Re: Slashdot colours (was Re: Debian Linux vs BSD)

1999-11-02 Thread Daniel Barclay
> From: David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... > No, I can only guess at what's going on. The first few lines of > the document source are (wrapped arbitrarily): > > Slashdot:News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. > > .. > > Those colours are a recipe for disaster, I'd say. > ... > Is that a r

Re: Slashdot colours (was Re: Debian Linux vs BSD)

1999-11-01 Thread robbie
Hi I always use lynx for slashdot, and it works fine. I don't think I get junk mail because of it, but it's hard to tell. Regards -- Rob Murray

Re: Slashdot colours (was Re: Debian Linux vs BSD)

1999-11-01 Thread David Wright
Quoting Onno ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >I frequently see references to Slashdot here, and when I point my > >browser at them, the page is always rendered in grey/dark grey on > >black. Am I doing something wrong? > > The background should be white maybe you changed your prefs??? Gosh, I wish the

Re: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-31 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 10:44:54AM -0400, Paul McHale wrote: > This was my mistake. There is a link on the openBSD site to "ports". This > link is to the xBSD general repository which I mistakenly thought was the > openBSD repository. The ProFTP program is part of the general repository. > Sorry

RE: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-30 Thread Paul McHale
... -paul -Original Message- From: Matthew Gregan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 7:54 AM To: debian-user Subject: Re: Debian Linux vs BSD On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 01:30:19PM -0400, Paul McHale wrote: > There is one question. They announce openBSD ships with a secure

Re: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-30 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 01:30:19PM -0400, Paul McHale wrote: > There is one question. They announce openBSD ships with a secure > version of ProFTP. The version appears to be older than the bug > version(s). Is there something inherently different about BSD that it > was not affected by the bug

Re: Slashdot colours (was Re: Debian Linux vs BSD)

1999-10-30 Thread Onno
>I frequently see references to Slashdot here, and when I point my >browser at them, the page is always rendered in grey/dark grey on >black. Am I doing something wrong? The background should be white maybe you changed your prefs??? >My usual workaround is (because I run netscrape with -insta

Re: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-29 Thread esl
t;? > > > >thanks again, > > > >-paul > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Onno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 7:58 AM > >To: Paul McHale > >Cc: debian-user > >Subject: Re: Debian Linux vs BSD > &g

Re: Slashdot colours (was Re: Debian Linux vs BSD)

1999-10-29 Thread Tomasz Wegrzanowski
On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 03:57:58PM +, David Wright wrote: > I frequently see references to Slashdot here, and when I point my > browser at them, the page is always rendered in grey/dark grey on > black. Am I doing something wrong? > > My usual workaround is (because I run netscrape with -insta

Slashdot colours (was Re: Debian Linux vs BSD)

1999-10-29 Thread David Wright
Quoting Onno ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [...] > >In order: > > > >http://www.daemonnews.org/199909/freebsd.html > > > >http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/10/17/2317202.shtml > > > >http://slashdot.org/search.pl?topic=bsd > > > >Let me know what you think of it, I frequently see references to Slashdot he

RE: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-29 Thread Onno
rsion appears to be older than the bug version(s). Is there something inherently different about BSD that it was not affected by the bug ? thanks again, -paul -Original Message- From: Onno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 7:58 AM To: Paul McHale Cc: debian-user Su

RE: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-28 Thread Paul McHale
Re: Debian Linux vs BSD >Anyone know any differences between FreeBSD and (debian) Linux? I currently >am using debian and am pretty happy with it. My ISP uses FreeBSD. The >Linux newsletter mentioned the super secure version of BSD called OpenBSD. >Has anyone worked with eithe

Re: Debian Linux vs BSD

1999-10-28 Thread Onno
Anyone know any differences between FreeBSD and (debian) Linux? I currently am using debian and am pretty happy with it. My ISP uses FreeBSD. The Linux newsletter mentioned the super secure version of BSD called OpenBSD. Has anyone worked with either of these ? Are they comparable to Debian