olds breed coathangers. We breed dead mice (computer
kind!) and live keyboards.)
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Using X, when I want a command line, I grab an Xterm window up.
I've yet to see a Linux GUI that doesn't offer some sort of terminal window
- actually, I've yet to see one without an Xterm. (though I'm sure that
both are possible!)
Jenn V.
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en programs will try to catch this and cleanup after themselves.
For more information on signals, try 'man 2 signal' and 'man 7 signal'
or just 'man -k signal', if the first two aren't useful on your system.
(HINT: if you want a command line within X-windows
; that has enough added extras for the 'backyard mechanics'
to get a basic idea, and to know where else to start looking. But without
making it clear that the extra stuff is optional, we'll freak out the
drivers.
My 2c.
Jenn V.
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that happens to be in this directory'.
Other users are presumed to not control anything vital, and to be
unlikely to be hanging around in someone else's directories. :)
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for no reason other
Microsloth
> products any more :o)
If it doesn't work, you can cut and paste one of those sets of
/var/log/messages
error reports into a message on this (or some other appropriate) list.
(You should also summarise the problem).
If we have the actual error reports, we have a much bet
Jennifer wrote:
>
> I have a really good handy dandy script that sets up your modem in seconds. If
> anyone would like it just email me and let me know
If it's yours, why not post it to a webpage & suggest Debs put up a link to
it?
It sounds horrifically useful!
Jenn V.
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he machine :-)
Nils is right (or at least, *I* think so).
If a process is in the middle of a system call (such as I/O, disk reading,
whatever), it can't be killed while doing the system call.
That's the main reason. There's also
* parent processes respawning new children (whic
It works great. I have had it installed for about a week now. Alot of
changes and ease of use. I like being able to update the menus on the fly.
It isnt as much of a hog as enlightenment use to be, but you definitly
need some memory. I still however *hate* GTK-Perl. I use the word *hate*
like I w
killall might work
i.e killall netscape
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Jane Susi wrote:
>
> >
> > > Just This Girl wrote:
> > >
> > > > Did you try 'kill pid' or 'kill -9 pid'? 'kill -9' should bring down
> > > > anything.
>
> I'm sorry, if I bother you with a really silly question, but...what shall
Its looking for the files in /usr/include/*linux*/limits.h
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Nicole wrote:
> > Excerpts from linuxchix: 14-Oct-99 [techtalk] pine 4.2 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:27: linux/limits.h: No such file or
> > > directory
> >
> > This is strange. It's
and I liked it very much.
Hell, I call my husband FurFace, and my cat Fuzzybutt. Any reason I can't
call my distro by affectionate nicknames?
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va.
No need to reinvent the wheel. Password-protected sites are a much-required
feature, and Apache has it covered.
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decide which is cheaper.)
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he standards. :)
http://www.w3.org/
and
http://www.hwg.org/
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vs a standard monitor?
2. Anyone know what issues there are with flatscreens & linux support?
3. Anyone got a cheaper way of buying a decent flatscreen (in Aussieland!)
than going to the local computer store/superstore?
Jenn V.
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Amanda Owens wrote:
> Now, there *are* folks who are always more sensitive to such things as
> others (or else Jenn wouldn't have brought the subject up in the first
> place). Minimizing exposure (like one might not stand *right* next your
> microwave while it's on, or the
so we can write them off our taxes. ;)
Hm. I hadn't thought of that.
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help. And I
> want my email in tact. So which is easioest to install and get going.
I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you saying you want to install BSD 4.2?
If so, what are you asking in the second paragraph?
Jenn V.
(The flavour I'm familiar with is Debian...)
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Hum
han Debian, so if you're after distro specific help it
might be a better bet.
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umentation Project pages, looking up man X.
System changes since it last worked: none that I know of but I'm going
to bug my husband and see if he's done any!
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l - the questions are good ones, although I suspect that
since Ingrid and I had the same problem it's a thing with the Ice theme.
Le sigh...
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[EM
iously). So, if you're interested, I could help you
> offlist...
We've upgraded to the latest version of Enlightenment (and doublechecked
that the themes were suitably updated!). if this fixes it, great, if not
I can either go to another theme or dig around myself. :)
Thank yo
r printer as a specific address on your network,
and to tell your ifconfig that the printer is accessible via the
ethernet port.
'ifconfig' and 'route' are likely to be your main commands there.
man entries should provide your answers, or a search for HOWTOs or
LDP entries on
Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote:
> Conni
> starting to think she's getting in over her head
That's usually when you start learning the really nifty stuff. :)
Stick with it.
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nestly thought I had, until I saw blue sparks.
