[luau] Linux Sux?

Last week I had a chance to chat with a couple of my attorney friends who were kind enough to try Linux. Their comments were unanimous: No one likes Linux. I asked their reasons; their major complaints include: 1. OpenOffice.org is too slow, way too slow; 2. Linux file manager

Re: [luau] [Fwd: Athlon Comptuer] / Hard Drive

eserving organization which does not have a leader who constantly insults persons who contribute financially to the cause of Linux and open source. We will inform Mid-Pac of the reasons why we are asking for its return. Original Message Subject: Athlon Comptuer Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 1

[luau] GNOME Screensavers in KDE 3.1

With KDE 3.1 (at least the version of KDE 3.1 that's included in Red Hat 8.1 beta), the GNOME backgrounds and screensavers have been incorporated. Some of the new screensavers are really cool (I particularly like the "flame").

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

It appears that I never had this problem because I either was running Windows or always had an external firewall. In this regard, I think Red Hat is actually doing us a big favor. An external firewall is a must if you use a broadband connection. With Windows, you probably will never receive

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

I thought about posting a comment asking if anyone in this forum has ever used RedHat 8.0 on a machine with RoadRunner without an external firewall, but decided against it, as doing this would have been too tasteless, even to someone as gross as I. I had a dhcp server installed at home a few y

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

You seem to have totally ignored the fact that it is my right that is being breached, my computer that is being invaded. Of course, I have to 'warn" you that I am now speaking as a politician. Dustin Cross wrote: Wayne, Road Runner has always assigned hostnames to all of their DHCP client

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

ogle for "dhcpd.conf" and "options" search goolge or even the dhcpd man page On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Changing our own config is no problem. But the main issue is, should we allow a public utility type dhcp to change our hostname?

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Setting a hostname is something normal in DHCP operation. It is a configuration option on a DHCP server and overrideable option on a DHCP client. I agree. There is nothing wrong with dhcp having this capability, but we have a very serious privacy breach when an (

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

I don't think you understand the seriousness of this issue. As I mentioned in my very first post, RoadRunner changed the host name of MY computer without my permission. (As a result, I was unable to load my printer driver even as a root.) The succeess of internet age depends on trust, i.e.,

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

I don't like you tone. Taking something out of context (in this case, comment within a comment, even though it is my own comment) is a very rude and very childish behavior. Vince Hoang wrote: Would anyone be willing to share privately or publicly how this is done? Thanks, -Vince ___

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

Changing our own config is no problem. But the main issue is, should we allow a public utility type dhcp to change our hostname? whenever wrote: Since RH 7.2 it changes my hostname, so I alway start dhcpcd with the -h option: dhcpcd -h myhostname eth1 add -R if you don't want it to over writ

Re: [luau] Xandros (Redhat)

ndrake? Also I thought Xandros cost $99.00. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Xandros automatically discovers Windows Network domains and workgroups, and then manages authentication credentials required to access network resources. It also provides support for Windows domain users that are logging in wh

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

The following is the comment that I sent to a kind LUAU member who responded to my question in private. I believe the situation is in a total mess (and I envy those Windows cable modem users who are being totally screwed up without an opportunity to realize it). More specifically, as per Geor

Re: [luau] Xandros (Redhat)

Xandros automatically discovers Windows Network domains and workgroups, and then manages authentication credentials required to access network resources. It also provides support for Windows domain users that are logging in when your machine joins the domain, and allows its users to access file

[luau] Linux servers growing revenue by 65 percent

http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7934 "Gartner's survey of the global server market in the third quarter of 2002 showed Linux servers growing revenue by 65 percent from 2001. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupd...2902165,00.html

Re: [luau] help with rm

change -exec to -ok, then you will be prompted before the comman rm is executed. Ray Strode wrote: Assuming your Windows/VFAT partition is /dev/hda1, and is mounted on /mnt/hda1, as root, type: cd /mnt/hda1 find . -type f -name "*.eml" -exec rm -f {} \; That should remove all the fil

Re: [luau] dhcp-146-41

Thanks Warren. What's bothering me is that I have installed dozens of Red Hat 8 with DHCP, and the hostname was always localhost. Warren Togami wrote: W. Wayne Liauh wrote: I was helping one of my partners installing Red Hat 8.0. This is a stand-alone machine with RR cable modem

[luau] dhcp-146-41

I was helping one of my partners installing Red Hat 8.0. This is a stand-alone machine with RR cable modem. I noticed that, instead of the usual "localhost", the computer was designated, out of the blue, a name called "dhcp-146-41". It was subsequently concluded that this was the source of a

