12:20 p.m.
Hi,
Im facing the same problem.The progress dialogue proceeds a bit and
nothing happens.I do not have broadbamd hence i would like to download
only critical updates and patches.im going thru yum hope its less
complicated.
if u find any solution,plz let me know.
Rajev
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1. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (Dave Jones)
2. Re: Linux Desktop for university staff (Anthony E. Greene)
3. Still no parallel port printer with 2.6.10-1.766 ! (Kim Lux)
4. Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
(bizzorg)
5. Re: New install. Partioning advice please. (Nat Gross)
6. Re: Linux Desktop for university staff (Matthew Miller)
7. Re: Password (Alan Horn)
8. Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
(Kim Lux)
9. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (David Curry)
10. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (Dave Jones)
11. Re: bad gnome-terminal or bad script? (Johnathan Bailes)
12. Re: Password (Robert Storey)
13. Re: booting Fedora 3 from boot disk (Johnathan Bailes)
14. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (David Curry)
15. Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 (Dave Jones)
16. Re: Linux and Spywares - lack of reading (David Curry)
17. Re: Linux and Spywares - lack of reading (jdow)
18. Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
(Johnathan Bailes)
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From: Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:12:39 -0500
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted to
> give it a spin.
>
> My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance on
> reboot. The only way I was able to recover control of the system in
> both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
>
> On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for several
> minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen
> with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>
> On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and returned
> to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the volume
> control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart it.
> I selected "No". Within seconds the Gnome panel at the bottom of the
> screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
>
> Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
Did you try the .13 one too ? I'm curious if this is something
introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
Dave
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From: "Anthony E. Greene" <tony(a)greene-family.org>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:13:36 -0500
Subject: Re: Linux Desktop for university staff
On 14-Feb-2005/15:36 +0200, Murat Tepegoz <tepegoz(a)mems.eee.metu.edu.tr> wrote:
>Dear all,
>I am trying to build a linux desktop especially for the assistants and
>professors in the universities. I wrote down my alternative programs curerntly
>using. Please add comments, new programs, or suggesstions. Write down also
>your favorite programs so that others will learn.
[snip]
>
>Filezilla: gftp is good enough. kbear is buggy (always crashes somehow).
Why not just use the FTP functions built into Nautilus (or Konqueror)?
ftp://host.domain
ftp://user@host.domain
ftp://user:password@host.domain
Tony
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From: Kim Lux <lux(a)diesel-research.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:21:37 -0700
Subject: Still no parallel port printer with 2.6.10-1.766 !
Ever since about 2.6.9-1.741, I've been unable to get our server to
recognize our Lexmark parallel port printer. Kudzu doesn't see it and
nor can I manually configure it with system-config-printer. Needless to
say this is getting extremely frustrating !
Does anyone have any ideas on getting a printer
recognized/installed/working with these newer kernels ?
--
Kim Lux, Diesel Research Inc.
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From: bizzorg <bizzorg(a)comcast.net>
To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:22:04 -0500
Subject: Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
My favorite Operating system vendor is the one sending me commission or royalty checks,
since I'm not receiving money from any vendor, I DON'T have a favorite.
I have FC3 installed on my 2nd hard drive. There are a a few issues I have with FC3
that I don't have with Win/XP.
1.) My Sound Blaster 7.1 is not supported in FC3.
2.) FC3 tolerates my Nvidia Geforce video card. I have not found drivers yet.
3.) I'm running up2date but it's doing NOTHING! I place my pointer on the
progress window and all I get is the hourglass.
4.) One of my favorite games, Age of Empires is a Windows based game. I supposed if I
take the time to learn Wine I can play it on FC3.
I do like the fact that Spyware or viruses do not infect my system with Linux
activated.
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From: Nat Gross <natgross.rentalsystems(a)verizon.net>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:26:01 -0500
Subject: Re: New install. Partioning advice please.
Rick Stevens wrote:
> Nat Gross wrote:
>
>> Markku Kolkka wrote:
>>
>>> Nat Gross kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika tiistai, 15. helmikuuta
>>> 2005 19:12):
>>>
>>>
>>>> I would like to have a /usr/data structure (or /data) where I
>>>> store data from ALL apps.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /usr/share already exists for that purpose.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Also, a /usr/myPrograms structure, for programs that I
>>>> 'manually' (not from the distro) install.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Use /usr/local or /opt
>>>
>>> You should read the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard before adding new
>>> branches to the directory tree: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> You are correct that I need to adhere to standards.However, my
>> situation is that I logon with multiple id's to this machine
>> (different security roles/rights) and I want the same set data for
>> almost all of my programs. Same with programs.
