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You can use it without prividing a Qt GUI, but you still need to use Qt as QSA uses the metadata provided by the Qt object model.

To assign Window hotkey functions to winamp, I use a free winamp plugin called Flexplug. Its a free (beer) stripped down version of their Flextouch software, and has no ads or spyware that I am aware of. Works well for me.

A quick google search also turns up hotplug [seems open source], hotkey RC, and Winamp KeyController 4.0 [freeware]. Winamp KeyController seems to be the most popular one in my brief search.

By now, xmms users are probably feeling left out, so here are a few links for them: xmms-shell which allows us to control xmms from the command line, gkrellmms[1] a plugin to control xmms from gkrellm, and xvfb [no link available], which allows us to use xmms without it cluttering the main x session [all exist as packages in debian-stable: xmms-shell, gkrellmms, and xvfb]. I tend to use screen within rxvt alot, so I do a quick 'xvfb-run xmms &>/dev/null &' and use gkrellmms to supervise what's playing. Then I have aliases (actually shell scripts) named mp3[z|x|c|v|b] which use 'xmms-shell -e <command>" to go back, play, pause, stop, or go forward. mp3i is another shell script that runs the following command: 'xmms-shell -e status | head -n 1 | sed "s/Playing:\ //g" | sed s/channels/ch/g' [displays song name and a bit of information]. That way, in a majority of the programs I can quickly use a shell escape and control the song (no, I'm not really fond of the mouse).

It might seem like a bit of work, but I tend to play a lot of music on my computer - why not make it easy to use?

[1] For those of you who don't use gkrellm, there is wmusic [apt-get install wmusic] and wmxmms.

A year ago, I got myself a Kinesis Contoured keyboard. It took me two weeks and a couple of hours of TuxTyping to get used to it, but since then it's great. I've never had any real RSI, but the Kinesis makes you sit more comfortable. You sit with straight arms; horizontally as well as in a straight angle.

It's quite expensive, though. :-/

Well arnt you the clever little sarcastic??

Well arnt you the clever little sarcastic??

Well arnt you the clever little sarcastic??

Well arnt you the clever little sarcastic??

Well arnt you the clever little sarcastic??

Well arnt you the clever little sarcastic??

First (and I'm not trying to be a smart ass here) wasn't Windows a direct knock-off of Apple's interface? That alone would make it more appropriate to complain nothing much risky or new has been done in an even longer time.

But thats not really the case. While the basic KDE and GNOME interfaces do seem to be trying to ease users in, there have been plenty of alternatives that look nothing like the standard Windows interface. Blackbox is my personal favorite, nothing but a clean desktop and the applications I'm currently using. For convenience I also use the KDE kicker (example) to provide clickable links and additional eye candy.

Sites like kde-look.org provide great examples of UI enhancements both conceptual and implemented (see SuperKaramba or Slicker). Of course freshmeat.net is an excellent resource for just about every imaginable interface. If theres one thing Linux is good for its developers being free to experiment with new ideas.

http://freshmeat.net/add-mozilla-sidebar/

http://www.freshmeat.net

ummm, you mean like freshmeat or the freshmeat sidebar? Are you trying to make a joke or troll? Whoever has mod points today thinks your serious...

Althought bit -> bit backups are nice, I need to do this daily. Dirvish is similar to what I am looking for. I would like to take a snapshot of our server daily and keep several past snapshots. It seems that all of the snapshot tools don't provide any options for a samba mount. They treat a samba mount like a local drive and the results are not as one would want over the network.

I don't know how far you have researched this, but if you are running RedHat Linux 7.x, 8.0, or 9 you already have a solution with Amanda.

Backup of Microsoft Windows machines happens via Samba shares of course, and it will run in agent or agentless mode.

Agent mode of course gives you things like bandwidth throttling and compression of the network bandwidth usage. Agentless mode and you can back up anything you can mount.

