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I am using a barebones LXDE desktop, and I need some help configuring it for low vision use.

First of all, I want to set consistent large size fonts system-wide. It is my understanding that...

To provide more information, I decided to open up my tower and examine the physical connector. The drive has a 40-pin connector on its back to which a ribbon cable was attached.

Since I had to...

I have a Ratel Value Desktop circa December 2007. Its optical drive recently broke(tray came off its tracks and its now jammed), and I plan to replace it in the near future.

I have been able to...

The monitor I purchased with my System76 desktop(approcimately 2 years old) has recently developed patches where the pixels are discolored or have gone black. Attached is a digital photo of affected...

Most, if not all, of the available plug-ins for Gwenview are contained within the kipi-plugins package.

Like joelgsf, I dislike the default software bundle included with Ubuntu and its variants. As such, I install kde-minimal(previously kde-core) on top of a server installation to give me a basic, yet...

5511 Cloanthus (1988 TH1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 08, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.

Thought it might be a good idea to include something geeky related to the number.

Sounds like a useful feature if the technical issues can be resolved. However, I think it would be more useful if such a system could also produce html and OpenDocument files.

I honestly cannot think of anything I miss from Windows, but I miss many things from Linux when I set down to a Windows machine.

I was trained to type on a Qwerty, and I never have to look at the keyboard, and could probably work with a blank keyboard. Dvorak might increase my already proficient typing speed even further, but...

Unknown > Old Version of Mac OS > DOS > Windows 3.1 > Windows 95 > Windows 98 > Mandrake Linux > Windows XP > Ubuntu > Kubuntu.

Personally, I would rather save my blank DVDs for something that will have a longer shelf life than a few weeks(Alpha/Beta/RC) to 6 months(Releases). Actually, I hate using CDs for something with...

While I understand that Dell attempts to build more affordable systems, I still cannot help wondering how much of the Dellbuntu problems are due to Dell sacrificing too much quality in the name of...

I agree that properly functioning pre-loaded systems that are not broken upon the first upgrade to a new release can give Ubuntu an advantage over Windows.

I purchased a desktop from System76...

I like the idea, provided the solution works well regardless of which file manager is being used.

Personally, I think the simplest solution would be the creation of a series of "*-desktop-minimal" meta-packages that make it easy to install a command line system and than upgrade it to a bare bones...

I own a Rio Karma, but it is currently unusable as it has no music loaded. I hope to get it working with Hardy in the near future though. I think I have all the necessary software installed properly,...

Well, the KDE4 Application Launcher does have a link to the trash under the computer tab, but I will agree that it is annoying that the trash panel widget is gone.

I initially turned my laptop to Dual TinyXP/Kubuntu around the time of Breezy. During either Dapper or Edgy, I ditched Windows altogether. I even managed to convert my computer illiterate fiancee to...

Microsoft's Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.
Converting my entire family to Linux.

Okay, thinking more realistic:

Perfected DirectX emulation in Wine.

The addition of a "Barebones KDE" metapackage to...

I'm looking to buy a pair of DVD Players, and I want some recommendations from my fellow geeks.

It can be portable or for a Home Theater, but either way RCA Stereo/Composite Video(Red, White,...

I attend a small community college in my hometown, and while their labs are all Microsoft, most of there computers have Firefox, and most of the professors in the Computer department are quite...

I did have a 4 GB Windows partition that I was using exclusively for an ATI TVWonder, but recording TV wasn't worth the hassle, and I'm now 100% Linux. Now if I could only convert my family.

I don't know if this effects Dapper and below, but I followed this guide in Edgy and had to manually edit my sources.list to enable multiverse repositories in order to get all of the dependencies.

I use Firefox for checking my e-mail. I honestly don't see the appeal of having another program for e-mail(unless your e-mail service sucks). Plus I dought if evolution or thunderbirds either have as...