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| 09:35.08 | Kiezlax | !sarge |
| 09:35.08 | dpkg | [sarge] Ten-HUT! Fall in! Sarge is the code name for the previous stable Debian release, version 3.1, released on June 6th, 2005. ISO repository still exists: http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian-cd/3.1_r4/i386/iso-cd/ |
| 09:35.08 | b0r9 | methinks sarge is Ten-HUT! Fall in! Sarge is the code name for the previous stable Debian release, version 3.1, released on June 6th, 2005. ISO repository still exists: http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian-cd/3.1_r4/i386/iso-cd/ |
| 09:35.09 | bydlox | Kiezlax: Are you smoking crack? |
| 09:35.09 | mel8ot | Kiezlax: Bugger all, I dunno. |
| 09:45.26 | Kiezlax | !dists |
| 09:45.27 | mel8ot | Kiezlax: parse error |
| 09:45.27 | bydlox | Bugger all, i dunno, Kiezlax |
| 09:45.27 | b0r9 | Kiezlax: I'm not sure, is it larger than a breadbox? |
| 09:45.39 | Kiezlax | !distro |
| 09:45.39 | dpkg | i guess distro is short for distribution. |
| 09:45.39 | bydlox | Kiezlax: I'm not sure, is it larger than a breadbox? |
| 09:45.39 | mel8ot | Kiezlax: parse error |
| 09:45.39 | b0r9 | somebody said distro was short for distribution. |
| 09:45.45 | Kiezlax | !distros |
| 09:45.45 | dpkg | i guess distros is <ribnitz> SwiftDeath: Different distros cater for different crowds who have different opinions on different things. Look at it and after having seen it make a decision. Bud dont expect #debian to be of help about other distros than debian |
| 09:45.45 | bydlox | Kiezlax: No idea |
| 09:45.45 | b0r9 | extra, extra, read all about it, distros is <ribnitz> SwiftDeath: Different distros cater for different crowds who have different opinions on different things. Look at it and after having seen it make a decision. Bud dont expect #debian to be of help about other distros than debian |
| 09:45.45 | mel8ot | Kiezlax: Some people juggle geese. |
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| 10:24.56 | XMR2F77 | !sarge |
| 10:24.57 | dpkg | methinks sarge is Ten-HUT! Fall in! Sarge is the code name for the previous stable Debian release, version 3.1, released on June 6th, 2005. ISO repository still exists: http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian-cd/3.1_r4/i386/iso-cd/ |
| 10:24.57 | bydlox | XMR2F77: I give up, what is it? |
| 10:24.57 | b0r9 | sarge is probably Ten-HUT! Fall in! Sarge is the code name for the previous stable Debian release, version 3.1, released on June 6th, 2005. ISO repository still exists: http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian-cd/3.1_r4/i386/iso-cd/ |
| 10:25.07 | mel8ot | XMR2F77: parse error |
| 10:26.51 | XMR2F77 | !etch |
| 10:26.51 | dpkg | Etch is the code name for the current stable Debian release, version 4.0, released on April 8th, 2007. Ask me about <install debian>. Please read the release notes at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes which also contain the upgrade procedure for upgrading from the previous version of debian stable |
| 10:26.52 | b0r9 | Etch is the code name for the current stable Debian release, version 4.0, released on April 8th, 2007. Ask me about <install debian>. Please read the release notes at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes which also contain the upgrade procedure for upgrading from the previous version of debian stable |
| 10:26.52 | bydlox | XMR2F77: No idea |
| 10:26.52 | mel8ot | XMR2F77: Did you get hit by a windmill? |
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| 12:59.39 | XMR2F77 | !kde install |
| 12:59.39 | XMR2F77 | !kde |
| 12:59.39 | b0r9 | XMR2F77: parse error: dunno what the heck you're talking about |
| 12:59.39 | b0r9 | kde is probably a desktop environment based on the Qt toolkit. See http://www.kde.org for release news and other details, or not a window manager, or ask your questions about it in #debian-kde |
| 12:59.40 | dpkg | kde is, like, a desktop environment based on the Qt toolkit. See http://www.kde.org for release news and other details, or not a window manager, or ask your questions about it in #debian-kde |
| 12:59.40 | bydlox | XMR2F77: Bugger all, i dunno |
| 12:59.40 | bydlox | I don't know, XMR2F77 |
| 12:59.41 | mel8ot | XMR2F77: I haven't a clue |
| 13:00.05 | XMR2F77 | !beryl |
| 13:00.05 | b0r9 | beryl is a compositing window manager for the X Window System. It is a fork of Compiz. http://beryl-project.org/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_(window_manager), HOWTO and links to package repositories are here: http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install_Beryl_on_Debian |
