[oclug] Desbian Linux M68K
Brian Barber
brianbarber at myrealbox.com
Wed Jul 23 13:20:36 EDT 2003
Here's a good reference: http://maclinuxstatus.sourceforge.net/status/
BB
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From: "Albert Cardarelli" <albertc at magma.ca>
To: <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:12:59 -0400
Subject: [oclug] Desbian Linux M68K
I have a 68K series MacII with 32 meg of RAM... will Desbian Linux M86K
install and run on said machine as easily as say, Mandrake 9.1?
Albert.
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> 1. Re: Perl confusion (Joe Burpee)
> 2. sco vs linux again (Robert Brockway)
> 3. Mozilla Firebird with XFT2 built in (Shad Young)
> 4. Re: Re: Re: [oclug] sco vs. linux cont.... (Matthew Wilcox)
> 5. Re: Re: OCLUG digest, Vol 1 #2774 - 13 msgs (Matthew Wilcox)
> 6. Re: [oclug-announce] Hacker Bike Ride (Richard Guy Briggs)
> 7. Re: Re: OCLUG digest, Vol 1 #2774 - 13 msgs (Raymond Wood)
> 8. Re: sco vs. linux cont.... (Brad Barnett)
> 9. Re: sco vs. linux cont.... (Francis J. A. Pinteric)
> 10. PowerPoint to PDF (Derrick Taylor)
> 11. Re: PowerPoint to PDF (Rod Giffin)
> 12. Re: PowerPoint to PDF (Brian Johnson)
> 13. Re: PowerPoint to PDF (Asad Quraishi)
> 14. Re: Re: Re: Re: [oclug] sco vs. linux cont.... (Brian Barber)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:59:13 -0400
> From: Joe Burpee <jeb at burkby.com>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] Perl confusion
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 16:25:09 -0400, Jon Earle wrote:
> > I'm a bit confused over something related to perl objects. I've
> > included some snippets for reference, which are located below (I'll keep
> > the relevant discussion here for clarity).
> >
> > A new QueuedMessage object is created with 3 parameters passed to the
> > constructor. The constructor removes the first parm (a directory name)
>
> No, there is a magic first argument which is the object reference. See
> `man perlobj', especially the sections "Method Invocation" and "Indirect
> Object Syntax". Your examples are textbook cases of these.
>
> Joe
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:10:06 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org>
> To: OCLUG <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
> Subject: [oclug] sco vs linux again
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> Saw this on another list. I've just skimmed it. Looks well written &
> comprehensive:
>
> http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html
>
> Rob
>
> --
> Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert at timetraveller.org ICQ: 104781119
> Linux counter project ID #16440 (http://counter.li.org)
> "The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens" -Baha'u'llah
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 03:13:11 -0400
> From: Shad Young <shad at ascendant.ca>
> To: "oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca" <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
> Organization: Ascendant
> Subject: [oclug] Mozilla Firebird with XFT2 built in
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
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> Hey all,
>
> For those of us using MozilaFirebird there are Packages for Red Hat,
> SuSe, Debian and BSD (Mandrake users can use the RH version) that have
> full support for anti-aliasing and XFT2.
>
> It displays all the pretty fonts and seems to work better than the
> official release.
>
> http://pryan.org/phoenix/
>
> To add external email functionality go here and install this extension
> (thanks to Dave Edwards for the head up on this)
>
> http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions.html#MozEX
>
> Click the link called "Click here" and it will ask if its OK to install
> the extension, say yes, open "tools/options" and click the "Extensions"
> icon and then the item named "Mozex" and then "settings".
>
> Check the box labeled "Intercept mailto: clicks
>
> Then add your favorite mailer command.
>
> EG: for sylpheed add:
> "/usr/bin/sylpheed --compose %a" (no quotes of course)
>
> Then add other commands for the rest of the items you want to intercept.
>
> Best
> --
> Shad Young -- shad at ascendant.ca
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - H.S. Thompson
> -------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:22:59 +0100
> From: Matthew Wilcox <willy at debian.org>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: [oclug] sco vs. linux cont....
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:25:04PM -0400, Brian Barber wrote:
> > First off, I was being sarcastic about losing sleep. With an infant and
a two-year old at home, I don't have any sleep to lose. I've been following
the lawsuit closely - probably giving it more attention than it
deserves -and I really can't see SCO gaining anything from this. IMHO, this
is a Hail Mary pass at the end of a game that they are desparately losing
just to get a few points on the scoreboard.
>
> could you wrap your lines at 75 columns or so? it's hard to read.
>
> --
> "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
> victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead
bodies.
> Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert
Fisk
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:26:31 +0100
> From: Matthew Wilcox <willy at debian.org>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] Re: OCLUG digest, Vol 1 #2774 - 13 msgs
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 04:19:24PM -0400, Dave Edwards wrote:
> > First, a little advice: please delete the parts of the message you quote
> > that aren't relevant to what you have to say. I hope this reaches you
> > before the response of someone less forgiving. See
> > http://oclug.on.ca/netiquette.php .
>
> could we add the line wrapping rule to the netiquette page? it's
certainly
> standard netiquette everywhere else ;-)
>
> --
> "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
> victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead
bodies.
> Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert
Fisk
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:41:53 -0400
> To: Vic Gedris <vic at gedris.org>
> Cc: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at conscoop.ottawa.on.ca>
> Subject: [oclug] Re: [oclug-announce] Hacker Bike Ride
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 12:06:45PM -0400, Vic Gedris wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > OCLUG members are invited to participate in the second annual post-OLS
> > "Hacker Bike Ride".
> > http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2003/view_abstract.php?talk=197
>
> "Second annual"? Vic, you must have missed a few. ;-)
>
> The first was in Canberra, March 2000.
>
> Since then, OLS 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.
>
> > The ride will leave from the Daly / Colonel By intersection (near the
> > Congress Centre and Canal) at 12:00 noon on Sunday July 27th.
> >
> > There will be three groups for this ride: easy, medium, and advanced.
> > The rides will be approximately 10, 20, and 40 km long. Each group will
> > have two leaders who know the routes.
> >
> > This ride will be a fun, social event, not a race. So people of all
> > cycling abilities are welcome to come out! It will be a great chance to
> > hang out with other Linux geeks from around the world.
> >
> > The cost is $0.00. All you need to bring is yourself on a bike, some
> > water, and perhaps some money for ice cream.
> >
> > If know your way around the Ottawa/Hull bike paths and would like to be
> > one of the group "leaders", let me know. We could use a few more
> > people.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Vic
> >
> > --
> > Vic Gedris | Linux and Free Software: http://oclug.on.ca
> > vic-at-gedris.org | Bikes and HPVs: http://hpv.tricolour.net
> > http://vic.dyndns.org | GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) Key-ID: D77B43FB
>
>
>
> slainte mhath, RGB
>
> --
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:07:46 -0400
> From: Raymond Wood <raywood at magma.ca>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] Re: OCLUG digest, Vol 1 #2774 - 13 msgs
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
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> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 01:26:31PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox imagined:
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 04:19:24PM -0400, Dave Edwards wrote:
> > > First, a little advice: please delete the parts of the message you
quote
> > > that aren't relevant to what you have to say. I hope this reaches you
> > > before the response of someone less forgiving. See
> > > http://oclug.on.ca/netiquette.php .
> >=20
> > could we add the line wrapping rule to the netiquette page? it's
certain=
> ly
> > standard netiquette everywhere else ;-)
>
> I've added your suggestion to the wiki page at:
> http://oclug.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Netiquette%20document?version=3D5
>
> Have Fun,
> Raymond
> --=20
> "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the
> homeless, whether the mad destruction is brought under the name
> of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"
> (Gandhi)
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:32:53 -0400
> From: Brad Barnett <bb at L8R.net>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] sco vs. linux cont....
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:22:59 +0100
> Matthew Wilcox <willy at debian.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:25:04PM -0400, Brian Barber wrote:
> > > First off, I was being sarcastic about losing sleep. With an infant
> > > and a two-year old at home, I don't have any sleep to lose. I've been
> > > following the lawsuit closely - probably giving it more attention than
> > > it deserves -and I really can't see SCO gaining anything from this.
> > > IMHO, this is a Hail Mary pass at the end of a game that they are
> > > desparately losing just to get a few points on the scoreboard.
> >
> > could you wrap your lines at 75 columns or so? it's hard to read.
>
> So are sentences without capitals. :P
>
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>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:58:51 -0400
> From: "Francis J. A. Pinteric" <linuxdoctor at linux.ca>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] sco vs. linux cont....
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
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> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:32:53 -0400
> Brad Barnett <bb at L8R.net> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:22:59 +0100
> > Matthew Wilcox <willy at debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > could you wrap your lines at 75 columns or so? it's hard to read.
> >
> > So are sentences without capitals. :P
> >
>
> Sentences without captials are a *long* standing unix tradition. I
> don't observe it myself, but I wouldn't want to see it disappear. If
> you go back into the old Unix literature, you will see lots of
> references to things that are done "for historical reasons" even though
> they don't make much sense any more. This is one of those things. :-)
>
>
> >>>--fja->
>
>
> --
> Fashion is for people who have no style.
