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Believe it or not, recompiling your kernel can fetch you some major performance gains. On Ubuntu, it's not uncommon to reduce boot time by about 20 seconds. Operating speed is also impacted. Generally what I do is use the default kernel configuration, then add on the drivers I need for …

For what it's worth, I think the current reputation system is fine. Why do we need [I]another[/I] rating system that fails to accurately evaluate other members, meanwhile causing confusion, complaints and headaches, yada yada yada? I think we need more focus on the content and less on silly rating and …

Not legally. Go buy a copy of OS X off eBay, they're generally priced inexpensively.

[QUOTE=linux;564905][code]alex@alex-laptop:~$ uname -r 2.6.24-12-generic[/code][/QUOTE] If you're trying to say that you're using Linux 2.6.24.12, you're wrong. The -x usually refers to the revision number.

[QUOTE=DimaYasny;540323]apt-get install dist-upgrade[/QUOTE] You'll have to update [icode]/etc/apt/sources.list[/icode] to reflect the sources of the new repositories... With that said, this method doesn't tend to work very well on Ubuntu systems; many users have dependency issues and whatnot when upgrading, and it becomes a big hassle. The officially-supported method of updating …

My favorite online game is to see who's currently viewing an unanswered thread in the DaniWeb C/C++ forums and then try to type an answer faster than they can. :P But seriously, I don't really play online games, except for the occasional link posted by [B]The Dude[/B].

If the passwords are unencrypted, they should be present in the [icode]/etc/passwd[/icode] file. If all you see is an 'x', that means they've been encrypted in [icode]/etc/shadow[/icode]. The hashing algorithm used to encrypt the passwords is usually fairly complex however, and unless you've got a good reason to do it, …

>Is it safe to download openoffice.org onto a Mac? Yes. >Any problems? A potential problem is that you might not have X11 installed, which OpenOffice requires to run. You can install this from your OS X installation CD, although I prefer simply using an Aqua port, [URL="http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php"]NeoOffice[/URL] instead of OpenOffice, …

Go away you sponge.

[QUOTE=rundie;522655]Can't you do that with the disc utility that comes with the program? I guess I'm not sure if that would scan for a virus, per se...I know Norton has some products.[/QUOTE] Yes, Disk Utility only checks disks for corruption, data problems, or physical problems with the disk. I'd recommend …

[QUOTE=linux;563257]Well, download the sources and just read the sticky in the *nix software forum to compile it. Much better.[/QUOTE] ...but you forgot that Azureus is a Java program, which means there's no real need to download the sources, nor is my generic compiling guide very likely to work on it …

>A simple "It's kernel with an 'e', not an 'a'." would have been nice. Well, sorry, but we're not obligated to give 'nice' replies in this forum. In fact, you've misspelled 'kernel' twice in this thread already -- if you'll look carefully at the OP's last post, the reason yum …

FreeBSD isn't Linux.

I find this thread amusing because [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread39122.html"]just a little while ago[/URL] you were saying why it's completely unnecessary to edit video. Hmm?

Unlikely. In any case, doing such a thing would be a breach of privacy. Hacking them or whatever else you intend to do with their IP addresses is highly illegal, and you could find yourself in court after doing such things. If you find that a particular user is abusing …

First, is your wireless card detected? Try running [icode]lspci[/icode] at the command prompt and posting output of it here.

Can you post the exact error message you receive?

This lounge isn't really the correct forum for troubleshooting issues. Tell me which version of Windows you're using, and then I can move it to the appropriate forum.

>but you think FF is better? There isn't a clear cut line between which browser is better. Firefox is more customizable, and seems to support more sites. Safari on the other hand, has a much smaller memory footprint, is fully compliant to (X)HTML standards, and I've found that it seems …

What's this line supposed to do? [code=cplusplus]string[4];[/code] And btw you still need to code [inlinecode]getdata[/inlinecode], or if you have, you need to post it here...

How are you trying to connect to the internet?

Do you get this error after trying to boot an operating system? Is this only specific to one of them? What is your partition setup?

>how do i get msn 9 for mac You can't. The latest version of Messenger for Mac is 6.0.3, which can be downloaded here: [url]http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/messengerformac.html[/url] You can also try some alternative third-party clients, such as [URL="http://adiumx.com/"]Adium[/URL] or [URL="http://www.amsn-project.net/"]aMSN[/URL].

