Debian reset root password (was: Re: Debian Users problem)

2025-06-25 Thread David Christensen
On 6/23/25 19:06, Maureen Thomas wrote: Using the latest Linux 12 there is.  I had vpn by nord.  All of a sudden the password app wanted my master password.  I had renewed it as asked by them 5 days ago along with the recovery code.  I typed it in and it said wrong password.  I have only had on

Re: Debian Users problem

2025-06-24 Thread Arun Khan
On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM Maureen Thomas wrote: > <... snip ...> > > So I need to know if there is any way to change my damn root password and > how to get synaptic to accept them. I just turned 75 so I write a lot of > stuff down so I do not forget. I would greatly appreciate your help

Re: Debian Users problem

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Re: Debian Users problem

2025-06-23 Thread Keith Bainbridge
Maureen HAve you set-uo sudo? If so, try sudo passed Enter your user apssword, then your new root passwd -- All the best Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468 UTC+ 10:00 From my Aphone On June 24, 2025 12:06:14 PM GMT+10:00, Maureen Thomas wrote: >Using the latest Li

Debian Users problem

2025-06-23 Thread Maureen Thomas
Using the latest Linux 12 there is.  I had vpn by nord.  All of a sudden the password app wanted my master password.  I had renewed it as asked by them 5 days ago along with the recovery code.  I typed it in and it said wrong password.  I have only had one. Long story short I ended up trying to

Re: First impressions of Debian and Debian users matter to others

2024-08-27 Thread riveravaldez
El viernes, 23 de agosto de 2024, Andrew M.A. Cater escribió: > On behalf of the Community Team > > People, > > We need to be more understanding of people who can't articulate problems > and people who may be encountering Debian for the first time. No matter how > good and expert any one of us is,

First impressions of Debian and Debian users matter to others

2024-08-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On behalf of the Community Team People, We need to be more understanding of people who can't articulate problems and people who may be encountering Debian for the first time. No matter how good and expert any one of us is, everyone started somewhere. Everybody can make mistakes - hindsight is alw

Re: OT: Spam level on Debian Users list.

2020-06-05 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 12:36 PM Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 6/5/20 9:02 AM, Tixy wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-06-05 at 11:54 -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > >> Do we need to beef up Filters on this List? > > I don't think so. There's about 3 or 4 get through a week. > agreed. Stronger filters = more false

Re: OT: Spam level on Debian Users list.

2020-06-05 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 6/5/20 9:02 AM, Tixy wrote: On Fri, 2020-06-05 at 11:54 -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: Do we need to beef up Filters on this List? I don't think so. There's about 3 or 4 get through a week. agreed. Stronger filters = more false positives Unfortunately there's probably a dozen more because

Re: OT: Spam level on Debian Users list.

2020-06-05 Thread Tixy
On Fri, 2020-06-05 at 11:54 -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > Do we need to beef up Filters on this List? I don't think so. There's about 3 or 4 get through a week. Unfortunately there's probably a dozen more because people reply to the spam, then a load more noise from people telling other people

OT: Spam level on Debian Users list.

2020-06-05 Thread Kenneth Parker
Do we need to beef up Filters on this List? Kenneth Parker

Re: debian-users archive broken?

2017-08-16 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Brian wrote: > On Wed 16 Aug 2017 at 13:27:30 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > FYI just noticed that the debian-user archives have not been updated > since > > 10 August. > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/08/thrd2.html > > gives me the mail you ha

Re: debian-users archive broken?

2017-08-16 Thread Brian
On Wed 16 Aug 2017 at 13:27:30 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > FYI just noticed that the debian-user archives have not been updated since > 10 August. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/08/thrd2.html gives me the mail you have posted. You will have to be more specific. How did you acces

debian-users archive broken?

2017-08-16 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
FYI just noticed that the debian-user archives have not been updated since 10 August.

Re: Which way do you think is the best for Debian users to bypass GFW?

2015-02-16 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:41:50PM +0800, Jack Chuge wrote: > I'm living in Mainland, China, it's not my fault. The most important thing > for ever since installing a new system for me must be finding out the way to > bypass the Great Fire Wall. It's not a joke. It's so boring remaining inside > th

Which way do you think is the best for Debian users to bypass GFW?

