The keyboard shotcuts still work in the "Turn Off Computer" menu. However, there is no indication of any short cuts. I just tried "R" for Restart and it worked. It would be better if the keyboard mappings were underlined to indicate that they are a short cut.
wave-guide.org has an interesting article. It compares the radiation levels of various brands and models of cellular phones. I have a Nokia personally and I don't stay glued to it day and night. Come on people, use the cell phones when you really need to use them, not as a matter of convenience. There are times when I don't want to be contacted. That's when I turn the phone OFF.
...about Win2000. Win2000 professional is a pretty decent desktop OS, but it's the little things that bother me. But I want access to some of the internals via CLI which M$ continues to hide within its GUI, e.g., Win2000 professional has a built-in Disk Defragment Utility from Executive Software which is a crippled version of the actual product. There is no way to schedule an auto-defrag.
Enter an open source project called AutoDeFrag. Basically, it is C++ code written to pop-up the right windows at the right time and to kill them at the right time (not to take anything away from the authors, if I am trivializing their development effort. I am sure there was a learning curve).
I hope Linux distros never get to the point where their internals are hidden to that extent.
I am downloading mandrake 7.1 right now... will let you know how I fare with finding the config file created at install time and a subsequent kernel rebuild patched to the nth degree and still maintain a working system.
What I meant to say was where is the.config which was created during installation?? Because essentially I had a working system with all the options auto-detected during installation and I may want to tweak just one little option.
It can be pretty daunting for a newbie to have to build a kernel from sratch. If you had a starting point, then you have a chance. What better starting point than the auto-detected, working kernel created during the installation?
I wish I could tell ya, but the front end server is down again.:-) Wait... its back up agin... (reboot perhaps!!)
To the point of front end servers, my perception is that, the front end servers can be the bottleneck and are contributing towards unsatisfactory service, albeit free. The Win2000 box often is down, as is the case right now.
Why do you say you don't care what the front end runs? The front ends that the other people mentioned were the lc?.law?.hotmail.msn.com. Those, I believe, are the authentication/security servers. The law???.law?.hotmail.msn.com server is the web access point for my hotmail account.
Its kind like of a chicken/egg situation. I find that the HOWTO's of the world and www.deja.com are the best source of information for me. This way, I get to hear about whatever problems other people in similar situations faced and what remedies were used for that problem. However, if I can't get my internet access going, then what follows is an endless cycle of dual-boots between Windoze and Linux. Mind you that the HOWTO's on the distro CD's are a good start but a lot of times, I had questions that I only found answered on deja.com.
On another topic, (I know I'm off topic here), most Linux systems are pretty good at initial installation and almost always I get a working system without any major problems. Wouldn't it be a good idea if the system remembered what kernel options were used, so that when I'm about to build a new kernel (because I want to add a new feature or for some other reason), I shouldn't have to start from scratch. Am I missing something? What ends up happening is that I go from an initially installed working system to trying to recompile a kernel which I can't find the right options for to get a working system. Can anything be done to make that part easier for newbies (myself included)?
... all the time. My hotmail account is on lw9fd.law9.hotmail.msn.com. The machine is down frequently. See what netcraft says about this machine. IIS5.0 on Win2000.
Yes, I am the suspicious kind, and I believe that the stability problems that didn't exist before, are due to the switch to Win2000.
Slashdot Mirror
Imagine what your "uptime" will be?
...., that is a DoS defense
The keyboard shotcuts still work in the "Turn Off Computer" menu. However, there is no indication of any short cuts. I just tried "R" for Restart and it worked. It would be better if the keyboard mappings were underlined to indicate that they are a short cut.
wave-guide.org has an interesting article. It compares the radiation levels of various brands and models of cellular phones. I have a Nokia personally and I don't stay glued to it day and night. Come on people, use the cell phones when you really need to use them, not as a matter of convenience. There are times when I don't want to be contacted. That's when I turn the phone OFF.
Enter an open source project called AutoDeFrag. Basically, it is C++ code written to pop-up the right windows at the right time and to kill them at the right time (not to take anything away from the authors, if I am trivializing their development effort. I am sure there was a learning curve).
I hope Linux distros never get to the point where their internals are hidden to that extent.
Rant mode off!!!
I am no expert on slashcode but I thought slashdot was based on mod_perl, apache and mysql whereas the news.motorcycle.com seems to be using zope/python. This link will pop up HTTP authentication. It is is presumably for management of the site. After hitting cancel it will give you a zope error screen.
I am downloading mandrake 7.1 right now... will let you know how I fare with finding the config file created at install time and a subsequent kernel rebuild patched to the nth degree and still maintain a working system.
It can be pretty daunting for a newbie to have to build a kernel from sratch. If you had a starting point, then you have a chance. What better starting point than the auto-detected, working kernel created during the installation?
To the point of front end servers, my perception is that, the front end servers can be the bottleneck and are contributing towards unsatisfactory service, albeit free. The Win2000 box often is down, as is the case right now.
Why do you say you don't care what the front end runs? The front ends that the other people mentioned were the lc?.law?.hotmail.msn.com. Those, I believe, are the authentication/security servers. The law???.law?.hotmail.msn.com server is the web access point for my hotmail account.
On another topic, (I know I'm off topic here), most Linux systems are pretty good at initial installation and almost always I get a working system without any major problems. Wouldn't it be a good idea if the system remembered what kernel options were used, so that when I'm about to build a new kernel (because I want to add a new feature or for some other reason), I shouldn't have to start from scratch. Am I missing something? What ends up happening is that I go from an initially installed working system to trying to recompile a kernel which I can't find the right options for to get a working system. Can anything be done to make that part easier for newbies (myself included)?
Yes, I am the suspicious kind, and I believe that the stability problems that didn't exist before, are due to the switch to Win2000.