Re: [nlug] [off topic] Big class action on a robo caller. my phone number was a qualifying victim.

2017-08-16 Thread Don Delp
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Re: [nlug] calling all minecraft experts question about mod viability in linux vs windows

2015-10-02 Thread Don Delp
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Re: [nlug] Re: [WTB] Looking for a router

2011-06-16 Thread Don Delp
This might be too late for you, but NewEgg has a deal today. Recertified 4-port, no wireless $10 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124309&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL061611&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL061611-_-EMC-061611-Index-_-WiredRouters-_-33124309-L06B -- Don Delp 618.616.2

Re: [nlug] Starting salary

2011-04-16 Thread Don Delp
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[nlug] Re: [OT] The new Humble Bundle is out. Linux games. Name your price.

2011-04-12 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Don Delp wrote: > Name your price, get DRM-free downloads for 5 games. Minor correction: 3 full games, 2 non-complete games. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &q

[nlug] [OT] The new Humble Bundle is out. Linux games. Name your price.

2011-04-12 Thread Don Delp
http://www.humblebundle.com/ I haven't heard of any of these games before today, but I've seen several people saying they're good. Same deal as last time: Name your price, get DRM-free downloads for 5 games. It's encouraging to see that Linux sales are about 25% of the t

Re: [nlug] Odd sudo error message

2011-03-27 Thread Don Delp
TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/user ; USER=root ; > COMMAND=/bin/su Did sudo work after that? Also, does that uid exist in your passwd file? -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to th

Re: [nlug] Re: Riverbed Technologies Opinions/Experiences?

2011-02-25 Thread Don Delp
cpu for no reason. >> >> I don't know anything about the pricing, and I don't have any numbers >> on how much bandwidth it actually saved us, although there is some >> sort of graphing mechanism built in if you want to track your stats. >> >> -- >&g

Re: [nlug] Riverbed Technologies Opinions/Experiences?

2011-02-24 Thread Don Delp
ftware was reasonably stable. We only had a few (rare) issues with it using up the cpu for no reason. I don't know anything about the pricing, and I don't have any numbers on how much bandwidth it actually saved us, although there is some sort of graphing mechanism built in if you

Re: [nlug] One time web redirect?

2011-02-14 Thread Don Delp
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Re: [nlug] RDP the wrong direction question :)

2011-01-31 Thread Don Delp
NC. Waay too slow. >>> > >>> > Howard White >>> > For Windows machines in the labs at the college, we have Deep Freeze from Faronics. The user can save files on the network, or in an unprotected pseudo-partition. Other than that, every reboot is a clean mach

[nlug] Re: Linux game bundle for $user_defined_price

2010-12-23 Thread Don Delp
Just an update: The Humble Indie Bundle offer has been until the 26th, and if you pay more than the average, the original bundle is included. (World of Goo was the biggest name in the original bundle) -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are

Re: [nlug] Linux game bundle for $user_defined_price

2010-12-14 Thread Don Delp
the effort. Pretty sure it is 7 days. In the last few hours it's switched to 6:23:42:12, which I read as days : hours : minutes : seconds. I'm waiting till after work to buy to I can do it from a Linux machine. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message

[nlug] Linux game bundle for $user_defined_price

2010-12-14 Thread Don Delp
with Linux and Mac tied for the rest. (The games are available DRM-free for each OS) -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com

[nlug] [OT] DNA seen through the eyes of a coder

2010-10-19 Thread Don Delp
I saw an article that compares DNA, and what mechanisms we understand, to Unix and programming. http://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/ This is a concept that I've wanted to explore before, but this guy has a much broader understanding of biology than I do. It's a pretty interesting read. --

Re: [nlug] Re: [OT] AT&T Gripe

2010-08-17 Thread Don Delp
ays, from > the _day_after U-Verse discontinued service" before DSL service will > be restored... > > Not a happy camper, looking at other alternatives as I write. > Well there plenty of options. I mean, you could always try SBC, Bellsouth, or Cingular. ;) Don't you love opti

Re: [nlug] Reading a locked file.

