Linux, Linux, Linux
Hi, Interested in trying Linux? Well you came to comp.os.linux.advocacy for some reason, and you probably won't stay long. Here's a list of Linux distributions to choose from. Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com Newbie friendly and good support forums. SuSE http://www.novell.com/linux Pay for some support if you're not opposed to spending a little money. Fedora Core http://fedoraproject.org If you're more comfortable with your computer, try this one out. If you get frustrated, don't give up so easy. There is a wealth of information online for whichever distro you choose....

Strange problem: no problem with Linux, when I boot windows 2K network is down...
Guys: This is very strange problem, looklike this problem is not going to leave me for months. I have a computer with Windows2K and Linux. I have Netgear 4-port Switch/Router (connected to DSL modem). If I boot with Linux, everything is OK, I can be on-line, also two of my other computers works fine. If I boot my PC with Win2K, then immediately all computers are down. None of the computer connected to network. I thought some problem with LAN card, so I went for early bird sale on day after Thanksgiving and I got one LinkSys PCI LAN card and one Router and I plugged new LAN card into my machin...

Why linux is linux
We don't destroy, we create. We don't imitate, we build. We are not a network, we are a personal OS. -- http://www.texeme.com Hi John, Attempting to Speak for Linux, You wrote: << We don't destroy, we create. We don't imitate, we build. We are not a network, we are a personal OS. >> Linux is more like this: << Like everything else, we consume and are consumed. We exchange ideas with everyone, to the point where it's almost impossible to track. We are artisans, not mass producers. >> Jeff Relf wrote: > Linux is mo...

[News] [Linux] Linux More Secure Than Mac OS X, Windows
How secure are Linux, Window and Mac OS? ,----[ Quote ] | Overall it looks like the Linux kernel turns out to be the most | secure system. Not only does it have virtually no security holes | that lead to system access, it's also very resilient to remote | attacks, two areas where both Windows and Mac OS X aren't doing | very well. `---- http://www.masuran.org/node/29 Lots of nice charts on the page. Good summary. Related: Linux hacks rare as hens' teeth, says survey ,----[ Quote ] | Adding more fuel to the Linux versus Windows fire, a US research firm | this week released a ...

Linux!! Linux!!
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I have Linux! I have Linux!
Ok, after two days of trying to get Windos 1900 installed and working , I sat down an hour ago and installed Linux. In an hour. Smirk. Ok, I will be honest. I did have some problems, but I believe they were of my own ignorance. 0) I started with trying to install Suse. However, I couldn't get it to install. Why? Because I didn't read the menu. There is a startup menu and the first entry is boot to harddisk. I thought that was the thing to do so I did it about 4 times. Then I gave up. However, I went back to it and subsequently realized that I should have chosen the 2nd men...

My Linux is not your Linux
To the denizens of comp.os.linux.advocacy! So many people demonstrate in this newsgroup that they know only a Linux of Hatred and Greed, of paranoia, and of a selfish sense of entitlement. They seem always to be behaving like monkeys in reaction to human dissenters, throwing feces at one another and beating their chests pretending to know something. My Linux is not that Linux. My Linux is the Linux of Love, of sharing, friendship, community. It is a uniquely human Linux and not one for monkeys. When I speak with fellow Linux users in real life (i.e. not in the monkeyhouse of COLA) they remind me of myself: practical, freedom-loving, anti-corporate. Here in COLA however they remind me of monkeys or spoiled brats or worse, corporate sysadmins. My Linux is not your Linux. It is the human Linux that acknowledges that Linux involves human work to create, that although it is free you are not entitled to it, that although it is created in large part by volunteers, they deserve to be paid for their gifts with at least gratitude. And that monkeys and self-entitled brats and sysadmins never thank anyone. yarmfelder@yahoo.com writes: > To the denizens of comp.os.linux.advocacy! You crossposted to gnu.misc.discuss. > My Linux is not your Linux. It is the human Linux > that acknowledges that Linux involves human work > to create, that although it is free you are not > entitled to it, that although it is created in large part > by volunteers, they deserve to be pa...

Groupware for LINUX. KUBUNTU/UBUNTU LINUX on Windows XP. how to run obsolete windows programs on ubuntu/debian LINUX
Hi, is Kubuntu/Ubuntu LINUX the way to go. It is easily downloadable. Also, look up "urine therapy" and http://tripod.spacetimemotion.com And which is the best groupware for Kubuntu/Ubuntu LINUX. It is not ? http://www.phpgroupware.org/ Erach ...

