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1 Day Ago

mips replied to a thread In preparation to write my CompTIA A+ Certification.... in The Cafe

No idea as we have no idea as to how you arrived at those results. Maybe go back to the basics and start over.

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odiseo77 replied to a thread What's the hardest thing you've tried to learn? in The Cafe

Programming. Didn't get beyond some -- very basic -- bash knowledge... Not that I tried too hard, though.

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mips replied to a thread CrunchBang vs Damn Small Linux vs Puppy in Recurring Discussions

Thread necro. Beginning to feel like the linux kernel is just getting so big. I'm about to try out a few distros like slitaz, alpine, vector,...

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2 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread Who Uses a Mouse with their Laptop? in The Cafe

I do when on my desk I have a wireless logitech mouse which travels with the laptop and I use it whenever there is a flat surface at hand.

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mips replied to a thread Files with I/O Errors preventing access to full folders? in Other OS/Distro Support

Some things might already not be possible to recover. Create an image file of the drive or partition using GNU ddrescue and ensure you enable the...

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3 Days Ago

odiseo77 replied to a thread Who Uses a Mouse with their Laptop? in The Cafe

Thanks, will give it a try next time I use my laptop.

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3 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread Files with I/O Errors preventing access to full folders? in Other OS/Distro Support

Do NOT run chkdsk on a drive with bad sectors, it will just make things worse.

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3 Days Ago

odiseo77 replied to a thread Who Uses a Mouse with their Laptop? in The Cafe

Not sure if I have clumsy fingers, but touchpads always seem to click when I'm not attempting to click, don't move the cursor where I want to move it...

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3 Days Ago

odiseo77 replied to a thread Is that spam? in The Cafe

Also, it's not properly written, so if it's supposed to come from a serious site, I wouldn't trust it:

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odiseo77 replied to a thread Swaziland (in Southern Africa) institutes new law against high flying witches. in The Cafe

I agree :D

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3 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread Ubuntu on my asus 1008p is extremly slow in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Ubuntu might be a bit much for that netbook... try Xubuntu or Lubuntu. What the heck is up with the large fonts?

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4 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread UFO Disclosure in The Cafe

Guys, I just saw that very bright light shining through the curtains again, it's close to 12:00am so the time is about right to bid you farewell....

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4 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread In preparation to write my CompTIA A+ Certification.... in The Cafe

We would have run out of IP addresses way before NAT came along if it was not for CIDR.

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4 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread UFO Disclosure in The Cafe

Happened to me as well but I think there was beer involved :biggrin: Oh and it wasn't Iowa, something more local like my front porch.

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4 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread UFO Disclosure in The Cafe

More nutters.

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4 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread In preparation to write my CompTIA A+ Certification.... in The Cafe

I'm referring to the fact that I've seen so many people with certs in my life that don't have a clue as to what's actually going on and asking the...

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4 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread Persistent USB based distro based on Debian i386 non-pae in Other OS/Distro Support

Thing is I want a Debian 7 (Wheezy) distro on a flash stick I can boot on any PC I plug it into. I would also like to install new packages should the...

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4 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread Persistent USB based distro based on Debian i386 non-pae in Other OS/Distro Support

Was not aware of that, I recall it being an issue back in the day but that was a long time ago. Will have to try out thx.

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odiseo77 replied to a thread Swaziland (in Southern Africa) institutes new law against high flying witches. in The Cafe

Sure, but I meant vampires, like those that are often seen in Transylvania... Though, I've just realized there are vampires in Africa too :)

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mips replied to a thread Persistent USB based distro based on Debian i386 non-pae in Other OS/Distro Support

Cheesemill, but will they install to a USB stick like a normal hard drive, can I install apps afterwards, save stuff to /home etc?

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odiseo77 replied to a thread Swaziland (in Southern Africa) institutes new law against high flying witches. in The Cafe

I wonder if vampires and UFOs are forbidden to fly too... Though on a second thought vampires are not from the southern hemisphere, so I guess...

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5 Days Ago

odiseo77 replied to a thread Ubuntu Linux or Windows 8? in The Cafe

Why not dual booting for a while and wait for a new Ubuntu release that -- hopefully -- would fix the hardware issues? Probably, being a new laptop...

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mips replied to a thread How does Richard Stallman browse the internet? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

With a tinfoil hat. I don't pay much attention to people that eat stuff from their feet :biggrin:

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mips replied to a thread Problem installing OS without optical drive or USB boot option. in Other OS/Distro Support

sudo fdisk -l

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mips replied to a thread Imaging Computers with Ubuntu/Ubuntu Server in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

They probably did not know what they were doing I suspect.

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mips replied to a thread PS4 Unveil in The Cafe

Neither is the Xbone. Backwards compatibility is not he be all and end all as it would cost more to implement. You still have your old console don't...

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mips replied to a thread Swaziland (in Southern Africa) institutes new law against high flying witches. in The Cafe

Africa is a continent with many countries (54) and Swaziland is not part of South Africa (Replublic of), it's an independent country ;)

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6 Days Ago

mips replied to a thread Imaging Computers with Ubuntu/Ubuntu Server in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Have a look at FOG & Clonezilla SE

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