Re: [techtalk] Linux and UNIX

2000-10-06 Thread Patricia Jung
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 11:53:33PM -0700, Lynn Kuhlman wrote: > Is Linux close enough to UNIX that I could ask some UNIX questions? Depends on which Unix you're talking about and how detailed. As Linux is a Unix flavour, many things are similar or the same. However, when it comes to installatio

[techtalk] Announcement: German list for linux/unix women

2000-09-27 Thread Patricia Jung
Hi everyone, as a couple of native German speakers have been subscribed to this list, I hope you don't mind me announcing a fairly new tech list aimed for German speaking linux/unix women. It is called lynn and is not intended to be competitive with linuxchix. However, as the native English spe

Re: [techtalk] KDE / OpenSource

2000-08-03 Thread Patricia Jung
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 11:31:35AM -0500, joey tsai wrote: > > And the GNOME project hast included some of the KDE code, thus, the relevant > > programs obviously are part of a chain reaction. > > No, you do not need permission to link GPLed (KDE) code against GPLed (Gnome) > code. Of course n

Re: [techtalk] KDE / OpenSource

2000-08-03 Thread Patricia Jung
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 10:12:07AM -0400, Fan, Laurel wrote: > > Maybe so. But another issue is that KDE has incorporated a lot of > non-KDE-written GPL'd code, without asking the authors if it was ok > to link their code with Qt. In essence, forcing their controversial > interpretation of the

Re: [techtalk] KDE / OpenSource

2000-08-03 Thread Patricia Jung
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 10:17:41AM -0400, Fan, Laurel wrote: > So, someone is working for a company on a closed source product... > and not getting paid? I don't know what that convinces me of. Why shouldn't he get paid for his job? What I was mentioning was that no one paid him to leave harmony

Re: [techtalk] KDE / OpenSource

2000-08-03 Thread Patricia Jung
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:45:11PM -0500, joey tsai wrote: > the Harmony project. Unfortunately, I think Harmony's pretty much dead. Harmony died the day one of its core developers decided to do the real thing and join Trolltech to develop Qt. No one asked him to change his mind, no one payed fo

Re: [techtalk] *nix comparisons

2000-07-21 Thread Patricia Jung
Hi Susannah and all, Du hast am Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 06:08:41PM -0400 folgendes geschrieben: > [*BSD] > ehhh... i think the ports collection is about as easy to use as apt-get, > if not easier. it's a very similar concept, anyway. That's true, but let me put it that way: _upgrading_ packages wit

Re: [techtalk] login restriction

2000-07-07 Thread Patricia Jung
Hi Brian and all, Du hast am Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 01:52:46PM -0400 folgendes geschrieben: > > Does anyone know how to restrict users on a RHL 6.0 box from being able to > actually login? I know this sounds strange, but hear me out. I have this What about /bin/nologin, /bin/false or something

Re: [techtalk] laptops

2000-05-16 Thread Patricia Jung
Hi Helena, Du hast am Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:40:45PM +0200 folgendes geschrieben: > I am looking into getting a Dell now, maybe a Latitude. [...] > I will probably have to get it shipped from UK, since I don't > know where any Dell dealers are locally to Copenhagen (where I I'm quite sure there

[techtalk] Digest problem

1999-10-15 Thread Patricia Jung
I'm not the only one who wishes for a more clearly arranged digest, thus raising the question might be helpful for many of us. Thanks and best wishes Patricia -- _______ Patricia Jung pgp-