2010-08-13 Thread Don Delp
web root, and get the Delorean up to 88mph, you might be able to get your log. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com T

Re: [nlug] Reading a locked file.

2010-08-13 Thread Don Delp
o resume. You might also try /B or /ZB /B is backup mode, /ZB is restartable and then backup if access denied. I'm not sure what the difference is. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG&quo

Re: [nlug] Reading a locked file.

2010-08-13 Thread Don Delp
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Andrew Farnsworth > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Don Delp wrote: >>> >>> I should have thought of Robocopy earlier.  Reading about the idea of >&g

Re: [nlug] Reading a locked file.

2010-08-13 Thread Don Delp
ment as \path\to\logs\apache.log like you would with most command utilities) Even if apache kicks you every few bytes, robocopy will now pick up where it left off. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NL

Re: [nlug] Reading a locked file.

2010-08-12 Thread Don Delp
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Re: [nlug] Reading a locked file.

2010-08-12 Thread Don Delp
but I've used it to move/delete files that are "open or in use" in Windows. I'm guessing you can't boot the server into safe mode or kill apache, so this might work. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [nlug] Partition Management

2010-08-12 Thread Don Delp
don't think > there are any real data integrity issues introduced by not defragging first. > Chris > This is why I defrag first. I get nervous when a partition shuffle looks like it might have hung, so I get all of the tidying up done first. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.ne

Re: [nlug] Video card suggestions?

2010-07-30 Thread Don Delp
up, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because

Re: [nlug] Sharing Linux Files with Windows

2010-07-08 Thread Don Delp
quirement. I've been wanting to try NFS in Win7, just to see if it works. Although it doesn't mount, so it's not accessible to any application that needs files, I've been using winscp to browse and transfer files. http://winscp.net/ -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.ne

Re: [nlug] dirty tricks from Microsoft

2010-07-02 Thread Don Delp
ll not proper for the state to be > pimping for a corporation. > > Michael Historically, when MS gives something away it's to drive a competitor out of the market, not to enrich the consumer. I noticed the site seems to take quite a while to load. Made me what OS the server was runn

Re: [nlug] Re: Linux 101 Presentation

2010-06-23 Thread Don Delp
t;> JMJ >> As long as we're off topic, did everybody see the results of the xkcd color survey? http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: [nlug] [OT] Customer cannot connect Vista system to Windows 7 system share

2010-06-22 Thread Don Delp
till fail. In this case, the command "net use" might come in handy. Maybe something like: net use \\bobworkstation\officejet /del net use \\bobworkstation\officejet /user:bob Still, even if you do everything correctly, different versions of Windows tend to be super fickle about mixing. -- D

Re: [nlug] WGET for secure sites

2010-06-21 Thread Don Delp
eping your session for some reason, but that static cookie might work. Also, when you say "secure" do you mean only user/password or are you also having trouble with https? -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: [nlug] su vs sudo, was "Distro"

2010-06-16 Thread Don Delp
su that I just remembered: su isn't just for root. You can su to any user account. I think it requires that user's password unless run by root. This is useful when you're testing something profile specific, like ssh keys. (Another BackupPC example) -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 htt

Re: [nlug] Distro

2010-06-16 Thread Don Delp
2. sudo can be configured to allow specific users access to only certain commands. For instance, BackupPC will use a backuppc user on each client machine and that user gets sudo access to rsync, but nothing else. (Granted, once you have sudo rsync, you probably can get anything else you want..) --

Re: [nlug] Distro

2010-06-16 Thread Don Delp
uld normally expect it to > require the root password.  But, it asks for the user password. $ sudo su - Even admin user doesn't need to know the root password. In fact, I don't think Ubuntu even configures a root password by default. Normally I've created one manually by running

Re: [nlug] [Promotion] Linux users are Invited

2010-06-15 Thread Don Delp
t; > I am always up for being around a technical crowd, but I feel like something > is lost on me. It sounds like a hybrid between Nashville Ruby or DL group > and a hackerspace group/ a 615 style group. > > > I don't mean to put anyone or anything down, but the point is lost on me.

