Re: [clug-talk] Cool laptop

2012-02-11 Thread Goran Poprzen
It does look cool. But you can't install Linux on it (yet). Judging from their web site, it's still in concept/design/not-yet-manufactured stage. Cheers, Goran On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > This http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7H0K1k54t6A looks very cool! I > won

Re: [clug-talk] Extend picture from computer to TV?

2013-10-04 Thread Goran Poprzen
Not familiar with these converters either, but if it has composite or s-video only, it outputs NTSC only. Also not sure if it's capable of downconverting the resolution, so your best bet would be to try to lower your input resolution into converter to 640 x 480 / 60 Hz, and see what's happening. I'

Re: [clug-talk] allow ssh server with Shaw

2016-12-15 Thread Goran Poprzen
Same here. I'm on Shaw and both 22 and 80 ports work fine when accessed from outside. I'm using Shaw's Motorola modem and an old Linksys WRT54GL router with Tomato firmware. Ports had to be opened on the router and Tomato does have tabs for that. It doesn't seem that Shaw is blocking these ports, a

Re: [clug-talk] Tar file

2004-11-16 Thread Goran Poprzen
On November 16, 2004 06:05 pm, John Iuchi wrote: > Nov 16, 2004 > > Hi, Im John. Im new Linux user. I did down load Firefox tar file. > $ tar xvzf firefox-1.0.installer.tar.gz > then how do I do? Please tell me. > > John Extract the tarball and run the installer like so: tar -xzvf firefox-1.0.

Re: [clug-talk] Tar file

2004-11-16 Thread Goran Poprzen
On November 16, 2004 07:35 pm, s. keeling wrote: > [iii]Firefox installs are well known[iv] for stepping on/blowing away > working Mozilla installs. You do want to keep all your old > Mozilla bookmarks and settings, just in case Firefox blows up and > doesn't work, right? > > [iv] T

Re: [clug-talk] Skype

2005-02-03 Thread Goran Poprzen
Yesterday I was on their web site. Skype 1.0 is released. Min. requirements are: - cpu min. 400 mhz - sound card - modem 33.6 yes, it's proprietary app. skype-to-skype calls are free, skype-out calls are really cheap (~10 euro cents for yugoslavia, 2 euro cent for UK or US - per minute, of course)

Re: [clug-talk] lurker de-cloaking. [zzzzzzzzzzttttttttppttt!]

2005-02-16 Thread Goran Poprzen
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:52:46 -0700, Trever Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Sweet! > > > Wow 1994 thats a long time ago, I wish i knew about unix > > type systems even half that time ago! > > > Cool! > > > Welcome! [Waves back] > > Man, I must be feeling m

Re: [clug-talk] DVD authoring stuff

2005-04-22 Thread Goran Poprzen
On April 21, 2005 12:11 pm, Jarrod Major wrote: > > Anyway, I was curious what anyone else in the group has been doing, > what software and hardware they use and what tools are available at > this time. > Well, first I have to upgrade my box :(Duron800). For now, I have Hauppauge PVR-250 capture c

Re: [clug-talk] Yet Another Perl Conference final details

2005-05-10 Thread Goran Poprzen
Speaking of perl ... http://linuxgazette.net/114/qubism.html ... and beer. Cheers, Goran -- If life is a stage, I want some better lighting. ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List G

Re: [clug-talk] Mandriva 10.2 DVD

2005-05-12 Thread Goran Poprzen
Hi, Danny go to http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/mandrakelinux.com/official/iso/10.2/i586/ I don't know if they are the same (10.2 and 2005). Reside in separate dirs, as you can see from links below http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/mandrakelinux.com/official/10.2/ http://mirror.cpsc.ucalg

[clug-talk] Linux on iMac

2005-05-26 Thread Goran Poprzen
Hi all, week ago I bought an old iMac G3 333MHz from our friends vfxweb.com and, of course, I decided to put linux on it. Well, I dloaded ubuntu-5.04-ppc isos (live and install). Live cd works perfectly. Recognizes everything - sound, network, proper screen resolution. I put new (not new, but empty

