention to raise a religious war, just for curiousity purposes, I want you to answer the following survey.

Re: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Eli Marmor
Christoph Bugel wrote: On 2003-01-14 Eli Marmor wrote: My desktop environment management is: - 1. Only KDE. 2. I prefer KDE. 3. Both. 4. I prefer Gnome. 5. Only Gnome. 0. None. Wait! As an fvwm2 user (at home) I feel this survey is

Re: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Christoph Bugel
On 2003-01-14 Eli Marmor wrote: Just to clarify: The meaning of the answer None included other. OK :) See below for my survey answers 1 my home machine: My desktop environment management is: 0: None/Other (fvwm2) Reasons (please check all that apply): G2: I've got used to this

Report on the RMS Lecture

2003-01-14 Thread Shlomi Fish
I arrived to the RMS lecture by a ride given to me from TAU by Yedidia Bar-David (thanks Didi!) and another TAU worker. On the way we talked about UNIXes, Linux and other stuff. After we arrived it took some time to find the suitable parking lot, but then we were instructed to come to the

forecast: it's going to be HOT soon...

2003-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, For those who have read Slashdot and for those who haven't - in the upcoming few hours you'll see some news about SCO planning to sue some companies - there will be more details than what appeared in Slashdot.org yesterday. Thats what I received from C|Net.. SCO Group story From: Stephen

Re: forecast: it's going to be HOT soon...

2003-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hmm, what do u think about this: RE: news from SCO? From: Stephen Shankland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Today 02:41:04 Yep. Big story in the works. Got a lot of new details. Very interesting case. We were holding out for something besides the SCO statement,

Re: forecast: it's going to be HOT soon...

2003-01-14 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote about forecast: it's going to be HOT soon...: For those who have read Slashdot and for those who haven't - in the upcoming few hours you'll see some news about SCO planning to sue some companies - there will be more details than what appeared in

Re: forecast: it's going to be HOT soon...

2003-01-14 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Hetz Ben Hamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The story is filed and should go up early Tuesday morning. Early in the U.S., at least. The essense of the story: SCO Group plans on charging a set of customers using some of its Unix libraries on Linux systems. SCO have denied it, others have denied

Re: Ha'aretz article regarding RMS

2003-01-14 Thread Arik Baratz
Richard Stallman wrote: Thanks for translating it for me. Does the article really refer to the system the first time as Linux? I'm afraid so. They write Linux in Hebrew, which is Lamed-Yod-Nun-Vav-Kof-Samech. They didn't add GNU. Now that you mention it, I have never seen the combination

Re: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
== My desktop environment management is: - 1. Only KDE. 2. I prefer KDE. 3. Both. 4. I prefer Gnome. 5. Only Gnome. 0. None. 4 Reasons (please check all that apply): -- A. Better Hebrew support. B. Licensing.

Re: Ha'aretz article regarding RMS

2003-01-14 Thread Uri Bruck
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Arik Baratz wrote: Richard Stallman wrote: Thanks for translating it for me. Does the article really refer to the system the first time as Linux? I'm afraid so. They write Linux in Hebrew, which is Lamed-Yod-Nun-Vav-Kof-Samech. They didn't add GNU. The name is

Re: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread David Howard
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 10:05, Eli Marmor wrote: [snip] Questions: == My desktop environment management is: - 1. Only KDE. 2. I prefer KDE. 3. Both. 4. I prefer Gnome. 5. Only Gnome. 0. None. 1(+Icewm+Fluxbox) Reasons (please check all that

RE: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Ran Zahor
My desktop environment management is: - 1. Only KDE. 2. I prefer KDE. 3. Both. 4. I prefer Gnome. 5. Only Gnome. 0. None. I assume (0. None) is Console mode: So it's 2 and 0 . Ran Zahor Ampersand Advise and Support Ltd. Mailto:[EMAIL

MS Terminal Services usage?

2003-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, I was wondering if someone is using here Microsoft Terminal services here. I'm planning to seperate the CVS version of KRDC from KDE (KRDC = KDE Remote Desktop Control). In KDE 3.1 it only supports VNC (tightvnc and standard VNC), and in the CVS version it has support for RDP. At the

Re: MS Terminal Services usage?

2003-01-14 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 04:26:34PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Hi, I was wondering if someone is using here Microsoft Terminal services here. We (cs.tau) use. I'm planning to seperate the CVS version of KRDC from KDE (KRDC = KDE Remote Desktop Control). In KDE 3.1 it only supports VNC

Re: Binary configuration files as panacea to whatever ails Linux (was: Re: the problem with LINUX)

2003-01-14 Thread Oron Peled
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:18:13 +0200 Evgeny Stambulchik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are you trying to catch me on very specific _details_ instead of arguing about the idea/principles? I just tried to show that the real world creates unique problems that would destroy the single config mechanism

Re: Binary configuration files as panacea to whatever ails Linux(was: Re: the problem with LINUX)

2003-01-14 Thread Evgeny Stambulchik
Oron Peled wrote: I simply offered a strategy that may work IMO. Namely, collect current working practices and galvanize them through well designed API's. Actually, it doesn't seem to me an impossible task to find a common denominator (in the sense of API). Indeed, the three widely used types

Re: MS Terminal Services usage?

2003-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
On Tuesday 14 January 2003 17:39, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 04:26:34PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Hi, I was wondering if someone is using here Microsoft Terminal services here. We (cs.tau) use. That's very interesting. How is it developed? With any formal

Re: forecast: it's going to be HOT soon...

2003-01-14 Thread Xavier Gentoo
On Tuesday 14 January 2003 13:08, you wrote: Hetz Ben Hamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The story is filed and should go up early Tuesday morning. Early in the U.S., at least. The essense of the story: SCO Group plans on charging a set of customers using some of its Unix libraries on Linux

Re: MS Terminal Services usage?

2003-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
As for 8 bit color only, thats what rdesktop gives, but I'm almost sure that win2k TS gives more colors then 256 (at least with native windows client) - after all, RDP 5.0 is not very different from RDP 5.1 specs.. Oops, my mistake. I just tested connecting from Win98 to WIn2k TS server. Yup,

Re: forecast: it's going to be HOT soon...

2003-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
That's not an unsubstantiated rumour. It's a slashdot troll of outstanding performance, judging by how people buy into it. You should know by now that Slashdot is Internet's official trolling place now. Hell I even see trolling on ynet (the days I dont troll there myself) Full story with

Re: MS Terminal Services usage?

2003-01-14 Thread Henry Ficher
Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Hi, I was wondering if someone is using here Microsoft Terminal services here. I'm planning to seperate the CVS version of KRDC from KDE (KRDC = KDE Remote Desktop Control). In KDE 3.1 it only supports VNC (tightvnc and standard VNC), and in the CVS version it has

monitor problems.

2003-01-14 Thread erez
hi i am trying to use X on and ibm T-30. if i start the X when no monitor is connected. i get the resolution I wanted - 1400x1050 ( the resolution of the LCD) if i connect the monitor, and try to start the X display, it will only let me 640x480 mode. (doesn't matter even if i tell the laptop

Re: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Shaul Karl
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:37:19AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: My desktop environment management is: - 1. Only KDE. 2. I prefer KDE. 3. Both. 4. I prefer Gnome. 5. Only Gnome. 0. None. 0 Reasons (please check all that apply):

Re: Survey (was: article on ynet)

2003-01-14 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Shaul Karl wrote: xterm. Both gnome and kde are just too bloated, when you run many xterms, and one or two other programs. WindowMaker is actually optimized for this mode of operation Can you give more details in what sense (does WindowMaker actually