RASCAR: Switching To Linux

Well, I'm switching all (four) of my systems over to Linux, with the exception oif my racing machine which will be dual-bootable to Win2K for the purpose of racing. I might miss a few emails as a result, and may even be late responding to a few, but it's not because I'm trying to be rude. :) So, anyone wanting to join RASCAR should NOT post emails directly to me, but should instead post a message here or on the forum maintained for us by racesimcentral.com. I'm still working out the, ummm, quirks of the change-over, but so far it hasn't been too gawd-awful bad. I'm using KMail (a lot like Outlook) and KNews (kinda like, ummm, Outlook), and have a *choice* of three or four web browsers. I have yet to spend a dime for software, and that alone is worth the small hassles involved in making the switch to the dark side. In any case, be patient if it seems like something is taking an unusually long time for me to respond to.

John Simmons <[email hidden]> writes:

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> Well, I'm switching all (four) of my systems over to Linux, with the > exception oif my racing machine which will be dual-bootable to Win2K for > the purpose of racing. > > I might miss a few emails as a result, and may even be late responding to a > few, but it's not because I'm trying to be rude. :) > > So, anyone wanting to join RASCAR should NOT post emails directly to me, but > should instead post a message here or on the forum maintained for us by > racesimcentral.com. > > I'm still working out the, ummm, quirks of the change-over, but so far it > hasn't been too gawd-awful bad. I'm using KMail (a lot like Outlook) and > KNews (kinda like, ummm, Outlook), and have a *choice* of three or four web > browsers. I have yet to spend a dime for software, and that alone is worth > the small hassles involved in making the switch to the dark side.

John, do yourself a favour and try out the gnus news-package for emacs. A slight learning curve, but definately worth it. Say goodbye to the mouse as a necessary tool for newsreading. -- Olav Malmin remove .spam when replying

John, Good Luck but I must admit i do miss my old unix days :( btw, you did get David Krol's Sierra ID right? Its D_Krol -- Tim White www.intracmotorsports.com "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:EIvh9.258909$[email hidden]... Well, I'm switching all (four) of my systems over to Linux, with the exception oif my racing machine which will be dual-bootable to Win2K for the purpose of racing. I might miss a few emails as a result, and may even be late responding to a few, but it's not because I'm trying to be rude. :) So, anyone wanting to join RASCAR should NOT post emails directly to me, but should instead post a message here or on the forum maintained for us by racesimcentral.com. I'm still working out the, ummm, quirks of the change-over, but so far it hasn't been too gawd-awful bad. I'm using KMail (a lot like Outlook) and KNews (kinda like, ummm, Outlook), and have a *choice* of three or four web browsers. I have yet to spend a dime for software, and that alone is worth the small hassles involved in making the switch to the dark side. In any case, be patient if it seems like something is taking an unusually long time for me to respond to.

Tim wrote:

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> John, > > Good Luck but I must admit i do miss my old unix days :( > > btw, you did get David Krol's Sierra ID right? > Its > D_Krol >

I didn't even see him in the roster. What's his car#?

113 -- Tim White www.intracmotorsports.com "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:73Ch9.276026$[email hidden]... Tim wrote: > John, > > Good Luck but I must admit i do miss my old unix days :( > > btw, you did get David Krol's Sierra ID right? > Its > D_Krol > I didn't even see him in the roster. What's his car#?

Tim wrote: > 113 > He's not in the roster at all, so I guess depending on how you look at it, his Siera ID is correct. :)

geez, whatever -- Tim White www.intracmotorsports.com "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MRMh9.264266$[email hidden]... Tim wrote: > 113 > He's not in the roster at all, so I guess depending on how you look at it, his Siera ID is correct. :)

Tim wrote: > geez, whatever > He never registereed, Tim. It's up to Eldred whether or not he gets added to invite list regardless of his roster status, and it's up to Dave to submit a registration. In fact, he may have, and I may have missed it. If he wants to play in our sandbox, it's up to him to make sure all his ducks are in a row.