Re: [luau] print problems win4lin

Try one of the "standard" sizes which is closest to your spec--A6 (4.1" x 5.8"). Then adjust your margins, respectively and accordingly. I didn't have any problem printing it in landscape or portrait mode. However, I am using WP10 with Win4Lin 4.0.5. Alvin Murphy wrote: Hi all; this is ki

Re: [luau] Problems with Red Hat 7.1 install

Do you have a broadband connection? If you do, perhaps you may want to try installing from an ftp. Stan Baptista wrote: Thanks Ben, I'll give it a shot. --- Ben Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Stan, I'll take a stab... It probably doesn't like your disk. Try using a different fl

[luau] "Critical" security flaw in Microsoft Windows XP

*If we need to be on-line so much, perhaps we should not use a fixed disk based system. * * The Knoppix-like CD-based operating system suddenly looks more and more (commercially) attractive--this is maybe what the doctor has ordered for Linux. (Both Red Hat and SuSE have demo CDs, but their

Re: [luau] Mozilla w/ xft

I guess whether you will see any difference or not depends on what kind of monitor you use. I am using a 0.20mm 21" Nokia @ 1152x864, and the difference in fonts is truly stunning. Before xft, I would alway avoid using Internet Explorer, because it made Moz "look" so inferior. Now I won't he

Re: [luau] Mozilla w/ xft

In my system, the differences are stunning. How do others see? Jimen Ching wrote: On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Compare the two screenshots of Mozilla 1.2.1, (1) with xft: http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=46869 (2) without xft: http://www.wpuniverse

[luau] Mozilla w/ xft

Compare the two screenshots of Mozilla 1.2.1, (1) with xft: http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=46869 (2) without xft: http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=46870

Re: [luau] KNOPPIX LINUX ON TECHTV

B/c Knoppix runs on ramdisk and decompresses files from CDROM on the fly, its speed depends, to a much greater extent, on CPU speed and the amount of RAM. I ran it on my 1GHz Athlon with 256 MB ram and 2000+ Athlon XP with 512 MB. Both ran almost as fast as Red Hat 8.0 on their respective har

Re: [luau] mandrake screensavers

The name of the directory should be /usr/X11R6/bin, and the command should be /usr/X11R6/bin. (%$#$#%$ Red Hat) To run GNOME screensavers, basically, all you have to do is turn off the KDE screensave then run the following command: /bin/X11R6/xscreensaver

[luau] Red Hat Posts First EVER Quarterly Profit

*Associated Press* Red Hat Reports a Profit on GAAP Basis Tuesday December 17, 6:55 pm ET Red Hat Reports Its First Profit on GAAP Basis, Attributing Net Income to Higher Server Subscriptions RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Linux software provider Red Hat Inc. said Tuesday it earned a profit under gen

[luau] mandrake screensavers

Alvin- For some reason your e-mail was accidentally deleted, as a bunch of other mails. Yes, KDE does not prevent you from running a non-KDE screensaver (I love Atlantis screensaver). To run GNOME screensavers, basically, all you have to do is turn off the KDE screensave then run the follow

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

W. Wayne Liauh wrote: The default permission (RH 8.0) for /dev/cdrom is 300. Oops. 600.

Re: [luau] KWord

Alvin Murphy wrote: Yep, now it needs a macro writer like WP. I was talking about importing relatively simple Word .doc files that contain CJK characters. Of course, in terms of office productivity, nothing comes close to WordPerfect. (Not even Microsoft Office.) (BTW, the Supreme Court

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

The default permission (RH 8.0) for /dev/cdrom is 300. Since I am the owner of this file, as long as I am the user, making it 777 does not make any difference in this case. Ben Beeson wrote: Aloha, I haven't played much with this or any other cdripper, but... I recall that default permi

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

W. Wayne Liauh wrote: The default permission (RH 8.0) for /dev/cdrom is 300. As long as I am the user, making it 777 does not make any difference in this case. Ben Beeson wrote: Aloha, I haven't played much with this or any other cdripper, but... I recall that default permissio

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

The default permission (RH 8.0) for /dev/cdrom is 300. As long as I am the user, making it 777 does not make any difference in this case. Ben Beeson wrote: Aloha, I haven't played much with this or any other cdripper, but... I recall that default permissions on my cdrom drive have caused

Re: [luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro

W. Wayne Liauh wrote: hide (hd0,0) unhide (hd0,2) before the line: rootnoverify (hd0,1) and a third line: makeactive thereafter. Just a quick stop by. The line rootnoverify (hd0,1) should be rootnoverify (hd0,2) , as I reserved the third partition (not the second, which is occupied

[luau] KWord

There are a lot of talks about OpenOffice. However, from my own experience, I am much more fond of KWord, especially in importing Microsoft Word files that contain CJK characters. This largely underrated wordprocessor is really amazing.

