[gentoo-user] Slightly OT: palemoon cloudless, rodent-less bookmark sync

palemoon on gentoo users may find this discussion interesting. I just found the key part of the solution. https://github.com/MoonchildProductions/Pale-Moon/issues/1303 -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. Do obviou

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: FreeBSD migration, what to do with /usr/local

On 12/10/2017 08:29, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > I think I have written here previously that I want to move my _server_ > to FreeBSD. I am still thinking about that. But now I hit an > obstacle. For a long time, I have put my local kiddie scripts in > /usr/local. For better or worse, they are writte

[gentoo-user] Slightly OT: FreeBSD migration, what to do with /usr/local

I think I have written here previously that I want to move my _server_ to FreeBSD. I am still thinking about that. But now I hit an obstacle. For a long time, I have put my local kiddie scripts in /usr/local. For better or worse, they are written in my dense style where any code duplication is

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT - My new SSD.

> I think q0 is the "administrative" queue, and the other 8 are ordinary > queues. (Sorry, I read that somewhere, but can't remember where). > Good to know. > > > but on your system i'd say there should be some queues on other > > interrupts to they can be serviced by other cores, so that d

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT - My new SSD.

On 26/03/17 03:52, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hello, Adam. On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 17:09:15 +1100, Adam Carter wrote: That, indeed, seems to to be the case. When I do cat /proc/interrupts | egrep '(CPU/nvm)', I get just the header line with one data line: CPU0 CPU1 CPU2

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT - My new SSD.

Hello, Adam. On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 17:09:15 +1100, Adam Carter wrote: > > That, indeed, seems to to be the case. When I do cat /proc/interrupts | > > egrep '(CPU/nvm)', I get just the header line with one data line: > >CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 > > 17: 0

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT - My new SSD.

> That, indeed, seems to to be the case. When I do cat /proc/interrupts | > egrep '(CPU/nvm)', I get just the header line with one data line: > >CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 > 17: 0 0 15 14605 IO-APIC 17-fasteoi > ehci_hcd:usb1, nvme0q0, nvme

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT - My new SSD.

Hello, Adam. Thanks for the reply. On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:45:34 +1100, Adam Carter wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > I've just bought myself a Samsung NVMe 960 EVO M.2 SSD. > > > > Some timings: > > > > An emerge -puND @world (when there's nothing to merge

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT - My new SSD.

On 03/18/2017 09:36 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > > I've just bought myself a Samsung NVMe 960 EVO M.2 SSD. (Do I get a > prize for the number of inscruitable abbreviations in a row? ;-) The > idea is, this will form a core part of my new machine, just as soon as > AMD Ryzen mothe

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT - My new SSD.

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo. > > I've just bought myself a Samsung NVMe 960 EVO M.2 SSD. > > Some timings: > > An emerge -puND @world (when there's nothing to merge) took 38.5s. With > my mirrored HDDs, this took 45.6s. (Though usually it takes nearer

[gentoo-user] Slightly OT - My new SSD.

Hello, Gentoo. I've just bought myself a Samsung NVMe 960 EVO M.2 SSD. (Do I get a prize for the number of inscruitable abbreviations in a row? ;-) The idea is, this will form a core part of my new machine, just as soon as AMD Ryzen motherboards start being reasonably available. I put it into m

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

On Monday 26 Sep 2011 23:21:56 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 26 September 2011 22:45:20 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > It's unrealistic to support everything you ever did forever > > like MS tried to do (IE6 is *still* hanging around somehow...) > > Tell me about it! IE6 is the nastiest pain in the

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

pk wrote: Hi, Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might find interesting (if you haven't seen it already): http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Linus-Torvalds-s-Lessons-on-Software-Development-Management/ba-p/440 Best regards Peter K Has anyone seen

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

On Monday 26 September 2011 22:45:20 Alan McKinnon wrote: > It's unrealistic to support everything you ever did forever > like MS tried to do (IE6 is *still* hanging around somehow...) Tell me about it! IE6 is the nastiest pain in the backside of any webmaster. I keep having to abandon pretty en

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:06:36 +0200 Jonas de Buhr wrote: > >The only problem with that attitude is that it eventually leads you > >to the same position that Microsoft is in with Windows -- where too > >many years of refusing to drop backwards compatibility were > >completely holding them back. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

