Darkelve

There's excellent coverage on http://www.groklaw.net I always knew that lawyers were rabid....

You bet!

Hmm, Patch? I think I've seen him around this forum a couple of times. You really should be nicer to him! Haven't seen him offer anyone a cigarette though... :unsure: wait a minute, are we talking the same Patch?

Static, Iphitus, you think I could do Linux from scratch? I've long wanted to build Linux to exactly to my own tastes, with the programs I think rule, with themes I want included, with the settings I think make sense... and still keep it within a reasonable size. And I mean in every little aspect of it. I'd like to build a 'desktop' distro (well not a distro, rather a system you get the idea) this way, building on the good and bad experience Linux already gave me. Think I can handle it? Darkelve Edit: Hmm, reading the Linux from scratch online handbook, I'll delay this step a bit until I have some more knowledge, e.g. installing from source, which I have never done yet...

Hey Cybrjackle, I found mirrors on slashdot. I looked for the news article and there were mirror links under a post called 'slashdotted'. lol Darkelve Edit: whoaa, this is fast! Faster than Opera in a lot of areas and nearly as fast in the rest... for my part they could've called this firejet....

Darn, the site is down, just as I was going to download it. Okay, 'fess up: who of you put this on slashdot!? :P And ohhh... I like the window decoration of firefox

Read it here: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/

lol, you were posting the same time I was reading it. I had an urge to 'reply' after the third one, but I decided to control myself :P btw for who's interested, Mdk10 beta2 is out.

Attention everyone! This was just a discratcion manouvre, here is what they are really planning !!!! http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/04012701....1.html?namn=436 :o :o :o

100% of home user I know have 100% of of the software installed on there box illegally copied, except sometime the OS they got with the box or some games they had as gift. In poor countries it's even worse. I don't say its good, it's just a fact and I can't imagine them paying something like, I don't know $500 ?, for an Office. If they are really forced to, because of TCPA/Palladium, I'm sure that they are getting really motivated to switch to Linux at a time when Linux is going to be really useable even for Mr Joe. I think it's already the fastest growing market for Linux. The servers first, now it starting on the desktop. IBM, Novell and SUN are going on the desktop and this will add a lot of credibility to Linux. Conclusion: there is a lot of obvious reason to be optimistic. Just there is the TCPA thing. I'm not well aware of that. Does somebody know if it can prevent people from installing Linux and free sources software on a machine ? roland http://www.againsttcpa.com/what-is-tcpa.html AND especially: http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-faq-en.html

Hmm, I went through my system folder, and there was a file with this: "Sorry for this virus Windows-XP, but I have to obtain global world domination. Nothing personal. -- Bill G."

Latest news: I'm online! But not with Mandrake... :unsure: Mandrake somehow did not find the router. Then I thought: well, I'll install Lindows again, take a chance. What do you know: it worked! Despite everything being said in the Windows thread, and agreeing with aRTee (but also Gowator) a lot, this is nevertheless +1 for Lindows. Under Mandrake, somehow it could not connect the network. It could NEVER find any of the addresses 192.0.2.1 or 192.0.2.4. Wrong setup? Perhaps, but MCC did not really make things that much clearer to me. Lindows: no setup at all. Even though: my sound still does not work (Mandrake: +1), but I'm going to try Lindows tech support for that. If Mandrake can run it, I have to be able to get it to work with LDS also. I know this can also be said of the internet connection, but: do you think I am so inclined to get back and try setting everything up again? I was chatting with my sister in mere minutes. Drawbacks are e.g. the fonts are butt-ugly (well, Mandrakes are definitely better) and OpenOffice is an old version. Click&Run is a very cool concept, also real easy to install Apps. Right now I'm installing Quake 2, Creatures and Limewire. I'll report back on the results, but do not expect any problems. Truth be said, I'd still prefer Mandrake and I'd probably be less enthousiastic if my network connection did not work, but it does. And as long as that is the case, I might as well give it a good spin. So despite Lindows walking on the thin edge of ethical advertising, they make a pretty good distro and it would be no shame for other distro's to take a look at the things it DOES make easy. Hoping to be back on Mandrake in a while, but it's going to be Lindows for a while. May not please you all, but hey, I'm just being honest here! Darkelve

Well, I will try to configure it manually this evening. What should I set as subnet mask? Standard it suggests 255.255.255.0 For me I think it does not really matter, since I will NEVER have more than 16 (or even 8) systems connected. So I will just give the laptops a static address of 192.0.1.2 and 192.0.2.3 (settings in Intel access point) my Linksys router will get 192.0.2.4 and my ethernet card (my PC) 192.0.2.5 (settings in Linksys ethernet bridge) Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 (?) Any probs with this kind of setup? Seems the most straightforward to me. Of course, if 1 more computer is added downstairs, I'd have to continue with 192.0.2.6. Maybe that could be inconvenient? I suppose it would give conflicts to have 2 addresses of 192.0.2.5 (1 for my PC via Linksys), 1 for e.g. a new laptop directly via the access point. Darkelve

agree wholeheartedly! doing so will only result in more confusion and frustration.

bullets and lists! Very annoying!

