Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Open in google docs and let them do the conversion work. Then download as what file format you want. Seems to work for my use cases. Cheers Didi > > Cheers, > > Niki > _

[CentOS] Centos 5.4 on Acer Aspire One

2009-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
I currently have my Acer Aspire One netbook set up with Fedora 11. I would like to change it over to Centos 5.4 if I can. I downloaded the Centos 5.4 i386 livecd image and made a bootable USB flash drive out of it. Unfortunately, when I boot off of that flash drive, Grub (I guess) immediately tu

[CentOS] META: Somebody please unsubscribe this chap until he fixes his problem

2009-11-26 Thread Christopher Chan
arma...@mail.bpa.cu The original message was received at Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:39:46 -0500 from faraon.cgr.bpa.cu [172.16.24.98] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - (reason: 554 5.4.6 Too many hops) - Transcript of session follows - 554 5.4.6 Too many

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread MHR
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Guy Boisvert wrote: > > This is the "spread like a virus and bug the others" method...  New PCs > of my clients were sold with Office 2007 while the older PCs had 2003. > Technical documents were loosing formatting, no matter what we tried. There is an option in O

Re: [CentOS] SAMBA vs NFS

2009-11-26 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 20:22 +, James Bensley wrote: > I think the file locking only causes a problem with windows clients > because of certain files types such as Access databases (.mdb) wanting > to lock the file so that other users don't open the same database and > corrupt data, for example.

Re: [CentOS] SAMBA vs NFS

2009-11-26 Thread James Bensley
I think the file locking only causes a problem with windows clients because of certain files types such as Access databases (.mdb) wanting to lock the file so that other users don't open the same database and corrupt data, for example. -- Regards, James ;) Charles de Gaulle - "The better I get

Re: [CentOS] SAMBA vs NFS

2009-11-26 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 09:40 -0800, Keith Keller wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:14:56AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > > NFS mounts for Linux users > > Samba for Windows users > > Netatalk for Macintosh clients > > Wow, I didn't even know netatalk was still around! How does it compare > to

Re: [CentOS] SAMBA vs NFS

2009-11-26 Thread Rainer Duffner
Keith Keller schrieb: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:14:56AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > >> NFS mounts for Linux users >> Samba for Windows users >> Netatalk for Macintosh clients >> > > Wow, I didn't even know netatalk was still around! How does it compare > to SMB on OS X clients? I'm thi

Re: [CentOS] SAMBA vs NFS

2009-11-26 Thread Keith Keller
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:14:56AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > NFS mounts for Linux users > Samba for Windows users > Netatalk for Macintosh clients Wow, I didn't even know netatalk was still around! How does it compare to SMB on OS X clients? I'm thinking that, unless you have a pressing nee

Re: [CentOS] SAMBA vs NFS

2009-11-26 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 10:15 -0500, Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > A coworker wants to share drives between CentOS systems via SAMBA, > which sort of seems pretty counter intuitive to me. But he says he's > had troubles in the past with NFS. He was sort of short on details, > but something

Re: [CentOS] SAMBA vs NFS

2009-11-26 Thread mark
Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > A coworker wants to share drives between CentOS systems via SAMBA, > which sort of seems pretty counter intuitive to me. But he says he's > had troubles in the past with NFS. He was sort of short on details, > but something about NFS not being reliable unless

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread mark
Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf >> Of m.r...@5-cent.us >> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:22 PM >> Niki Kovacs wrote: >>> Roger asked: Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS de

[CentOS] SAMBA vs NFS

2009-11-26 Thread Alan McKay
Hey folks, A coworker wants to share drives between CentOS systems via SAMBA, which sort of seems pretty counter intuitive to me. But he says he's had troubles in the past with NFS. He was sort of short on details, but something about NFS not being reliable unless you enable NFS locking, but w

Re: [CentOS] GGI or Server Based Proxy Recommendations

2009-11-26 Thread James Bensley
Haven't used webmin in a while, I'll give a go! -- Regards, James ;) Pablo Picasso - "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pablo_picasso.html ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org htt

Re: [CentOS] GGI or Server Based Proxy Recommendations

2009-11-26 Thread William Warren
On 11/26/2009 9:24 AM, Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 1:43 PM, James Bensley wrote: > >> I didn't think you could access squid via a web front end like proxify.co.uk? >> >> -- >> Regards, >> James ;) >> >> Mike Ditka - "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't

Re: [CentOS] GGI or Server Based Proxy Recommendations

2009-11-26 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 1:43 PM, James Bensley wrote: > I didn't think you could access squid via a web front end like proxify.co.uk? > > -- > Regards, > James ;) > > Mike Ditka  - "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have > given us arms." - > http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho

Re: [CentOS] GGI or Server Based Proxy Recommendations

2009-11-26 Thread James Bensley
I didn't think you could access squid via a web front end like proxify.co.uk? -- Regards, James ;) Mike Ditka - "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mike_ditka.html ___ C

Re: [CentOS] GGI or Server Based Proxy Recommendations

2009-11-26 Thread Eero Volotinen
Quoting James Bensley : > Hey List, > > Can anyone recommend any software like that at http://proxify.co.uk/ > for me to install on a server for use as a http proxy? Squid-cache? (squid) -- Eero, RHCE ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? > > Cheers, > > Niki Hi I don't install the CentOS Openoffice, instead install 3.1 from Openoffice web site. Seems to work fine with MS documents. Regards mg. __

[CentOS] GGI or Server Based Proxy Recommendations

2009-11-26 Thread James Bensley
Hey List, Can anyone recommend any software like that at http://proxify.co.uk/ for me to install on a server for use as a http proxy? TIA, -- Regards, James ;) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Guy Boisvert
John R Pierce wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> Yep, as well as .xlsx >> >> But, I mean, you know all the *pressing* and Important reasons that M$ had >> to change the file format >> >> > > FWIW, the new formats are XML based, albeit compressed. in most > theories, this is a go

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 08:58 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Indeed. I just gave it a try, it works. But I have to open the file > from > within OO, there's no preconfigured file association. I don't have a docx file here to try (though I suppose I could find and download one) but what if you right-c

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-26 Thread Sorin Srbu
>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of m.r...@5-cent.us >Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:22 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Docx format ? > >Niki Kovacs wrote: >> Roger asked: >>> >>> Is there any way I c