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Religions > Atheism |
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"Roy Culley" |
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05 Jan 2006 07:55:21 PM |
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Linux newbies get a helping hand |
<http://news.com.com/Linux+newbies+get+a+helping+hand/2100-7344_3-6019925.html>
A quiz that helps decide which version of Linux to install on a
desktop has attracted thousands of daily hits even though it's
still in beta testing, according to quiz-creator Zegenie Studios.
Here's the link to the 'quiz':
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?select_lang=true
FWIW it selected Gentoo and Slackware for me although a couple of the
questions made that pretty obvious.
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Windows rootkit install HOWTO:
1. Open CD drive
2. Insert music CD
3. Close CD drive
All done - Windows: Insecure by design
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| User: "Roy Culley" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
05 Jan 2006 09:09:23 PM |
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<99v093-io1.ln1@dog.did.it>,
rgc@nodomain.none (Roy Culley) writes:
Oops, wrong newsgroup. Sorry.
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Windows rootkit install HOWTO:
1. Open CD drive
2. Insert music CD
3. Close CD drive
All done - Windows: Insecure by design
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| User: "FlameStrike" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
06 Jan 2006 05:19:47 PM |
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In article <3k3193-kvd.ln1@dog.did.it>, says...
<99v093-io1.ln1@dog.did.it>,
(Roy Culley) writes:
Oops, wrong newsgroup. Sorry.
I'm not upset, I've been looking to swith to Linux anyway, and this is a nice
resource. Thanks.
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FlameStrike
"My honor is my life!"
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| User: "cloim" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
05 Jan 2006 10:19:54 PM |
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:09:23 +0100, Roy Culley wrote:
<99v093-io1.ln1@dog.did.it>,
rgc@nodomain.none (Roy Culley) writes:
Oops, wrong newsgroup. Sorry.
I, for one, found it interesting.
Same results as you (Gentoo/Slackware).
One question I found incomplete:
What desktop environment do you prefer?
I prefer KDE
I prefer GNOME
I don't care
What's the difference?
None of the above.
I picked Gnome, but currently don't use either. Just FVWM. Will probably
migrate to something else soon. I prefer Gnome to KDE, but they both annoy
me at times.
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| User: "Budikka666" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
07 Jan 2006 10:42:05 PM |
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Roy Culley wrote:
<99v093-io1.ln1@dog.did.it>,
rgc@nodomain.none (Roy Culley) writes:
Oops, wrong newsgroup. Sorry.
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Windows rootkit install HOWTO:
1. Open CD drive
2. Insert music CD
3. Close CD drive
All done - Windows: Insecure by design
If it's of interest to atheists, then it's the right newsgroup - it
doesn't *have* to be about atheism/religion per se! Anything that
helps us escape the Windows disaster is to be welcomed! LoL!
Here's the latest Windows disaster information for anyone who hasn't
heard:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200601_WMF.mspx
Budikka
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| User: "Budikka666" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
08 Jan 2006 09:35:45 PM |
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Roy Culley wrote:
<99v093-io1.ln1@dog.did.it>,
rgc@nodomain.none (Roy Culley) writes:
Oops, wrong newsgroup. Sorry.
--
Windows rootkit install HOWTO:
1. Open CD drive
2. Insert music CD
3. Close CD drive
All done - Windows: Insecure by design
If it's of interest to atheists, then it's the right newsgroup - it
doesn't *have* to be about atheism/religion per se! Anything that
helps us escape the Windows disaster is to be welcomed! LoL!
Here's the latest Windows disaster information for anyone who hasn't
heard:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200601_WMF.mspx
Budikka
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| User: "Colin Day" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
07 Jan 2006 09:47:31 PM |
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Roy Culley wrote:
<99v093-io1.ln1@dog.did.it>,
rgc@nodomain.none (Roy Culley) writes:
Oops, wrong newsgroup. Sorry.
That's OK, it's still a quality post!
Colin Day aa #1500
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| User: "Just Mark" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
06 Jan 2006 10:48:45 AM |
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Roy Culley wrote:
<http://news.com.com/Linux+newbies+get+a+helping+hand/2100-7344_3-6019925.html>
A quiz that helps decide which version of Linux to install on a
desktop has attracted thousands of daily hits even though it's
still in beta testing, according to quiz-creator Zegenie Studios.
Here's the link to the 'quiz':
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?select_lang=true
FWIW it selected Gentoo and Slackware for me although a couple of the
questions made that pretty obvious.
Figures...Linspire. I'm pretty much a Windows-dependent loser. But I
do have Linspire on a desktop box at home. I like it!
And if it included a wifi driver for my laptop, I'd switch in a minute.
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| User: "wbarwell" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
06 Jan 2006 11:15:04 AM |
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Just Mark wrote:
Roy Culley wrote:
<http://news.com.com/Linux+newbies+get+a+helping+hand/2100-7344_3-6019925.html>
A quiz that helps decide which version of Linux to install on a
desktop has attracted thousands of daily hits even though it's
still in beta testing, according to quiz-creator Zegenie Studios.
