Comments for that Sam guy http://thatsamguy.com Ramblings on tech and stuff Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Mageia or Mandriva? Review, decision & migration. by isadora http://thatsamguy.com/2011/08/mageia-1-migration-and-review/#comment-70 isadora Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:37:16 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=143#comment-70 Reading your review felt a bit like looking into ones kitchen. Good overview of decisions and steps made, which lead to Mageia 1. Great to read that every migration, resulted into another Mageia-driven machine, and without all that much of extra efforts. Satisfaction can only be under-scribed by me. Although still a mixture of Mandriva and Mageia on different machines here, the latter is used on a daily base, where this was Mandriva before. Reading your review felt a bit like looking into ones kitchen. Good overview of decisions and steps made, which lead to Mageia 1.

Great to read that every migration, resulted into another Mageia-driven machine, and without all that much of extra efforts.

Satisfaction can only be under-scribed by me.
Although still a mixture of Mandriva and Mageia on different machines here, the latter is used on a daily base, where this was Mandriva before.

]]> Comment on Mageia or Mandriva? Review, decision & migration. by marja http://thatsamguy.com/2011/08/mageia-1-migration-and-review/#comment-69 marja Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:08:31 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=143#comment-69 Thanks for the review! I'm a Mandriva and Mageia user and migrated to Mageia on most of our machines. My experiences are pretty much the same as yours, but for me there is no need to keep all machines on the same distribution, so I'll probably install Mandriva 2011 on one or two of them. I tried Mandriva 2011 rc1 on one pc, but got frustrated very soon and installed Mageia 1 over it and then changed to cauldron. I'm very amazed how good cauldron works. We're not supposed to see it as a rolling release, but it sure feels like one :) Thanks for the review! I’m a Mandriva and Mageia user and migrated to Mageia on most of our machines. My experiences are pretty much the same as yours, but for me there is no need to keep all machines on the same distribution, so I’ll probably install Mandriva 2011 on one or two of them.

I tried Mandriva 2011 rc1 on one pc, but got frustrated very soon and installed Mageia 1 over it and then changed to cauldron. I’m very amazed how good cauldron works. We’re not supposed to see it as a rolling release, but it sure feels like one :)

]]> Comment on Re-launch, Re-name by Di http://thatsamguy.com/2011/07/re-launch-re-name/#comment-68 Di Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:07:58 +0000 http://thatsamguy.com/?p=162#comment-68 Congrats on the re-launch and your pending fatherhood! Congrats on the re-launch and your pending fatherhood!

]]> Comment on DViCO FusionHDTV Pro working under linux [Finally!] by Voltscommissar http://thatsamguy.com/2009/05/dvico-fusionhdtv-pro-working-under-linux-finally/#comment-60 Voltscommissar Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:37:23 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=39#comment-60 I'm following in your footsteps (and thanks!) Just got a DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite working using a very similar procedure: Fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Kernel recognizes card, loads drivers. install dvb-apps. Then I scan for channels as described here: http://ab.id.au/StreamingTV. Following the rest of your steps: voila! (but I had to add HEX codes for HD video as well as audio (ac3) ...and now I too am enjoying HDTV on my computer. Next step Myth....................?? I’m following in your footsteps (and thanks!)
Just got a DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite working using a very similar procedure: Fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Kernel recognizes card, loads drivers. install dvb-apps. Then I scan for channels as described here: http://ab.id.au/StreamingTV. Following the rest of your steps: voila! (but I had to add HEX codes for HD video as well as audio (ac3)

…and now I too am enjoying HDTV on my computer. Next step Myth………………..??

]]> Comment on 1 Month On: Mandriva 2007 Spring – Laptop by Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.1 Released | Operating System Blog http://thatsamguy.com/2007/05/1-month-on-mandriva-2007-spring-laptop/#comment-54 Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.1 Released | Operating System Blog Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:48:42 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=19#comment-54 [...] in Review • Linux.com • OSNews • LinMagazine (Hebrew) 2007: OSWeekly • Polishlinux • Planet Cyprix • FRLinux (French) • Planète Béranger • Lunapark6 • Everlinux (Portuguese) • Linux.com [...] [...] in Review • Linux.com • OSNews • LinMagazine (Hebrew) 2007: OSWeekly • Polishlinux • Planet Cyprix • FRLinux (French) • Planète Béranger • Lunapark6 • Everlinux (Portuguese) • Linux.com [...]