Sitor, you could have a look here: Linux Belgium Shop Darkelve Edited to include image of a sample system

Yes, the model is WET11 Well, this is how I did it: - I already had an Intel Pro/Wireless 2011b USB access device (USB ethernet) - So I plugged that in to get a connection and configured the Linksys through the setup procedure described in the manual (wizard thing running only under windows). [[ It didn't work at first, seems I had to re-enable my ethernet card(s) first: Realtek 8139 Family PCI fast Ethernet NIC (This card, I got working working under Mandrake 9.1 with a RJ45 cable to the cable modem). The other one: 1394 connection; I think it has something to do with nforce drivers my system uses. ]] After that and disconnection the USB ethernet card, the Linksys thing found the Intel access point downstairs. I'm now surfing with it under windoze. My network setup (Intel Access point) is set in Ad-hoc mode, so I put the same settings for the Linksys. Linksys Uses: IP: 192.0.2.4 Ad-Hoc mode SSID: 101, channel 1 Intel Gateway address: 192.0.2.1 Automatically obtain an IP address (DHCP), I assume from the Intel access point. There's also an option to set it manually but I did not try that. Every time I try to connect in Linux, it times out. And I always get an SCIO-flags: device or resource busy... I even reinstalled, just to make sure I did not mess up my settings trying to get it right. Still this error What is strange is that I always get a really weird IP adress this way, e.g. now I have 192.0.2.13, but there are really only 3 systems connected to the network so should be 192.0.2.4 or something. Edit: sorry, 192.0.2.5. I think I actually misunderstood something here, I thought the DHCP setting was meant for HOW TO GET an IP address from the Intel access point, but as I understand now, DHCP is how it gives an address to the ethernet card. Correct or no? So could it be the DHCP setting? I'm thinking I'm also going to read up on security while waiting for your answers. In fact, I don't know if I should be posting all this info (erm, not that I don't trust you, but it does not seem a good idea in general ;) ). Maybe when I get it to work I'll change the numbers to random addresses. Tx for your replies! Darkelve

Currently I started playing The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, RPG heaven! Only drawback is, it is heavy, eats resources and is quite buggy, so saving every 2 darn minutes is not a bad idea. The company said they aimed to make the release 'bug free', but I was thinking: perhaps they could not get deep enough access to the internals of WindozeOS to make it 'really' bug free. Morrowind, IMHO, is a masterpiece and I would install Linux only to be able to play it, if it was possible to play it only on Linux. But, more importantly, bugs found would be detected and repaired blazingly fast under GPL or similar license. Which would actually mean after a while, you would have a virtually bug-free masterpiece! Without additional expense, which would help boost sales (the crashes of the game are a major turndown for a lot of people that (want to) buy the game). Even better, put it on a live CD, with a USB key to put your savegames on (or on HD). Hey, presto! Portable Morrowind. Bethesda soft made it even more interesting by releasing a development kit which allows you to create whole new worlds! Now, if this were open-sourced, e.g. after inital sales drop to the bottom, they could squeeze a nice extra penny from it. Rembember, geeks are an ideal RPG audience. Then, they could let the community fix the bugs and release/sell 'expension packs' or new games based on the existing engine, with their added value being: - storyline - (3D) art - music - ... Then they could build on the existing engine and release a couple more extensions - half the work, equal profit. You don't actually have to have a lot of imagination to see that Linux DOES have opportunities. I'm sure if they did the above it would be a killer hit. But not for all games. Morrowind has also been released on the X-box, of course it is buggy also and people complain. It gives you so much value for its price that I think this is actually a smart move by whoever in M$ decided to do it. Maybe, as in several fields, the strength in Linux gaming does not lie in the field itself, but in the way it is dealt with. Darkelve

All things being equal, would it really be so impossible to have a Linux/Floss access provider, run by Open Source geeks? Hole in the market! Quick, somebody jump on it! :P

I hope that's a joke, 'cause the best thing would be to not make vandals out of ourselves and let the 'big guys' handle it.

The other day I was talking to someone at my company about viruses, e.g. MyDoom, spam etc. and the chap mentioned Linux. I said "Linux? I'm a bit surprised you know of it." His anwser: "Well yes, that is what is the new hype nowadays, isn't it?". Judging from this, more people *know* about Linux than I suspected, but most still seem to think of it as 'too technical/difficult/...". It all comes down to the fact that, with so many other things too do, they want to use their computer as a tool. But installtion&configuration seems to be a big problem. So it seems the next landmark Linux has to take is coming on preinstalled&preconfigured systems. Anyway, glad to have you here! Darkelve

This whole thread just made me think of this statement by Linus Torvalds: " Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had. -- Linus Torvalds " LMAO!

Anybody!? I included a screenshot of the entire route under windows (route print). If I do an 'ifup eth0' in Linux, I always get an 'eth0:scio flags device or resource busy'

K3B! It's the easiest, and it's also got its own menu option. Just browse through the menus and you should find a 'create iso' option somewhere.

Okay, I found out I actually disabled the ethernet card(s) under Windows, so I just had to reactivate them. Now I can connect to the wireless access point under Windoze with the bridge. Proof is that I'm using it now to type this. I also got a LED 'WLAN' shining satisfied. Any ideas what to do next? I figure launching the command center/drakconnect, but there are *so* many options. Up to now I just tried some randomly, but -of course- with out success. I'll also include a screenshot of my IP settings. Any hints on how to set the thing up now?? I'm dying to get my Linux box on the web!!!