[nlug] Distro (Was: What is? )

2010-06-15 Thread Don Delp
to follow threads outside of that very well. I don't know if it pays any attention to Message-ID or whatever header voodoo allows for proper threading. Welcome to the group, Dave. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received

Re: [nlug] Distro

2010-06-15 Thread Don Delp
my wife for a few years. I used to run Slackware on an old emachine, but it finally gave up the ghost. For MythTV, I use MythBuntu. At work I'm using Centos and playing around with a Debian server. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are su

Re: [nlug] What is?

2010-06-15 Thread Don Delp
t. My office server is getting ready to die. I can hear the death rattle from 3 rooms away. I'd like to move my noisy MythTv backend/frontend from the living room to replace it, but I wasn't sure what to use as a replacement frontend. It even has an hdmi port. Google suggests this w

Re: [nlug] Check out this link....

2010-06-14 Thread Don Delp
virus on a Linux system, but I just don't have the experience of a ruined Linux machine whose only crime was browsing the web. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this gr

Re: [nlug] OT: Inventory Management

2010-06-06 Thread Don Delp
It finally occurs to me that I don't need the ability to print barcodes. There are places where I can get a spool of them pre-printed sequentially like raffle tickets. :) GLPI looks pretty well developed, Sabuj. Thanks for suggesting it. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ --

Re: [nlug] OT: Inventory Management

2010-06-05 Thread Don Delp
It looks like there are several options out there. http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/22639/ I just hope I don't get attached to a solution and then find the dozen reasons it doesn't work for our purposes. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message becaus

[nlug] OT: Inventory Management

2010-06-05 Thread Don Delp
Do I need to buy a pre-built system, or is this a chance to show off the utility of a Linux based server running OSS? What pitfalls should I know about? Thanks. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: [nlug] Surviving the move to Windows from Linux

2010-05-21 Thread Don Delp
an nothing for now. http://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wizmouse-makes-your-mouse-wheel-work-on-the-window-under-the-mouse/ -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to

Re: [nlug] Surviving the move to Windows from Linux

2010-05-21 Thread Don Delp
work. In fact, you can walk a window past the divider into the next monitor with that. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.co

Re: [nlug] Pac Man?

2010-05-21 Thread Don Delp
for controls, btw. I had opened the page at work because I just installed Chrome and was surprised to hear the music after I turned away. :) -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post

Re: [nlug] Free book worth checking out

2010-05-20 Thread Don Delp
areWars > > Thanks for posting that, I look forward to reading it... even though I > disagree with the blurb about cars on the web site.  :-) > > JMJ > I'll take my robot car, but maybe not if it's a Toyota. BSoD should mean a gentle deceleration until I can take manua

Re: [nlug] Re: Surviving the move to Windows from Linux

2010-05-20 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Paul Boniol wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Don Delp wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Don Delp wrote: >> > So there have been some changes at work, something along the lines of >> > a merger, and I'v

Re: [nlug] Re: Surviving the move to Windows from Linux

2010-05-19 Thread Don Delp
time. ) Seeing all of the new eye candy that's available in Linux is making the transition even less fun. Even KDE 4 isn't looking that bad anymore (from the first 20 minutes). Thanks for the suggestions, everybody. I might be able to get through this crisis. :) -- Don Delp 618.616.

[nlug] Re: Surviving the move to Windows from Linux

2010-05-19 Thread Don Delp
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Don Delp wrote: > So there have been some changes at work, something along the lines of > a merger, and I've been told that I need to run Windows (7) on my work > machine.  I've been running Kubuntu 7.04 for a few years and I've >

[nlug] Surviving the move to Windows from Linux

2010-05-19 Thread Don Delp
n. The only useful thing that's installed automatically since I've been running is this Antivirus 2010. It seems that I already have 700 infected files. I feel like Dilbert from Monday: http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2010-05-17/ -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You recei

Re: [nlug] Web site authoring software, free or cheap

2010-04-14 Thread Don Delp
I was going to suggest NVU, but it looks like Kompozer is derived from it, so it might be more friendly. Personally, all that gui stuff gets in my way. It's Vim or nothing. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Drew wrote: > Try kompozer. > > On Apr 14, 2010 9:06 PM, "j...@coats.org" wrote: > > My