[News] Linux is Linux is Linux, Not 'Cheap Windows'
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Reimagining The Desktop ,----[ Quote ] | KDE 4.1 goes a long way to solving that dilemma. `---- http://www.northdavisroad.net/2008/08/reimagining-the-desktop/ Linux should remain Linux ,----[ Quote ] | I disagree that Linux should concentrate on running native Windows apps. This | is exactly the opposite of what the community should be doing. If you notice | more and more companies are working to make Linux their base rather than | Windows. This frees them of paying tax to MS and stops MS from beating their | products with tighter Windows...

[News] [Linux] Man Chooses Linux Over Mac OS X, Windows
Which OS for Ruby on Rails development? ,----[ Quote ] | I've had experience using Linux servers (no GUIs), so I figured I | could always drop back to the command line if something broke and | I've had to once or twice during installations. But overall I have | been pleasantly surprised at how civil an experience it has been. `---- http://falkayn.blogspot.com/2007/05/which-os-for-ruby-on-rails-development.html ...

[News] Breaking Linux Myths; Bluetooth Setup Easier in Linux Than in Windows
Linux Truths, Half-Truths, and Myths ,----[ Quote ] | When people find out I run Linux on my computer instead of Windows | or even Mac OS X they sometimes have funny ideas about what it must | be like. Some of it is historical; Linux used to be quite difficult | to administer in its younger days. Some of it is misinformation, | or no information at all. I hope to dispell some of the | misconceptions. `---- http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/05/161203.php Bluetooth on Ubuntu - A pleasant surprise ,----[ Quote ] | Windows XP | | 1. Pop in the driver CD of the dongle. Install the dri...

very strange display problem with PC Linux OS!!!!!!
I just bought a new computer, custom built. Had it set up with dual boot PC Linux/Windows. Default boot is Linux. When I boot to Linux, everything looks great and I see the splash screen and the progress bar telling me it's loading. But, after it's loaded, and I'm waiting for the login prompt, my display goes blank, and stays blank (black.) On my LCD, I get a message box moving around that says "frequency out of range." It was running at 60hz so I set it to 75hz...same problem. Hooked up an old NEC CRT monitor, screen still goes black, but no message is displayed....

I have a problem displaying a GIF image in windows BUT not in linux!!!
All the images I am displaying are GIF. Some of the images appear distorted and cropped when displayed. However, others are displayed perfectely. All the images appear normal in linux. Perhaps it's a problem with a driver? Here is the code I use with the frame widget ($FileList[$i] is an array of gif names): $frame=$ChapterFrame->Frame(-relief=>'groove',-borderwidth=>2)->pack; $img = $frame->Photo(-file=> $FileList[$i]); $frame->Label(-image => $img)->pack; On 10 Feb 2005 21:43:21 -0800, "PhoneJack" <martoa@alum.rpi.edu> wr...

Linux performance problems blamed for why OpenOffice performs MUCH BETTER on Windows than Linux
<quote> "With infamous threads such as this one around, and OpenOffice.org still performing much better on Windows than it does on Linux, it seems more likely to us that the performance problems seen above are less Mozilla's fault and more down to general performance issues on Linux. </quote> http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/linux-loses-to-windows-in-firefox-benchmarks-528536 Ezekiel wrote: > > <quote> > > "With infamous threads such as this one around, and OpenOffice.org still > performing much better on Windo...

[News] [Linux] More Games on Linux (Even DoFuS), Linux Applications on Windows
Linux gaming, part four: massive multiplayer online games ,----[ Quote ] | Dofus as an online game with fun graphics and a huge player community, it | has over three million players. The website of the game says it’s | half-way between a tactical video game and an interactive cartoon. `---- http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/06/26/linux-gaming-part-four-massive-multiplayer-online-games/ Linux on Windows with Lina ,----[ Quote ] | Building off a concept similar to Java, LINA aims to provide open-source | developers the ability to compile applications that will run on all of | Windows, MacOS...

Linux to Linux Fileshare Problem
I have two old desktops both running Ubuntu Linux, I also have an XP laptop all working behind a draytek 2600 router. Samba is set up on both Linux machines, my XP machine can access both Linux machines and both Linux machines can access the XP laptop. Problem is neither Linux machine can view the other's files. If from either Linux machine I connect to the network it shows the other Linux machine, clicking on the networked Linux machine it then lists the shared directories but if I click on the directories a window opens requesting a username, domain and password. The username sh...

