http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/ A forum to discuss linux and open source applications. en Sat, 19 May 2012 14:14:41 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/ http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1355&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 16:27:04 GMT Did you ever think gcc would be deprecated? Well, FreeBSD sure thinks clang is up to the task. Read the Phoronix article... Did you ever think gcc would be deprecated?

Well, FreeBSD sure thinks clang is up to the task.

Read the Phoronix article here. ]]> fos http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1355 http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1354&goto=newpost Wed, 09 May 2012 16:33:21 GMT The May issue of BSD Magazine (http://bsdmag.org/magazine/1800-bsd-security-protect-your-bsd) is out. It focuses on security issues this month. It is... The May issue of BSD Magazine is out. It focuses on security issues this month. It is a free download. ]]> fos http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1354 http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1353&goto=newpost Sat, 05 May 2012 19:59:52 GMT Raspberry Pi has an online magazine called MagPi. (http://www.themagpi.com/#) It looks pretty slick. You can view and download the new mag at:... Raspberry Pi has an online magazine called MagPi. It looks pretty slick. You can view and download the new mag at: http://www.themagpi.com/# ]]> fos http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1353 http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1351&goto=newpost Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:07:56 GMT Intel is set to introduce a motherboard that will give the Raspberry Pi some competition in the second half of this year. It will accept Core i3 and... Intel is set to introduce a motherboard that will give the Raspberry Pi some competition in the second half of this year. It will accept Core i3 and i5 processors making it much more capable than the RPi. It will also include a good lineup of connectivity. It is expected to be in the $100 dollar range and will be approximately 4" x 4" in size.

Sounds like more fun for experimenters.

Intel - Next Unit of Computing ]]> Too Hot To Handle fos http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1351 http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1350&goto=newpost Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:13:04 GMT I probably knew how to do this at one time, but how do you find which package provides a file already installed in a system? I needed to install... I probably knew how to do this at one time, but how do you find which package provides a file already installed in a system?

I needed to install Softmaker Office 2010 on a system - Libranet 3. I unpacked the TAR and it installed OK, but would not start. I did remember to use ldd, and found I needed libstdc++.so.6. I have Office 2010 running on my other computer - also Lib 3 - and found it had a symlink in /usr/lib - libstdc++.so.6 - pointing to libstdc++.so.6.0.4. So I just copied the library file and made a symlink. Problem solved.

I'd like to find the source Deb package of this library. Apparently the Libranet 3 installation configuration I have on one computer is a bit different than the one on my other computer. ]]> Help Please? Leon http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1350 http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1349&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:09:14 GMT When I started with computers graphic displays were still years away. I can still remember some of the early ones. I was amazed at the "picture quality" displays you could see at the dealer. These were mostly static pictures, video was still a long way off in computer terms. The first usable video I ever had was on an IBM Thinkpad 760 CD that was way too expensive, I'm embarrassed to say.

I still have a tinge of remorse sitting here typing on my MacBook Pro with a Quad Core i7 with accelerated graphics doing little more than typing a text article. The only time I really warm this thing up is when I render video with 64 bit Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5.5.

There is a distro that still warms my text based heart. It is called grml and it is available at grml.org

It is technically called an administrator's distro. It has all the text based admin utilities the best hacker or hacker security officer could ever want. But for me, it starts up in text mode. You have all of the utilities that made Unix famous, little utilities such a vi, bash, csh, and zsh which is the default. If you are comfortable with bash you can use zsh. Bash is a subset of zsh.

If you happen to have low vision, grml is for you (as is vinux). The kernel and supplied software will get you going.

If you have an OLD computer with limited resources, grml will probably work. I find it fun and it satisfies my miserly bones. ]]> fos http://www.linuxagora.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1349