2015-02-16 Thread Jack Chuge
I'm living in Mainland, China, it's not my fault. The most important thing for ever since installing a new system for me must be finding out the way to bypass the Great Fire Wall. It's not a joke. It's so boring remaining inside the wall. People will not give up searching for the entry to the w

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-10-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
achines with it I would certainly consider it suitable for the Debian wiki. Not everybody is fortunate enough to use Debian also for the client machine ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.de

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 03:34:58 -0400 (EDT), Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On 27 Sep 2014, at 02:48, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> PuTTY currently does not support 256-color mode. See >> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/256-colours.html > > That page indicates that putty had s

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-27 Thread Martin Read
On 27/09/14 02:48, Stephen Powell wrote: I'm not sure that the Debian wiki is the right place for this information. Although there is a Linux port of PuTTY, 99% of PuTTY users are Windows users, including me. Although it may be used to login remotely to a Debian system, PuTTY itself is Windows s

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-27 Thread Jonathan Dowland
> On 27 Sep 2014, at 02:48, Stephen Powell wrote: > > I'm not sure that the Debian wiki is the right place for this information. > Although there is a Linux port of PuTTY, 99% of PuTTY users are > Windows users, including me. Although it may be used to login remotely > to a Debian system, PuTTY

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-26 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:53:44 -0400 (EDT), Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > I've enjoyed reading your well-written and thoroughly researched posts. Have > you considered putting them somewhere else, e.g. the Debian wiki? I'm not sure that the Debian wiki is the right place for this information. Althoug

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-26 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Hi Stephen, I've enjoyed reading your well-written and thoroughly researched posts. Have you considered putting them somewhere else, e.g. the Debian wiki? One point: On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:11:41PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > One of the things I recommended was setting the terminal type st

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-26 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:39:39 -0400 (EDT), Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Good tips all around. Only thing is that I stopped using screen in > favor of tmux a few years ago. The biggest aggravation is the loss of > translation of keys, such as Ctl-left, Ctl-right, etc. (connecting from > another Debian

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-25 Thread Erwan David
Le 25/09/2014 23:39, Nate Bargmann a écrit : > Good tips all around. Only thing is that I stopped using screen in > favor of tmux a few years ago. The biggest aggravation is the loss of > translation of keys, such as Ctl-left, Ctl-right, etc. (connecting from > another Debian system is fine). Pe

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-25 Thread Nate Bargmann
Good tips all around. Only thing is that I stopped using screen in favor of tmux a few years ago. The biggest aggravation is the loss of translation of keys, such as Ctl-left, Ctl-right, etc. (connecting from another Debian system is fine). Perhaps that is a PuTTY issue or I don't have tmux conf

Re: PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-25 Thread Jochen Spieker
Stephen Powell: > > In another post a couple of months ago (see > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/07/msg00592.html) I gave some > recommendations for optimal PuTTY settings for use with Debian hosts. > I'd like to follow up on that based on recent discoveries that I have made. … > I hop

PuTTY tips for Debian users

2014-09-24 Thread Stephen Powell
In another post a couple of months ago (see https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/07/msg00592.html) I gave some recommendations for optimal PuTTY settings for use with Debian hosts. I'd like to follow up on that based on recent discoveries that I have made. One of the things I recommended wa

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20140120_105413, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 1/20/14, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 18 Jan 2014 at 09:31:21 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > > > >> If this garbage OT crap ('sad but true Linux sucks', and 'Hey Humans > > > It is not frequent but it does occur. > > > It happens; you live through it. You do

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-19 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/20/14, Brian wrote: > On Sat 18 Jan 2014 at 09:31:21 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> If this garbage OT crap ('sad but true Linux sucks', and 'Hey Humans > It is not frequent but it does occur. > It happens; you live through it. You don't need a moderator as a crutch. > Build your kill file i

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-19 Thread Brian
On Sat 18 Jan 2014 at 09:31:21 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > If this garbage OT crap ('sad but true Linux sucks', and 'Hey Humans > I'm a machine') is typical of this list, is there a debian related > list that doesn't allow such crap to go on and on and on and on and > on and on ad nauseum? It is no

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-19 Thread John Hasler
Tanstaafl writes: > Which means you easily miss valuable information provided by the same > people who consistently engage in ridiculous OT nonsense. A decent MUA allows you to killfile (score down, actually) subjects, threads, or keywords. It also lets you score up (or down) selected authors. T

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-19 Thread Tanstaafl
who consistently engage in ridiculous OT nonsense. If the debian-users list had moderators that actually cared, This list has no moderators. Period. Nor does it need any. Opinions are like... what? not looking for tyranny "Enforcement" -> tyranny Only to simple

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-19 Thread John Hasler
Tanstaafl writes: > Obviously it is the enforcement that is key. Killfiles are the key. Use a modern MUA and you can easily arrange not to see anything you wish to avoid. > If the debian-users list had moderators that actually cared, This list has no moderators. Period. Nor does it ne

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-19 Thread Tanstaafl
lies the problem. A well organized town hall meeting with thousands of participants can still be kept on topic as long as they have rules (Roberts Rules of Order), and someone to enforce them. Obviously it is the enforcement that is key. If the debian-users list had moderators that actually

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-19 Thread Florent Peterschmitt
Le 19/01/2014 06:43, Артур Истомин a écrit : > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 09:31:21AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> If this garbage OT crap ('sad but true Linux sucks', and 'Hey Humans >> I'm a machine') is typical of this list, is there a debian related >> list that doesn't allow such crap

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-18 Thread Артур Истомин
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 09:31:21AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > Hi all, > > If this garbage OT crap ('sad but true Linux sucks', and 'Hey Humans > I'm a machine') is typical of this list, is there a debian related > list that doesn't allow such crap to go on and on and on and on and > on and on ad na

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-18 Thread Bob Bernstein
Dear Sir, I would like to protest in the strongest possible terms your representation of officers of the British Army. It is simply shameful. And also the traffic on this email list. Can't something be done about it? Think about the children! ...oh...sorry...this isn't Monty Python, is it?

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Tanstaafl wrote: > If this garbage OT crap ('sad but true Linux sucks', and 'Hey Humans > I'm a machine') is typical of this list, It varies from season to season. Although often it feels like the September That Never Ended. There are more than 2,000 plus subscribers to debian-user. Imagine if

Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-18 Thread Tanstaafl
Hi all, If this garbage OT crap ('sad but true Linux sucks', and 'Hey Humans I'm a machine') is typical of this list, is there a debian related list that doesn't allow such crap to go on and on and on and on and on and on ad nauseum? If it is typical, and there is no other option for list ba

Re: [debian-users] wintv-hvr 850 (hybrid) not detecting any signal.

2011-10-08 Thread Javier Vasquez
So, no one with experience on debian with this usb device? :-( Javier. On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Javier Vasquez wrote: > Hi, > > I sent this to another list, but apparently no one knows, or cares to > answer... > > Bad thing I'm not using debian in the x86-64 and x86-32 machines I'm > t

Re: [debian-users] wintv-hvr 850 (hybrid) not detecting any signal.

2011-10-03 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:24:18 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > I sent this to another list, but apparently no one knows, or cares to > answer... > > Bad thing I'm not using debian in the x86-64 and x86-32 machines I'm > trying. I do use debian on other mips mini-pcs though... (...) In case you di

[debian-users] wintv-hvr 850 (hybrid) not detecting any signal.

2011-10-02 Thread Javier Vasquez
Hi, I sent this to another list, but apparently no one knows, or cares to answer... Bad thing I'm not using debian in the x86-64 and x86-32 machines I'm trying. I do use debian on other mips mini-pcs though... So it might be stock kernels from different distros are so different, but perhaps the

A new issue installing Debian stable - Was: Adding PPPoE to a net install (on Debian users mailing list only)

2011-05-30 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 13:10 +0200, I wrote: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pppoeconf/pppoeconf_1.19_all.deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/r/rp-pppoe/pppoe_3.8-3_amd64.deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/ppp/ppp_2.4.5-4_amd64.deb http://ftp.d