Here's the link to the 'quiz':
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?select_lang=true
FWIW it selected Gentoo and Slackware for me although a couple of the
questions made that pretty obvious.
Figures...Linspire. I'm pretty much a Windows-dependent loser. But I
do have Linspire on a desktop box at home. I like it!
And if it included a wifi driver for my laptop, I'd switch in a minute.
Many wi-fi systems are supported, a few manufactors do not support Linuux
and for those ndiswrapper allows us of Windows drivers.
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"A dead religion is like a dead cat -- the stiffer and
more rotten it is, the better it is as a missile weapon."
- H.G. Wells
Cheerful Charlie
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
08 Jan 2006 06:16:00 AM |
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Just Mark wrote:
Roy Culley wrote:
<http://news.com.com/Linux+newbies+get+a+helping+hand/2100-7344_3-6019925.html>
A quiz that helps decide which version of Linux to install on a
desktop has attracted thousands of daily hits even though it's
still in beta testing, according to quiz-creator Zegenie Studios.
Here's the link to the 'quiz':
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?select_lang=true
FWIW it selected Gentoo and Slackware for me although a couple of the
questions made that pretty obvious.
Figures...Linspire. I'm pretty much a Windows-dependent loser. But I
do have Linspire on a desktop box at home. I like it!
And if it included a wifi driver for my laptop, I'd switch in a minute.
You can install a wifi driver on Linspire by using ndiswrapper. All you
need is the .inf file and any files that the .inf file will depend on
(like .sys files and .dll files). I have Linspire 4.5.603 here on the
laptop (I also have it on the desktop). After I CNR'ed my kernel source
and gcc, I downloaded and installed ndiswrapper and used my wifi
drivers to get the wifi working...and the wifi does work. I used the
wifi connection to CNR a bunch of good stuff (like LPhoto, and LSongs
update, Frozen Bubble, Marble Blast Gold, and so on). I also downloaded
and installed Crossover Office 5 Pro on here. Of course I also have
Win4Lin (the version compatible with Windows 98...I tried Win4Lin Pro,
and running XP on here was a tad slow) on the desktop. Linspire's a
pretty good OS. I've been using it since mid-2004, and I think I may
just have to stick with Linspire and forget about Windows Vista.
BTW, do you have a CNR subscription? If so, and if you have Linspire
4.5, then you need to CNR the kernel source (2.4.24) and gcc (version
2.95). If you have Linspire Five-0, then ndiswrapper is already
installed...all you would have to do is install your wifi driver with
the command :
ndiswrapper -i yourwifidriver.inf
Then check to see if your wifi hardware is present by typing in :
ndiswrapper -l
Then do this :
1. Restart
2. Upon restart, go to the Control Panel/Control Center
3. Click on Network.
4. Click on Network Settings & Profiles
5. Choose your wifi (you may also want to make it the default
connection)
6. Apply.
7. Exit the Control Panel.
8. Restart.
Wifi should now be working.
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| User: "Just Mark" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
10 Jan 2006 09:34:20 AM |
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wrote:
Just Mark wrote:
Roy Culley wrote:
<http://news.com.com/Linux+newbies+get+a+helping+hand/2100-7344_3-6019925.html>
A quiz that helps decide which version of Linux to install on a
desktop has attracted thousands of daily hits even though it's
still in beta testing, according to quiz-creator Zegenie Studios.
Here's the link to the 'quiz':
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?select_lang=true
FWIW it selected Gentoo and Slackware for me although a couple of the
questions made that pretty obvious.
Figures...Linspire. I'm pretty much a Windows-dependent loser. But I
do have Linspire on a desktop box at home. I like it!
And if it included a wifi driver for my laptop, I'd switch in a minute.
You can install a wifi driver on Linspire by using ndiswrapper. All you
need is the .inf file and any files that the .inf file will depend on
(like .sys files and .dll files). I have Linspire 4.5.603 here on the
laptop (I also have it on the desktop). After I CNR'ed my kernel source
and gcc, I downloaded and installed ndiswrapper and used my wifi
drivers to get the wifi working...and the wifi does work. I used the
wifi connection to CNR a bunch of good stuff (like LPhoto, and LSongs
update, Frozen Bubble, Marble Blast Gold, and so on). I also downloaded
and installed Crossover Office 5 Pro on here. Of course I also have
Win4Lin (the version compatible with Windows 98...I tried Win4Lin Pro,
and running XP on here was a tad slow) on the desktop. Linspire's a
pretty good OS. I've been using it since mid-2004, and I think I may
just have to stick with Linspire and forget about Windows Vista.
BTW, do you have a CNR subscription? If so, and if you have Linspire
4.5, then you need to CNR the kernel source (2.4.24) and gcc (version
2.95). If you have Linspire Five-0, then ndiswrapper is already
installed...all you would have to do is install your wifi driver with
the command :
ndiswrapper -i yourwifidriver.inf
Then check to see if your wifi hardware is present by typing in :
ndiswrapper -l
Then do this :
1. Restart
2. Upon restart, go to the Control Panel/Control Center
3. Click on Network.
4. Click on Network Settings & Profiles
5. Choose your wifi (you may also want to make it the default
connection)
6. Apply.
7. Exit the Control Panel.
8. Restart.
Wifi should now be working.
