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AOL and Linux
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 8 Comments

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:37:38 GMT, Keith <kilowattradio_spam@earthlink.net> wrote: in action. It was called PengAOL, but AOL-torneys forced them to change the name. -- There was no question about...

Who are the maintainers of basic commands ?
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 6 Comments

Let's hope other people will think to search in Usenet before posting... Frankly speaking, I didn't think to it before posting :-(

newbie: Protected mode
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 1 Comments

"Rajesh Gopi" <freeze@nodomain.com> wrote in message news:3F464F12.E8694295@nodomain.com... I guess that the question applies to the Intel 80386+ architecture. There are hidden registers (TLB,...

[Newbie] Warning message while compiling source
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 0 Comments

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:49:38 +0000 (UTC), loco <will@let_u.no> wrote: Maybe, maybe not. Did you try? A lot of computer error messages don't mean a thing, in practical terms, and a lot of them are...

Using my linux box as a digital VHS... need software suggestions.
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 2 Comments

"Q" <mmelendez@celeridad.net> wrote: Did you try streamer which is included with xawtv? Another very powerful program is transcode. regards Henrik -- The address in the header is only to prevent...

x server loading very slow
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 2 Comments

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 06:42:17 -0700, tornado wrote: echo startkde > ~/.xinitrc || echo startkde > ~/.Xclients echo gnome-session > ~/.xinitrc || echo gnome-session > ~/.Xclients

Large Disk Drives
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 1 Comments

AFAIK, the limitations are indeed BIOS-specific. Linux can access the hardware directly, so the only restriction should be, for example, to place boot partitions within BIOS cylinders . Also, try to...

POP-3 email filter?
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 4 Comments

rnichols@interaccess.com wrote: I wrote a little biff-like utility to do that. I wanted a biff that would only alert me if *meaningful* messages arrive. Later, I added a button to automatically...

Gnome menus
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 4 Comments

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:00:09 +0000, Juha Siltala without thought wrote: Thanks for the tip. Any idea why cut and paste returns "unsupported operation"? trying to move launcher from one folder to...

Samba on Redhat 9
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 2 Comments

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:09:59 -0700, relaxedrob@optushome.com.au without thought wrote: I agree with Yosef Meller plus I add 1) your path statement is incorrect 2) you've setup the...

/bin/bash
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 22 Comments

# Not tested. list="a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z" for x in $list; do for y in $list; do for z in $list; do echo $x$y$z done done

/dev/hda5 already mounted. e2fsck failed. Aborted.
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 1 Comments

Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au> writes: man mount and look for /etc/mtab. This is basically a file maintained by mount and this is used as a reference. Vilmos

Clock does not advance
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 1 Comments

In comp.os.linux.misc Stefan Wenzel <swenzel@aspherio.com> wrote: Yes, but it does also write a "mark" when the machine is doing nothing, just to be sure that is alive. Davide

New Matrix Reloader trailer and MPlayer: Can anyone play it?
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 0 Comments

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:32:37 -0400, Douglas Bollinger wrote: I had the same problem with the trailer. Installing FAAD2 took care of it just fine -- Adam A. G....

Using 'Linux' in a business name
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 1 Comments

Juha Siltala writes: It falls outside US trademark law entirely. "Fair use" has to do with copyright. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

problem to burn a CD (mdk 9.1)
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi, I'm using Linux Mandrake 9.1 on a PC, usually I don't experience any problem to burn CD (using gcombust). For a couple of days, I can't do it anymore (what the hell did I modify ?!!). I've tried...

Starting mplayer not fullscreen?
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 1 Comments

Big Daddy Butthead wrote:

Need comparison of Redhat 9 and Mandrake 9 from a different perspective.
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 3 Comments

Michael W. Cocke <cocke@catherders.com> wrote in message news:<e3a7jvc4hnvc64l8gp4fc46257kshmvkbr@4ax.com>... used mandrake the newest build and also just installed red hat 9 on one of my other...

run script after connect adsl
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 1 Comments

On 21 Aug 2003 19:55:17 -0700, Thomas B <bolero92@yahoo.com> wrote: Because even if you use a full path to your script and it has proper permissions, it might tend to run as soon as pppd starts, but...

DNS
Posted on August 22nd, 2003 | 0 Comments

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:30:13 +0200, Jaz <jazxyz@web.de> wrote: Besides missing the e-mail address as pointed out, wouldn't the above be more simply written: $TTL 38400 @ IN SOA linux.sdc....