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    Re: What is the best File System?

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems explains it best.
    personally i prefer ext3, its readable by all the live CDs or boot disks i have tried and also can be read from windows using...
  2. Re: What is this whole thing with all these respository problems?

    i had the gpg error problem, but backing up, deleting the file sources.list and restoring it from the backup fixed it, not sure why but it worked.........

    i found the tip in a thread on these...
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    Re: Most of ubuntu CDs are unreadable

    Its true they are free, but the idea is to hand them out to people to try out ubuntu.
    Its not good marketing to give people dud CDs free or not.

    How would you like someone to offer you a lift...
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    Re: Nickname Origins

    Mine is just my real name given to me by my mum, i like it :)
    I was shocked it wasnt taken, it normally is.
    If taken i would have used my normal nick, Errtu which is a character from a book written...
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    Re: Windows programs you can't live without...

    Adobe Photoshop - im just used to it and not used to gimp, PS has much more documentation to help you learn to use it.

    Games - Cedega dosnt seem to support alot of my games. :(
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    Re: What are you reading (right now)?

    "Will They Ever Trust Us Again" - Michael Moore (interesting read)
    "The Hit List" - Chris Ryan (just finished)

    "Linux Bible" - Candace Leiden + Terry Collins (redhat 7.1 came free with this...
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    Poll: Re: Kubuntu or Ubuntu

    ubuntu for me but i like a simple solid desktop, i used KDE always on my other distros but using ubuntu changed me over to gnome, and politics has nothing to do with it, even if gnome was tested on...
  8. Re: How often do you do a clean install of your OS?

    i went through a stage of reinstalling windows every 3 weeks or so, eventually after learning to maintain it properly it lasted about 2 years and didnt seem to loose any performance. i didnt run an...
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    Poll: Re: What is your Favorite Music Player?

    i like beep-media-player
    its like xmms but a little cleaner, the fonts in the menus are nicer. i used winamp in windows and xmms in other linux distros so i guess i just feel more at home with it....
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    Poll: Re: Ubuntu Gaming site?

    i think its a great idea, would be nice to have more Ubuntu specific installation guides for unsupported games.

    It also would be cool having reviews and screen shots of all those games in the...
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    Re: gates donates more money

    The fact that bill gates gives money to charity hardley makes it ethical to use his operating system, does he also give away free windows XP licences to schools that cant afford to buy them? i...
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    Poll: Re: Poll: What was your first OS?

    Oric Extended Basic v1
    ORIC 1 was my first computer, not sure if it qualifies as an operating system though


    10 print "hello world!";
    20 goto 10
    was about as far as i got
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    Re: what's the average torrent dwnld speed

    depends on many factors, how many seeds, peers, how much of the file you need to get, the best client imo is azureus and i have maxed my connection speed often on it at 240ish kbps (2mb cable)
  14. Re: How to do a tray icon application on gnome/kde?

    AllTray is a program that lets you send any window to a tray icon, to get it back you just click on the icon, i put the altray launcher next to the systray and when you click it the cursor turns to a...
  15. Thread: Ubuntu Support

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    Ubuntu Support

    The support for ubuntu in these forums is outstanding, for 5 years i have been trying to get into linux but always ran up against something i couldnt not do and ran back to windows.
    From RPM...
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    Re: Howto: GnoCHM, a nicer way to view chm files

    great stuff, been trying to get this working properly from an old howto and not getting anywhere, thanks for the .debs :)
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    Re: HOWTO: Reducing boot time in Breezy using InitNG

    http://forum.initng.thinktux.net/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=1f418ad14fc6157bcf8855c0184409a7

    some good scripts here to get various things working
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    Re: HOWTO: Reducing boot time in Breezy using InitNG

    worked a treat, thankyou meralon :)
    20 seconds to boot from power on to gui, very nice
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    Re: HOWTO: Reducing boot time in Breezy using InitNG

    i tried this and my system booted super fast... into console mode :(

    anyway this is the output when i install it with dpkg


    Setting up initng (0.3.3-2) ...
    Automatically generating...
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    Re: HOW-TO: Fix Your Monitor Refresh Rate

    i agree too that it would be nice, even if in the system>prefrences>screen resolution it let you go past what you think is safe then gave 10 seconds to comfirm it works like the windows or sax2...
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    Re: Counter strike clone for linux

    i havnt tried the mod yet (downloading now) but when it tried to download a map when i connect to a server the game crashes to desktop, not tried as root though, isnt that a little iffy? logging onto...
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    Re: HOW-TO: Building your own Java 1.5 package

    thankyou, worked a charm :D
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    Poll: Re: Do you use the Workspace Switcher?

    ive just really started to become dependant on them, and tabbed browsing too, feels horrible booting into windows now, soon windows will seem like a bad dream i used to have, atleast it will when i...
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    Re: HOW-TO: Fix Your Monitor Refresh Rate

    Glad this has helped for you who have been able to use it.

    Veloci your right for changing resolution but this is to fix your refresh rate ;)

    I wish i could help you guys having problems with...
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    Re: HOWTO: Installing Azureus on Breezy

    thankyou, been messing with this for a while, added the

    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
    deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse

    and it worked...
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