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    Re: First Computer you had

    My first PC was a throw-away custom-built 486DX given to me by a friend in 1997. Before giving it to me, she upgraded the RAM to 32mb, and put a roomy 1gb hard drive in. I remember being stoked...
  2. [kubuntu] Re: USB mp3 player doesn't show up most of the time

    I've had a very similar issue with my Sansa e260 v2, under the Ubuntu 9.x and now 10.x series. (The player worked just fine with Ubuntu 8.10, oddly enough.) chojineke, my kernel log looks similar to...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Dictionary/Spelling Change

    I've been having a similar problem with 8.10. Despite my default language being set to US English, I'm still getting British spelling corrections in Firefox, gedit, etc. OpenOffice does not seem to...
  4. [ubuntu] Re: Wrong default language in Ubuntu 8.10 GtkSpell

    I too have noticed this. Have you figured it out by any chance?
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    [ubuntu] Desktop CPU fan always on high

    Update: My bad; the problem was actually the fan on my nvidia gfx card (GeForce 8500 GT). I uninstalled the Ubuntu accelerated drivers, restarted and the fan was "normal" again. I then tried...
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    Re: Stuffed Tux Penguin

    Good luck on your penguin hunt. I still have my stuffed Tux doll from an old LinuxMall.com purchase. He's been a real friend on those nights when all I have is a command prompt and a blinking cursor....
  7. Re: What's your favorite fonts for writing?

    Onscreen: I stick with a sans font for plowing through large blocks of text, something like Verdana or Vera Sans. I don't use monospaced fonts because every letter is the same width and oftentimes my...
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    Sticky: Re: Desktop Hardware Incompatibility List.

    Under Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) on an Acer Aspire 5100-5674 laptop:

    Built-in ENE flash memory card reader (CB-712/4) gives I/O errors when copying from (but not to) 2gb SD (secure digital) cards. Mounts...
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    Re: What do you use to play your music?

    I like the idea of a music manager (ala Amarok, Rhythmbox, etc.), but in the end I chose Audacious, mainly because of the equalizer feature, but also because it reminded me of my old Winamp / XMMS...
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