Depends on what you mean. A nerd is intelligent but lacks social skills. A geek is very interested in a particular topic.
Personally I feel that geek suits me better. I was a nerd in school (great...
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Depends on what you mean. A nerd is intelligent but lacks social skills. A geek is very interested in a particular topic.
Personally I feel that geek suits me better. I was a nerd in school (great...
The GPL only requires them to give the source code to those they have distributed the software to. If you have not received the software from them then they don't have to give you the source code if...
Doesn't...
sudo apt-get autoremove
...remove all orphaned packages?
The OP says boycott ATI support Nvidia. Is it still that way that ATI is hostile towards Linux and open source while Nvidia are more friendly?
A friend's Windows XP would no longer boot. Since they knew I was working with tech support (I handled mostly hardware issues with newer PCs) they asked me for help. I popped in an Ubuntu disc but...
I'm as sure as a non-lawyer can be (which is not very sure at all) that they're legal here in Sweden. It's not possible to patent math here so for example the LGPL'd LAME mp3 encoder is not...
There are clear measurements for the image quality of a graphics card. There are no abstract differences in for example color quality, all graphics cards are digital with perfect image quality, what...
What Mark Shuttleworth did.
After a quick look at the current prices I'd build a desktop with a Phenom 2 quad core 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR2, 1TB HDD, integrated graphics, cheap DVD burner, cheap case with good reviews and high quality...
That sounds like a good compromise. If the standard repository is far enough behind the cutting edge repository breakage might be discovered in time before average users get it. So being 1 or 2...
Ubuntu's strength is that it is the mainstream Linux distro. There are so many distros out there which one to choose, I don't know just stick with the popular default choice: Ubuntu. It needs to keep...
Unix like kernels won't execute EXE files and Windows won't execute ELF files. How do you make one file that both will execute?
If you solve that problem then you can hypothetically run a program...
Quickest way to count the lines in a text file, so you know for next time:
wc -l file.txt
You can also do wc -w to count number of words and wc -m to count number of characters. Just wc file.txt...
GPL'd software is also licensed, not sold and the GPL also only grants you some rights while the author reserves all other rights. If users where granted all rights the software would be in the...
So the op wants to use the whole hard drive for Ubuntu but keep Vista to later sell the laptop with Vista on it.
1. Agree to Vista's EULA.
2. Make a Vista Install CD.
3. Install Ubuntu, use the...
It also deserves to be rewarded for being one of those rare games that offers new gameplay rather than yet another over hyped Wolfenstein 3D clone. I bet even my mom will like it and she's the...
Windows needs more maintenance for me.
It takes more time for me to install and set up Ubuntu LTS just the way I want it and fix all problems. Once I have a system with no problems I don't change...
What is the point of programs such as Open Office and Abiword? Why not just go to the website (Google docs, Microsoft Office Live, OpenGoo, etc) to do office work?
Or for that matter why use chat...
The website should have told the web browser to turn off auto complete for that form by adding the autocomplete="off" attribute to the <form> tag. It's not valid standard HTML but works in all major...
If a clueless user buys Ubuntu for $50 from a 3rd party and then discovers they paid for free junk and are not entitled to support despite being paying customers they'll feel ripped off. I don't know...
I don't know what Vimperator is but I prefer to view bookmarks in a sidebar, they're more accessible that way than in a menu. It's Ctrl+B to show/hide the bookmarks sidebar in standard Firefox.
I have a Kensington Orbit with the ball in the middle and 2 buttons, it is very comfortable to use.
1) It needs no drivers or configuration, just plug it in an click away.
3) It's not good...
I think brown is okay and most of Ubuntu's default themes over the years have been better than XP's toy like theme but Ubuntu won't beat Vista and OSX in looks unless it drops brown entirely and goes...
No, POSIX Certification and Unix Certification are different things.
These days you can get official permission to use the Unix trademark by passing an expensive certification process that involves a test of Unix compatibility (similar to the Acid 3 test of browser...