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Help with bash script 5 122 (1/15/2011 5:32:46 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hello, I pulled a bash script off the net whose purpose is to reboot every day at 07:00 and restore a backup copy of /root/user_bk to /home/user in Debian. Here is shortened original posting: To do t... bosco

Address book management 1 103 (12/8/2007 12:10:59 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps There was a poster a few weeks ago wanting help with his address book for Xmas. I don't know if this will help, but The unofficial Apple Weblog has an article on it. They are at tuaw,com. That is all I know... bosco

Kensington expertmouse problems 6 26 (10/18/2007 7:33:21 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc Hello, I have a Kensington ExpertMouse, the four button trackball and an almost one year old intel imac. I had the mouse for a windows pc pre intel imac and it worked great. It was the first version I think ... bosco

mail address problem? 3 66 (10/12/2007 5:33:18 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps Hi, I am not sure what the proper definition is for this but here is my problem. I have a name I type in one of the fields, say: vern and has an address My mail knows who is supposed to be vern, but it all ... bosco

Word counting 8 81 (10/9/2007 11:54:51 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps Hello. I am looking for an editor or word processor that will load a text file and break it down into single word usage of how many times a word is used in a document? There are lots that do a word count of ... bosco

OS Upgrade and Parallels 12 83 (7/14/2007 5:55:51 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Hello, I want to install Parallels and a one time install of Windows, but I haven't yet because I want to upgrade my OS in October. Do you know an OS upgrade will keep files and such intact or will it be a s... bosco

imac - programs & printer help 0 27 (11/7/2006 4:39:18 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello, I am new to the world of Apple, less than two weeks...I have been using computers for a long time now, and just left Linux after about two years of use. I am mostly an end user and family repair man, ... bosco

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Kensington expertmouse problems 6 26 (10/18/2007 7:33:21 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc Hello, I have a Kensington ExpertMouse, the four button trackball and an almost one year old intel imac. I had the mouse for a windows pc pre intel imac and it worked great. It was the first version I think ... boscopelone (33)

Dictionary and Queen's Englsh 32 29 (11/30/2007 11:31:38 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I've installed an English Os 10.5 but there doesn't appear to be a UK English dictionary so all my outbound emails get littered with 'spelling errors' which are, of course, correctly spelled. I would quite l... man208 (210)

The Push To Discredit Leopard 36 25 (12/1/2007 2:15:39 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc I'm sure you've seen them lately. It started at PCMagazine with a short pro/con review of Leopard but has been picked up by a gaggle of Windows/Microsoft loving bloggers who are now claiming "Apple's Leopard is... os2guy (1753)

System Noise - pulsing whir 6 180 (6/3/2010 3:39:32 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I'm having trouble with noise in my system. I custom built the system doing all the usual things to make it quiet, and it was running just great. It was quiet enough that sitting with my head 1m away from t... Kevin

Conversion #4 18 118 (10/18/2010 11:13:38 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I am using a Windows Vista system and I am extremely dissatisfied with it. They keep sending me updates which will NOT install and every day or so the operating system goes down, ostensibly to try to install ... Ian

Does tribalism promote Linux? 6 28 (12/27/2010 11:17:45 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I was reading: > be able to politely contact someone who knows (the Fedora Devel > list is not for, umm, Debian user questions); if you find the answer, > bring it back here so it may help others. which rela... no.top.post (346)

leafpad and gksu 3 75 (6/6/2011 4:35:28 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi All, If I run Leafpad from the command line as root, it works perfectly. If I run Leafpad from gksu, I get a gray box, no pull down menus, nothing. gksu -u root "/usr/bin/leafpad" Any idea what I am... todd1749 (255)

Good Linux to start with 80 63 (7/4/2011 1:40:05 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Which is a good Linux distro for a competent (non-Linux) computer person to install on a computer. I've heard that Debian is best, but a major pain to install, and that a newbie should avoid it. What's the n... joe.snod (40)

How to find out amount of writes for a given disk 16 31 (7/23/2011 4:35:50 PM) comp.os.linux.misc My root partition is mounted on a drive that is getting older. I am considering gettnig an SSD, but I would like to know how many writes per day the drive gets. How can I find out how many gigabytes are writt... Ignoramus29885

Yahoo mail on Mac Mini Question 4 31 (10/5/2007 10:48:03 PM) comp.sys.mac.system This is one of those "who do you go to for help" questions. I have a Mac mini OS Version 10.3.9 using Firefox and Safari as browsers and Yahoo.com mail. Problem is when I sign into my Yahoo mail, using eithe... judwms (25)