Congrats, sabashuali! :) I really love Etch on my desktop also, Debian gives you so much flexibility it's amazing. I like the testing branch...
Here's an interesting anecdote. My corporate IT-supported Windows XP Pro (SP2 + latest patches) workstation crashed unexpectedly today. It's a...
It updated earlier today and didn't notice! Seems to be much more stable than the last beta I tried... at least so far. :P The Linux version of...
If your background is in Windows, a UNIX-like system is a major change of mindset and will require a learning curve. If you don't want to learn...
Um, WTF? Red Hat has used YUM for ages, and it works perfectly on RHEL 4.4. That's what CentOS is, B, just a re-package of RHEL with the RH...
To be really safe, you must do a low-level format of the entire HDD. Normal formatting tools can't even do this; as far as leaving the OS...
Xfce supports minimizing applications to desktop icons like CDE does on Solaris. It doesn't support desktop icons for applications natively...
Matt! Happy birthday, man. *tips glass* So how's the BD laptop treating you?
Yeah, I wouldn't be very concerned about what Steve Gibson says. Blocking echo requests doesn't make much sense, because it follows the "security...
"Always On" does not necessarily mean static IP; it could be DHCP, PPTP, or PPPOE. Ping, or "ICMP Echo Reply", is not a vulnerability. ICMP...
Hardwired networks, the type of which your network card uses, are faster and more reliable than wireless networks. They're also more secure and...
You have a PCI network card built onto your motherboard; it's a real NIC, just happens to be built in. Ethernet uses two pairs out of the eight;...
The majority of "the market" don't know the first thing about computers or technology. This likely won't excite them, but it should excite people...
Try finding native Linux equivilents for software you use normally rather than jumping right to emulation with WINE. For instance, OpenOffice.org...
To get around the Mozilla Foundation's recent craziness, Debian will rename and repackage Firefox.
If you're not running any services, you don't need IDS enabled. Intrusion detection doesn't mean anything when there's no way to intrude! :-)
If by line art you mean SVG (scalable vector graphics), there's always Inkscape. As for graphics formats, yeah, no problem.
That's what I get for trying to help when I've got a million other things going on. :P I'd make sure that DMA is enabled on each IDE channel, and...
How much RAM does your system have?
I didn't have any problems installing them in Debian either, using the following method: Make sure kernel headers are installed and match...
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