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4 Hours Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Brother HL 2130 not printing properly in Hardware

Yes please! If things continue to work properly, could you mark this thread 'solved' so others searching can benefit?

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9 Hours Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Brother HL 2130 not printing properly in Hardware

ptouch? That doesn't sound much like a laser printer.;) IMO one of the shortcomings of Unity/Gnome-shell is printer administration. The current...

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13 Hours Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Add an other WinOS to Win7 & ubuntu (Triple boot)!!! in General Help

There is a way to have more than 4 primary partitions on an 'MSDOS' formatted disk though I'm using proprietary software to accomplish it. ...

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13 Hours Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Chromium Likely to Replace Firefox in Ubuntu +1

I guess it depends on the site. My experience has been that if a site doesn't display properly in Firefox, it doesn't display properly in Chromium...

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13 Hours Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Slow, unstable after suspend in General Help

No, Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers

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18 Hours Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Slow, unstable after suspend in General Help

It's been some time but I recall 310 experimental having issues. The 'mainstream' 310 is working fine on my 12.04. 319 experimental on 13.10 is...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread How to create a script to creat a desktop launcher? in Absolute Beginners Section

Here's an alternative GUI method that I've been using for set-in-their-ways users. Computers are supposed to have launchers on the desktop -- by...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Bleachbit for Linux in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

I use bleachbit and haven't had it bork a system - yet. Computer Janitor on the other hand .......

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Linux Rumours - Longer lasting Hardware in The Cafe

I find HTOP - found in the repositories - useful for determine resource usage. It's not a GUI app so doesn't require much in the way of resources...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Gnome Freezes After resume from sleep. in Desktop Environments

Possibly. Maybe install Xfce or LXDE? I think if you don't install the Xfce or LXDE desktop you won't get the alternative apps that come with those...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Why is my cousins computer faster than mine? in Hardware

Absolutely. I just installed Xubuntu on a similar machine - HP 1000 Mini - and 32 bit Xubuntu works pretty well. It uses about 150 MB. RAM and once...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread NetGear WNA1000m Not working in my ubuntu 12.04 in General Help

Searches are good. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2152966&highlight=wna+1000m

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Which laptop to buy? in Hardware

Very true. I believe most new Windows 7 laptops are 'business' grade machines. They cost more but also tend to use higher quality components so are...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread ExpressCard to USB3.0 adapter, to use with 1TB or over external HDD, power issue in Hardware

It'd be a bit of a lashup but could you use a USB3 powered hub? PC express card -> powered hub -> external USB drives If I read your post...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Slow, unstable after suspend in General Help

Have you tried installing the Nvidia drivers? I've had the suspend/resume problem using the open source driver and also older Nvidia drivers - 304...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Ubuntu 12.04 or 13.04? in Recurring Discussions

I have a desktop with very similar specs to the O.P. 13.04 and 13.10(so far) both run very well. I'm using gnome-shell as the default desktop but...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread 13.04 in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

That is my experience as well. 12.10 just did not seem as smooth as 12.04 and now 13.04. 13.10 is looking and feeling pretty mature for an...

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1 Day Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread ubuntu 12.04 and Cinnamon support in General Help

Cinnamon can be found in the repositories via Synaptic. So can Xfce & LXDE. While Unity is the default desktop it's not difficult to install an...

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Chromium Likely to Replace Firefox in Ubuntu +1

Huh. I have to admit never trying it but had read that only Firefox worked. I guess ya can't believe everything ya read:grin:.

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Chromium Likely to Replace Firefox in Ubuntu +1

I haven't browsed all 12 pages but gnome shell users are going to want Firefox. Firefox is the only way to install gnome shell extensions and there...

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Brother HL 2130 not printing properly in Hardware

The Brother provided script does seem to work very well. It is a bash script run from a terminal. Here's a link: ...

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread RealTek RTL-8188CUs working well-how to in Networking & Wireless

Is it THAT bad? :shock: :D Why do you need to unplug the adapter? If you don't need the USB port, why not just turn wireless off using the...

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Gnome Freezes After resume from sleep. in Desktop Environments

It appears your notebook uses Nvidia graphics. Is this an Optimus chipset? I don't know how your machine will react to what I'm going to suggest. ...

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Who Uses a Mouse with their Laptop? in The Cafe

Do you know about trackballworld.com? I too am a trackball user and the good ones are getting scarce. Microsoft's trackball explorer was highly...

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Networking for remote area? in Networking & Wireless

Is this line of sight? A highly directional antenna seems like an option. If you're a reasonably skilled tinkerer, do you know about Cantenna? ...

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread Brother HL 2130 not printing properly in Hardware

I'm not sure if this will help you but it helped me. What driver for the HL2130 are you using? I have an MFC-7820n which installs brscript by...

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2 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread RealTek RTL-8188CUs working well-how to in Networking & Wireless

Interesting! I have the same thing - the flashing capslock & numlock indicate a kernel panic. I tried disabling wifi then unplugging the adapter -...

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3 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread [ubuntu] How much RAM is ideal for Ubuntu? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

I recently installed 32 bit Xubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Dimension w/ 512 MB.RAM. The owner has zero tech savvy and just really wanted an web...

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3 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread RealTek RTL-8188CUs working well-how to in Networking & Wireless

Dunno. I installed Tim Phillips' .deb file, it works very well, survives kernel/image updates etc. I have no reason to try anything else.

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3 Days Ago

kurt18947 replied to a thread kodak printer in Hardware

I've debated this with myself. Do I recommend a distro with such a short support cycle? If the in-place upgrades work as promised it wouldn't be an...

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