Re: [clug-talk] Linux on iMac

2005-05-27 Thread Goran Poprzen
On 5/27/05, Robert Lewko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bought one of the iMacs too and I upgraded the RAM to 512Mb and disk to > 40Gb. It is my intention to install (dual booted) Mac OS X and debian linux > 'sarge'. I'm sure its not rocket science, but I have no idea how to do this > do you? I'm

Re: [clug-talk] Linux OS for iMac

2005-05-29 Thread Goran Poprzen
On 5/28/05, John Iuchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try yellowdog Linux. I have a iMac, too. Itś working fine. > http://www.yellowdoglinux.com > > John > Thanks, John. I will give it a try. It's a rpm based distro, if I'm correct. Goran ___ clug-t

Re: [clug-talk] importing Kmail address book

2005-05-31 Thread Goran Poprzen
On 5/31/05, Michael Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I want to import my Kmail address book from Libranet 2.8 into > Thunderbird address book in Libranet 3.0. > > At the present time I can only boot into Libranet 3.0. > > Any help is appreciated in advance. > > regards, > >

Re: [clug-talk] New Website now in Beta mode

2005-06-15 Thread Goran Poprzen
On 6/15/05, Jarrod Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I too like the red. This is Calgary; home of the Flames and the Red Mile. > One of the Stampeders' colours is red also. I think it fits. Thanks to all. Actually, that's exactly reason why I use red on the site. Cheers, Goran _

Re: [clug-talk] Opera Web Browser - Free Codes - Final Day !

2005-08-31 Thread Goran Poprzen
Same :( BTW, they are in Norway, 8 hr ahead of us.On 8/31/05, Darcy Brodie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: not sure where they are, but when I tried to get opera at 6:30 pm, I wastold that the offer was now overOh wellDarcyDave Watkins wrote:> Hi All,>> Opera is celebrating it's 10 year anniversary. As

Re: [clug-talk] IPcop Usage

2007-07-28 Thread Goran Poprzen
Hi Neil On 7/28/07, Neil Bower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for feedback from people using IPcop to get a comparision of the > differences in usage. > > What hardware specs are you using for IPcop? (ie processor specs and amount of > memory) Intel Celeron 433MHz 128M ram > > If you

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Power bar suggestions?

2007-10-13 Thread Goran Poprzen
Hi Mark Check the Princess Auto - last spring I picked up an aluminum, 36" long power bar with 12 outlets for about $20 - $30 (can't remember exact price) for my workbench. They are in the NE, east of Barlow, south of McKnight http://www.princessauto.com/PAcountry.cfm?CTRY=CAN&INF=MAP&LOC=cal&SPC=1

Re: [clug-talk] Geo-Coordinates & Images

2008-02-11 Thread Goran Poprzen
Check google's picasa - there you can match your pictures to google map. Cheers, Goran On Feb 11, 2008 1:45 PM, TekBudda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Things don't need to be automated at this point as I am just starting off on > this venture. > > What I will be doing to start is keep a log of the

Re: [clug-talk] Flying penguins !!!

2008-04-01 Thread Goran Poprzen
What date is today? :)) Goran On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Peter Carless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of penguins flying as > part of its new natural history series, Miracles of Evolution. > > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/n

Re: [clug-talk] pcHDTV Cards

2009-10-21 Thread Goran Poprzen
As far as I know, Shaw doesn't have unencrypted (clear QAM) digital channels. You could use composite/S-video inputs to the card, but that's not HD - your cable box would downconvert to standard def, which makes no sense. Your only option for HD with these cards is ATSC, or off the air HDTV signal:

Re: [clug-talk] pcHDTV Cards

2009-10-21 Thread Goran Poprzen
BTW, Global is transmitting on analog VHF ch. 2 from Signal Hill, and digital on UHF ch. 41 (virtual 2-1) from the temporary transmitter on Barlow and Center Av. Very soon, digital will move to the Signal Hill as well, I hope. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Goran Poprzen wrote: > As far a

