http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ General chat about anything that goes, a good place to introduce yourself and say hi, tell a Joke, or just relax. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:57:20 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux2/misc/rss.jpg http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/156007-happy-thanksgiving-everyone-celebrates.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:58 GMT I was asked today by a pair of young twins what I am going to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I told them that I am thankful to be alive and quite... I was asked today by a pair of young twins what I am going to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I told them that I am thankful to be alive and quite thankful that I am able to still function independently. There are a lot of other things that I am very thankful for that I did not mention to them.

At any rate they made my day! I have been smiling all day long ( which in New York City makes me look like a lunatic )!!

Happy Thanksgiving LF members and may your lives be very blessed!! ]]> The Coffee Lounge cousinlucky http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/156007-happy-thanksgiving-everyone-celebrates.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155947-what-difference-between-free-software-open-source.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:58:24 GMT I've always regarded these terms as synonymous but recently I've seen some posts, here and elsewhere, which treat them as different, even conflicting. Of course I know that there are proprietary programs like the Adobe Acrobat Reader which are available free of charge to users without being free in any other sense, but is there software which is truly free but not open source? Or the contrary? ]]> The Coffee Lounge hazel http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155947-what-difference-between-free-software-open-source.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155932-fedora-12-allows-installing-without-root-privilege.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:29:00 GMT It seems there's a bit of a storm going on over at the Red Hat/Fedora mailing lists:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=534047

It seems that by default in Fedora 12 any user can now install packages from repositories. The only time authentication is requested is if the packages aren't signed. Personally on my systems the /home and /tmp partitions are mounted noexec and only users I want installing things get privilege to do so. It seems this can be relatively easily reversed and I do think it's nice that policykit allows this type of permission to be granted, but I'm not so sure about by default allowing it.

What do you guys think? ]]> The Coffee Lounge bigtomrodney http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155932-fedora-12-allows-installing-without-root-privilege.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155927-hi-all.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:53:59 GMT hi from a new member! very nice place about linux :-P greetings from vienna! christoph hi from a new member!
very nice place about linux :-P

greetings from vienna!
christoph ]]> The Coffee Lounge chris123a http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155927-hi-all.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155886-other-forums.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:45:50 GMT Hi everyone, I was just wondering what other Forums you all might be a part of. I myself am part of several other forums on a regular basis. Texas... Hi everyone, I was just wondering what other Forums you all might be a part of. I myself am part of several other forums on a regular basis.
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Dallas Basketball Dallas Basketball - Dallas Mavericks Basketball News and Links
Of course I have the Gentoo forums, and several others that I am subscribed to but hardly ever post there.
I have noticed some very cool features on the Browncafe website. (Live Threads) They have some software that adds new posts to the thread you are currently reading so that you won't miss those posts added while you were typing your reply. ]]> The Coffee Lounge MikeTbob http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155886-other-forums.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155869-hello-world.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:04:00 GMT back to the future and for all back to the future and for all ]]> The Coffee Lounge xdarkngl http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155869-hello-world.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155846-open-source-solutions.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:15:11 GMT I'm a supporter of open source stuff in general. I'd like to know what some of your favorite solutions are for basic problem. Linux obviously for the operating system. But then what? I know I like abiword. Firefox is beastly. But the other things seems a lot more muddled about what's good, and what's difficult. BTW. I am not tech savvy, just a person who believes in freedom. ]]> The Coffee Lounge rockidr4 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155846-open-source-solutions.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155843-facebook-easter-egg.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:51:26 GMT I'm not sure if anyone here uses Facebook but I've just been told about an Easter Egg on there. Click somewhere on a page and type the following combination on your keyboard:

up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, enter

Now when you scroll or click on a page you will see red circles! ]]> The Coffee Lounge Kieren http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155843-facebook-easter-egg.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155839-oh-apple-you-love-patents-too.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:55:04 GMT Apple seeks OS-jacking advert patent ? The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/16/intrusive_apple_ad_patent/) Remind me to include... Apple seeks OS-jacking advert patent ? The Register

Remind me to include Linux in my gratitude this Thanksgiving. I need to send some project some more money. ]]> The Coffee Lounge reed9 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155839-oh-apple-you-love-patents-too.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155828-how-find-help-about-linux-online.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:34:25 GMT Hey, I am new here and wondering how to find general help about Linux. Thanks for reading Hey,

I am new here and wondering how to find general help about Linux.

Thanks for reading ]]> The Coffee Lounge parot http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155828-how-find-help-about-linux-online.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155823-hi.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:20:28 GMT Hi friends, I am a newbie of this forum.... i am happy to join this group. Hi friends,
I am a newbie of this forum.... i am happy to join this group. ]]> The Coffee Lounge bnataraja http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155823-hi.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155801-microsoft-patents-sudo.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:13:12 GMT i wonder how this will affect all of us in the *nix community. Groklaw - Microsoft Patents Sudo?!! - Updated 3Xs... i wonder how this will affect all of us in the *nix community.

Groklaw - Microsoft Patents Sudo?!! - Updated 3Xs ]]> The Coffee Lounge br0ken http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155801-microsoft-patents-sudo.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155799-accidental-rm-rf.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:00:21 GMT In ~/bash.profile, i'm sourcing a file that sets the variable $fb to the folder of my file backups.

With a shell script, i'd always rm -rf $fb/*, before having the script cp -r the new files to $fb.

Today, just shortly after switching to zsh, and forgetting to set up my aliases and variables, i've run the backup script.

So it tries to rm -rf $fb/*, but $fb has no value...

Fukc my life.

It was a small Arch system on sdx2 of my flash stick.
Actually i'm damn happy i've ^C'ed before it began with /mnt/, as absolutely ALL of my storage devices were mounted. Doing an ls on the partition, i see the first directory being /dev/; and /mnt/ comes right after that...

Doing a fresh start won't bee too bad actually. I'm a noob and had started using Arch partially to learn more. It had some minor problems i never got. (Although i'm in love with Arch now. Will probably use no other until the day i make my own distro. =P)

Have a good day everyone, and look out for valueless variables! ]]> The Coffee Lounge TaylanUB http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155799-accidental-rm-rf.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155796-new-open-source-php-5-application-development-framework-logikit.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:08:26 GMT Hi Folks,

Our framework awaits your attention, critiques and contributions.
It's only at version 1.0 but already has a quite well documentation full of examples.
It's really fast, adheres to MVC pattern and usable.

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logikitframework . blogspot . com ]]> The Coffee Lounge codercrowley http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155796-new-open-source-php-5-application-development-framework-logikit.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155790-scary-exciting-announcement.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:35:09 GMT My PHP Framework (Benchpress) has finally reached V0.5 and has been released under the GPL with the stated aim of getting other PHP coders to take a... My PHP Framework (Benchpress) has finally reached V0.5 and has been released under the GPL with the stated aim of getting other PHP coders to take a look, take the piss and then help to improve it.

If you are interested go to The Fifth Continent and grab a copy.

I will warn you now that documentation is non-existent even by open source standards. But it is on the to do list. Honest! ]]> The Coffee Lounge elija http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/155790-scary-exciting-announcement.html