# Non-Technical Threads **URL:** https://forums.suse.com/c/non-technical-threads/25.md?page=105 [Latest](https://forums.suse.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.suse.com/categories.md) **Page:** 106 --- ## [Re: vSphere web console](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-vsphere-web-console/23806)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-vsphere-web-console/23806 "2013-03-31T18:56:01Z")
Read only would be the most preferred option here so you make sure that there will be no unauthorized changes done. – gavindcht gavindcht’s Profile: http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=137084 View this thread:… --- ## [Alternate Data Streams](https://forums.suse.com/t/alternate-data-streams/23784)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/alternate-data-streams/23784 "2013-03-29T23:59:48Z")
I know this group is not used for questions, but I could not find an appropiate group for this question. If you are unable or unwilling to answer, please direct me to the right group. Microsoft created Alternate Data… --- ## [expiration dates for yogurt & sour cream](https://forums.suse.com/t/expiration-dates-for-yogurt-sour-cream/23792)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/expiration-dates-for-yogurt-sour-cream/23792 "2013-03-29T20:25:04Z")
Aren’t yogurt and sour cream already spoiled milk products? What’s the point of the expiration date? To note double secret expiration? – Does this washcloth smell like chloroform? --- ## [SUSE is Platform of Choice for Big Data Innovators](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-is-platform-of-choice-for-big-data-innovators/23800)
**Author:** [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-is-platform-of-choice-for-big-data-innovators/23800 "2013-03-29T01:02:04Z")
SUSE is Platform of Choice for Big Data Innovators 28-Mar-2013 22:15 SUSE today announced its enterprise Linux platform is a preferred OS for running Big Data solutions among top Big Data solution providers. In coopera… --- ## [firewall/router advise](https://forums.suse.com/t/firewall-router-advise/23791)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/firewall-router-advise/23791 "2013-03-28T18:08:47Z")
Hi all: We are still rocking with Border Manager on a NW6.5 sp8 box. We have a 16 block of static IPs hung off of the public interface (from ISP1). Downstream is our Cisco 2811 router. When traffic leaves the pulbic … --- ## [virtues of virtual servers ???](https://forums.suse.com/t/virtues-of-virtual-servers/23645)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/virtues-of-virtual-servers/23645 "2013-03-26T22:56:02Z")
Hi all: I am less than up-to-date on virtual machines in regards to OES servers. What are the benefits of running multiple VM servers on the same hardware rather than running one server natively with many services? On… --- ## [SUSE Hack Week 9 Begins April 8](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-hack-week-9-begins-april-8/23781)
**Author:** [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-hack-week-9-begins-april-8/23781 "2013-03-25T15:12:30Z")
SUSE Hack Week 9 Begins April 8 25-Mar-2013 13:06 The SUSE® engineering team invites developers worldwide to SUSE Hack Week 9. During this event hundreds of SUSE engineers and external contributors spend an interrupti… --- ## [Moving Forward, Looking Back: SUSE Linux in 1997](https://forums.suse.com/t/moving-forward-looking-back-suse-linux-in-1997/23772)
**Author:** [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/moving-forward-looking-back-suse-linux-in-1997/23772 "2013-03-23T01:32:58Z")
Moving Forward, Looking Back: SUSE Linux in 1997 22-Mar-2013 21:10 It was called S.u.s.e 5.0, and even with CDs and actual shareware, it was the cutting edge distro of 1997. +read more More… --- ## [Open Source Is Better For Business, Too](https://forums.suse.com/t/open-source-is-better-for-business-too/23767)
**Author:** [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/open-source-is-better-for-business-too/23767 "2013-03-22T15:25:51Z")
Open Source Is Better For Business, Too 18-Mar-2013 15:21 Open source has community and collaborative benefits, but it’s also better for your company’s bottom line. +read more More… --- ## [Moving to Open Development: OpenStack / Crowbar / Chef on SU](https://forums.suse.com/t/moving-to-open-development-openstack-crowbar-chef-on-su/23769)
