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I truly apologize for resurrecting this half-decade thread, but the information presented must be corrected.

The DirectX alternative, in this context, is the entire Kronos API collection. ...

The purpose of checkinstall is to manage your manually compile applications, as you would a regular package. It basically makes binary deb packages, from the make installation procedure. It's not a...

Your incorrect, Realtek has done only slightly less than Ralink. They allow the firmware to be redistributed, and provide a generally working vendor driver with source. This is actually better than...

SFTP is great, no question about it, but it does not replace FTP over SSL verbatim.

First, to get an FTP like setup, where the user root / directory, is not the server root / directory. You must...

I have 12.04 installed, my notebook model is HP DV4-1313dx.
I also have everything working, but no touchpad support of any kind.

It also seem like HP, has some sort of combined keyboard/mouse...

.img is just a raw format, it really could be almost anything. floppy disks, hard drives, or even a raw partition could be stored in an .img.

I hope i'm very wrong, but everything I've read indicates that 'mx5' does not include i.MX51. I'm very upset about this, and really want something newer than Lucid 10.04 for my Ecafe EX. Truthfully...

.. Its so ridiculous, the web is filled with people mindlessly echoing the same old answers.

If the answer (practically plastered all over the web) worked nobody would go through the trouble of...

You should always check if a device is usable with GNU/Linux, This was the norm when I first started using Ubuntu 4.10 and Debian. I'v stuck to this as a mantra, after getting so many incompatible...

I'm getting so sick of my current netbook, I really want the long-life of an ARM based SoC. All those stupid hardware magazines promised me I'd have one by now, THEY PROMISED ME!!!

Workstation, which is my main machine.

Mobo: SuperMicro H8SGL-F-O, AMD Socket G34

CPU: AMD Opteron 6128, 8x Cores

RAM: Kingston ECC Registered RAM 8 G,

GFX: AMD Radeon HD 5670

Love ARM, but hate tablets. I just need a real keyboard, I'm unable to do any real work without it. I would like to drop my x86 netbook, and replace it with an ARM based one. Except I've been...

Completely switched to Linux 8 years ago, never looked back. I'v been working as a Linux Sysadmin for last 6 years, and never personally use another OS. It was the the most influential decision...

I've been looking for a netbook that can run any Debian based distro.
My requirements are fairly slim, if you ask me. Anything with a 7'' - 12'' screen, and a netbook style keyboard. Must be...

It is actually fairly common, to have some sort of ACPI warning these days!


Its not great, but it should not pose any noticeable problem. If the bug is not in feature critical table, or can be...

@angry_johnnie, that's exactly what I was talking about! Some cheepy with an arm processor, that can boot Debian. And the one guy posted the eBay link, shows android netbooks. But Linux support,...

I use GPG2, and used to use GPG1. I brought my keys over and back a couple times, without consequence. I think my main DSA2 key was originally created in GPG1, My RSA in GPG2. Keeping compatible...

I just read this, while looking for a similar thing,
Here is what Ubuntu used to do.

Grub -> initramfs -> init.d/console-setup

The font was set at init.d. Basically if you disabled any...

If your having a performance problem, you always want to identify the cause first. It could be almost anything, but based on your hardware description, I would check your load.

What is the output...

You really need to be more specific about both your problem, and the circumstances leading to it.

What if you boot Ubuntu live from the new release? Does it boot correctly? Does X load as...

Your output looks correct, as far as Xv is concerned. You also will want to check if your media player is set for Xv as its video output mode.

I too use mplayer, as I found it to be the best...

Did you ever get that gx_head to build? I'm also looking at building it soon, and would like to know you have more problems.

Actually, if anyone got gx_head to build (or made a ppa) fill me in!

Obviously your responding to my post, so I assume you know what it said. I will reiterate again, the Toshiba ac100 is not a valid option.

BTW...
when you see 250$ in Europe, They are not...

if you want to add a kernal option to your boot menu,
You need to edit /etc/default/grub

Locate this line, append acpi=off to list inside double quotes.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" ......

@ernstp, Toshiba AC100 is a non-solution.
for multiple reasons.

1. I don't believe it is released in the US.

2. It is far from affordable, approx 500$! for that price I would have gone with...