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  1. "If Linux ceases to exist, it will have to go its...

    "If Linux ceases to exist, it will have to go its own way. But I think we'll be around long enough for this slow steady growth to add up to something. I don't know where the tipping point is, but...
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    Not sure if I am old enough to be old school,...

    Not sure if I am old enough to be old school, been around a while though. I used to post much more often for a few reasons.

    1. Noob! When first learning something, a person may need a lot of help....
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    If I'm reading this right, this distro is for old...

    If I'm reading this right, this distro is for old hardware. I've tracked your progress over the years with Linux, it's awesome you have your own distro.

    Is there a "to ram" option on boot? Puppy...
  4. Thread: Career Advice

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    Thanks for all of your advice. The contract...

    Thanks for all of your advice.

    The contract work was W2. What happened was I was freelancing for a while (that went okay but the work was not steady) so I looked for IT jobs and found a contract...
  5. Thread: Career Advice

    by Chess007
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    Career Advice

    From the posts I've seen here the past few years a lot of you have jobs in IT. So I figured I'd ask for advice.

    Currently I have an associates degree in computer networking, (solid 4.0 gpa every...
  6. My advice to newbies is usually geared toward how...

    My advice to newbies is usually geared toward how to form a good google query. For example, while

    how do I use apt-get

    would likely garner good results, the search terms

    apt-get how to
    ...
  7. Is there any benefit to running the 64bit version...

    Is there any benefit to running the 64bit version of a live cd on a computer with a 64 bit processor?
  8. Live cds: does 64bit or 32bit work interchangibly?

    Most live cd images are x86 or i386. Will those isos, after they are burned to cdr, boot if the cpu in the machine is 64bit?

    Or do I need to burn the 32bit knoppix to a cdr (for use on 32bit...
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    "I created a 30GB partition for the program, and...

    "I created a 30GB partition for the program, and its just basically formatted."

    What type of partition did you create? I.e. ntfs? Fat 32? etc. If you created the partition from Windows the...
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    You can't. Digital media (whether video, images...

    You can't. Digital media (whether video, images or audio) can't have its quality increased beyond what it was originally recorded at. A lot of content on Youtube is not high quality. So, the video...
  11. I bow

    Saikee,

    You truely are
    Lord of the Linux boot,
    Master of the Grub,
    Wizard of the MBR.

    Thank you kindly. Everything works great!! :)
  12. Here's the information:

    Results of:

    sudo fdisk -l

    (Ran on Ubuntu).


    Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
  13. Hmmm...

    I see. Hmmm. So, it's not possible? Considering you are the master of the Grub if you say it's not possible, it's not possible. :) Meatloaf says "Two outta 3 aint bad" so 3 out of 4 is okay.

    One...
  14. Status Update

    Still only a triple boot. Been messing with this a little bit. Here's the status so far:

    Grub (version 1) on the master hd will boot either Ubuntu or windows xp (that is on the master hd). ...
  15. Thanks :) What should I edit to make the menu...

    Thanks :) What should I edit to make the menu display time longer (for the Grub 2 on the slave hd).
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    The benefit to backing up programs likely are: ...

    The benefit to backing up programs likely are:

    1. You don't have to re-download them via your distros package manager.

    2. If the install/config is complex having all the settings backed up...
  17. The mystery continues...

    Thanks for that cable select tip. Now the BIOS recognizes both hard drives and everything almost works right. :)

    Upon boot there are no error beeps and Grub (from my ubuntu/xp hd) starts. When I...
  18. Ide pin hell... :)

    No. I haven't got it to work yet. Here's what happened so far. I have been trying various pin settings but even when the bios recognizes both drives, and Grub does boot, when I select the

    "title...
  19. Your tablet experience - Tablet Advice needed

    Hello All,

    Thanks for all the help in the past. This forum and google have been my Linux teachers. :) I am considering purchasing a tablet PC. The reason is I take a lot of notes (handwritten -...
  20. Thanks. I have 2 more questions. Is it okay to...

    Thanks. I have 2 more questions. Is it okay to add


    title Justlinux dude suggestion to boot hdd2 on the fly
    root (hd1)
    map (hd0) (hd1)
    map (hd1) (hd0)
    chainloader +1

    before I hook in the...
  21. Quad boot with 2 ide hard drives - help needed

    Firstly, there is probably a better way to do this than the way I am attempting. However, this is where I am right now. :)

    One hard drive (I'll call it hard drive 1 for the sake of this post) has...
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    Before moving .kde I wanted to copy it somewhere...

    Before moving .kde I wanted to copy it somewhere else to back it up - just in case - but I couldn't figure that out.

    neo007@neo-dsktp:~$ sh /root
    sh: Can't open /root
    neo007@neo-dsktp:~$ sh
    $...
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    Thanks. "So I moved .kde out of the way" Did you...

    Thanks. "So I moved .kde out of the way" Did you move that folder to another location? Delete it? Or only delete the previously specified files inside it?


    I found some more info about the .kde...
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    K3b Burning Problem

    In the past after I inserted a blank cdr into the drive, it showed up as an icon on the desktop. Now that doesn't happen. The drive reads the cdr for a while then the light goes from green to yellow...
  25. What program to use to pay line in soundcard input?

    I am currently running Ubuntu. I am going to hook a male - male cable from the headphone port of an mp3 player into a sound cards line in input. What linux program can I use to then play the line in...
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