Re: choice of provisioning server?

2008-03-31 Thread Marc A. Volovic
ess I'll go with Xcat... > > -- > The eighth deadly sin > Ira Abramov > http://ira.abramov.org/email/ > > = > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the

Re: choice of groupware, choice of provisioning server?

2008-03-31 Thread Marc A. Volovic
> Ira Abramov > http://ira.abramov.org/email/ > > = > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsu

Re: Memory undectable on Intel server board S5000VCL

2007-08-09 Thread Marc A. Volovic
nd mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic Swiftouch, LTD [EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-544-6767

Re: [Israel.pm] The End of IT Slavery

2007-05-03 Thread Marc A. Volovic
s inability should likewise be clear and understood. Transgressing the above rule should also be explained, if not in advance, than at least away. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: Groupware hosting

2007-04-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Gil Freund: > Sub 20 users licensing is expensive, and free/GPL version is not > appropriate due to the outlook factor. Scalix provides 25 outlook licenses in the community open edition... -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouc

Re: File system for large directories?

2007-04-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
p file to transfer, spreading them across a > two-level directory tree etc) but I'd rathertry to keep the changes to the > existing software and scripts the the minimum which is required to speed > things up. B-sort em? Switch the back-end to database (assuming t

[JOB OFFER] C++ programmer

2007-04-17 Thread Marc A. Volovic
programming 4. Self-starter, independent 5. Good inter-personal relations For additional details - please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call Marc at 0544-676764. Swiftouch is an equal opportunity employer. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Wireless PCI card that can act as Access Point ?

2007-04-16 Thread Marc A. Volovic
in Zap or anything > http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/Prism2Card. Truth be told - I never did like the way Linux works as an AP. And - at home - I did not use Linux for an AP, but a pfSense. Using standard atheros cards. To your specific question - IIRC, the prism2 series is lo

Re: FOSS accounting software

2007-04-08 Thread Marc A. Volovic
aken, it was in the BIOS fonts area... -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [E

Re: OpenPBX compatible FXS/FXO cards

2007-03-19 Thread Marc A. Volovic
in israel... -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word &qu

Re: Linux servers vs. Microsoft servers

2007-02-17 Thread Marc A. Volovic
for help in defining the project (not implementing it). Sysnet comes to mind, as do other places. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: preventing upgrade nightmare suggestions?

2006-12-17 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Hetz Ben Hamo: > The question is - is there any GOOD open source solution for this? > something that can perform updates, notify admin about the updates, > etc? or he needs to "re-invent the wheel"? Yes, there is such a solution. It is called "a sysadmin".

Re: Gain / Loss when using Xen

2006-07-09 Thread Marc A. Volovic
- the Xen host. Which, in my book, is a good deal, but I know stubborn people who think otherwise. We are using Xen, as a standard procedure, for most minor edge jobs - name servers, domain controllers via sambe (ONLY authentication data), nis servers, ldap servers, print servers, etc. M -- ---M

Re: XP under Linux/Small Windows Footprint

2006-07-09 Thread Marc A. Volovic
main question lies - which windows disto is the least fat? i am somewhat leaning towards win2k which is probably sufficient... Hmmm... I will need to scrap my own Windows and install 2k... No problem with that. Marc -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL

[OT/JOB] Linux persuns

2006-07-07 Thread Marc A. Volovic
- the above is directed to women, men and ers, without differentiation of their gender preferences or choices. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764

Re: Moving

2006-07-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Marc A. Volovic: > Namiki Cherry Blossom > Namiki Wave and Plover > Namiki Raden 2000 > Namiki Sweet Flag and Moon > Dani-Trio Squirrel and Grape > Delta Monza > Delta Venezia > Delta Don Quixote Vermeil >

Re: Moving

2006-07-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Shachar Shemesh: > Marc A. Volovic wrote: > > Not to mention that they can, today, be replaced by a single disk Yes. They are TWO 3U units, with TWO power supplies each and a LOT of leds. > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consultin

Re: Moving

2006-07-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
> I am moving house. By 1st August. This being the case, and there being Also: 6. Systel PM1500 intelligent UPS -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, s

Re: Moving

2006-07-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Marc A. Volovic: > 3. IBM x306 1U pizzabox 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM, SCSI disk > 4. Sun Ultra 5 270MHz, 256MB, 10GB disk > 5. Sun Ultra 60 1*450MHz, 1GB, 2*18GB disks, KB+M All three for ONE of: Namiki Cherry Blossom Namiki Wave and Plover Nam

Re: good book in tcsh shell programming.

