ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1

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>    1. Re: Removing Windows (Kaj Haulrich)
>    2. Re: Ubuntu and flash cookies (Tom H)
>    3. Re: Ubuntu and flash cookies (Robert Holtzman)
>    4. Re: TalkTalk + Huawei HG521 + Ubuntu 10.04.01 i386 + misery,
>       ANY IDEAS? (r)
>    5. [Maverick] Installer (NoOp)
>    6. Re: Ubuntu and flash cookies (Tom H)
>    7. Re: Ubuntu and flash cookies (NoOp)
>    8. Re: [Maverick] Installer (NoOp)
>    9. Re: how to get a Brother MFC5460CN to work for network
>       sharing (Thufir Hawat)
>   10. Re: (Thufir Hawat)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:48:05 +0200
> From: Kaj Haulrich <kaj.haulrich at adslhome.dk>
> Subject: Re: Removing Windows
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On 09/30/2010 11:26 PM, Kai Presler-Marshall wrote:
>> That's a good idea!
>>
>> I already back up everything to my desktop (Kubuntu 10.04) weekly, but
>> something automated sounds like it would be nice (I'm very forgetful).
>> I'll
>> look into that tonight
>
> A nice program to do backups  and syncs automatically is Luckybackup.
> (sudo apt-get install luckybackup). Easy to use and reliable.
>
> HTH
> Kaj Haulrich.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:08:19 -0400
> From: Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu and flash cookies
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
> <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> Here's a news article about flash cookies:
>> http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110838/cookies-cause-bitter-backlash?mod=family-kids_parents
>>
>> Does anyone have knowledge of them and whether they affect ubuntu or
>> Linux browsers/software in general?
>
> They affect any browser that uses flash in any OS or distribution.
>
> On Linux, you can delete them from
> /home/<user>/.macromedia/Flash_Player/
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:07:36 -0700
> From: Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu and flash cookies
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20101001010736.GA3803 at cox.net>
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> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 06:08:19PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
>> <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Here's a news article about flash cookies:
>> > http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110838/cookies-cause-bitter-backlash?mod=family-kids_parents
>> >
>> > Does anyone have knowledge of them and whether they affect ubuntu or
>> > Linux browsers/software in general?
>>
>> They affect any browser that uses flash in any OS or distribution.
>>
>> On Linux, you can delete them from
>> /home/<user>/.macromedia/Flash_Player/
>
> On my box ~/.macromedia is empty. A better solution is the "Better
> Privacy" extension (assuming you use Firefox).
>
> --
> Bob Holtzman
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:28:11 +0100
> From: r <technical500 at talktalk.net>
> Subject: Re: TalkTalk + Huawei HG521 + Ubuntu 10.04.01 i386 + misery,
> 	ANY IDEAS?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for"
> 	<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <yam11961.584.286174272 at smtp.talktalk.net>
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>
> replying to myself here!
>
> so far not one suggestion,
>
> IS THERE ANY ONE OUT THERE?
>
> JUST SHOUT IF YOU CAN HEAR ME
>
>
> or should I go to a TalkTalk forum to ask about this?
>
>
> On 30-Sep-10 18:40:39 technical500 wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>
>>I recently signed up to TalkTalk and have a wireless modem
>
>>Huawei HG521 with a wireless network name SSID, and wireless password
>
>
>>I have just installed Ubuntu 10.04.01 i386
>
>
>>I also have a sitecom wireless USB adapter for the PC tower.
>
>
>
>>and have no idea how to get connected to the internet with this,
>
>
>>the above hardware functions from Windows XP using the TalkTalk CD,
>
>>but for the above Ubuntu I will need to configure using Ubuntu,
>
>
>
>>can anyone tell me the exact steps to do starting with the
>
>>menu,
>
>
>>presumably it is
>
>>System--Preferences
>
>>or
>
>>System--Administration
>
>
>>but which and then what,
>
>
>>as the modem is based on GNU material I feel it must be possible.
>
>
>>many thanks
>
>
>>Richard
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:42:02 -0700
> From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [Maverick] Installer
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <i83e9c$471$1 at dough.gmane.org>
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>
> I resized my Lucid partition & left a 20Gb unallocated section (from a
> previous Maverick install) available to install/reinstall Maverick.
> Using the Sept 29 daily Maverick liveCD (which has changed considerably
> from previous versions) I select 'Install alongside other operating
> systems' & the shows that my lucid is only 143.1GB (it's 173GB) and the
> target /dev/sda6 is 30.2GB (it's only 20GB).
>
> At this point I abort because I think that the installer is also picking
> up the unallocated & Win7 recovery partitions & 5.9GB swap. If this is
> the case then it's a pretty dangerous situation. I'll dig into it in
> more detail tomorrow, but is anyone else seeing the same?
>
> /dev/sda
>  /dev/sda1 ntfs 208MB
>  /dev/sda2 ntfs 104857MB (Win7)
>  free space     2033MB
>  /deb/sda5 ext4 173236MB (this is my lucid)
>  free space     20975MB (this is the old maverick test partion)
>  /dev/sda6 swap 5969MB
>  /dev/sda3 ntfs 12788MB (Win7 recovery)
>
> I can of course manually install to 'free space 20975MB', but the
> differences in the 'Install alongside other operating systems' concerns
> me. Why would it want to shrink my sda5?
