[newbie] Strange thing when I try to make urpmi.update

2005-04-04 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello friends, I am experiencing a very weird thing when I try to make urpmi.update, because I am at work I cannot make an update with the CD's in the drive, anyway, I have commented those rows out and just have Charles site left as a media, but when I do the urpmi.update I get the errormessage:

Re: [newbie] Strange thing when I try to make urpmi.update

2005-04-04 Per discussione Anders Lind
Why not remove ALL media, then re-add Charles site...?? Thanks Stephen, it could have worked LOL, now I get this error...when Charles have the time, maybe you could help me [EMAIL PROTECTED] urpmi]# urpmi.addmedia eslrahc http://www.elsrahc.com/10.1/ with hdlist.cz added medium eslrahc

Re: [newbie] Strange thing when I try to make urpmi.update

2005-04-04 Per discussione Anders Lind
Could be that his site is down? Have you tried to manually connect to his site and get the list? (either via web or ftp)? I can download the file manually via http. /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Strange thing when I try to make urpmi.update

2005-04-04 Per discussione Anders Lind
LOL now that would explain it *crawls into a hole* but then again nobody else noticed eitherhowever the adding worked but not the updating, I get the same stupid message *mumbels* Thanks a bunch - Original Message - From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [newbie] Strange thing when I try to make urpmi.update

2005-04-04 Per discussione Anders Lind
You can't just do urpmi.update - you have to tell it *what* to update. Either urpmi.update -a (which will update all the media you have enabled), or urpmi.update eslrahc (which will update only the medium named eslrahc) Now that would explain itthanks Margot *hugs* /Anders

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Per discussione Anders Lind
Bubbai troll - Original Message - From: Josenildo Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 6:32 PM Subject: [newbie] back to Windows I'm going to uninstall this OS as soon as possible from my computer... I can't stand it any longer. Linux

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Per discussione Anders Lind
Me too! Except I'm going to use my Atari Falcon from now on! No, even better, I'm going back to my Atari 800XL! Those were the days! carefully looking at todays date before replying :-) Hehehe...well, Ronald you might be right there, but then again we get trolls here occassionally.

Re: [newbie] back to Windows

2005-04-01 Per discussione Anders Lind
What exactly do you mean by troll ? A person that just post an inflammatory email with the only reason to start a fight /anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Recommended DVD's for K3b

2005-03-18 Per discussione Anders Lind
Can't get Verbatim DVD W or RW to work with K3b. Any recommendation for a make of DVD that is known to work? TIA -- Charles Now that sounds rather strange in my ears, as I have not heard before of a brand that won't work with software or do they work in other software on the same machine?

Fw: [newbie] Bittorrent setup

2005-03-10 Per discussione Anders Lind
Should have been going here as wellgmail again LOL - Original Message - From: Anders Lind [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Christopher Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Bittorrent setup Some of the sites that I am looking at only have

[newbie] is this possible?

2005-02-24 Per discussione Anders Lind
OK, here we go, I had a thought (Oh yes, even I can get them sometimes) this morning, I have a flatscreen monitor and has it connected with DVI to the video card, now my thought was to feed the picture from the card via S-Video or whatever to my TV and if so could it be done at the same time and

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Hosting

2005-02-15 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:56:59 - Noel McG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been following this thread with interest. ' host the domains yourself ' just how would one do this please? By using the DNS-server (Bind) that is coming with Mandrake. /Anders

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed-Claws

2005-02-14 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:41:53 + Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List I have one annoying problem with Sylpheed-Claws after months of usage. When it goes out to retrieve pop mail and the server is not available, it leaves an unable to connect pop-up on whichever desktop I

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Hosting

2005-02-14 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:32:42 -0800 Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all. Maybe this is not exactly the best place for posting this question, but I really need help and I can't find information about it... I have some servers with Mandrake (this is the only

Re: [newbie] Dual layer DVD recommendations?

2005-02-06 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:22:00 -0500 Mike Adolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any recommendations (or horror stories) for a dual layer DVD drives? I am looking at the Sony DAU 710A ($90 - $100) and the LiteOn SOHW-1213S. ($80). I cannot say anything about those two or any other Dual Layer DVD

Re: [newbie] A little light in the EU darkness

2005-01-31 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:39:36 +0100 Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, the way I see it our Sec.Trade (Mr. Bendt Bendtsen - conservative) just voted yes in the Politburo, - err - Commission out of sheer ignorance. Of course a politician doesn't know the first thing about matters

Re: [newbie] A little light in the EU darkness

2005-01-31 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:55:48 +0100 Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What on earth makes you think so, Anders ? Can't think of a reason LOL /A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] Easiest way to transfer files from lin to win?