| 13:00.06 | dpkg | beryl is a compositing window manager for the X Window System. It is a fork of Compiz. http://beryl-project.org/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_(window_manager), HOWTO and links to package repositories are here: http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install_Beryl_on_Debian |
| 13:00.06 | bydlox | Wish i knew, XMR2F77 |
| 13:00.06 | mel8ot | XMR2F77: Not a clue. |
| 13:07.53 | XMR2F77 | !ati |
| 13:07.54 | dpkg | Want to use a newer ATI videocard in sarge? for etch/testing and sid/unstable, just install fglrx-driver and fglrx-kernel-src and read /usr/share/doc/fglrx-kernel-src/README.Debian.gz Try to avoid using ati's stuff directy unless you have to. --- I've heard the driver control panel app needs 32bit libs to compile under 64b |
| 13:07.54 | b0r9 | Want to use a newer ATI videocard in sarge? for etch/testing and sid/unstable, just install fglrx-driver and fglrx-kernel-src and read /usr/share/doc/fglrx-kernel-src/README.Debian.gz Try to avoid using ati's stuff directy unless you have to. --- I've heard the driver control panel app needs 32bit libs to compile under 64b |
| 13:07.54 | bydlox | XMR2F77: I haven't a clue |
| 13:07.54 | mel8ot | http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/hardware.html#installatidriver or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI radeon 9200 & below supported by open-source drivers http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide |
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| 14:41.08 | BeatsMe | !compiz |
| 14:41.08 | dpkg | it has been said that compiz is a window and composite manager that uses OpenGL for rendering. It runs on Xgl and AIGLX. It is now in Debian and can run when AIGLX and composite are enabled for your X server.. Check http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz |
| 14:41.08 | bydlox | BeatsMe: I don't know |
| 14:41.09 | b0r9 | [compiz] a window and composite manager that uses OpenGL for rendering. It runs on Xgl and AIGLX. It is now in Debian and can run when AIGLX and composite are enabled for your X server.. Check http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz |
| 14:41.09 | mel8ot | Compiz is a compositing manager that uses OpenGL for rendering. See http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz -- Installation howto's: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/CompositeManager Join #ubuntu-xgl for all the XGL fun on Ubuntu systems. |
| 14:41.54 | BeatsMe | !java |
| 14:41.54 | dpkg | Java is Sun's cross-platform OO language. Sun partially released java as GPL on Nov 13, 2006 (rest expected to be released in 2007). There are other implentations available in Debian such as 'free-java-sdk' for use with applications like Eclipse. The Sun JRE/JDK is in etch/sid in non-free. Ask me about <install java>. ask me about <non-free> |
| 14:41.55 | bydlox | BeatsMe: parse error: dunno what the heck you're talking about |
| 14:41.55 | b0r9 | Java is Sun's cross-platform OO language. Sun partially released java as GPL on Nov 13, 2006 (rest expected to be released in 2007). There are other implentations available in Debian such as 'free-java-sdk' for use with applications like Eclipse. The Sun JRE/JDK is in etch/sid in non-free. Ask me about <install java>. ask me about <non-free> |
| 14:41.55 | mel8ot | To install Java/Sun Java see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Java and see also !javadebs |
| 14:42.20 | BeatsMe | !cinelerra |
| 14:42.20 | dpkg | [cinelerra] http://cvs.cinelerra.org/getting_cinelerra.html |
| 14:42.20 | bydlox | Bugger all, i dunno, BeatsMe |
| 14:42.21 | Melian | from memory, cinelerra is http://cvs.cinelerra.org/getting_cinelerra.html |
| 14:42.21 | b0r9 | cinelerra is probably http://cvs.cinelerra.org/getting_cinelerra.html |
| 14:42.21 | mel8ot | hmm... cinelerra is http://cvs.cinelerra.org/getting_cinelerra.html, or http://heroinewarrior.com/ |
| 14:48.25 | BeatsMe | !flash |
| 14:48.25 | bydlox | BeatsMe: No idea |
| 14:48.25 | dpkg | extra, extra, read all about it, flash is http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer |
| 14:48.26 | b0r9 | flash is probably http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer |
| 14:48.26 | mel8ot | Installation & troubleshooting for Flash is covered in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats |
| 14:53.37 | BeatsMe | !contrib |
| 14:53.37 | dpkg | well, contrib is debian packages that are free, but depend on software not in debian (possibly in contrib or non-free) To get packages in contrib, lines like deb http://yourmirror/debian/ [testing|stable] main in your /etc/apt/sources.list need 'contrib' and possibly 'non-free' on the end. Ask me about <non-free> |
