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  1. Re: Converted my Dad to Linux over Thanksgiving Break

    I have found it very relaxing to put my neighbours(60+), parents(59+) and wife on GNU/Linux (K/Ubuntu), it means little or no intervention on my part; any administration can be done remotely and it...
  2. Thread: Favorite sport

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    Poll: Re: Favorite sport

    Rugby League.
    MotoGP

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  3. Poll: Re: How many of you carry Linux live distros around with you?

    I gave my cousin a livecd I *just* happened to have in my pocket, he used it at work and found that any machine in his factory could access the internet and any of the company intranet pages!
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  4. Re: Linux mentioned on mainstream TV during prime-time - who said writer strikes are

    OT!

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  5. Re: Linux mentioned on mainstream TV during prime-time - who said writer strikes are

    I watched a film, Copycat, with Sigourney Weaver using some kind of *nix, running terminals in a gui.

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    Re: Help Ubuntu out...visit the BBC website

    Blog about BBC GNU/Linux user numbers.....


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/linux_figures_1.html


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    Re: Help Ubuntu out...visit the BBC website

    This is the latest from freethebbc@binaryfreedom.info...



    Dear Mr Kamens

    Thank you for your email regarding BBC iPlayer Beta.

    Please accept our apologies for the delay in replying. *We...
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    Poll: Re: What's the best keyboard you've ever used

    The only Microsoft product I would ever endorse ...

    Wireless MultiMedia Keyboard & Mouse 1.0A.

    There I said it.

    Now lets never talk about this again!

    Diesel1.
  9. Poll: Re: "Which are your favorite Linux (PAPER) magazines?" [multiple choice enabled poll]

    Exactly, save your cash!

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  10. Re: Request for violent imagery to be removed.

    Thankyou very much KiwiNZ.

    Diesel1.
  11. Request for violent imagery to be removed.

    I feel that some aspects of the forum code are being implemented heavy handed while others are being ignored.

    If this site is, as stated by KiwiNZ, *not* R18/Adult, supposed to be free from...
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    Re: What mobile phone(s) do you own?

    None.

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  13. Thread: Need a logo

    by diesel1
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    Re: Need a logo

    Or more logo like...

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  14. Thread: Need a logo

    by diesel1
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    Re: Need a logo

    Do you mean something like this image....

    This is the Emancipatio statue on a roundabout at Haggatt Hall, Barbados.

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  15. Re: What is the lamest reason for giving up on Ubuntu/Linux you've ever heard?

    I think he might prefer Yellow Dog or FoX Desktop!

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  16. Re: What is the lamest reason for giving up on Ubuntu/Linux you've ever heard?

    'My dog likes windows'!

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    Re: Study finds kids justify illegal downloads

    Although I agree that there should be more equilibrium in payment for any kind of work, I also think WishingWell is correct in his assertion that society in general seems to think that it is entitled...
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    Re: What do you friends think of Linux/ Ubuntu?

    I have a couple (both 60+) next door, who run mandrake 10.2, I built the system and installed Mandrake for them. They like it how it is and don't want to change! They also share my ADSL, over wifi....
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    Re: How is Ubuntu so damn fast?

    I too have a partition with Arch Linux(with KDEMod). It is the fastest booting os I have seen.

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    Re: What is the name of your computer(s)?

    My desktops are diesel1 and disco.

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    Re: UK Broadband ISP

    I was on a static ip dial-up account originally, when I upgraded to adsl they put me home with my original ip. I have never had any kind of restriction or warnings for any downloading, maybe I am...
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    Re: UK Broadband ISP

    My parents use talktalk, with a linux system. The new broadband package gives them 850k download speed(they are 300m away from exchange) for just £4 more than their original telephone contract
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    Re: UK Broadband ISP

    I have used Demon for 12 years.

    I started with them on 56k dialup, then tried Zen for broadband while keeping my Demon 56k account.

    After 5 months I found Zen did not offer a password server,...
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    Re: What is your favorite burner?

    It has to be K3B!

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  25. Re: What does an icon of your IP address look like?

    Here you are...there must be a formula to work out the address(?).

    Any suggestions for my image are welcome.

    Diesel1.
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