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I am looking for some skype-like server and client software, but "free" and with the server software located on my own machine. Essentially a "free", multi operating system, multi protocol (voice,...

I also liked Centos when I tried it, and also thought it would be a good desktop (KDE was done right). As commented the available packages could be old and many items were missing (because it is a...

The article "10 mistakes new Linux administrators make caught my eye today, and one item was check your logs (which I don't do), so I had a look and saw this:

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Security Warning: There are...

Hi buccaneere,

Just been reading through the thread you posted on the PCLOS forum. Looked to be resolved, although not much fun. I learned some things from the thread which I did not know.

Link...

I got nowhere with the rpm

I concur with psych-major. That way works.

Phil

To digress from my original post....(new thread?)

I have always thought of Asterisk as a pbx, and not much more. Your remark is puzzling:

"I "need" it because I'm frequently abroad. All I have...

Thanks all, some interesting reading.

The problem was at the exchange. My old and new house phones now both work. I didnt get a detailed explanation. (And whilst the house phones were not working...

Sorry, not familiar with the terminology.

Old phone and new phone dont have dial tones, and dont work. The internet connection and VOIP does work, same copper wires to the exchange, same phone...

My old phone appeared to break yesterday, and I have just plugged in a new one, which also doesn't get a dial tone.

Now using VOIP to make calls. Called the phone company using VOIP to get the...

Is he trying to install linux/BSD on /dev/wife0 ?

Might be somewhat problematical and may explain matters.

I can see the advantages:

sudo slippers
sudo pipe
sudo beer

Going all the way back to the original post

3. Mandriva: Works out of the box. The problem is that I like the package management of Debian based distros. Also, it takes FOREVER to boot for some...

I tend to look at JL most days. I like looking at the posts, which open my eyses to other things. Occasionally and rarely I know an answer. Several years ago I knew very little, and asked many very...

This is what I might use:

System Model BladeCenter QS22 Cluster
Computer BladeCenter QS22/LS21 Cluster, PowerXCell 8i 3.2 Ghz / Opteron DC 1.8 GHz , Voltaire Infiniband
Vendor IBM...

I had a go playing BBC Radio live via firefox with the BBC iplayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

Managed to get radio 1,2 and three going. Its a bit slow and took a while, eventually starts...

I am writing this more out of ignorance than knowledge, but I may shed some light from past experience.

Suse used to be my fave distro, up until 10.0. It used to run on the machine I am using now,...

I have finally got round to setting up VOIP on my machine. Not too difficult, main problems were configurations and getting the mic in the headset to work.

Excellent article here, thank you...

Knoppix 5.3.1 has been released and intriguingly is bundled in with adriane, a screenreader to enable visually impaired/blind people to use a computer. (Adriane is the wife of Klaus Knopper.....)
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I have downloaded seven isos of various distributions I want to have a look at. When I come to check the md5sum two passed and five failed, so I am inclined to bin them.

I have done several...

Definition of terms?

"Average user" - With over 90% of desktop systems running Microsoft a typical user would use internet explorer, outlook, MS Office etc, would not have installed a system,...

More fun today.

I did a reinstall in graphics mode, inadvisable on a low spec system. Result was inevitably an unusable system at completion. Switch off at plug as usual.

Did the more sensible...

On my spare play machine (Pentium 2, 370 megs, ancient monitor) I decided to install Fedora 8 to see what it was like. Had lots of problems (Yes I know you need to be an expert and should not use...

I have moved to PCLinuxOS ( PCLOS):

Mepis - it didnt gel with me, for whatever indefinable reason.

Debian - tried it and got fed up trying to work out how to do the simplest of things. Ended up...

I thought I had it fixed. I tested from a cold start and it worked. Seems to be an intermittent problem.

Such a jolly jape. Methinks my sides will split with laughter.

Back to the .15...

My spare machine hasnt had a problem. Works well, no dramas. Installation fine. No com plaints.

My main machine has had intermittent kernel panics today following the re-installation of the new...

Me too...

On booting kernel panic, never had one before:

crc error
unable to mount root fs on unknown block (0,0)

I d1d lots of searching, re-installed grub, and edited the boot/gtub file...