oivvio polite wrote:
> I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200 students.
> They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read mail.
>
> Of course any user should be able to log into his/her account from any box.
> What are my options here? Have all applications run
on Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 08:43:48AM +0100, xio ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:42:57PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:58:59PM -0400, Rob Ransbottom ([EMAIL
> > PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > I hear that Staroffice is going to be a quart
This is OT for this thread, but I would like to know:
Is there a deb package for staroffice?
Thanks
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:42:57PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:58:59PM -0400, Rob Ransbottom ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I hear that Staroffice is go
on Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:58:59PM -0400, Rob Ransbottom ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> I hear that Staroffice is going to be a quartered stuck pig. The one
> monolithic program is going to be split into separate tasks. I have
> found SO to be agreeable to people only familiar with MS Word.
Th
alternatives are available.
-ben
On to his description of what you need:
- Forwarded message from Shane Liebling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 20:05:27 -0700
From: Shane Liebling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ben Hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fwd:
I've been running a small business network on about
16 linux machines and 1 mswindows machine since 1995.
At that time I found NIS' special /etc/passwd entries
to be a great aggravation. Ordinary passwd utilities,
like adduser, would choke on them.
Perceiving a lack of server power, I set up a
on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 06:32:09PM -0400, Sunny Dubey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Monday 24 September 2001 04:11 am, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:50:32AM +0200, oivvio polite ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > > I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting s
I second this. Also, I bet you any O'Reilly book that quite a few
people on this list can write a more flexible solution than Norton
Ghost with just the standard UNIX tools (and Perl maybe) :)
P.S. even 'cp /dev/hda ' works great
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 08:25:59PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Su
On Tue, 2001-09-25 at 05:16, Sunny Dubey wrote:
> Can you name me a single OSS app that can do what Norton does??
> Can you name me a single OSS app that can take images of entire hard drivers,
> or various parts, and send them over the network on the fly??
> Can you name me a single OSS app that
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:16:35PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
[lots of flames snipped]
| Can you name me a single OSS app that works on MORE than just UNIX? (windows,
| 9x, 2000/XP, AtheOS, et al)
How about one in particular that you like - KDE?
-D
Sunny Dubey writes:
> I mean is there a single app like Norton Ghost that will let you install
> any OS (x86 arch) of your choice,...
You want to copy an OS installation? dd will do that, nor is it limited to
x86. It will copy anything, and is available on all *ix's on all
architectures.
--
Joh
* Sunny Dubey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010924 14:21]:
>
> > dude ... that is so NOT a word!
>
> yes, but fuck isn't a word, either, your point being??
>
> >
> > As to your points regarding application software, I'd tend to agree with
> > your description of word processors, but I think you were a bi
On Monday 24 September 2001 07:56 pm, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:16:35PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
> > Can you name me a single OSS app that works on MORE than just UNIX?
> > (windows, 9x, 2000/XP, AtheOS, et al)
>
> Looking through just the list of packages I maintain in Debi
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:16:35PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
> Can you name me a single OSS app that works on MORE than just UNIX? (windows,
> 9x, 2000/XP, AtheOS, et al)
Looking through just the list of packages I maintain in Debian, there's
at least two for starters. The Perl and Java stuff is
> "Sunny" == Sunny Dubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Not only is Applixware decent stuff, but it does have nice
> filters ot export and import Microsoft office file formats.
> However it is closed source technology, and costs about 50
> bucks a license.
How much do you spend
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 06:24:35PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
[ snip ]
> this email has been pretty funny, and I thank you for writing it.
> this entire email was about calling me and idiot, and yet never once has a
> REAL reason be presented to me about why I'm wrong and where.
>
> So please, te
On Monday 24 September 2001 04:11 am, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:50:32AM +0200, oivvio polite ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> > I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200
> > students. They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read
> > mail.
> ROTFLMAO. I have news for you:
>
> 1. fuck is a word: v., n., and interj., according to dictionary.com.
> It's just that your government censored it out of all the dictionaries
> -- for da kids! Maybe you should buy a British English dictionary
> ( but then, WTF do I know, English isn't my first
* Sunny Dubey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
>
> > dude ... that is so NOT a word!
>
> yes, but fuck isn't a word, either, your point being??
ROTFLMAO. I have news for you:
1. fuck is a word: v., n., and interj., according to dictionary.com.
It's just that your government censored it out o
> Can you name me a single OSS app that can do what
> Norton does??
> Can you name me a single OSS app that can take
> images of entire hard
> drivers,
> or various parts, and send them over the network on
> the fly??
> Can you name me a single OSS app that can multicast
> to an entire network,
> dude ... that is so NOT a word!
yes, but fuck isn't a word, either, your point being??
>
> As to your points regarding application software, I'd tend to agree with
> your description of word processors, but I think you were a bit harsh on
> your treatment of browsers:
no, I even stated that t
Ciao oivvio polite,
> I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200 students.
> They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read mail.
no problem with linux.
> Of course any user should be able to log into his/her account from any box.
> What are my options here? H
on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:50:32AM +0200, oivvio polite ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
>
> I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200
> students. They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read
> mail.
Lots of apps for the above.
GUI:
text/word processing:
* Sunny Dubey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010923 19:17]:
> First, please note that using Gnome will not help you because it is no where
> near "ease-of-use" as KDE is. Browsing the web is no big deal because just
> about any browser can browse the web. However, you might seriously consider
> Konquero
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:50:32AM +0200, oivvio polite wrote:
|
| I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200 students.
| They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read mail.
Web and mail work great with Linux, but as the previous poster said
word processing i
On Sunday 23 September 2001 08:50 pm, oivvio polite wrote:
> I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200
> students. They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read mail.
be very very very very very careful of what you do here .
First, please note that using Gn
I might soon have to set up some 20 - 30 boxes supporting some 200 students.
They'll want to do word processing, browse the web, read mail.
Of course any user should be able to log into his/her account from any box.
What are my options here? Have all applications run from a powerful server
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