I'm also running through this kind of questions right now. I want to setup my web, mail, ftp, etc. server at home with a domain name, and I've got some difficulties figuring this all out.
As far as I know, DNS servers "worldwide" use a cache system, which is refreshed only once every 24 hours or so, so if you have a dynamic IP address... your domain (mail, web, etc.) might be unavailable for as long as 24 hours every time your IP is changed. If you have a static IP but no DNS you can use www.granitecanyon.com which provide free DNS.
For the time being I will try to use domainforwarding, which handle all the DNS stuff for you and redirect any request (http and mail) to addresses you specify (e.g. www.isp.com/~user, user2399@hotmail.com, etc.).
If anybody knows how to do a setup using free DNS + static IP (cable or DSL modem), let us know!
Final note: if you only want to "reserve" a domain name, I think (but I'm not sure?) you still must have DNS servers. It is called "parking" a domain name, some companies offer this service.
I'm currently looking out www.domaindirect.com which are in the business for some time now, a friend of mine use their service for a year or two now. They are with Tucows and OpenSRS (? I think it's the name of their own registrar). For 70$ for 2 years, you have the domain name registered + 5 emails and http forwarding, which is not bad. They have more services to be available soon (one pop3 account and so on). (By the way I am *not* affiliated with them.)
I guess I'll give them a try soon... Anyone knows them better?
Windows CE! At least a bit too much for my tastes... I used both WinCE and PalmOS device, and for what I've seen on the pictures, they seem to reproduce the "Bad Things" of WinCE, like the "start bar" at the bottom of the screen, etc.
Of course, maybe all this can be modified by the user... That would be the ultimate cool thing!! Also, anyone knows if there's writing recognition like for the Palm?
When I play a character in a RPG, I must relate to "it". Which means... I think of myself as some kind of wizard, so I'll tend to choose that kind of character. I *won't* play a troll or any kind of beefy creature, since my mind is not of that nature (or else, I would do more exercise, right?;).
I will play a magician, an engineer, whatever I feel like, whatever I *am* (so yes, I am a Wizard despite what AC said;). But I find it extremely difficult to relate to something I am not. So maybe I can play a woman character, maybe I can't, that's not the point here. Just that somehow the character we play represents a strong part of us.
I remember the first time I installed Linux on my computer, like 2 years ago. I tried get things to work: I found HOW-TOs, I knew about man pages, etc. I was able to boot, and then do some cd and ls... wow!;-) I think that if you have any knowledge of computer (PC) you should be OK with the basic things about Linux. (By the way, I think that only people who know about computers, OS, etc., and want to tweak things, do some programming, etc. should install Linux by themselves. Other people should use it because someone else installed it for them.) But when I tried to get my LAN and PPP connections working, I stumbled across a lot of document that told me go see http://somewhere.org to get the driver, the information, the example, etc. The problem was... I try to get connected to the Internet, how do you want me to go there to find information??? And last month the same thing happened when my provider changed the way my DSL modem works. Cut from the Internet, I had at least 10 URLs that would tell me how to make my things work, but I was cut from the world. So I had to spend 2 days tweaking and trying things by myself and calling a friend to ask him to bring me some files on a disk.:-( I can't see any way to solve this "problem" since you cannot know in advance what will be needed be everyone, and in general using the Internet as a reference is a good thing IMO. But sometimes it's ironic...;)
...are examples. Sometimes I don't want to go through all the switches, options, etc. I just want to get something working quickly, and then tweak it when I have time. It would be nice to have an "example" section toward the end of the man page, with a few common uses.
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I'm also running through this kind of questions right now. I want to setup my web, mail, ftp, etc. server at home with a domain name, and I've got some difficulties figuring this all out.
As far as I know, DNS servers "worldwide" use a cache system, which is refreshed only once every 24 hours or so, so if you have a dynamic IP address... your domain (mail, web, etc.) might be unavailable for as long as 24 hours every time your IP is changed. If you have a static IP but no DNS you can use www.granitecanyon.com which provide free DNS.
For the time being I will try to use domainforwarding, which handle all the DNS stuff for you and redirect any request (http and mail) to addresses you specify (e.g. www.isp.com/~user, user2399@hotmail.com, etc.).
If anybody knows how to do a setup using free DNS + static IP (cable or DSL modem), let us know!
Final note: if you only want to "reserve" a domain name, I think (but I'm not sure?) you still must have DNS servers. It is called "parking" a domain name, some companies offer this service.
JulyenI'm currently looking out www.domaindirect.com which are in the business for some time now, a friend of mine use their service for a year or two now. They are with Tucows and OpenSRS (? I think it's the name of their own registrar). For 70$ for 2 years, you have the domain name registered + 5 emails and http forwarding, which is not bad. They have more services to be available soon (one pop3 account and so on). (By the way I am *not* affiliated with them.)
I guess I'll give them a try soon... Anyone knows them better?
JulyenWindows CE! At least a bit too much for my tastes... I used both WinCE and PalmOS device, and for what I've seen on the pictures, they seem to reproduce the "Bad Things" of WinCE, like the "start bar" at the bottom of the screen, etc.
Of course, maybe all this can be modified by the user... That would be the ultimate cool thing!! Also, anyone knows if there's writing recognition like for the Palm?
JulyenWhen I play a character in a RPG, I must relate to "it". Which means... I think of myself as some kind of wizard, so I'll tend to choose that kind of character. I *won't* play a troll or any kind of beefy creature, since my mind is not of that nature (or else, I would do more exercise, right? ;).
I will play a magician, an engineer, whatever I feel like, whatever I *am* (so yes, I am a Wizard despite what AC said;). But I find it extremely difficult to relate to something I am not. So maybe I can play a woman character, maybe I can't, that's not the point here. Just that somehow the character we play represents a strong part of us.
JulyenI remember the first time I installed Linux on my computer, like 2 years ago. I tried get things to work: I found HOW-TOs, I knew about man pages, etc. I was able to boot, and then do some cd and ls... wow! ;-) I think that if you have any knowledge of computer (PC) you should be OK with the basic things about Linux. (By the way, I think that only people who know about computers, OS, etc., and want to tweak things, do some programming, etc. should install Linux by themselves. Other people should use it because someone else installed it for them.) But when I tried to get my LAN and PPP connections working, I stumbled across a lot of document that told me go see http://somewhere.org to get the driver, the information, the example, etc. The problem was... I try to get connected to the Internet, how do you want me to go there to find information??? And last month the same thing happened when my provider changed the way my DSL modem works. Cut from the Internet, I had at least 10 URLs that would tell me how to make my things work, but I was cut from the world. So I had to spend 2 days tweaking and trying things by myself and calling a friend to ask him to bring me some files on a disk. :-( I can't see any way to solve this "problem" since you cannot know in advance what will be needed be everyone, and in general using the Internet as a reference is a good thing IMO. But sometimes it's ironic... ;)
...are examples. Sometimes I don't want to go through all the switches, options, etc. I just want to get something working quickly, and then tweak it when I have time. It would be nice to have an "example" section toward the end of the man page, with a few common uses.