Re: [luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro

he grub.conf file, then reboot. (Unlike LILO, you don't need to do anything.) Of course, you can remane "DOS" to "Windows XP". But I don't bother. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Actually, Windows (including NT or XP) will always look in the first partition of t

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

for direct audio copying. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Very good point(s). Again, I don't think we can discuss the setuid issue without realizing that we are talking about (1) a consumer-oriented desktop, for which there is necessarily a recognizedly lesser level of security that needs to be im

Re: [luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro

23:13, Brandon Jasper wrote: Windows will generally try to install its own bootloader NTLDR in the MBR, NT and 2k does so I expect XP would do so as well. Yeah, winxp almost certainly will rewrite the MBR. On 11/7/02 7:05 PM, "W. Wayne Liauh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [luau] Interested in Becoming a Patent Agent?

ce will be as warm as our most beloved Patsy. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: One of the career opportunities that I don't see much publicized on the islands is becoming a Patent Agent. (If you have a law license then you will be called a patent attorney.) This is a professional license (probably

[luau] Interested in Becoming a Patent Agent?

One of the career opportunities that I don't see much publicized on the islands is becoming a Patent Agent. (If you have a law license then you will be called a patent attorney.) This is a professional license (probably the only professional license) that will entitle you to practice your pro

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

Very good point(s). Again, I don't think we can discuss the setuid issue without realizing that we are talking about (1) a consumer-oriented desktop, for which there is necessarily a recognizedly lesser level of security that needs to be implemented, and (2) a set of CDROM-associated programs

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

Hi Vince- Apparently you have never used xcdroast or grip yourself? What is the most recent version of "commercial" Linux distribution that you have used? I am asking this question, because you apparently don't really know the heck of what I was talking about. Yes, there are some inherent

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

Vince Hoang wrote: With SUID, the application runs as root anyway. You merely avoid the process of having to su or sudo. I look at cd writing utilities in similar light to dd and mkfs. Hi Vince- Since I expect the majority of our readers don't have UNIX background, I believe your statement

[luau] Linux in China

I have been following Linux development in China for quite a few years. The pace at which Linux development is being picked up in China is now beginning to scare me. See an example of a Chinese Linux forum: http://www.linuxfans.org/nuke/index.php (I don't have to warn you about the dire conse

[luau] KDE 3.1 RC5

One of the killer advantages of Linux, in addition to multi-locale user logins, is its ability to allow an entire distro to be provided in a single CD. After Knoppix, we now have another "independent" Linux demo CD called "Yoper". If anyone is interested in the newest KDE but afraid to mess

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

nux CD and expect him/her to fall in love with it. It is important to accumulate experience. You will be surprised how much just a small modification (from the stock distro) can to do improve its image. Peace! Vince Hoang wrote: On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 07:10:29PM -1000, W. Wayne Liauh wro

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

also post their experience on various annoyances. If it gets crowed here, I'll be more than happy to find an alternate host. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: The problem I am having now appears to be that the xcdroast that came with RH 8.0 is broken. I installed the "updated" xcdroast rpms wh

Re: [luau] Why Red Hat?

Oops, should be 3,000. Or may be the number 30,000 is correct. I am confused. (The reason I mentioned Germans is that the number of native Germans living in Hawaii is so significant, there is a need for a couple of German lawyers here handling their affairs back home.) W. Wayne Liauh

Re: [luau] Why Red Hat?

Of course, the multi-locale feature has no meaning if the program is not "localized". Vince Hoang wrote: On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:26PM -1000, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Such a multi-lingual, multi-locale feature offered by Red Hat 8.0 I believe it is still a bit probl

Re: [luau] Why Red Hat?

You have to include the "languages" during installation. For Chinese and Japanese, Red Hat 8.0 is working beyond my expectations. Vince Hoang wrote: On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:26PM -1000, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Such a multi-lingual, multi-locale feature offered by Red Hat 8.