[News] GNU/Linux Saves Windows Captives from Inherent Problems, PGP Adds Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Virtualised USB key beats keyloggers ,----[ Quote ] | Aimed at companies that want to protect | corporate bank accounts, Trusted Access for | Banking is actually a standard IronKey USB | drive that runs a walled or ‘hardened' Linux | virtual environment inside the PC's OS. It | comes complete with its own browser hardwired | to access only a particular bank service, and | incorporates RSA Secure ID tokens for | authentication. `---- http://news.techworld.com/security/3213277/virtualised-usb-key-beats-keylogging/ PGP security ge...

installation problems for multiple windows OS and Linux on same machine
My goal is to have Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux 9 on the same machine. Initially, I already have Windows 2000 and Windows XP installed, and every time the machine boots, it launch OS choices menu and everything was fine. However, after I installed Linux 9, OS choices menu has changed and it only shows Linux and DOS in the menu, I think that is the OS choices menu from Linux. When I click DOS, it will launch Windows 2000, and I couldn't select Windows XP anymore. Windows XP is still in the computer, but it just doesn't show in OS choices menu anymore. 3 different OS are located in 3 separated partitions. It should be 1 OS per partition? Both Windows 2000 and Linux 9 are installed as primary partition, and Windows XP is installed as logical partition. Does physical or logical partition matters on the OS booting selection? Any ideas? Any workarounds to this problem? Please advise. Thanks!! Dear Matt, why don't you use your time to make some good search, read some stuff and then come here to make a specific and well made question? If you don't know where to start looking for documentation here some advice: http://www.tldp.org/ http://www.google.com/ > (...), and Linux 9 There is no 'Linux 9'. -- JVDM @ SUPER DIMENSION FORTRESS 1. Red Hat is a distribution of Linux, there are other distributions. 2. To solve your boot problem you first need to find out whether your using Lilo or Grub, then look up the ...

[News] [Linux] New User Very Impressed with Linux and Linux Gaming (Not So with Windows Vista)
Linux FPS [PCLinuxOS] ,----[ Quote ] | A few weeks ago I installed PCLinuxOS 2007 and I'm very impressed | with it. One of the things I like is their package manager--everything | is there, you don't need to add any extra repositories (a popular | distro that starts with "U" infuriates me with all the mucking | around you have to do), and there are never any issues with | unresolved dependencies. | | Anyway, last week I downloaded through the package manager a | game called Sauerbraten. It's a great multi player FPS. It's | completely free and very entertainin...

[News] Linux, Unlike Windows, Runs Both Linux and Windows Programs
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 So you want to run windows programs on Linux? ,----[ Quote ] | My point of view in this matter is quite simple. If you wish to run windows | programs then use windows. If you wish to run Linux and windows programs then | either use an emulator, wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) or a virtual machine. | If none of those solutions are suitable then stop thinking about using Linux. | Stop complaining that you will use Linux if only it could run this program. | Either use the operating system the program was designed for or use an | alternative pr...

Linux Does What Windows Don't (Why Linux is better than Windows)
Linux Does What Windows Don't (Why Linux is better than Windows) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD6nqQrJx78 The message is in the video. That means play the stupid thing, People! On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:31:13 -0700 (PDT), John Gohde wrote: > Linux Does What Windows Don't (Why Linux is better than Windows) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD6nqQrJx78 > > The message is in the video. > > That means play the stupid thing, People! lol ! What he fails to mention is the quality of said applications. What he fails to mention is out of the b...

Another Blow To The So Called Linux Security
Read it and weep, Linux losers. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5162348.html An analysis of hacker attacks on online servers in January by UK-based security consultancy mi2g found that Linux servers were the most frequently hit, accounting for 13,654 successful attacks, or 80 percent of the survey total. Windows came in a distant second with 2,005 attacks. A detailed analysis of government servers also found Linux to be more susceptible, accounting for 57 percent of all security breaches. On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:13:40 +0000, Dr Alw is a loser wrote: > Read it and weep, Linux lose...

Really really confused: Matlab's tricky window behavior on Linux, Windows 2000 and Window XP (was: why my matlab program on Linux and Windows XP behave so differently?)
"gino" <mizhael@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:cd5a6s$due$1@news.Stanford.EDU... > Hi folks, > > The matlab program is supposed to be cross platform compatible. Since matlab > uses Java, it should behave the same for the GUI to display on Windows XP > and Linux. But now, the GUI window was completely random showing on Linux > and on Windows XP. Manu UI control components are off their place. If I fix > this problem on Linux, the the UI controls will be off their place on > Windows; if I fix this problem on Windows, then the UI controls will be off >...

Access/setup problems for Samba-Server in Linux<->Windows LAN
I read some manuals for Samba but still need some help. Assume the following situation: (Suse) Linux computer with fixed IP 192.168.1.30 is connected to WinXP computer with fixed IP 192.168.1.70. Both computer can ping each other. WinXP computer has a shared folder called "D:\data\exchange" with the share name "exc". It can be seen when entering smbclient -L 192.168.1.70 at the Linux console. On the Linux system the samba server is already running (started with smb start). Now I want a) to access from WinXP computer the Linux folder "/export/home/myname/shr...