Re: Check for missing attachment (was: Re: Colour changes wierdly in mozilla-*)

2004-08-26 Thread Oded Arbel
On Thursday 26 August 2004 05:42, Offer Kaye wrote: Yosef Meller wrote: BTW - Is there an extention to mozilla that checks if you intended to attach something, and warns you in the same way mozilla does when you leave the subject empty? I really need that ;-) Thanks! Yosef.

the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread ik
Hi list, I have a small problem, a friend of mine wish to buy a new computer, but does not want to buy MS-Windows. Up to this everything is OK. That person does not know much about computers and not interesting in knowing. The only use is for word-processors and spread-sheets. I'm looking for

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Kfir Lavi
ik wrote: Hi list, I have a small problem, a friend of mine wish to buy a new computer, but does not want to buy MS-Windows. Up to this everything is OK. Good for him. That person does not know much about computers and not interesting in knowing. The only use is for word-processors and

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Oded Arbel
On Thursday 26 August 2004 18:07, ik wrote: Hi list, I have a small problem, a friend of mine wish to buy a new computer, but does not want to buy MS-Windows. Up to this everything is OK. That person does not know much about computers and not interesting in knowing. The only use is for

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Instead of starting a distro war here, I have the following suggestion: ik wrote: I'm looking for a Linux distro that will be the best suitable for this type of person, that will not require *me* to run over on any problem 24-7, and will have the best feeling of an OS like MS-Windows. If YOU are

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting William Sherwin, from the post of Thu, 26 Aug: Pardon my ignorance, but why doesn't this person just buy a Macintosh? They might be slightly more expensive, but they have a very easy-to-use OS - and it's certainly not Windows... because sadly in Israel we have a monopoly on the matter.

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Diego Iastrubni
, ' , 22:14, : ik wrote: I have a small problem, a friend of mine wish to buy a new computer, but does not want to buy MS-Windows. Up to this everything is OK. That person does not know much about computers and not interesting in knowing. The only use is for word-processors and

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread ik
Shachar Shemesh wrote: Instead of starting a distro war here, I have the following suggestion: ik wrote: I'm looking for a Linux distro that will be the best suitable for this type of person, that will not require *me* to run over on any problem 24-7, and will have the best feeling of an OS like

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Ira Abramov wrote: rant about Yeda that my mailer could not copy Sorry, guys, those days are gone. Yeda has good prices (better if you bargain and they will), good support, and they often have things in stock. The last time I needed an obscure part (wifi card for a 5 year old laptop), they

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Diego Iastrubni wrote: god those computers are sexy... they look really good, and have a good hebrew support (safari is better then konqueror ATM). The problem is that OOo sux there, and is really slow (so I heard). The look and feel of OOo does not match the system ones, That is a

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread David Howard
ik wrote: I think that Knoppix, suse and Mandrake (well I never tried Knoppix myself) that I tested was really nice, alto Mandrake is unfinished.. And Suse requires a lot of work in order to make it Hebrew enabled. Presuming that a Hebrew interface is esential/important, perhaps a Hebraized

Bad news for philips webcam users :-(

2004-08-26 Thread Cyril Scetbon
Pwc is no longer supported in the linux kernel due to disagreement between the pwc maintainer and the kernel maintainers. http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ A bad news for users like me who have just bought this webcam a few months ago :-(

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Kfir Lavi
Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting William Sherwin, from the post of Thu, 26 Aug: Pardon my ignorance, but why doesn't this person just buy a Macintosh? They might be slightly more expensive, but they have a very easy-to-use OS - and it's certainly not Windows... because sadly in Israel we have a

Re: Bad news for philips webcam users :-(

2004-08-26 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
This is a sad news (although I doubt that many distributions will release their kernel with Greg's hook removal of pwcx module).. I think the cam driver author should have follow the same route that the emu10k1 (Sound Blaster Live card driver) did - a simple driver which was compiled without