Thankfully, it wasn't harmed. At all. Nor was I. But I double and triple
check nowadays! (This was when CD-roms were still expensive)
Jenn V.
(replies to grrltalk only, please. Further discussion on this topic,
also to grrltalk. Am moving the th
rectories.
AND back up /etc!!
In Debian, at least, almost all your config files are in /etc.
So if you want to reinstall and save your configurations -
as Walt asks here - save /etc.
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for no reaso
es it know it's an
msdos partition?
/etc/fstab (I think) is the file to check for that.
Alternatively: do you want/need Linux to read the windows partition
anyway? :) If not, the solution is simple.
Jenn V.
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for your mount table - I think it's 'file system table' all
shortened up. :)
> I would prefer it if Linux could read the partition, since I was
> thinking of using that as a shared space for things like mp3s,
> etc. that I'd like to be able to access from both OSs.
ts). The
> version that went to the mailing list and back showed up
> as HTML. Does anyone know why this would occur and how to
> defeat it?
>
> --Cathy James
If you have the list in your address book, check whether the entry
specifies HTML formatting.
Jenn V.
s do
turn out useful - like when people send Excel spreadsheets for you to
take a look at.
(Don't laugh. It happened.)
Jenn V.
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o using
commercial stuff limits the number of users to people who have access
to the commercial aspects.
I hope this clarifies it a bit.
Jenn V.
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[EMA
Norma Ford wrote:
>
> I need to know how to track ip addresses with the host name on our system to verify
>our dns configuration is correct.
> Does any one know of any tools to do this?
> Any help would be appreciated.
Do you mean you want to do a reverse lookup? Or
a problem with the author of GPLed software
releasing both a GPL and a nonGPL version - but THAT one should be checked
with the lawyers!
Jenn V.
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free'
>
> That's not at all accurate.
>
Thanks. My error - or rather, my misunderstanding.
I appreciate the clarification.
Jenn V.
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Hat Linux 6.0 and KDE 1.1.1.
64 MB, with Netscape, Staroffice, Jpilot, tinyfugue and other incidental
stuff running. (over Debian/Gnome/Enlightenment)
It can be done. I didn't think it was a feat.
Jenn V.
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fo
Vinnie Surmonde wrote:
>
> as in the 'make' command is not found, or it can't find the compilers?
>
> for the former, install make ;)(I'm so helpful,, no? :P ) for the latter,
> check paths?
>
Even for the former, check paths. My copy of make is in /us
nted. The first time, it stalled after 600k. The second time, it
> stalled after 100k.
This doesn't fix it, but with ncftp you can pick up from where the last
download left off. So 600K then 100k then 100k does get you the file.
This does assume that the server supports it.
Jenn V.
product's cool,
it isn't". That also extends - to me - to 'geeky'.
Jenn V.
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e might call up a shell within the script, and trap for them!
Jenn V.
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***
ir
page creator program.
A bare few - the ones who handmake their pages or handedit them after
the page creator is done - are happy FTPing them up themselves.
I have *ONE* who wanted a shell account. One.
Jenn V.
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ing. A pointer would be helpful. NO! I wouldn't send you orange messages
> unless you said: "Yes Go ahead!!!"
How does it not being HTML prevent you from responding? 'reply' works just
as well with plain text as with HTML!
Jenn V.
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enhancement are two
> completely different things, and should go through two completely different
> processes. Enhancements might be submitted as a bug, but they should be
Hm. I'm not sure of the status of Netizen's 'Xen' system, but it could be what
you're looking f
thesis null. :/
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ck of _correct_ MX records. Pony CNAMES to ip-solutions.net.
Everything on the right hand side of an MX record should be an A-record.
I'm about to say 'read the manual' because I don't know how to fill in MX
records utterly properly myself, so: read the bat book. :) Or the RFCs.
in that window. (I don't know KDE, either.)
And best of all: neither of these options actually disables the GUI. Just
gives you the command line as well. Best of both worlds.
Jenn V.
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y'.
In Netscape:
Edit menu
Preferences
Advanced
(expand Advanced so it shows cache and proxies)
Proxies
Then put in the address and port of your Squid proxy server.
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namically generated pages
at all (.asps, anything that's a cgi script, form responses...)
My local SQUID expert says: If you're using Netscape, every time you select a
bookmark it forces a complete reload of the page.
If all of these are null, come back with the problem and I'll loo
e - think 'standard
open source terms' and you're pretty right.
Credit for those courses goes to Skud. Let her (and/or
the list!) know if you find them useful.
Jenn V.
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for no reason other than
Sriram-HO wrote:
> Also is there any tool for Linux something like websense?
prompt%: apropos websense^M
(translation: what the is websense?)
Jenn V.
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7;t know these things.
