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Solved: installing fedora with vista ( 1 2) k2k (Mar 8th, 2008)	May 6th, 2008 by linux	13	1,584
Solved: Puppy Linux Live multi-session cd caperjack (Feb 24th, 2006)	Mar 18th, 2008 by caperjack	1	2,848
Solved: Installing Ubuntu Studio over Ubuntu!? linux (Mar 1st, 2008)	Mar 2nd, 2008 by jbennet	2	1,277
Solved: Named Server zoid777 (Feb 28th, 2008)	Feb 28th, 2008 by zoid777	2	842
Solved: Can anyone help me decide? ( 1 2) Somerville (Feb 16th, 2008)	Feb 28th, 2008 by jbennet	18	1,574
Solved: Fedora 7 Problem fzafarani (Feb 22nd, 2008)	Feb 22nd, 2008 by jbennet	4	645
Solved: making a partition and installing PcPro12 (Feb 11th, 2008)	Feb 11th, 2008 by PcPro12	3	788
Solved: Burning the Linux ISO maui_mallard (Feb 9th, 2008)	Feb 9th, 2008 by bobbyraw	5	854
Solved: Linux on a Notebook ( 1 2) linux (Jan 12th, 2008)	Jan 14th, 2008 by jbennet	14	1,846
Solved: format hdd back to ntfs . caperjack (Dec 28th, 2007)	Jan 3rd, 2008 by caperjack	4	937
Solved: user friendly but quick distro ( 1 2) houndhen (Oct 31st, 2007)	Nov 15th, 2007 by houndhen	19	1,687
Solved: Want to "dual boot" my PC but don't know where to start... ( 1 2 3) Thinka (Aug 10th, 2007)	Sep 7th, 2007 by Thinka	20	3,102
Solved: Live cd ubuntu ( 1 2) HLA91 (Jun 30th, 2007)	Sep 6th, 2007 by jbennet	11	2,036
Solved: Ubuntu- No Cursor! DrTsus (Jun 23rd, 2007)	Jun 23rd, 2007 by jbennet	3	1,136
Solved: Dual boot winxp/ubuntu ( 1 2 3) ft3ssgeek (Jun 3rd, 2007)	Jun 4th, 2007 by jbennet	20	3,224
Solved: I Have No Idea What I Am Doing ( 1 2) J_M44053 (Apr 12th, 2007)	Apr 13th, 2007 by TheNNS	11	1,706
Solved: iptables slacke (Oct 7th, 2006)	Nov 2nd, 2006 by slacke	1	1,710
Solved: Distro for an NAS server? jbennet (Sep 10th, 2006)	Sep 12th, 2006 by jbennet	4	3,314
Solved: fedora HELP!!!!!!!!! TheNNS (Aug 30th, 2006)	Aug 31st, 2006 by TheNNS	2	2,942
Solved: Installing FC 5 Dark_Omen (Apr 19th, 2006)	Aug 25th, 2006 by Dark_Omen	4	1,449
Solved: resolution problem in Suse Dark_Omen (Jun 1st, 2006)	Jun 4th, 2006 by Dark_Omen	2	1,852
Solved: bootloader not working Dark_Omen (May 25th, 2006)	Jun 1st, 2006 by Dark_Omen	1	1,162