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any good reason not to use UDF for large flash cards?

I have no personal experience here, but this UDF compatibility matrix does not look too promising. Apparently there are five UDF versions and three variants within each version, and only the oldest versions (from 1996-1997) actually have wide OS support.

A bit more googling produces more comments from users about tricky incompatibilities.

>If you have all the right holes open, that Malware scan does more than just launch an page which pretends to scan for viruses, it actually rootkits Windows and you can enjoy a merry week repairing and rebuilding.

What right holes? Are you talking about Windows 7 or XP? That malware scan can't do shit unless you click to download and install the exe from that suspect site and then click okay the UAC prompt. Even if it compromised IE, IE runs in a low permission sandbox that is extremely difficult to get out of, forget about modifying system files.

If you do the equivalent on Unix, you still have to wipe the system, Eg. see this http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/security/29611-rootkit-infected.html

I don't see what you're cribbing about or anything about the "(thanks Microsoft for not rewriting or adopting Google's re-write, you jerks) ".

Why wouldn't I?

Google is your friend:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/60324-remote-shutdown-windows-linux-box.html

This is info from 2006, things may have advanced a bit more since then.

Try http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/60324-remote-shutdown-windows-linux-box.html for some ideas... Looks like they figured something out.

Aaron Z

oh i googled for you looks like noone had problems http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/slackware-linux-help/56689-slackware-dual-monitor-setup-nvidia-fx5500-intel-82865g.html its actually very simple. plugin the hardware, backup your old xorg.conf as root run X -configure and it will make a new xconfig for you, test it out with the command it gives, then just add your modelines for each graphics card and screen horizsync and vertrefresh I have included my config (attached) for reference, you should have it up and trucking in very little time, the main thing that got me was not enabling the "Xinerama" Xorg extension that basically deals with multiple heads as one desktop - which I presume is what you require and not a seperate X session per head. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/sla...tors-xorg.html ( I actually did this about a week back, check the thread I made by using the search) good luck! this was years ago i dont know what your trying to accomplish are you infact trying to bring linux down if you are say so go ahead and say it if you must it will not change my feelings of linux beeing a good os possible of anything but this has been done years ago and worked fine then and still does today and as easy as cutting butter, well it is for me but i guess if i was new to linux id have problems and ill admit i did everyone did its normal but dont go around saying linux isnt good at dual monitor setup you know theres some of us who has been using linux for years. i dont care what linux it is dual monitor setup is easy well to me but maybe not to you thats like comparing a porshe to a chevy. Ive used alot of distro's of linux to. If you want it handed on a silver spoon just download sabayon a easy gentoo base, they got it down you dont have to do nothing happy now, please dont say something is bad when you have no clue im done

oh i googled for you looks like noone had problems http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/slackware-linux-help/56689-slackware-dual-monitor-setup-nvidia-fx5500-intel-82865g.html its actually very simple. plugin the hardware, backup your old xorg.conf as root run X -configure and it will make a new xconfig for you, test it out with the command it gives, then just add your modelines for each graphics card and screen horizsync and vertrefresh I have included my config (attached) for reference, you should have it up and trucking in very little time, the main thing that got me was not enabling the "Xinerama" Xorg extension that basically deals with multiple heads as one desktop - which I presume is what you require and not a seperate X session per head. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/sla...tors-xorg.html ( I actually did this about a week back, check the thread I made by using the search) good luck! this was years ago i dont know what your trying to accomplish are you infact trying to bring linux down if you are say so go ahead and say it if you must it will not change my feelings of linux beeing a good os possible of anything but this has been done years ago and worked fine then and still does today and as easy as cutting butter, well it is for me but i guess if i was new to linux id have problems and ill admit i did everyone did its normal but dont go around saying linux isnt good at dual monitor setup you know theres some of us who has been using linux for years. i dont care what linux it is dual monitor setup is easy well to me but maybe not to you thats like comparing a porshe to a chevy. Ive used alot of distro's of linux to. If you want it handed on a silver spoon just download sabayon a easy gentoo base, they got it down you dont have to do nothing happy now, please dont say something is bad when you have no clue im done

It might be buggy still, I'm not sure, but according to http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/115396-edit-kernel-support-ufs-read-write.html among others you can install/enable a kernel mod to support ufs in read/write mode.

