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  1. [all variants] Looking for a good presentation program

    I am arranging a dual-monitor setup with one monitor being in the control booth and the other being a projector out in the theater. I'm looking for an app that will let me queue up both videos and...
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    Did not know this. I hate the Gimp so i will be installing this very quickly :D

    I've not used K3B much because its always crashed on me so i use gnomebaker. For the most part though, people just...
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    Pardon me, but people like you just **** me off. How hard is it to understand that there is free software available for windows? Most of this free windows software is even better than its linux...
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    Firefox is not a perk of linux, its made for pretty much every operating system on the market atm.
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    I actually have yet to install any drivers on my osx install. Either something works or it doesnt, there is generally no workaround.
    If linux keeps growing on the small hardware support it has now...
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    Do you really think that a tiny niche market is enough to make hardware makers spend their time and money to write drivers? They have to do what makes them the most money, and writing drivers for a...
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    Hardware support is a never ending battle. Why should a hardware manufacturer go out of their way and pay people to write drivers for 5% of computer users?
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    Vista x64 runs 32-bit apps. Idk about XP x64 because its terrible, but i game on my vista install and most game binaries are 32 bit.
  9. [kubuntu] Re: ndiswrapper cant find kernel version

    i had it installed via synaptic, but every driver i loaded into it had an error. It said they were an "invalid driver" or something. I read somewhere that installing it from source makes it work...
  10. [kubuntu] ndiswrapper cant find kernel version

    Im trying to install ndiswrapper from source and i get this error:

    steven@ubuntu:~/ndiswrapper/nd$ make distclean
    make -C driver clean
    make[1]: Entering directory...
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    Re: How many "girlfriends" have you had?

    +1
  12. [other] Re: OOo's Batabase compatible with Office 2003's Access?

    Somehow i completely missed their forums.
    Doh.
    Thanks bro :D
  13. [other] OOo's Batabase compatible with Office 2003's Access?

    Well, as you can guess from the thread title i'd like to use OOo 3 along with some pc's that already have Office 2003 installed. The entire DB is in office 2k3 format, so will OOo 3 work with it and...
  14. [all variants] Re: Why does it take a long time to tell me my password is wrong?

    That sounds like a good idea. One typo and you only have to wait 1 second and you can log in right away. 2nd fail is 2 seconds, 3rd is 4, 8, 16, 32, 64...
    Not only is that more convenient but it...
  15. [all variants] Why does it take a long time to tell me my password is wrong?

    I've always wondered this and i was logging in and misspelled my name and it reminded me. Whenever i misstype a password or username it takes about 5 seconds for any linux distro to tell me it was...
  16. Re: why do we still use "window" based GUI's?

    If one makes a window fullscreen then its their own fault they cant see the windows under the open app. Its not difficult to stack windows by hand so you can see more than one.
    And if i have a...
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    Re: If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?

    You are officially the last person to the WINE party.
    Allow me to clear some things up for you though. WINE is not an emulator (in fact, thats what WINE stands for). Its the windows API superglued...
  18. [ubuntu] Re: HOWTO: Get proper video resolution with trident video card and Ubuntu 8.04

    I followed the guide and everything seems to be working fine but the screen is shifted right a few px. There are a few blank pixels on the left of the screen and my mouse can go past teh edge of the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: No window decorators with compiz

    I tried many a stupid thing to get this working (i like to tinker) and borked my system. Im working on finishing up a re-install and i'll see what happens then.
    Thanks for the input guys, this time...
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    [ubuntu] No window decorators with compiz

    Its been a while since i set up compiz. I just installed a minimal ubuntu install, grabbed compiz, emerald, ccsm, and fusion-icon and found a few good themes.
    I run "compiz --replace" and my...
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    Re: The "Bye, Ubuntu" thread

    I have NOD32 and Comodo installed on vista and it takes literally 20 seconds to boot after i choose it from my bootloader. I have a decent machine (2.6ghz core2duo, 4gb ram, 8600get. nothing special,...
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    Re: The "Bye, Ubuntu" thread

    i used my sisters laptop when we were waiting for a plane once and all the ads in IE7 made my eyes bleed (she abhors firefox some some retarded reason). I waited until we got home to check my email,...
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    Re: The "Bye, Ubuntu" thread

    Adblock+ is a standard on any firefox install, regardless of OS. I've been to many shady sites in my day and NOD32+Adblock have kept me running at 100%.
    Imo, linux/mac zealots play the virus card so...
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    Re: The "Bye, Ubuntu" thread

    Getting a virus on windows isnt as easy as everyone makes it out to be. Unless you are an idiot, then its really easy, lol. Im a savvy enough user to know to avoid "free (insert product here)!" ads...
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    Re: The "Bye, Ubuntu" thread

    Heres the steps i take to keep windows clean:
    1) install NOD32
    2) ?
    3) Profit!

    I've installed vista/xp/ubuntu on many machines and it always takes longer to get ubuntu set up.
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