Re: [luau] Why Red Hat?

switch languages at log in time. It is the best distribution for people who need Chinese and Japanese characters or moreover a complete operating system in a particular language. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: No one has any clue? I am disappointed. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: This is a quiz- There is

Re: [luau] Why Red Hat?

You're exactly on the mark! This is something that, unless you have a need you won't appreciate it. But once you do, you're completely sold. Such a multi-lingual, multi-locale feature offered by Red Hat 8.0 (I first saw it in Red Hat 7.3, but it was not nearly as eloquent) truely sets it apa

Re: [luau] Why Red Hat?

No one has any clue? I am disappointed. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: This is a quiz- There is a set of very unique features in Red Hat 8.0 that make it the natural distro of choice for those of us who still believe that Hawaii "should" still be America's gateway to the Asia mark

Re: [luau] Installing Fonts in Red Hat 8.0

to do direct audio CD copying, I just don't see how Microsoft Windows can compete against Linux in the consumer desktops arena. Ray Strode wrote: W. Wayne Liauh wrote: While we are at it (i.e., discussion about fonts), I seem to vaguely remember that there was a font installation to

[luau] Why Red Hat?

This is a quiz- There is a set of very unique features in Red Hat 8.0 that make it the natural distro of choice for those of us who still believe that Hawaii "should" still be America's gateway to the Asia market. Has anyone noticed this uniqueness of Red Hat? Yes, Red Hat sucks; it is not

Re: [luau] ALSA & Nvidia Drivers on Red Hat 8.0

I have decided to go the traditional route, download the zipped source files, then ./configure; make; make install. Nothing beats the source. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Warren Togami wrote: Wayne, why is it trouble to upgrade the kernel? I am using Win4Lin, which ties me to a specific

Re: [luau] Interesting question I found...

I really don't have any respect for those self-proclaimed "technical" people who insist that they must use pentium this and itanium that. To me, they are nothing more than a bunch of ignorant anti-tech idiots.

[luau] Installing Fonts in Red Hat 8.0

While we are at it (i.e., discussion about fonts), I seem to vaguely remember that there was a font installation tool in Red Hat 7.3 (through KDE, I believe). But now I don't seem to be able to find it in 8.0. Does anyone know how to do that in Red Hat 8.0?

Re: [luau] ALSA & Nvidia Drivers on Red Hat 8.0

Warren Togami wrote: Wayne, why is it trouble to upgrade the kernel? I am using Win4Lin, which ties me to a specific kernel.

Re: [luau] Mozilla 1.2.1 released

1. Xft was available in Moz 1.2 (or 1.2b, I am confused), but you had to put it in manually, a big pain in the butt. 2. Whether it be type1, truetype, or now freetype, it involves a certain definition/specification, and no one "owns" truetype. But after Adobe trademarked "Times New Roman,"

Re: [luau] Needs SAMBA HELP

Al- By the time your friend figures the answer out, KDE 3.1, which is supposed to provide the GUI tools for easy SAMBA configurations, will be available. In the meantime, your friend may want to take a quick look at the following sources: http://www.tweakhound.com/mdk9net.htm (*How To Net

Re: [luau] ALSA & Nvidia Drivers on Red Hat 8.0

Thanx. The question I had was the alsa kernal packages I could find were all compiled for 2.4.18_18. Will this go with the 2.4.18_14 kernel that came with RH 8.0? (I really hate to recompile the package, and updating the RH kernel will cause a myriad of other problems.) Or is there any othe

Re: [luau] Mozilla 1.2.1 released

DeanFujioka wrote: What does xft stand for? Basically xft (x Free Fonts) is Free-Source's answer to the truetype fonts (ttf). Adobe (and probably to some extent, Microsoft) owns the rendering engine, which is proprietary, and libraries for ttf. OTOH, while you cannot copyright a truetype f

[luau] ALSA & Nvidia Drivers on Red Hat 8.0

Has anyone ever installed ALSA & Nvidia Drivers in Red Hat 8.0?

