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Hi guys, thanks for the replies. Extenuating circumstances have forced my hand somewhat so I've put this little project to bed for now. My plan is to build a new machine from scratch so will probably...

OK, I gave that a quick try before I left for work this morning. It seemed to help but it is still kinda rubbish. I've done more reading (at work...naughty) and I have one question and few things...

Hi all,

I'm sorry as this seems very familiar to a lot of topics, but I can't seem to answer the problem through searching. Well I know what the fix is, but it doesn't help with another problem......

After sleeping on it, this is what I'm probably going to do in the short term. Long term I'll get a new box for Ubuntu and then set up my Windows machine as a headless server for games that Ubuntu...

Hi all,

I want to get back into using Ubuntu because I loved it, but was always dragged back to Windows because of my gaming habits. My recent forced switch to Windows 8.1 at work (yeah the day...

Well that was all a waste of time! The problem I was trying to fix (OpenELEC not working on my network...among other things) was corrected through a total fluke, so my need to wipe and start fresh...

Thanks for your help so far :) I'll have to give this a try in the morning as I do not have any more time tonight.

That's the thing - windows can see the drive in the Device Manager, but it won't mount for me to actually browse it. As I can't view it in Windows Explorer, I am unable to format it.

In Ubuntu it...

Hi all,

I'm going insane here so I have to ask. I have previously been running Openelec on my HTPC off a 16GB UB Flash Drive. I know want to use that flash drive for something else so I am trying...

Thanks again. I'll do some reading :)

Thanks for the advice and link Crusty. I can say with no uncertainty that I did not drag and drop. I never drag and drop. Always Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V - it's a force of habit seen as I use it in just...

Yup. Whatever the copy did it didn't do it right. What is frustrating is that it has copied EVERY other file and directory without issue. Only .txt files are having this issue. I'm resigned to the...

I understand that. I copied and pasted the files straight out of their folder into the dropbox folder and the backup HDD. No shortcuts were involved. Something has obviously gone pretty gone.

Hi all,

I recently switched 100% from Windows to Ubuntu. I backed up all my important files including some .txt files into DropBox. I also copied the files to a backup HDD. So they are on physical...

Thanks for the reply. I didn't think to try that.

I switched to the open source drivers and initially it didn't do anything, but it seems to be working beautifully now :)

Thanks!

Hi all,

Sorry if this is in the wrong spot - it's been a while since I last used Ubuntu, but I've ditched Windows all together and am making a real go of it :) All good so far except this...

I've been out of the 'game' for a while so apologies if it's obvious, but what theme and icon pack are you using?

Cheers.

OK, I will have to try some of this tonight. Just to be clear on a few things:


My tv_show directory contains a sub-directory for each show. There are no sub-directories under these show...

Hi all,

I know next to nothing about bash programming but I have had a crack at something for my media PC.

What I'm trying to do is, on start-up, automatically create a list of the latest...

I told my girlfriend I'd use the old NAS to build a desktop machine for her (mine is 'sacred' lol). I'm going to try and sneak Ubuntu on it, pretty it up of course, and see how she likes it. All she...

Performance throttled or not I'd imagine (and I've got no facts on hand to back this up so please don't take it as being rude) a full blown desktop PC would still run more power intensive than a...

That's it - my main concern is power consumption.

My desktop is a power hungry beast (quad core, AMD video card, lots of RAM and 4 HDD's as it is without the inclusion of the 2 from the NAS) plus...

Oddly enough I'm formatting the drives to NTFS already - however it's because I've decided I should just let go of the hardware I was using for my NAS and just use my Windows box as the NAS for the...

Yeah I've transferred all my media and I am in the process of formatting everything to a friendlier to use format. No UFS for me thanks!

I ended up using the universal USB installer because I only had a spare 4GB flash drive, and Ubuntu wanted 4.3GB. How the Universal Installer goes about fitting it on I'm not sure, but it has worked....