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Great tip! Very nice! Thanks, spiny. :happy:

Tutorial on Pointers in C#

But that doesn't work. Try this: echo $url`date +%Y`-`date +%m`-`date +%d` or printf $url`date +%Y`-`date +%m`-`date +%d`

Huge difference in price - free vs. quite a bundle! But the free Express editions have all the basic functionality. They're outstanding tools. Visual Studio 2005 Version Comparisons

Windows: bread and butter is Visual Basic 6, Access, and Sql database applications, but I also dabble in .Net apps (VB, C#, and ASP). The new Visual Studio 2005 is incredible. And now the new Visual Studio Express products are available to everyone for free. Unix and Linux: C and shell programming and sql database apps back years ago.

I don't know about an rpm of firefox 1.5 for LE2005, but here's a procedure on how to install firefox 1.5 on LE2005 using the tar file from the mozilla website without messing up the Mandriva default firefox browser: Installing firefox 1.5 on LE2005

I know of these references, though I haven't had the need to use them yet so I can't personally vouch for them: GPart Partition Rescue HowTo Recovering a Lost Partition Table

What happens when you enter the startx command from the command line? If that takes you into KDE, then you probably just need to select the option to "Launch the Graphical Environment When Your System Starts" from the Boot section of the Mandrake Control Center. Regarding which version you have, check out the contents of the /etc/version file. That will tell you.

Lots of sites on Linux equivalents to Windows software. For example, Linux Equivalents at linuxquestions.org Linux Equivalents at linuxrsp Linux Equivalents at MIT For more, just google "linux software equivalents to windows"

urpme kernel-package-name See this reference: All You Ever Wanted to Know about urpmi

Here's a link to a bunch of them and they're all available free. Free Computer Books, Tutorials and Lecture Notes on Data Structures/Algorithms

Here's a reference to setting this up using Mandriva's standard Shorewall firewall product. http://www.shorewall.net/two-interface.htm Be sure to check out additional info via the links at the Shorewall home site: http://www.shorewall.net/ Note that there are references for both version 2 and version 3 of Shorewall. Yes, I think you understand the ideas well.

Very clear writeup! Good job. ;) If that machine connected to the cable modem is set up as a router with NAT (network address translation), then I think you're ok. Regarding your second question, you would need to do port forwarding. For example, I have a Linksys router and the configuration screens allow me to forward incoming traffic for specified ports to a specified machine on my network. So yes, you have only one IP address visible to the outside world, but your router setup can forward any traffic to a specified machine on your network. Of course, there are lots of security issues regarding all this, so you will need to bone up on that as well.

If you have to use Windows and you want multiple desktops, there is a Virtual Desktop Manager PowerToy available that is freely provided by Microsoft but unsupported. Windows XP PowerToys

Multiple desktops can be useful in reducing clutter when you have a lot of apps open at once. Here's a link on how one guy uses them Here's a link on setting them up in KDE

I'd suggest a journal/magazine with more comprehensive industry-wide coverage and not specifically tied to a particular hardware or software platform, such as: InfoWorld InformationWeek eWeek You would probably qualify for free subscriptions. A general listing of computing and internet related magazines can be found at this Yahoo site.

Here's some useful references: ssh FAQ openssh.com linux.com article on ssh

Check this site out: http://www.tightvnc.com/ They have a VNC client viewer for Windows available. There is also a corresponding Mandriva VNC server package available. There are other VNC server packages available for Mandriva as well (e.g., kdenetwork-krfb, etc). Search the board or google for keyworks tightvnc, vnc server, etc for more info.

I use my boxes for all the poll choices except gaming (since I'm a gaming retard). Each box has both Windows and Linux installed, since I do Windows app development. All the machines have AMD 32-bit processors. No immediate plans to upgrade, but you never know when the upgrade itch may strike (when it strikes, it's like lightning). I've built all my boxes in the past, but I've been toying with the idea of buying my next machine. Kinda doubt it though, I'll probably go the build route since I want control over the component choices.

These might be of help. I'm not in linux right now, so I can't test it. Not sure if this after command is included in the Mandriva packages, but if not it's probably available somewhere. after command (reference 1) after command (reference 2)

OK, there is a problem with the extra single quote in "that's all folks" Try this instead: alias shut='shutdown -h +1 "That is all folks"'

That bashrc that you just posted looks like /etc/bashrc. Ramfree17 asked you to post the .bashrc (note the leading period) in your home directory. Please post that. Here is my $HOME/.bashrc, which is the default from the 2006 install: # .bashrc # User specific aliases and functions # Source global definitions if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc fi If your $HOME/.bashrc does not look like the above, that could be your problem. Note that it will execute /etc/bashrc, if that file exists. The period followed by a space before the /etc/bashrc command is a special command that makes any variables that are set in the script available after the script has finished executing. Also, if there is a bashrc (without the leading period) in your home directory, that is not going to get executed when you open a terminal (note your .bash_profile specifically references .bashrc in your home directory, not bashrc).

That Drakxtools-Guide.html file is in the following package: mandrake-doc-drakxtools-en-10.1-1mdk.noarch.rpm Reinstall that package and you should be ok. The Install Software section of Software Management doesn't list packages that are already installed. Since Drakxtools-10.1-9mdk.i586.rpm was already installed, it didn't show up there.

If you've got your updates repository configured, then: 1. download the latest hdlist of available updates command: urpmi.update updates 2. Install new updates not yet on your machine command: urpmi --update --auto-select Of course, you could also use the Software Management feature of the Mandrake Control Center, for a GUI frontend to urpmi. Here's a great reference: http://mandriva.vmlinuz.ca/index.php/SysAdmin/Urpmi

I've removed old kernels before with no problems, after verifying that the newer kernel was working fine with no problems. I removed them using the command: urpme <old kernel package> Rpmdrake could be used as well. You may need to update lilo (or grub) as well, if the old kernel version was showing on the boot loader menu. I don't recall if that was done as part of the removal or if I had to explicitly update, using (for example): lilo -v