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Debian and netbooks I'm contemplating a NetBook to carry around with me, and for use afloat running OpenCPN with a GPS and AIS receiver. I'd prefer to install Debian as it's what I'm most familiar with but I'm concerned about the sizes of dialogue boxes. Will the OK and Cancel buttons be off the bottom of the screen?! Would I be b... 20 May 2010 12:47
Debian to Ubuntu transfer difficulties OK so I've been using KDE and debian for years, and I bought a new netbook and put ubuntu on it because somehow I got the impression that that's what the kids use these days. More precisely, I put "ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix" (any distro containing the word "remix" must somehow be the trendiest thing around; I rem... 26 Apr 2010 08:03
Debian and netbooks On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:39:51 +0000, Justin C wrote: I'm contemplating a NetBook to carry around with me, and for use afloat running OpenCPN with a GPS and AIS receiver. I'd prefer to install Debian as it's what I'm most familiar with but I'm concerned about the sizes of dialogue boxes. Will the OK and... 23 Apr 2010 18:08
Debian to Ubuntu transfer difficulties Kevin Buzzard wrote: Chris Davies <chris-usenet(a)roaima.co.uk> wrote: sudo -s sudo -H -s sudo -i Thanks to Chris and all the other people pointing out the myriad ways out of my dilemma. I had misunderstood---I somehow was under the impression that root "wasn't even there". ... 23 Apr 2010 18:08
USB discs Bruce Richardson wrote: Dave Gibson <dave+news002(a)gibson-hrd.abelgratis.co.uk.invalid> wrote: Plug the devices in and use '/lib/udev/vol_id --uuid' to determine the UUID of each filesystem on the devices: Surprised nobody has yet mentioned udevinfo, which will give plenty of contextual in... 20 Apr 2010 16:29
Connecting to a vpn server I have to connect my Debian machine to a vpn server. I know nothing about this and have little time to find out because it has to be up and running by Saturday! Can anyone please point me to a (preferably simple) information source about this? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - ac(a)acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-... 17 Apr 2010 15:13
The Linux experience - ugly, bad, and good - Re: Random Hesitations: The new threat to windummy productivity in the office Rex Ballard <rex.ballard(a)gmail.com> writes: The OEM license requires acceptance of a specific set of terms. For example: 5.Distribution a- Software Preinstallation i. For each unit of software in thePac, you must pre-install one copy of the Software on a Customer System prior to distribution.... 13 Apr 2010 08:21
The Linux experience - ugly, bad, and good - Re: Random Hesitations: The new threat to windummy productivity in the office On Apr 4, 6:34 am, "Steve Walker" <spam-t...(a)beeb.net> wrote: 7 wrote: Random Hesitations: The new threat to windummy productivity in the office Windummy OSen loaded PCs are known to the word as a two bit OS that hesitates for just about every operation. Yeah, Windows is really annoying an... 13 Apr 2010 09:28
Pinnacle and Dazzle Is the Pinnacle Dazzle TV-to-PC equipment sold in the UK? I have one here in the US, and cannot get it to work properly on my compaq nx9010 with Ubuntu 9.04. I can get a jerky picture, with no sound. I had it working some time ago on a newer PC, with WinXP, but that is no longer available. If anyone thinks he/she... 31 May 2010 20:47
Permission Denied On USB Hard Drive I'm trying to move some .jpg & .mp3 files from a USB hard drive that is formatted under MAC OSX (0xaf) to a Windows Vista Laptop. I am using a Knoppix 6.2 live cd. Knoppix sees the laptop hard drive as System /media/sda2 Vista /media/sda3 Recovery /media/sda1 and the USB hard drive as disk2s1 I can s... 10 Apr 2010 17:55 |