>> Are you saying that /usr/share and usr/local is meant to cover this
>> scenario?
>
>
> Precisely. /usr/share is there to share data among users. /usr/local
> is for locally-installed programs, etc. (don't expect to find the same
> /usr/local stuff on all systems).
Thank you all;
-nat
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> - -
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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From: Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)mattdm.org>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:26:15 -0500
Subject: Re: Linux Desktop for university staff
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:55:52PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> Like you, I tend to use OO far more than either Gnumeric or Abiword and
> find the ability to export pdf files a feature that extends well beyond
> trivial.
For what it's worth, Abiword and Gnumeric can easily print to PDF files as
well.
--
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--> Fedora Users & Developers Conference, hosted by Boston University <--
February 18th, 2005 <http://fedoraproject.org/fudcon/>
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From: Alan Horn <ahorn(a)deorth.org>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:29:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Password
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, kate wrote:
>> I need to create an account for a child on my
>> machine and for that i need
>> to make a very simple password. But when i try to do
>> that the system
>> answer that this password is based on a dictionay
>> word and refuse to do
>> it.
Simple passwords are generally bad. However, if you understand the
implications the passwd command will *allow* it, the 'Based on a
dictionary word' is merely an advisory response.
Continue to enter the password and it will take and set it to that value.
Or it used to, haven't tried iin a whlie.
Putting aside the wisdom of teaching your child about good passwords (must
be 'this tall' to use system ;) If you're going to continue with the
simple passwd choice, then you need to be sure that your machine isn't
accessible from the internet using that username and password combination.
Theres probably several different ways to do this, but off the top of my
head I don't recall wi th Fedora. Perhaps others can help on that piece.
Cheers,
Al
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From: Kim Lux <lux(a)diesel-research.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:30:25 -0700
Subject: Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
Comments below.
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 19:22 -0500, bizzorg wrote:
> My favorite Operating system vendor is the one sending me commission
> or royalty checks, since I'm not receiving money from any vendor, I
> DON'T have a favorite.
>
> I have FC3 installed on my 2nd hard drive. There are a a few issues I
> have with FC3 that I don't have with Win/XP.
>
> 1.) My Sound Blaster 7.1 is not supported in FC3.
I dunno anything about this. I suspect that it can be supported with a
bit of work.
> 2.) FC3 tolerates my Nvidia Geforce video card. I have not found
> drivers yet.
Visit nvidia.com. They have drivers there. They are not trivial to
install and every time you change kernels you must re install them.
> 3.) I'm running up2date but it's doing NOTHING! I place my pointer on
> the progress window and all I get is the hourglass.
If you just installed, I suspect your system is trying to sort out the
dependencies with installing about 500 upgrades. I'd leave it run
overnight and see what happens. You do have a broadband connection,
right ?
> 4.) One of my favorite games, Age of Empires is a Windows based game.
> I supposed if I take the time to learn Wine I can play it on FC3.
Dunno.
> I do like the fact that Spyware or viruses do not infect my system
> with Linux activated.
There is a ton of stuff to like about Linux. Give it time.
>
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From: David Curry <dsccable(a)comcast.net>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:36:36 -0500
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
Dave Jones wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> > I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted to
> > give it a spin.
> >
> > My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance on
> > reboot. The only way I was able to recover control of the system in
> > both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
> >
> > On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for several
> > minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen
> > with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
> >
> > On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and returned
> > to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the volume
> > control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart it.
> > I selected "No". Within seconds the Gnome panel at the bottom of
the
> > screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
> >
> > Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
>
>Did you try the .13 one too ? I'm curious if this is something
>introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
NO. I wasn't aware that there as a .13 kernel, Dave. I moved from .12
to .14 when the up2date icon advised that non-kernel updates were
available and learned that .14 had been released. The non-kernel
updates installed in the same update session were
xemacs-21.4.17-0.FC2
xemacs-common-21.4.17-0.FC2
xemacs-info-21.4.17-0.FC2
Freewinlibs-1.11-42.1.i386.rpm
None of the non-kernel software has been used.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:44:30 -0500
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:36:36PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> >> I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted to
> >> give it a spin.