**Author:** [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/moving-to-open-development-openstack-crowbar-chef-on-su/23769 "2013-03-22T15:25:51Z")
Moving to Open Development: OpenStack / Crowbar / Chef on SUSE 11-Mar-2013 09:42 We are pleased to announce that we have opened up our work on development and packaging of OpenStack, Crowbar, and Chef, for both openSUS… --- ## [IDC: High Availability Still Matters](https://forums.suse.com/t/idc-high-availability-still-matters/23766)
**Author:** [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/idc-high-availability-still-matters/23766 "2013-03-22T15:25:51Z")
IDC: High Availability Still Matters 19-Mar-2013 14:18 When IDC’s analysts examined SUSE’s high availability functionality for SUSE Linux Enterprise and declared it good, we took note. +read more More… --- ## [openSUSE release & openSUSE conference: registration and cal](https://forums.suse.com/t/opensuse-release-opensuse-conference-registration-and-cal/23768)
**Author:** [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opensuse-release-opensuse-conference-registration-and-cal/23768 "2013-03-22T15:25:51Z")
openSUSE release & openSUSE conference: registration and call for papers 13-Mar-2013 07:24 I am very excited about the new openSUSE release 12.3 and I am looking forward to downloading and … +read more More… --- ## [New forum sticky posts: Your opinion please...](https://forums.suse.com/t/new-forum-sticky-posts-your-opinion-please/23720)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/new-forum-sticky-posts-your-opinion-please/23720 "2013-03-22T02:03:09Z")
Those of us who have been around for a while generally know how things work. I’m not sure I can say the same for some casual forum visitors. As we try to respond to posts in the various forums we encounter many of the… --- ## [Novell training - IL/WI/IA](https://forums.suse.com/t/novell-training-il-wi-ia/23746)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/novell-training-il-wi-ia/23746 "2013-03-19T04:17:34Z")
For those of you in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa, there’s an IT conference next month with some great Novell training. It is the Illinois Valley Network Users Association conference April 17-18. A few Novell folk i… --- ## [Netware 6.5](https://forums.suse.com/t/netware-6-5/23715)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/netware-6-5/23715 "2013-03-18T17:19:58Z")
Hey guys, I’ve just pulled out an old Netware 6.5 server (Dell 2600 Series) It’s got over 3TB of storage on it, I believe it’s still got a license on it too. It used be be our companies Netware server but the company … --- ## [Attention NNTP users](https://forums.suse.com/t/attention-nntp-users/23733)
**Author:** [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/attention-nntp-users/23733 "2013-03-15T17:12:57Z")
If you access our forums via the NNTP interface, you need to make one little change as soon as possible in your reader to ensure continuity in using our forums. The essentials are outlined in the NNTP section of our … --- ## [test](https://forums.suse.com/t/test/23736)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/test/23736 "2013-03-15T10:43:21Z")
test --- ## [WSUS b0rked](https://forums.suse.com/t/wsus-b0rked/23731)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wsus-b0rked/23731 "2013-03-15T05:26:01Z")
Okay guys and gals I am at a loss. I have a WSUS SP2 running on w2k3 system that has ceased to do anything meaningful. All of the clients are reporting in the WSUS admin console as not being able to be contacted in X … --- ## [Forums: NNTP reader changes needed](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-nntp-reader-changes-needed/23732)
**Author:** [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-nntp-reader-changes-needed/23732 "2013-03-14T23:06:53Z")
If you access our forums via the NNTP interface, you need to make one little change as soon as possible in your reader to ensure continuity in using our forums. The essentials are outlined in the NNTP section of our for… --- ## [Attention Comic Book fans: Marvel Offers Free Download of First Issues](https://forums.suse.com/t/attention-comic-book-fans-marvel-offers-free-download-of-first-issues/23721)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/attention-comic-book-fans-marvel-offers-free-download-of-first-issues/23721 "2013-03-13T03:42:48Z")