2006-07-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
had my hand in it ;-)... m -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Moving

2006-07-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
hing (i.e. a machine with a scsi controller). And - I do not know anyone with anything like the competence and the willingness to maintain this shit. Maybe,when I move, I'll contrib them to the local school. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL

Re: Moving

2006-07-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
of possible eight. The disks are thirty-six GB SCSI. These are also, IIRC, ten thousand RPM. > > 3. IBM x306 1U pizzabox 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM, SCSI disk > The same question about the SCSI disk, plus its size. I am NOT sure, but is either nine GB or

Moving

2006-07-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
people. I have not yet decided what I will do with #3 and #5. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To

Re: Random numbers in Linux servers

2006-06-28 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Oleg Goldshmidt: [snip microphones] > I would not be so sure that it will be random at all. Especiallyclose > to fan. Of course, a GPS receiver (6 channel) and usage of relative signal strengths/qualities can be used as seed too ;-) -- ---MAV Marc A. V

Re: [slightly off topic] need AIX for a couple of days

2006-06-27 Thread Marc A. Volovic
IX machine for the meanwhile The only idiotic idea that comes to my head is buying a 43P from ebay - they are quite cheap (sub $700)... M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: Random numbers in Linux servers

2006-06-25 Thread Marc A. Volovic
we now start adding external devices via RS232 (some kind of multi-cascade motion detector ;-)... Marc -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: Unix schedulers

2006-06-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
ab(1) as in `crontab -l` to see if you have access/tab and `crontab -e` to actually edit the thing. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972

Re: Why Unix is important

2006-06-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
; in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 =

Re: Why Unix is important

2006-06-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
localization and possibly even that is struck off... M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, sen

Re: [OFFTOPIC] RE: Why Unix is important

2006-06-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
se than porn. First, there is too much extraneous space on the left of the shot, the colours are flat (slightly over-exposed), etc. Whoever did that did not do a very good job. Ah yes - I do subscribe to the Oscar Wilde school of morality in art. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic

Re: Google Earth for Linux beta is available

2006-06-18 Thread Marc A. Volovic
t (which I did not) - obliterate it. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAI

Re: VMware guest net problems?

2006-06-14 Thread Marc A. Volovic
works quite well. This thing runs Debian etch/sid quite well. If anyone wants a still-functional install of etch or of sid for a xen machine, please tell me. The former is some 300MB and the latter is some 200MB uncompressed disk images. M -- ---MAV Marc A. V

Re: The select(3p) API

2006-06-14 Thread Marc A. Volovic
many consumers? If you post a sem, someone is waiting on it... I assume your consumer then employs the retrieved data and posts it back? you need to see tolerances in the fast thread. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PRO

Re: VMware guest net problems?

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
systems built in, so no > initrd wa necessary. Not super problematic - I usually go through the .config as Mr. B Chemelnitcki used to go through a shteitl - modify pretty much everything. I am highly initrd-anti. Normal procedure, for me, is to create a rather fat monolythic kernel. I am willing

Re: VMware guest net problems?

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Marc A. Volovic: > I use Xen with Debian (woody, sarge and etch) with not problem whatsoever. > The dom0 is etch, domUs are a mix, all very very small (sub 60MB). That is - xen 2.4. All my attempts to build xen 3 so far fail - I can not seem to be able to build a xenU kernel cor

Re: VMware guest net problems?

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
ne here made this work?) I use Xen with Debian (woody, sarge and etch) with not problem whatsoever. The dom0 is etch, domUs are a mix, all very very small (sub 60MB). M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sw

Re: VMware guest net problems?

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Gilad Ben-Yossef: > Marc A. Volovic wrote: > > I wrote an email saying the same thing (although the word "orchideae" > was missing from it for some reason ;-) and then decided Ira knew better > already. Must have been an oversight. I know (by dint of deduction

Re: Xen and Windows XP

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Shachar Shemesh: > Not to rub it in for anyone (hi Ira), even as I'm writing this email > we're running a Windows XP installation inside a XEN VM running on Debian. Rub, rub! Which windows? which Xen? Which CPU? M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic

Re: VMware guest net problems?

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
ever among you people is responsible for Xen's build system should be compelled to use FC. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 ===

Signatures [was: Re: VMware guest net problems?]

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Gilad Ben-Yossef: > The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single "oy." And it continues with numerous other pitiful cries, groans, ejaculations and grimaces! -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] S

In defence of Ire [was: Re: VMware guest net problems?]

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Gilad Ben-Yossef: > Marc A. Volovic wrote: > >Quoth Ira Abramov: > >>Today I installed a similar setup on a faster machine, host is FC4, > >Not that I am casting the first stone, but anyone using FC as a production > >machine should have his orchideae removed. &

Re: VMware guest net problems?