Re: [clug-talk] scanner for linux

2010-07-25 Thread Goran Poprzen
I bought this scanner 7-8 years ago at a garage sale for $30.00. It still works for me, although it doesn't work right out of a box. it needs firmware loading before it can be recognized by Linux. Here is what lsusb has to say about it: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04a5:2060 Acer Peripherals Inc. (now B

Re: [clug-talk] Old fashion Modem on Shaw Digital Phone

2011-01-26 Thread Goran Poprzen
Hi last year my company got new VoIP PBX. We had couple of pieces of equipment that had modems, and it starting to become unreliable (connection would break, and so on). We moved those lines from the VoIP PBX to direct POTS lines and no problems since then. YMMV. Cheers, Goran On Wed, Jan 26, 201

Re: [clug-talk] Old fashion Modem on Shaw Digital Phone

2011-01-26 Thread Goran Poprzen
Exactly. VoIP codecs are lossy codecs. Like MP3 - discards some data that you don't hear anyway, but you wouldn't use it to compress data from your bank account. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Carl wrote: > On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 09:24 -0700, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 a

Re: [clug-talk] fish question

2003-11-23 Thread Goran Poprzen
On November 22, 2003 04:54 pm, bogi wrote: > So fish is running. I can log-in with fish, and get the directory listing > as root. The same attempt with an ordinary user does not bring any data to > the screen. The logs on the remote site indicate a login/session being > opened for the user, but all

Re: [clug-talk] ISP in Calgary

2003-11-24 Thread Goran Poprzen
On November 24, 2003 10:02 pm, Alex wrote: > Hello All, > > Are there any other than SHAW and Telus hi-speed ISP in Calgary? yes nucleus.com cu, goran -- It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children. -- Kingsley Amis _

Re: [clug-talk] Where to buy in Calgary ...

2004-01-02 Thread Goran Poprzen
On January 2, 2004 09:16 pm, Alex wrote: > Hello All. > > Is it possible to buy in Calgary some chips (microcircuit)? > May be on some hidden shelf in Superstore? > I'm going to do data cable for my cell phone and I need some chips for it. > But google is silent about it. Hi Alex you can try Activ

Re: [clug-talk] Calling all participants for the Distribution Library

2004-01-20 Thread Goran Poprzen
Hi all, If you don't mind, this is what I have: * Mandrake 9.1 on 3 cd's, burned from verified ISO * ClarkConnect 2.0 on 1 cd, burned from verified ISO * RedHat 7.3 on 5 cd's (3 for install + 2 source discs), burned but I can't remember if I verified ISOs. Anyway, I had this on my box almost a ye

Re: [clug-talk] Poll: What's your distro?

2004-01-25 Thread Goran Poprzen
On January 25, 2004 10:09 am, Jason Becker wrote: > Just for fun... > > 1. What distro are you currently running? > > 2. What distro were you running before that? > > 3. Why did you switch? > > 4. What DE/Window Manager do you use? > 1. Mandrake 9.1 2. RedHat 7.3 3. just for fun :) 4. Mainly KDE (

Re: [clug-talk] Poll: What's your distro?

2004-01-25 Thread Goran Poprzen
On January 25, 2004 12:01 pm, Goran Poprzen wrote: > > 1. Mandrake 9.1 1. Mandrake 9.1 on desktop ClarkConnect 2.0 on server/router/firewall > 2. RedHat 7.3 > 3. just for fun :) > 4. Mainly KDE (sometimes XCFE) XFCE > > Cheers, > Goran -- Blessed are t

Re: [clug-talk] Job market and networking

2004-02-04 Thread Goran Poprzen
On February 4, 2004 01:02 pm, Raimundas wrote: > I would be really grateful. I live in 1802 12th Avenue SW. > In case anybody is to pass by that place please send me a note. > I''ll be online most of the day. Hey, Ray I can pick you at 6:30, if it's not too late already. If you are gone, see you

[clug-talk] Linux job

2004-02-06 Thread Goran Poprzen
Hi, all I found this today http://regionalhelpwanted.com/Search/detail.cfm?SN=162&ID=2118 Cheers, Goran -- They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps. -- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost" ___ clug-ta

Re: [clug-talk] "Stay away from [proprietary Microsoft source code] atall costs."