[nlug] Ctrl+W : Bash vs. Browser

2010-03-26 Thread Don Delp
I've gotten used to using ^w to delete a word in a console and ^backspace in my browser, but sometimes I mix these up. This can be frustrating when you're several paragraphs into a message in Gmail or on Slashdot. Doing some research, it looks like there are several extensions that can disable th

Re: [nlug] email from command line

2010-03-09 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Bill Turner wrote: > I have about 120 CentOS 4 servers scattered all over the country.  They are > setup in master/slave pairs running mySQL with replication.  I want the > master to send me an email message when an error occurs. > > Something like this… > > sendmai

Re: [nlug] Security testing for a web site

2010-02-23 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Curt Lundgren wrote: > We've got a password change web site at Watkins.  It's coded in Perl, > and we're looking for someone who can test it for security, > vulnerabilities, etc. > > Anyone who has experience in security testing, please contact me. > > Thanks! > C

[nlug] KDE 4 vs KDE 3.5

2010-02-18 Thread Don Delp
I have to admit to being a procrastinator, but I feel that I won't be able to hold off on switching to KDE 4 for much longer. I've been running Kubuntu 8.04 happily with KDE 3.5, but some applications (eg. Amarok) are only being updated for KDE4. When I first tried 4, I was not impressed. Has an

Re: [nlug] Wireless PCI adapter for Ubuntu

2010-02-11 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Steven S. Critchfield wrote: > > - "Russ Crawford" wrote: > >> What PCI wireless adapter is recommended for a desktop computer >> running >> Ubuntu 9.04? > > Depending on what you are wanting to accomplish, it is also possible > to get what are called game ad

Re: [nlug] Re: Linux AV Discussion

2010-02-11 Thread Don Delp
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:24 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:22:03PM -0600, Don Delp wrote: >> >> I've been switching my Windows users to Avast from AVG lately, since >> it hasn't had a good track record against Internet Security 2010.  

Re: [nlug] Re: Linux AV Discussion

2010-02-10 Thread Don Delp
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:58 PM, xor wrote: > > I use Avast and also F-Prot.  Both are native linux applications. > > Obviously I don't need them for my Linux system,  but I do sometimes > use them to remove viruses from other's Windows computer hard drives. > > http://www.avast.com/linux-home-edi

Re: [nlug] [ot]nominate nashville for google fiber

2010-02-10 Thread Don Delp
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Kevin Eldridge wrote: > I would say go for it > > Kevin Eldridge > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -Original Message- > From: andrew mcelroy > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:44:30 > To: > Subject: Re: [nlug] [ot]nominate nashville for google fiber > > On Wed

Re: [nlug] Legal Requirement for AV on Linux

2010-02-09 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Ken Barber wrote: > On Feb 9, 2010, at 9:36 AM, "Howard Coles Jr." wrote: > >> I'm getting word from certain folks that there's a Federal Law requiring >> it. > > One word: Bullshit. > > S/he is probably referring to a line-item Req in a federal contract > somewhe

Re: [nlug] Legal Requirement for AV on Linux

2010-02-09 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > I'm getting word from certain folks that there's a Federal Law requiring it. > I have never heard or seen of any such animal, but thought it just may be > limited exposure.   Anyone else here ever hear of that? > > I guess on the topic, wer

Re: [nlug] First Computer

2010-02-07 Thread Don Delp
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Brian Roy wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Michael Schultheiss > wrote: >> >> Curt Lundgren wrote: >> >    OK, if we're digging into the past, and if I may be so bold as to >> >    suggest a slight expansion of the topic, in what year did you get >> > y

Re: [nlug] Old e-mail addresses

2010-02-06 Thread Don Delp
As usual, I'm probably the baby in the room. I got my first hotmail account in '98 in high school, and hardly even used that for 4 years. Now it's the account I give you if I don't plan to read what you send me. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:53 AM, JMJ wrote: > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Curt

Re: [nlug] Small Project Opportunity

2010-01-27 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Richard Thomas wrote: > A colleague at work has a relative who has a small php/mysql project they > need help with. The overview is to have an application that allows people to > take small tests and store the results and allow the administrator to change > the tes

Re: [nlug] Compiz and workspace switcher (NOT!)