2006-06-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
. should vmware knows not the machine). FC4 delenda est. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscrib

Re: the PAIN that is Adaptec

2006-06-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
;rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8820747012&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL

Re: the PAIN that is Adaptec

2006-06-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
unfelt hue of lurking pain - you know, that subliminal feeling that it is waiting for you to turn your back in order to pounce on you and massage it with its solder side? M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: GP2X in Israel?

2006-06-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
. Have you had the op to lay fingers on it? Also - should brown material strike a rotating object for Gamepark, these little things could be real cheap for a little while - might be worth playing with it... M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMA

Re: the PAIN that is Adaptec

2006-06-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Shachar Shemesh: > Marc A. Volovic wrote: > > 2. in case of drive failure, recovery process is a pain > > > Well, doing "sfdisk -l /dev/sda > partitions" in advance, and then doing > "sfdisk /dev/sdb < partitions" isn't all that hard

Re: the PAIN that is Adaptec

2006-06-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Lionel Elie Mamane: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 10:19:12PM +0300, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > > No - do NOT use MD for anything except kiddie-games. > Care to elaborate? I actually *prefer* to use the Linux Software RAID 1. Am very unfond of doing raid ops on main processor. 2. in c

Re: the PAIN that is Adaptec

2006-06-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
o initlevel 3, rest. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with th

Re: Record from TV (saa7134)

2006-05-22 Thread Marc A. Volovic
be" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764

Re: [YBA] Small ethernet router

2006-05-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Marc A. Volovic: > Soekris + quad-port + pfsense. > or - if you can live with 3 ports + wifi - wrap.1 + pfsense. Alternatively, if slightly more complex, is a routerboard.com 500 with a daughtercard (which gives you some 8 interfaces), and is very cheap at the price. -- ---MAV

Re: [YBA] Small ethernet router

2006-05-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Jonathan Ben Avraham: > I need a small (4-8 port) ethernet only router (that's *router*, not > switch or hub). No WAN interface required. Recommendations? Soekris + quad-port + pfsense. or - if you can live with 3 ports + wifi - wrap.1 + pfsense. M -- ---MAV Marc

Re: One More Detail

2006-05-14 Thread Marc A. Volovic
"unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 =

Re: One More Detail

2006-05-13 Thread Marc A. Volovic
borders on Kfar Saba. Everything else is filled with damn furriners. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To u

Re: One More Detail

2006-05-12 Thread Marc A. Volovic
, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsub

Re: One More Detail

2006-05-11 Thread Marc A. Volovic
_ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > __ -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic

Re: Final Announcement, All (bar one) Details

2006-05-10 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Shachar Shemesh: > One humble request of change, if I may: > > > Shemesh, Shahar > If he can't show up, for whatever reason, can I come instead? Aargh. Ogg foolish. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Linnux Dinner Menu

2006-05-03 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Marc A. Volovic: > I will advance the Menu for your consideration. Since no one reacts to Menu - you are either shell-shocked or are (wisely, might I add) agreeing with me. The latter is commendable, the prior is condonable. Whatever the solution to the conundrum is, I take the Menu

Linnux Dinner Menu

2006-05-02 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Potato and Topinambour ? Desert: I know very little about deserts not made of G&T. Wine: A short firkin of Pushkin -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch,

Re: Revival, Closed. Write In Complete

2006-05-01 Thread Marc A. Volovic
d I lack the inclination to deny your assertion. Be pleased with your achievement, surely your greatest. Marc -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 ==

Revival, Closed. Write In Complete

2006-04-30 Thread Marc A. Volovic
oured in absentia: Shapira, Amos - Gone to pastures greener ..*, Victoria - Prima balerina of the first dinner -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Revival, final 10 hours

2006-04-30 Thread Marc A. Volovic
, Amos - Gone to pastures greener ..*, Victoria - Prima balerina of the first dinner -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 ===

Re: Final Calls, children, cinal falls!

2006-04-29 Thread Marc A. Volovic
- Prima balerina of the first dinner -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: Revival

2006-04-29 Thread Marc A. Volovic
rep shekel | sed > 's^.*shekel\([0-9.]*\)<.*^\1^'` | bc -l > 61.05304288365732148090 > > Shekels cash cover that? Should do most admirably, most admirably... I hope. I will post a specific cost breakdown, myself. I expect to use Pu

Re: Final Calls, children, cinal falls!

