[plug] What a Linux distribution should be?

There was once a point raised by Mr. Orly Andico on a thread about the limitation if not total futility of Linux as a user-friendly desktop, to which Mr. Rogelio Serrano proposed a reform in the way we interact with computers to make them really user-friendly in line with the vision of the late Jef

[plug] Asia finds security in open source

By Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia Friday, September 28 2007 03:09 PM Better security protection tops the list of buying criteria for open source software, reveals a new study conducted on Australia, China, India and Korea. According to IDC's latest study released Friday on open source trends and challen

Re: [plug] linux as AP

> I am planning to configure a box as a gateway to internet with 3 PCI devices > installed. 1. for internet 2. LAN (wired) 3. LAN (wireless). I will also > install squid for this. Is this setup feasible? Use IPCop for such. It has everything you need and more. You just need to use a supported Wi

Re: [plug] linux as AP

And down the road you might want to limit bandwidth for each IP, detect mac address changes, try to detect browser changes, try to detect reinstalls, limit number or connetions per ip, try to hide clients from each other, show everyone a welcome screen / login screen (captive portal) if they're not

Re: [plug] linux as AP

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:30:51 +0800 "jan gestre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You'll be better off buying an ubiquitous Linksys WRT54G and have > the > functionalities that you want for a fraction of a price. Not if he wants Squid, as he specifically mentioned. If that's really very important to h

Re: [plug] linux as AP

On 10/17/07, seekuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello guys, > > May I know if any from the group have an experience using its linux box as > AP. > > I am planning to configure a box as a gateway to internet with 3 PCI > devices installed. 1. for internet 2. LAN (wired) 3. LAN (wireless). I will

[plug] linux as AP

Hello guys, May I know if any from the group have an experience using its linux box as AP. I am planning to configure a box as a gateway to internet with 3 PCI devices installed. 1. for internet 2. LAN (wired) 3. LAN (wireless). I will also install squid for this. Is this setup feasible? Suggest

Re: [plug] anyone using smartbro?

my observation based on leases file of dhcpd server. linux usually gives a blank computer name to the dhcpd server. windows gives the name of the computer. they might be using that information. On 10/17/07, Dax Solomon Umaming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 17 October 2007 8:33:55 am

Re: [plug] anyone using smartbro?

On Wednesday 17 October 2007 8:33:55 am Holden Hao wrote: > This is odd. I have 2 smartbro accounts and I do not have to re-login > when using the same computer but with different OS. Here in Baguio, they started implementing that around September last year. But before that, I didn't have any pr

Re: [plug] anyone using smartbro?

> I agree that using a router's the best solution for SmartBro subscribers. I > thought at first that they only use MAC Authentication, it turned out that > their system recognizes OS change too. This is odd. I have 2 smartbro accounts and I do not have to re-login when using the same computer bu

Re: [plug] AMD X2 seen as single CPU in cpuinfo

Hello fellow Gentoo user, Please try these settings: CONFIG_MK8=y CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=n CONFIG_X86_GENERIC=n By the way you should say no to CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO. Gentoo does not use old versions of GLIBC. You take advantage of randomized VDSO if you say no. Send me your .config if it still does not

Re: [plug] AMD X2 seen as single CPU in cpuinfo

On 10/17/07, Percy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/17/07, Percy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have an AMD64 X2 dual core CPU Before, the cpuinfo displays 2 > > processors but not until recently, I just found out that > > /proc/cpuinfo recognizes this as single processor. Too bad I was not >

Re: [plug] AMD X2 seen as single CPU in cpuinfo

On 10/17/07, Percy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an AMD64 X2 dual core CPU Before, the cpuinfo displays 2 > processors but not until recently, I just found out that > /proc/cpuinfo recognizes this as single processor. Too bad I was not > able to backup the old kernel (I'm using gentoo genker

[plug] AMD X2 seen as single CPU in cpuinfo

I have an AMD64 X2 dual core CPU Before, the cpuinfo displays 2 processors but not until recently, I just found out that /proc/cpuinfo recognizes this as single processor. Too bad I was not able to backup the old kernel (I'm using gentoo genkernel in building kernel.) This problem exists in gento

Re: [plug] anyone using smartbro?

Hi, Doc Mana, OT: where did you bought your WRT54GL? I been looking for that but seems they don't have any more in the market, they only have G model. - Thanks, AC On 10/11/07, Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Suggestion: > > Get a Linksys Wireless-G 2.4GHz 54MBps Broadband > rou

[plug] Why the Move to Web-based Apps?

Why the Move to Web-based Apps? October 8th, 2007 by Maddog Over seven (correction: six) years ago, I was in the small city of Dumaguete in the central Philippines where I conducted a short seminar on Linux. The sessions were conducted in a small internet cafe and after the two-day activity, we pu

Re: [plug] how to establish mail server

Hey Riaghan! try www.qmailrocks.org and you wouldn't have to change your linux distro if you really want that in redhat9 just have an update for your system and preferably your kernel. Daniel At Xpango, you can receive the latest [image: Free Nokia N-Series - including Nokia N91, N90 and