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OT: keyboard layouts
by taavi-LbuTpDkqzNzXI80/IeQp7B2eb7JE58TQ＠public.gmane.org 12 Dec '03

12 Dec '03

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 10:06:40AM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to get myself a new keyboard for Christmas. I'm considering the > split keyboard (Microsoft Natural IIRC) or a dvorak layout. And these two are mutually exclusive how? :) You can easily use both. If you're interested in alternative layouts for the keyboard, you should be quite prepared to NOT be looking at the keys anyway, so the glyphs on them shouldn't matter. > I find that if I type a lot (programming session of any significant length) > then the top of my hands start to really ache. Anyone have > experience/recommendations on the effectiveness of different keyboards in > reducing typing fatigue? I can type about 10WPM on a Dvorak layout (vs >70 on a qwerty), so I haven't exactly switched over myself. The Dvorak layout "feels" better to me, though, even while being thoroughly frustrating because it's so slow. ;) I have a few coworkers who use keybaords from Kinesis. I believe that one of them uses it with a Dvorak, while the other still uses qwerty. Kinesis offers a selection of keyboards ranging from nearly traditional to "pretty far out and pricey". So again, it depends how much you want to spend. http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards.htm http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/us_versions.htm BTW, the guy who uses Dvorak does use vi; he's just learned where the control keys are. -- taa /*eof*/ -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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OT: keyboard layouts
by fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg＠public.gmane.org 12 Dec '03

12 Dec '03

Hi, I'd like to get myself a new keyboard for Christmas. I'm considering the split keyboard (Microsoft Natural IIRC) or a dvorak layout. I find that if I type a lot (programming session of any significant length) then the top of my hands start to really ache. Anyone have experience/recommendations on the effectiveness of different keyboards in reducing typing fatigue? -- Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> http://www.wehave.net/ Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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[sumthin]
by joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg＠public.gmane.org 12 Dec '03

12 Dec '03

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 07:21:15 -0500 GDHough <mr6re9-mI4xJ4qlgtBiLUuM0BA3LQ at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Jan 19 will be my Apache's one year birthday. In that time I've learned much > about running a webserver on Linux. One thing I've seen many times over are > GET's for /sumthin/. I don't GET it? Why /sumthin/ and not just /? Is this a > way to grab banners, 404's? > > Does anyone ever put something in /sumthin/? I was curious myself, so I did a little google.ca/linux and lo and behold: "This looks to be a banner grabbing attempt on your webservers. Alot of scanners/worms will do this in an attempt to find out what type of web server you are running and compare it against a list of vulnerable servers for some particular exploit. The `"/sumthin" is placed within the GET command to trigger a 404 error, which in turn reveals valuable information about your server back the requestor. If the information returned by your server is useful to the scanner/worm you may see other exploits in the near future targeted towards your box." -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Behind every great fortune is a crime." -- Balzac -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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[sumthin]
by mr6re9-mI4xJ4qlgtBiLUuM0BA3LQ＠public.gmane.org 12 Dec '03

12 Dec '03

Happy Holidays, Jan 19 will be my Apache's one year birthday. In that time I've learned much about running a webserver on Linux. One thing I've seen many times over are GET's for /sumthin/. I don't GET it? Why /sumthin/ and not just /? Is this a way to grab banners, 404's? Does anyone ever put something in /sumthin/? farmer6re9 -- Eating Crow is better with MyCrowSauce -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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A Free Architecture, Maybe?
by blsonne-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA＠public.gmane.org 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

> Getting to Mountain View, California, during rush-hour traffic > might be a challenge Provided you're not stopped by forest fires or The Governator first.. :) -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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A Free Architecture, Maybe?
by cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg＠public.gmane.org 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

> Getting to Mountain View, California, during rush-hour traffic might be > a challenge Yes, it could be a bit of a drive :-). It doesn't make the release any the less interesting... -- let name="aa454" and tld="freenet.carleton.ca" in name ^ "@" ^ tld;; http://cbbrowne.com/info/spiritual.html "There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge." -- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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A Free Architecture, Maybe?
by cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg＠public.gmane.org 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