With Marvel #1 app, readers can download digital copies of 700 first-edition issues across the company’s 74-year history. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2416431,00.asp#disqus\_thread Well, that’s what was suppose… --- ## [Activist](https://forums.suse.com/t/activist/23713)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/activist/23713 "2013-03-12T15:58:19Z")
I’m not much of an activist when it comes to controversial subjects though I do enjoy a good debate but when I came across this page I just had to post it: http://bandhmo.org/ Honk if it’s old news. --- ## [Thunderbird setup for forum usage](https://forums.suse.com/t/thunderbird-setup-for-forum-usage/23634)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/thunderbird-setup-for-forum-usage/23634 "2013-03-12T15:52:30Z")
I installed Thunderbird for usage in these forums and it’s working well for reading them (I’d previously just been a web-interface user). However it complains that I’m not setup correctly when I try to reply to posts.… --- ## [searching forums via the web interface?](https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708 "2013-03-07T19:20:42Z")
Is it not possible to search the chat forum? Every search I try returns no results. I even searched on “KVM” since I had a recent posting about that. No results. ? --- ## [iFolder](https://forums.suse.com/t/ifolder/23699)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ifolder/23699 "2013-03-07T18:10:00Z")
Hi all, I’m an ex Novell Network Admin, I’ve recently moved to a new company and I’m trying to implement iFolder on the Network, I have OpenSuse 11 and have installed iFolder and can use the Web Management fine, users … --- ## [KVM switch](https://forums.suse.com/t/kvm-switch/23687)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/kvm-switch/23687 "2013-03-07T13:13:49Z")
Any recommendations for KVM switches? My current ones are old Linksys PS2 only. I need switches that handle PS2 or USB. --- ## [Old school basic netware question](https://forums.suse.com/t/old-school-basic-netware-question/23652)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/old-school-basic-netware-question/23652 "2013-03-06T18:39:33Z")
This is something I have always wondered about. When a person deletes a file it is available in salvage. When a folder is deleted everything is lost and you have to go to tape. True or False? I’ve never been able to … --- ## [Tape drives](https://forums.suse.com/t/tape-drives/23702)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/tape-drives/23702 "2013-03-06T16:48:43Z")
Anyone here running backupexec 2012 in their location? We are looking at replacing some tape drives and wanting to make sure they’re supported by Symantec. We are looking at these: Quantum LTO-3 half height TC-L32BX… --- ## [SUSE Receives Common Criteria Security Certifications](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-receives-common-criteria-security-certifications/23700)
**Author:** [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-receives-common-criteria-security-certifications/23700 "2013-03-05T18:40:21Z")
SUSE Receives Common Criteria Security Certifications 05-Mar-2013 08:00 SUSE® today announced it has received Common Criteria Certificates at Evaluation Assurance Level EAL4, augmented by ALC\_FLR.3 (EAL4+) for SUSE Li… --- ## [Exporting](https://forums.suse.com/t/exporting/23686)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/exporting/23686 "2013-03-05T01:45:02Z")
Hi, There are some accounting programs like Quickbooks and Peachtree that export to Excel. AccountEdge exports to a spreadsheet. I am searching for a way to fool the crippled programs into thinking they are exportin… --- ## [\*nix filename with VI problem](https://forums.suse.com/t/nix-filename-with-vi-problem/23660)
**Author:** [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nix-filename-with-vi-problem/23660 "2013-02-22T01:45:49Z")
Any ideas on how to open a file named 1234-12-1234 in vi? Can’t seem to get it to interpret the dashes. I could rename it, edit it and rename it back to what it is but seems a bit daft to do it that way. [Previous page](https://forums.suse.com/c/non-technical-threads/25.md?page=104) [Next page](https://forums.suse.com/c/non-technical-threads/25.md?page=106)