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Linux Suriname interested in a bit of work

Linux Suriname: ; Linux Suriname; interested in a bit of work . By allen Hi, Apologies if this is not the best place for this..[1] but we are looking for tech-aware people from Suriname for a bit of tech-support work.[2] If you can read/write in English, and especially if you can also read/write Dutch or French, I am interested in talking to you. ... Tags: suriname surinaam job baan werk work linux tech

Linux Server Diald

Linux Server: ; Linux Server; Diald. By carlos Please i need help in configuring Diald or wvdial on my machine.i juss don't know where to start, i'm new to this kind of work so need some advice on how to start and how to troubleshoot when i have encountered a problem in the long ...

Linux Applications Mozilla Firefox and Java

Linux Applications: ; Linux Applications; Mozilla Firefox and Java. By star123 I have managed to get the ICS to work, Linux-->XPhome after i found out the secret.[1] Now would like to install JRE for Firefox.[2] The instructions from the Sun website are confusing as I am not very knowledgeable of the linux directory structure.[3] after downloading the file, I haven't been able to even come close to the install.[4] I want to make sure that All the Java will work for all users, so I assume that it shouldn't be installed in a users home/java directory I don't like it there anyways, trying to keep things organized......[5] Trying to move the file to a directory such as usr/java with the "move" command didn't work.[6] I thought it would be easier if I could move the .bin file to the directory it would be installed in for simplicity.[7] Tried move and copy commands but couldn't get neither ...

Linux Applications LibGC

Linux Applications: ; Linux Applications; LibGC . By star123 I want to install inkscape on my comp, and when I try to build it, it complains that it can't find libgc Boehm's garbage collector .[1] So I go off to the gc site, download the program, and start compiling.[2] I successfully did ./configure, make, make check, and make install, but then I don't know what to do.[3] The instructions say 'Link against /lib/libgc.a or /lib/libgc.so.' but I have no idea what that means.[4] I'm using Mandriva 10.1.[5] I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me on this Thanks in ...

Linux Applications PangoCairo package missing

Linux Applications: ; Linux Applications; PangoCairo package missing. By star123 I am trying to do an install of gtkmm which requires pango and apparantly pangocairo.[1] When I do a ./configure for the pango package I plan on installing, I noticed in the directory that I "./configur"ed a pangocairo.pc file was created.[2] After doing a make and make install, it appears to install correctly;however, when I navigate to /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig, there is pango.pc but not pangocairo.pc.[3] When I go to attempt to install gtkmm, it says that there is no pangocairo pacakge found.[4] I checked my PKG_CONFIG_PATH, and I have it set to /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig Is there something more I need to do to get pangocairo ...

Linux Applications DVD Playing

Linux Applications: ; Linux Applications; DVD Playing. By star123 Can anyone give me some help on how to play dvd's in linux I'm using Mandriva 10.1, and my dvd player worked perfectly well in Windows, so I have no hardware issues.[1] I already have Xine installed.[2] Thanks in ...

Linux Applications Amarok iPod

Linux Applications: ; Linux Applications; Amarok iPod. By star123 i've managed to get my iPod working with gtkpod.[1] It syncs.[2] and writes correctly to the device, no problems.[3] However, i can't get Amarok to transfer to to the iPod.[4] It can connect to the device, read the contents perfectly but when i attempt to transfer any queued music i just get: Could not write to /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/Music/F...[5] If gtkpod can write i'm guessing it isn't a permissions issue.[6] Is there anything further i'd need to ...

Linux Applications Looking for Linux-Windows cross-platform PIM

Linux Applications: ; Linux Applications; Looking for Linux-Windows cross-platform PIM. By star123 I do development on Windows and have been moving more to Linux to do development there.[1] Under Windows for many years I have used Starfish's Sidekick 98 as a PIM, giving me a calendar, address book, and notes options.[2] I can export the address book and notes portions to CSV file formats from Sidekick 98.[3] I am now looking to get off Sidekick 98 in order to use a cross-platform Linux-Windows PIM application where I can share my calendar, address, and noted information on a common directory of a FAT32 drive.[4] I have searched for such a cross-platform PIM but the few I have found seem inadequate, and a few others appear to have stopped development in the past.[5] My needs are a program that runs under Linux and Windows, is able to share data, allows for me to import my data from Sidekick 98 through ...