Muy cool. Thanks. Will do.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
16 Jan 2006 04:39:43 PM |
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Forgot to mention this, but if you have Linspire 4.5, then you will
have to download ndiswrapper from linspireguide.com (just do a regular
Google search with the terms linspireguide and ndiswrapper-lindowsos).
But if you have Five-0, then ndiswrapper is already on there.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
08 Jan 2006 06:17:05 AM |
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Just Mark wrote:
Roy Culley wrote:
<http://news.com.com/Linux+newbies+get+a+helping+hand/2100-7344_3-6019925.html>
A quiz that helps decide which version of Linux to install on a
desktop has attracted thousands of daily hits even though it's
still in beta testing, according to quiz-creator Zegenie Studios.
Here's the link to the 'quiz':
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?select_lang=true
FWIW it selected Gentoo and Slackware for me although a couple of the
questions made that pretty obvious.
Figures...Linspire. I'm pretty much a Windows-dependent loser. But I
do have Linspire on a desktop box at home. I like it!
And if it included a wifi driver for my laptop, I'd switch in a minute.
You can install a wifi driver on Linspire by using ndiswrapper. All you
need is the .inf file and any files that the .inf file will depend on
(like .sys files and .dll files). I have Linspire 4.5.603 here on the
laptop (I also have it on the desktop). After I CNR'ed my kernel source
and gcc, I downloaded and installed ndiswrapper and used my wifi
drivers to get the wifi working...and the wifi does work. I used the
wifi connection to CNR a bunch of good stuff (like LPhoto, and LSongs
update, Frozen Bubble, Marble Blast Gold, and so on). I also downloaded
and installed Crossover Office 5 Pro on here. Of course I also have
Win4Lin (the version compatible with Windows 98...I tried Win4Lin Pro,
and running XP on here was a tad slow) on the desktop. Linspire's a
pretty good OS. I've been using it since mid-2004, and I think I may
just have to stick with Linspire and forget about Windows Vista.
BTW, do you have a CNR subscription? If so, and if you have Linspire
4.5, then you need to CNR the kernel source (2.4.24) and gcc (version
2.95). If you have Linspire Five-0, then ndiswrapper is already
installed...all you would have to do is install your wifi driver with
the command :
ndiswrapper -i yourwifidriver.inf
Then check to see if your wifi hardware is present by typing in :
ndiswrapper -l
Then do this :
1. Restart
2. Upon restart, go to the Control Panel/Control Center
3. Click on Network.
4. Click on Network Settings & Profiles
5. Choose your wifi (you may also want to make it the default
connection)
6. Apply.
7. Exit the Control Panel.
8. Restart.
Wifi should now be working.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Linux newbies get a helping hand |
08 Jan 2006 06:18:30 AM |
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Just Mark wrote:
Roy Culley wrote:
<http://news.com.com/Linux+newbies+get+a+helping+hand/2100-7344_3-6019925.html>
A quiz that helps decide which version of Linux to install on a
desktop has attracted thousands of daily hits even though it's
still in beta testing, according to quiz-creator Zegenie Studios.
Here's the link to the 'quiz':
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?select_lang=true
FWIW it selected Gentoo and Slackware for me although a couple of the
questions made that pretty obvious.
Figures...Linspire. I'm pretty much a Windows-dependent loser. But I
do have Linspire on a desktop box at home. I like it!
And if it included a wifi driver for my laptop, I'd switch in a minute.
You can install a wifi driver on Linspire by using ndiswrapper. All you
need is the .inf file and any files that the .inf file will depend on
(like .sys files and .dll files). I have Linspire 4.5.603 here on the
laptop (I also have it on the desktop). After I CNR'ed my kernel source
and gcc, I downloaded and installed ndiswrapper and used my wifi
drivers to get the wifi working...and the wifi does work. I used the
wifi connection to CNR a bunch of good stuff (like LPhoto, and LSongs
update, Frozen Bubble, Marble Blast Gold, and so on). I also downloaded
and installed Crossover Office 5 Pro on here. Of course I also have
Win4Lin (the version compatible with Windows 98...I tried Win4Lin Pro,
and running XP on here was a tad slow) on the desktop. Linspire's a
pretty good OS. I've been using it since mid-2004, and I think I may
just have to stick with Linspire and forget about Windows Vista.
BTW, do you have a CNR subscription? If so, and if you have Linspire
4.5, then you need to CNR the kernel source (2.4.24) and gcc (version
2.95). If you have Linspire Five-0, then ndiswrapper is already
installed...all you would have to do is install your wifi driver with
the command :
ndiswrapper -i yourwifidriver.inf
Then check to see if your wifi hardware is present by typing in :
ndiswrapper -l
Then do this :
1. Restart
2. Upon restart, go to the Control Panel/Control Center
3. Click on Network.
4. Click on Network Settings & Profiles
5. Choose your wifi (you may also want to make it the default
connection)
6. Apply.
7. Exit the Control Panel.
8. Restart.
Wifi should now be working.
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