> On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 09:52:01PM -0500, Christopher Browne wrote: > > http://freedomtechnologycenter.org/events/ > > X-Mailer: MH-E 7.3; nmh 1.1-RC1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 14) > > > > OpenRISC demo: Monday, December 15, 2003, 7pm > > > > On Monday, December 15, at 7pm, OpenCores developer Damjan Lampret > > will give the first public demonstration of an all-Open Source > > System-On-Chip (SoC) right here at the Freedom Technology Center. > > <snip> > > It's in California... damn! > > > ====================================================================== > > > > This certainly isn't a "barn-burner" as far as performance goes; it's > > no 3GHz Itanic, but then I wouldn't much want the latter, either. > > > > If a system was available at a reasonable price, I'd buy one for sure, > > even though it be somewhat wimpy. > > Me too. In fact, 99% of people woudn't notice if their computer was > swapped with regular 386DX running 1GHz. Drew Sullivan keeps telling tales about "upgrading" by putting in systems with the slowest CPUs he can find, but with reasonably snappy disk drives, which leaves everyone happy. Doubtless anyone that looks at specs would be _appalled_ if they discovered that someone was installing servers with any less than the highest number of GHz, but realistically, though, they probably wouldn't know how many instructions a second those CPUs _truly_ execute. (After all, it's not 1 cycle per instruction...) -- output = reverse("moc.enworbbc" "@" "enworbbc") http://cbbrowne.com/info/wp.html Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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A Free Architecture, Maybe?
by legrady-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA＠public.gmane.org 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

Getting to Mountain View, California, during rush-hour traffic might be a challenge Tom Legrady Christopher Browne wrote: >On Monday, December 15, at 7pm, OpenCores developer Damjan Lampret >will give the first public demonstration of an all-Open Source >System-On-Chip (SoC) right here at the Freedom Technology Center. > > > -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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A Free Architecture, Maybe?
by opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA＠public.gmane.org 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 09:52:01PM -0500, Christopher Browne wrote: > http://freedomtechnologycenter.org/events/ > X-Mailer: MH-E 7.3; nmh 1.1-RC1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 14) > > OpenRISC demo: Monday, December 15, 2003, 7pm > > On Monday, December 15, at 7pm, OpenCores developer Damjan Lampret > will give the first public demonstration of an all-Open Source > System-On-Chip (SoC) right here at the Freedom Technology Center. <snip> It's in California... damn! > ====================================================================== > > This certainly isn't a "barn-burner" as far as performance goes; it's > no 3GHz Itanic, but then I wouldn't much want the latter, either. > > If a system was available at a reasonable price, I'd buy one for sure, > even though it be somewhat wimpy. Me too. In fact, 99% of people woudn't notice if their computer was swapped with regular 386DX running 1GHz. -- William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> Linux solution for data management and processing. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Do I need sgi_fam?
by jkls-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg＠public.gmane.org 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

I can't believe it's been three weeks but thank you for this detailed answer. I have been setting up Gentoo on a P400. "emerge system" took up one whole computing weekend. I absolutely love the results. Thanks again. LS Walter Dnes wrote: >On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 12:53:54PM -0500, jkls wrote > > >>Ok, I've found where it may be started. >>It's in inetd.conf. So I wonder why it >>is always running and do I actually need it? >> >> > > FAM (File Access Monitor) is a program that monitors constantly >monitors specific files for any changes. Here's the theory... > > If you're running one program that needs to update a screen when a >file changes, the program can poll the file every few seconds. But what >if you're running a whole bunch of programs that need to track file >changes ? Rather than have several programs scanning your drive, the >FAM daemon does all the monitoring and informs client programs when >files have changed. If there is any overlap, FAM will inform both >clients, polling the file only once, saving a bunch of disk accesses. >With multiple file-browsers on multiple desktops, this is supposed to >be the most efficient method. > > Now for the implementation. FAM is *NOT* a "well-known service" with >a reserved port in /etc/services. So it has to register with sunrpc on >port 111 (hello L1on and other linux worms of a few years ago) and is >assigned an un-used port. Client programs query sunrpc for the port >number of FAM, and then talk to FAM on the assigned port. I don't think >that programs require FAM to run. This is different from Redhat which >set up KDE with dependancies to not install if FAM wasn't installed. > > > -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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