Re: Request to Debian Users

2010-08-24 Thread ChadDavis
; > I have followed the link recently; the thing is I got some restriction with > my net connection download and with the bandwidth. Any way thanks for your > reply. > > > > Thanks > > Mahesh > > > --- On *Fri, 8/20/10, Klaus Wolf * wrote: > > > From:

Re: Request to Debian Users

2010-08-23 Thread ROSHAN M
to Debian Users To: "ROSHAN M" Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, August 20, 2010, 7:06 PM Hi, you may download CD-iso-file to burn your own net-installation CD with following link: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.5/i386/iso-cd/debian-505-i386-netinst.iso

Re: Request to Debian Users

2010-08-20 Thread Klaus Wolf
Hi, you may download CD-iso-file to burn your own net-installation CD with following link: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.5/i386/iso-cd/debian-505-i386-netinst.iso Thanks for interesting din Debian-linux greatings and a nice day Am Freitag, den 20.08.2010, 07:42 -0700 schrieb ROSHAN M

Re: Request to Debian Users

2010-08-20 Thread Jangita
On 20/08/2010 4:42 p, ROSHAN M wrote: Hi, I am Mahesh.M, like to use Debian 5.0 in my computer. I read that Debian is a Core operating system based on UNIX and also so many Linux distributions are made with the help of Debian based. I am very much interested in using Debian Operating System. Ca

Re: Request to Debian Users

2010-08-20 Thread ROSHAN M
Hi, I am Mahesh.M, like to use Debian 5.0 in my computer. I read that Debian is a Core operating system based on UNIX and also so many Linux distributions are made with the help of Debian based.  I am very much interested in using Debian Operating System. Can any one help me to get a copy o

Re: [debian-users] Integration of development tools

2010-01-04 Thread Ted Hilts
Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 10:38:23PM -0700, Ted Hilts wrote: I am looking for some advice regarding integration of tools for development purposes. I have obtained the following over the internet.: 1. All debian binary and source DVD ISOs (for the present stable vers

Re: [debian-users] Integration of development tools

2010-01-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 10:38:23PM -0700, Ted Hilts wrote: > I am looking for some advice regarding integration of tools for > development purposes. I have obtained the following over the internet.: > > 1. All debian binary and source DVD ISOs (for the present stable > version) as the bas

Re: [debian-users] Integration of development tools

2010-01-02 Thread godo
Ted Hilts wrote: I am looking for some advice regarding integration of tools for development purposes. I have obtained the following over the internet.: 1. All debian binary and source DVD ISOs (for the present stable version) as the basis of a repository for binary and source code. I blasted th

[debian-users] Integration of development tools

2010-01-01 Thread Ted Hilts
I am looking for some advice regarding integration of tools for development purposes. I have obtained the following over the internet.: 1. All debian binary and source DVD ISOs (for the present stable version) as the basis of a repository for binary and source code. I blasted the binary ISOs

Re: meta-question for debian users

2009-04-13 Thread John Hasler
Vwaju writes: > I can't find a webmaster contact for the linux.debian.user forum... I am reading your posting on the debian-user@lists.debian.org mailing-list for which the administrative contact is listmas...@lists.debian.org. However, you appear to be acessing this mailing list via Google Groups

meta-question for debian users

2009-04-13 Thread Vwaju
I can't find a webmaster contact for the linux.debian.user forum, but maybe someone can advise me about this puzzling problem. The linux.debian.user community is indispensable, and I couldn't do with out . However, I have occasionally had a technical problem that follows this pattern: On Friday

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-19 Thread s. keeling
Patrick Wiseman : > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Allan Wind > wrote: > > > On 2009-01-18T17:33:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Are test messages really so common and burdensome that you can't > > > ignore them? > > > > I find it inconsiderate of the sender to use a mailing list, with > > thousa

code of conduct WAS Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Allan Wind wrote: > I find it inconsiderate of the sender to use a mailing list, with > thousands(?) of subscribers, for presumably testing his personal mail > configuration. As such my preference is to automate processing of such > messages as I a

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Allan Wind wrote: > On 2009-01-18T17:33:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Are test messages really so common and burdensome that you can't > > ignore them? > > I find it inconsiderate of the sender to use a mailing list, with > thousands(?) of subscribers, for presumably

