On 10/04/2014 08:44 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 10/4/2014 6:44 AM, Tom Collins wrote:
and "depreciating" (as if they have the right to do that) many
programs that rely on gtk2 and non-syst__d.
It is 'deprecating', not 'depreciating' (an accounting term).
Either could be accurately used. To w
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:57:12 +0200
Martin Steigerwald wrote:
Change is life.
There is nothing static in life.
So all the fuss about wearing those grounded, anti-static wrist straps
is just a hoax?
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On 09/20/2014 04:20 PM, Don Armstrong wrote:
On Sat, 20 Sep 2014, lee wrote:
These few people are also very concerned with preventing other people,
particularly users, from doing something which would contribute to
what they claim that they are doing.
Exactly how are Debian Developers preventin
On 09/19/2014 10:52 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 08:15:57PM -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote:
Does (or will) the Jessie install offer a choice of systemd or
sys5init?
Seems like it will offer a choice. How obvious that there is a choice, I
have no idea about, you/we will have to wa
On 08/31/2014 09:28 AM, Erwan David wrote:
I submitted a bug, however I could not find those messages in any log :
That's not a systemd bug...
why ?
...it's a systemd feature
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On 08/05/2014 07:01 PM, AW wrote:
And the documentation on the official systemd site is quite terrible,
at least so far as I've been able to discover.
They must have copy/pasted the initial systemd documentation from the
Arch Linux Wiki. When the powers that be over at Arch Linux decided t
On 08/03/2014 09:51 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
Microsoft wrote systemd. Or at least the design spec.
*Everyone* knows that much silly!
Here's a web page for ya:
Microsoft wrote systemd. Or at least the spec.
This is authoritative.
"The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is har
On 07/27/2014 07:32 PM, green wrote:
Minix has some fascinating reliability features...
Wouldn't it be ironic if Tanenbaum ultimate wins the debate?
;)
Jeff
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On 07/12/2014 07:18 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
The way I get throttled, occasionally the only way I can watch a
Youtube video is to download it first and then watch it with smplayer.
As far as I can see, Wheezy has no package for either youtube-dl or
minitube. What are you guys using to fill
On 06/15/2014 02:58 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
Hi all,
Here's my latest Linux Productivity Magazine, themed "The Swift,
Responsive Machine":
http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/201406/201406.htm
Hope you enjoy it.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Trouble
On 06/21/2014 06:31 PM, Charlie wrote:
Please CC me just in case:
Wondering if the Debian user server is down?
No mail in my inbox. I know that the ISP I use is flaky, and they have
been blacklisted on many occasions and this might be one of those?
So I may have been unsubscribed but my attemp
On 06/19/2014 08:38 AM, Jeff Bauer wrote:
I'm using Iceweasel 24.6.0 with Wheezy...
I forgot to mention installed addons, which are:
Flash and Video Download 1.57
Flashblock 1.5.17
Ghostery 5.3.1
Shortly URL Shortner 1.04
Simple Adblock 1.0.8
Again, TIA,
Jeff
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I'm using Iceweasel 24.6.0 with Wheezy: both religiously updated. The
disturbing behavior is my preferred "top of the browser" toolbar is
getting mysteriously, and without an apparent pattern, changed.
Preferred: http://alienjeff.net/browser1.png
Changed: http://alienjeff.net/browser2.png
Any
On 05/24/2014 08:49 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 14:07 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 13:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Being against DRM isn't clownery :(. I made a living from artwork many
snip
PS: A "pirate" copy, shared cracked software could be good prom
On 05/22/2014 09:14 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Tue, 20 May 2014 00:17:06 +1200
Richard Hector wrote:
And in the case where the copyright has elapsed? The main point,
rather than my additional comment?
Richard
Few of us will be alive when Jerry's works go out of copyright, given
that even if
On 05/20/2014 08:12 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
On 5/20/2014 5:05 PM, David Guntner wrote:
David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
Jerry Stuckle grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
Then don't add to the bandwidth with your please to stop. As you've
been told before - just ignore the thread. And i
reatened is not a healthy community".
"feel threatened"? Puh-leez! Cry me a river, then grow a pair.
Jeff Bauer
Winsted CT USA
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Please make the voices stop...
