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by gnuuser
14 Oct 2010, 03:22
Forum: Help
Topic: Virtualbox ose impressions and floppy problem
Replies: 39
Views: 23719

Re: Virtualbox ose impressions and floppy problem

its easier in most cases to use the original master drive as a slave and a new one as master with a new installation . you can then recover files and settings from the slave drive. with sata drives you can switch data cables or change the boot order in bios. any time you change a motherboard you are...
by gnuuser
14 Oct 2010, 02:50
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: cli tricks
Replies: 8
Views: 4680

Re: cli tricks

I did bookmark it to study later :)
by gnuuser
14 Oct 2010, 02:41
Forum: Linux education
Topic: Linux ready for the prime time
Replies: 6
Views: 4324

Re: Linux ready for the prime time

windows had the advantages of mass production and mass marketing with linux its hard to market something that's free because of the cost of advertising most of the developers put their distro out there on the net and depend on donations. us linux users are the primary method if introduction to new p...
by gnuuser
14 Oct 2010, 02:14
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: cli tricks
Replies: 8
Views: 4680

Re: cli tricks

thanks i will print this out for reference
and ill probably write a few scripts to add later
by gnuuser
14 Oct 2010, 02:02
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: cli tricks
Replies: 8
Views: 4680

cli tricks

back when i was using dos and windows 3.1 thru 98 i used to use terminal to write customized batch files. they could be run through dos and through windows and you could set an icon to it they would run multiple programs in sequence making task's automated and easier. in windows you could use macro ...
by gnuuser
14 Oct 2010, 01:28
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: What xscreensaver is the best?
Replies: 8
Views: 4377

Re: What xscreensaver is the best?

i kind of like bouncing cow and block tube or skyrockets (open gl)
by gnuuser
12 Oct 2010, 14:15
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Housecleaning Day (also a holiday)
Replies: 3
Views: 2158

Re: Housecleaning Day (also a holiday)

I know what you mean :lol:
I gotta use a bulldozer to clean my man cave :mandriva:
dont wanna take pics of it yet ( the camera flash would probably wake all the bats) :lol:
by gnuuser
12 Oct 2010, 14:09
Forum: General News
Topic: Archaeologists Find Mini-Pompeii Buried in Norway
Replies: 2
Views: 1510

Re: Archaeologists Find Mini-Pompeii Buried in Norway

I wonder how much will be found undamaged?
Ive always been fascinated by ancient artifacts history :mrgreen:
by gnuuser
25 Sep 2010, 01:12
Forum: Distro talk
Topic: redobackup-livecd-0.9.7
Replies: 2
Views: 2421

Re: redobackup-livecd-0.9.7

this is directly off of their web page (did try it on a working system and recovered some deleted photos nicely) Redo Backup and Recovery is so simple that anyone can use it. It is the easiest, most complete disaster recovery solution available. It allows bare-metal restore, which means that even if...
by gnuuser
25 Sep 2010, 00:56
Forum: Distro talk
Topic: Haiku! :D
Replies: 6
Views: 4069

Re: Haiku! :D

Ill download this and try it too
I want to see how well it does on some of these older machines
Ill post the results :cheers
by gnuuser
25 Sep 2010, 00:50
Forum: Distro talk
Topic: redobackup-livecd-0.9.7
Replies: 2
Views: 2421

redobackup-livecd-0.9.7

downloading a new iso called redobackup-livecd-0.9.7 its a great restore tool for both linux and win-hosed systems. and it has a graphic interface It can be run from cd or usb as well you can find it here. http://sourceforge.net/projects/redobackup/ Ill test it out as soon as i can and post results!...
by gnuuser
14 Sep 2010, 18:47
Forum: General News
Topic: Understanding data centers and cloud computing
Replies: 2
Views: 1514

Re: Understanding data centers and cloud computing

If you wish to store photos,music,and unimportant documents online storage may be ok I for one do not trust it at all :hand: blank cd and dvd media is very cheap and durable if handled properly and will last a long long time. external usb and firewire drives are coming down in price and up in capaci...

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