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/18/2009 07:22 PM, Allan Wind wrote: On 2009-01-18T17:33:04, Ron Johnson wrote: Are test messages really so common and burdensome that you can't ignore them? I find it inconsiderate of the sender to use a mailing list, with thousands(?) of subscribers, for presumably testing his personal

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread Allan Wind
On 2009-01-18T17:33:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > Are test messages really so common and burdensome that you can't > ignore them? I find it inconsiderate of the sender to use a mailing list, with thousands(?) of subscribers, for presumably testing his personal mail configuration. As such my prefere

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread dan
On Sunday 18 January 2009 22:44:32 Allan Wind wrote: > Is there a way to configure the mailing list software such that test > messages are automatically treated as unsubscribe requests? If not > does anyone have a canned maildrop rule to do so? If you are using mutt, just use mailfiler and delete

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread Chris Jones
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 06:33:04PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/18/2009 04:44 PM, Allan Wind wrote: > >Is there a way to configure the mailing list software such that test > >messages are automatically treated as unsubscribe requests? If not does > >anyone have a canned maildrop rule to do so

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread Ken Irving
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 05:44:32PM -0500, Allan Wind wrote: > Is there a way to configure the mailing list software such that test > messages are automatically treated as unsubscribe requests? Yes, as the list is run using procmail filters (smartlist). Refer to the archives for the many reasons

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/18/2009 04:44 PM, Allan Wind wrote: Is there a way to configure the mailing list software such that test messages are automatically treated as unsubscribe requests? If not does anyone have a canned maildrop rule to do so? Are test messages really so common and burdensome that you can't

Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread Allan Wind
Is there a way to configure the mailing list software such that test messages are automatically treated as unsubscribe requests? If not does anyone have a canned maildrop rule to do so? /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC http://lifeintegrity.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-18 Thread Paul Gupta
-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 01:54:26PM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > Google Talk can to connect to transports (for yahoo, msn, ect) on > other severs. > > http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-05-02-n79.html It still needs a third server, but apparently you don't need to subscribe. Can anyone recom

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-21 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:24:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> Ones that support open standards are best. My suggestions: >> >> * Any IM server supporting the XMPP instant messaging standard >> (such as

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:24:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ones that support open standards are best. My suggestions: > > * Any IM server supporting the XMPP instant messaging standard > (such as Google Talk, LiveJournal Talk, jabber.org, etc.). > There's really no re

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:18:06PM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:04:10PM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> On 06/15/08 05:46, Star Liu wrote: > except that it r

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 18:41 +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:35:40AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 20:35 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > > > > > Thanks for recommending the gaim, i finally found the right IM > > > software which support chinese input on e

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:35:40AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 20:35 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > > > Thanks for recommending the gaim, i finally found the right IM > > software which support chinese input on etch! I'd like to make a > > report on my thoughts > > 1. my favorite

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/16/08 13:00, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Monday 16 June 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 06/16/08 11:52, Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> On Monday 16 June 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 10:17 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/16/08 07:

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 12:52 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Monday 16 June 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 10:17 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 06/16/08 07:09, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > > > > A certain version of SuSE would set the desktop background to red >

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 16 June 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/16/08 11:52, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Monday 16 June 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 10:17 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> On 06/16/08 07:09, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > >>> [snip] > >>> > A certain version of SuSE would set t

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/16/08 11:52, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Monday 16 June 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: >> On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 10:17 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 06/16/08 07:09, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >>> [snip] >>> A certain version of SuSE would set the desktop

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 16 June 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 10:17 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 06/16/08 07:09, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > A certain version of SuSE would set the desktop background to red > > > if you logged in as root. > > > > As did Mandrake, when I left

RE: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
Please demonstrate that you made it through school having learned that most languages flow in logical order from the top down, not in random order. The best way to do so is to stop top posting. http://learn.to/quote On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 20:35 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > Thanks for recommending the

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 10:17 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/16/08 07:09, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > [snip] > > > > A certain version of SuSE would set the desktop background to red if you > > logged in as root. > > As did Mandrake, when I left it for Debian. I always thought it was > a good idea.