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Sriram-HO wrote:
>
> Jenn
>
> I have a project to complete. In the site we have implemented Checkpoint
> Firewall 1 ver 4.1 on a NT box. On the other NT box we have Trend Enterprise
> CVP server. Now the site runs IIS on the NT which also runs Check point.
> They have a
check the 'to'. Grump.
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ess.
Thank you.
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s overriding powers.
On PC hardware, the keyboard and monitor plugged into the PC that's
running the OS is the console.
Jenn V.
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you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dan
(The whole
course is a four-day course, and includes CGI and database interfaces).
Training notes are at http://www.netizen.com.au/services/training/
Jenn V.
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e (DON'T
remove it or edit it!) and insert the line you want.
DISCLAIMER: I've got NIL experience with redhat. I've got no experience
of changing 'shutdown'. This is just what *I* would do.
If anyone has a better idea, please say so.
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever
connected to the other port on the IDE card are secondary. Same
jumper settings.
I was unaware of any performance differences based on location, but
someone in the thread mentioned that HD slaves of ATAPI devices can
suffer. (or 'pears' where an ATAPI is the 'banana'. Hm. Maybe
even if it's just you
on the machine, and do stuff as it.
(You're sending mail to the list as 'root'. Thus, you're probably at
LEAST doing your basic mail as root. Too many permissions. Using a
non-root account is the most basic of the life preservers. )
Jenn V.
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specifically add them. (for
Debian, 'apt-get install rlogin' should work.)
Jenn V.
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you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
[EMAIL
x27;s easier to apologise to the experienced for wasting a moment or
two's time, than to apologise to a new person for not telling them
something that could have prevented them accidentally wiping their /bin
directory. :/
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder if there's
ow it can
be done.
As for what groups Linux creates by default: that depends on the
distribution, and thus there isn't a neat description. :/
Hm. This question definately deserves to go into the techtalk FAQ.
I need to get back to FAQ-writing.
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder
to get Pharaoh to run
under wine.
He's got it past the title screen and into the first stages of play,
successfully. (then he got distracted with Exult).
I don't know how he did it, I just know /that/ he did.
Jenn V.
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e, lightning strikes, assorted other hardware
glitches...
Ninety percent of the time, power cycling the modem works for us.
Sometimes you have to leave it off for a slow count of fifteen (clear
ROMS? Dunno. It's 'magic' but it works).
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder if there
"Shelly L. Hokanson" wrote:
>
> hi jenn -
>
> pc magazine's october issue did a write up with reviews on 55 different
> models of printers, all varieties - inkjets, lasers, & combos. i found
> it on the web - here's the link:
Thanks, Shelly and Greg!
ure
> about the others. any suggestions?
Benno (at Netizen) uses the *BSD, especially FreeBSD 4.0, for routers
and firewalls. No, I don't know the rationale behind it, but I assume
he's competent and has reasons, so it can't hurt to look at them. :)
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever
t. Random sort of behaviour - probably a
minor hardware fault. Most likely in memory, since it /is/ sigsegv.
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
you miss out on by being a
ther similar direct
address of memory that shouldn't be being addressed.
Not being familiar with G++ (though I know C..), I can't be more
precise.
Jenn V.
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you miss out on by being a geek?&
eir business'
finances. It'll also be running their mail and everything else they do
computer-wise.
What do I suggest to them?
Jenn V.
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you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
[EMA
Our cable company is starting to offer cable-connection to the net in
our area. Does anyone know if a Nortel CM 100 cable-modem is compatible
with Linux?
Do any Aussies have experience with Optus' cable connections to the net?
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder if there's
Sarah Hollings wrote:
>
> Jenn,
>
> I'm planning to go for cable modem access later this year. What I've
> heard is that Optus' "@ home" service (which runs on the same cable as
> their phone system) is compatible with Linux, but Telstra's "
Stephanie Alarcon wrote:
>
> eh, one time that happened to meI had fried the motherboard. =( oh
> wait, i can't remember if my hd was spinning though...
>
Depending on what sort of fried motherboard you had, it might trigger
the HD to power up
Jenn V.
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you can get src rpms :)
Both have a package manager.
There are certain things that you will and should never use an rpm
for.. for example.. apache.
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Jeff Dike wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > hey, anyone have a minute to explain the differences/advantages
> > disadva
There is currently no techtalk FAQ. The rough outline exists, but is
really nothing more at this stage than a set of docbook tags and a
couple of headings.
Working on it. Suggestions are accepted and appreciated.
Jenn V.
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ers on
> this
> list could implement this easily..)
That's what Deb is currently listidle doing - setting things up so that
there's a lot of roles, each with their own manager (profiles,
chapters, reviews, FAQs) and that changing sections can be done via a
python/zope (curre
e-I-missed
works, please email the script and the 'it works' to me for inclusion in
the FAQ.
