Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:38:34 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The error I got from some of the failures was invalid byte code. | | Hmmm I sez to myself. Could MS be planting a bogus bit of code in their | java created by Front Page to 'kill' all other browsers? Naw, they

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 3:13 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:38:34 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The error I got from some of the failures was invalid byte code. | Hmmm I sez to myself. Could MS be planting a bogus bit of code in their | java

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Lee
Just tried it. It works o.k.. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 with Netscape 4.77. Lee Bruce Marshall wrote: On Tuesday 22 January 2002 3:13 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:38:34 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The error I got from some of the failures was

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 10:12 am, Rick Sivernell wrote: Bruce Just tried your site with opera. www.npls.org/onlinecatalog worked here. Acutually then went to childrens area found Sanat. My opera anounces it self as IE5. cheers You didn't mention loading the java applet. My

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Tyler Regas
I also tried it with Opera. It didn't load, but it didn't crap out either. It did, however, vanish a different site and a few pages later. No reason. HTH On Tuesday 22 January 2002 08:12 am, you wrote: Bruce Just tried your site with opera. www.npls.org/onlinecatalog worked here.

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Lee
Bruce Marshall wrote: On Tuesday 22 January 2002 9:54 am, Lee wrote: Just tried it. It works o.k.. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 with Netscape 4.77. Lee Sure you got the Java version? (there's also a non-Java version of the catalog) Yeah. JavaWeb. Had to enable Java Script on my browser,

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 10:44 am, Lee wrote: Bruce Marshall wrote: On Tuesday 22 January 2002 9:54 am, Lee wrote: Just tried it. It works o.k.. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 with Netscape 4.77. Lee Sure you got the Java version? (there's also a non-Java version of the catalog)

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Ted Ozolins
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 06:54 am, Lee wrote: If anyone wants to try it, the url and sequence is: 1) www.npls.org 2) select 'online catalog' 3) select Java WEBpac The error I now get on mozilla after loading the java applet is: applet not initialized. (it bombed)

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:40:35AM -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote: ... What version of Opera? It fails on my 5.0. I did get it to work under Win/Netscape/4.7 but it fails on Win/Netscape/6.2 with Not init'd I got it to work here with Netscape Communicator 4.75 (Caldera eDesktop 2.4). It

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Rick Sivernell
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:40:35 -0500 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 22 January 2002 10:12 am, Rick Sivernell wrote: Bruce Just tried your site with opera. www.npls.org/onlinecatalog worked here. Acutually then went to childrens area found Sanat. My opera anounces

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread David Aikema
On January 22, 2002 06:54 am, Lee wrote: Just tried it. It works o.k.. I'm using Mandrake 8.0 with Netscape 4.77. One of the local libraries ( www.spl.surrey.bc.ca ) has something similar. I've found it only works in Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer. David Aikema

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-22 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 22 January 2002 13:37 pm, Rick Sivernell wrote: On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:40:35 -0500 Bruce This is the static version: I don't think Opera under Linux supports Java yet. Version Information Version : 5.0 Unregistered version Operating System Information Running on : Linux

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 01:31:21 -0500 Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gates might start feeling like a wagonmaster under indian attack who is one wagon short of circling the wagons. Increased market share for linux is happening, but I'm not sure how many paying customers are ponying up to the bar

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Rick Sivernell
Well, I hate to say it, my wife can not remember were the cdrom disk drive is located on the machine. Can not remember were I setup the easy to icons on the desktop. Actually unless it is sometyhing she uses everyday, reteach her. This is a common problem with computer users, I only want to

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 08:02:31 -0600 Rick Sivernell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Well, I hate to say it, my wife can not remember were the cdrom disk drive | is located on the machine. Can not remember were I setup the easy to icons | on the desktop. Actually unless it is sometyhing she uses

RE: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Tom Wilson
Ken Moffat wrote: who is one wagon short of circling the wagons. Increased market share for linux is happening, but I'm not sure how many paying customers are ponying up to the bar yet. And MS still has a virtual softwre monopoly for the home user. Techies love linux, but my wife