>The only problem with that attitude is that it eventually leads you to >the same position that Microsoft is in with Windows -- where too many >years of refusing to drop backwards compatibility were completely >holding them back. i thought of that too. as with many other things, the trick is to f

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM, pk wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might >> find interesting (if you haven't seen it already): >> >> http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Linus-Tor

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

On 26 September 2011 20:44, Michael Mol wrote: > Yeah, I just saw that. Admittedly, when I saw this section: > > --begin-section-- > > I'll add at this point that this isn't just a programmer problem. I've > seen entire companies get locked into the idea that “perfecting” the > program was everyth

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM, pk wrote: > Hi, > > Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might > find interesting (if you haven't seen it already): > > http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Linus-Torvalds-s-Lessons-on-Software-Development-Management/ba-p/440

[gentoo-user] Slightly OT but interesting nonetheless...

Hi, Happened upon this interview with Linus Torvalds that some of you might find interesting (if you haven't seen it already): http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Linus-Torvalds-s-Lessons-on-Software-Development-Management/ba-p/440 Best regards Peter K

Re: [gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] Linking to a non-standard library installed using portage

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >   This is going to be trivial for anyone who actually programs. > Thanks in advance. > >   How do I link to a library I installed using portage? If someone > could show me an example make file that would be great. Don't know about nvcc b

Re: [gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] Linking to a non-standard library installed using portage

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > What do I link to? > > I've tried various things like this but none seem to find the library > correctly: > > mark@c2stable ~/CODE/CUDA/Mark $ nvcc -L/usr/lib64/libta_lib > ta-lib-ma.cu -o ta-lib-ma > /tmp/tmpxft_0a8b_-13_ta-lib-ma.

[gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] Linking to a non-standard library installed using portage

Hi, This is going to be trivial for anyone who actually programs. Thanks in advance. How do I link to a library I installed using portage? If someone could show me an example make file that would be great. I've no real experience in C and what I did have was in Windows years ago so I'm under

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT: providing rsync-server for customers

Am 31.03.2010 10:21, schrieb Stroller: > > On 30 Mar 2010, at 21:31, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> ... >> I'd like to get some feedback on how to charge for such a service. >> >> Parameters could be overall space used, data transferred (per >> day/month), number of historical snapshots kept, etc.

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT: providing rsync-server for customers

On 30 Mar 2010, at 21:31, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: ... I'd like to get some feedback on how to charge for such a service. Parameters could be overall space used, data transferred (per day/month), number of historical snapshots kept, etc. Maybe one of you is doing something like that already

[gentoo-user] slightly OT: providing rsync-server for customers

Greets, fellow gentoo-users, I am thinking of providing a rsync/rsnapshot-based storage for my customers. Just as third or fourth level of security, they all (have to) use raid, snapshots, tape backups on their own site (all of which I set up and run). I just want to add some automated sync to

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly ot: amd64, thunderbird 3.0.1: lightning ?

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 27.01.2010 20:30, schrieb Paul Hartman: > >> Enable the "lightning" USE flag on Thunderbird. No need to manually >> emerge the separate package. > > oh my ... must have been blind ... I really looked for that but didn't > see it ...

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly ot: amd64, thunderbird 3.0.1: lightning ?

Am 27.01.2010 20:30, schrieb Paul Hartman: > Enable the "lightning" USE flag on Thunderbird. No need to manually > emerge the separate package. oh my ... must have been blind ... I really looked for that but didn't see it sorry. Thanks ... emerge up and running already. Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly ot: amd64, thunderbird 3.0.1: lightning ?

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > I am looking for a working version of the lightning-addon for > thunderbird 3.0.1 on gentoo amd64 ... > > The version in portage doesn't work, the mozilla-overlay does not > contain a more recent release and my googling also lead me

[gentoo-user] slightly ot: amd64, thunderbird 3.0.1: lightning ?