| 14:53.37 | bydlox | BeatsMe: parse error: dunno what the heck you're talking about |
| 14:53.37 | b0r9 | well, contrib is debian packages that are free, but depend on software not in debian (possibly in contrib or non-free) To get packages in contrib, lines like deb http://yourmirror/debian/ [testing|stable] main in your /etc/apt/sources.list need 'contrib' and possibly 'non-free' on the end. Ask me about <non-free> |
| 14:53.38 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: Some people juggle geese. |
| 14:57.34 | BeatsMe | !java |
| 14:57.34 | dpkg | Java is Sun's cross-platform OO language. Sun partially released java as GPL on Nov 13, 2006 (rest expected to be released in 2007). There are other implentations available in Debian such as 'free-java-sdk' for use with applications like Eclipse. The Sun JRE/JDK is in etch/sid in non-free. Ask me about <install java>. ask me about <non-free> |
| 14:57.34 | bydlox | BeatsMe: Are you smoking crack? |
| 14:57.34 | b0r9 | Java is Sun's cross-platform OO language. Sun partially released java as GPL on Nov 13, 2006 (rest expected to be released in 2007). There are other implentations available in Debian such as 'free-java-sdk' for use with applications like Eclipse. The Sun JRE/JDK is in etch/sid in non-free. Ask me about <install java>. ask me about <non-free> |
| 14:57.35 | mel8ot | To install Java/Sun Java see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Java and see also !javadebs |
| 14:57.46 | BeatsMe | !install java |
| 14:57.46 | bydlox | BeatsMe: I'm not sure, is it larger than a breadbox? |
| 14:57.46 | b0r9 | from memory, install java is First, read <java licensing>. Free java implementations available in debian can be seen by running "apt-cache search java-virtual-machine". if you need to run software not supported by one of the free java implementations (anything not in main), the java-package package (needs a contrib source), then ask me about <java-package> or install the sun-java5-jdk package from non-free if you're using etch/sid. |
| 14:57.47 | dpkg | somebody said install java was First, read <java licensing>. Free java implementations available in debian can be seen by running "apt-cache search java-virtual-machine". if you need to run software not supported by one of the free java implementations (anything not in main), the java-package package (needs a contrib source), then ask me about <java-package> or install the sun-java5-jdk package from non-free if you're using etch/sid. |
| 14:57.47 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: No idea |
| 15:00.43 | BeatsMe | !sun-javajre |
| 15:00.43 | bydlox | BeatsMe: I'm not sure, is it larger than a breadbox? |
| 15:00.43 | b0r9 | BeatsMe: I don't know, could you explain it? |
| 15:00.44 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: Did you get hit by a windmill? |
| 15:00.50 | BeatsMe | !sun-java |
| 15:00.50 | bydlox | BeatsMe: parse error: dunno what the heck you're talking about |
| 15:00.51 | b0r9 | BeatsMe: Are you smoking crack? |
| 15:00.51 | mel8ot | I haven't a clue, BeatsMe |
| 15:00.56 | BeatsMe | !sun |
| 15:00.56 | dpkg | i guess sun is a big company that is every bit as evil as Microsoft when it gets the chance, and a Great Corruptor of Free software. See also Solaris, Java, sun hardware or StarOffice. . For help with Linux on SPARC look in #thinkgeek |
| 15:00.56 | bydlox | BeatsMe: I give up, what is it? |
| 15:00.56 | b0r9 | [sun] a big company that is every bit as evil as Microsoft when it gets the chance, and a Great Corruptor of Free software. See also Solaris, Java, sun hardware or StarOffice. . For help with Linux on SPARC look in #thinkgeek |
| 15:00.57 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: Do they come in packets of five. |
| 15:01.28 | BeatsMe | !jre |
| 15:01.28 | bydlox | Bugger all, i dunno, BeatsMe |
| 15:01.28 | dpkg | from memory, jre is adding 'deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian woody main non-free' to your sources.list, then apt-get update && apt-get install j2re1.3 or deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian woody main non-free, or see blackdown.org for the latest status. Yes, this works on potato and sid too, even though it says woody BTW: Java Runtime Environment. |
| 15:01.28 | b0r9 | jre is, like, adding 'deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian woody main non-free' to your sources.list, then apt-get update && apt-get install j2re1.3 or deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian woody main non-free, or see blackdown.org for the latest status. Yes, this works on potato and sid too, even though it says woody BTW: Java Runtime Environment. |
