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I appreciate your comments. I suppose it's true and always been in the back of my mind that VMWare doesn't give the REAL experience. But I am acutely aware of my limitations and don't want to hose my...

Hello, folks. It's been a while since my last post, at which point I was probably trying Mandrake Linux 9.x and 10.x via VMWare under Win2K. Sporadic, frustrated use over several months, then...

Originally posted by NotQuiteSane
So how hard was it to build your last laptop? where'd you get the parts from? at what cost?

To the best of my knowledge, only TheCatMan specifically mentioned...

Ooo, mmm. OK, uh, thanks for the heads-up! :rolleyes: I guess I'll just abort that larger one then...

I'm now downloading two BitTorrents for what appear to be "official Mandrake 10.1" DVD iso images. One is 4460.32 MB, and the other is merely 2081.74 MB.

Can anybody shed light on which one is the...

Originally posted by leonpmu
Normally, I try and ignore things like this, but I feel that I must side with the guys who build their own boxen, simply because you really KNOW what is inside your...

OK, just did a Google search for Enlightenment. Looks promising. I seek new graphic touches, such as I obtain with WindowBlinds under Windows - this looks like a good place to start.

Their FAQ...

Originally posted by DSwain
All I would know is that:

1. It's a very nice shot
2. It's enlightenment 17 I suppose.

And I, in turn, hope that someone else can fill in the details on that...

Though I've added hardware to my box before, I've NEVER built a pc and don't know how. Besides, in the end, building a pc yourself would be MORE expensive. The only way it could be less expensive is...

Originally posted by blackbelt_jones
My experience of four days with no hard drive put me in mind of a more elegant solution... a live CD! If I could find or maybe invent a Live CD that didn't...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sepero
Let us take your stereotypical analogy a little further. Perhaps I hear someone say, "White males in America are good, honest people". Even though I'm a...

Originally posted by Sepero
That's a pretty stereotypical reply. I'm actually a little offended. :confused:

Why would you be offended by someone giving you credit? :)


Though I've added...

Taken from http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml

1) mount -o speed=<speed>
2) hdparm -E <speed>
3) eject -x <speed>
4) cdspeed.

Does anybody here consider VMWare an alternative? I have used this as a Windows flunky while testing out Mandrake 8.x and 9.x, and of course it is available for both Windows and Linux as host OS's.

A strange hypothetical (?) question, IMHO. I always thought that die-hard Linux users were also, by definition, do-it-yourself tinkerers who had no qualms about buying a PC in parts and assembling...

Thanks a lot for that handy tip! I fiddled around with xset a bit and found that "m 6 1" was just right for me. :D

BTW, it's worth noting that for no apparent reason, my mouse did start working...

I do remember enough from the pre-KVM days that there were very few mouse configuration options - certainly nothing that allowed me to duplicate the feel of the same mouse I got under Windows. (this...

Thanks for your reply. So within the GUI environment, I type Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to reach a CLI; then I just type "startx" and I will automatically get a menu to choose a desktop manager from those...

Sorry if this is the wrong place; mods, feel free to relocate as necessary. I'm still a Linux novice, so all help is appreciated.

Using Mandrake 9.1, Gnome desktop. Logitech iTouch cordless PS/2...

Thank you for replying! :D

So, would you say that Mandrake's resizer works non-destructively on FAT32's, at least in theory?

I would post in the Mandrake forums, since I would probably get an...

Just wondering if anyone can at least commiserate on my issue, if not actually provide help. :p

I don't know if this explains anything, but under Windows I tried to perform a SMART hard-drive...

Hi folks. I have used Mandrake 8.1/8.2 for a semester and learned how nice and gentle it could be for a WinStooge. But I let Linux go for a year and a half due to insufficient time and patience to...

Thanks for the reply. I was given a similar suggestion by a teacher of mine:

rpm -ivh --nodeps [full package name including extension]

Apparently this forces the installation to proceed without...

I wanted to grab X-Mame (arcade emulator ported to Linux) and run it under Mandrake Linux 8.1 Final. I DID have it running pretty well under 8.1 RC1, so after a full system wipe I fully expected not...

Hi all! I know it seems silly, but I have always started with games whenever I try out new operating systems... This helps me get a consumer-level feel for the general environment.

Back at the...