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Re: $100 laptop running Linux
by Leo Mauler 09 Apr '05

09 Apr '05

--- Brian Kelsay <Brian.Kelsay(a)kcc.usda.gov> wrote: > Often the problem in a corporate environment, the > newest version of Windows must be run (XP w/ SP1 or > 2) along with virus scanning, big email clients, > latest office suite and nearly all software that an > employee might ever use since you want a > one-size-fits-all image for the PC. There is always > even more software to load for specialty jobs like > program development. Yes, the cost of replacement is far greater than the cost of the computer, when you're talking about Windows. Especially when the licenses are tied to the hardware. So a corporation might hold onto a low productivity computer rather than engage in an expensive upgrade of which only a small part is the cost of the computer. > >>> Steven Danz <> 04/07/05 08:31PM >>> > Leo Mauler wrote: > > > I have a PII-300Mhz I purchased for about > > $240 six months ago. The 500Mhz laptops > > at HyperTech computers (87th & Farley) are > > right between $300-$400. > > > > 300Mhz is decent enough for most things, > > not very good for video (VideoCD-quality > > MPEG1 videos run fairly well) but it will > > let me do basic graphics editing and browse > > on the Internet without painful > > "chuggachuggachugga" waits for the swap. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: $100 laptop running Linux
by Leo Mauler 09 Apr '05

09 Apr '05

--- Steven Danz <steven-danz(a)kc.rr.com> wrote: > Leo Mauler wrote: > > > I have a PII-300Mhz I purchased for about > > $240 six months ago. The 500Mhz laptops > > at HyperTech computers (87th & Farley) are > > right between $300-$400. > > > > 300Mhz is decent enough for most things, not > > very good for video (VideoCD-quality MPEG1 > > videos run fairly well) but it will let me do > > basic graphics editing and browse on the > > Internet without painful "chuggachuggachugga" > > waits for the swap. > > > > Heh, wonder if there could be a system for > > buying those $100 laptops from Third World > > Countries which resembles the mail-order > > Canadian prescription drug programs. > > It seems like there should be. Of course, the NSA will be like the FDA and Canadian mail-order drugs, and propagandize that terrorists are planning to use mail-order $100 laptops to spread viruses in America. :( > While I applaud efforts like the MIT group > working on building new $100 laptops ( > http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ ), it would be > nice to have a place to send things that > corporations consider 'too slow to maintain > productivity', whatever that is. The sad part is that most of them have a place to send them: E-Bay. And there on E-Bay your $100 laptops, which should be priced at $100, go to someone for $300. Oh well, off to install Gentoo on a P90 with 16 MB RAM...fun city... :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Storage drive problems
by Jack 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Could we please see the output of fdisk? Also what does df -i look like? Could we see the mkreiserfs command you used to create the fs? I no longer actively use the reiserfs as the ext3 is more convenient to use and offers comparable performance and protection, but could probably help debug your problem. It was the first stable resilient fs offered for Linux and is quite mature, although I've seen fud/uninformed/confused statements about resierfs. Brian D. --- Justin Dugger <jldugger(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > This wouldn't happen to be ONE file of size >4 GB > would it? > > ope, although the file system claims its 3.6 and > namesys's webpage > declares that file size limits are ludicriously > large, on the order of > a terrabyte because of the page cache. This > actually matters because > in the future I might be buying myself a TV capture > card, where these > things matter, as I suspect you know. > > So, a bit of a status update. I did as BillC > suggested and made a > single partition 200GB in size. Strangely, I still > get the same error > =( > > Slightly different df though (irrelevant parts cut > out): > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted > on > /dev/sda1 195352432 4124212 191228220 > 3% /mnt/reiser > > Cfdisk displays a single partition of type Linux > ReiserFS, which seems > appropriate. This is getting a bit annoying, > copying things back and > forth to test a 4 gigabyte limit. I didn't bother > messing with the > block size this time, and just used a straightup > 'mkfs.reiserfs > /dev/sda1' And I still get no space left after about > 4 gigabytes! > > Justin Dugger > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: $100 laptop running Linux
by Brian Kelsay 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Often the problem in a corporate environment, the newest version of Windows must be run (XP w/ SP1 or 2) along with virus scanning, big email clients, latest office suite and nearly all software that an employee might ever use since you want a one-size-fits-all image for the PC. There is always even more software to load for specialty jobs like program development. Looking right now, my PC is using 300MB of ram. This one of the low-end PCs that is about to be replaced. For my home use, while running Linux a PIII-500 is still mostly adequate and my PII-333 laptop is also adequate. The ability to play videos is one area I'd like to improve it. My next PC will have a DVD burner, more ram and won't choke when I put my TV card in it. It will also have enough juice in the power supply to run at least 3 HDDs. Brian Kelsay >>> Steven Danz <> 04/07/05 08:31PM >>> Leo Mauler wrote: >I have a PII-300Mhz I purchased for about $240 six >months ago. The 500Mhz laptops at HyperTech computers > (87th & Farley) are right between $300-$400. > >300Mhz is decent enough for most things, not very good >for video (VideoCD-quality MPEG1 videos run fairly >well) but it will let me do basic graphics editing and >browse on the Internet without painful >"chuggachuggachugga" waits for the swap. > >Heh, wonder if there could be a system for buying >those $100 laptops from Third World Countries which >resembles the mail-order Canadian prescription drug >programs. > > It seems like there should be. While I applaud efforts like the MIT group working on building new $100 laptops ( http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ ), it would be nice to have a place to send things that corporations consider 'too slow to maintain productivity', whatever that is.