2010-01-23 Thread Don Delp
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Howard wrote: > Please excuse a really lame discussion. > > I have always liked multiple desktops.  KDE, Gnome, whatever.  Yeah, so much > so that at one point I had five monitors with four desktops each. > > With Ubuntu, the Gnome and Compiz / Gnome "compatibility

Re: [nlug] List sig as attachment

2010-01-14 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:47 PM, JMJ wrote: > Greetings, > > Some time in the past couple of months, the footer added to the bottom of > messages to this list started showing up as an attachment when reading these > messages in Thunderbird.  NLUG messages are the only ones that exhibit this > beh

Re: [nlug] Here it is

2010-01-07 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Curt Lundgren wrote: > If you do "!se" you'll execute the most recent command that starts with the > letters "se".  I find I use this more than re-executing by number. > > Curt > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Perkins, Jerry wrote: >> >>    Dave, this is even ne

Re: [nlug] Re: HTML emails.....

2010-01-05 Thread Don Delp
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:10 PM, VampirePenguin wrote: > Okay I still am lacking an avenue of approach for changing to text/ > rtf. Unless for some reason Gmail accounts are automatically html. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To

Re: [nlug] Laptop Issue

2009-12-18 Thread Don Delp
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Paul Boniol wrote: > I'm having issues with my laptop.  My son decided to take it down the stairs > for some reason and dropped it about a month ago.  It has worked fine until > the past week...  Now it is locking up, and in Windows gives blue screens > (something

Re: [nlug] [OT] My day job doesn't use Vista

2009-12-13 Thread Don Delp
These cards tend to release firmware updates after a while that fix some of these issues. Verizon cards that I've worked with normally have an option to upgrade the firmware from inside the VZ Access manager. On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Chris Faulkner wrote: > Uninstall it the normal way, t

Re: [nlug] MySQL Letter to the EC

2009-12-13 Thread Don Delp
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Tim Jackson wrote: > More reasons to use Postgres. > > -- > Tim > Care to list some of the other reasons? > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 6:57 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: >> I normally do not forward material to this list, but this is important >> enough to do so. >>

Re: [nlug] Re: Making the list spam-free.

2009-12-10 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:58 PM, JMJ wrote: > gk wrote: >> No my reply is for the orignial  by   Vikram Chhatre. > > Fair enough... but quoting that message along with your reply would have > helped avoid this confusion.  :-) > > JMJ > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [nlug] Wireless distribution system or other wireless mesh implementations

2009-11-28 Thread Don Delp
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Karl Haines wrote: > Chris, I was reading about the 50% bandwidth per (non-ethernet) hop the > other day, which was one of the performace issues that I had noted in my > original post. Really a crappy little quirk. Anyway, If you aren’t sharing > files over the net

Re: [nlug] suggestion for a Nobel Prace Prize for Linus Torvalds

2009-11-21 Thread Don Delp
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:32 AM, andrew mcelroy wrote: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM, David R. Wilson wrote: >> If we award it to Linus and then next year RMS we have two years without >> a politician winning the award.  If nothing else it would help to >> improve the image of the award. >>

Re: [nlug] question about which Linux OS to put on old computer

2009-11-19 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jon Moore wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Chris Faulkner > wrote: >> I know Ubuntu 9.10 would probably work but let me ask the group here >> what Linux OS should I put on this computer for basic X Window >> operation, firefox, java, flash and run pret

Re: [nlug] Command of the Day

2009-11-18 Thread Don Delp
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > Not really all that useful, but worth knowing about...  please note that > there is NOT a "no" command or a "maybe" command. > > Andy > > YES(1)   User Commands > YES(1) > > NAME >    yes - output a string repe

[nlug] Re: VMWare Question

2009-11-12 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Chris McQuistion wrote: > I did it with the beta version of Windows 7 and Ubuntu, I believe.  No > problems at all, just installed Windows first and Ubuntu second. > Chris > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Howard White wrote: >> >> Chris McQuistion wrote: >> >

[nlug] Re: Not exactly a 'command of the day...'

