On May 11, 6:33 am, Bill Baker postini.spamcon.org> wrote:
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Just use google groups!

hi,
The reason debian does not allow graphical user windows system for
"root" (unlike Windows) is that lots of programs can run in the
foreground and background as "root".

So for each program you will have a wrapper program/GUI built in for
"kde".

Adept is the kde package manager (runs on UBUNTU/KUBUNTU) especially
if you use the Synaptic package manager command (aptget install kd34)
once.

Adept has a small tags / filter utility to display the packages.

Today I will install adept version.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with my installation of Mint
Linux.
I just bought a Sony DCR-SR100 30gig camcorder.
I was hoping that maybe this time I'd experience that oft foretold
'Doesn't Work With Linux' syndrome.
Alas, no luck.
Plugged the bloody camera into my laptop.
And...............
The camera sensed that it was plugged into a computer and asked what
type of connection I wanted to establish. 'Pict-Bridge', 'DVD-Burn'
and 'HDD Mode' were the options given. I selected HDD mode on the
camera's LCD touchscreen.
And.......................
It showed up as on the laptop as DISK1

Bloody hell, wtf is going on here.
Why won't this stuff fail on me?
DAMN, DAMN, DAMN. How am I ever going to be prompted to go back to
Windows if Linux just keeps working.

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Nexuiz shoots to the top of gaming list

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| I grabbed the latest version of Nexuiz from the Nexuiz project page. It's
| licensed under the GNU GPL -- version 2.0 or later, your choice -- with
| versions available for the Windows...

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Brad Neuberg, Google Gears, and the future of the Web

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| "I like to make browsers do things that they weren't supposed to do," Brad
| Neuberg likes to say. As a developer advocate for Google Gears, Neuberg has a
| wide scope for pursuing this...

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Life Without Open Source?

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| It's ironic that the effects of open source software on our economy are
| largely unmeasured and may be unmeasurable, but suffice to say the effects
| are enormous. Life without open source software would not only be quite a bit
| different, but many people would also be quite a bit less wealthy. The
| business of OSS is booming and will likely continue to drive the great
| expansion of the Internet and concomitant transformation of society.
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http://ostatic.com/161801-blog/life-without-open-sourcess

Smoking the cloud: the technology of cloud computing

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Connecting With ISPhone

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| With open source and proprietary parts, an industry veteran has built a
| competitive product that offers advantages to even the smallest ISP.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6482/1/

Digium® and Integrics Partner to Offer Open Source-Based Telephony Solution to
Carriers

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| Enswitch is based on Digium’s Asterisk Business Edition or open source
| Asterisk, based on each customer’s preference, as well as other open source
| software such as OpenSER, MySQL and Linux.
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080512005254&newsLang...
http://tinyurl.com/6jhk37

Funambol and Laszlo Systems team up on open source mobile-web messaging

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Why is Microsoft Poking the EU in the Eye?

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| There's another issue, though: does this latest move amount to (yet another)
| abuse of Microsoft's dominant position in the operating systems market? Some
| would say “no”, pointing...

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Is Microsoft Poisoning its Sea of Troubles?

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| Imagine, though, a day when open source programs run well on Windows. Given
| that the installed base of Windows is currently much larger than that for
| GNU/Linux, this means that many...

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Linux-based touchpanel targets elderly homecare

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| Blue Heron Network has demonstrated an Ubuntu Linux-based touchpanel PC aimed
| at helping patients in the early stages of neuro-degenerative conditions like
| Alzheimer's stay independent for as long as possible. The WiFi-enabled
| Reside@Home Monitor keeps homecare patients connected to family and
| caregivers via the Internet, the company says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6101019273.html

This one is a case of madness:

Set-top box modders sent to prison

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| Two men have been sentenced for a total of 15 months for advising people how
| to bypass security settings on their set-top boxes.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/12/set_top_virgin_sky/

What's next? TiVo?