Re:Use of Debian -- modems? I use Squid
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I have my dial-on-demand gateway running Squid (and Junkbuster). One machine will perform the update, using HTTP as the apt-get method. I have an http_proxy environment variable pointing to Squid. After that machine finishes its update, I run it on the rest. Subsequent updates pull from the Squid cache, avoiding the modem.
I saw the disclaimer, but I agree on the possibility of having trouble based on making radical changes to one's normally-used motor skill set. I know Dvorak and Sholes keyboards. I use both. Sometimes I have to stop and breathe before switching layouts. Particularly when working a Unix shell from Dvorak.
I also have to work sometimes to keep my handwriting usable.
And I use a Newton MP2K, which, for the most part, accepts my handwriting.
I'll wait for other natural handwriting interfaces, ala tablets, or verbal input, or break down and find a Gateway Handbook 486 and put Linux on it. But the battery life sucks.
I loathe lugging around a computer that will run for only two hours, then require a recharge. So I keep my wildly versatile Newton.
Amateur Radio Volunteer Examiners must make reasonable accommodations for people taking tests. You may have to supply the keyboard or typewriter for the test. Contact your preferred testing team for its policy. The team with which I work usually requires candidates to supply their own headphones or copying methods other than pen and paper.
N5RDV - affiliated with ARRL and W5YI VECs as an occasional volunteer examiner.
Bare feet == healthier feet. Get your facts straight. See The Dirty Sole Society web page for more facts. "Yellow toe nails", if meant to imply fungus, happens more frequently to the shod. Dark, damp environments promote fungus growth. Bare feet do not live in such environments.
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I have my dial-on-demand gateway running Squid (and Junkbuster). One machine will perform the update, using HTTP as the apt-get method. I have an http_proxy environment variable pointing to Squid. After that machine finishes its update, I run it on the rest. Subsequent updates pull from the Squid cache, avoiding the modem.
Since my 900MHz cordless phone uses spread spectrum, I do not expect to receive interference from "fixed"-frequency 900MHz devices.
Oceania has always been at war with East Asia.
I saw the disclaimer, but I agree on the possibility of having trouble based on making radical changes to one's normally-used motor skill set. I know Dvorak and Sholes keyboards. I use both. Sometimes I have to stop and breathe before switching layouts. Particularly when working a Unix shell from Dvorak.
I also have to work sometimes to keep my handwriting usable.
And I use a Newton MP2K, which, for the most part, accepts my handwriting.
I'll wait for other natural handwriting interfaces, ala tablets, or verbal input, or break down and find a Gateway Handbook 486 and put Linux on it. But the battery life sucks.
I loathe lugging around a computer that will run for only two hours, then require a recharge. So I keep my wildly versatile Newton.
Take my ramble for what you paid for it.
-Michael S. Keller
green @ null punct net
Amateur Radio Volunteer Examiners must make reasonable accommodations for people taking tests. You may have to supply the keyboard or typewriter for the test. Contact your preferred testing team for its policy. The team with which I work usually requires candidates to supply their own headphones or copying methods other than pen and paper.
N5RDV - affiliated with ARRL and W5YI VECs as an occasional volunteer examiner.
Michael S. Keller, green at null punct net.
I chose to upgrade to Debian potato. SO5 and rvplayer 5.0 broke. I painstakingly went back to slink.
Bare feet == healthier feet. Get your facts straight. See The Dirty Sole Society web page for more facts. "Yellow toe nails", if meant to imply fungus, happens more frequently to the shod. Dark, damp environments promote fungus growth. Bare feet do not live in such environments.