Typically you can have it use the smbtar(1) command (from Samba) to have it backup your windows machine.

As for make, I mean dmake or my make or jam _smake and others. All these are make replacements. Of course, they are not so popular because distributions have no reason to drop GNU make.

As for make, I mean dmake or my make or jam _smake and others. All these are make replacements. Of course, they are not so popular because distributions have no reason to drop GNU make.

As for make, I mean dmake or my make or jam _smake and others. All these are make replacements. Of course, they are not so popular because distributions have no reason to drop GNU make.

As for make, I mean dmake or my make or jam _smake and others. All these are make replacements. Of course, they are not so popular because distributions have no reason to drop GNU make.

They have one already.

You mean, something like freshmeat.net?

Atlantis 35kb browser for GNOME. Galeon & Konqueror Bookmark support. NO Gecko bloat!.

Go over to freshmeat for a copy of The Manhattan Project - a virtual classroom. Everything you want in one package.

Will Linux do to OS X what it already has done to Tru64, Irix, HP/UX, AIX and Solaris and emerge as the only viable competitor to Windows on the desktop?

<sarcasm>
Of course it will! And it's the wealth of commercial-quality software packages that will get it there! Rumba, Photoshop, PageMaker, Framemaker, Flash 6, AutoCAD, MS-Office, Lotus Notes, Cisco VPN client, Acrobat full, Kazaa... These are all cool pieces of software that run better under Linux than Mac. NOT!
</sarcasm>

Seriously, Linux is great and all but to compare it to Mac is the height of arrogance. Look at Freshmeat some time. There are six times more projects under Software Development Tools than under Office / Business. There are more damn desktop environments than office projects! 435 text editors and only 66 pieces under Artistic Software. Mplayer is great and all but it still doesn't compare to Media Player. And it's the best there is!

Choice is great and if someone wants to write YATE (Yet Another Text Editor) then go wild. But to suggest Linux will surpass Mac on the desktop within the year? I've never owned a Mac and think that's ludicrous!

Well, you could try setting up a forum. I'd go for that in favour of your standard weblog (not that a forum can't be made into a weblog).
Setting up a forum allows you to create different areas, with diferent themes. It could also be interesting that users could pick their own avatars, theme, and you can set static user titles, titles by post count, etc.

phpBB is incredibly easy to setup. If you have a running DB (MySQL, PgSQL, whatever), instalation is is a snap. I suggest you take a look at it. Visit their Community Forums for an example.

Other software you could take a peek at:
OpenBB - another great forum system
Course forum - never tried it, looks good

I've also used InvisionBB, which I don't know the URL offhand.

"The whole DeCSS thing was a big publcity stunt\scare tactic to try to frighten people into not developing thisngs like it. It just didn't work."

Which is why DeCSS is now in use in a dozen Free Software video players, including the gnome-player, kmovie, apache-mod-dvd, and Emacs' own "M-x play-dvd"

Or is it still being printed on T-shirts and traded underhand on freenet like some sort of illegal drug?

If you want the censorship to have not worked, we need to get such a surplus of video-players on linux that it becomes the default platform for video-work. DeCSS is not a success when nobody dares even to link to it, and the top google hit is a fake.

the current crop

Not sure how you define "good" but I use these two under Mandrake 9.1.

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Not sure how you define "good" but I use these two under Mandrake 9.1.

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Not sure how you define "good" but I use these two under Mandrake 9.1.

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Not sure how you define "good" but I use these two under Mandrake 9.1.

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You mean like angif? It does just this, making a true color image from tiles. Mozilla takes a long time to draw these images though.

--Quentin

Be patient, unlike certain slash editors, who should have made sure the file was actually in the directory they were pointing to. :-)

"What would really be cool is if some of the GUI concepts made it over to Linux..."

They already have. Have a look at these:
9wm - a window manger that acts like 8 1/2 from Plan 9
Wily - a clone of Plan 9s programmers editor, Acme (v cool)
There's also WindowLab, another window manager which uses the same window resizing system as Plan 9.