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On 02/11/2014 09:50 AM, Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 08:51:55AM -0500, Jeff Bauer wrote:
On an existing Wheezy installation, performed "apt-get update", then
"apt-get upgrade" - but iceweasel is being "held back". Tried
"apt-get -f install&quo
On an existing Wheezy installation, performed "apt-get update", then
"apt-get upgrade" - but iceweasel is being "held back". Tried "apt-get
-f install" thinking it may be a dependency issue, but still being held
back.
Any thoughts/suggestions?
Jeff
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On 01/25/2014 05:17 AM, tom arnall wrote:
Currently I am running ubuntu 12.04. I am unhappy with the speed of it.
Any info/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
As the automotive mechanic said to the (pick your least favorite
make/model car) owner:
"I'd suggest you jack up the gas cap a
On Sun, 1/26/14, Lisi Reisz wrote:
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
Some time ago I was using "cp" for bulk file copying, but was having
some issues with maintaining the original
On 01/20/2014 05:20 AM, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote:
Am 17.01.2014 um 22:10 schrieb Ralf Mardorf :
A computer is able to produce a jazz, rock,
classical style song, but not able to touch human emotions.
Artificial Intelligence needs Artificial Emotions.
It was in the year 1987 taht I first s
On 01/18/2014 03:12 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 06:00:53PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 14:38 +0100, Denis Witt wrote:
Or think about machines in mills, sorting out single grains of poor
quality while they are falling down like a waterfall into the
mil
On 01/15/2014 06:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
The reason I'm asking is, I can't seem to find where sshd is
logging (I'm having someone remote in and help me with something, but
can't find any record of him having been there yesterday)...
Appreciate any pointers...
Pointer: http://bit.ly/19u0D
On 01/12/2014 04:44 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014, Cameron Murgatroyd wrote:
Hi I've recently become a frequent user of debian and I have a
question [...]
I love the internet. Consider where this post took me:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murgatroyd
Fabulous stuff. Simply fab
On 01/08/2014 10:41 AM, Hudson Flavio Meneses Lacerda wrote:
hudson@musix:~$ free -m
total used free sharedbuffers cached
Mem: 435412 22 0 2 74
-/+ buffers/cache:334100
Swap: 1057
On 01/04/2014 01:38 PM, Slavko wrote:
Dňa Sat, 04 Jan 2014 17:57:42 +0100 François Patte
napísal:
I tried to install stardict
The StarDict's development seems to be ended.
Five or more years ago when still enamored with Puppy Linux, I
discovered that Puppy's PBDict was just a gooey GUI
On 12/22/2013 08:51 AM, Brian wrote:
On Sun 22 Dec 2013 at 02:40:09 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Do I have to edit the whole menu myself or is there a way to use the
same menu as other DE's do use? At least for categories like "Internet"
it would be nice to automatically get a menu entry when in
On 12/21/2013 09:10 AM, Rob Owens wrote:
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:29:40PM -0800, Alireza Bahrami wrote:
According to Debian website it's enough for installing Debian on a system.
There is an old Dell Latitude laptop with specs as below which I chose to for
this purpose:
Mobile Pentium4: 1.8
On 12/07/2013 05:55 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Reading the whole thread is impotent
heh
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On 11/29/2013 05:21 PM, Joe wrote:
But I came from Gnome2, and LXDE feels more comfortable than Xfce.
My first experience with Linux and KDE was with a Knoppix live CD. KDE?
Never. Again.
I boot to a tty prompt, log in, and type "startx" which brings up my
forever faithful ratpoison WM. Betwe
On 11/17/2013 05:08 PM, Neal Murphy wrote:
help
This has be the least informative request ever seen in a community support
forum.
SOS would have provided even less information ...
-Jeff
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On 11/12/2013 11:09 PM, lina wrote:
Hi,
Which package I can be installed which may serve as calender,
Just remind me when, where and what I need attend or prepare?
Thanks with best regards,
Barebones would be cal. Type "man cal" for details.
Regards,
Jeff
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On 11/10/2013 12:52 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sun, 2013-11-10 at 12:44 -0500, Jeff Bauer wrote:
On 11/10/2013 10:40 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 08:17:06AM -0700, thomas aylward wrote:
how does a novice begin with debian? Tom
How does a novice begin with Linux
On 11/10/2013 10:40 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 08:17:06AM -0700, thomas aylward wrote:
how does a novice begin with debian? Tom
How does a novice begin with Linux -
Burn, test drive, and used a live CD distribution for a minimum of a
month and learn all you can ab
On 11/10/2013 05:35 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
My own history --
I wandered over here when Fedora came under the influence of the
systemd crowd. Same group as was behind unifying /bin and /usr/bin,
near as I can tell.
