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by yeti
Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:58 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Gutsy gibbon
Replies: 68
Views: 43126

Upgraded from Feisty on my Dell laptop and all worked very smoothly.

Admittedly, i don't run much other than the stock applications and spend most of my time in Terminal
by yeti
Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:47 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: bil herd and dave haynie from commodore fame video
Replies: 7
Views: 6069

Bil was an awesome guest, can't wait till you get him back again but for more Commodore goodness, Bil was also interviewed by Earl @ Retrobits this past week or so

split over 2 parts, part 1 is up now:
http://www.retrobits.libsyn.com/
by yeti
Tue May 15, 2007 8:55 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: The newest Linux user
Replies: 26
Views: 20548

Congratulations Pat + family!
by yeti
Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:24 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: question for older folks
Replies: 8
Views: 7044

Sadly, i have to agree - its normal management BS to in my experience. I've seen similiar acts performed by management people. Then again, in defence of your boss - is it not entirely possible that Fred told you something entirely different to save himself looking a bit crap at his job? Only you can...
by yeti
Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:53 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: dann confession
Replies: 8
Views: 8001

Best of luck Dann, hope things work out for you and your family.
by yeti
Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:02 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Commodore making a comeback?
Replies: 9
Views: 7408

This isn't the Commodore of old. That company died a long time ago. It's some other company who purchased the rights to use the Commodore name. Move along, nothing here. Agreed. Same thing has happened before with countless other brands - Atari is another that comes to mind. The personal computer m...
by yeti
Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:56 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Last night's show (with Phil Coombes)
Replies: 3
Views: 4184

ditto, was a great interview and interesting product too.
by yeti
Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:11 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: What is your preferred Desktop or Window Manager?
Replies: 15
Views: 11896

I prefer gnome
by yeti
Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:24 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Vista DRM/Copy Protection and future implications
Replies: 18
Views: 11856

I think we should focus on the possible impact on Linux and BSD. That is what we really care about. TO HELL WITH VISTA!! indeed, if things really are bad I'd guess a lot of people will look at alternatives for their next upgrade or sadly they will just upgrade regardless and just moan a lot more! W...
by yeti
Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:47 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: php/MySQL questions
Replies: 7
Views: 5592

I'd hate to guess but consider your database schema and volume of data too - a fast database with a poorly designed schema/queries will affect performance significantly

also, dont forget to allow some extra overhead for system growth
by yeti
Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:05 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: The end of Allofmp3.com
Replies: 12
Views: 8611

excuse my ignorance but wont the owners just up and move their servers to another country though?
by yeti
Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:57 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Rant about RMS
Replies: 80
Views: 57980

sorry late posting on this, catching up on episodes after being away.

well, i enjoyed the interview and indeed all the viewpoints expressed.
by yeti
Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:22 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: A one paragraph TLLTS review on UbuntuForums
Replies: 18
Views: 11954

greggh wrote: It's live, raw and unedited, which is why I enjoy listening to it, farts and all.
ditto

and may long it continue :D
by yeti
Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:48 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Anyone with exp of Bacula or similiar
Replies: 0
Views: 2589

Anyone with exp of Bacula or similiar

Hey Im looking into replacing an existing networked backup solution with something else. Considering Bacula or similiar. a Network has a mix of circa. 25 mac, win32 and linux workstations and servers. about 1-2TB of compressed data. 100Mbs network Anyone have any recommendations, thoughts, experienc...
by yeti
Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:50 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: New TLLTS Intro
Replies: 18
Views: 13628

actually, i quite like the new intro