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as long as they provide source for all of the GPL components of their distro then they are not in violation of GPL. if i am not mistaken Mandriva also does the same thing for their commercial offeriings but they make sure that the downloadable versions are all composed of GPL software. ciao!

im sticking with openoffice. the development is pretty much active and it fills my needs. ciao!

is that entry in your bashrc file already existing when you started the terminal wherein the error occurs? if not then you have source it again so the changes will take effect. $ . $HOME/.bashrc if it was present then it probably is a permission problem. check the following: - make sure that /usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin exists. - make sure that /usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin and all its parent directories have read and execute permission for your current user. - make sure that the binaries/executables in /usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin are executable by your user. and for good measure define a "ANT_HOME" variable that points to "/usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin". one last thing, remove that trailing period on your path. it is a security risk and prepending your command with "./" (if they reside on the current directory) is good practice to make you subconciously aware that the command you are executing are where they are supposed to be. ciao!

what kind of pdf is it? are you sure it is not protected from distribution (aka copying)? ciao!

looks like it wont even run on my pc. ciao!

RPG, and other turn-based games. put me in a real-time strategy and you have yourself a bonafide cannon fodder. ciao!

when i am in linux i use sylpheed (either stable or claws, but currenty i am running claws). my needs are simple and syplheed does not take that much memory and starts lightning fast even on my old desktop. one thing i have not yet gotten around to do is incorporating some spam filtering mechanism, either spamassassin or bogofilter. ciao!

thanks. ill try gt when i get back in Manila. :) ciao!

i doubt. the iChat is listed in the initial client matrix and the only one listed there which oculd do audio is Google Talk. knowing google, they would incorporate new features as time passes. our company has a very 'strict' firewall and they have already blocked most email providers. i am dying to try to see if google talk is blocked also. anybody know the ports used by gt? :D ciao!

swaying normal desktop users to Google Talk is rather preemptive and hard at this point because as i have posted in my blog, Google Talk does not offer yet the functionalities present in other IM services. its a good demonstration of the jabber framework but to most it does not matter. @paul: that is a good one. i doubt if many would make the connection with traktopel. it only shows how old you already are in the linux world. ciao!

i added it at the end of my ~/.bash:profile since i am the only one using the machine. :D putting it at the end of rc.local is moot since the screen is going to be repainted by the tty login console. ciao!

mplayer with the basic gmplayer skin. im a no frills guy, i just want to watch the clip and not be wowed by the flashy gui. :D ciao!

note to self: never mess with soulse even if he lives halfway around the globe. or at least use a proxy or anonymizer site. ciao!

this is going to be a loosing battle because he is using a loophole in the system. you can go it on two ways: talk to the board management on ways to fix the loophole, or talk to the author and propose migrating the board to a more secure board software. ciao!

i dont think this holds. the java languange specification is there, anybody can implement their own virtual machine and compilers and as long as they follow the specification then they should be able to provide bytecodes that will run on all implementations supporting that specification version. again, i cant dont think there is an issue. the specification is evolving depending on initiatives put forward by engineers and the community. each new specification/version just deprecates previous implementations but most often than not they are still there. new implementations rolled out by Sun does not make non-Sun implementations incompatible. Those vendors just need to support the new enhancements. is java an option? yes since a lot of machines now have java. you can also root for python if it can do the job and help its userbase grow if your app is that good. ciao!

one man's bane is another man's boon. :) ciao!

ok, i was only making a wise-ass remark on the question that mandrivasoft is already doing the end-user support. come to think of it, they already are. the effect is just not that good. ciao!

maybe not the end-user support bit. ciao!

i am afraid i do not exactly get the reason for your post. i will try to answer some of the points you posted to the best of my knowledge but dont take them as the absolute truth. im just a user. java is slow... depends on your application. the startup might be slow but that is inherent to all interpreted languages, even python. java is fragmented... i am not versed on this argument. java has issues with linux... such as? i use eclipse and jdk 1.4.2 on my system for developing my apps for my masteral requirements and i dont have any issues. awt sucks... maybe. AWT was designed for maximum portability. if you want to compromise some bits of portability, try SWT instead. it is the one used in Eclipse. java is not free software... aside from the licensing, i think you are referring to the way enhancements are being incorporated into the standards. afaik, the standards are accessible somewhere and you can implement your own if you need/want to. why java? because it fits some needs required by some companies. java is heavily being thrown on mobile applications. nokia recently introduced a python toolkit but that is pretty much untested nowadays. why java? because... ciao!

err. i didnt think lowe's comments were directed at you per se. i think it was a general opinion on those posting negative reviews to bash distros. ciao!

i was previously hoping for that because i was synchronizing huge files between our helsinki and manila sites. getting cutoff during the middle of the transfer was not an option but a probable occasion (vpn link was flaky). ciao!

but still, make sure you have a backup of all important files on that drive/partition because it never hurts to be safe. :) have fun learning. :) ciao!

my experiences with unison was pretty frustrating. i found out that its an all or nothing deal and didnt get the time to figure out how to effect changes that keeps the transfers already made. rsync might need some more configuration but i say go for it. the two-way synch might entail additional config but i know you will manage. :) ciao!

i wont buy it because i rarely have time to play games. and nwn should keep me company for a looonnnggg time. i have it for a month now and i barely have started on the second act (exploring the courtyard).. ciao!

because free games are not included in this poll. look at the first post. :) ciao!