Okay, as I was reading the Ubuntu documentation, it seems that I do not have a disk management utility of any kind, which the documentation tells me I should use under certain circumstances. What should I do to fix that?
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
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Sean K - Dec 01, 2006 5:29:44 pm PST #9689 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
esse - Dec 02, 2006 5:48:13 am PST #9690 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I picked the right time to ask this question (thanks Sean!)--if a girl was thinking about ditching Windows on her Dell laptop and installing Ubuntu, what steps would she need to take? Obviously there's the backing up of all her stuff on her computer, and trying to retain all the 20 gigs (gulp) of music and the browser stuff. Does anyone have suggestions from doing it before, or a guide for switching your machines over? Does iTunes have a linux version?
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2006 6:40:26 am PST #9691 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Anyone want Parallels for Mac? As a previous customer, I can get $20 of new copies for myself or others. So it'd be $59.99 instead of $79.99. Parallels is the software that lets you run Windows, Linux, etc. on your Intel Mac at the same time you're running OS X. And the various virtual machines can communicate with each other and OS X, as each has its own IP address. So you can run a server on one OS and client software on another... so it's great for web developers who want to test multiple OSes at once. It is made of awesome.
You can also download a free trial. [link]
Laura - Dec 02, 2006 10:13:08 am PST #9692 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
edit - I think I figured it out.
mothra - Dec 02, 2006 12:16:22 pm PST #9693 of 10003
Mothra, benevolent winged goddess, protector of the earth.
Anyone know what's going on with AOL? Every email I've sent to an AOL customer since yesterday has failed. Since I send out a monthly newsletter and a lot of my people are on AOL, I got a lot of failure notices, but it's also happening with family and friends.
Thanks for the info on Earthlink. I knew something was fishy. I'm glad I changed ISPs.
DXMachina - Dec 02, 2006 12:35:25 pm PST #9694 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I wonder if this has anything to do with it:
As a holiday gift to consumers, AOL announced that on Saturday, December 2nd, it will offer a selection of movies for free download through the AOL Video portal! Beginning this Saturday, December 2, at 6:00 AM ET until 6:00 AM ET on Sunday, December 3 or while supplies last. (Limit one movie download per person.)
Theodosia - Dec 02, 2006 1:23:49 pm PST #9695 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hmm, having finally found where the free movies ARE -- you need XP to run them. Sounds like the formatting's really really picky....
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2006 4:17:21 am PST #9696 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Check out this screenshot: [link]
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Yes, that's MS IE 7 and Firefox for Windows running on a Mac desktop as if they were regular Mac apps.
Info: [link]
le nubian - Dec 03, 2006 5:13:55 am PST #9697 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
thanks for the earthlink post above. I had been planning to drop earthlink for awhile (I only use it for dialup access and now that I can get the internet through the sim card on my phone, no need for dialup most places I go), but reading how several email messages didn't get through was a kick in the pants. I'm bailing.
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2006 7:13:04 am PST #9698 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So is it common these days for a web hosting company to not give you SSH access, but instead have you do all administration via web-based control pannel stuff?