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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 our own judgement) tools for the job in hand and trying to put our personal prejudices aside. Keith

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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 slowed it down from logging in at gdm to the desktop being available yet). However; gnome is DEFINITELY running much faster. It used to take 10 seconds from gdm to a desktop, it now takes 6. (approx). Again, the diff is so massive, I guess there's some gnome components I'm missing. I'll post the details of the Mozilla test once it's installed. The downside; it takes ages, even with a 600kbps connection (generally 40-60kbps download speeds) and a 1ghz celeron processor and 256MB RAM. But then you'd expect that, compiling X and gnome2 from source! Erm, other than that, there really isn't a downside! I've only been using Linux for a year, so I feel like a not-quite-newbie, and there have been moments where it has stretched my knowledge (even at this point!). compiling a ridiculously patched 2.4.19 kernel, for example, produced some surprises. However the docs on the gentoo website are AMAZING. The best I've read so far. I'm still a little unsure that may USE variables are set correctly, but I guess I can always make world if I have to. I intend to do a wee review on the Wiki, comparing times for various apps, and also I know that I've yet to install any of the apps that are *really* tricky. I'm also a total emerge newbie, so comparing it with apt would be unfair at this point. Anyhoo, I'll post the link to the Wiki when it is done (but that may be a couple of weeks). I'll post the mozilla findings later today, when I should hopefully have it installed. Weeeeeeeeeeee! Ricardo PS. *DISCLAIMER* I still use debian on my other box, and any comparison is not to knock any distro at all (different strokes etc, different horses etc & other such sayings), merely to review the new one I'm trying out. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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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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RE: [Alug] IDE's for Java
by Ricardo Campos 16 Oct '02

16 Oct '02

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RE:IDE's for Java (Raphael Mankin)
by tom potts 16 Oct '02

16 Oct '02

http://www.kdevelop.org/ has what I believe is a very nice IDE that may be able to do Java -its not yet available for v3 but I heard it was running in v2. A warning about Forte - I've run it on a 800MHz/256Meg Ram W2K and it took over 3 minutes to load. Worked quite well when it was up but probably no a tool for beginners unless they're patient. Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Re: [Alug] USB + 2.4.19 + pcmcia
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 15 Oct '02

15 Oct '02

Re. my pcmcia not working with kernel 2.4.19 problem: MJRay wrote: >Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com <Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com> wrote: >> insmod won't load them [...] > >...and does modprobe like it any better? Sometimes it can be that something >else is required that you haven't included. The dependency handling of >building kernel modules is rather primitive, sadly. > >MJR Fixed! I rebuilt the kernel with pcmcia support compiled in rather than as a module, and it works! I now have a laptop with USB and PCMCIA. *joy* Thanks for all the suggestions and help, Jenny.

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RE:And may I just add that Microsoft make a damn fine flight simulator!
by tom potts 15 Oct '02

15 Oct '02

Of course they do - they've caused more hardware to fly than anyone else! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Re: [Alug] Microsoft Invasion of UEA
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 15 Oct '02

15 Oct '02

>My personal favourite would be standing outside the bus wearing Tux >t-shirts handing out cds of Linux distros, unless anyone knows of >anywhere one could hire a pengiun costume? :) Once again, I think of "In the beginning was the command line" where the linux distro is compared to people giving away free tanks on a street corner with the offer of free home servicing and repairs, whilst the masses back away shouting "get away from us, you freaks" as they veer towards the ms bicycle with bolt-on engine being sold on the opposite corner...... ;-) Jen.

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Re: [Alug] NTL Broadband
by Ricardo Campos 15 Oct '02

15 Oct '02

Weeeee! Zoooom! Pump was at fault. to connect Linux to NTL Broadband you need the following: DHClient or DHClient3 (pref the latter), NOT pump. CONFIG_PACKET=Y and CONFIG_FILTER=y in your kernel. I put this in the Tips,Tricks and Workarounds in the Wiki. That's it. It's simple enough, once you've been told. It was the kernel level stuff that stumped me! ;) Ricardo (Weeeeeeeeee! Zooooom! 600kbps!) -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] NTL Broadband
by Ricardo Campos 14 Oct '02

14 Oct '02

> Hope you have got it all working now. Nope! And my housemate is complaining since he's paying for broadband and only my computer can access the net! Pressure! ;) > As you are using dhclient something like > > dhclient -i eth0 dhclient won't work until I compile config_packet=yes into my kernel. Sadly, make-kpkg exits with errors (unresolved symbols) even after a make clean and make mrproper. In fact, I deleted /usr/src/linux and untarred it and tried again, with the same errors, which is odd to say the least! I'll get the kernel recompiled and then try again. did you turn off the set top box for a while before attaching it to the network? It still doesn't explain why neither windows nor linux couldn't get external sources via the ipcop box... oh well! -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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