I am looking for a working version of the lightning-addon for thunderbird 3.0.1 on gentoo amd64 ... The version in portage doesn't work, the mozilla-overlay does not contain a more recent release and my googling also lead me to some downloads which can't be installed. Do you gentoo-users know if

Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] Pocket Putty or similar

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Simon wrote: >>> Hey guys! i just got my internet connection working through a new >>> cellphone (pda). >> >> I think we'll need to know which operating system(s) the phone runs in >> order to suggest anything. > > Makes sense! Sorry that i forgot! > > The phone

Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] Pocket Putty or similar

>> Hey guys!  i just got my internet connection working through a new >> cellphone (pda). > > I think we'll need to know which operating system(s) the phone runs in > order to suggest anything. Makes sense! Sorry that i forgot! The phone is an HTC TyTN (also known as Hermes100, i think). It is r

Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] Pocket Putty or similar

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Simon wrote: > Hey guys! i just got my internet connection working through a new > cellphone (pda). I think we'll need to know which operating system(s) the phone runs in order to suggest anything.

Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] Pocket Putty or similar

Simon schrieb: [...] > > Anybody got a suggestion of a software to use on the pda to access my > host and have a nice terminal (ie maybe be able to bind keys > arbitrarily to some character?) > > Thanks! > Hi, on my cell I run midpssh but I am not sure if there is a pda version or not. http:/

[gentoo-user] [slightly OT] Pocket Putty or similar

Hey guys! i just got my internet connection working through a new cellphone (pda). the connection works fine but is a battery eater (i share the cell data connection to wifi, and then from the pc connect to the phone's ad-hoc ap, very cool, but have the charger handy!) Anyway, I've come sometime

[gentoo-user] (Slightly OT) A question about Wikis (maybe)

I'm considering a project, and am keen not to end up re-inventing the wheel. I'm looking to use collaborative techniques to put together a 'knowledge base'... I require: * Collaborative editing to grow the number of 'records' held. * For the 'records' (pages) to be of a standard form - so that

[gentoo-user] [slightly OT] recommendations for streaming audio solutions

Hi all, This is a tiny bit OT but not totally. I used to have a streaming audio server setup using tunez (http://tunez.sourceforge.net/) but that is no longer in development (since 2004). Is there something in portage that I can use to stream audio over icecast, both mp3 and ogg and control

Re: OT: Cheap PS2/USB keyboard/mouse adaptors. WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:45:58 + Stroller wrote: > > On 15 Feb 2008, at 01:21, David Relson wrote: > > ... > > Here in Michigan they seem a bit pricey, as well. A single PS/2 > > to USB > > adapter is a few dollars but the dual PS/2 to USB "Y" adapter is > > $16.00 > > (or worse). I had hop

OT: Cheap PS2/USB keyboard/mouse adaptors. WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

On 15 Feb 2008, at 01:21, David Relson wrote: ... Here in Michigan they seem a bit pricey, as well. A single PS/2 to USB adapter is a few dollars but the dual PS/2 to USB "Y" adapter is $16.00 (or worse). I had hoped to use one with my PS/2 only KVM but the combo doesn't work. I suspec

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 12:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 20:21 -0500, David Relson wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:29:58 + > > Mike Williams wrote: > > > > > On Thursday 14 February 2008 22:58:13 David Relson wrote: > > > > Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 20:21 -0500, David Relson wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:29:58 + > Mike Williams wrote: > > > On Thursday 14 February 2008 22:58:13 David Relson wrote: > > > Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter? I'm presently using a > > > PS/2 keyboard _and_ a PS/2 mouse conn

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:29:58 + Mike Williams wrote: > On Thursday 14 February 2008 22:58:13 David Relson wrote: > > Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter?  I'm presently using a > > PS/2 keyboard _and_ a PS/2 mouse connected to a single USB port > > (with a "Y" adapter -- dual PS/2 inpu

RE: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

> Obviously we can easily get a USB to serial adapter You can still get laptops with real serial ports (HP sell them). You might want to investigate whether you can manipulate the USB serial adapter to your requirements. I tried once with setserial and it didn't work - I havent had time to look in

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

On Thursday 14 February 2008 22:58:13 David Relson wrote: > Have you thought about a PS/2 to USB adapter?  I'm presently using a > PS/2 keyboard _and_ a PS/2 mouse connected to a single USB port (with a > "Y" adapter -- dual PS/2 inputs and USB output). D'you know what, I didn't even realise such

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:14:58 + Mike Williams wrote: > Hey all, > > I need a laptop. But the requirements are slightly odd. > This is for a machine to stay in our colo cage for use as a barcode > scanner, serial interface, basic GUI, and ssh server management > console, etc. It needs to have U

[gentoo-user] slightly OT, laptop for gentoo

Hey all, I need a laptop. But the requirements are slightly odd. This is for a machine to stay in our colo cage for use as a barcode scanner, serial interface, basic GUI, and ssh server management console, etc. It needs to have USB for an eToken, PS2 for a barcode scanner, serial to manage PDUs

Re: [gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] ext3 for Windows XP/Vista?

