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Author: Mathew P.Mathew P.
Date: Dec 23, 2006 23:43
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Hello all
I am going to give my mother my macintosh powerbook G4 which I have
been running ubuntu 6.10 on. I need to wipe ubuntu from the drive
and reinstall OSX 10.2 Jaguar because my mother needs it, and want's it.
Yes, I know. "why would she want to?". She does. That's that.
I am having *huge* difficulties with this for one simple reason: Ubuntu
won't boot anything from the CD drive but the ubuntu boot disk. Well
I should say, nothing from Apple Corp. I use the usual hold down the 'C'
key and hard-drive-installed ubuntu asks if I want to boot from cd or
continue with normal booting. If I try to boot from cd, the drive makes
a few funny noises, and stops spinning. Ubuntu loads. The drive is
fine. It works within gnome with no problem.
First of all, up your's apple for not auto booting from cd, when a bootable
cd is present in the drive. Second, how do I get the blasted laptop to
boot up from the OSX install disk or even the tech tools disk? I know this
isn't a tech forum, but there are some pretty sharp cookies out here
that I look forward to hearing from. The trolls can bite me.
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Author: Ian SemmelIan Semmel
Date: Dec 23, 2006 23:17
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:51:24 -0800, John A. Bailo wrote:
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> I've been playing around with RSS feeds.
>
> Using Thunderbird under XP is the best system I've found for Windows
Internet Explorer 7 is by far the best vehicle for RSS feeds under windows
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Author: High Plains ThumperHigh Plains Thumper
Date: Dec 23, 2006 22:48
"Clogwog" wrote:
> B Gruff wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> City of Amsterdam announces experiment with open-source
>>> software
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> The City of Amsterdam said Friday it will spend
>>>> euro300,000 (US$400,00) testing open source software in
>>>> two administrative districts in 2007, in a potential
>>>> blow for the city's current main supplier, Microsoft
>>>> Corp.
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Author: nrballardconrballardco
Date: Dec 23, 2006 22:33
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On 23 Dec 2006 20:31:19 -0800, nrballardco@ yahoo.com wrote:
> >> damon wrote:
>>> John Bailo wrote:
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>>>> You'd think after 20 years of trying they'd get it right.
>>>>
>>>> So, when I use the Windows XP Rhapsody client to transfer a few mp3s to
>>>> my Sansa m200 player, no problem right?
>>>>
>>>> But then, in the middle of transferring it locks up. Not just the
>>>> client app, by the entire OS. And I have to power cycle to unfreeze.
>>>>
>>>> Why is this even possible?
>>>>
>>>> Why do people use XP at all?
>>>>
>>> Good question for yourself, actually. Could it be because you can't get
>>> Rhapsody to work on your Linux box? ...
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Author: DFSDFS
Date: Dec 23, 2006 22:23
John A. Bailo wrote:
> DFS wrote:
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>> Fonts look betterer on Windows.
>
> Mm...I'd argue that. I'm looking at some crisp clear fonts on my
> Suse10.1/KDE GUI. Very clean. One thing I notice, here in Knode
> using a Courier type serif font, is that they've implemented
> /kerning/ very well, somthing I don't always see.
It's unusual to see truly clean-looking fonts on Linux. Check your eyeglass
prescription.
>> But font rendering really is better on Windows. If I see some
>> really nice font rendering on Linux - that matches or exceeds what I
>> see on Windows - I'll gladly say so. For instance, the Xgl
>> eye-candy on Linux far exceeds anything I've seen on Windows.
>
> OSX too.
Spinning cubes and warping windows is neat. But what else is it?
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Author: Jim RichardsonJim Richardson
Date: Dec 23, 2006 22:14
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On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:39:49 -0600,
Erik Funkenbusch despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:> On 23 Dec 2006 20:31:19 -0800, nrballardco@ yahoo.com wrote:
> >> damon wrote:
>>> John Bailo wrote:
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Author: DFSDFS
Date: Dec 23, 2006 21:54
flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:06:08 +1000, amosf © Tim Fairchild wrote:
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>> DFS wrote:
>>
>>> Linonut wrote:
>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Jim Richardson belched out this bit o'
>>>> wisdom:
>>>>
>>>>> Not a perfect test, but I had 256 assigned to my VMware instance
>>>>> of XP, and quite frankly, it was a dog, not at the CPU, which
>>>>> stayed moderately low in usage, but RAM and swap got a real
>>>>> workout. Just running the OS + Outlook. I upped it to 512 and it
>>>>> helped, somewhat. But menu responsiveness is really dissapointing.
>>>>
>>>> That's one reason why I run Win 2000 in the VM. Works well with
>>>> 512Mb devoted to it. Surprisingly well.
>>>>
>>>>> Everytime I have to use XP for something, I am again reminded of
>>>>> why I prefer Linux. ...
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Author: SnitSnit
Date: Dec 23, 2006 21:42
"Rick" trollfeed.com> stated in post
pan.2006.12.24.05.39.10.606629@trollfeed.com on 12/23/06 10:39 PM:
>> Your spewed insults, made claims based on your ignorance (talking about
>> how making a tool better work for people is dumbing it down), and failed
>> to find a way to make a tool to do what I did....
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Author: DFSDFS
Date: Dec 23, 2006 21:28
flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:37:12 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
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>
>> In any case, you can attempt to shoot the messenger any way you
>> like, it matters not one jot. My decision is made, and is made for
>> very good financial reasons. I will /not/ be using Novell any more.
>
> Having you, Mark Kebt, as an advocate for Linux is the absolute WORST
> thing any company would want.
> I'll bet they are happy you're gone.
> I know if I were Novell, I would gladly send you a copy of any
> distribution you wanted just for you to stop using Suse.
heh... here's your parting gift...
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Author: Sinister MidgetSinister Midget
Date: Dec 23, 2006 21:08
On 2006-12-24, Erik Funkenbusch despam-funkenbusch.com> posted something concerning:> On 23 Dec 2006 20:31:19 -0800, nrballardco@ yahoo.com wrote:
> >> damon wrote:
>>> John Bailo wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You'd think after 20 years of trying they'd get it right.
>>>>
>>>> So, when I use the Windows XP Rhapsody client to transfer a few mp3s to
>>>> my Sansa m200 player, no problem right?
>>>>
>>>> But then, in the middle of transferring it locks up. Not just the
>>>> client app, by the entire OS. And I have to power cycle to unfreeze.
>>>>
>>>> Why is this even possible?
>>>>
>>>> Why do people use XP at all?
>>>>
>>> Good question for yourself, actually. Could it be because you can't get
>>> Rhapsody to work on your Linux box? ...
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