(Laurel, I'm not trying to usurp your FAQ here. Just to catch
particularly relevent questions and answers as they happen...)
Jenn V.
LC FAQ coordinator.
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"Do you ever wonder
break,
messages often come up on the console. So knowing how to go look at it
can be handy.)
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uot;, boys and girls?
>
> gaping security flaws are /bad/.
Summary:
/bin/false or /bin/true as a login shell prevents an individual from
logging in via telnet, ssh or rlogin.
Closing off rlogind and telnetd prevents ANYONE from logging in via
rlogin or telnet. (But not ssh. Which is usua
erests me may not interest the next one.
OTOH, try inviting/encouraging the guru women to give talks on their own
areas of expertise, for the other gurus - or for the newbies - or for
both.
(not necessarily in the same lecture). Use your own resources.. :)
Jenn V.
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"Do you eve
m IIIxe.
There's SCSI support, so they should work fine.
There's a whole /range/ of Palm syncers and suchlike. I'm currently
using JPilot, but we installed a whole bunch of new ones when I upgraded
Gnome, and I'm about to experiment with them. :)
Jenn V.
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"
RedHat has a 'what hardware works with Linux' list on their web page.
That may be your best bet ...
And yeah, I know that was perilously close to RTFM. I'll make it nicer
by pointing to the exact page.
http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/
Jenn V.
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"Do you eve
. :/
Good luck. Sorry to be less than helpful - if anyone has a better
solution, PLEASE speak up! We'll use it too!
Jenn V.
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My flatmates regarded this as a challenge...
Good! Get them to document their results? Please? :)
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U 2.4routing/2.4routing.sgml
This may be the SGML source - Dancer says it seems to be LinuxDoc
sources. But it's got the /data/
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, I found it much closer to a 3-hour install
process. YMMV, of course.
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/u01/staroffice52/program/soffice
That means the same thing as 'be in the directory
/u01/staroffice52/program and type ./soffice'.
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s what su *IS*. 'switch user'. And if you can get to root, the
entire system is open to you.
Colour me 'not understanding what's bugging you'.
Jenn V.
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you miss out on
you
can't quite remember a specific thing, but much less useful if you need
to tie the concept to other things.
Jenn V.
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you miss out on by bei
Marisa Mack wrote:
>
> i thought maybe someone else would respond, (someone with a better idea
> of what's going on here) but they haven't, so i'll try...
It's always safe to assume that silence means 'we don't know'. :)
Jenn V.
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"
Bek Oberin wrote:
>
> Jenn Vesperman wrote:
> >Keep the MTU reasonably down, so that if your
> >partner's doing a large download your chat packets go out promptly
> >anyway. Learn what MTU means, and how to set it.
>
> Okay, time to learn. Wh
as anything other than an alpha or a beta release?
(ok, ok. What /sane/ entity?)
And not just free of known bugs, but tested well.
Jenn V.
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[
hate' level. I'd fall back to my standard
'test each subroutine, test each feature, in isolation and in groups'
axiom.
My test plans tend to be big long checklists that developers hate. If
anyone's got a better way, PLEASE sa
y can't do extensive QA on hundreds of thousands of
> different hardware configurations.
Game companies aren't sane entities .. or rather, they're well aware
that their audience will put up with buggy software.
Jenn V.
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e
that feature. It can go in the next release'.
Of course, I have that luxury in every single I job I go to .. don't I?
Yess.
(no.)
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is
> problematic for two reasons,
Yes, exactly.
> So, technical discussion #2: How do you deal with an immediate superior
> who is a non-techie (especially when your pay is low, your top priority is
> uni or other reasons why you don't want to be a defacto project manager)?
I escal
oped into a synonym for 'causing
fear/terror', and from there into the state where 'oh, that's awful'
equates to 'oh, that's not at all nice'.
Jenn V.
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you m
s, boundary conditions, and
probably annoy the hell out of users.
A thorough checklist will include every feature, alone and in
combination - it will also be impossible to do on most budgets.
I never said 'simple' checklist.. did I? :)
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder if there
e faced recently.)
Well, I'd be very happy to use techtalk for such discussions. I've just
never seen them brought up on techtalk.
As for release 1.0: when there's a complete, bugtested set of features
which provide at least a minimum functionality for the type of program.
(Not an alp
using
as the install-from media.
Well, if it was me this was happening to, those would be my avenues
of investigation. Sorry I can't be more precise.
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
you miss out on by being a geek?"
oth been caused
by C.
I think you can see the light .. and it's not an oncoming train!
Jenn V.
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"Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
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