Re: CentOS noob

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:56:52 +1300 (NZDT) Derek Smithies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Steve Holdoway wrote: Running the latest, shiniest kernel is ok, once all your software is tested and proved stable on it. However, in most (server) situations it's that stability

Re: CentOS noob

Steve Holdoway wrote: Does it *really* make that much of a difference??? I mean practically. They all provide you with a linux platform for you to play on ( or, if you're that way inclined, to be paid to play on... I didn't say that out load did I? ). I see the use of a KDE or Gnome gui as

Re: CentOS noob

Hi Steve, 2008/10/9 Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... I no longer even contemplate using Ubuntu on a server, which is a shame ): May I ask why you don't? (I'm not looking for an argument, just recognise that you run more servers than me and want to be aware of issues.) Cheers, Roy.

Re: ophcrack boot options

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:04:39 am Nick Rout wrote: Also try Peter Nordahl's Offline NT Password Registry Editor, Bootdisk / CD I have had much luck with it on w2k and xp for resetting forgotten windows admin passwords. Thanks for this Nick. I used it successfully this morning for a customer.

Re: CentOS noob

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:00:31 + Roy Britten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Steve, 2008/10/9 Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... I no longer even contemplate using Ubuntu on a server, which is a shame ): May I ask why you don't? (I'm not looking for an argument, just recognise that

Overwritten fonts in Ubuntu

I have installed some truetype fonts on my machine (dell d520 running Ubuntu Hardy Heron). These are geeky fonts for various stargate languages. Unfortunately one of them seems to have overwritten (in terms of use) Times New Roman. This wouldn't be so bad except that the font uses a different

Laptops? Sony Vaio?

The current sorry state of the financial world has convinced the wife to hedge our savings by converting some NZ dollars into different units. eg. buying a laptop so we can own the means of production. Translation : I wish to buy a laptop that will happily run Linux. The last which laptop

Re: Laptops? Sony Vaio?

a macbook with linux running in a VM? /me ducks for cover -- Delio On 10/10/2008, at 4:43 PM, John Carter wrote: The current sorry state of the financial world has convinced the wife to hedge our savings by converting some NZ dollars into different units. eg. buying a laptop so we can own

Re: Laptops? Sony Vaio?

Dell operate a list dedicated to linux on dell hardware.The people responsible for making linux work on Dell are on the list and I've received some pretty excellent help from them when I needed it (E.g. they have an apt-get-able site for the bios updates). Their support is pretty focussed on

Nautilus scripts in Python

It had long bugged me that I always used Bash for Nautilus scripts, so I have created a boiler-plate Nautilus script in Python (attached), which displays the following in a whizzy little GTK TextView window: 1. Command-line arguments passed in by Nautilus 2. A couple of interesting

Re: Laptops? Sony Vaio?

Hi, i am running ubuntu 8.04 on an HP nw9440, with no issues that I can detect. it supports the built in card reader lan network wireless etc. It doesn't support the fingerprint reader. it also supports the mouse-pad, which you can turn on or off in the preferences regards Chris T On Fri,

Re: Where's linux running???

Impressive Steve. I'm actually quite proud of what I've achieved with my limited knowledge. I class myself as nothing more than an enthusiastic amateur unlike all you professional sysadmins: Home network: PVR (MythTV) Dell Inspiron (student daughter's laptop) PC (Ubuntu) (for wife to do eBay)