2009-11-12 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Jim Peterson wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I ran across something useful this morning in fixing a kiosk-type > system. This is a machine that I spec'd to be an always-on, > Firefox-is-the-only-thing-you-can-run desktop for our library to use as > a card catalog system.

[nlug] Re: Malayalam Film Actress Nayanthara's BOOOOBBBBBBBSSSSS

2009-11-12 Thread Don Delp
Some moderator must be a big fan of BBBBS On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:00 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 02:53:06AM -0800, nirmala wrote: >> > >        Spam deleted. > >        I am not sure how this managed to make it to the list; >        spammer registered at 2

[nlug] Re: PHP help?

2009-11-11 Thread Don Delp
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:28 AM, andrew mcelroy wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Chris McQuistion > wrote: >> >> Anyone out there know how to change the following part of a PHP script so >> it is creating SHA base16 passwords, instead of SHA base64? >> Chris >> >> /** >> * Calculate

[nlug] Re: get robots.txt

2009-11-10 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Steven S. Critchfield wrote: > > or wget, or any of a number of quick one offs. > Do remember that the machine you connect to may have multiple sites running > from one http server process. So, doing a proper http 1.1 request should > be observered. > > So use wg

[nlug] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 released today

2009-10-29 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:43 PM, xor wrote: > > In case you haven't noticed, Ubuntu 9.10 was released today. > Torrents > are here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors#bt > > > I like to wait a while before installing a new release, but I'll start the torrent so I can help seed. My

[nlug] Re: DVD formats: UDF vs ISO 9660

2009-10-27 Thread Don Delp
From: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto:nlug-t...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Don Delp > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:46 PM > To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > Subject: [nlug] DVD formats: UDF vs ISO 9660 > > > Hello NLUGgers, > > I recently converted a VHS tape to

[nlug] Re: Another system saved by live disk

2009-10-27 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Howard White wrote: > > I know this is really old news but chalk up another save of a choked > Windows XP by booting an Ubuntu live disk and moving some files around. > > There are two points to this post: the "footprint" of the live disk > system and the dreaded

[nlug] DVD formats: UDF vs ISO 9660

2009-10-26 Thread Don Delp
Hello NLUGgers, I recently converted a VHS tape to dvd using my MythTV box. I connected a VCR to the input of the Mythbox and recorded it. Then used DeVeDe to make a video DVD out of it. Tested the disk on my laptop (Kubuntu) and a standalone DVD player without any trouble. Later, I found out

[nlug] Re: OpenWRT type technology...

2009-10-23 Thread Don Delp
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Karl Haines wrote: > Hey folks! I hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday morning! > > > > I’m writing this message to inquire about OpenWRT, and possibly any other > suggestions that you folks might have. I came across OpenWRT, when looking > for a solution to

[nlug] Re: Tip of the week - pconsole

2009-10-22 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:20 PM, KJ wrote: > I don't think we've seen a linux command tip lately so here's one that I > found extremely useful a few weeks ago.  We were installing 4 different > servers at the same time with the same OS.  Being able to use the console > via LOM (lights out managem

[nlug] Re: [Fwd: Fwd: Posting error: NLUG]

2009-10-21 Thread Don Delp
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Howard wrote: > Hey guys, let's go ahead and brute force Luke onto our list.  I think we > can vouch for his efforts... > > Howard > > > > > Nopers. > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: nore...@googlegroups.com > Date: October 21, 2009 9:13:39 AM PDT > To: l...