2006-04-29 Thread Marc A. Volovic
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ReReRevival

2006-04-28 Thread Marc A. Volovic
honoured in absentia: Ben Yossef, Gilad - The lebensraum host of the first dinner Shapira, Amos - Gone to pastures greener ..*, Victoria - Prima balerina of the first dinner -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: ReReRevival

2006-04-28 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Marc A. Volovic: > Patates Douce et Pommes en Ail > Osso Buco a-la Oriental sur Puree Pommes de la Terre et Topinambour The Osso Buco assumes ~4h cooking, oh Aviram. Is that ok? -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouc

Ze Button Finger - she presses to quickly. Was: ReRevival

2006-04-28 Thread Marc A. Volovic
. Menu (tentative): ? Patates Douce et Pommes en Ail Osso Buco a-la Occidentale sur Puree Pommes de la Terre et Topinambour ? 7. C'est touts -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch

ReRevival

2006-04-28 Thread Marc A. Volovic
1. Eaters: Altman, Alon Freund, Gil Jenik, Aviram Konstantinov, Ilya Shemesh, Shahar 2. Amusing Presenter Altman, Alon 3. Lebensraum Jenik, Aviram 4. suCook From: Aviram Jenik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marc A. Volovic" &

Re: Revival

2006-04-26 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Marc A. Volovic: > We need suCook and space. We have lecture and suCook (two contenders). We LACK space. Will anyone volunteer his digs? > Number of potential Eaters (i.e. people who expressed interest in my > cooking if not in Linnux ;-) as of now is 5. Unless mistaken, E

Re: [OT] Google is Anti-semetic

2006-04-25 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Marc A. Volovic: > supporter of Israel's right to be ON the Map and, YHWH forbid, under the s/and,/and not,/ > reprehensible Id, but gird my loins in the a of diaphanous latex and show s/the a /a net / = To unsubs

Re: Revival

2006-04-25 Thread Marc A. Volovic
ing if not in Linnux ;-) as of now is 5. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EM

Re: [OT] Google is Anti-semetic

2006-04-24 Thread Marc A. Volovic
indignashun. Marc A. Volovic -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAI

Re: Who do I have to sleep with to get an FXO card?

2006-04-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Amos Shapira: > I was hoping to see an address for a good forum below this line. > Is there a good place to track this area? http://www.voip-info.org -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouc

Re: Beowulf Cluster

2006-03-06 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Monday 06 March 2006 09:35, quoth Baruch Shpirer: > Hi, > > Anyone had real experience in this issue ? constructing a cluster of over 8 > computers and such ? Performance monitoring > diskless operation > management Yes. -- --MAV Marc A. Volovic

Re: Swap problem

2006-02-15 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 11:35, quoth Gilboa Davara: [snip] > > I sent mine and got the fix in less than 5 mins. > > Idiot. Pleased to meet you, I am Marc. ;-) It is good to find a person like you, who is well aware of what he is. M -- --MAV Marc A. Volovic <[

Re: Swap problem

2006-02-14 Thread Marc A. Volovic
il to the people who wrote the memory management section of your kernel (like an email greeting card) and they will send you a patch that fixes this test... Like shareware. I sent mine and got the fix in less than 5 mins. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL

Re: OT: Warning to VoIP users!!!

2005-11-30 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Really, Geoff. Stop this childish "I-wanna" prancing. The Israeli regulator knows much better than all these so-called "technology proponents" what is good for the State. On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 09:38 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > If you use or plan to use a VoIP system please read: > >

Re: [hackers-il] Need Personal Loans so I can Collect Online Donations

2005-11-07 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 22:52 +0200, Orna Agmon wrote: > DEAR SHLOMI, > MY NAME IS MS ORNA AGMON. [snip] > Orna. Dear Mz. Agmon, What a horrid and nasty post you made. You absolutely lack ANY sense of humour, human and human feelings as well as even an inkling of the rediculous. Can you not get i

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-06 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Aaron: > would I gain something from ubuntu? no -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscr

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Geoffrey S. Mendelson: > Without starting a distro war, can anyone recommmend a simple easy to > install Linux distro with Hebrew support and Open Office that includes > Hebrew support? Pointers to a download site would also be apriciated. DISTRO WAR Ubuntu. -- ---M

Re: go-linux-go!