I'm sure there's more that I don't know of...

2.5 has a release today as well. 2.5.70

Gaim looks awesome, but Miranda has more functionality/features/plug-ins. Gaim uses the GTK+ toolkit, and even has transparentency. Eye candy, gotta love it. Just cant find that 1 perfect client...

Also, sometimes its nice to have a text based IM, CenterICQ

• RSI occurs due to inappropriate use of certain muscles. This could happen through the keyboard, counting money or any repetitive job.
• It is possible to learn better use of muscles to avoid RSI. Some people do not strain their muscles inappropriately and hence never suffer from RSI.
• It is possbile to recover. See my account of personal experience

• $ 94.00 - 120GB hard drive (~7W)
• $ 80.00 - Pinnacle PCTV Pro capture card, stereo sound, software mpeg2 encoding.
• $170.00 - VIA EPIA-M10000 nehemiah (~28W peak) integrated video 6 channel audio 10/100 LAN 2xpc133 ata100 1 pci 1 USB connector for 2 USB 1.1 ports TV-out
• $ 40.00 - Toshiba DVD-ROM drive, CD-ROM, DVD-RAM too (~20W)
• $ 60.00 - Nice Dolby sound card
• $ 20.00 - 256 mb pc2100 RAM
• $ 20.00 - 2 nice Vantec ThermoFlow TF6025 60mm fans (~2W each peak, 25dB(A))
• $ 20.00 - PCI riser card
• $ 50.00 - Directron BookPC Case

That would have cost about $554.00 last month. My plan is to eventually use Freevo to make myself a nice hackable home theatre box that no one can cripple in the future, and that supports OGG files.

Anyhow, if you don't want multimedia power, you can reconfigure to use the fanless VIA and ditch the fancy sound card, tv card, dvd player, and PCI riser. That'd drop the price to around $350.00. A chopped down machine will use 35W (peak) and be 16"x12"x4" - about the size of a VCR.

Disclamer: I haven't actually tried this yet, I'm just planning.

Except that your model does not permit for the exchange of their information prior to the full payment for their design. As a consumer you are not permitted to know anything about their design, until they have been sufficiently compensated. You haven't shown that this model is superior.

The information as a service model is better for consumers and it is proven. Check Linux vs Windows

1. Demonstrate that "Linux vs Windows" is an example of the aforementioned scenario.
2. Show that if "Linux vs Windows" is an example, that any and/or all results are applicable to all assets in an information economy.
3. As you imply for your statement to be considered a response to the aforementioned claim for proof, and imply that such proof is existent, demonstrate a proof of the economic superiority of the aforementioned model of distribution.

Linux has advanced this quickly

Linux has been in development for almost twelve years, and many parts of its userland even longer. because information has been shared between competiting companies, Redhat, Suse, and others.

Companies that also have proprietary sources of revenue.

You didn't mention some of the other names, though, that have contributed code, money, or expansive technical information like Intel, IBM, Compaq, HP, CMI, and more. Companies that have no qualms with, or outright desire to make a commodity of operating systems, or the software market altogether. Companies that rely extensively on intellectual property protections for their own sources of income. Do you see Intel or IBM calling for the removal of intellectual property protections, citing a better economic result as their motivation? Do you even see RedHat doing that?

Redhat is profiting

I really hope you can do better than this, although I would be entirely interested in an explanation as to why you believe that this is evidence demonstrating the benefits of removing intellectual property protection.

And while I think your childish obsession with comparing Windows and Linux as a means of determining the success of such a model is more than a little cliche and incredibly useless, you can always take a look at how big a failure Microsoft is in comparison to RedHat. If you could even relate RedHat to your ideology, which is rather suspect at the least, you would probably do better to find a better example.

and other companies are trying to profit

Would that be more like MandrakeSoft, or more like VA Linux Systems/VA Software?

programmers are paid to produce code, not to sell it.