On 2/3/08, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With an eye toward sharing some directories on my Gentoo machines with > either Windows machines across my network or just making ext3 > partitions available when I'm forced to dual boot and find I want > something for my trip to the dark side I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] ext3 for Windows XP/Vista?

On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 13:27:50 -0800 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd really like to share my ext3 file server with my Windows machines > without being forced to use windows file systems. > > Thanks, > Mark If you want to get files to windows hosts that aren't running (dual-boot), you

Re: [gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] ext3 for Windows XP/Vista?

On Feb 3, 2008 4:13 PM, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 3, 2008 4:00 PM, Pupino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Mark, > > I'm using that driver on windows vista from some weeks ago till now > > and it seems to give no trouble... You can see your linux partition > > just as a

Re: [gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] ext3 for Windows XP/Vista?

On Feb 3, 2008 4:00 PM, Pupino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/2/3, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > With an eye toward sharing some directories on my Gentoo machines with > > either Windows machines across my network or just making ext3 > > partitions available when I'm forced to dual boot

Re: [gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] ext3 for Windows XP/Vista?

2008/2/3, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > With an eye toward sharing some directories on my Gentoo machines with > either Windows machines across my network or just making ext3 > partitions available when I'm forced to dual boot and find I want > something for my trip to the dark side I'm wonder

[gentoo-user] [Slightly OT] ext3 for Windows XP/Vista?

With an eye toward sharing some directories on my Gentoo machines with either Windows machines across my network or just making ext3 partitions available when I'm forced to dual boot and find I want something for my trip to the dark side I'm wondering if there are any 'better' ext2/3 drivers for Wi

Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] Automounting Windows shares with autofs

Am Freitag, 1. Juni 2007 schrieb ext Dirk Heinrichs: > Am Freitag, 1. Juni 2007 schrieb ext Alexander Skwar: > > I'd like to get something like this for Samba hosts as well. As a > > (dysfunctional :() start, I've hacked up a "auto.smb" script, which > > you can find at

Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] Automounting Windows shares with autofs

Am Freitag, 1. Juni 2007 schrieb ext Alexander Skwar: > I'd like to get something like this for Samba hosts as well. As a > (dysfunctional :() start, I've hacked up a "auto.smb" script, which > you can find at . If invoked on the > command line, it returns: > > [EM

[gentoo-user] [slightly OT] Automounting Windows shares with autofs

Good $time :) I'm trying to setup my system so, that it can automount Windows shares. I'd like to have it so, that I do NOT have to specify each and every host and share in the automount configuration; I'd like to have it so, that it's as "comfortable" as the NFS solution that you can get, if you

Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] kernel .config help pages

On Wednesday 21 March 2007 09:41, Rasmus Andersen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 06:23:40PM +, Mick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Is there a quick way to access the help page of a singular module in the > > kernel .config list, without having to fire up make menuconfig? > > > > Something on the

Re: [gentoo-user] [slightly OT] kernel .config help pages

On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 06:23:40PM +, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there a quick way to access the help page of a singular module in the > kernel .config list, without having to fire up make menuconfig? > > Something on the CLI to access just one particular help page. I dont think there is

[gentoo-user] [slightly OT] kernel .config help pages

Hi All, Is there a quick way to access the help page of a singular module in the kernel .config list, without having to fire up make menuconfig? Something on the CLI to access just one particular help page. -- Regards, Mick pgpzZxY007hb4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly ot

ubject: Re: [gentoo-user] slightly ot -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good morning! > I am looking to back up my dvd collection and have dvdrip but i have a > lot of dvd's which are encrypted which poses a problem is there any way t

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly ot

Hemmann, Volker Armin ha scritto: On Saturday 20 January 2007 15:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning! I am looking to back up my dvd collection and have dvdrip but i have a lot of dvd's which are encrypted which poses a problem is there any way to get around this. (i know all this co