2005-01-27 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:54:07 -0500 Paul Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most linux installs now include an SSH server by default. If you get an SSH client installed on your Windows laptop, you can use secure file transfer between the two laptops. www.ssh.com has a Windows based, free for

Re: [newbie] Opera and Konqueror

2005-01-25 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:54:54 -0500 Andy Yankovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I correct in thinking that, even tho I use Opera (or Firefox) as my primary web browser, Konqueror remains my primary (only?) file manager? If you have KDE installed that is the filemanager that KDE installs, but

Re: [newbie] copying data dvd's

2005-01-16 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:02:03 + John Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all      Can K3b copy DVDs ? I have a norton ghost image on a rewriteable DVD and I need to burn it onto a write once disk to free up the rewriteable one? If K3b can't do it any ideas. That should not be

Re: [newbie] Bittorent info found

2005-01-11 Per discussione Anders Lind
btdownloadcurses.py --max_upload_rate 20 name_of_the.torrent Even simpler if you use an alias for all but the torrent file, eg, 'bt name_of_the.torrent' and use Tab completion. Then you'll see the torrent start, download rates, and current seeders and peers, progress, etc. It's also

Re: [newbie] Bittorent info found

2005-01-11 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:15:23 -0600 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, sort'a set in my ways ;) hehehehe...;o) Actually it rawks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the

Re: [newbie] Burning music CDs

2005-01-09 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:46:13 -0800 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assuming you are starting a new project each time go toFile select Newproject --audio CD project Then drag and drop the .wav files into the box below (at least that's how it works for me) Hope this helps But if he is

Re: [newbie] Is this possible? **SOLVED**

2005-01-07 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:41:12 +0100 Anders Lind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello friends, I have a question, I might have to go back to W2K for a short period of time because I cannot find a software that is similiar to DVDShrink in Windows for Linux (If somebody has an idea for a program

[newbie] Is this possible?

2005-01-06 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello friends, I have a question, I might have to go back to W2K for a short period of time because I cannot find a software that is similiar to DVDShrink in Windows for Linux (If somebody has an idea for a program that can do the same thing in Linux I am happy to listen. I can't get DVD::Rip to

Re: [newbie] torrents

2004-12-28 Per discussione Anders Lind
Thanks, Anne. But, do you know the name of the program? Paul I am not Anne and I haven't followed the convo but Azureus is a GUI client for Bittorrent that works really great. /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] installing new versions - keeping settings etc

2004-12-27 Per discussione Anders Lind
Bill, your mails should have been saved OK, but somewhere (can't remember whether it was 10.0 or 10.1) Mandrake changed the structure, so that instead of the mails being in ~/Mail they are in ~/.mail. You may find that the old mails are still there, just not visible. --- Isn't that depending on

Re: [newbie] installing new versions - keeping settings etc

2004-12-27 Per discussione Anders Lind
Very likely - but he's using kmail ;-) --- But Mandrake doesn't decide where kmail is storing its emails? /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] installing new versions - keeping settings etc

2004-12-27 Per discussione Anders Lind
On the kde-pim mailing list it was noted that the developers do not like the change that was made by Mandrake, because it makes it non-standard, so yes, Mandrake must have made the decision. --- That sounds weird that they do, but not implausible since there should be no problem to go in and

[newbie] Fw: Xfce 4.2 RC2

2004-12-18 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello friends, this was posted also to the Xfce-list but somebody here might have an idea as well I upgraded Mandrake 10.0 to 10.1, on 10.0 I used RC1 and now I wanted to urpmi RC2 and did so, but when I did so, I cannot log in to Xfce at all. I wonder if anyone have had this happening

Re: [newbie] Fw: Xfce 4.2 RC2

2004-12-18 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:58:16 -0500 Kenneth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anders, I upgraded from XFCE 4.2rc1 to rc2 on Mandrake 10.1 CE edition with no problem. I'd suggest that you uninstall XFCE completely and then try reinstalling again. Good luck. :) Thanks, it worked, I am back in Xfce