>
> There are three crimes which deserves the death penalty:
> conformity, political correctness, and smoking.
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:42:31 +0100
> From: "Derrick Taylor" <derrick.taylor at stockport.gov.uk>
> To: <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
> Subject: [oclug] PowerPoint to PDF
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
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> Hi,
>
> did you manage to convert PowerPoint to PostScript or PDF, if so could you
=
> let me know how?
>
> Thx
> Derrick
>
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:25:40 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [oclug] PowerPoint to PDF
> From: "Rod Giffin" <rod at giffinscientific.com>
> To: <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> Derrick Taylor said:
> > did you manage to convert PowerPoint to PostScript or PDF, if so could
> > you let me know how?
>
> Hi Derrick,
>
> You would usually do PPT to whatever conversion tasks on the Windows side
> of the house. To convert to PDF, there are "ad-ware" tools located at
> http://site4.pdf995.com/ that work well, if you don't mind the
> advertizing.
>
> To convert to PS, I think all you have to do is print to a file using a PS
> printer driver.
>
> I have these instructions for converting PDF to EPS on Linux from
> somewhere... I suspect XPDF or Ghostview might work as well.
>
> "On a linux computer view the pdf by typing `acroread (filename).pdf'.
> Under the file menu select 'print'.
> In the print dialogue box select: print to file (assign a (filename).ps),
> unselect 'fit to page', select postscript Level 1, and click 'OK'.
> Finally convert the (filename).ps to (filename).epsi with the following
> command: 'ps2epsi (filename).ps (filename).epsi' on the linux computer."
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Rod.
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:01:14 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Brian Johnson <bjohnson at johnson-engineering.ca>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] PowerPoint to PDF
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> If you can print it alright, you can just print it to a file using a
> postcript printer driver (works on both windows and linux)
>
> For pdf, you can get a windows printing emulation that creates pdf files
> (like adobe acrobat) or use pstopdf on linux (or maybe the 1.1 version of
> openoffice that includes direct export to pdf in it's writer app also has
> that feature in it's presentation app)
>
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Rod Giffin wrote:
>
> > Derrick Taylor said:
> > > did you manage to convert PowerPoint to PostScript or PDF, if so could
> > > you let me know how?
> >
> > Hi Derrick,
> >
> > You would usually do PPT to whatever conversion tasks on the Windows
side
> > of the house. To convert to PDF, there are "ad-ware" tools located at
> > http://site4.pdf995.com/ that work well, if you don't mind the
> > advertizing.
> >
> > To convert to PS, I think all you have to do is print to a file using a
PS
> > printer driver.
> >
> > I have these instructions for converting PDF to EPS on Linux from
> > somewhere... I suspect XPDF or Ghostview might work as well.
> >
> > "On a linux computer view the pdf by typing `acroread (filename).pdf'.
> > Under the file menu select 'print'.
> > In the print dialogue box select: print to file (assign a
(filename).ps),
> > unselect 'fit to page', select postscript Level 1, and click 'OK'.
> > Finally convert the (filename).ps to (filename).epsi with the following
> > command: 'ps2epsi (filename).ps (filename).epsi' on the linux computer."
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Rod.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:47:15 -0400
> From: Asad Quraishi <aquraishi at skyesystems.com>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] PowerPoint to PDF
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> Derrick Taylor wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > did you manage to convert PowerPoint to PostScript or PDF, if so could
> > you let me know how?
> >
> > Thx
> > Derrick
> >
> > ||
>
> The best way I know is to use openoffice.org to open the powerpoint file
> and then export to pdf.
>
> --
> Asad Quraishi <aquraishi at skyesystems.com>
> JID: quad4b at jabber.skyesystems.org
> Skye Object Systems Inc.
> "...helping organizations build systems & software better"
> http://www.skyesystems.com
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 14
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [oclug] sco vs. linux cont....
> From: "Brian Barber" <brianbarber at myrealbox.com>
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:02:44 -0400
> Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>
> From: Matthew Wilcox <willy at debian.org>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 02:25:04PM -0400, Brian Barber wrote:
> > First off, [blah blah blah ad infinitum on lines that are too long]
>
> MW: could you wrap your lines at 75 columns or so? it's hard to read.
>
> BB: With the Web-based mail service I use when I'm at client sites, I
> can't set line wrapping. I'll try to keep my comments short and insert
> returns when needed. Thanks for the shove in the right direction.
>
> Cheers,
> BB
>
>
>
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