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Hey, any idea what happened to the Flying Toasters screensaver? That seems to be missing from the screensaver list on my install, and any idea how to get it back?

I guess you know you're a geek when you see the question, "how many ears does the average human have?" and you automatically think: "three -- left ear, right ear, final frontier"

ms-sys does not appear to exist.

Nor can I delete my Linux partitions in GParted because it asks me to unmount volumes higher than 5, but it will not let me delete /dev/sda6 (the swap file).
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Okay, so, I have a Netgear wireless router. I access the wireless via my laptop, which has Windows Vista, and Ubuntu (Intrepid) on it.

Last night, after much thinking about it 'cause I was...

I've tried Windows Live Messenger on my Vista setup, and on Ubuntu, I've tried Emesene, aMSN, Pidgin and Empathy. Each time, I am getting messages about server/network errors.

x_x

I also tried...

I think it's a server issue, folks. >.>;

I can't connect today on Windows Live Messenger (when on Vista), or via Emesene or Pidgin (on Ubuntu).

It means what is considered to be 7 o'clock in the morning in Eastern USA. : )

That's 12pm GMT, if it makes it easier for folks to calculate, and for you, Mdurham, 10pm at night.

*chuckle*

'Allo, another lass here. *waves*

o.O Really? I was told by another Linux user at the time of having the crashes I'd described that it'd been a segfault, and that it's considered the Linux equivalent of a BSOD.

I've had it happen.

It's called a segfault.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmentation_fault

In my case, I was running Second Life, at the time, alongside Emesene and XChat. The entirety of...

*Gentle bump...*

Here be my bootchart.

Hi, folks.

I'm having a few issues with my Logitech USB mic. This, I realize, is nothing new -- I did a search on the forum, and checked the settings in Audacity, as well as trying out the advice...

I've been experiencing some issues myself; now and then, it does take a few minutes for a page to show up. Such has been known to fail now and then with a 502 Proxy error. Refreshing sometimes helps,...

This is so awesome. xD

度も有難うございます!　＾＿＾

~Fiona

I've seen this done; my dad used to have a laptop that required username/password, and pin to login. In his case, he had a little electronic card that he had to keep with him at all times in order to...

I admit to growing up using Windows, ever since 3.1. *Sheepish grin*

Though I also used Atari ST prior to that. I've still got it somewhere, actually... would probably still *work*, were I to hook...

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defenestrate

It means to throw something out the window.

Comes from an ancient form of assassination, where people were pushed from windows. Hence its meaning. : )...

Gives an entirely new meaning to defenestration. ; )

Essentially, Wubi installs Ubuntu to a folder within your Windows partition. It's a bit like installing an application. You download and run Wubi from Windows, choose a username and password of your...

Well, you might wanna check the helpfile on Open Office provided by the documentation folks at Ubuntu:

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/office/C/office-suites.html

I think there *is* some...

Ah, it's neat to see someone else making the jump from Vista for the first time. It's been a couple of days since I installed Ubuntu (I used Wubi -- I wasn't comfortable with partitioning my...