Re: [newbie] XFCE, mdk10.0, www.eslrahc.com

2004-12-18 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:03:53 +0100 (CET) Vegard Lundby Rekaa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The link on http://www.eslrahc.com/10.0/ to download xfce xfce-4.1.91-0.1000.2cae.i586.rpm seems to be dead. So my question is: Where can I find a xfce install file I can use to add XFCE to my mdk 10.0

Re: [newbie] XFCE, mdk10.0, www.eslrahc.com

2004-12-18 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:18:03 +1100 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For as much as I love Charles Edwards RPM archive, I still have preferred to use the graphical installers for XFCE that are available here: http://www.os-cillation.com/article.php?sid=42 They are just bloody brilliant

Re: [newbie] win- linux

2004-12-16 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:25:18 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any free program available to sample linux on a winxp system. I thought winaxe might but it is for networked systems. Is Knoppix what you are looking forit is Linux on a CD... /anders

Re: [newbie] Download the rpm directly instead of urpmi

2004-12-08 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:24:58 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, Can I download the rpm directly from Mdk's update repository and then install it manually instead of using urpmi? The reason is that I want to download the rpm through my colo server first (it has

[newbie] Another VMWare-question

2004-12-07 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello friends, is there anyone that knows where (If it is at all possible to access) in the Mandrake filesystem one can find files that is the virtual machines files ie c:\ in W2000 Cheers Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Another VMWare-question

2004-12-07 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:58:19 -0500 Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You cannot access from linux filesystem, that is one disadvantage of vmware. Windows filesystem is stored in one or two big files in your home directory. OK; that is a shame...anyway, the next question then will be, how

[newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-03 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello there, I am having a problem with getting VMWare running, as I try to install Win2000 as a virtual machine in VMWare, however VMWare says that the CD I am using is not bootable, however if I reboot normally it boots up fine, now does anyone be able to point me to some ideas why this is

Re: [newbie] DVD Burners

2004-11-30 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:48:58 -0500 BJ Tracy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Running MDK 10.0 and want to upgrade my box to a DVD-RW. I have looked at the list of certified DVD's but was wondering if there is really a compatibility problem with any new DVD-RW out of the box. Also I

[newbie] My woes after returning to Mandrake

2004-11-28 Per discussione Anders Lind
Well, an update on the problems that I had after upgrading 10.0...I did a clean install and after that all my previous problems has been resolved, well except for the fact that GnomeToaster still doesn't reckognise my burner, could that be because it is somewhat old and is not updated with the

Re: [newbie] My woes after returning to Mandrake

2004-11-28 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 06:42:02 +1100 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I changed the mouse settings to 6 7 - and for my init to XFce, I run: xmodmap -e pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5 ...which makes it all work properly again... OK, shall have a look at that Why aren't you running K3b

Re: [newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-25 Per discussione Anders Lind
Anders, Trust Charles, trust me! I used his Xfce on 10, and I'm now using his latest version on 10.1, and it's beautiful! Just go to his site www.eslrahc.com, follow the instructions he gives to set it as an urpmi source for whichever Mandrake you're running, then use urpmi to install -

Re: [newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-25 Per discussione Anders Lind
Use urpmi --auto-select or urpmi xfce All xfce rpms you currently have will be properly upgraded. You are using sylpheed-claws. I assume this is because you prefer it and are satisfied with the rpms Mdk provides do rpm -q --changelog sylpheed-claws |head What name do you see. Use my rpms

[newbie] CD-burning

2004-11-25 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello friends, I have experienced something strange, after upgrading to 10.0 from 9.1 my CD/DVD-writer has stopped being reckognised as a SCSI-device, cdrecord -scanbus gives me this info: scsidev: 'ATA' devname: 'ATA' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via

Re: [newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-24 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:31:20 +1100 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anders, I think you're going to hit the wall with the GTK-2 libraries mate. Might as well finish your download of 10 and THEN get the installer (for GTK-2, XFce and the XFce toys). I am hitting the wall with 10.0 as

Re: [newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-24 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:51:12 +1100 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strange that. I'm running 4.2 on 10.0 Or are those called 4.1.99? I tried to download the tar-balls but it complains that it can't find the GTK+-libraries /Anders

