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| | I have been with my company (a wireless Internet provider) for about a year and we were using a local T-1 provider for internet which came with a business class e-mail. Well we moved on to AT&T T-1s and now we don't need them, so I installed a SME server … |
 | Hi all, I am going to be installing ubuntu on the second of two drives in my hp pavilion dv8040 (the first drive is xp pro)...I've used linux a bit, but only actually installed it once before (And that was 7 years ago - and it wasn't a dual boot … |
| | i tried to install redhat linux enterprise edition WS version 5 on the my system with the following configuration Pentium core 2 duo 2.13 Intel D945GCL motherboard 320gb Maxator hard disk (SATA) Liton DVD/WR LG CD WRITER 1024 mb RAM BUT AM GETTING AN ERROR INDICATING THAT drivers not found … |
 | since ati has the linux drivers for my video card(ati radeon 9200), does that mean it can run all the eye candy and stuff? thanks for your help. |
| | hi guys I did try to run a search of the forum but it spat out nothing useful. forgive me if this has already been addressed. but I do need some help here. I'm a total newbie to linux and was trying to install ubuntu 6.1. I burned an ISO …  |
 | Wow. The new MEPIS release is geared a lot more toward Mac Tel users than ever before. Quote from Warren Woodford "The MEPIS CDs contain an experimental "SimplyMEPIS Assistant" for OSX that helps prepare a MacTel computer for the installation of SimplyMEPIS. And the MEPIS installer detects MacTel hardware and … |
| | I'm completely new to Linux. Any help out there would be appreciated... I downloaded Knoppix 5.1 and it downloaded as an .iso file. I burned it to CD but can not get my computer to boot from the CD. I've checke the boot order and changed it so my CD … |
| | :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: How can I install Beryl on an nVidia 6500 graphics card on Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy OS and on an AMD 64 3500+? I understand that this is a difficult question, but the doccumentation on the Beryl website is very overwhelming. I want the cool graphics, … |
| | Hi everyone i just reinstalled my windows coz i really need it with for my apps, but before i reinstalled it i am dual booting it with my opensuse, now the problem is i am not prompted to the usual OS selection using open suse grub i think coz it … |
| | Wow, i got Linux Mint today and im impressed. Its an ubuntu ofshoot but isnt yet anothe *buntu as you may assume. It comes with a lot of relevant codecs/drivers etc out of the box and has a lot of new and exciting apps derived from YaST. Anyone else running … |
 | i would really like to install backtrack for my security purposes put when i have the CD what do i actually do i heard it is a bit tricky to install and log in and what interface to use and to setup you pci cards and stuff if there is …  |
| | Im a linux newb. Figured I would install fedora. I downloaded the version 7 test 4. Got through all the configuration options and it started to install, first time it froze on the 160th something install element. Some font settings I think. The second time much earlier on. So I … |
| | I've been reading some posts where some newbs have had trouble installing slackware. So I have put together this little how to so they can get slackware installed. I usually only help with MEPIS as I feel it is the best linux but for those who want to try and … |
| | MEPIS is one of the easiest versions of linux to use. Especially for a new user. Here are some good reasons to choose MEPIS over some other version of linux. 1) Support is readily available 2)MEPIS Network Assistant 3)MEPIS System Assistant 4)MEPIS User Assistant 5)MEPIS X-Windows assistant 6)It is very …  |
| | Just thought that I would let everyone in on the fact that the new SimplyMEPIS 6.5 Rc1 can read AND write to windows NTFS file systems. :) |
| | I want to switch to Linux and I got a CD from a friend with Ubuntu 7.04. I have never switched OSs before and have no idea what to do. I put in the Cd and it loaded, and I got to the desktop. I clicked on install and it … |
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| | To install MEPIS using the 'Custom install to existing partitions' option that is in the MEPIS installer you first need to create your custom partitions. You can create the custom partitions using gparted. Gparted is used like a live linux cd. It is downloaded as an iso and burnt as …  |
| | The release of SimplyMEPIS 6.5 final is now available. It's a nice, easy to use and install, edition of MEPIS. There were quite a few alphas(2) and betas(7) as well as three rc candidates so a fair bit of work went into this version. It has better wireless abilities than … |
| | MEPIS has been on the top ten list at distrowatch for over three years. It usually is at #4, or 5 but it does go up and down in the ranks depending on new releases of MEPIS and other versions new releases of linux. Here is a partial excerpt from … |
 | I have been reading some online that portage does'nt get rid of packages that it is not using while apt does. Is this true? I have tested this out on my debian system but it seems to keep the packages to. Anyway to change this? I guess I have two … |
| | I have a PC I'd like to install Ubuntu on. I burned an iso onto a CD but I dont know how to install it on my second PC. I'm trying to figure it out. When I start the computer it reads "missing operating system". The hard drive was erased … |
| | I was wondering if there is any way to map mouse buttons to commands and override the wm's button mapping. |
| | Hi, I have an old Dell computer and I am wondering which distro would be best for FAMILY use that has the following specs... 500mhz P3 288mb ram 10gb HD Integrated Intel Graphics (Currently Windows 98SE - something not to brag about in a linux forum) |
| | I got the bootable CD from [url]www.mepis.com[/url] for $14.00 and you can try this great version of Linux on your windows box without loading it on your hard drive. Have any of you folks looked at this great OS? It is fantastic and I was able to open up a … |
| | Since red hat has split into red hat enterprise (costs money) and fedora core (free), they no longer offer red hat donwloads. Is there a way I could get red hat 7? |
| | I am sick of windoz, and want to move to Linux. The problem is that i can not find any distributions that i like, because LINUX IS TOO COMPLICATED!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: I absolutely DESPISE Gnome. I love KDE, though. How do i get Gentoo to load KDE instead of Gnome? I … |
| | I would like to make a custom debian Install CD i want this as i will soon be installing debian on a large amount of PC'S with no internet access. i would like to install debian with a specific package selection and certain default settings as well as the latest … |
 | I highly suggest Dreamlinux for all those who want a really nice mac-type graphical eye candy interface Anyone used it? |
| | ok ive finally deicded to copromise and dual boot windows XP Home and Debian Etch (i need windows for college VPN and MS Access/VB6) I have a dell with SATA and have added a new HDD and was just planning to install linux to take up all of the second … |
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