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(...) Okay, my bad. It looks like it does support sftp; it just doesn't call it that. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I would try to do so. Mine worked like a champ very first time, though, so I don't know how great I would be in helping to diagnose your situation. BTW, the verion I'm using won't tell me a version number (arg >:-P spit fume), but it was (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:52:50 GMT "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote concerning 'Re: X server for windows': (...) since we're talking about my wife's computer, it has the LanWorkplacePro installed there... I tried to use it's X but it wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes indeed. (URL) Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 05:38:15 GMT mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) wrote concerning 'Re: X server for windows': (...) cool - that sounds like it might do the trick... have any how-to's off-hand? :) Dan (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (URL) that I haven't actually tried that yet (still waiting for my DSL line so I don't have to X over a *!@#^& 33.6 modem.) I'm currently using Novell's Lan Workplace Pro which has a very decent X server in the package. ...Why won't vim work (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I believe that because I believe Mozilla that will, in the long run (if it hasn't already), attract better and more dedicated programmers, designers, and testers to work on it than MSIE. (...) Mozilla != Netscape (...) Mozilla != Netscape (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Wait, your messages have demarcation between when you're lying and when you're telling the truth? What ASCII character code is that? I want to be able to tell too! ++Lar (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm really curious as to why you believe that. Really. If Netscape were interested in or capable of producing an IE-killer browser, why haven't they done it already? Given the almost universally agreed-upon crappiness of Communicator 4.7 what (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Different than that. You can use SSH to set up "poor man's vpn". I'm too tired to think hard about it right now :) but the end result is your computer thinks it has a new network interface with an IP address on a private (10.x.x.x) network. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I have VNC set up, and I use it sometimes - but transferring 1600x1200 on a 56K, even over a compressed SSH is too slow for comfort... :/ (...) 56K - I've used X over 33k before, and it was better than vnc - still less data transferred, I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Xwin32 is free for 2 hours of use per session. There's another one called something like M/X, but if I remember right, it's not as good. You could also use VNC.... How fast is your network connection? If it's less than 1.5MB both ways, I'd not (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey geeks :) Anyone know of a free X server for windows I could use? I really want to be able to edit stuff off my work computer at home, but it's so hard without VIM/Emacs... Or, another option, instead of an x server, anyone ever tried to forward (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Good for you. :) (...) Well, this of course can be a very religious debate. But here's my opinions: I really like Red Hat -- that's my recommendation for where to start. Once you feel more comfortable, you may want to try out Debian. You may (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) well, I'm biased, but the only dist I've any experience with is Redhat... If you have background in unix, you should be fine figuring out RH... (...) definitely possible to have both win98/linux installed on the same comp, and to do that you (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi: I just pieced together a new computer from parts at local flea markets (PIII 500/100/128). I installed Win98/2 and am now considering switching to/adding some type of Linux. My only previous experiance with UNIX has been with HP-UX at work (a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Good place to get non-Lego special effects? (Message slightly off topic)
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(...) What ever happened to seabourn brick??? -John Rudy (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I haven't gotten it to even build the last two nights. :) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I've decided what my next project will be, and it's going to be a five storey Tudor style hotel. Now I hear you asking "why would he need a special effect for THIS project?" Well you see, I'm going to blow it up <Hears shouts and screams> (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm using MindTerm, a GPL'd Java implementation of ssh: (URL) it doesn't seem to support sftp, it does talk scp (not sure how much better sftp is, though) and a buncha other features including port forwarding. Features list is at (URL) . Plus, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:07:53 GMT Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Mozilla (was: Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer)': (...) Serif: times 16 Sans Serif: Helvetica monospace: Courier 13 Dan (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) rumor has it (i haven't tried myself) that a coworker of mine called to purchase a 10/100 nic and they said "i'm sorry, we don't make those any more" imagine our shock... we only own like 15,000 of them... oh well. (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Kick ass. Nice to see linux companies doing good stuff with their money. Makes me want to run out and buy a copy of mandrake linux just to support this. :) (URL) Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, it does. And port-forwarding and other advanced features too. It's definitely the best ssh client available for ms windows. (Too bad NetTerm doesn't do SSH - it has such nice fonts....) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm using the xfs that came with RHL 6.1... If I fire up xfontsel and look at arial, for example, and set the pxlsz to a variety of numbers, they all look correct and beautifully hinted. I can recognize individual character glyphs as being (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) as far as I can tell, mozilla has no problems showing any kind of fonts - though I never bothered to install to many. What X server are you using? As a rule, font problems are related to xfs, and not to the application... (...) nope, no tricks (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Mozilla (was: Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer)
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(...) I can't get TrueType fonts to display correctly in Mozilla (a build from two nights ago). Do they work for you? I'm specifying 'times new roman' and 'courier new' and 'arial' for the three fonts (serif, monospace, and sans- serif, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I never used IE, and I will probably never will - unless they come out with IE for linux and then I'll give it a shot. I used to use NN and my MOC browser :P but now I've switched to mozilla, and I'm _very_ happy with it :) (...) errr... I'm (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm amazed by how w3m can handle mouse clicks like that. :) Also pretty great to be able to pipe stdin to it. I wish it would keep stdin open like more does, though, to feed it streaming data. :) I had a lot of problems getting the popup menus (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Have you looked at w3m? It seems like a better Lynx than Lynx.... (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I love Linux, I hate Windows, but I have yet to see any Linux web browser other than Lynx which even comes remotely close to MSIE5 in how well it works. Netscape sucks, Mozilla sucks. But -- Mozilla will get better, and it will squash MSIE in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Won't even be noticed here at UTK since we sold our souls to Cisco long, long ago. Unless they stop making 10/100 nics, in which case I would happily switch us over to Intel anyway. (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Which browser are you using on Linux that you would call "better" than IE5? Seriously. Every time time I try some flavor of Netscape product for Linux it just ends up making me run screaming back to browsing on Windows. In fact, I would rather (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nice headline: "3Com Announces Plans to Accelerate Growth". That's going to be interesting here at BU too -- we've got a lot of 3com stuff.... (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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just in case some of you other admins hadn't heard... 3com's getting out of the high end networking business... this is a huge deal for me, since our entire backbone is 3com... all the way from switches to hubs to nics (esp atm nics) thought maybe (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:17:44 GMT "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote concerning 'Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer': (...) it's true that the app base is not as big, yet... but considering what I use my home win95 for - basicly browsing (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Mike, (...) Hmm... Sounds like most of the classes in college that I have had recently. :) (...) Thank you, sir! :) I am looking forward to it, especially since I am fairly new to all of this admin stuff, I have pretty much learned everything on the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I know it does not fit, but there is a internet madness right now here in Turkey, and every major isp gives free pcs to anyone who signs a three year contract (20 to 50$ per month depending on the configuration). Besides, other isps, who (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) New Horizons is a fairly large chain training place. Our local Computer Learning Center recently bought a NH franchise. The training can be really good or really bad, it depends mostly on the instructor but also on the quality of your fellow (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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While we're off-topic, lemme just quickly complain about the way MS's content-generation "tools" use "Microsoft Latin-1" instead of the actual ISO 8859-1 Latin-1 character set. Urg. (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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