]]> Comment on Favourite linux single line command… by ecigar http://thatsamguy.com/2009/08/favourite-linux-single-line-command/#comment-58 ecigar Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:11:03 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=52#comment-58 Very nice post. I agree 100%. Very nice post. I agree 100%.

]]> Comment on Upgrade to Mandriva 2008.0 by auta ze szwecji http://thatsamguy.com/2007/10/upgrade-to-mandriva-20080/#comment-55 auta ze szwecji Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:43:45 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=20#comment-55 Very interesting article, i bookmarked your blog Best regards Very interesting article, i bookmarked your blog
Best regards

]]> Comment on 1 Month On: Mandriva 2007 Spring – Laptop by priyamerry-laptop reviews http://thatsamguy.com/2007/05/1-month-on-mandriva-2007-spring-laptop/#comment-53 priyamerry-laptop reviews Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:45:08 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=19#comment-53 I'm trying this today...... I’m trying this today……

]]> Comment on 1 Month On: Mandriva 2007 Spring – Laptop by Jemmy Surya http://thatsamguy.com/2007/05/1-month-on-mandriva-2007-spring-laptop/#comment-52 Jemmy Surya Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:17:55 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=19#comment-52 I'm currently working and using Mandriva 2008.1 for a month right now. I’m currently working and using Mandriva 2008.1 for a month right now.

]]> Comment on Virtual Mail Server Howto by Doug Lytle http://thatsamguy.com/2006/12/virtual-mail-server-howto/#comment-30 Doug Lytle Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:35:38 +0000 http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=13#comment-30 Claros web mail Now for the best webmail that I've found to date. it's called Claros Intouch2: http://www.claros.org/web/home.do The instructions on their site is straight forward enough. They have a demo on their website. Install: urpmi java java-sdk tomcat5 Grab Claros Intouch2 2.2 beta and extract the contents to a temporary directory. Copy the intouch2.war file to /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps If Tomcat5 isn't currently running, start it. Service tomcat5 start Tomcat will extract the contents of the .war file into a subdirectory called intouch2 Create a webdisk directory within the intouch2 directory and chown tomcat5:tomcat5 webdisk cd /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps/intouch2/WEB-INF/config With your favorite editor, edit the config.xml Change the appropriate settings for your mail server Two things to note: Make sure the Match your directories that are created with maildirmake. I called mine Junk, Sent, Drafts and Trash so they match my current directories. The default connection string for mysql didn't work for me, I had to use the following to get it to work: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/intouch2?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf-8 Once the changes have been made, you can restart tomcat5. Visiting the http://whateverdomain:8080/intouch2 should get you a login screen. Claros web mail

Now for the best webmail that I’ve found to date. it’s called Claros Intouch2:

http://www.claros.org/web/home.do

The instructions on their site is straight forward enough. They have a demo on their website.

Install:

urpmi java java-sdk tomcat5

Grab Claros Intouch2 2.2 beta and extract the contents to a temporary directory.

Copy the intouch2.war file to /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps

If Tomcat5 isn’t currently running, start it. Service tomcat5 start

Tomcat will extract the contents of the .war file into a subdirectory called intouch2

Create a webdisk directory within the intouch2 directory and chown tomcat5:tomcat5 webdisk

cd /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps/intouch2/WEB-INF/config

With your favorite editor, edit the config.xml

Change the appropriate settings for your mail server

Two things to note:

Make sure the Match your directories that are created with maildirmake. I called mine Junk, Sent, Drafts and Trash so they match my current directories.

The default connection string for mysql didn’t work for me, I had to use the following to get it to work:

jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/intouch2?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf-8

Once the changes have been made, you can restart tomcat5.

Visiting the http://whateverdomain:8080/intouch2 should get you a login screen.

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