> >>
> >> My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance on
> >> reboot. The only way I was able to recover control of the system in
> >> both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
> >>
> >> On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for several
> >> minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen
> >> with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
> >>
> >> On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and returned
> >> to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the volume
> >> control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart it.
> >> I selected "No". Within seconds the Gnome panel at the bottom
of the
> >> screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
> >>
> >> Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
> >
> >Did you try the .13 one too ? I'm curious if this is something
> >introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> NO. I wasn't aware that there as a .13 kernel, Dave. I moved from .12
> to .14 when the up2date icon advised that non-kernel updates were
> available and learned that .14 had been released.
It was in the updates-testing pool only.
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2...
If you could give that a try and find out if it also has problems,
that would narrow it down a little.
Dave
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From: Johnathan Bailes <johnathan.bailes(a)gmail.com>
To: cs(a)zip.com.au, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:46:01 -0500
Subject: Re: bad gnome-terminal or bad script?
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:20:51 +1100, Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au> wrote:
> I can think of two reasons.
>
> Firstly he's learning expect, so who cares what he's using
> underneath? Also he _needs_ something that expect has to interact with
> if he's going to play with it.
>
> Secondly, and perhaps more relevant, is if he's intending this stuff to
> run in batch mode (cron, whatever) then he'll need a passphraseless key
> for that, and that's as bad as a password.
>
> Well not quite, in that the far end never sees the private half of the
> key while a password _is_ sent to the far end, but it does mean the key
> is in the clear at the near/calling end.
>
> So yes, keys are slightly better that passwords, but not enormously
> better if it's a batch mode requirement.
Also once he gets this working he can always crypt the password.
Here is something to read on the subject:
http://wiki.tcl.tk/3594
Secure expect.
Arguing methods can take forever. And I have seen decent encrypted
pass expect scripts and used ssh keys as well.
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From: Robert Storey <y2kbug(a)ms25.hinet.net>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:48:43 +0800
Subject: Re: Password
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:13:49 +0000 (GMT)
John Hodrien <johnh(a)comp.leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Chadley Wilson wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 17:03, Alan Peery wrote:
> >> Eric Tanguy wrote:
> >>> I need to create an account for a child on my machine and for that
> >i need>> to make a very simple password. But when i try to do that
> >the system>> answer that this password is based on a dictionay word
> >and refuse to do>> it. So how it is possible to assign a simple
> >passwd to just one account ?>> Thanks
> >>> Eric
> >>
> >> For a young child this may be the wrong choice entirely. I would
> >> consider setting the machine to auto-logon, and start the GUI
> >session as> that user. This allows you to keep a good, non-crackable
> >password on> the machine for their account, so that it is hard to
> >crack open that> machine via the network.
> >>
> >> I am afraid that I don't know if there are hooks for auto-login in
> >> Fedora Core...
> >>
> >> Alan
> >
> > Whats your child name and your surname?
> >
> > I did my sisters (who was 4 at the time like this)
>
> Create the user then reset the password as root. root is allowed to
> set stupid passwords.
>
> Then assuming you're only exposing something like ssh, why not just
> restrict which users can login through it:
>
> AllowUsers daddybear mummybear
>
> jh
Or else disable ssh entirely on the machine if it's not being used.
There are several ways to do that - easiest is to use ntsysv and turn
off ssh so it doesn't start on bootup.
cheers,
Robert
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From: Johnathan Bailes <johnathan.bailes(a)gmail.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:48:35 -0500
Subject: Re: booting Fedora 3 from boot disk
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:55:43 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org> wrote:
>
> Bootpart (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) is a tool you can use
> under Windows to configure the Windows bootloader to add an entry to
> chain-load another bootloader (e.g. grub) from another partition. I use
> it fairly regularly and it's very convenient.
>
> Paul.
Damn you people and all your good knowledge my bookmarks are getting
longer and longer each day trying to keep up with all the great links.
Thanks.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Curry <dsccable(a)comcast.net>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:57:29 -0500
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
Dave Jones wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:36:36PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> > Dave Jones wrote:
> >
> > >On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> > >> I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted
to
> > >> give it a spin.
> > >>
> > >> My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance
on
> > >> reboot. The only way I was able to recover control of the system in
> > >> both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
> > >>
> > >> On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for
several
> > >> minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen
> > >> with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
> > >>
> > >> On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and
returned
> > >> to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the
volume
> > >> control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart
it.
> > >> I selected "No". Within seconds the Gnome panel at the
bottom of the
> > >> screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and
keyboard.
