Carnevil

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  5. Synaptic Package Mgr. Question

    in Linux & Unix

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    Slow but sure, I'm kinda getting used to it. I got almost everything set up the way I like it. Once I figure out how to get my trackball to work I'll be a happy camper. Found a couple of hacks for a 5 button mouse, which. I assume the 5th button is the scroll ring, but that's still over my head. I find myself booting less and less to the XP drive. Hitest, how's the wife and daughter? I remember you had a couple of concerns over Christmas. Hope everything's OK

    Mark

    The scroll wheel isn't that hard to setup. You'll have to edit your Xorg configuration but there's alot of howto's on doing that. This isn't Debian but it'll work just the same. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/How_to...se_scroll_wheel

  10. Dell's Upcoming Linux Offering

    in Linux & Unix

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    How much money are we lookign at here? Do we get a discount for using Linux instead of Windows? If not, Id rather order a computer with Windows, if nothing else than for the License, then install Linux myself.

    I'm like iccaros; I'll only buy hardware if it has Linux drivers.

    That will sometimes narrow my buying options, but, I believe in and support FOSS (free open source software). :thumbsup:

    Agreed, I specifically buy what I know will run both linux and FreeBSD. It's one of the reasons I stick with Nvidia for my graphics card. Yeah I know ATI has drivers but they SUCK.

  11. Dell's Upcoming Linux Offering

    in Linux & Unix

    Posted · Edited by Carnevil

    Second nail in Microsoft's coffin.

    First being Vista

    This is far from being a nail in Microsoft's coffin. This will still only interest linux people, you won't see some mass exodus from Windows because of this.

    It's nice, but remember there's alot of people who uses Windows and don't have a problem with it. I'd never get my family to switch to linux because they're happy with Windows and don't have any problems running it. As much as I love *nix it isn't the right OS for alot of people, atleast not right now. It would be nice if linux could have the easy of use and hardware support of Windows, but it doesn't. Most people just want to turn on their computer and not worry about setting them up. Even if they have to set them up Windows makes it alot easier than *nix. If I throw in an ATI graphics card it won't run as good as it does on Windows. That's not linux's fault but it doesn't matter. People know that if they buy almost any hardware it'll most certainly run on Windows, the same can't be said about *nix. As far as linux has come it still doesn't have the support that Windows or even OSX have.

  22. Ever Have One Of Those Moments?

    in Open Chat

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    ... age doesn't necessarily bring wisdom. :D

    I couldn't disagree more!

    Tons of wisdom, just less and less access to it. :wacko:

    We're like a set of encyclopedias growing in volume and complexity every year, but it keeps getting tougher to find the articles you're looking for. :thumbsup:

    So maybe us old folks need to defrag our brains? :D Nicely put, JDoors. :thumbsup:

    I use a journaled file System for my brain so I don't need to defrag. :P