[LUAU] yes...was Re: Is this list still alive...

2008-05-11 Thread Jim Roby
Here is a Linux/Ubuntu question. I just tried for the first time Ububtu, (gutsy Gibbon) I was amazed at how user friendly and well designed the desktop is.This older guy runs a community center with broadband.We came upon a hosed install of Win2K and decided we should try Ubuntu to see how it

Re: [LUAU] yes...was Re: Is this list still alive...

2008-05-11 Thread Jim Roby
setting. But I believe that when you install Ubuntu it makes Ubuntu the default anyway. Jason On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Jim Roby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is a Linux/Ubuntu question. I just tried for the first time Ububtu, (gutsy Gibbon) I was amazed at how user friendly

[LUAU] Huron vs Gibbon

2008-05-11 Thread Jim Roby
users to set up web mail accounts. It will be an interesting experiment to see it reception and how robust it is. Michael Bishop wrote: Jim Roby wrote: snip All attempts to right the Windows distro failed and I then decided to give the entire disk to Ubuantu.Now we have a boot menu that boots

Re: [LUAU] yes...was Re: Is this list still alive...

2008-05-11 Thread Jim Roby
Done Peter. TKX Gparted was right on the menu system of Gibbon,but not Huron.But...alls I had to do was pick it from a list and click install. Peter Besenbruch wrote: On Sunday 11 May 2008 12:51:27 Jim Roby wrote: Great,so Grub is located in the MBR but refers to it's menu list inside

Re: [LUAU] the term open source is dead, says Eben Moglen

2006-11-25 Thread Jim Roby
Jim Thompson wrote: On Nov 24, 2006, at 11:40 PM, Jimen Ching wrote: On Fri, 24 Nov 2006, Jim Thompson wrote: The idea of charging for software came way after there was an established community of free software developers. Why do you think RMS believes that sharing software was natural?

[LUAU] off topic,network problem

2006-03-19 Thread Jim Roby
Two machines running off a router to RR,one is a cube Apple,and the other a Win2K is there something inherant in these AIM softs that they are PtoP and can't function via a 'proxie'? Router was suspect,so it was swaped out,no change. Have connected up both mac and pc with the router you

Re: [LUAU] OT: Looking for networks

2005-09-17 Thread Jim Roby
Aloha from the Big Island,I would imagine all the good jobs are up on Mauna Kea,and that is a double edged sword.A buddy of mine worked for Canada France for quite a few years untill the constant sea level to 13 thou feet took it's toll on his nasal 'alignment'.The up side is unlimited money

[luau] Mandrake

2002-08-31 Thread Jim Roby
My previous experience is with RedHat,I want to try Mandrake. I have been to the Mandrake hardware site and seem to be in good shape. When I go to the UH mirror,I see many paths...I don't have broadband,but a friend does, and I think I can get him to dload for us and burn to CD. Do I want the

Re: [luau] News - Peru President to meet with Gates

2002-07-14 Thread Jim Roby
M$ may not be the brightest bulb,but we have seen the way Gates turned the organization around when he finally grasped the real threat from Netscape.Peru,Germany,Finland,and Tiwan...don't take much to spot a trend...so M$ gives China 750mil.I can only imagine the overatures Redmond made to get

Re: [luau] Review - Laptops for Linux

2002-07-09 Thread Jim Roby
Had a guy recently bought a new Dell desktop,came with ME.He told me he wanted to upgrade to 98SE,I said sure,wipe the drive and go.Turns out there was a propritary overlay software that rendered the disk unusable; This too would play havoc with an attempted Linux install,finally Dell tech gave

Re: [luau] Underclocking / dead horses

2002-07-04 Thread Jim Roby
What you are missing is,the CPU is the heat source as was your torch, the copper is grabing the heat faster than the steel and transfering it away from the torch/CPU.I it were economical,you would use silver rather than copper,but copper is cheaper and easier to work.

Re: [luau] Underclocking / delta T

2002-07-04 Thread Jim Roby
Also interesting that you don't see copper brake lines,always steel, even though they rust out.The steel is made to take higher pressure, and in refrigeration where the coolants use are noctious, the steel,rather than soft maliable copper provides better security for rupture. Hawaii building code

Re: [luau] Underclocking / Aluminum cases

2002-07-03 Thread Jim Roby
Interesting aside,regarding fan flow direction.When IBM engineers put together the first XT they admitted that the best logical cooling would be for the PS to suck air in,not out,and concidered doing this with a paper element filter to trap dust...then they realized the user would never change the

Re: [luau] Underclocking / Aluminum cases

2002-07-02 Thread Jim Roby
Last night on slashdot was a link to water cooling,which leads to many interesting sites...total kit for $200 on one,also saw a page from a guy who says the fan can be quieted with out significant proformance loss by simply lowering the voltage from 12V to 7V...he does it by placing diods in