Re: [newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-24 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:47:40 +1100 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anders - on the download page for XFce4.2rc1, you will see a link for the Graphical Installers - you need to get those. Install the GTK one first, then when that is completed, install the XFce installer, then the

Re: [newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-24 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:10:18 +1100 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mate - seriously - get the graphical installers - they're heaps easier to deal with...and you might want to double check what GTK-2 libs and whatnot ARE or ARE NOT installed on yer box... Seriously, I have downloaded the

Re: [newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-24 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 01:34:51 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seriously, if you are running either Mdk 10.0 or 10.1 dl the rpms from my site and you need not worry about the fucking installer. Stephen, I have to pay for both my site and its bandwidth usage. Unless I stay at

Re: [newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-24 Per discussione Anders Lind
If you are installing via rpm the build order has nothing to do with it. If you are speaking of the Order in which I build the rpms, I have done it so many times I could do it in my sleep. If you are running 4.0.6, whether you are using rpms from my site or those from a Mdk mirror you are still

[newbie] Xfce 4.2 on Mandrake 9.1

2004-11-23 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello friends, is it possible to run Xfce 4.2 on Mdk 9.1. I had to make an emergencyinstall here and ended up with 9.1, gonna use the night to download 10.x though Cheers Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Converting MP3 to wav

2004-11-23 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello again, another question, is there a software to convert MP3 to wav with...I tried using XMMS but it seems that the plugin that is supposed to be there for it is not. Best Regards, Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Converting MP3 to wav

2004-11-23 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:46:25 +0100 Wojciech Podgórni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you mean package xmms-diskwriter? In Mandrake 10.1 it is in the main Mandrake package repository. You just have to install it. Unfortunately i use 9.1 but I guess I can find it on rpmfind /Anders

Re: [newbie] Converting MP3 to wav

2004-11-23 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:03:55 -0500 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anders, if you have your sources setup then: urpmi xmms-diskwriter should do it. :-) Thanks, it worked for now, downloaded from rpmfind.net /Anders Want to

[newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello friends, does anyone know about a CLI client for MSN. Cheers Anders http://swedebear.blogspot.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Per discussione Anders Lind
I have seen one mentioned on freshmeat.net a few days ago. You should be able to find it there. Paul I found msnre there, but it didn't work on my box for some reason well, I should keep on looking, thanks /Anders Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Per discussione Anders Lind
amsn kmerlin kopete gaim Thanks, but they are X-clients /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Per discussione Anders Lind
Sorry, didnt read the question to carefully. What does CLI stand for? Command Line Interface Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] CLI client for MSN?

2004-10-29 Per discussione Anders Lind
Comand Line Interface. My english is better all ready. God morning everybody. Best wishes from Sweden. Another swede I see hehehe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] OT Apologys

2004-09-22 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:38:43 +1000 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried to manually setup the monitor via MCC = HARDWARE = MONITOR ...??? Eh Old Boy? Stephen, I think you are misunderstanding the problemit is not in ML he has the problem, but in Windows. Aron: Were

Re: [newbie] OT Apologys

2004-09-22 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:14:46 -0700 aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nope their technical support says ican upgrade from the +MS website ..but for obovious reasons I can't do that Can you download the file in ML and move it over to the windows partitions? /Anders

Re: [newbie] MS an economic vampire

2004-09-14 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:39:25 +0200 M.Schild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does Debian make their money? maryse Debian is not a company and they don't have the goal to make money. Take a look at http://www.debian.org and their social contract. /Anders

Re: [newbie] MS an economic vampire

2004-09-14 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:09:02 +1000 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So they're socialists; communists. Ok...I get the picture after all these years now... Not really, freedom has nothing to do with socialism...anyway...I would choose Mandrake for its simplicity anyway...but then

Re: [newbie] Email Client

2004-08-09 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:31:37 -0500 Rob Toner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wondering if anyone has been able to run a single email client that can be used for both Windoze and Linux?I'm looking to dual boot between Win 2K and Mandrake. However, maintaining two seperate email clients is

Re: [newbie] Email Client

2004-08-09 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 05:54:00 +1000 Stephen Kühn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's a bit iffy at best. You COULD, however, experiment to see if you can use Mozilla Thunderbird and have the local folder pointing to a shared VFAT32 partition; they should store the data in the same format for

Re: [newbie] X-Chat

2004-07-09 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:14:49 +0100 SME Server Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could anyone tell me where X-Chat keeps its logs. I know I've got them switched on but I don't know where they are stored. Without being sure as I am not running XChat atm my guess is that you have a

