notes from the mousepad

Tonight I went to a couple of Linux-related events after work, and I’m glad I made it out. I first went to an initial set-up meeting for a Chicago Gnome user group. We had some informal discussions about Gnome, and what a Gnome user group might be and do in the city.
Kevin is [...]

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How about replicating an installed package list this way:
dpkg –get-selections | grep ‘[[:space:]]install$’ | awk ‘{print $1}’ > packagelist.txt on the old machine,
then:
sudo apt-get -u install `cat packagelist.txt` on new machine,
That should work. Only disadvantage is that you’d have to download the installed packages from the ‘net onto the new machine, rather than having [...]

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Apt on CD looks pretty awesome for For x/k/ed/ubuntu and debian users . . . There’s got to be a way to back up all of your installed .debs without the gui, but this will be useful for most desktop users. And I like how it allows you to share the packages [...]

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what’s going on in jim’s world:
- i worked tons of extra hours at work last week, and fighting off laziness this week.  some weeks this fight is more difficult than others . . .  i guess it’s nice to have a lull, though.
- i’ve started reading an o’reilly python book.  i’m excited by this, and [...]

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How did everyone get my ATM PIN, and why are they publishing it all over the internet?

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I’ve been so busy lately, haven’t had much time for all things linux-related. I guess I’m taking a breather since all of the 7.04 *ubuntus are out now. From what I can tell, the release has been a good one – no big “gotchas” have come up since release. Even though I [...]

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