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298 errors? It went up to 301 then. Wow, that page looks BAD! I have never seen anything that bad (granted I don't go surfing much, usually sticking to my regular sites).

Oops, this is true. Could still be done though, probably in around 100mbytes (a liberal guess I think). Dun't know. Just a possible option. Yes, actually. I only installed Debian once. I have it running on 7 machines. All I did was clone with Ghost. Of course, they have all taken their own...

Oops, this is true. Could still be done though, probably in around 100mbytes (a liberal guess I think). Dun't know. Just a possible option.

Sometimes it works to simply use Konqueror and set the browser identification to IE. Only about half the time though (if that).

That did give me a few chuckles. Love the sarcasm.

I think it's about time! Hopefully they'll start doing that with laptops and other big names will follow suit. Wishful thinking maybe. :)

Pretty cool. I have my doubts about something like that taking off. Too much movement. People are lazy. :)

Sad, and quite bizarre. It sounds to me like a mass poisoning. We had some chickens who found some Diazinon (ant/grub/etc killer) very tasty. They died almost instantly after eating some of it.

Do you know something I don't? I'll raise prices. I really only need a few right now, but I was thinking this might be a good thing for the long term as I wouldn't have to buy any for quite a while. But maybe it would be better just to wait for a smaller lot.

There is an offer on eBay right now , ending soon, that is very tempting to me. But I'm not knowledgeable about keyboards. Just wondering if this is actually a good deal or not. It would come out to about 2.50 per board.

The easiest way in a Debian based system is to log in as root and run "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade", and that will upgrade your whole system. Pure debian, I've heard, updates more easily than Ubuntu (as things are less likely to break). If you want the absolute latest firefox from...

There are two stores (O's and Wintergreen) where I can buy them used (25-50 dollars I think), but other than that I don't know. I'm always on the lookout for freebies, of course. That's why I ended up with these.

Merc, or anyone who knows chipsets, which boards are most Linux-friendly? nvidia obviously is not the best in that arena unless you use their proprietary drivers. I've heard that Intel is good because they recently opened their hardware specs (at least on video chipsets), but I'm not sure about VIA.

I just freely acquired some old PS/2 machines and IBM 9517-001 (supposedly XGA) monitors. Unfortunately, these monitors ONLY work with the PS/2 machines. On any other computers (DOS/Windows/Linux/PCs in general) it just jumps and flickers insanely. Is there something I should know? A "normal"...

Some new and improved Vista / Microsoft lock-in strategies! read: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196601781

Mubs, you're not going to believe this (well, maybe you are), but I saw what you posted and thought, "hey, somewhere just recently I wrote the word 'pregidous', pretty much knowing it was obviously not right. Now where was it?" It took me a minute to realize it was, uh, right up there.

I've never actually tried FreeBSD but I too have heard that it's better than Linux for web hosting. Mainly that it tends to work better under load. Of course I wouldn't say it's marketing since it's free . . . :) But then I'm sure there is lots of pregidous among many BSD users. I have used...

Could that be related to whatever reason most people here consider them more reliable?

Why is it that Samsung drives seem significantly cheaper than other brands? When I'm looking for drives on Newegg I noticed that Samsungs are rarely on the front "featured" page, but when I look for a specific manufacturer (Samsung), every one of them beats the prices of the featured drives. Why...

At least Mormons don't come with guns, so really they aren't dangerous. At least not to Atheists. Now Christians such as myself believe that a cult like Mormonism is a hindrance to those who may otherwise become Christians. If LDS people come to our door, we just show them how their book of...

Apparently this agreement is to allow Novell to use Microsoft's patents in their code, thereby achieving better "interoperability" with MS Office formats and such. So while these changes will probably be "open source," no one will be allowed to use them except Novell and SuSE. So IMO this...

Derr............. never mind. I didn't see you said "plugins", and I don't think GBS can do that.

I think you might be referring to Google Browser Sync? I use that to sync my bookmarks anyway. If anyone knows of a similar tool for Konqueror, let me know. :)

A lot of people think this means Microsoft or Novell can patent code and sue those who use/develop Linux aside from Novell's umbrella. I'm not sure what to think until all the smoke clears. "The Volnovo pact will mean that non-commercial individual contributors can make Open Source, but if...

What are you talking about here, is it a program or the Linux distro? If it's a program, could one run it on a Linux file server connected to the local network?

I'm afraid I would have to go with Ultimate to avoid punching a hole in my computer screen. Although I'm not sure that would entirely prevent it either, just delay it. One of the biggest things being touted by Vista fans I run across is the multimedia junk. Not that XP didn't have it, just that...

