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Born and raised near Tampa. Third-year physics student at New College of Florida in Sarasota. Planning on Law School or somesuch.
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 | Gentoo has long been a distribution aimed towards the power Linux user. It allows users to foray into the inner workings of their computers, emphasizing total customizability for optimal performance and minimum size. It is not for users who are looking for an operating system as soon as possible. Installations … |
| | Over the past few years, 3-D rendering in window managers has become a new trend in the desktop environment. OS X was the first to make fancy visual effects prominent in the way users interact with the windows in their desktop. Windows Vista has also jumped on the bandwagon with …  |
| | A [URL="http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1220219&from=rss"]posting[/URL] on Slashdot today speaks of an [URL="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2125848%2C00.asp"]interview[/URL] with Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth which occurred last week. In it, he states that Dell computers preloaded with Ubuntu will not include WINE, an open-source Windows emulator for the Linux platform. Mr. Shuttleworth stated that he does not want Ubuntu to … |
| | This week, developers for the Ubuntu operating system are meeting in Seville, Spain to begin work on a new version of the distribution, Mobile Ubuntu. Designed to work with Intel's recently-announced low-power processor and chipset architecture, Ubuntu plans to allow developers creating mobile software the ability to create software utilizing … |
| | Maybe not worldwide, but certainly, it will improve. There's a lot of unused bandwidth out there, and as the FCC (slowly) moves all-digital, more frequencies will open up, allowing more options in the future. As far as the end of landlines, Verizon will only let that happen over their Chapter … |
| | [QUOTE] Is flash memory able to take the read/write load of a hard drive?[/QUOTE] I was about to ask the same question. If you go to any site explaining how to install Linux on a flash drive, the first thing they say is be careful, flash drives only handle a …  |
| | As Red Hat's modifications to the Linux kernel to improve real-time scheduling near completion, their director of emerging technologies, Tim Burke, has been pushing for its use in the business world. At a recent Wall Street conference, Burke made his case for real-time Linux's abilities to fulfill investors' needs for …  |
| | The Linux mascot, Tux, is about to introduce himself to the masses—by driving really, really fast. [URL="http://tux500.com"]Tux500.com[/URL], a Linux marketing site, is working to raise $350,000 to take primary sponsorship of Stephan Gregoire's car in the Indianapolis 500 race on May 27. So far, only about $6000 has been raised, …  |
| | Just as it seemed that Linux users (especially 64-bit users) would finally be able to enjoy streaming content with a minimum of hassle, Microsoft's new Silverlight software promises to throw a wrench in the works. Because of sites like Google Video and Youtube, Flash video has become a common means … |
| | As Intel and AMD continue to war for control of the desktop microprocessor market, a recent announcement made by HP shows that a third company, VIA, is still a contender. HP has chosen VIA microprocessors for new Compaq thin-client PCs for sale in China. They're cheaper and more energy efficient … |
| | While announcing the name of Ubuntu's next release for October, 2007, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth spoke of a new version of the Ubuntu distribution to be released alongside Gutsy Gibbon. This release, he says, will not include any firmware, drivers, applications, and even sounds and imagery which are not completely … |
| | Can you ping other computers on your network? How about if you try [url]http://209.85.165.147/[/url] ? Does it work? |
| | Hello! I downloaded software called Xloops to evaluate integrals I'm working with. It comes with some example programs to show how the libraries work, but I can't seem to get them compiling consistently. Here is one program (the important part is the first 12 lines): [code=c++] #include <iostream> #include "xloops.h" … |
 | Re: beryl on ubuntu Try these instructions: [URL]http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index.php/Install/Ubuntu[/URL] My roommate followed those last night and had no problems (on his Intel chipset) getting it working. |
| | Hi everyone, After 3 loyal years, I think it's about time to replace my current laptop with a new one. The problem is, there are so many more options around since last time I researched a laptop, I'm not quite as sure where to find the best deal. I'm not …  |
| | Have you tried removing the new card? That stop error is frequently caused by faulty drivers. |
| | So I'd really like to write an article about the inclusion of Sun's Java in the latest Ubuntu release, but I'm not exactly sure what that means for Java in Linux as a whole. Java has always been available as a package and is easy to install, but I think … |
| | This happened to my friend's computer recently. Only thing that fixed it was a new mobo. If the fans aren't spinning up, it's not even beginning the post process. |
| | Gmail: [url]http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273[/url] Yahoo wants you to pay to fetch your e-mail via pop, but there is a program out there (here: [url]http://ypopsemail.com/[/url]) that will work around that. |
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