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Just saw this on my Google News page -- the author is parroting old FUD claims without doing any personal research:

http://www.littleabout.com/2008/01/19/linux-or-windows/

I figured that some...

But only if the person has backed up their user data, I assume? Giving the entire disk to Linux without backing up first could make for a very freaked-out angry newbie when they go to access their...

I ran into similar issues when I first started -- Ubuntu isn't identifying the monitor's resolution correctly, and it's probably defaulting to 1024x768. The first thing to try is to go into the...

Hi Amin --

I was wondering the same thing a few months ago, and found this really useful old forum post after a lot of searching:
HowTo: Customizing bash prompt

I could be wrong, but I seem...

That's bizarre... I've always lived in the SF Bay Area, but assuming "bean" rhymes with cream or dream, I've never heard of anybody pronouncing "been" that way. Maybe it's one of those unusual...

I'm from California, and all three sound distinctly different when I say them (I just tried each one several times to be sure):
been --> like enter
bin --> like inter
bean --> like screen

I switched to GNOME & XFCE a few weeks ago, after messing up the KDE 3.5 install I had enjoyed so much. (Ooops.) I figured that since 3.5 isn't being continued and I'm not a real fan of 4, I might as...

My car for the past few years has been a 1993 manual Toyota Corolla, and I've been surprised at how much I like it. :) Aside from good mileage, it has amazing acceleration (powerful engine in a...

You might try reading this blog to get an idea of whether the differences/issues will drive you up the wall or not:
My Mac Sucks!

(The user also comments on non-Mac issues, like a recent rant on...

On the off-chance that it works, try editing it as root. To do that, you'd call up a console/terminal window or the "run" command from the menu, then type:

sudo gedit (if you are in Gnome)
sudo...

I picked the "not if you want to look intelligent" option because it reflects reality... In everyday conversation, most people don't notice or care, but if you're writing an academic essay or legal...

No, they're pretty much universal in web-based forums these days, as it's built into most of the common software for running one. They're used by people with all kinds of skills -- so is Windows, for...

I started in late June or early July, and have had crash/lockup problems, too -- thought it was that I'd screwed up my profile, so I started over but soon started seeing trouble again. I have a bad...

I don't dare try to give you ideas of my own, considering last time I tried 'fixing' one it becamse "possessed" by a bad flash.:lolflag: But in addition to any Linux-focused suggestions you get, I...

If you can't get out of the loan, perhaps you could (as some students did at the university I attended) buy the computer they want you to, copy & submit all receipts/paperwork, then return it for...

I don't think so. There's quite a bit of pollution produced at all the stages of production of wood as well, including creating the tools needed for all those stages & transporting them all to the...

In rare cases like Prohibition or that are linked to the rare unusually strong belief, yes. In cases of most past legally-affected behavior, however, your claim is inaccurate; most people these days...

I installed from DVD with a similar configuration just a few weeks ago for the first time, and I was anxious as all get-out too. :) It went pretty smoothly, though...even let me conserve part of...