-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I copied and pasted the link, not big deal, just thought you should be aware.
Mitchell Brown wrote: > Hey sorry about that. I just highlighted it on www.tinyurl.com and they > happen to have it bolded. Good ol WYSWIG (SP) .. It didn't take it as plain > text. And I forgot! > > Anyways, the link is http://tinyurl.com/qg59a > > > On 4/21/06, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why waste all of this time? I am very comfortable with the repair > console, limited as it is. It is actually faster for me boot with > knoppix, copy the files that I need (since nearly everything of > importance is stored on my fileserver at home, so there is not much on > my windows box). I then reinstalled with a slipstreamed XP cd. > > For an even nicer tool, check out http://www.altiris.com > They make a software virtualization product (free for personal use, but > the really cool stuff is in its AD integration of the enterprise > version). Really cuts down on the time needed to re-install all of > your apps. This has nothing to do with linux, except that I build > software images in VMware with host OS as linux... that does not even > get me close to being on topic :) > > At the end of the day, troubleshooting windows is not worth the time and > effort expended. For most of my clients I have disk images (ghost or > partimage). When a client machine is having trouble, it takes 30 > minutes to restore the image. > > All windows does for me is play games and remind me how much I like Linux. > > One more thing, the link did not work for me with the "*" around it. I > am using thunderbird on windows right now. I think it looked fine on > thunderbird under linux. Weird. Anyway, if you could figure out how to > not do that, it would be great. > > Cheers, > > Mitchell Brown wrote: >>>> Next time your Windows box gets into trouble -- you might try this >>>> *http://tinyurl.com/qg59a* >>>> >>>> On 4/21/06, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I would be lying if I said I had not done that before. It is almost a >>>> shame that we learn better through mistakes :) >>>> >>>> At least backing up /etc is a lot easier than trying to backup your >>>> registry before making changes. I just finished reinstalling my lone >>>> windows machine after a windows update went bad (BSOD even when booting >>>> into safe mode with command prompt). >>>> >>>> I have a script kicking around that I used to use that takes snapshots >>>> every couple of hours. I will send it along when I find it. I now use >>>> backuppc but this is probably not the easiest to configure for new users >>>> (or experienced ones for that matter). >>>> >>>> Mitchell Brown wrote: >>>>>>> What do you think :( >>>>>>> No.. darn .. I totally forgot. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 4/21/06, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> You did back up your /etc/X11/xorg.conf before making changes... > right? >>>>>>> Mitchell Brown wrote: >>>>>>>>>> I tried gettng it going in my FC5 and I ended up breaking Xorg >>>> :( and >>>>>>>>>> hosing the install... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 4/21/06, Dan Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Nick Wiltshire wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Until recent discussions on this list I hadn't heard much about > XGL >>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>>>> I've >>>>>>>>>>>> been watching demo videos and drooling on my keyboard. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> One question - all the examples I've seen are Gnome. Is it/will > it >>>> be >>>>>>>>>>> possible >>>>>>>>>>>> to see some of these effects in KDE as well? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> YES! I have it running on Kubuntu Dapper as we speak. Google > XGL >>>>>>>>>>> compiz and Kubuntu. I hear the Gentoo guys have it going as well, >>>> but I >>>>>>>>>>> found some good howtos for Kubuntu with KDE+KDM. The games run a > bit >>>>>>>>>>> slow but that may be a config issue. I just run a second instamce > of >>>> X >>>>>>>>>>> on tty8. The install was just apt-get "packages" and bend a few >>>>>>> configs. >>>>>>>>>>> It should be possible with any distro that is packaging XORG 7x. > as >>>> 6.9 >>>>>>>>>>> won't do it. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> All the best, Dan >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>> clug-talk mailing list >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>>>>>>>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>>>>>>>>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>>>>>>>>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> clug-talk mailing list >>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>>>>>>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>>>>>>>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> clug-talk mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>> **Please remove these lines when replying > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> clug-talk mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>>>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>>>>> **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> clug-talk mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>> **Please remove these lines when replying >> _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFESStMwRXgH3rKGfMRAk0QAKCX7Xwfsd/XSp9zXLxHEdKK2DktGACeJyDI IkF2NycQbi4ALD1E/Km3v+w= =/ePM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