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:38:44 GMT, John Simmons wrote: > Well, I'm switching all (four) of my systems over to Linux, with the > exception oif my racing machine which will be dual-bootable to Win2K for > the purpose of racing. > Hehe, and even that might not be necessary any more... Ridcully got N2002 to work using wine under Linux, with very good results (read: frame rates) in OpenGL mode. > browsers. I have yet to spend a dime for software, and that alone is worth > the small hassles involved in making the switch to the dark side. Web browser: Galeon News reader: slrn, trn or GNUS (as somebody else pointed out in this thread) Mail client: Mutt If you yearn for the old mouse-pushing days, give Evolution a try. Which distribution did you jump for? all the best & feel free to ask for help with Linux. Welcome back from the dark side, mate ;-) Uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

In article <LjYh9.483509$[email hidden]>, John Simmons <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Tim wrote: > >> geez, whatever >> > >He never registereed, Tim. It's up to Eldred whether or not he gets added to >invite list regardless of his roster status, and it's up to Dave to submit >a registration. In fact, he may have, and I may have missed it. > >If he wants to play in our sandbox, it's up to him to make sure all his >ducks are in a row.

Oh - I thought he WAS on the roster page... Dave - please follow the procedures on the webpage. Thanks. Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:+8.03 N2002 Rank:+20.124 Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Uwe Schuerkamp wrote:

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> On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:38:44 GMT, John Simmons wrote: >> Well, I'm switching all (four) of my systems over to Linux, with the >> exception oif my racing machine which will be dual-bootable to Win2K for >> the purpose of racing. >> > > Hehe, and even that might not be necessary any more... Ridcully > got N2002 to work using wine under Linux, with very good > results (read: frame rates) in OpenGL mode.

Wine, or WineX? I'd certainly be interested in trying it.

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>> browsers. I have yet to spend a dime for software, and that alone is >> worth the small hassles involved in making the switch to the dark side. > > Web browser: Galeon > News reader: slrn, trn or GNUS (as somebody else pointed out in > this thread) > Mail client: Mutt

Right now, I'm using the stuff that came with KDE (KMail and KNode), and Netscape 7.0. Someone told me about another newsreader canlled "Pan", but I haven't had the chance to look for it yet. > If you yearn for the old mouse-pushing days, give Evolution a > try. Is that an email program? > > Which distribution did you jump for? Well, I have three - Two machines (this one and my laptop) are running Redhat 7.3, and I have another desktop running Mandrake 9.0 beta 2. I also have Slackware 8.0 on a CD waiting to be installed. I might end up with Slackware. > all the best & feel free to ask for help with Linux. Welcome > back from the dark side, mate ;-) I can't get my CDRW to work on either this machine or the laptop, and the laptop has a DVD player that Linux refuses toallow to play store-bought DVD's or music CD's. Eventually, all of this stuff will work. :)

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 23:28:33 GMT, John Simmons wrote: > > Wine, or WineX? I'd certainly be interested in trying it. > I think he used the CVS version of Wine. > Is that an email program? > It's a full blown outlook clone with contacts, dates, email, whatever. > I can't get my CDRW to work on either this machine or the laptop, and the > laptop has a DVD player that Linux refuses toallow to play store-bought > DVD's or music CD's. > > Eventually, all of this stuff will work. :) Yep, that's what I really like about Linux: all things tend to fall into place eventually. Did you enable ide-scsi emulation for the cd writer? Cheers, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Uwe Schuerkamp wrote:

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> On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 23:28:33 GMT, John Simmons wrote: >> >> I can't get my CDRW to work on either this machine or the laptop, and the >> laptop has a DVD player that Linux refuses toallow to play store-bought >> DVD's or music CD's. >> >> Eventually, all of this stuff will work. :) > > Yep, that's what I really like about Linux: all things tend to > fall into place eventually. Did you enable ide-scsi emulation > for the cd writer? >

I found out why my cd-rw's didn't work. Before you can use KOnCD as a user, you have to configure it as root and ADD the user(s) that you wish to allow to use it. I am no happily burning CD-R's at 40x. :) Next - the DVD player on the laptop...