At this point, we have five office computers, four of which I'm not planning to upgrade at all, except maybe to Linux-only. Three of them run Linux exclusively anyway, one of them dual-boots with XP, and another runs XP only. Stopped buying XP licenses with new computers a while back, and now...

Most likely, but wouldn't that ruin the whole point of getting Vista in the first place?

Novell is attempting to finish SCO off as well: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2130519101.html

I was being somewhat sarcastic. If someone seems prone to continually get viruses and whatnot, and if they are someone I live close to or see often, they will be getting Linux and be told to not use the Windows side of their drive (if applicable) for any Internet activity.

I think dd has the right idea; people need to be punished for their carelessness, then they don't do it again. They should never be allowed to let their guard down or lose that sense of danger. I have a friend who used Windows for years and then "converted" to Linux and used it until his power...

Yeah, I know. Thought I was lucky, while it worked . . . I had the idea that Lite-On was pretty good. Glad I got set straight. :) I got one of those drives, Buck. It even supports dual-layer. Cool.

What's the best brand and/or model of DVD-RW drive? I just bought a Lite-On SHW-160P6S, which for around 20 bucksa (newegg), I was pretty pleased with when I tested it out. It was better than my old one for sure. So, didn't use it for a while (although the computer it was in is used almost on...

Gotta be the saddest news in a while. He was so full of life!

The motherboard BIOS is fairly recent. I believe it is May of 2006. I don't know if I technically have the *latest* drivers for Linux, but I do have kernel 2.6.16. Maybe it would help to uninstall the nvidia drivers that came with the motherboard for Windows?

Hi everyone. I got this nice little board at Merc's suggestion (thanks, btw). I only have one complaint. I am dual-booting with Windows and Linux, and when I boot into Linux everything works fine, the LAN makes connection and does . . . what it's supposed to do. Then if I restart into Windows...

What's the reliability on perpendicular technology hard drives? Will they last as long (longer?) and keep viable data sitting on the shelf? Have more or fewer errors?

If you all are looking to throw away your 40gb or larger drives, just toss them in this general direction . . . ;) I'll even pay a little more than shipping. Yeah I know I'm shameless. I was just kidding. Sort of.

Oh and do the motherboards with built-in video chipsets have Windows drivers included? I assumed they did but that could be a frustrating error.

This question involves someone else who wants Windows: what's the best deal for them (they already have a Windows license, so pre-installed is certainly not necessary)? I'm guessing 32-bit and single core would be what I want here. Is AMD still better in this area? A pentium 4 3.0ghz, 800mhz FSB...

Merc, you say that this Gigabyte motherboard is what you recommend for low-end systems - what is your pick for middle of the road or high-end? Just curious. I also have another question: I never fully grasped AMD's numbering. There are 3500+ processors that look better than higher numbers like...

BTW, when you are at the GRUB bootloader screen, you can edit the options simply by pressing 'e', and this way you can test different configurations. To save the changes, though, you need to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst within Linux.

With different partition types, filesystem types and so on, you have different options that need to be set. I'm sure I'm not the most qualified person to do this, but I'll just post some samples from my current GRUB setup and try to explain the best I can (what I know). Here is what a typical...

Here's one I actually know, although it appears I'm too late. Anyway, you were attempting to boot Windows off of the Linux swap partition (type 0x82), and Linux off of (I think) some kind of Windows (2000?) partition (type 0x42). I have dealt with this problem with GRUB so much with dual-booting...

oops, can't find the edit button. Anyway, I'm undecided on the OS yet. It's mainly between SuSE and Kanotix. I'm more familiar with Debian, so I'm leaning towards Kanotix.

I agree. If Pearl Jam isn't on drugs anymore, that would explain it all. Okay, so, here is my current (tentative) item list, please feel free to criticize: Case, PSU: ~$30 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M51GM-S2G Socket AM2 - $78.99 Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ - $145.99 Memory: Kingston 1GB DDR2...

Merc, I really like the looks of that AM2 motherboard you pointed out. Will it run any AM2 processor I could throw at it? I'm looking at a "AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Orleans 2000MHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2"

I'm just wondering (told ya I haven't done this in a long time) what's the difference between an AMD socket 939 and socket AM2? And how does a 3800+ (2.0ghz) compare to the Intel 3ghz and up? Should I be looking for dual core? Is 64-bit worth it (seeing as how that's mostly all they have)? Why...

Okay, no ebay, go Newegg. Got it. :) Actually this friend is also a cousin and neighbor, otherwise Linux would (probably) be out of the question, since they aren't really geeks.

Greetings, all ye most intelligent ones . . . I'm looking for a decent computer, 1.6ghz or more, and under 500 dollars (total). No OS, as I would just set them up with Linux (with their usage, I think that will more than suffice for them). I'm not exactly sure what to look for. Saw some 3.2ghz...