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[QUOTE=omgpancakes;1203390]Hello, I am just getting done with college and have a lot of knowledge and experience with hardware and software troubleshooting in Windows and I have always wanted to start a business so I figured why not a computer repair business. I am trying to figure out everything that I …

[QUOTE=khakilang;1212408]I believe there is a bug in the Lucid Lynx. I don't know whether there is a fix. Make a bug report on the launch pad and update Lucid Lynx and see how it turns out.[/QUOTE] There's always EasyBCD.

[QUOTE=Garrett85;1194627]I prefer gnome to KDE but I don't know what this is but I thought I might give it a try. If anyone knows what this is and where to get it, please let me know, thanks. [url]http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/ubuntu-linux,0201--6247----jpg-.html[/url][/QUOTE] That's actually Avant Window Navigator. It's in the repos. Very nice dock.

[QUOTE=Dan08;1191918]Hello, I think it was yesterday, that I turned on my computer and my mouse wasn't working. First, [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread276352.html"]Mozilla Firefox doesn't start [/URL] and then I cannot move the pointer on my screen, I don't think both problems are related, but I might have deleted some file(s) or while removing …

My boss wanted me to update our website. I am not a program or a web designer. I got it mostly done but the image on the bottom right of the page floats over the page's border. I have changed every number I can imagine in the CSS and cannot …

[QUOTE=newbrobo;1213278]here is my dilemna! I recently bought a linux netbook and have found this little go getter, better than other window computers i have had and used. learning the ropes to my root terminal, and picking up every little bit of information i can obtain. which is when I fount …

I prefer VLC and it's in the repos. This isn't Windows so I don't suggest downloading unknown apps from the Internet. Mplayer is good but you have to install MS codecs. VLC will play just about anything.

[QUOTE=graf_ignotiev;1203126]I run a small computer lab of 10 laptops using Windows 7 x64 Enterprise edition. In order to prevent users from changing the settings, I have created a Group Policy Object that restricts access to the Control Panels, among other things. When I built the GPO just the way I …

Using Office 2007 on Windows XP pro printing to an HP Laserjet 2200d. Margins in Word 2007 are set to 1" all around. Tab stops are set to default. Page layout on printer driver and Word are set to letter: 8 1/2 x 11. I create a page with information, …

[QUOTE=hikarip;1178818]in linux installation, which of these options(Advanced,Expert,Selective,Custom) allows you to select only the packages needed to suit your computing needs?[/QUOTE] All the major distributions of Linux come with a standard base of packages. Ubuntu, openSuse, Fedora, Mepis, PcLinuxOS, Mandriva, etc. If you just want a base install and add what …

[QUOTE=Curse;1200627]hey ! i want to know is there a linux script that run at background and surf the web. So i can telnet into a linux server and run that script to access the web and download a huge file. The script will run at background so even when i …

Unfortunately, the easiest way is probably to reinstall Ubuntu. Everything in Ubuntu is integrated with Gnome. Basically you are missing most of the OS now. You could try looking in Synaptic Package Manager for Gnome Desktop Environment under patterns, I think, and try reinstalling Gnome. However, other things might be …

I've had that happen with a bad burn too. Try getting a new ISO and burning the CD at 8x or 12x. If you have SATA drive, it might help to turn off AHCI and use IDE mode.

As stated, you did not install the boot manager (Grub) to allow booting non-windows OS's. If you know what you're doing you can use the Ubuntu live CD and install Grub to the MBR and edit the menu.lst file, but probably the easiest way is to put all the drives …

I would not recommend Gentoo, Slackware or Archlinux as they require Linux proficiency to operate. They don't fall in the category of "Easy". I have been using Linux since about 2002. I have tried every major distro out there. I really need to try Fedora though. Ubuntu has some nice …