So in case any average consumer reads this, let's put an end to that myth. For instance, I'll compare the Starter Win7 disabled list in TFA with Puppy Linux:

• Aero Glass - well, Puppy has Compiz-Fusion.
• Personalization features - Yes.
• User switching - I couldn't find Puppy specifically, but most Linux can.
• Multi-monitor support - Yes, although spreading windows across more than one screen at once is iffier.
• DVD playback - probably; but might have to install VLC Media Player or something (which you can).
• Windows Media Center - well, not Windows, but definitely media.
• Remote Media Streaming - If Linux can, Puppy can with VLC. You can definitely stream from a Windows machine to Puppy.
• Domain support - Yes, with Puppy 4.1.
• XP Mode - well, no, but installing Wine may give compatibility similar to Windows 7! :P

With physical access to any standard desktop machine, you can easily get into Windows, Linux, or Mac OS. This comes in very handy with an IT environment where there is no central authentication server of sorts, or when people bring PC's to your computer shop with forgotten passwords. I'm not sure about Mac OS, but for Windows or Linux, if you don't want their password changed... just back up the file before you change it, then copy it back when you're done. Encrypted hard drives is a different ballpark though... never messed with those.

[Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim] Zemlin says the Linux Foundation wants to build a collaborative forum where Linux users can share ideas and get information on the Linux operating system.

Great, but do we really need a new linux forum?

I had the Ubuntu update problem before- a quick edit to your grub should fix which one is the default: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/69651-grub-edit.html

Just change the "default X" setting (where X represents a number in the list) to the one that you want!

This one: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4802695 more: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/50082-64-bit-java-plugin.html

I think the GPs point was that letting designer's pick a specific font is better than them deciding to use an image instead of text

Which is why most images (at least at some point) on the web contain only text. This is obvious if you ever used or were victim to the infamous Webcollage screensaver (the "porn screensaver"), which displayed randomly selected images from the web. You get a screen full of random text and porn. Not a good impression to leave for your new college roommate when you leave for class right after your fresh RH9 install.

It worked for SUSE 10.1.

Why does Vista STILL require defragging. We hear that Linux doesn't NEED defragging because it smartly places files. Why can't microsoft eliminate this part of the market. If they aren't, just for the sake of cottage defragging companies, then aren't such companies vampires and saws and such?

http://cbbrowne.com/info/defrag.html

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-newbie/58320-disk-defragmentation.html

This one challenges Novell's reply:
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/15032.html

http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/17/why_doesn_t_linux_need_defragmenting

(Oh, BTW, just heard now 17:05 local PST, Yahoo! is scheduled to layoff numerous employees, but it's about 19hour old:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/technology/22yahoo.html?bl&ex=1201150800&en=0019b93b4bb1c219&ei=5087

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/Business/Downsizing_and_Layoffs/

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...you're yet another Linux zealot who takes everything as an attack.

If I may diffidently suggest, the common participant in every argument you've ever had is... you. If you keep having the same arguments, it's at least conceivable that you have something to do with that.

it was refreshing to find one user who didn't have his head so far up his ass that he couldn't have an honest conversation. I even mentioned to him how he may be able to help spread Linux.

Oh, you mean here? Ah, yes, no one has ever thought of handing out LiveCDs before. Good one!

But let's see what you say in that comment: "I guess that's the catch-22. Linux needs big software to get the user base that it take to make it worth big software's investments to support Linux." And let's see what I had to say: "But there really is a chicken-and-egg problem in the desktop arena, and just saying 'Y'all need to try harder' isn't going to cut it... there still aren't many commercial games for Linux, because there isn't a big market for Linux games, in part because... there aren't many commercial games for Linux. That's a real problem, and that's what I and others are referring to when talking about the trouble of invading a monopoly market."

I guess I will keep thinking that. You certainly seem to, though you don't appear to recognize it when it's not stated in precisely your wording...

Installing any OS is for geeks. Non-geeks use the pre-installed OS or get someone else to install for them. You can buy PCs with Ubuntu installed.

I agree the Ubuntu partition tool is not very good. However, it is a one-off problem. Do a bit of Googling and its solved, and you do not have to think about it again.

If you want to give it another try read:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partitioning
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/59797 -confusing-partition-tables.html
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p2.htm
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=179902

and a lot more

BTW, Mandriva and Mepis are also pretty good for non-geek users. All have live-CDs you can try out.

Wow, conspiracy theory, flamebait, and outright lies. Impressive.

Show me the original post then. Prove to me that the pagination of the output of slashcode is not broken. Prove to me the original post was not deleted. You cannot.

I learned Linux on Fedora

Fedora is NOT Linux, it is some sick abomination of it. You did not learn Linux, you learned Redhat.

I spent lots of time in the user groups and searching Google, and never heard of anything like what you report

Right...:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-lin ux-help/43558-constant-disk-activity-x86_64.html
Hit #2 on a Google search for "constant disk activity Fedora Core 2", and its not my post.