Re: [luau] Mozilla 1.2.1 released

The biggest difference between Moz 1.2.1 and Moz 1.2, in addition to the DHTML bug fixes (which keep freezing my Moz sessions when running under Windows, but I did not notice any problem in Linux), is that it now includes a version that has xft built in. The xft-version only comes in RedHat rp

[luau] Stunning Chinese Fonts from WordPerfect 10 in Linux

I am really stunned by how exquisite those Chinese fonts look: http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=45871

[luau] Chinese Mandrake "9.1"

During my recent trip to Taipei and Osaka, I noticed that most if not all of the "home-grown" distributions have "mysteriously" disappeared. The only distributions I can find are localized versions of Red Hat and Mandrake. Of course, there are always players in the Debian camp. China seems to

[luau] Running WordPerfect 10 in Linux

Take a quick look at the crispy fonts of WordPerfect 10 running in Red Hat 8.0 http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=45723

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

Hi Al- I have FreeBSD 5.0 rc2 downloaded, and will play with it during the holiday. BTW, I would appreciate it if you could explain what kind of services your ADSL subscription provides. For example, if I am thinking about putting together a vnc for Linux demo, how would you facilitate my nee

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

Reading an audio CD is much more complicated than we thought. (Think about it, even xcdroast is not able to do direct copying of audio CDs.) The problem I am having now appears to be that the xcdroast that came with RH 8.0 is broken. I installed the "updated" xcdroast rpms which seems to thro

Re: [luau] Duplicating Music CD

script no longer works in RH 8.0. OTOH, this is a very simplistic script and was very slow even when it worked. (xcdroast doesn't do direct CD copying, thus the above script was written.) W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Does anyone know how to duplicate music CDs in either Red Hat or Mandrake/

Re: [luau] MPLUG Status 11/23/2002

Warren Togami wrote: W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Hi Warren- Sorry that I have not been visiting LUAU for quite some time. About quitting school, even for just one semester, I really think you should give it very careful thoughts. I remember Michael Dell told us (at Exxon) exactly the same

[luau] Duplicating Music CD

Does anyone know how to duplicate music CDs in either Red Hat or Mandrake/

Re: [luau] MPLUG Status 11/23/2002

Warren Togami wrote: I have decided to take a semester off of college during Spring 2003 in order to focus on Linux research, development and advocacy. I will spend all of my time until Fall 2003 working on the following projects. Hi Warren- Sorry that I have not been visiting LUAU for qu

Re: [luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro

Eric Hattemer wrote: Yeah, it seems the grub equivalent to /sbin/lilo is called "grub-install /dev/xxx". Make sure you know what you're doing before running this, but it should solve your problems. Thanks, I will give it a try.

Re: [luau] My thoughts regarding linux demos

dge with other (so others will be willing to share theirs with you) while maintaining a technical niche, is something our previous generations didn't have to seriously face. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: MonMotha wrote: If you guys ever need any help with this kind of stuff, I have a bit

Re: [luau] My thoughts regarding linux demos

MonMotha wrote: If you guys ever need any help with this kind of stuff, I have a bit of experience working in tight quarters (fitting entire systems with kernel on floppy, 4MB flash, etc) as well as readonly filesystems. Feel free to ask me at any time for suggestions, however keep in mind t

Re: [luau] My thoughts regarding linux demos

Warren Togami wrote: It would take a non-trivial amount of work, so if the project is monetarily sponsored then some people on this list would be more than capable of doing this. If we are not talking about an exobitant amount of money, I will be willing to consider sponsering it (the entir

Re: [luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro

Also, since it is well known that Linux doesn't write NTFS files very well, it is almost mandatory in a dual boot system to have a separate FAT32 partition to store data which will be shared by Linux and XP. The number of partitions in a well designed Windows/Linux dual-boot system should alwa

Re: [luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro

Eric Hattemer wrote: 3. I'm not sure I agree with you here... See, first, a lot of the time you don't need extended partitions. I try to avoid them at all costs. 2. As far as overwriting the MBR goes, what you can do is put LILO onto the the linux/boot partition instead of the MBR. This set

Re: [luau] knoppix

Bootable is not good enough. It must be both bootable AND runnable. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: I forgot to mention the question that I really meant to post: Can we (or do we know anyone who has been able to) squeeze Red Hat 8 or Mandrake 9 into a KNOPPIX-like bootable CD? Cliff Brown wrote

Re: [luau] knoppix

I forgot to mention the question that I really meant to post: Can we (or do we know anyone who has been able to) squeeze Red Hat 8 or Mandrake 9 into a KNOPPIX-like bootable CD? Cliff Brown wrote: W. Wayne Liauh wrote: What is KNOPPIX?? KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of

Re: [luau] knoppix

tional CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it. W. Wayne Liauh wrote: I remember s

[luau] knoppix

I remember someone here might have mentioned this before (or maybe not), but does anyone know anything about knoppix? http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