[newbie] Att; List Admin

2004-06-22 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello, could the listadmin please contact me outside the list. Best Regards, Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Good Practice

2004-06-17 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:12:44 +0300 OOzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a good practice?? Is it to install programs from source or RPM? It is up to you, personally I prefer to install from source if possible /Anders Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Good Practice

2004-06-17 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 01:00:36 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I install from rpm ...untill it dosen't work thern I install from source Well, it is a matter of personal preference, IMO rpm is inferior to for example FreeBSD portsystem as I have expressed before on a few occassions,

Re: [newbie] Good Practice

2004-06-17 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:53:13 +0200 Marc Hultquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apt-get ;-) ! I think personally apt-get is miles ahead of the port system on freebsd. And I think the other way around, apt-get is great, way better then RPM, but still you can end up in dependcy hell

Re: [newbie] Good Practice

2004-06-17 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:10:08 +0200 Marc Hultquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have never once had a problem with apt-get and dependencies. apt-get install packagename and i have _never_ had a problem :p I had huge issues with the port system though when for example installing exim :\

Re: [newbie] Good Practice

2004-06-17 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 09:02:10 +0100 Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a newbie RPM for sure. That way you will not have to post when compiling does not work. Seriously. While compiling from source can be fun. There is a down side. It is difficult to *uninstall* apps compiled from

Re: [newbie] Email Client

2004-06-10 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:42:42 +0300 OOzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a good email client beside Evolution? I prefer Sylpheed Claws, a small very good and easy client to work with, if you just need email then it is very very useful and it is also a newsclient as well. Cheers Anders

Re: [newbie] MS: It's the *users* fault

2004-05-11 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Wed, 12 May 2004 00:32:09 -0500 Carl J. Bauman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess I'm not clear on why anyone would have any political sigs, right, left, or middle wing, on an OS mailing list. Is Mandrake, or Linux in general, inherently political? I didn't realize I was making a

Re: [newbie] DNS questions

2004-05-11 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 11 May 2004 09:51:18 -0400 Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have three Linux machines on the same network with a bunch of windows machines. The ip address of the server hosting corporate email changed last week, but the old ip address was only unplugged yesterday. Two of the

Re: [newbie] Questions of XFce4

2004-04-27 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:58:58 +0300 rhein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. So now I have XFce4 running and it is loading a lot faster then KDE... Is it possible to know the ram used by it? i would like to use it on a 16 MB ram machine. Open up a console window and type top 2. My

Re: [newbie] Took the plunge - CUZ SHE MADE ME

2004-04-25 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:06:11 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Woman: Can't live with'em - and - can't live with'em Can't live with'em - and - can't kill'em Can't live with'em - and - can't sell'em man women segmentation fault (core dumped)

[newbie] VMWare-question

2004-03-23 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello folks, this is not a Mandrakespecific question per se but still I am wondering im VMWare is capable of using an already existing installation of Windows 2000 on the computer and use it as a virtual machine. Cheers Anders Want to buy

[newbie] Hyperterm app

2004-01-27 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello friends, I am looking for a hyperterminal similiar app for Unix...and so far I haven't found anything, but I am very sure that something must be out there. Cheers Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Test

2003-11-24 Per discussione Anders Lind
I am sorry for this but I haven't recieved anything for a long time from this list /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux in the Business World - Speak Up !

2003-11-10 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:40:18 -0500 Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious about something. How many of the list members are using Linux in the workplace and how? I think it would be encouraging to see who's doing what with it, and which distro's, whether they're seeing an increase

Re: [newbie] DVD regions

2003-11-01 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hi gang. This has probably been aired before, but is it possible to get past the regional encoding restriction with Xine, Ogle, or Mplayer? The problem is, Amazon has a copy of a DVD I hoped to buy which is only available for region 1. The UK belongs to region 2. Amazon UK cannot help so

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4 is released

2003-09-27 Per discussione Anders Lind
We're sitting back waiting for Todd Slater-gator to whack together this world-famous Texas style RPM's! Heh...when downloading the tar-balls and compiling takes so little time? ;o) Oh well, to each his ownof course RPM's doesn't work all that good on FreeBSD ;P /Anders Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4 is released