Hi Allan, welcome to DaniWeb. I enjoy my MacBook as well, although after trying Leopard, I've decided to stick it out a little while longer in Tiger. :-)

I'm sure the solution is out on the internet somewhere. A little bit of googling can work wonders.

Given the lack of info, I have moved this thread to Networking Hardware Configuration.

All you need to get is a regular 2.5" SATA drive. Apple's hard drives are way overpriced anyway.

You should probably use [icode]java-package[/icode] to help generate a .deb package from the JRE .bin available from Sun. Here's a guide that outlines the steps: [url]http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/142[/url]

You need to get a wireless router that has at least a 6 port switch built in. You can enable encryption (preferably WPA2) over the wireless connections, effectively requiring a username and password to get onto the network.

From what I can see, you should only need to install [icode]libwxgtk2.8-dev[/icode] and [icode]libwxbase2.8-dev[/icode]. The others are older versions or debugging versions. And using a wildcard like you did installs every possible package that starts with libwx. No wonder you had dependency problems.

>Is it possible for my MSN conversations to be read by others on the network? It depends on your network setup, but yes, it's quite possible. If you're on any sort of wireless network with other people, absolutely. On a hardwired network, it depends on whether you use a [I]hub[/I] …

Hello there. I'm not entirely sure if it's a good idea to start a software development company off by creating games. Well, whatever. You'll need a good project lead, expect to spend hours with the lead programmer, artist, and designer to get a good idea of what you can and …

It's all because of Josh >.>

Hi, You can use [icode]iwconfig[/icode] at the command prompt to set the WEP key. [code]iwconfig eth1 key "passphrase"[/code] Where eth1 is your network adapter, and passphrase is your WEP key.

Because the application was written using NeXTStep bindings, it requires some sort of implementation of these to run, regardless of the operating system it's running on. NeXT was acquired by Apple a number of years ago, which is why the program asks for Mac OS X. You can get a …

>So Walt what you are saying...is that C doesn't support dynamic arrays???? Not in that way. If you want to dynamically allocate memory, you would have to use malloc or calloc to allocate a chunk of memory, and then once done using it, deallocate it with free().

The way you usually open new processes is with the [icode]system()[/icode] call. But note that this call must be made within the source code, so it's predefined before the program binary is ever made. Or you can make shell scripts that open new processes.

You can control the startup chime volume with this preference pane: [url]http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16425[/url]

Perhaps post some of the error messages?

Sounds like you're missing some libraries again. Try installing [icode]libasound2[/icode] and [icode]libasound2-dev[/icode].

[icode]klogd[/icode] is your kernel logger daemon, so you can't kill it. [icode]dd[/icode] is a raw data copying utility. It shouldn't be in your processes unless you're formatting a partition or something.

>I mean, the OS' are just ugly. They are not sleek at all. What window manager are you using? I find KDE and Gnome very attractive, especially considering the wealth of themes that are available for them. You may want to look at [URL="http://www.kde-look.org"]www.kde-look.org[/URL] and [URL="http://www.gnome-look.org"]www.gnome-look.org[/URL] for themes that will …

>it still doesnt work. You're going to have to provide a little bit more information about your problem than that if you expect any help at all.

Umm... thread closure? This is really lame.

Just go to [url]http://www.kernel.org/[/url] and pick one and download. The latest version is 2.6.24.3 as of this writing, but you can pick pretty much any version. ...assuming you meant a [I]Linux[/I] kernel.

Moved to Tech Talk.

More likely it has to do with the way the text files are encoded than the how you compress them. Unix-encoded files have different newlines than their DOS/Windows counterparts, which means you'll need to convert them every time you edit them with a different operating system. I use the [icode]dos2unix[/icode] …

You can't use [icode]cin[/icode] like that, because your shell is most likely in canonical mode. Basically what happens is the shell waits for the user to give a newline before it supplies your input buffer with the user input, and it won't contain how many times a user hit the …

I've moved this to the C programming forums, since this seems to be more of a programming-related question. As for your question, you'll need to provide more information here. What GUI library do you intend to use? There isn't a 'generic' GUI library for Linux like there is for Windows; …

Some threads from DaniWeb: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread67183.html[/url] [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread70096.html[/url] [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread50370.html[/url] In general, I recommend against the 'for dummies' books for any kind of IT learning as they tend to do brief overviews while skipping over important details. Same goes for Sam's [I]Teach Yourself SomethingImportant (tm) in x hours[/I] series of books.