> > >>
> > >> Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
> > >
> > >Did you try the .13 one too ? I'm curious if this is something
> > >introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > NO. I wasn't aware that there as a .13 kernel, Dave. I moved from .12
> > to .14 when the up2date icon advised that non-kernel updates were
> > available and learned that .14 had been released.
>
>It was in the updates-testing pool only.
>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/i386/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.13_FC2.i686.rpm
>
>If you could give that a try and find out if it also has problems,
>that would narrow it down a little.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
I have a single processor and have never tried a smp kernel. Would the
.13 kernel work on my system?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:05:40 -0500
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:57:29PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> >It was in the updates-testing pool only.
>
>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/i386/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.13_FC2.i686.rpm
> >
> >If you could give that a try and find out if it also has problems,
> >that would narrow it down a little.
> >
> I have a single processor and have never tried a smp kernel. Would the
> .13 kernel work on my system?
There's a UP kernel in the same directory.. I just cut-n-pasted the first one
I saw..
Dave
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Curry <dsccable(a)comcast.net>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:12:40 -0500
Subject: Re: Linux and Spywares - lack of reading
jdow wrote:
>Of course you do know of the recent exploits found for Mozilla, aren't
>you, Brian? What's this "No antivirus needed" I hear about for Linux?
>
>{^_-} The quibbler.
>
>
"Recent exploits found for Mozilla" is news here. Care to elaborate or
point me in the right direction?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "jdow" <jdow(a)earthlink.net>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:13:58 -0800
Subject: Re: Linux and Spywares - lack of reading
From: "David Curry" <dsccable(a)comcast.net>
> jdow wrote:
>
> >Of course you do know of the recent exploits found for Mozilla, aren't
> >you, Brian? What's this "No antivirus needed" I hear about for
Linux?
> >
> >{^_-} The quibbler.
> >
> >
> "Recent exploits found for Mozilla" is news here. Care to elaborate or
> point me in the right direction?
Ran across it in the Dartmouth IRIA news summaries yesterday. It's
scrolled off. It appears to affect the core of Mozilla so it affects
FireFox as well. It should appear in the CERT advisories.
It appears Mozilla is getting more attention from crackers now that
it is starting to command a noticeable market share. It's a matter of
time before more serious items appear. Of course, without things like
ActiveX it's a little harder to mash a Linux machine than a Windows
machine.
{^_^}
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From: Johnathan Bailes <johnathan.bailes(a)gmail.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:15:03 -0500
Subject: Re: Linux sucks? <depending on what you are trying to do!>
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:22:04 -0500, bizzorg <bizzorg(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> My favorite Operating system vendor is the one sending me commission or
> royalty checks, since I'm not receiving money from any vendor, I DON'T have
> a favorite.
>
> I have FC3 installed on my 2nd hard drive. There are a a few issues I have
> with FC3 that I don't have with Win/XP.
>
> 1.) My Sound Blaster 7.1 is not supported in FC3.
Did a search and no love. Sorry.
> 2.) FC3 tolerates my Nvidia Geforce video card. I have not found drivers
> yet.
http://nvidia.com look up the linux drivers -- Then I got thought you
should be able to get the 3D glory from that card even with the open
stuff.
> 3.) I'm running up2date but it's doing NOTHING! I place my pointer on the
> progress window and all I get is the hourglass.
Sounds like you have never, ever got this to update right?
You can run up2date with the command options but your best option is
probably a good old-fashioned trip to the Terminal and then su - to
root and run a yum update.
Yum is typically way faster.
> 4.) One of my favorite games, Age of Empires is a Windows based game. I
> supposed if I take the time to learn Wine I can play it on FC3.
>
Transgaming and wine might be able to help you.
But ... Transgaming does sell linux ports. Linux Games Publishing I
believe sells native linux games.
I have had good luck with this site but other people have reported trouble.
http://tuxgames.com
At the very least it gives you an idea of the games available in linux.
> I do like the fact that Spyware or viruses do not infect my system with
> Linux activated.
>
I like that too.
After being forced for over a year to use a 2000 and now XP laptop at
work I wrote the following Slashdot Journal entry:
http://slashdot.org/~ACK!!/journal/94071
7 Things I miss about Linux
But there is good news I got my little Ultra 5 at my desk decked out
with Solaris 8 and blastwave.org packages and it works pretty damn
well considering how ancient it is.
The menu redraw rate for the Applications menu is actually better than
Linux, go figure.
Weird.
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