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  1. abhiram
    Sorry for double posting, but a link to your web page will help better than the pics.
  2. abhiram
    It looks like you're having problems with the borders not showing up properly in FF but they show up well in IE right? I've had a problem like that just a few days ago in Firefox and there is a mozilla specific code that rectifies border box specific descrepancies. Try putting this in the <HEAD> section of your index file:<style type="text/css">* { -moz-box-sizing: border-box;} </style>or put the same without the <style> tags in your CSS file. Hope that helps you.
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    I've tried to access my webpage http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ by typing in the IP address that is mentioned in CPanel i.e. 69.50.168.69. But instead, it goes to http://forums.xisto.com/. Am I doing something wrong or is that how it is? If it is supposed to go to Xisto, is there a way to access my site by an IP address? Thanks.
  4. abhiram
    Nice idea, much simpler than what I do. I'd use the pen tool and outline the entire area or region that I want to remain in color and then press ctrl+shift+I. This will invert the selection and then desaturate. But yours is much easier than rearranging the anchor points. Nice one .
  5. abhiram
    Heartiest congratulations JimBeam. Wish you, your fiance and Ben all the best in life .
  6. abhiram
    For Linux, go with ProzGUI or ProZilla... It's really good. It open simultaneous streams from the same site and it also resumes downloads. I had some problems when I was installing in Mandrake 10.1 , but in Slackware 10.1, it was no problems at all. I think it needs the nCurses library or something. I guess it would be better if you check out at their site: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Hope that helps you out . Cheers.
  7. abhiram
    Great find... I'm going to try this as soon as my GRE gets over. I'm an amateur keyboardist... if this really works, I can start playing Steely Dan. :DThanks.
  8. abhiram
    The perfect answer. <CLAP, CLAP, CLAP>
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    Hehe... remember those 5 and 1/4 inch floppies... a rarity to see them now. Things are changing... remember Bill Gates' famous words when DOS made it's advent... "Why would anyone require more that 64kb of RAM' :DI've got a 160GB hard disk and it's barely enough to keep my songs, movies and games . Wish I had another 200GB. Tell you what... when the 1 TB hard disk does come to the market (not too long IMO, another couple of years I guess... three max), it'll be a big thing, but we'll overtake it like nothing. Pretty soon, everything will be measured in terms of TB... 'You've got a mere 10TB HDD... I've got a 40TB HDD, hehe, I'm the L337'Yep ... that day isn't too far.
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    Win95... <sigh>... my first experience with real computers. (I was only used to BASIC and DOS in school). I still remember after struggling for 10min with the login password, I clicked on 'Cancel' and it logged me in. . hehe.
  11. abhiram
    And you left without retaliating? Jeez... u r the n00b . hehe... jk
  12. abhiram
    Noooooooo!!!!! hehe... jk
  13. abhiram
    Yup, that's exactly what it does. You could uninstall and reinstall, but this way, it downloads and installs it for you and you don't have to do anything except give one single command. But it comes at a price... subscription isn't free . Don't bother too much about which distro to use. All the distros are free and assuming that you have a pretty good net connection, you can try as many as you like. That's how people do it... they try one, use it for a while and if they aren't satisfied with it, get rid of it and install a new one. That's one of the advantages of an open source OS... you don't have to buy it . In fact, you can just go to http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ and download the first distro you see and try it out. I would still advise you to go with Mandriva as a beginner. If you really want to plunge into the deep side by using Gentoo, i suggest you make sure a lifeguard is nearby... i.e. a friend of yours who has atleast some experience with Linux. Cheers.
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    I wasn't talking about you Dhanesh... I meant WaCo. He's the one flaming you right? 'This one' doesn't mean this post, it refers to the post you quoted in your first post. I meant that it wasn't right of him to have said it like that to you no matter how superior he is to you in Linux. Cheers.
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    What is usually done is people make 3 partitions for Linux. i.e. divide your unpartitioned space into 3 divisions: 1. Root Partition 2. Home partition 3. Swap partition The root partition is the partition on which you install the system files and all the important files which can be accessed (read manipulated) only by the 'root' or 'super-user'. The home partition is the partition on which you have the folders which contain all the files and folders of all the users. The swap partition is required for use as virtual memory if I'm not mistaken and it is used as somewhere between 128mb-1024mb.. .it's up to you... I didn't see too much of a difference with a larger swap partition. Actually home and root partition can be used on the same partition. It won't make any difference at all... but if for some reason, as qwijibow said, if root partition gets messed up, you lose all your files. But since you are starting out, I guess it won't hurt to put them in the same partition... that's what I did. Gives you more space. Well... I've been using Linux for the past one year. Don't worry... these are very popular and stable (trustable as well) versions of Linux. Slackware is one of the most stable versions of Linux and was first introduced in 1991. Mandriva (Mandrake+Connectiva merger last year) was and is and will be one of the most popular distros because of it's ease of use. Not much idea about Gentoo, but from what I know, people have been using that for years as well. It's a super-optimised distro which is custom tuned to your computer in every way making it run like ... whooosh!!! Hope this helps you out .
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    Actually Dhanesh, this sort of thing is quite rare on Asta. That's one of the main things that really appeals to me on this forum. Other forums actually fry newbies for asking questions which are below (according to the more 'senior' members) the 'intellectual level' of the forum. One example is the number of topics about 'which Linux is the best' or to that effect. All of these topics have an active and constructive participation by many of the members (esp qwijibow... he's been a wealth of knowledge on most of them ). I hope there won't be anymore flames like this one. If you have to criticize, please do so constructively and not rudely.
