Re: OT: mysql vs. postgresql

On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:58:18PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > The usual criticism of MySQL is that it is not ACID. But it is. Use InnoDB tables. > For quick, temporary, storage, MySQL may be a fit. For robust > database use, it's probably not advisable. We have hundreds of queries per

Where to find Debian kernel patches?

There's s README.Debian file in the kernel-source packages which lists a variety of patches that have been applied to the source. Where can I find those patches? Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny | Perl, Web, MySQL, Linux Magazine, Yahoo! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://jeremy.zawodny.com/

Re: Strange message from IMAP: "DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA"

On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 04:57:34PM -0200, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi all, > I installed imap package in a Debian GNU/Linux and every time I > access it there's a new message like this: [snip] > How to prevent to send this thing? Use a different IMAP ser

Re: Why need an MTA in the defualt install ??

On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 07:39:17PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > How do you read your own e-mail? Do you pop it from somewhere to the > local box, or do you use fetchmail or maildrop or one of their relatives > to dump it into the local mail spool? > > Fetchmail and etc need a local MTA running bec

emacs -nw and Alt key no longer simulates Esc key...

I upgraded a box from Mandraake 6.x to Debian testing recently and have noticed that when I run GNU Emacs in non-X mode (emacs -nw) the Alt key no longer "maps" to Esc like it used to. My .emacs file hasn't changed. Where can I look to figure out how to fix this? Thanks, Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Za

rfc-ignorant.org (WAS Re: damn. so much for MAPS)

On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 11:53:55PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote: > > at first, i am looking for other interested parties with the > capacities to help out. then, maybe we can find some true believing > company that will help us towards replacing MAPS. it's got to stay > free, after all... I alre

Re: Storage (8*IDE HDs) any experiences?

On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 12:48:52PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > > See http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/hardware/46g.png for some quick > benchmark results showing the differences between a single IDE > drive, two drives on separate channels, and two drives on the same > channel. Hm. The server r