The number of programmers responsible for selling, rather than producing code, is anecdotally small. Intellectual property protections are most often used in either scenario.

This does benefit the user because we get better software

Do we? This certainly seems subjective to me. It hardly matters, however. It also doesn't lend any support to your ideology.

the wheel isnt constantly reinvented

The is constantly reinvented, on this planet where is your

If you use PHP, then you have to use my ActiveLink XML Package.

It's written entirely and purely in PHP, including a parser, a tree-like XML structure, ability to query, modify, and output XML strings or documents. It includes XML, XMLDocument, XMLBranch, XMLLeaf, Tag, RSS, Tree, Branch, Leaf, and File classes. It also comes with very useful class documentation and examples.

Future plans include support and implementation of XPath (started already), DTD, XML-RPC, and other technologies. The package is licensed LGPL so you can include it in your commercial projects without having to have the whole project under GPL.

Where do I get it you ask?

Get it from the main site at active-link.com;
Sourceforge project;
Freshmeat project;
Other places like hotscripts and phpclasses will also have them.

To hell with tc shell. tcsh has always annoyed the living hell out of me. Get a real shell like Bash. Tab completion in bash is excellent. Even better, look into the Bash Programmable Completion Project. It's quite nice. Skip the csh, tcsh, and kornhole shells. Stick with what works well: bash.

To hell with tc shell. tcsh has always annoyed the living hell out of me. Get a real shell like Bash. Tab completion in bash is excellent. Even better, look into the Bash Programmable Completion Project. It's quite nice. Skip the csh, tcsh, and kornhole shells. Stick with what works well: bash.

Of the programs mentioned in this thread that I've looked at, there's not a one that passes all the relevant tests. And Terminal.app does better than most at some of them, like the character set test and Xterm window-modify features.

My favorite terminal emulation program, PC-compatible only alas, is VanDyke's SecureCRT, which does well on vttest and comes with a nice terminal font set. (Luckily I'm at a school with a site license; regular individual price is $99.)

You can also try this hint, but I couldn't get it to work.

To the previous poster suggesting libdbx: it converts Outlook Exprees data files, not Outlook .pst files. For conversion of .pst files to mbox, you'll nedd libPST. Only problem is, the released version of libPST doesn't support little endian machines w/o a code rewrite. The maintainer did release an OS X friendly version (0.4) but M$ threatened with a cease and desist letter.

Hope some of my blabbing has helped...

Bob

Try libdbx from :
libdbx on freshmeat. It includes a utilty that will convert from Outlook to mbox. Then import it in your mac... works fine for me...

WorldStation is Java-program and it's listed as Mac OS X-software, so I think there's only problem that those RX-320 boxes have serial ports. There are some USB-to-Serial-converters for Macs, so it's not big deal either.

Remember that Macs can run Linux as well. And another solution is to run VirtualPC-emulation for Windows.

And if those system ever hit mainstream, there will be native Mac solutions as well, but that's not likely.

The "What Jobs taketh away.." article refers to Andromeda, a $35 web-based file streaming program.

There is a free GPL'd alternative, ZINA (Zina Is Not Andromeda) as well as other solutions. A search of freshmeat.net for "jukebox" will reveal even more...

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Hmm. EvilWM's alright if you hate the mouse. My favourite, WindowLab is a little unusual in some ways, but it's mouse friendly and nice and efficient.

There was this article on freshmeat a while ago called The Antidesktop which discusses a setup of ratpoison combined with good old screen. A rather radical, but interesting approach.

There was this article on freshmeat a while ago called The Antidesktop which discusses a setup of ratpoison combined with good old screen. A rather radical, but interesting approach.

There was this article on freshmeat a while ago called The Antidesktop which discusses a setup of ratpoison combined with good old screen. A rather radical, but interesting approach.