Use the following commands as root to add the SeerOfSouls repository to your Mandriva system: urpmi.addmedia SoS-2006...
Exactly, it's all about the system policies you have setup, not the name of the group. You're starting to undestand how flexible *nix can be. :)...
On most configurations, your primary group is your own personal group, and you may belong to 'users' and perhaps others as secondary groups....
Wow, that's pretty cool. Too bad part of the FUD attacks is convincing people that the little "vulnerability tornados" are a problem in the...
Senator Boxer's reply:
In my systems, I delegate the ability to update the system via a preconfigured script to a certain user or group of users. That way, rather than...
Well, nothing really. It is native though, as you don't need WINE to run it; it's just been compiled with WINE for Linux compatibility so it's not...
You can help by putting "foreign" pressure on the US by placing a little pressure of your own on your local politicians.
Large American telecommunications providers are poised to destroy the Internet as we know it, and technology giant Google is asking for your help....
It pays well to hate your customers and love your shareholders. It works for the RIAA, it works for McDonalds, it works for George Lucas, it...
Wow megamaced, makes me appreciate Mandriva that much more. :) I've never had any problems like the ones you're experiencing. And by the way,...
Thanks, if I would have had the cash to throw down I would have gone with a hardware RAID ala 3ware, but the server's hardware is decent enough...
I've been running it for a bit myself, it definately uses some WINE on the backend but it still runs surprisingly well. It's pretty useful, for a...
OSS is lagacy garbage. ALSA has completely obsoleted it, in fact I compile OSS completely out of my kernels and simply use the OSS compatibility...
I push my workstations very hard under any OS, which tends to bring out the worst in the operating system. In Windows, I experience at least one...
There are quite a few mainstream, natively Linux games such as Doom3, Quake4, UT2004, Enemy Territory, Savage2, etc. And if you want to play...
Upgrade for me, too. Just splurged on too much new hardware, so I thought I'd share the experience... The software RAID-1 on my primary...
Yeah, unfortunately "highspeed" dialup is merely proxied upstream, so download speed is not any more substantial than a normal dialup connection....
I'd go with GIMP (my personal favorite) or maybe Picasa by Google. But B is right, you cannot make pictures bigger than they are without making...
If I was you, I would run Xubuntu. It's just Ubuntu but with the lightweight Xfce desktop by default rather than Gnome, which is the default...
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