RE: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Tyler Regas
Well, I hate to say it, my wife can not remember were the cdrom disk drive is located on the machine. Can not remember were I setup the easy to icons on the desktop. Actually unless it is sometyhing she uses everyday, reteach her. This is a common problem with computer users, I only want to

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Monday 21 January 2002 10:14 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: My wife's only complaint about Linux is that one of our banks' security software only runs on Windows. Until recently we have been dual boot for that reason. I am now checking if the security blip will run on Win4Lin. A similar

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Dallam Wych
On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 10:04:05AM -0700, Tyler Regas wrote: -Linux is pleased to offer what it can to anyone willing to try it (that distro companies extend the OS is NOT apropos). Linux users will, with a small amount of effort, reap solid rewards, but they will feel the pinch when it

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Rick Sivernell
-Windows wants the classic fast food restaurant worker; no prior experience and a willingness to be shaped like clay for practically nothing in return. Windows users will, in XP, be coddled through most every task and will be offered ideas on what to do with ones time in front of the

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Rick Sivernell
Hmmm, I have found that I do a lot more in consol mode than I did with windowsNT. I was still like GUI's, they have a place. But I get just as much done using both as I need the value that one gets from Linux. Config stuff, compiling, untar etc i use the console others thing I use the GUI.

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Michael Hipp
- Original Message - From: Dallam Wych [EMAIL PROTECTED] I couldn't agree more with these statements. I have only been using linux for about nice months now, and have found it to be a steep learning curve but well worth it. I have a much better sense of how my computer works now,

RE: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Tyler Regas
The one thing that really bothers me though is this, I didn't switch to linux to see it become more windows-like. I don't mind the GUI, I have the option of the console. I guess my feeling is that if you want a system that does everything for you without you having to learn about it, why not

RE: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Tyler Regas
Hmmm, I have found that I do a lot more in consol mode than I did with windowsNT. I was still like GUI's, they have a place. But I get just as much done using both as I need the value that one gets from Linux. Config stuff, compiling, untar etc i use the console others thing I use the

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Rick Sivernell
On the other hand, there are no *nix distros like it and hackers seem to like it. This is likely because of X's conquest factor, which is rather high right now. Tyler Please exspond her please on the above staement, I am not a Mac user I do not follow completely. cheers -- Rick Sivernell

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:56:39 -0500 Tom Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Moffat wrote: who is one wagon short of circling the wagons. Techies love linux, but my wife hates it! She'll come around. Mine did. :-) It has taken the better part of 2 1/2 years though. It is just a

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Ted Ozolins
At 09:03 PM 1/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Monday 21 January 2002 7 19:24 pm, Ken Moffat dropped these nuggets of information: [schnip] Hopefully they'll come around when they get tired of Win95 on the old P233 ;-) Lucky you, that's what I'm running as my main box still. Someday I'll get

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-21 Thread Philip J. Koenig
On 21 Jan 2002, at 21:03, Tom Wilson boldly uttered: On Monday 21 January 2002 7 19:24 pm, Ken Moffat dropped these nuggets of information: [schnip] Hopefully they'll come around when they get tired of Win95 on the old P233 ;-) Lucky you, that's what I'm running as my main box

Linux Mag OT

2002-01-20 Thread Rick Sivernell
List I was at the book store this afternoon, minding my own bussiness. I picked up a Linux Mag, right in the middle of the mag was a M$ web host ad. free XP and free that for isp's. That really does take go nads. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-20 Thread dep
On Sunday 20 January 2002 19:24, Rick Sivernell wrote: | I was at the book store this afternoon, minding my own | bussiness. I picked up a Linux Mag, right in the middle of the mag | was a M$ web host ad. free XP and free that for isp's. That really | does take go nads. great! if microsoft

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-20 Thread Rick Sivernell
Well, I guess in Linux we do need a break a good laugh too. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust! ___

Re: Linux Mag OT

2002-01-20 Thread Lee
dep wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2002 19:24, Rick Sivernell wrote: | I was at the book store this afternoon, minding my own | bussiness. I picked up a Linux Mag, right in the middle of the mag | was a M$ web host ad. free XP and free that for isp's. That really | does take go nads.