My move to Debian was after nearly 5-years of happily using Arch Linux.
Then the
On 10/31/2013 06:53 PM, Craig L. wrote:
I have a good friend ...
Consider https://www.linode.com/
Friends don't run a friend's server on Microsoft; nor do friends set up
friend's email with Google.
Regards,
Jeff
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On 10/29/2013 12:37 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
I hae been trying to capture on-screen flash pics using ImageMagicks
Import command. But on some sites if flash is used to display the
pics, all I get is a black screen. I have tried adding -display:0 to
the import command but so far no luck.
An
On 10/16/2013 12:16 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
Or do you just turn it on and watch your favorite show?
Kinda helps to know how to wire together all the various pieces that
go with a TV these days- cable connection
snip
Of course you can call up the local Best Buy and
Apropos: http://bit.ly/1cR4LnG
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On 10/06/2013 09:06 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Chris Bannister
wrote:
.
How about taking time to trim your posts instead of allowing them to
build into an unreadable mess.
Hard to tell where to trim when you're trying to make sense of certain
kinds of conversations.
On 10/02/2013 04:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 10/1/2013 5:13 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
I have also looked at my memory usage. At this very moment, not running
WoW, I have 5.22 gig being used. 4 gig would not be sufficient for me.
You would be correct if the number you're looking at reflect
On 09/30/2013 05:39 PM, Marc Stephan Nkouly wrote:
how do i go out of the list ???
http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#subunsub
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Does the obvious pronunciation of the acronym for Code of Conduct, CoC,
violate the Code of Conduct? ;-)
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On 09/23/2013 06:47 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
A quick archive search does show that I helped others on this list
much more than you did.
List participation is not a competitive sport.
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On 09/09/2013 08:12 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
For me, it is part of my 'standard' desktop install.
Same here. Amen!
Two reasons - one, my learning process ...
Just passing by a word the definition of which I'm not certain can't be
blamed on "the (hardcover) dictionary is in the other room." K
On 08/31/2013 12:23 PM, David Guntner wrote:
I've been using it as a sort of backup type of partition, mounted as
/backup (until I have time to install backuppc and get it all
configured; I've just been doing an rsync to the drive). Since I was
backing up *everything*, I suppose there's a possi
Just out of curiosity, any Debian amateur radio operators care to ID?
73,
Jeff, WN1MB
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On 08/23/2013 05:51 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
I don't know if an IRC client is available
irssi for the hardcore; weechat for the fledgling 'leet
Jeff
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On 08/13/2013 06:15 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
Ana, please would you say what the date of the anniversary is.
August 16th
heh - my birthdate, too, although I'm considerably older than 20...
Happy birthday, Debian.
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On 08/09/2013 06:45 AM, msl09 wrote:
I think the apache team would be better to ask this kind of question.
Maybe they have an irc channel.
Check #httpd on irc.freenode.net - 350+ logged in right now.
Regards,
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On 07/11/2013 08:42 PM, David Guntner wrote:
Is there a Linux backup package that will do pretty much what I
described above?
I know of no such package, though there very well may be one available.
On the other hand, a simple back up script using rsync can do the trick
for you. And example to
200 browser tabs /and/ a gmail account. That figures ...
On 06/30/2013 04:22 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote:
Can't speak for him of course, but my SeaMonkey is currently using
4.2 GB RES and 5.3 GB VIRT (probably north of 200 tabs)
My progression/path: JWM/ROX-filer > OpenBox/PYpanel > straight up
ratpoison.
Nowadays I'm a hamstrung cripple if forced to use an OS with a DE/WM
that's heavily reliant on the dreaded rodent. One can trick out OpenBox
pretty seriously if you want to spend the time with configurations, but
I've got a server running Debian 3.0 r1. A job that is
scheduled to execute at 8:01pm is executing at 2:01pm.
The cronjob entry runs as non-root user:
1 20 * * 1-5 myjob
I have the server synchronized to a time source with ntpdate
and I've checked the local timezone. The 'myjob' script itself
I recently installed Knoppix 3.3 on my desktop
(2.4.22-xfs). I had no problem using apt-get
to grab the latest openoffice, python, xemacs,
etc. But after I retrieved some KDE development
tools, I'm no longer able to use apt-get.
When executing apt-get -f install:
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