Here's another:
http://mailman.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/ 2004-May/011211.html

Another:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t- 100719.html

Searching the FedoraForum.org forums directly for "disk activity" yeilds plenty of hits, some of them are linked below:
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3007 1&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6335 8&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5843 9&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1007 19&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7799 5&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1472 88&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1460 01&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1467 44&highlight=disk+activity

it goes on and on... FUD? I think not. Many of these complaints are like mine, nothing running, yet constant disk activity.

I'll dig a bit and see if I can find my original post on the Fedora support forums, though it has probably been pruned by now, as most forums cannot retain their full database and perform at a reasonable speed (though I can manage it on a fully functioning OS). In that original thread, seasoned RedHat users informed me that RedHat/Fedora is nothing like a genuine standard linux, I concluded much the same after testing a few more distributions, hell, even the BSDs are more Linux standards adherent than Fedora.

It looks like the original forums there are gone, and a new version is there since I posted about FC2.

How about over at linuxforums.org:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-lin ux-help/43558-constant-disk-activity-x86_64.html?h ighlight=disk+acti

Wow, conspiracy theory, flamebait, and outright lies. Impressive.

Show me the original post then. Prove to me that the pagination of the output of slashcode is not broken. Prove to me the original post was not deleted. You cannot.

I learned Linux on Fedora

Fedora is NOT Linux, it is some sick abomination of it. You did not learn Linux, you learned Redhat.

I spent lots of time in the user groups and searching Google, and never heard of anything like what you report

Right...:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-lin ux-help/43558-constant-disk-activity-x86_64.html
Hit #2 on a Google search for "constant disk activity Fedora Core 2", and its not my post.

Here's another:
http://mailman.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/ 2004-May/011211.html

Another:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t- 100719.html

Searching the FedoraForum.org forums directly for "disk activity" yeilds plenty of hits, some of them are linked below:
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3007 1&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6335 8&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5843 9&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1007 19&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7799 5&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1472 88&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1460 01&highlight=disk+activity
http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1467 44&highlight=disk+activity

it goes on and on... FUD? I think not. Many of these complaints are like mine, nothing running, yet constant disk activity.

I'll dig a bit and see if I can find my original post on the Fedora support forums, though it has probably been pruned by now, as most forums cannot retain their full database and perform at a reasonable speed (though I can manage it on a fully functioning OS). In that original thread, seasoned RedHat users informed me that RedHat/Fedora is nothing like a genuine standard linux, I concluded much the same after testing a few more distributions, hell, even the BSDs are more Linux standards adherent than Fedora.

It looks like the original forums there are gone, and a new version is there since I posted about FC2.

How about over at linuxforums.org:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-lin ux-help/43558-constant-disk-activity-x86_64.html?h ighlight=disk+acti

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/643 3-sex-call-wow-sounds-wrong.html?highlight=call+po ll http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/524 63-gender-poll-2006-a.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/805 53-gender-poll-2007-a.html http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/poll.php?d o=showresults&pollid=1099 http://www.gridter.com/cgi-bin/survey/survey.cgi?s urvey_name=survey http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=287852&hi ghlight=gender+poll http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showto pic=8935&hl=gender+poll By the way, some females might be tetrachromats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy [wikipedia.org] I demand a program so I can be one too !!!

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/643 3-sex-call-wow-sounds-wrong.html?highlight=call+po ll http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/524 63-gender-poll-2006-a.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/805 53-gender-poll-2007-a.html http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/poll.php?d o=showresults&pollid=1099 http://www.gridter.com/cgi-bin/survey/survey.cgi?s urvey_name=survey http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=287852&hi ghlight=gender+poll http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showto pic=8935&hl=gender+poll By the way, some females might be tetrachromats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy [wikipedia.org] I demand a program so I can be one too !!!

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/643 3-sex-call-wow-sounds-wrong.html?highlight=call+po ll http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/524 63-gender-poll-2006-a.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/805 53-gender-poll-2007-a.html http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/poll.php?d o=showresults&pollid=1099 http://www.gridter.com/cgi-bin/survey/survey.cgi?s urvey_name=survey http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=287852&hi ghlight=gender+poll http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showto pic=8935&hl=gender+poll By the way, some females might be tetrachromats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy [wikipedia.org] I demand a program so I can be one too !!!

https://www.scientificlinux.org/

http://www.newegg.com/

http://www.tigerdirect.com/

http://www.linuxquestions.org/

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/

Using Gmail and flash can be interesting for a 64-bit Linux distro - Mozilla just crashes. I don't know if there is a better fix for this but that is because what I have been doing has Just Worked(TM) since I figured it out, and it was the only way to do it back then. I dug and dug and found that forcing 32-bit flash to run in a 32-bit browser on a 64-bit platform was the way to go.