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Re: $100 laptop running Linux
by Leo Mauler 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

I have a PII-300Mhz I purchased for about $240 six months ago. The 500Mhz laptops at HyperTech computers (87th & Farley) are right between $300-$400. 300Mhz is decent enough for most things, not very good for video (VideoCD-quality MPEG1 videos run fairly well) but it will let me do basic graphics editing and browse on the Internet without painful "chuggachuggachugga" waits for the swap. Heh, wonder if there could be a system for buying those $100 laptops from Third World Countries which resembles the mail-order Canadian prescription drug programs. --- djgoku <djgoku(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 7, 2005 10:18 AM, Leo Mauler > <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Now all I need is a few of those available here... > :( > > > > I have a $60 laptop running Linux but I doubt > those > > $100 machines in Third World Countries are as > low-end > > as P90 laptops with 16MB RAM. > > I have a P75 w/ 8MB RAM card, with OBSD, the card > looks similar to a > pcmcia card but is for ram =). Runs kinda sllow =), > I wish you could > find a >500Mhz for $100. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com

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Re: Gmail storage increase
by djgoku 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

djgoku <djgoku(a)gmail.com> 04/07/05 01:34PM >>> > You are currently using 37 MB (2%) of your 2068 MB. I swear it was at > 2061 MB yesterday. If you notice on there http://gmail.com page it is slowly going up wondering if they are still going to increase it. =) Anyone hear anything about this?

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Re: Gmail storage increase
by Jared 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

It's interesting to see the competition between how large a gmail account you can have. I delete all I can, trying to keep my mailbox(es) as trim as possible. About once a month I take time to delete everything I possibly can, keeping only items which still need a response somehow. My inbox currently has 53 items in it, my archive maybe 300 total, and that's only because I haven't had time to trim it more. I think it's because I learned email on a VMS/VAX with limited quotas. It also helps to reduce evidence that I'm completely barmy, which email seems to reveal more than other writing. -Jared

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Re: $100 laptop running Linux
by Brian Kelsay 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

You may be able to find a 100-300MHz on ebay for around a hundred. I actually have a working 120MHz w/ 32MB that I would let go for $100. It has a good screen (no bad pixels that I recall), great speakers, I'll throw a 2GB drive in and a 3COM NIC. Only problem will be getting the sound chip working. It's a Yamaha OPL3-Sax. There is a driver, but it takes some work to get it going. I may later have some other laptops for sale, but I have to test, etc. Brian Kelsay >>> djgoku <> 04/07/05 10:30AM >>> On Apr 7, 2005 10:18 AM, Leo Mauler <> wrote: > Now all I need is a few of those available here... :( > > I have a $60 laptop running Linux but I doubt those > $100 machines in Third World Countries are as low-end > as P90 laptops with 16MB RAM. I have a P75 w/ 8MB RAM card, with OBSD, the card looks similar to a pcmcia card but is for ram =). Runs kinda sllow =), I wish you could find a >500Mhz for $100.

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Re: $100 laptop running Linux
by Leo Mauler 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Now all I need is a few of those available here... :( I have a $60 laptop running Linux but I doubt those $100 machines in Third World Countries are as low-end as P90 laptops with 16MB RAM. --- JARiley(a)dstsystems.com wrote: > for third world children. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/04/04/hundred.dollar.laptops.ap/index.ht… __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com

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Re: Update: was RE: Linux Audio "VCR"?
by Leo Mauler 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

The Ecasound project someone else did with a USB-controlled radio, used the date function in just the same way your script does it. I'll have to add that one in to the command, then figure out this "at" thingy. Incidentally, what is the command for viewing the list of "at" jobs pending? Obviously in cron you've already created a list using crontab which you can view with crontab as well, but I have never used the "at" command and don't know how it works. It does sound like "at" is the thing to use for these occasional recordings. Since "A Prairie Home Companion" sometimes repeats itself, its not always something I would want to record weekly. --- Jon Pruente <jdpruente(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I use the 'date' command under FreeBSD & csh to have > unique daily > wardriving logs: > > sudo dstumbler wi0 -m 60 -l ~/ds.log.`date +%Y%m%d` > -g /dev/cuaa0 -s > > Note the use of ` and not ' as the quote charater > for the embedded > command. I'm not positive of the use under your > sheel of choice, but > this gives me logs with names like ds.log.20050228 > so they sort by > date very well. > > Jon > > On Apr 3, 2005 9:59 AM, Leo Mauler > <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I'm still working out the MP3 tag commands in > LAME, as > > well as scripting the whole thing into using > unique > > filenames so I could leave it for two weeks > without > > overwriting the first week's recording. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com

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