Re: [luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro

using windows boot loader, then I believe the NT-style OS should be first, but I could be wrong. -Eric Hattemer On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 12:34, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: When dual-booting with Win98, of course, Windows must be in the first partition. However, I remember this (i.e., the Windo

Re: [luau] Web-Based Thin Clients

Thanks Ray. Since I will be only intestested in a test pilot with a very limited scope, any info will be useful. Please let me know how I can learn more of your system. Wayne Ray Strode wrote: W. Wayne Liauh wrote: I have a bunch of old associates who are very interested in trying

Re: [luau] Web-Based Thin Clients

A friend of mine developed a system which runs Linux thin clients on a Win2000 server. He couldn't sell even a single copy and very quickly went out of business. Why? Most private Windows users don't have to pay for their software (which either came with the machine or is pirated). But this

Re: [luau] Screen Font "Improvement" in WordPerfect 8 for Linux

It's not that I don't want to answer your question, but if you use Red Hat 8.0, the answer should be very obvious. DeanFujioka wrote: On Monday 04 November 2002 10:10 pm, you wrote: 2. The new generations of Linux distributions (e.g., Red Hat 8.0, Mandrake 9.0, Xandros 1.0, etc.) now allo

[luau] Red Hat 8.0 "Bible"

Just got a copy of Red Hat 8.0 Bible from Barns & Noble. This books has been written and re-written at least half a dozen times, and, as a result, is quite good. Obviously, even with more than 1,000 pages, no books with a such general scope can cover detailed info. But for introduction, thi

[luau] Dual Booting with WinXP Pro

When dual-booting with Win98, of course, Windows must be in the first partition. However, I remember this (i.e., the Windows be in the first partition) is not necessary with Win2000. Does anyone know whether I can put WinXP Pro in a non-first partition?

[luau] Web-Based Thin Clients

I have a bunch of old associates who are very interested in trying Linux but could never gather the courage to install a non-Windows system on their machines. Perhaps a web-based thin client system will be the easiest way for them to experience KDE/GNOME and test some of the applications in Li

Re: [luau] Ghost for Linux and Pattition Image

Do you have any info as to how to make those demo CDs? I remember SuSE has a downable demo CD. But how to make one in Red Hat? MonMotha wrote: You may want to look at "live" CDs. These are normally used for demoing linux (you just boot the CD), but with fairly little modification could pro

[luau] "A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux 8"

This seems to be a good book. I will be getting a copy when it comes out (expected published date: Dec. 20, 2002). If it turns out to be good, I will get another copy and place it in KCC library. I. THE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM. 1. GNU/Linux: A Product of the Internet. The GNU/Linux Connection.

[luau] Screen Font "Improvement" in WordPerfect 8 for Linux

1. One of my biggest complaints about WP8/L is that its screen fonts are very unprofessional and annoying; this has been the single most critical factor keeping me from using it. 2. The new generations of Linux distributions (e.g., Red Hat 8.0, Mandrake 9.0, Xandros 1.0, etc.) now allow change

Re: [luau] Ghost for Linux and Pattition Image

The reason I am all of a sudden interested in a Ghost-like image cloning program such as g4u or Partition Image is that, during my recent trip to Taiwan, I installed a Linux PC (Red Hat 8.0) for my mother-in-law, who never even dared to touch a computer in her life. With the Red Hat Linux PC (

Re: [luau] Ghost for Linux and Pattition Image

I guess no one has used "partition image" yet. Below is a brief description of this beta program: *Description:* Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility which saves partitions in many formats (see below) to an image file. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk

Re: [luau] Ghost for Linux and Pattition Image

I have used both DriveCopy and DriveImage; they both worked well for ext2 partitions. I was wondering whether anyone has experience with the Ghost for Unix mentioned in Slashdot, or, more interestingly, a program called "Patition Image". The latter seems to work better than the former. Since

[luau] Ghost for Linux and Pattition Image

Slashdot has a thread on Ghost for Unix which also contains a side thread on "Partition Image". Has any one ever used either of these tools? If so, can you "copy" the image to a hard disc with a different size?

Re: [luau] News - Namibia wisely spurns M$ 'gift' in favor of Linux

A friend of mine told me that Open Source's biggest enemy is the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation", which has more than 20 billion dollars of tax-evaded money (remember, half of that money should be ours). One of the most notable good deeds of the B&MG Foundation is to donate money, tens som

[luau] Japan KDE Users' Group

http://www.kde.gr.jp/index.php3

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