Here is my posted solution on LinuxForums, in case anyone has had the Mozilla-Gmail-flash problem... but I expect that this has been solved differently.

I can't think of a single reason to *not* use a 64 bit processor in a new machine. Upgrade ability and the availability of components pretty much makes this a no-brainer.

Which is nice, but when I installed SUSE 10.1 the package manager didn't even work, and I couldn't install updates. I'd rather have working package manager than WPA-PSK. Yes, I know it's fixed, but how do you put out a .1 release that doesn't even have the package manager working properly?

Taking the Linux Plunge http://www.linuxforums.org/misc/taking_the_linux_p lunge.html

You might want to check out PC-BSD http://www.pcbsd.org/.

PC-BSD is startlingly easy to install and use. Nice GUI installer that doesn't require the user to answer questions that require any technical knowledge. Autodetection of hardware and automagic configuration rivals anything I've seen, and certainly appears to beat Windows in this regard, generally speaking.

A single-CD install, no DVD drive requirement, or multiple CDs to swap. Additional software is available as click-to-install .PBI packages, with a GUI installer and uninstaller. It will also run many programs written for linux. There is also autoupdating for both the OS and programs.

PC-BSD can also use the HUGE amount of software in the FreeBSD "Ports" tree, although this *does* require using the command-line. The lack of a GUI ports installer/uninstaller is one of the niggles I have with PC-BSD, although for most people that just want a functional home PC, the .PBI collection would suffice without requiring the user to *have* to use a command-line software install.

Being based upon FreeBSD, PC-BSD is very secure as opposed to Microsofts' offerings.

There are a couple of reviews of PC-BSD online, one of which by Clement Lefebvre at linuxforums.org is available here: http://www.linuxforums.org/reviews/pc-bsd_1.0_revi ew.html.

Personally, I see this "pay-as-you-go computing" as a way to rake in money, while at the same time, removing the ability of users to do things they can currently do with a conventional PC. This could also be a step in the direction of ending consumer ownership of general-purpose computers and the freedom that comes with them, as well as throwing a huge wrench into F/OSS software and operating systems if widely adopted or legislated as mandatory.

Cheers!

Strat

For those who don't like to click through 5 pages to read an article, here is a link to the print version.

Computer-on-a-stick uses the Gnome desktop, includes remote access via SSH, VNC, RDP, and runs on Linux kernel 2.6.x so it is impervious to 99% of all spyware, adware, viruses & exploits since they target Windows OS & applications.

If you already have a USB memory device or if you PC can not boot from a USB device, then there are alternatives.

Two Linux distros designed for small size & boot on CDR or USB devices
Damn Small Linux 50MB http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/linuxuser/2005/06 /13/puppy-linux-live-reviewed/
Puppy Linux 40-90MB http://flaviostechnotalk.com/wordpress/index.php/2 005/06/11/damn-small-linux-12-review/

Two Linux distros designed to boot from CDR & used as the base for many derivatives
Knoppix http://www.linuxforums.org/news/article-24309.html
Slax http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/1193

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-40000.html

Already had the 5 CD set downloaded, burnt, and installed as of last Thursday from a bit torrent version that had the blessings of Novell. Yes, it indeed took several days to get it via Bit Torrent at 44kps. But it was so worth it to beat the slashdot crowd!

Yes, getting multimedia up and running is a bit of an effort. No, it's not hard:

How To fix multimedia in SuSE 9.3

Yast Update Online - install the "multimedia pack 1, 2, 3" updates.

But it doesn't have....no, wait...SuSE users frequently find additional rpm packages on Packman that meet their additional needs:

Packman
Have lots of fun!

What are you talking about? It's a well known fact that ATI drivers for Linux suck.

nVidia is the only way to go.

actually you coundn't be more wrong. That is why there are documents like this Ubuntu Multimedia HOWTO . Seriously, this is ok for a person like me who know how to build software, but why is there a multimedia how to doc for a distro that should be user friendly. Why so you need to build Mplayer from source?

Silly IT departments.

If you "upgrade" a piece of software, then discover it requires a complete manual system restart to remain stable, the prudent thing to do in any other circumstance would be a rollback.

Unfortunately, since this is an IT department, it must run Windows; after all, where could you ever find support for Linux?

The entire GUI is not entirely copied, but the yoper control panel looks awfully reminiscent of another system preferences interface. No wonder yoper is so great!

Here's the link for the guide

Link