  18. abhiram
    Good to see that you are enthusiastic about learning something new. Very few people are really interested to take the plunge into learning a new OS with the intent of being competent in it. But, since this is the first time you are using Linux, you better go with Mandriva. It is definitely easier for the newb but it isn't exactly as easy as Windows . It doesn't exactly hold your hand and show you around the place. Mandriva has a huge following and it has drivers for most of the major companies. So, the minute you install it, you've atleast got a GUI (use KDE or GNOME ... they are the easiest... I won't say the best), and your windows partition is detected, your network is detected and you can play songs. That's just about all it will do, which is actually quite a lot if you compare it with slackware or gentoo. I haven't used SuSE, but from what I've heard it should be easier than Mandriva. Get a good book on Unix/Linux commands and start learning how to use the console. Installing a program is a very big thing for a newbie.... I know, I've been there. Learn about the different configuration files that the distro uses. With Mandriva, you can learn the basics about Linux in about a couple of weeks. The reason I'm telling you not to go directly to slackware or gentoo is because, both of them require considerable amount of experience with Linux. I haven't used Gentoo (but plan to use it pretty soon), but Slackware isn't easy if you are going to do it for the first time. You have to set up the partitions, specify a swap partition and then install using a Text-based install and finally, when the installation is done, it throws a black screen with the words 'Welcome to Darkstar, Login:' at you . From there, your on your own.... you've got to configure the display drivers, the audio drivers, the network interface, set up the windows partitions to be accessible to all users ... blah blah blah. If you are a complete newb to Linux, I doubt you'll be able to deal with this. To sum it up, use Mandriva until you get a feel of Linux. Once you get the feeling that it's not giving you enough freedom, just chuck it out and go for Slackware. Once you've conquered that, you can scale Gentoo. On a side note, about your question about KDE and GNOME... You've got many window managers for Linux... it's not like Windows where you've only got one kind of arrangement for the start button and the way the menus and icons show up. You've got KDE,GNOME, FVWM, BLACKBOX, FLUXBOX, WINDOWMAKER, ENLIGHTENMENT .... You better use KDE or GNOME, because they are easier and the most popular ... but some people (myself included) don't use them because they take up more resources than the other managers.
  19. abhiram
    uh... isn't that why you're here? You wanted free hosting with MySQL and Server side scripting.... Xisto is what you want... right?
  20. abhiram
    Doesn't look too useful. Most of the people use the clients mentioned in the attached pic. Gaim has the added advantage that it can be used in both windows and Linux AND ALSO connects to Yahoo! and MSN. I don't know about the others. From what I've seen in the messenger and on the website, this allows you to connect only to other GTalk (if you like ) users. I don't think I'll be using this one... converting your friends list from one messegner to another one is very painful.
  21. abhiram
    You mean 5GB don't you? Or am I missing something? :confused:
  22. abhiram
    Usually, from what I've seen after downloading ISO images from the net, you have to check the md5sum in Linux and not in Windows. This is because of the newline character or something. Sometimes, you get a completely different md5sum. But still, doesn't make sense if the first 2 CDs check ok with the md5sum while the 3rd and 4th don't.
  23. abhiram
    uh... Nybb,This thread is about Xisto man... don't you think you're missing the point dude?
  24. abhiram
    Exactly... that's why nobody does it for fun. There are people using Windows Servers and securing them, but definitely not for home use. Of course, making it as secure as Linux is a little too difficult. This is because, when unix was made, it was made with security in mind. Security (and not usability) was the core issue and it was what prompted the early developers to enforce security to each and every piece of the OS. Subsequent adaptations like Linux and BSD take it much further. The fundamental flaw with a windows OS IMO is that it was never meant to be secure. It was meant to be easy to use and pleasing to look at. The developers didn't want people to see a black screen with white characters on it.... they wanted people to look at it and go 'Wow!!! That looks great!'. With improved versions, they realised their folly and are now slowly approaching better security. GNU/Linux on the other hand was more like 'who needs a beautiful picture, nobody can break into this system... my research files are safe.' It wasn't targeted to be the common everyday home usage OS. Of late, within the past decade, it's been coming up like crazy and with distros like SuSE, you get just about the same functionality with aesthetic appeal as Windows with the security of GNU/Linux. The average home user doesn't need chroot jails ... he needs to be able to type a document and print it, surf the net, and (the biggest problem of all) he doesn't want to learn anything about computers! Let's face it.... the gross majority of the people in the world don't want to learn how or why something happens... all they want is their computer to work and do the things they want it to do. If it doesn't or it says 'You nitwit, go read the manual before you lay hands on me', people are annoyed with it. The average Windows user will never ever type anything in the console (command prompt if you like). Everything is done using the mouse. Not so in GNU/Linux, you need to know some basic commands no matter how well it's been set up. You shouldn't have to call an authorised serviceman to install a program. Well... just my point of view. Now, don't get me wrong, I use Linux just as well and have been using Slackware for 6 months now... It's just my opinion that Windows and GNU/Linux are different in their purposes and target different customers. Cheers .
  25. abhiram
    I'll try it the first chance i get... but is it working right? I mean is it working fine after installation?
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