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Quote: Originally posted by AsLan^ Configuring a Gentoo Linux box will give you a great head start. When you get stuck, the Gentoo forums are there to help. I don't know about recommending Gentoo to a complete Linux newb...he'd be in the help…
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I've never used a book, actually...whenever I needed to learn something or find the solution to a problem, I would just look online.
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Quote: Originally posted by talksense101 A good way to learn Unix is to get a cheap PC box and install and configure any version of Linux on it. You can get yourself Red Hat certified. They offer a good range of certifications. Also try to s…
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If you already have OS X, then the Terminal is your best friend. Just fire up Safari for reference material, and otherwise forget that the rest of the OS is even there. Wanna copy something? Use cp! Edit something? Use vi! It's surprising how …
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PayPal rocks. I've been using it to pay for online stuff for years, and I don't think twice about using it any more.
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SubEthaEdit Live updating of your webpage as you create it. Mmm!
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Is ipfw based on ipchains or iptables? Or did Apple create their own? Just wondering. It works great, regardless.
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AAC is being used in XM satellite radio and newer cell phone technologies. So there's that.
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Quote: Originally posted by T9000 I actually have a homebuilt pc that doesn't crash. I have never had xp just crash on me. I guess I am really luck. Me too. But I think people who can build their own computers have a better understanding o…
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Christmas 1993 - Present It's a PC, so maybe it doesn't count. Started with an AMD 486DX 40MHz, 4MB RAM, 120MB HDD, and a 19200 baud modem. That bad boy ran DOS 6.2 and Win 3.1. Since then it's had 8 new processors, 5 new motherboards, 9 n…
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Quote: Originally posted by Kickaha ??? Run Console.app. It shows you the console file in a nice GUI window. He's confusing "console" with "terminal"...I still do that. The Terminal is usually called a console in PC land.
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Quote: Originally posted by Luca Rescigno Even if the parents' position was "nonsense" and had "no merit," it's still the responsibility of the school to address the concerns of the parents. After all, their children are going to the school so th…
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Quote: Originally posted by rashumon Man I wish I could do that - I know of the procedure (tried to reset the PMU as well)... the current problem I got is that the Battery flat out (pun intended) simply won't charge. its stuck at 0% charge and th…
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Quote: Originally posted by jxfreak My Powerbook 1ghz gets this in the terminal: Isn't it supposed to be something else? Something else like...? PB G4's have always used 74xx chips.
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!! After weeks of happiness, as well as my proud claim that my new baby had no defects of any kind, I've now found multiple tiny white spots scattered around the left-center of my display. F@ck. I'm going to wait until Apple gets the hang …
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...why would you want to do that? If you've got internet access, it shouldn't matter what your IP is. People usually have to pay extra to have a static IP like that
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And you're still wrong about managing update packages. Fedora will still use up2date. http://fedora.redhat.com/download/updates.html Quote: Fedora Updates If any security updates, bugfix updates, and new feature updates are available, th…
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Quote: Originally posted by BNOYHTUAWB ... at the cot that you loose the free Red Hat Network account which allows you to manage the patches for the box. It was possible to have a free account up on RHN, you just had to take a survey every 60 day…