| 15:01.29 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: I don't know |
| 15:23.29 | BeatsMe | !foo |
| 15:23.29 | dpkg | well, foo is probably the first metasyntactic variable, it's a placeholder for some other term. See <http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html> and <bar>, also read RFC3092. |
| 15:23.29 | bydlox | Wish i knew, BeatsMe |
| 15:23.30 | b0r9 | foo is probably probably the first metasyntactic variable, it's a placeholder for some other term. See <http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html> and <bar>, also read RFC3092. |
| 15:23.30 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: I haven't a clue |
| 15:31.01 | BeatsMe | !nvidia |
| 15:31.01 | dpkg | To use an NVIDIA graphics card with Debian, see http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers. If you've done it before, ask me about <nvidia one-liner> for a reminder. |
| 15:31.01 | bydlox | BeatsMe: No idea |
| 15:31.01 | b0r9 | To use an NVIDIA graphics card with Debian, see http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers. If you've done it before, ask me about <nvidia one-liner> for a reminder. |
| 15:31.01 | mel8ot | rumour has it, nvidia is a graphics card manufacturer. For help about installing the Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu, you can visit the Ubuntu WIki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia |
| 15:40.20 | BeatsMe | !printer |
| 15:40.20 | dpkg | [printer] a device that allows you to put things from your computer onto paper, envelopes, or whatever. don't forget to check http://www.linuxprinting.org, or a hardcopy output device. easy to set up using foomatic-gui or printconf |
| 15:40.20 | bydlox | BeatsMe: I give up, what is it? |
| 15:40.20 | b0r9 | from memory, printer is a device that allows you to put things from your computer onto paper, envelopes, or whatever. don't forget to check http://www.linuxprinting.org, or a hardcopy output device. easy to set up using foomatic-gui or printconf |
| 15:40.21 | mel8ot | [printer] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters or http://www.linuxprinting.org |
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| 15:47.53 | BeatsMe | !zip |
| 15:47.53 | dpkg | it has been said that zip is the file extension of the archive format formerly known as PK-Zip. Use "zip" to create them and "unzip" to extract them. |
| 15:47.54 | b0r9 | I guess zip is the file extension of the archive format formerly known as PK-Zip. Use "zip" to create them and "unzip" to extract them. |
| 15:47.54 | bydlox | BeatsMe: Are you smoking crack? |
| 15:47.54 | mel8ot | to unzip a .zip file type in terminal unzip file.zip replace the word file with the name of the file. also you can man zip or man unzip for more parameters |
| 15:48.10 | BeatsMe | !archive |
| 15:48.11 | dpkg | i heard archive is a collection of files. 'tar', 'ar', 'cpio' are all archiving tools. This is *not* the same as compression, which is a separate operation. Maybe: http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive or even http://snapshot.debian.net |
| 15:48.11 | bydlox | BeatsMe: I don't know, could you explain it? |
| 15:48.11 | Melian | [archive] http://news.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.os.apple.fink |
| 15:48.11 | b0r9 | somebody said archive was a collection of files. 'tar', 'ar', 'cpio' are all archiving tools. This is *not* the same as compression, which is a separate operation. Maybe: http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive or even http://snapshot.debian.net |
| 15:48.11 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: I give up. |
| 15:50.59 | BeatsMe | !hp |
| 15:50.59 | dpkg | [hp] at http://www.hp.com/pressrel/jun99/21jun99g.htm, or *the* original brown sauce from 1889. See: http://www.higherdesign.com/brownsauce/hpsauce.htm. Hewlett Packard, maker of calculators and printers and computers and other silicon goodness |
| 15:50.59 | bydlox | parse error: dunno what the heck you're talking about, BeatsMe |
| 15:50.59 | b0r9 | somebody said hp was at http://www.hp.com/pressrel/jun99/21jun99g.htm, or *the* original brown sauce from 1889. See: http://www.higherdesign.com/brownsauce/hpsauce.htm. Hewlett Packard, maker of calculators and printers and computers and other silicon goodness |
| 15:50.59 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: What? |
| 15:51.08 | BeatsMe | !hp 1018 |
| 15:51.08 | b0r9 | BeatsMe: I give up, what is it? |
| 15:51.08 | bydlox | Wish i knew, BeatsMe |
| 15:51.09 | mel8ot | BeatsMe: Did you get hit by a windmill? |
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