Personally, I would advise you to check out the ubuntu wiki, rather than just download the gfx drivers yourself, they have x.org extenstions in their apt repositorty that should get it working. Also, if you're a newbie to linux, I would suggest y...

what DO you have? why isn't what you have a true dual-boot?It's always easier to put the linux bootloader on the MBR of the primary boot device in this situation....

Just get one fo the 580w Tagan PSUs, I've seen them trounce all others in so many PSU shoot-outs it's unbelievable...

QUOTE(Fried_fry @ Dec 21 2005, 07:10 PM)im useing ubuntu but i have some proplem: i click on any of my hdd icons and it sais:  The folder contents could not be displayed.You do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of "...

erm... If you know anything about the command line, checking out the info here: might help youCreating Partitions and filesystemsOr most likely, this one:Creating UsersIn the second one, it creates a user, with or without a hime directory with the na...

QUOTE(Fried_fry @ Dec 19 2005, 06:09 PM)Im going to try Ubuntu. Im wondering, does it have a boot manager? (can choose to go into Windows or Ubuntu)[right][snapback]601002[/snapback][/right]Yeah, it does, it uses grub....

The ATi cards usually need the fglrx kernel module for X installing too, regardless on distro. It was a lot easier on my ubuntu box than any other distro I've used before, though. One thing I have learned in the past, is that sometmes, a good n00...

I was never keen on Mandriva, I used it for years, all because of it's nice gui installer and the MCC. Now I use ubuntu, to be honest, the only bit of the installer that you need to think about is the partitioning, and you can do that frmo window...

you might need to use a different firmware with your modem. I have the ST 330 Rv4 and needed a new firmware for it to work. Try the instructions Here for help....

QUOTE(ady1989 @ Nov 20 2005, 06:14 AM)I would say iPod, but I have a mini and teh sound quality is absolute .. It's all software EQ not hardware, so it comes out just aweful. Go with an iRiver.[right][snapback]581241[/snapback][/right]QUOTE(...

OK, I've saved up a bit of money for an mp3 player, but I would like it to play OGG Vorbis files aswell. I would need about 15Gb on the HDD. I have no idea what to buy, though. I have looked through the page on ogg hardware at xiph.org Foundation...

QUOTEbut I dunno about ntfs mv , ntfs = not that good on linux, so i just cp.Ahhh, well, I have my NTFS volume mounted read only. I have a fat32 one aswell, that I use mv with. I never really followed NTFS write support, since, as long as I kept all ...

are you installing from a suse repository, or compiling from source? It's almost always best to install from a repository. On a debian based distro, the command would normally besudo apt-get install gaimBut then, SuSe has YAST, and I'm not su...

Linux doesn't have a C: D: E: drive structure. So moving from one drive to another isn't as big a deal as it might seem. My computer has windows on one drive, ubuntu on another and my /home partition on another. Now, my windows files are in ...

QUOTE(kamikazelemmings @ Oct 12 2005, 04:55 PM)in windows you can change the background or download themes, but you cant change really all that much.  in linux, if you dont like something rewrite the code.  [right][snapback]558971[/sna...

I don't know if this was said already, but crossfire is only available on the X800 series cards, with no DX9c SM3. Also, don't they require you buying special Crossfire enables graphics card 9will likely be more expensive... and a new mobo, t...

Well, I was planning on posting here, until the thread was hijacked by lesbian pr0n... Ah well... :'(Oh hell ,I'll reply anyway... although, what I was going to say is WAY OT now, lolWas gonna say, I must be the only person in the forum who f...

What kind of problems are you having with MSN? I don't use AOL, but I do use MSN and Skype, if you need help with them e-mail me your questions, jiminorris (at) gmail [dot] com - as my contact list is full ...

did you install the sources?? open up synaptic and search for linux 2.6.12* sources or something like that.....

QUOTE(hardnrg @ Sep 26 2005, 07:00 PM)you could maybe mod it inside your fridge to tell you when to get more milk or something lol...[right][snapback]550794[/snapback][/right]That would be so cool! Although, I already have something that doe...

QUOTE(Puck @ Sep 18 2005, 08:39 PM)Yea that wont be worth it - EDO ram, ISA, etc...i'd take the heatsink(hack into ramsinks or use as gpu cooler for someone), fans, screws and jumpers and dump the rest. CPU is trash too but I would probably ...

It has three PCI slots, that graphics card is in one of them...

QUOTE(bigred @ Sep 18 2005, 03:53 PM)I doubt it's even a UDMA IDE controller.  it sounds like a 486 overdrive if it has VBL.  [right][snapback]546964[/snapback][/right]Well, I'm attaching a picture of the mobo here incase it he...

What do you mean, a HDD controller? You mean like a RAId card? Could you explain this to me? will this help me avoid the BIOS HDD size limitations?...

Well, today, while packing to move house, I found an old P150, it doesn't have any ram or hard drive, and it's mostly VESA LB rather than PCI slots. I didn't realise I had it. If I can find some ram and a cheap HDD I was thinking of turni...