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly ot

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good morning! > I am looking to back up my dvd collection and have dvdrip but i have a > lot of dvd's which are encrypted which poses a problem is there any way to > get around this. (i know all this could be slightly less than 100% legal, but > considering i own

Re: [gentoo-user] slightly ot

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good morning! > I am looking to back up my dvd collection and have dvdrip but i have a > lot of dvd's which are encrypted which poses a problem is there any way to > get around this. (i know all this could be slig

[gentoo-user] slightly ot

Good morning! I am looking to back up my dvd collection and have dvdrip but i have a lot of dvd's which are encrypted which poses a problem is there any way to get around this. (i know all this could be slightly less than 100% legal, but considering i own all copies i figure a backup isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: I am wanting to rip all of my dvd's onto an external drive > but whenever i mount my dvd drive (hdc) it shows it as a dvd. > However when i open the folder there are no folders displayed as if it > is a blank disk yet kaffine > will still allow me to play the dvd.

[gentoo-user] Slightly OT

I am wanting to rip all of my dvd's onto an external drive but whenever i mount my dvd drive (hdc) it shows it as a dvd. However when i open the folder there are no folders displayed as if it is a blank disk yet kaffine will still allow me to play the dvd. Has anyone encountered this or had any

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

2005/9/7, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: x11-themes/gtk-engines-qt... Haven't tried that. I'll give it a look. I do think it is problem though that you will have such very different standards as to how applications are supposed to work between WMs/DEs (just take file management). Regards,Mar

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

Martin S schreef: > > The main problem I feel is that lots of apps are written for a > specific WM rather than a generic non-WM/DE-dependent API. Which > makes the entire desktop look like bits and pieces the cat draged > home (run Gimp, Kontact and Scid under KDE and you'll know what I > mean

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 06:41:36 +0200, Martin S wrote: > The main problem I feel is that lots of apps are written for a specific > WM rather than a generic non-WM/DE-dependent API. Which makes the > entire desktop look like bits and pieces the cat draged home (run Gimp, > Kontact and Scid under KDE an

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

I enjoy KDE, especially since the atomic builds were introduced. The full KDE is so full of - for my needs - completely useless junk, that I've kept away from it. The bloatedness of KDE atomic is quite acceptable for me. Also, I'm pretty satisfied with the eye-candy. Useability wise, for me, KDE is

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

I suppose to make this thread complete I'll be the first (maybe only?) one to voice support for good old WindowMaker.  I think the biggest reason I still use it is that I'm just stuck in a rut, I have been running it for ages and have never wanted anything better.  It's definitely light weight enou

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

Hi Matt, on Wednesday, 2005-08-31 at 17:28:21, you wrote: > Anyway, I was just hoping to start a "pub"-style conversation on > what people like/disklike in a window manager. It's been XFCE here for a while. When I ran NetBSD years ago, nothing but fvwm would run at decent speed (not that there had

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

On 9/1/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, finally, another Litestep expat! I was beginning to think I was the > only one :) and here's another. *grin* currently using enlightenment. i like the pager, i like the config options, and quite frankly, the drag bar is just nifty. i

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 05:28:21PM -0500, Matt Garman wrote: > > Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the > assertion that the "best" window manager/desktop environment is > strictly a matter of personal preference. > > So, having said that, what window manager do you use,

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

Holly Bostick wrote: Nagatoro schreef: [Way off topic] But where did you find AA? I've looked around and all I've seen is "sorry tray again later when we've upgraded the linux code" Portage? Doh! /me goes into a corner for awhile. Thanks! -- Naga -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

They should be adding automatically, Greg.  Mine does.On 9/1/05, Greg Shikhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have tried out KDE and I am now using GNOME. It seems like GNOME has more of a skinning functionality although it does look a lot more bland initially.   ++ OT:   In KDE, if I emerged an app

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

I have tried out KDE and I am now using GNOME. It seems like GNOME has more of a skinning functionality although it does look a lot more bland initially.   ++ OT:   In KDE, if I emerged an app, it would appear in the applications menu. In GNOME, I have to add them in manually. Is there any configu

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

Bob Sanders schreef: > But it does come down to personal preferences. And I've used a lot of window > managers. > > ripped off > the wm in Win98 and put Litestep on Hey, finally, another Litestep expat! I was beginning to think I was the only one :) Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:40:08 +0800 Qiangning Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Sanders wrote: > > enlightenment E16. After messing with KDE, Gnome, Openbox, fluxbox, > > flirting with XCFE and a few others, I came back to Enlightenment. > > As an XFCE user currently, I'm curious about what m

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

On 9/1/05, Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyway, I was just hoping to start a "pub"-style conversation on > what people like/disklike in a window manager. Xfce4 is really great in my opinion. KDE is just ... too much. I see all tons of icons/apps that I never use and get discouraged.