2003-09-27 Per discussione Anders Lind
Ah, FreeBSD ain't good fer nuthin' anyways...might as well chuck it out and install OS/2, mate...just send me the installation CD's and I'll take care of 'em for ya... Mouhahahahahahahahaha...I install via FTP, but I can send you the FTP over email ;P, besides ports beats RPM everytime ;P

[newbie] XFCE 4 is released

2003-09-26 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello everyone, if you have not noticed XFCE 4 is now released in a sharp version. Cheers Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] w32 klez-h

2003-09-25 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 06:31:17 -0700 Eko Budiharto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I would like to ask is it possible that Linux can be attacked by w32 klez-h? I am looking forward to a favorable reply from you. Thank you. No, not more then that it slows down the mailservers. /Anders Want to buy

Re: [newbie] Reading Win32 drive

2003-09-10 Per discussione Anders Lind
O Oh, and by the way: THANK'S A LOT GILLIGAN!! no one under 35 is going to get that... I am under 35 and I got that, it could be though because my wife is over 35 LOL /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Virus

2003-09-08 Per discussione Anders Lind
Y'reckon JoeySwill likes riding the Hershey Highway? Wait a minute...Hershey Highway? Hmmm...Carlin time...list of filthy words Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Virus

2003-09-08 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:09:38 +0800 Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know the Hershey Highway don't you? it runs alongside the Cadbury canal. :-) Hehehehe /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Trolltech (was opera) [Resend]

2003-09-01 Per discussione Anders Lind
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:05:33 +0100 Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried XFCE for the first time, and have mixed feelings about it. It may be because I have not got to grips with it, but it seems to be rather limited in what it can do. Comparing the program as supplied on

Re: [newbie] SCO Nigerian Spam

2003-08-17 Per discussione Anders Lind
http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/03q2/nigerian-sco.html Not too far off the mark, eh? he is a canuck... Eh? Mouhahahahaha...that one was cute *smiles* /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake

2003-08-14 Per discussione Anders Lind
- Original Message - From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake Ingo; Be careful. We're not talking about Canadian beer here, we're talking about that weak Aussie beer.

Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake

2003-08-11 Per discussione Anders Lind
I guess you missed that reference. (hint - That song was playing in the Monty Python Aussie Philosopher's sketch.) And that is where the reference between american beer and making love in a canoe comes from as well /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake

2003-08-07 Per discussione Anders Lind
Fosters is only sold to N.America because no one here wants to drink it - it's too weak, yet the N.American's think it's too strong. Hehehe...you gotta remember they (USA primarily) drink Miller, Budweiser and Schlitz and stuff like that of their free will ;o) /Anders Want to buy your Pack

[newbie] Beer [was: You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake]

2003-08-06 Per discussione Anders Lind
I'll drink to that! MmmmHoegaarden Blue Moon isn't bad either. The commercials SHOULD say, Fosters, Australian for crap! Hoegaarden is awsome Blue Moon I have never tried, but I would never say no to a Leffe, Duvel or Chimay either, or an Erdinger for that matter either. Maybe we

Re: [newbie] ftp client

2003-07-29 Per discussione Anders Lind
didnt work this options are for a proxy i think... i dont use a proxy server to connect to the internet. IglooFTP is a nice client, however it is not Open Source /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again... Now Really OT!!!

2003-07-23 Per discussione Anders Lind
When humanity is smart enough to live by the initial 10 rules laid down, and do so without deviation, revision or amendment - and live by those same rules honourably and inherently, there will no longer be a need for politicians, religious leaders or any such nonsense. But those initial 10

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again...

2003-07-22 Per discussione Anders Lind
If I spend alot of time working on a script, i reserve the right to charge for it if I want to.. after all, I spend the hours and hours writing it. Which you have with the GPL although you cannot demand it, BUT I do agree in the sense that programmer has the right to use whichever license

Re: [newbie] VI vs. Emacs (was Gnome vs. KDE)

2003-07-21 Per discussione Anders Lind
loove pico! If you love pico you will absolutely adore Nano since it is also Free Software /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Sylpheed-claws

2003-07-20 Per discussione Anders Lind
Hello, Two questions. 1. How do I import 2 years of kmail emails and Under File you have something called Add Mailbox or something like that (I don't have access to it at the moment) 2. How about the email addressbook? (far less important). Don't know, the FAQ might give you the

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