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imaginary(?) window manager feature
by David Nicol 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

So I have been experimenting with alternatives to lwm, which is pleasantly out-of-the-way and allows me to run KDE kicker for a "task bar" What I want is a wm with a particular twist on a tiling feature : a way to dock windows to each other so that the bar between them can be moved back and forth, resizing both (or all) of the so-connected frames. Is anyone aware of a wm that can do that? There are "docking" features in various wm's task-bar kind of things, which this idea is pretty close to; it would allow arbitrary windows to dock with each other, (and also undock of course); so I could for instance dock all my xload windows to each other and have a "raft" of xloads that would raise/lower, cycle, etc as a unit. I had this idea after experimenting with ratpoison again yesterday. Ratpoison allows splitting windows in half either horiz of vert but does not support (at least not without reading the whole instructions) splitting windows somewhere other than half, or mousing the dividing line up/down or left/right. thoughts? happy new year

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Free Monitors
by Jim Herrmann 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

I have an opportunity to get some free monitors. They are supposed to be 17", and they are all supposed to work. I'm not sure how many there are, but I was wondering how many of you would be interested in getting one of these. I'm going to check them out tomorrow, er, later today, and I will get back with details, but just to gage an initial interest, I thought I would mention these. I plan to be at the meeting tomorrow night and I hope to bring one in to look at it. Let me know. Peace, Jim

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blocking comment form spam
by David Nicol 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Anyone know of a blacklisting service -- like an RBL -- that lists IPs that produce junk in comment forms? I maintain a comment form service (TJGFH) and I've been getting a lot of it. -- He thought he could organize freedom how naive and controlling of him

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Linux Printing
by Leo Mauler 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

I just wanted to mention that MicroCenter in Overland Park at around 91st & Metcalf has HP Deskjet D2360's for $49.99. The latest HPLIP and HPJIS both support this printer perfectly, and I'm an anecdote to this being true. I'm running Debian "Etch" 3.1_r4 and the HP Deskjet D2360 prints like a dream come true. I've tried black text and photographs, and they come out very nice and crisp. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Sure is quiet!
by Zscoundrel 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

Sure has been quiet the last couple of days! Everyone must be playing with all the new toys they got for Christmas!!! (Or else working their butts off catching up from the holidays!) -- Help eliminate virus attacks! Never send *.doc files. Use *.ODF, *.RTF or *.PDF instead!

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ALSA Setup
by Jim Herrmann 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

I took the Tascam USB card I had that Kubuntu wouldn't recognize as a sound card, and I got a Roland Edirol UA-25, which is supported out of the box. When I plug it in, it seems to be recognized as a sound card: root@jim-laptop:~# cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xd8240000 irq 58 1 [UA25 ]: USB-Audio - EDIROL UA-25 Roland EDIROL UA-25 at usb-0000:00:1d.1-1, full speed However, I can't see it in Kmix, Alsamixergui, Jack, or any other higher level sound application. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I need to look at to get this working? Of course, I tried it in Windows today, and it just works. Doh! Help! Thanks, Jim

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WTB: DDR RAM and a Socket 478 mobo
by Jon Pruente 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

1. I'm the "in family" computer tech for my father-in-law's business. They are needing to upgrade the RAM in a Dell PowerEdge 400SC. For that I'm looking for a matched pair of DDR400 PC3200 128MB DIMMs. The system already has a pair of 128s in two slots, and I'm looking to fill the remaining slots cheaply and bring it up to 512MB RAM. Running XP SP2 and a virus scanner causes so much VM swapping that they can't get any work done when it runs, even on it's HT P4. 2. For myself I'm in need of a Socket 478 motherboard, as I'm in the process of building up my first P4 level Linux workstation. I've got two chips that need homes, a 1.8GHz Celeron and a 2.8GHz HT P4. I'd prefer to get the P4 in a system, but it seems that 800FSB boards are not as common as 533FSBs. If someone has something cheap I'd take it if it only works with the Celeron, but if someone has an 800FSB capable board for cheap I'd be rather happy.

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MrZaius moving back to KC!
by cragos＠gmail.com 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Looks like I'm moving back to the KC metro, thanks in part to the LUG. Got a few questions about the area, since this will be the first time I'll have lived in the KC area outside of college housing, and will therefore be the first time I'll be paying taxes outside of Illinois. It'll also be the first time in my life when I'll have any real choice over my ISP. Verizon and a couple little wireless companies are pretty much it, back home. I apologize in advance if any of these questions trigger a flamewar, but I'm going to have to make a number of important decisions surrounding each in the coming weeks. 1: ISP Choice: I've heard recommendations for Everest and Time Warner cable service, and I've heard that Speakeasy offers some sort of DSL service over the local telcos' copper. Who have you found to be most reliable and easiest to deal with? 2: Kansas vs Missouri, with regards to taxation: I'm not likely to buy a house anytime soon, so the main questions are these: Which state is it cheaper to pay income tax and keep a car in? 3: Neighborhood recommendations: Any neighborhoods or suburbs you love or prefer to steer clear of? 4: Where are the decent used computer-parts stores? Looks like my old haunt in Pleasant Valley has disappeared. Thanks everybody, -Sean Crago/MrZaius

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Re: MrZaius moving back to KC!
by James R. Sissel 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

>1: ISP Choice: >I've heard recommendations for Everest and Time Warner cable service, >and I've heard that Speakeasy offers some sort of DSL service over the >local telcos' copper. Who have you found to be most reliable and >easiest to deal with? I use AT&T as my DSL provider. They are reliable but not the cheapest. I'm going to have to have a chat with them about that. >2: Kansas vs Missouri, with regards to taxation: >I'm not likely to buy a house anytime soon, so the main questions are >these: Which state is it cheaper to pay income tax and keep a car in? I've found that Kansas charges more income tax that Missouri. Don't live or work in Kansas City, Missouri. If you do they will charge you a 1% city income tax right off the top. >4: Where are the decent used computer-parts stores? Looks like my old >haunt in Pleasant Valley has disappeared. If I have to shop at a local store I usually go to MicroCenter on 91st and Metcalf but I usually try to buy at www.newegg.com. There is a used PC store in the shopping center across from the Bannister area Wal-Mart Supercenter. I've donated a few things there years ago just to get rid of them but never bought anything. Most of my latest donations have been at the recycling center in the Bannister Wal-Mart Supercenter's parking lot. They work with the Surplus Exchange. By the way, that recycling center is great. They take almost anything ... paper, phone books, magazines, cardboard, glass, plastic (1&2), Styrofoam, metal cans, metal in general, and have a "free" table.

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look, someone has reinvented the minicomputer architecture!
by David Nicol 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

http://userful.com/ad/public-computing-multi-user -- perl -le'1while(1x++$_)=~/^(11+)\1+$/||print'

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