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RE: [split] Ubuntu vs. WinXP
XP Installing what you need to use may have its downsides, but other than buying a few minutes of your time, I can't think of one. Even then it's not so bad, since a Linux/Unix server install is probably a lot less painful then a Windows install. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-28-2007 at 09:01 PM |
RE: [split] Ubuntu vs. WinXP
There's always the possibility that you're a sudoer and your child manages to open up a terminal and type sudo rm -rf *, or sudo sh ./shiftydownloadedprogram.sh. But you won't have your email client run scripts for you by default and other complet... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-28-2007 at 08:16 PM |
RE: [split] Ubuntu vs. WinXP
Young children shouldn't have the root password anyway :) Try that one for size, UAC! | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-28-2007 at 07:41 PM |
RE: [split] Ubuntu vs. WinXP
Why target an OS that's said to be more secure? Not only would you bring down more servers if viruses targetted Linux or a Unix, but you would get extra geek points for writing the first widespread Unix virus. There was a worm for OOo going around... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-28-2007 at 07:31 PM |
RE: OneNote Enterprise
Try removing all non-standard actions for folders, and let the shell handle opening folders itself. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-26-2007 at 09:07 AM |
RE: a/v monitoring sick room
You could sort of do it with messenger, however I was thinking you can't set up a messenger server [you can! But I don't know how] and in order to get the webcam feed, it would be the pc with camera attached that needs to send you an invitation to ... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-24-2007 at 12:21 AM |
RE: a/v monitoring sick room
My first thoughts are to try a simple method using something like skype [or an open source alternative], I'm pretty sure those can be set up to automatically answer calls from certain users and block other users by default. That should be good enoug... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-23-2007 at 02:54 PM |
RE: Outlook 2007 & Outlook Web Access (School)
If they've specified outlook, it's probably not POP3 or IMAP but rather exchange or something. You will need to get onto your school about what services they are and what the addresses of the mail servers are. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-23-2007 at 02:41 PM |
New Linux Users: things you may want to know
Given the number of posts in the thread on Ubuntu CDs and that the questions have already started popping up, I thought I might give a few of my insights on the last six months of Linux/Unix use, and you might like to add your own knowledge. Granted,... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-17-2007 at 08:09 PM |
RE: Help with Ubuntu (You knew it was comming)
oh- also, that tutorial I gave was for Xfree86 which is dated, so all instances of it in the tutorial you should think X.org instead. Otherwise, it will show you how to set up a dual monitor system [not really a dual head system as the title suggests... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-17-2007 at 05:35 PM |
RE: YAY Free ubuntu CD's again!
That should be ok, GRUB setup will automagically detect Windows and fix the boot. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-17-2007 at 10:04 AM |
RE: Help with Ubuntu (You knew it was comming)
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/05/02520 7 here's a nice example, though you will need to sudo/gksu gedit, emacs or kate [whatever you use] to edit that file yourself. There are more modifiers if you want to set up your orientation differen... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-17-2007 at 09:58 AM |
RE: request for info/thoughts on 'Sandboxie'
I don't have any experience doing multi-user under Windows, though I'm sure it's possible to do with NT-based kernels. It shouldn't require logging off your main account, I think. You're right though, there may be other holes if that user has s... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-16-2007 at 04:45 PM |
RE: YAY Free ubuntu CD's again!
? :( I got mine today, btw. Haven't tried it. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-16-2007 at 04:18 PM |
RE: request for info/thoughts on 'Sandboxie'
Why not just run the program as a less privileged user? One without write access to anywhere? There's a gotcha, though, because flaws can still get through if your graphics system isn't secure. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-16-2007 at 04:16 PM |
RE: Vista and Full-Screen Games Don't Get along
Quite right, the problem today is machines can't keep GPUs as busy as they should. I think it's a problem with the APIs myself, OpenGL is dated and I've never used DX but I imagine it's the same. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-15-2007 at 04:05 PM |
RE: YAY Free ubuntu CD's again!
Debian is a fantastic distro. Like Ubuntu, but serious :D I don't think the two really compete though- Debian is a lot more fully featured, but for a non-techie's first dive into Linux I'd still recommend Ubuntu. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-15-2007 at 04:00 PM |
RE: Vista and Full-Screen Games Don't Get along
I remember when I had a whole 2 meg of graphics ram! Back in those days [I was about ten], the ammount of graphics ram decided more than anything what resolutions you could run at, and /everyone/ knew that there was not much point to having more tha... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-15-2007 at 04:01 AM |
RE: Vista and Full-Screen Games Don't Get along
Because upgrading your OS is likely to cause overheating?* By that token, I guess Vista is hot stuff? *ok, technically this is quite possible and a lot of people have had problems with ACPI where it works fine with one OS but dies under another. Sti... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-14-2007 at 03:17 PM |
RE: Firefox CSS Blocking
I've forgotten where the default css is, but if you add !-important to all the tags it should override the website css, I think. I have firebug which is very useful for removing most content and style, and it shows all your css in the one area, and... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-13-2007 at 12:03 AM |
RE: Ipod music Transfer
Oooh... :) | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-11-2007 at 05:27 AM |
RE: Ipod music Transfer
Aah, ok. I just saw "* iPod software must be installed on the computer" and thought, no thanks. I never really got iTunes. I consider myself fairly technically adept, but it took me half an hour to work out how to put music onto the iPod. Then, it... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-11-2007 at 05:11 AM |
RE: Ipod music Transfer
Didn't try it, as it requires iTunes, and iTunes is a horrible buggy kludge, and probably would take some fiddling with to get it running on X on FreeBSD. Probably. Which is too much fiddling when there are freeer, easier options. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-11-2007 at 04:54 AM |
RE: help me find software plz
Heh, ok. The post you linked to is just an animated avitar. | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-11-2007 at 04:45 AM |
RE: help me find software plz
Lol! I remember doing that stuff in Microsoft Visual C++ back in the day. You are talking about animations, right? As opposed to comics? [URL=http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Simple_Animatio ns/]hmm.[/URL] This one's not side by side though. Well, not s... | Verte | Tech Talk | 05-10-2007 at 04:55 PM |