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:11:43 -0400
> From: Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu and flash cookies
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 06:08:19PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
>>> <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Here's a news article about flash cookies:
>>> > http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110838/cookies-cause-bitter-backlash?mod=family-kids_parents
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone have knowledge of them and whether they affect ubuntu or
>>> > Linux browsers/software in general?
>>>
>>> They affect any browser that uses flash in any OS or distribution.
>>>
>>> On Linux, you can delete them from
>>> /home/<user>/.macromedia/Flash_Player/
>>
>> On my box ~/.macromedia is empty. A better solution is the "Better
>> Privacy" extension (assuming you use Firefox).
>
> Then "Better Privacy" must be doing its job...
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:22:14 -0700
> From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu and flash cookies
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <i83gkm$bap$1 at dough.gmane.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On 09/30/2010 07:11 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 06:08:19PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
>>>> <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Here's a news article about flash cookies:
>>>> > http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/110838/cookies-cause-bitter-backlash?mod=family-kids_parents
>>>> >
>>>> > Does anyone have knowledge of them and whether they affect ubuntu or
>>>> > Linux browsers/software in general?
>>>>
>>>> They affect any browser that uses flash in any OS or distribution.
>>>>
>>>> On Linux, you can delete them from
>>>> /home/<user>/.macromedia/Flash_Player/
>>>
>>> On my box ~/.macromedia is empty. A better solution is the "Better
>>> Privacy" extension (assuming you use Firefox).
>>
>> Then "Better Privacy" must be doing its job...
>>
>
> Just be careful with 'Better Privacy' et al; many banking sites use the
> macromedia folder to store their cookies (Chase Bank is an example) & if
> you get the settings wrong those cookies get deleted. The result is that
> you then need to do an email exchange with the bank the next time you
> try to log in & that can become a real PITA if you log into your bank
> frequently.
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:47:52 -0700
> From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Maverick] Installer
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <i83i4p$fmf$1 at dough.gmane.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On 09/30/2010 06:42 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> I resized my Lucid partition & left a 20Gb unallocated section (from a
>> previous Maverick install) available to install/reinstall Maverick.
>> Using the Sept 29 daily Maverick liveCD (which has changed considerably
>> from previous versions) I select 'Install alongside other operating
>> systems' & the shows that my lucid is only 143.1GB (it's 173GB) and the
>> target /dev/sda6 is 30.2GB (it's only 20GB).
>>
>> At this point I abort because I think that the installer is also picking
>> up the unallocated & Win7 recovery partitions & 5.9GB swap. If this is
>> the case then it's a pretty dangerous situation. I'll dig into it in
>> more detail tomorrow, but is anyone else seeing the same?
>>
>> /dev/sda
>>  /dev/sda1 ntfs 208MB
>>  /dev/sda2 ntfs 104857MB (Win7)
>>  free space     2033MB
>>  /deb/sda5 ext4 173236MB (this is my lucid)
>>  free space     20975MB (this is the old maverick test partion)
>>  /dev/sda6 swap 5969MB
>>  /dev/sda3 ntfs 12788MB (Win7 recovery)
>>
>> I can of course manually install to 'free space 20975MB', but the
>> differences in the 'Install alongside other operating systems' concerns
>> me. Why would it want to shrink my sda5?
>
> And... silly me, I forgot to add that there is no sign of wireless once
> I installed on the new partion. Previous Maverick had wireless working
> just fine (but it was an lucid to maverick update so perhaps that is the
> reason). Boot to the lucid partition & wireless is working from the
> out-of-the-box install. Sigh..SOS... but we've now even more Ubuntu One
> defaults & that should make things much better, eh?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:52:54 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Thufir Hawat <hawat.thufir at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: how to get a Brother MFC5460CN to work for network
> 	sharing
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <i83ie6$g5a$1 at dough.gmane.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:54:44 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>
>> 1. Are you connecting using a USB or ethernet port? If using a USB I'd
>> recommend using the ethernet port & then have the remote machines
>> connect via ipp (port 631).
>>
>> ipp://<ipaddress>:631/printers/<printername>
>> ipp://<target>.local:631/printers/<printername> or from a Win Vista Win7
>> use http instead: http://<ipaddress>:631/printers/<printername>
>
> Is that just for printers, or should scanners prefer ethernet to USB?
> (If there is such a beast.)
>
>
> -Thufir
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:54:19 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Thufir Hawat <hawat.thufir at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re:
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <i83igr$g5a$2 at dough.gmane.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:23:20 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>>> There seems to be a lot of spoofing going on over on gmail. I've been
>>> hit, just had a friend hit. Anyone else? Ric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>      It is easy to get a throwaway address at gmail. The person has just
>> one goal and that is to join this list and send one message. That is
>> what GARY HYPES which is a throw away name, did. He can use this for
>> many lists and then get another.
>
>
> Is there some sort of financial reward, or something?  Seems alota effort
> compared to just, I dunno, not doing that.
>
>
> -Thufir
>
>
>
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