2005-11-01 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Linux is well and good, but is not sliced bread... The talks - which I listened to VERY partially - seemed to posses the great depth of tile and the great breadth of a needle. And Oracle... is. Marc -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic

Re: Israeli Linux Logo

2005-10-21 Thread Marc A. Volovic
r saying "Russia/Israel - The Motherland of the Elephants!" ---JOKE END--- This, mes enfants, is the opinion of a much opinionated opiner of opium. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: Go-Linux 2005

2005-10-20 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 07:40 +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > ce, despite trying a couple of times. No > one there wants me to talk to sponsors (and they may be right, after > all). Judging from the amount of preperations done for Go-Linux 2004 [snip] Attempts by your truly to offer a lecture (for

Re: Why most people prefer Windows

2005-10-06 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Erez D: > what mailer are you using (what is 'Quoth' ? ) mutt and thunderbird. quoth from mutt. > > = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run t

Re: Why most people prefer Windows

2005-10-06 Thread Marc A. Volovic
set evolution to work > with it, but after spending two days on it, i gave up as it didn't work. True and no good solution. Life sucks. Some people make money on it ;-). M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EM

Re: Why most people prefer Windows

2005-10-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
OpenOffice - my daughter. OO is substandard in Hebrew to the extreme (especially in tables) and OO2beta is not there yet, either. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: Why most people prefer Windows

2005-10-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
minator). OpenOffice can and does interoperate with MS Office to a reasonable degree. Or - rather - vice versa. We are promised a much better level of interoperability once OO2 hits the streets in earnest (though I am not too optimistic). So - OO and OO2 work, sometimes (often) with quirks.

Amir Plevatski's Response

2005-09-25 Thread Marc A. Volovic
ct the Israeli market to start a transition to a bandwidth- and transfer-based model. Within the next year or so, maybe 18 months. However, by holding to an SLA a-priori (and not, a-posteriori or not at all as is normal here) you may be able to gain higher moral and business g

Re: OT: how do i get an ulta-small PC?

2005-09-08 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 17:55 +0300, guy keren wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > > the question is how slow it is - i'm not going to play DVDs on this > machine. Well - I would not be running KDE on it ;-). I _would_ run Wind

Re: OT: how do i get an ulta-small PC?

2005-09-07 Thread Marc A. Volovic
now, Geoff - you seriously think the best Linux distro there is merits such a comment. M -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764

Re: OT: how do i get an ulta-small PC?

2005-09-07 Thread Marc A. Volovic
o many > times to call it the "best Linux distro". Geoff - you must have realized I am pulling your leg. But let's stay away from my distro is cuter than yours argument... -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD

Re: OT: how do i get an ulta-small PC?

2005-09-06 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 07:04 +0300, guy keren wrote: > 1. this shop doesn't seem to perform international shipments. and i heard >that mustop's delivery prices are rather hefty... Can be overcome. If this is the last objection, tell me. > 2. there's no mention on their site regarding a power s

Re: OT: how do i get an ulta-small PC?

2005-09-06 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 22:16 +0300, guy keren wrote: > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > > What level of price/performance do you want? > > the performance should allow me to run a fairly recent linux distribution > - i can't just choose it, since i have to

Re: OT: how do i get an ulta-small PC?

2005-09-06 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 19:46 +0300, guy keren wrote: > indeed, with the fastest running at 166MHz, they're too weak for my needs. > not to mention the need to assemble a box on my own. What level of price/performance do you want? Do you require a VGA screen and PS/2? There are quite a few Geode d

Re: OT: how do i get an ulta-small PC?

2005-09-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
I significantly disagree with Tsafrir. What you want and can use is a vortex86 machine/box. They are very small, have a very light power footprint, easy to add bits and pieces to, are a full i386 machine. They ARE very underpowered ;-). Have a look at the board that fits your every requirement e

Re: Quest for *nix C/C++ IDE

2005-09-04 Thread Marc A. Volovic
lace and is also a pain to use. A perfect choice for the discerning developer. > I'd be very interested to hear what others think of Eclipse, or > alternatives (if there are any). Hmmmmm -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAI

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 14:56 +0300, Aaron wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to design a booklet and thought to use scribus, but when I switch > to hebrew keyboard it won't type anything I type but nothing appears on the > page. > Has anyone used scribus for hebrew layout and if so how. > If not

Re: Open source driver Fiber Channel devices for Linux?

2005-08-09 Thread Marc A. Volovic
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Idiotic benchmark

2005-08-08 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Example of an idiotic benchmark: int main() { long long i; double q; for (i=0; i<1000; i++) { q = sqrt(i); } } Under gcc 3.3.5 (Debian Sarge) this pile of drek executes in 1.4-1.8 seconds (depending on -O level). Under icc 9.0 it executes betwe

Re: Advice - fastest INTEGER operations CPU

2005-08-07 Thread Marc A. Volovic
>From my experience (and, alas, I have oodles computations servers experience), Athlons give excellent integer result. I have not had my hands on Opterons, but they are worth checking. However, in combination with the advice appended below, select a nice EMT Xeon. Free advice: 1. Ask for

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