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 16:04 +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 06/15/08 05:46, Star Liu wrote: > >> except that it refuses root to use it. :) > > > > As well it should. Why are you running as root? > > > I disagree. I agree that in 99% of cases running normal UL applications

RE: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 18:46 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > I have tried emesene, it's excellent! except that it refuses root to use it. > :) This is a feature, not a bug. You should never, ever log in as root. Just use your normal user account and only use root when root permissions are actually neede

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 20:52 -0700, Lee Glidewell wrote: > On Saturday 14 June 2008 06:32:59 pm Star Liu wrote: > > Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the > > microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog and email > > service provider, because i

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 09:32 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using > the microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog > and email service provider, because i'm a windows user for a so long > time. Two weeks before, I instal

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/16/08 07:09, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: [snip] > > A certain version of SuSE would set the desktop background to red if you > logged in as root. As did Mandrake, when I left it for Debian. I always thought it was a good idea. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr.

RE: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Star Liu
oftware, i really like it. :) **Buddha Debian GNU/Linux MSN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users? > Date: Mon, 16 J

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:04:10PM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 06/15/08 05:46, Star Liu wrote: except that it refuses root to use it. :) >>>

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:04:10PM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 06/15/08 05:46, Star Liu wrote: > >> except that it refuses root to use it. :) > > > > As well it should. Why are you running as root? > > > I disagree.

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/15/08 05:46, Star Liu wrote: >> except that it refuses root to use it. :) > > As well it should. Why are you running as root? > I disagree. I agree that in 99% of cases running normal UL applications as root is a bad idea

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Star Liu wrote: > > Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the > microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog and email > service provider, because i'm a windows user for a so long time. Two weeks > before, I installed debian etch and lenny, and

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Star Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm happy to know the gnome-blog and gtalk, but it seems by default gtalk > doesn't with in lenny, after i installed, i found nothing in my internet menu, > and the bash doesn't know "gtalk". Are you trying to use the gtalk c

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread pascalv
On Jun 15, 3:40 am, Star Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the > microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog and email > service provider, because i'm a windows user for a so long time. Two weeks > before,

RE: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread Star Liu
inux MSN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:19:15 -0300 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users? > > Star Liu wrote: >> Hi Everyone, I'm

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/15/08 05:46, Star Liu wrote: > except that it refuses root to use it. :) As well it should. Why are you running as root? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed."

RE: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread Star Liu
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users? > Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:52:37 -0700 > > On Saturday 14 June 2008 06:32:59 pm Star Liu wrote: >> Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread Ron Johnson
ceweasel/Firefox, Epiphany, Evolution, Thunderbird/Icedove, Pidgin? > >> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:47:10 -0500 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for

RE: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-15 Thread Star Liu
IM, blog and email service are best for debian users? > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/14/08 20:32, Star Liu wrote: >> Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now >> using the microsoft live messenger, live space

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-14 Thread Ignacio Mondino
Star Liu wrote: > Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the > microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog and email > service provider, because i'm a windows user for a so long time. Two weeks > before, I installed debian etch and lenny, and i li

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-14 Thread Lee Glidewell
On Saturday 14 June 2008 06:32:59 pm Star Liu wrote: > Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the > microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog and email > service provider, because i'm a windows user for a so long time. Two weeks > before, I inst

Re: Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/14/08 20:32, Star Liu wrote: > Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now > using the microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my > IM, blog and email service provider, because i'm a windows user > for a so long t

Which IM, blog and email service are best for debian users?

2008-06-14 Thread Star Liu
Hi Everyone, I'm sorry to ask this silly question here. I'm now using the microsoft live messenger, live spaces and hotmail as my IM, blog and email service provider, because i'm a windows user for a so long time. Two weeks before, I installed debian etch and lenny, and i like it very much. I'd

Debian users on LinkedIN

2008-03-27 Thread Tim Thaens
I believe a lot of computer technical people (and thus also a lot of debian users) are using the professional-networking website Linkedin ( www.linkedin.com). There is a feature in LinkedIN to be part groups. I've searched for a long time, and I finaly came across a debian usersgroup. Mayb

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