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

Nagatoro schreef: > > [Way off topic] > But where did you find AA? I've looked around and all I've seen is > "sorry tray again later when we've upgraded the linux code" > Portage? eix america * games-fps/americas-army Available versions: 230 Installed: none Homepage:

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

> > what window manager do you use, and why? I stick with KDE, got on it since kde 3.0. and still using it 'cause just i am confortable with it, and looks pretty. Also got installed" Gnome - to run gnope apps Xcfs - for emergency e 17 - just for eye, and actualy this works even if xorg goes bad

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

050831 Matt Garman wrote: > what window manager do you use, and why? I've done my own review a couple of times, when dissatisfied, so I have an idea of what each of a fair number does. I started with a very primitive KDE on an early Mandrake, read about Xfce, tried it -- version 3.18.8 -- , liked

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

Steve B wrote: On 9/1/05, *Matt Garman* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: [...] So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? I use gnome with enlightenment as the WM, nice and good looking setup. But... still I'm thinking about trying KDE for real.

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Bob Sanders wrote: > enlightenment E16. After messing with KDE, Gnome, Openbox, fluxbox, > flirting with XCFE and a few others, I came back to Enlightenment. As an XFCE user currently, I'm curious about what make you guys leave XFCE for other lightweight WMs? -- Qiangning Hong Registered Linux

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Steve B schreef: > On 9/1/05, *Matt Garman* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the > assertion that the "best" window manager/desktop environment is > strictly a matter of personal preference. > > So, havin

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:28:21 -0500 Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? I > wouldn't trade the multitude of options availabe in Linux for > anything, but the choices can be overwhelming. > enlightenment E16. After messing wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

On 9/1/05, Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under theassertion that the "best" window manager/desktop environment is strictly a matter of personal preference.So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why?    I was in the sa

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El 31/ago/2005 a las 19:28 -0300, Matt me decía: > I've played with a lot of 'em, starting with fvwm, through window > maker, enlightenment 15 & 16, icewm, gnome, xfce, kde, blackbox... > I've been using Fluxbox for quite a while now. > > I want something that is fairly minimal/lightweight, but wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:28:21 -0500, Matt Garman wrote: > So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? I > wouldn't trade the multitude of options availabe in Linux for > anything, but the choices can be overwhelming. KDE. I've tried others but always end up missing some feature

Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

> Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the > assertion that the "best" window manager/desktop environment is > strictly a matter of personal preference. yes it is. Mine is KDE. It eats hardware but I do not care. It's configurable and convenient, and I like the development

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I've pretty much settled on kde. I like the speed and functionality. I find gnome a little slow (on my hardware) and not quite as stable. I really like xfce, but find certain configuration tasks more difficult than in kde. On Aug 31, 2005, at 5:28 PM, Matt Garman wrote: Before this ge

[gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ?

Before this gets into a flame war, let's just operate under the assertion that the "best" window manager/desktop environment is strictly a matter of personal preference. So, having said that, what window manager do you use, and why? I wouldn't trade the multitude of options availabe in Linux for

Re: [gentoo-user] (Slightly OT) PC IDE cards in a Gentoo-ed Mac?

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: > Mac IDE cards are more expensive than PC IDE cards. I've got a SIIG > Ultra ATA 100 PCI RAID controller lying around and a couple of IDE > drives. Now, the card's firmware isn't Mac compatible, and none of my > Macs (all PCI-based OldWorld architecture) have o

[gentoo-user] (Slightly OT) PC IDE cards in a Gentoo-ed Mac?

Mac IDE cards are more expensive than PC IDE cards. I've got a SIIG Ultra ATA 100 PCI RAID controller lying around and a couple of IDE drives. Now, the card's firmware isn't Mac compatible, and none of my Macs (all PCI-based OldWorld architecture) have onboard IDE. Would the PowerPC version