[nlug] Re: [Fwd: Fwd: Posting error: NLUG]

2009-10-21 Thread Don Delp
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Howard White wrote: > Really?? > > > > > As expected, I don't have the rights to post; can you rely my comments? > Thanks. > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: nore...@googlegroups.com > Date: October 20, 2009 9:47:28 PM PDT > To: l...@reductivelabs.com > Subjec

[nlug] Re: FW: Link

2009-10-17 Thread Don Delp
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:17 PM, wrote: > While it is nice to pay for this. We have a lot of Dell Latitude D600's at my > work that no one uses/wants due to having newer laptops. I can ask my Manager > if we can provide one to you to replace your broken LCD. > > Let me know, > > Kevin Eldridge

[nlug] Re: unmounting a Blackberry Storm

2009-09-27 Thread Don Delp
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:12 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > > My laptop dual-boots between Ubuntu and Windows XP.  Sometimes I hook my > Blackberry Storm up to the computer when the computer is running Linux, > and sometimes when it is running XP.  The Storm can be set into "mass > storage" mode,

[nlug] Re: Domain registration for dummies [was: Reminder and Request for Linux Fest]

2009-09-24 Thread Don Delp
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Kevin Eldridge wrote: > Oops, they are a good company, Domain Registry of America. However, compared > to a lot of other companies are considerably more expensive. > > DOH! Darn typos. :) > I might be thinking of another company, but that sounds like the group t

[nlug] Re: wireless keyboard & mouse

2009-09-22 Thread Don Delp
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:19 PM, ./aal wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Kevin Wurm wrote: >> >> I've had a good experience with Rocketfish. >> >> Kevin Wurm >> >> On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Russ Crawford >> wrote: >> >>> >>> What wireless keyboard and mouse have have reliable range

[nlug] Re: Domain registration for dummies [was: Reminder and Requestfor Linux Fest]

2009-09-20 Thread Don Delp
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:17 PM, andrew mcelroy wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:09 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: >> I have had jfeldredge.com registered at godaddy.com since 2002, and have no >> complaints.  I have my domain set up for automatic renewal. > > Godaddy is fine for domains. > >

[nlug] Re: [OT] Linus Torvalds facts

2009-09-14 Thread Don Delp
gt;> Franklin, KY  42134 >> (270) 586-8397 >> www.gmpl.org >> Tweet me @GMLGeek >> Library Technology Blog >> On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 14:56 -0500, Don Delp wrote: >> >> I found a list of "facts" about Linux Torvalds. I ended up there >> afte

[nlug] [OT] Linus Torvalds facts

2009-09-11 Thread Don Delp
I found a list of "facts" about Linux Torvalds. I ended up there after reading a Linux article on Cracked.com of all places. * Linus Torvalds doesn’t wear glasses anymore not because he had laser eye surgery, but because he finally got his xorg.conf properly configured in his head. http://www.

[nlug] Re: New member saying hello.

2009-08-24 Thread Don Delp
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Howard White wrote: > > Galen wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm fairly new to the GNU/Linux operating system.  Although I've >> downloaded & played around with different distros for years, I never >> quite got the hang of it.   About a month ago I downloaded Linux Mint >

[nlug] Re: chroot for apache and ruby

2009-08-24 Thread Don Delp
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 24 2009, andrew mcelroy wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Manoj Srivastava >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 23 2009, andrew mcelroy wrote: >>> >>> > I have been working on taking over _why's Try Ruby program. >>

[nlug] Re: excluding following line with grep

2009-08-04 Thread Don Delp
p to make it presentable, like finding out that ^@ in vim is a null char and that to type it I needed to hit "ctrl+v 000" Whew, that was fun. :) On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Steven S. Critchfield wrote: > > - "Don Delp" wrote: >> Another option (usin

[nlug] Re: excluding following line with grep

2009-08-04 Thread Don Delp
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Don Delp wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Brandon > Valentine wrote: >> I'd use sed(1): >> sed -ne '/Unassigned/{N;p;}' mylogfile.txt >> Hope this helps, >> Brandon >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Don De

[nlug] Re: excluding following line with grep

2009-08-03 Thread Don Delp
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Brandon Valentine wrote: > I'd use sed(1): > sed -ne '/Unassigned/{N;p;}' mylogfile.txt > Hope this helps, > Brandon > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Don Delp wrote: Brandon, You gave me what I needed to figure it out. Thanks! I

[nlug] Re: Humorous breaking attempt

2009-08-03 Thread Don Delp
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > So it does... so it does... > > > > Crap! And I just renamed my admin user as roor on all my boxes. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG"

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