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    [ubuntu] Re: Finding a good iTunes replacement

    doubleTwist will someday do this :P
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    Poll: Re: What is your age and what do you use ubuntu for?

    I'm a 25 year old electrical engineering student. I use linux on one machine as a LAN server, one both a Macbook and an iMac whenever I really need something to work and OS X pukes on it, and I often...
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    [all variants] Re: Best Distro for slow Computers?

    Custom M68k thread-jumper should do the trick. ;)
  4. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu 8.04 working but cannot connect to wireless network

    "build-essentials" just gives you many cpu language libraries, compilers (g++,etc), and probably a few other goodies. It gives you the ability to change many things, but will not fix anything by...
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    [ubuntu] Re: How to upgrade and use apt-proxy

    Was this resolved?
  6. [all variants] wondering about bittorrent variant to apt-get

    High server loads due to the new release got me thinking about torrents today. I'm wondering if there is a similar program/script to apt-get that uses torrents with a network of others doing the...
  7. Thread: Matlab for Linux

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    [ubuntu] Re: Matlab for Linux

    Octave is fantastic. I've used Matlab in several courses now (Elec. Engin.), and have found Octave compatible with almost all computational commands. Aside from some minor differences in plotting...
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    [all variants] Re: update manager using bittorrents

    I also wonder...
    Is there a group of folks out there wrapping packages into torrents to distribute among their own networks, friends or groups?
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    [ubuntu] Re: I have 6gb ram. Do I really need any swap?

    I routinely crash my fancy new MacBook with 2GB RAM and equal swap with grubby Matlab scripts eating up memory and OSX not being able to shut it off in time. (Yeah, I know -- write better scripts,...
  10. [all variants] Re: faster using the torrent on Apr 34 2008 for 8.04

    http://releases.ubuntu.com/

    --> http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/
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    [all variants] Re: update manager using bittorrents

    Oh... so I should probably just man apt-get then :P .

    Thank you!

    knowledge += 1.
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    [all variants] [Solved] update manager using bittorrents

    I'm looking for an option or setup to get the program "Update Manager" to use bittorrent files automatically instead of bombarding the central servers/mirrors for repository files and, as in the...
  13. [ubuntu] Re: Need Help, unable to install Ubuntu on my HP DV6000z

    Perhaps a common nVidia video driver problem:
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
  14. [ubuntu] Re: How much can upgrading to Hardy wreck all the work I did to get Gutsy working?

    Whatever decision you come to, perhaps wait a week or two for the first few first-release bugs to be worked through to give yourself a better shot at smooth seas.
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    [all variants] Re: Need help installing!

    i recommend referring to one of the excellent guides:

    http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=dual+boot+ubuntu+7.10+windows+xp

    -->...
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    [ubuntu] Re: hardy system loses nvidia after upgrade

    these may be helpful

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia?highlight=(nvidia)

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BuildYourOwnNvidiaGlx?highlight=(nvidia)
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  17. [all variants] Re: Remove custom nvidia driver installation and use the "right" way

    The new version wasn't so hot, either, though it did get updated this morning...

    http://www.albertomilone.com/envyfaq.html#A
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    [ubuntu] Re: Beta 8.04 to HH8.04 upgrade

    I don't personally know, but I've seen the question and the answer is: you'll have the finished product through normal updates. :)
  19. Poll: Re: Share with the community your gutsy install/upgrade experience

    In addition to my above post:

    I couldn't stand it; I installed envyng (see this link for details: EnvyNG-InstructionsForUbuntu ) and then auto-detected my nVidia drivers. It overrode many...
  20. Poll: Re: Share with the community your gutsy install/upgrade experience

    I upgraded from Gutsy Gibbons 7.10, which, other than not seeing an old harddrive of mine, was working well. I used the automatic install with the fancy GUI. Install went well, as far as I know, and...
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