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Roasted started a thread Ubuntu GNOME - Speed up notification menu bar wake up time? in General Help

I'm running Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 64 bit with the Gnome3 PPA, which brought my Gnome version to 3.8.2. If you hold your cursor at the bottom of the...

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9 Hours Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread Recommend a book/resource to learn bash in The Cafe

I have read the following books and found them to be good: The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: No...

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2 Days Ago

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

How to be happy.

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2 Days Ago

Roasted started a thread 12.04 + 3.8 kernel + Broadcom STA = :( in General Help

Hello. I just did a fresh install of 12.04.2. I also installed from the repos linux-image-generic-lts-raring. This brought my kernel to 3.8.0-25....

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4 Days Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread Inevitable question, battery life on the Galago? in System76 Support

In regards to battery life my W520 with a 9 cell battery gets about 9.5 hours of battery life. My T530 gets roughly the same with a 9 cell battery.

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Roasted replied to a thread Jammin' June Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

Nice. What for clock widget is that?

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1 Week Ago

Roasted started a thread ASUS S56C Ultrabook - Touchpad & Brightness Fn Configs in Tutorials

Hello there. I have an ASUS S56C ultrabook. With the help of various other forum posts, along with some users in the IRC channel, the two main...

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1 Week Ago

ubudog replied to a thread Password required after lid closure in Absolute Beginners Section

In System Settings, under Brightness and Lock, does changing the "Lock screen after" setting help?

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Laptop locked up twice. What does this syslog entry mean? in General Help

Fired up Linux Mint 15 but ultimately had the same results on day 2 of usage. :( I'm wondering if it's a kernel thing. I didn't have any issues with...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread 3.9 kernel and broadcom drivers in Ubuntu +1

Has there been any movement with this? I'm having some random lockup issues that are driving me to the point of trying different distros. I'm not...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Girl Troubles IRL... -.- in The Cafe

^^^ Nailed it. I was in a relationship for 5 years, then another for 2 years, 1 year, and another for 1 year. All of them were train wrecks in...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a poll Do you host your own mail server at home? in The Cafe

I have a server that does literally everything else besides mail. File, print, backup, web, video surveillance, ownCloud, but no mail here...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Jammin' June Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

Started to get into some basic theming. Absolutely loving LMDE. http://i.imgur.com/w16NS2t.png http://i.imgur.com/bRmk8vi.png

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Jammin' June Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

Oh my that's sexy looking. I plan to get into some theming later today with my fresh LMDE setup. I also intend to put another SSD in my Lenovo to...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Jammin' June Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

Since I have a laptop to spare I've been tinkering around with different distros. I tried openSUSE, but it was a pretty meh experience. I fired up...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Jammin' June Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

Since I have a laptop to spare I've been tinkering around with different distros. I tried openSUSE, but it was a pretty meh experience. I fired up...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Laptop locked up twice. What does this syslog entry mean? in General Help

Is anybody running 13.04 with a system packing a 2nd gen Intel Core processor? This seems to be the only similarity between my system and the one...

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1 Week Ago

warfacegod replied to a thread Routers in Hardware

All routers I've seen will automatically regulate power output according to your location regardless of what you set them to. A direct quote from...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Laptop locked up twice. What does this syslog entry mean? in General Help

I doubt it. It's a brand new SSD, but I'll run it through a smartctl long scan and see what happens. EDIT - Another user I spoke to is having the...

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2 Weeks Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread 8 cores on a laptop? in The Cafe

Yeah, the upper level of the mobile Core i7 range is quad core with hyper-threading, the lower end i7s and all i5s are dual core.

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2 Weeks Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread New information surrounding global warming in The Cafe

dwaite: Agreed even if man is not #1 we should seek to cut down our impact. Here is some other data on the web:

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted started a thread Lmde in Other OS/Distro Support

Hello. I'm slightly confused by something. I understood LMDE to be based on Debian but more updated. A review I read suggested that you'll still be...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Debian 7 - Any way to get KDE 4.10? in Other OS/Distro Support

Part of my goal behind getting to KDE 4.10 was largely to use the Homerun Launcher with it. Does anybody know if it's somehow installable on KDE 4.8?

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Debian 7 - Any way to get KDE 4.10? in Other OS/Distro Support

Am I missing something, or did you link the wrong DE? :P

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted started a thread Debian 7 - Any way to get KDE 4.10? in Other OS/Distro Support

Pretty much as the title says. Just curious if there's a way to get KDE 4.10 on Debian 7 without having to dismantle the entire system and compile...

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2 Weeks Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread What ultrabook to get? in The Cafe

the Lenovo X1 Carbon works well with Ubuntu.

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2 Weeks Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread New information surrounding global warming in The Cafe

Yes, the one problem we have though... is that the published science has to go through politics to be published.

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2 Weeks Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread New information surrounding global warming in The Cafe

VTPoet and Copper Bezel... I think you both missed my point. I was not clear in the first one... I think man has an impact, but I am not able to say...

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2 Weeks Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread THE HUMBLE indie Bundle 8 in Gaming & Leisure

How do the 32bit only binaries play on 64bit Linux -- any issues?

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2 Weeks Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread New information surrounding global warming in The Cafe

So, you are telling me that the permian life forms did not change their behavior and it led to their extinction? I firmly believe that man should...

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