Re: Mail server recommendation

2009-09-04 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Jesus arteche wrote: > I have to build a mail server in my enterprise, what the solutions do > you recomend zimbra, Qmail, Postfix... I've had good success with Postfix (SMTP) + Dovecot (IMAP/POP3) + SpamAssassin (spam filtering) on my personal server, using Dovecot's deliver with the Sieve plugin

Re: dvd playback application

2009-08-29 Thread Michael Ekstrand
jeremy jozwik wrote: > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Aioanei Rares > wrote: >> If you try some Google search for, say, "dvd playback Debian", I'm sure your >> problem will be solved in minutes. Hint : debian-multimedia. > > i thought that is the point of a mailing list. ask other people how >

Re: "deborphan" is a wonderful utility

2009-08-25 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Robert P. J. Day wrote: > much thanks to whoever suggested "deborphan" recently to help me > clean out unused libraries. i've been fairly conservative with it, > getting rid of libs a bit at a time and making sure things still run. > p.s. starting with a server that had just over 600 packages,

Re: Using mouse less possible

2009-08-17 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Is it possible, in your experience, and how?, to reduce the use of mouse the > most possible in X? If you want to radically minimize your mouse usage, there are several window managers which are designed around heavy keyboard interaction and window manipulation: - awesome

Re: skype, amd64, libc6-i386 and ia32-libs

2009-08-16 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > After returning from vacation I updated my testing, amd64 system. > After that, skype was no longer working... > I understand that this has something to do with bug > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=535645 > At the present time, I there something I can do t

Re: Secure Server

2009-08-05 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Alejandro Rodriguez Luna wrote: > I just wanted ask about the security of services like ssh, dns, etc, > what is the best way to secure this services?, perhaps /etc/hosts.allow > and /etc/hosts.deny?, or perhaps with a superserver inetd or xined?, > > what's the difference among those way to secu

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Johann Spies wrote: > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: >> Got a new laptop and was wondering about wifi security. I've never >> used wifi before. I wanted to go to some of the local coffee shops >> that offer free wii but I need to know: >> >> 1) How do I setup wifi in

Re: qemu slowness

2009-08-04 Thread Michael Ekstrand
jeremy jozwik wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:48 PM, jeremy jozwik wrote: >> so i figured this would be a nice time to setup a virtual machine. so >> ive been poking around with qemu. > > also, what is the pro / con of qemu and virtualBox, which i just > noticed is listen in the mail list Virt

Re: A Laptop where all hardware is perfectly supported

2009-08-03 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,03.Aug.09, 09:43:02, Michael Ekstrand wrote: >> In my experience with an R61, Thinkpads come pretty close (with the >> Intel wireless card and firmware from non-free). Stay away from the >> memory card reader option for "perfect"

Re: A Laptop where all hardware is perfectly supported

2009-08-03 Thread Michael Ekstrand
fred basset wrote: > I'll soon be able to spec. a new laptop for my new job. Can anyone > recommend any systems that can run the latest Debian > and support all the hardware out of the box? I prefer IBM and Dell > laptops myself. > It would be great to hear from anyone who's got a perfectly worki

Re: Emails [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-07-26 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 25 July 2009 16:31:51 Michael Ekstrand wrote: >> Yes, typical disclaimers are nonsensical on public lists. BUT, taking >> the poster to task so aggressively and for so long when it is likely >> entirely outside his or her control is entirely

Re: request for a mono vote.

2009-07-25 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote: > As a dedicated debian user i want to express my concerns and worries > regarding mono inclusion in main > and i ask for a vote for mono in non-free/main because: > > 1) I feel like microsoft is not clear about the license issues. > 2) MS is a monopoly in desktop OS m

Re: Emails [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-07-25 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 2009-07-24 17:01, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >> >>> I'd suggest one of the dozen free e-mail services around. >>> >> You've never worked in a security-conscious bureaucracy, have you? >> > > Not really, but I can nevertheless imagi

Re: Installation options for SATA machines

2009-07-16 Thread Michael Ekstrand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 AG wrote: > List > > Is there a switch (option?) during the installation process one needs to > be aware of using a sata system? Not with modern Linux and modern SATA. I've installed on SATA on both my server and laptop without problems, going back

Re: scripting question

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Marc Shapiro writes: > I am sure that this is an easy question for those people who do any > reasonable amount of scripting. I'm just not one of them. > > How can I rename all of the files ina directory with the new name > being the old name stripped of its leftmost three characters. If all > of

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-22 Thread Michael Ekstrand
明覺 writes: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 05:40:20PM +0800, 明覺 wrote: >> >>> So does it mean debian determines the use of python and perl? >> >> Python? Python is not a dependency. perl-base is. perl is, to a lesser >> extent. > gnome depends on

Re: gamin or fam

2009-04-19 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Alex Samad writes: > I have noticed with the new xfce that it recommends gamin, which is > better gamin or fam ? > > and should I really care ! Gamin is, I believe, simpler. It also doesn't fail miserably on AFS (unlike fam in my last experience with it). If you're just running on a local syst

Re: problem with apt

2009-03-31 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Long Wind writes: > When apt-get installs a package > it will install packages that the package depends > When I remove the package, the depended packages are not removed. > > Is there a command (or a way) to remove the depended packages? Use Aptitude. When Aptitude installs a package, the depen

Re: Can you recommend a game in etch?

2009-03-31 Thread Michael Ekstrand
Long Wind writes: > I like simple action games > Below are the kind of games I like: > lbreakout2 > tetris > wolf3d for DOS from 3drealms > raptor for DOS from 3drealms Frozen Bubble is good fun. So is rafkill. - Michael -- mouse, n: A device for pointing at the xterm in which you want to typ