Linux Applications Help with GTK Installation

Linux Applications: ; Linux Applications; Help with GTK Installation. By star123 Ok, I'm trying to install gtk 2.2.0 and I'm stuck on a config script error.[1] The configuration scripts halts telling me that it can't find libX11.[2] I'm a newbie to linux so I really don't know what to do.[3] I went into "/usr/X11R6/lib" and found the following files: libX11.so, libX11.so.6, libX11.so.6.2.[4] I don't know if this error has something to do with pkg-config file.[5] Here are the last couple of lines from the configure script before it dies: Package xft was not found in the pkg-config search path.[6] Perhaps you should add the directory containing xft.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'xft' found checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11...[7] no configure: error: libX11 not found.[8] Check 'config.log' for more details.[9] Any help would be greatly appreciated I could ...

Linux Applications Linux Applications GIMP - solution for Graphics

Linux Applications: Linux Applications; Linux Applications; GIMP - solution for Graphics. Linux Applications By Sams from Linuxworld 6 comments. When I was looking for a quality application for Graphics, I was suggested GIMP.[1] I must say, I have been impressed by the product.[2] It is a good solution to Graphics on ...
---Last comment Tue Dec 5 05:02:30 2006 by star123:
Gimp is best software and more important things is that its freeware., ...

Linux General Linux General Log out problem

Linux General: Linux General; Linux General; Log out problem. Linux General By Sams from Linuxworld While I am trying to end a session, my system is getting freezed, nothing is happening.[1] What may the ...

Linux General Linux General Linux vs Windows

Linux General: Linux General; Linux General; Linux vs Windows. Linux General By Bill from Lansing, Michigan 4 comments. How can we make sure Linux which ever flavor increases it's marketshare and pushes Windows into submission ...
---Last comment Mon Dec 4 12:10:19 2006 by Sams from Linuxworld:
I have not found it difficult to change over to Linux.[1] There are so many options around that one can choose any of the distros available.[2] I want to share with you my success in convincing my friend to use Linux.[3] He has just tried it for few days and is excited.[4] If more and more users enter the comunity it will then be lot ...

Linux Configuration Linux Configuration Linux will work on an average PC

Linux Configuration: Linux Configuration; Linux Configuration; Linux will work on an average PC. Linux Configuration By Sams from Linuxworld 4 comments. Linux can run on a PC which has average configuration.[1] I have been able to run Linux on Intel Pentium III with 128MB SDRAM, 20GB HDD ...
---Last comment Mon Dec 4 12:06:16 2006 by Sams from Linuxworld:
I feel most people who try Linux because they want to get away from Windows.[1] I am no exception.[2] I have not used it in past month and have never missed ...

Redhat Linux Redhat better than Mandrake 10

Redhat Linux: ; Redhat Linux; Redhat better than Mandrake 10 . By David 5 comments. Hey, i was wondering if i could get some opinions from people that knows about redhat and mandrake, wich one do you think is better and wich one is more friendly with new to linux ...
---Last comment Mon Dec 4 12:03:15 2006 by Sams from Linuxworld:
You can easily link up to Mandrake which is now known as Mandriva.[1] Go to your search engine and type Mandriva.[2] There you have lot of resources including the Mandriva package for ...

hardware Dumping old junk

hardware: ; hardware; Dumping old junk. By Paul 3 comments. It may be my imagination, but it seems that some or many U.S.[1] based companies dump their old or questionable merchandise on South and Central America.[2] For example, a 900 mhz cordless phone that borders on useless poor range, poor audio quality, analog seems to be popular and sold for 4 times or more the price than in the U.S.[3] For the price that phone sells for one can buy a great phone in the U.S., or pay for express shipping and import taxes to buy a good phone from the U.S.[4] A motorola cellular phone cable comes with a CD that is 2 years old and requires multiple 50 meg upgrades to the software to install it.[5] Is that what you get the in U.S. A TV capture card comes with software that can't even be upgraded because the manufacturer does offer updates to the version of the software ...
---Last comment Fri Dec 1 23:11:33 2006 by reviewer from Planet Me:
People will sell what other people will buy.[1] If the merchandise being sold in your area is bottom of the barrel, what is stopping you from bringing in quality merchandise from outside and making a ...