2004-02-23 Thread Goran Poprzen
On February 23, 2004 09:08 pm, Shawn wrote: > I'd be curious to see a snippet of the source - just to see if they follow > standard programming guidelines and practices, or if it is "spaghetti-code" > and poorly documented.. Read this, it's safe :) http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/779

Re: [clug-talk] no comment

2004-02-28 Thread Goran Poprzen
On February 28, 2004 07:09 am, Cameron Nikitiuk wrote: > something (33 today). Then, happy birthday :) and happy linuxing Cheers, Goran ___ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca

Re: [clug-talk] The secret is out

2005-10-27 Thread Goran Poprzen
It's a great and very funny movie. I like it. GoranOn 10/27/05, Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 27 October 2005 13:36, Nick Wiltshire wrote:> I'm half packed... be on my way there shortly. :)>> On Thursday 27 October 2005 1:31 pm, Travis Rousseau wrote:> > Who lives in Camrose? > >LO

Re: [clug-talk] Workshop possibility?

2005-11-03 Thread Goran Poprzen
Hi Shawn, I'd be interested too, depends on time. Cheers, GoranOn 11/3/05, Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Seems like the past month has brought about a fair bit of discussion regardingworkshops.  But we don't have anything official yet, I don't want to leaktooo much info here just yet.. :)Bu

Re: [clug-talk] Happy New Year

2006-01-01 Thread Goran Poprzen
Good morning, I join the wishes. Happy New 2006 to all of you and may we reach higher and further. GoranOn 1/1/06, bogi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well. Here it is, 2006.My wish is for all of you to have a prosperous and happy 2006 and for all thecommunity a very Happy and fruitful year.May the so

Re: [clug-talk] OT: Disassembling an e-Vectra

2006-03-21 Thread Goran Poprzen
On 3/21/06, Graham Monk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, sorry I didn't respond earlier. You can get one of these for $190 without RAM or XP license. 512MB of DDR is available at memory express fo $50. I got one to run SUSE by switching to LILO, GRUB didn't like it. ( hidden partition? ) Nice units

Re: [clug-talk] ipcop access to orange

2006-07-04 Thread Goran Poprzen
When I setup my web server on orange interface, I had different problem: wasn't able to access internet from the box. Problem was that dns pointed to ipcop - had to be pointed to shaw dns servers. Regarding your problem there is a thread on http://www.ipcops.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtop

Re: [clug-talk] ipcop access to orange

2006-07-04 Thread Goran Poprzen
in exactly the same manner as Green. I solved my problem with fourth point :)On 7/4/06, Goran Poprzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I setup my web server on orange interface, I had different problem: wasn't able to access internet from the box. Problem was that dns pointed to ipcop

Re: [clug-talk] Ubuntu stickers

2007-03-27 Thread Goran Poprzen
I did and completely forgot about it - probably because they completely forgot about me :( On 3/27/07, Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I know some of you guys ordered the Ubuntu stickers from System76 - by sending a self addressed stamped envelope right? Has anyone actually recei

Re: [clug-talk] tried to install Mozilla with aptitude

2004-08-15 Thread Jelena i Goran Poprzen
On August 15, 2004 07:17 pm, Andrew Graupe wrote: > Michael Walters wrote: > >On August 14, 2004 05:24 pm, s. keeling wrote: > >>Incoming from Michael Walters: > >>>I did a "mozilla & and got: -bash: mozilla: command not found > >> > >>Grrr. Try "/usr/bin/mozilla &" > > > >Hello S. Keeling, > > >