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The performance problems with linux on older hardware are mostly related to services and the window manager. A modern distribution, properly configured and a very light WM will do the trick for most...

I would recommend a new distribution with a lighter desktop environment. You could try the manjaro netbook edition...

I did not check what your program should do - probably it prints a function in [-1 1] and then, some of its harmonics ...

Here's the code (it MIGHT help if you check the documentation of fplot...

All depends on how the job situation is in Sweden. If you can get a job with a 3 year bachelor, good for you. Many jobs in the EU require computer engineers to have 6-year master diplomas.

I...

I'll never commit to a single OS. Counterproductive.

The 32-bit version of Matlab has certain memory limits for individual arrays (around ~1.5GB) and all arrays (a bit bigger). So, even though theoretically it could use more (up to 4GB), the...

The Dell quad-cores run really hot. There are some reviews on www.notebookcheck.net and other sites where they talk about the problem. Basically the whole cooling system is underpowered ....

It should work flawlessly however, it might just give a kernel segmentation fault and a reinstall would be required.

As a general rule, you should never run intensive computational software in a virtual machine. If you want to use the linux version of matlab, use a dual-boot configuration, otherwise, use the mac...

Ummm, I think 2.1 beta is the default in 9.04 . I do not know about reverting to 2.0, I'd say it is possible after removing 2.1 and installing kde3 libs.

It's still in beta .... The functionality is still there but lots of bugs. Submit some bug reports and cross fingers ;)

If gparted or fdisk -l can see it as a fat32 partition, try mounting it manually in a folder of your choice
sudo mount -t fat32 /dev/sdaX /your/directory where sdaX is the associated device with...

People have their egos and the development platforms differ quite a lot.

Nope.

The thing to be really amazed is how far linux got from ~98-99 when people started adopting it as a full Windows replacement. Compling everything yourself, drivers for 1/10 of all available hardware,...

Try here : http://www.fs-driver.org/ . I never had problems with it ;) .

It is not persistent unfortunately. If you put it inside /etc/rc.local, it should become 'persistent' (by executing it everytime at boot).

Well, that's what the -B parameter does: adjusting the value adjusts the time of inactivity after wich the head is parked. Still, the time - parameter value relation is not quite documented :|

To...

The choice of the filesystem for the big data partition depends more on what OS you use more: if it is Linux, make it ext3 and use a windows driver for ext2/3 to read/write from it (you shouldn't...

Strange that effects are sluggish, the x1600 should handle them without any problem. You can try a live cd and see if it is an upgrade-related problem or with driver/compiz.

Technically, if you scale down an image no interpolation is involved (you interpolate between known pixels). The errors come from the fact that nu blurring is done before subsampling thus high...

Mobile 4 series graphics from intel is fully supported even though performance is quite low. Try also :
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep intel You will see all the lines that contain 'intel' and it...

Does the system even support 4GB of ram ? If it does, only 3.2-3.5 will be actually used on a 32 bit OS. If you want all 4GB to be available, install a 64 bit OS if the processor supports it.

I remember the days of KDE 3.1 . It was nothing like 3.5 in terms of performance, stability and features. KDE4 is still immature but has huge potential.

PS. I also had to switch to Gnome in 8.10...

Install the systemsettings and kdeartwork packages. You should find there the setings for KDE4 fonts.