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.bashrc or .bash_profile? (poss gentoo specific?)
by Ricardo Campos 20 Oct '02

20 Oct '02

OK. Silly but annoying problem. In gentoo, all I get is sh-2.05a$ as my prompt in Eterm. Before I run X, I do get the familiar ricardo@hostname directory$ I want it back, since I'm a forgetful soul, and it would save me all that typing of pwd. But adding the suitable PS1 variable to .bash_profile doesn't help. Also, the ls alias that gives me different colours for directories, executables etc doesn't work in a terminal (not just eterm). Any clues? Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.… [View More]

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registering domains
by Owen 20 Oct '02

20 Oct '02

Wheres a good place to get a domain registered securley, was going to use entora but they seem to be no more Regards Owen

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Re: [Alug] Linux advocacy (ish)
by Ricardo Campos 20 Oct '02

20 Oct '02

> 'Computing' have had a few pro linux articles recently, it may be worth giving > them a try. <insert URL of computing here>. Mostly from sun though IIRC, so > it may be a bit partisan. There may be some links to what your're looking for > perhaps... > > And I'm sure there is a write up of that samba vs. NT test knocking about > somewhere, it may give you a few quotes... Thanks! The course is called "Computer Architecture and Communications", so I'm gonna use … [View More]

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Fwd: Re: [Alug] Returning unused copies of Windows
by Wayne Stallwood 19 Oct '02

19 Oct '02

But not apparently if you are a private customer. To see my point go to dell.co.uk, configure and buy a Inspiron 8200 Laptop. XP Home and XP Pro are the only OS options FreeDOS no longer seems to be an option. Neither is the "No Operating system installed" that they offered a few years ago. In addition to this I have to select either Works, Office XP SBE or Office XP Pro. Again no option for none of the above. Wayne On Friday 18 October 2002 12:46, Adam Bower wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, … [View More]

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RE: [Alug] Microsoft Invasion of UEA
by NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- 18 Oct '02

18 Oct '02

> is this something we can discuss at Sylham on the 3rd? > Whats wrong with the list? I feel linux and most of the server avalible for it do a job and do it well... i think if you look at the amount of servers using apachy youll see that opensource is the "right" tool for the job. [getting away from the "use the right tool for the right job" thing] When is this talk happening? i would like there to be some1 to tell the sys kidys the joys of OpenSource =). I also think free distro cd's … [View More]

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RE: [Alug] Microsoft Invasion of UEA
by NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- 18 Oct '02

18 Oct '02

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Linux Expoo =D
by Craig 18 Oct '02

18 Oct '02

Well that what I really thought but then the only good part was the Mac OSX talk and their stand. Oh and the playstation 2 linux kit was really decent! -- (o_ .----------------------------------------. //\ | Craig Butcher | http://www.wizball.co.uk| V_/_ | - Using Gentoo GNU/Linux - | `----------------------------------------'

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RE: [Alug] Microsoft Invasion of UEA
by Keith Watson 17 Oct '02

17 Oct '02

> jo(a)yee-ha.demon.co.uk, Monday, October 14, 2002 10:16 AM > > David Cartwright wrote: > <many fine, well reasoned arguments> > > Bravo, that man. > Ditto. For me Naomi Klein's No Logo <http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0006530400/qid%3D1034588688/202-47…> sums up many of my causes for concern about MS (and other big corporates) but David is right, sometimes they produce good products and, as professionals(?), we should always use the best (in … [View More]

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Gentoo (whizz!)
by Ricardo Campos 17 Oct '02

17 Oct '02

I've just installed Gentoo on my laptop (thanks to broadband!) and I have to say that I am really impressed. At the moment it is a skeleton system, with Gnome2 and that's about it, but I noted down some times for applications to run (i.e. Mozilla, which always takes ages to run, and Nautilus). In a way, it's an unfair test, since Gentoo uses far more up to date progs than the other distro (Redhat 7.3 in this case), so bear that in mind... (also, gnome may not have many of the components that … [View More]

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IDE's for Java
by Ricardo Campos 17 Oct '02

17 Oct '02

I'm looking for a good IDE to use for Java programming... any tips (and indeed any dgood 'nix CASE tools/ diagramming progs)? Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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