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- Fri 13 May 2011, 17:21
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: What will Linux become?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9697
Besides most of the banks I deal with a prime example is my health insurance company. Their secure sites with personalized info, claims and the like, will only work with IE. A false user agent won't work. I no longer do business online with them -- now it's the telephone which I'm sure costs them m...
- Fri 13 May 2011, 16:37
- Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
- Topic: firewall useless for puppy
- Replies: 182
- Views: 67046
OK so i haven't enabled printing so that's clear. Browser port 80? I will just take a wild guess and assume that i cannot shut it down since i use a browser to browse the internet. bernie, good info, but how do you watch videos? Are you using some kind of alternative? I don't watch videos except ra...
- Fri 13 May 2011, 16:02
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: Latest Knoppix live almost as good as Puppy?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5769
- Fri 13 May 2011, 12:34
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: The Future of Puppy Linux
- Replies: 552
- Views: 38822
Bernie, Sounds like you're having some fun with this, and you have an interest in Hindu studies, and maybe Ann Rand? I'm confused about the cult thing though. Who's the leader, Barry? I've studied all the major religions and many minor ones. Almost all are complete nonsense but still I feel Buddhis...
- Fri 13 May 2011, 11:55
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: What will Linux become?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9697
- Fri 13 May 2011, 11:06
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: Latest Knoppix live almost as good as Puppy?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5769
So maybe Knopper did something to Knoppix after version 6.2 or a bit earlier that made it more user friendly? You only asked Mr. Martin but I'll express my opinion anyway. The CD version got less user friendly starting with 6 because more and different things were left out. I'm playing with the inf...
- Fri 13 May 2011, 04:49
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: The Future of Puppy Linux
- Replies: 552
- Views: 38822
- Thu 12 May 2011, 22:53
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: What will Linux become?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9697
When I said MS sets the sets the standards for browsing I didn't mean the standards for browsers -- I meant for browsing the web. IE determines how web browsing works and looks. No one in his right mind has a web page that won't work with IE. Some sites I use, particularly for banking and financial ...
- Thu 12 May 2011, 18:47
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: The Future of Puppy Linux
- Replies: 552
- Views: 38822
- Thu 12 May 2011, 17:07
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: What will Linux become?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9697
- Thu 12 May 2011, 15:42
- Forum: Security
- Topic: Run puppy as spot
- Replies: 82
- Views: 61071
- Thu 12 May 2011, 06:05
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: What will Linux become?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9697
Re: What will Linux become?
My brother did go the three PhD route -- physics, then math, then computer science. That's probably pointless. You could migrate back and forth between those fields, should you choose, with just one of them... There were several factors in play here. First he liked being a student. He was a long ha...
- Thu 12 May 2011, 05:03
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: The Future of Puppy Linux
- Replies: 552
- Views: 38822
- Thu 12 May 2011, 00:18
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: Microsoft close to deal to buy Skype
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2200
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. But wasn't the internet created and funded by those big corporations initially? The Internet was created and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The idea was to have something that would survive a first strike nuclear attack. It wasn't until 1995 that fu...
- Wed 11 May 2011, 23:25
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: What will Linux become?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9697
Re: What will Linux become?
... this was before I acquired three doctorates). I don't know why anyone would waste the time with more than one PhD... The first one demonstrated all that would matter about the ability to perform research... Generally true but not all doctorates are PhD's. My first doctorate was an MD, my second...
- Wed 11 May 2011, 22:00
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: Latest Knoppix live almost as good as Puppy?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5769
- Wed 11 May 2011, 21:22
- Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
- Topic: Given older handicapped notebook
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2591
Given older handicapped notebook
I asked around for an older notebook to play with installing Puppy. I was given a Dell Inspiron 1200 (1.30G Celeron, 256MB RAM, 30GB HD, DVD/CD burner, WinXP Media, 14.1" display). The lady bought it new in 2005. She said she hasn’t used it for a couple of years. She didn’t want it anymore beca...
- Wed 11 May 2011, 21:11
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: The Future of Puppy Linux
- Replies: 552
- Views: 38822
NO leadership = poor leadership An interesting concept. So where does that leave us?... (yes, by that, I do mean you and I... :lol: ) It leaves us with an interesting toy that's never going to become a mainstream desktop. Puppy is the easiest distro I've seen to tinker with and make dramatic and in...
- Wed 11 May 2011, 18:27
- Forum: Truly off-topic conversations
- Topic: What will Linux become?
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9697
Re: What will Linux become?
You have a lot of interesting and cool ideas, but you seem like quite the frosty individual on the internet, so I really don't have a desire to chat with you. Sad you didn't approach the converation with a bit more humility. We could have a great discussion, if it didn't have to be an argument. I t...
- Wed 11 May 2011, 17:46
- Forum: Users ( For the regulars )
- Topic: firewall useless for puppy
- Replies: 182
- Views: 67046
well i went ahead and installed the firewall. I chose default, so supposedly all my ports all closed now. I can't evaluate the resources in htop, anyone know what it looks like? I also do not see it on the system tray since i removed it a few days back, so hopefully its on and running. I also disab...