Re: Idea: Linux @Home Distribution

1998-07-02 Thread Thomas Hubbell
t; be based a RedHat distribution with additional apps and tools added. > > > Any thoughts on this? Any other ideas? Is RedHat already planning such a > distribution? > Would it supply Gnome only? Anyone want to work on such a distribution? > > Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Thomas Hubbell
> I want to buy a new computer through a mail-order supplier > (like Gateway) > but I want no problems. I've loaded Linux before but could > never get past > installing the network card. Has anyone recently bought a mail-order > computer with a network card and had no problems installing RH5.x?

Unreal for Linux

1998-06-17 Thread Thomas Hubbell
. Anyway, it just seems like a good idea to me. Tom -- -- Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the

Re: Linux Bigot??

1998-06-11 Thread Thomas Hubbell
t that I am comparing Linux to Brussel Sprouts, but Linux is alot more stable than your average sprout!) It is sad what passes for journalism these days! Tom -- --------

Re: 17" monitor recommendations

1998-06-08 Thread Thomas Hubbell
w days away from placing an order. Tom -- ------ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata

AMD-K6-2 just announced

1998-05-29 Thread Thomas Hubbell
AMD just announced a new processor - the K6-2. Since I was looking at a K6 for a Linux system, this gives me something else to think about. AMD has a compatibility guide on their website. It lists the following as compatible: Linux 1.0.9 Linux Sam Publishing Linux Sam Publishing v3.0 I have two

Hardware Recommendations

1998-05-26 Thread Thomas Hubbell
anks. Tom -- ------ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /R

AMD K-6 Questions

1998-05-26 Thread Thomas Hubbell
What's the word on the AMD K6 compatibility with Linux? The RH hardware compatibility guide suggests that there may be some problems with installing Linux on a K6 system. I just wanted to know if anyone has had problems/successes with these processors and/or K6-compatible BIOSs. Thanks in advanc

Promise EIDE MAX

1998-05-19 Thread Thomas Hubbell
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Re: Riva128 AGP

1998-05-11 Thread Thomas Hubbell
luck. Tom -- ------ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTE

Window Managers - restoring defaults for RH 5.0

1998-05-06 Thread Thomas Hubbell
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Re: LyX as RPM

1998-04-28 Thread Thomas Hubbell
in the RedHat PowerTools. This might imply that it is NOT included with the standard CD distribution of RH 5.0. Unfortunately, I can't check the CD since I am nowhere near my Linux box at the moment. ____________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read th

Re: LyX as RPM

1998-04-28 Thread Thomas Hubbell
ing if I could download the RPM. ____ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL P

LyX as RPM

1998-04-28 Thread Thomas Hubbell
Is there an RPM version of LyX anywhere? Tom Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To

Re: JDK

1998-04-26 Thread Thomas Hubbell
>format, so I typed this: > >gzip -dc .tar.gz | tar -xvf - > Isn't it supposed to be 'gunzip -dc . . .' etc. -- -------

Re: WinModems

1998-04-23 Thread Thomas Hubbell
my ISP, not the modem. Tom -- ------ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-23 Thread Thomas Hubbell
FAT partition and bootup from a DOS disk. That will allow you to resize the NTFS partitions. Unfortunately, that probably won't work for you since you only have NTFS and have nowhere to stick PM. Good luck to both of us! Tom ________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PR

root partition not mounted?!

1998-04-22 Thread Thomas Hubbell
y more info let me know. Thanks in advance. Tom -- ------ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Thomas Hubbell
ve on this. What about fips? Tom -- ---------- Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubs

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Thomas Hubbell
h the boot loader as well, but I don't know. I'm sure someone can clear this up for me. I'm sure a tutorial would be very helpful. Tom ____ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LI

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Thomas Hubbell
the MBR)? Tom ________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with &

HELP! - root partition not mounted?!

1998-04-17 Thread Thomas Hubbell
know. Thanks in advance. Tom -- ---------- Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-T

X server for Permedia2

1998-04-16 Thread Thomas Hubbell
Has anyone been able to configure the Xsuse Xserver for graphics adapters based on the Permedia2 chipset? Does anyone know if this works for AGP and PCI cards, or just PCI cards? Thanks in advance. Tom Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE

Re: SyQuest Sparc Support

1998-04-16 Thread Thomas Hubbell
7;t remember if it was successful. I can't remember the url right now, though. If someone remembers, please supply. Tom ________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.c

Re: 'Quicken' for Linux?

1998-04-14 Thread Thomas Hubbell
ll, etc.). Tom ________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL

Re: StarOffice troubles (More)

1998-04-07 Thread Thomas Hubbell
o waste any money (even if it is only 8 bucks!) on something I won't be able to use. Does anyone have any insight/comments on this? Thanks for patience with my stupid questions! Tom ____ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ

Re: Problems with Communicator...?

1998-04-06 Thread Thomas Hubbell
on? (BTW: I am not using Netscape or Linux now, in case you're wondering how I got through to the list!) Tom ____________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-

Re: StarOffice troubles

1998-04-06 Thread Thomas Hubbell
estion, but I've never had to use that option with ncftp before. Tom ________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-l

Re: StarOffice troubles

1998-04-06 Thread Thomas Hubbell
;t know what to do (obviously!). ________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMA

StarOffice troubles

1998-04-06 Thread Thomas Hubbell
Last night I tried to d/load StarOffice 4.0 for the third time. I have been doing this late at night because I am using a modem (ughh!). Last night I started a little earlier and was able to monitor the progress more before I went to sleep. By the time I went to sleep, I had downloaded about 60

Obtaining StarOffice

1998-04-05 Thread Thomas Hubbell
available for download in smaller chunks instead the whole 40+ MB file? Thanks in advance. Tom -- -- Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE

Expanding Linux Space

1998-04-03 Thread Thomas Hubbell
/usr so that I will have two usr partitions? Thanks in advance. Tom Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing

SparQ on Linux??

1998-03-27 Thread Thomas Hubbell
neral, removable IDE drives do not work, although the ZIP IDE drive is supposed to work in some cases. Any info is appreciated. Tom ____ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!

SyQuest Sparq in Linux ???

1998-03-26 Thread Thomas Hubbell
rt it? Any info. would be appreciated. Tom -- -- Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING

Re: pentium ][ & redhat

1998-03-26 Thread Thomas Hubbell
> 3. i can't use the video board in X (i can use it with svgalib just in > standard vga mode) - the board is ATI expert @ play AGP with 4Mb of > sgram > Get the newest version of XFree86. It has support for AGP cards, although I don't know if it supports your partciular card. see http://www.xf

Re: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Thomas Hubbell
ht on this? I guess the only other options for me are a new system or a SCSI hard drive. I didn't really want to spend that kind of money, though. Thanks for the advice in advance. Tom ________ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the

DVD in Linux

1998-03-11 Thread Thomas Hubbell
se Linux. Tom -- ------ Thomas Hubbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscri