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  1. Re:The best things in life... on Linux Gaining Strength In Downturn · · Score: 1

    Those people aren't wealthy, they are high income. Most wealthy people have a GREAT deal of liquid assets because they know that there's no safe place for that much wealth. Usually its either cash, property, or annuities.

  2. Inventor of the world wide on Berners-Lee Says No To Internet Snooping · · Score: 5, Funny

    The inventor of the world wide what?

  3. Re:Mac, Windows, easy. on Living Free With Linux, Round 2 · · Score: 1

    That's what gdebi is for. Go to random linux app A's website, click on the .deb package, click open (gdebi is the default for .debs), click install, enter password, done.

  4. Re:Update only what you recognize on Living Free With Linux, Round 2 · · Score: 1

    Could you please describe the process of getting that tuner card running under Windows? Which brand card? My experience in linux was much better than my experience in Windows.

  5. Re:Again, WTF? on Living Free With Linux, Round 2 · · Score: 1

    So tell me, how do you install and update software on your mac when its not already on your machine?

  6. Re:Doesn't Make Economic Sense on GM Cornered Into Defending the Volt · · Score: 1

    My bad, they display info horribly on their site. The image that comes up says "Hybrid 2010 Fusion" on the left and on the right it lists the mileage numbers I quoted. Why bother showing info on a graphic if its completely unrelated?

    Some websites are bad enough to make me not want the product, this is one.

  7. Re:Hey, why not just steal GPL code? on Adobe's ADEPT DRM Broken · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Where did I agree to those terms and conditions when purchasing a DVD or CD @ Best Buy?

  8. Re:Somewhat off-topic on Is Salacious Content Driving E-Book Sales? · · Score: 1

    Ah good pointer, avoid the Wizard's Rule series since Wheel of Time is the worst wannabe Tolkien (who's writing I love) dreck I've ever read.

  9. Re:Doesn't Make Economic Sense on GM Cornered Into Defending the Volt · · Score: 1

    BS:

    http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/fusion/index.asp

    Even the hybrid version only gets 34 mpg highway.

  10. Re:I wish XBMC would get some coverage... on Boxee Hack Restores Hulu Support (Sort Of) · · Score: 1

    Hauppauge card and antenna bud!

  11. Re:Prostitutes? on Sheriff Sues Craiglist For Prostitution Ads · · Score: 1

    Yes, well she may be stellar, but most dancers are borderline sociopaths with drug habits and daddy issues. Trust me, my sister danced for quite a while, and I've been through some clubs too.

  12. Re:He didn't sue the mortgage banks on Sheriff Sues Craiglist For Prostitution Ads · · Score: 1

    Except that federalized National Guard troops cannot act in a policing capacity against US citizens (nor in the capacity of forcing anyone to do anything) the national guard was called in by the STATES to quell riots, not by the feds, otherwise they couldn't do anything.

    In fact the federal gov't requested that state's REMOVE National Guard troops so that things could proceed:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine

  13. Re:Again... on The Real Reason For Microsoft's TomTom Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    BS, you ripped that anecdote from the Linux Action Show: Season 10 Episode 1.

  14. Re:UDF on The Real Reason For Microsoft's TomTom Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Wish I had mod points, that's an excellent idea! Its an ISO standard (not that that means anything anymore) but should be unencumbered.

  15. Re:$1 per Watt or per kW? on Solar Panels Reach $1 a Watt · · Score: 1

    *Whoosh*

  16. Re:"HP's Linux" on 1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux · · Score: 1

    Its perfectly capable of using 2 GB of ram, and apparently the 1 GB limit was old news, but Dell will only sell it to you with 1 GB of ram because of marketing agreements with Microsoft. Also, it HAD my favorite distro on it. I used it in that configuration to give it a chance, but it WORKED POORLY in the configuration THEY SOLD. Putting the UNMODIFIED distro that they screwed up so badly on it made it work well. I haven't yet upgraded the ram because with the UNMODIFIED version of the SAME DISTRO it works just fine with the minimum 512 MB of ram installed.

  17. Re:"HP's Linux" on 1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the package was called firefox3 in apt-get/aptitude/dpkg/synaptic/Add/Remove Programs, but the icon was changed as was all branding inside the browser. Might even be in hot water for distributing a changed binary called firefox.

  18. Re:"HP's Linux" on 1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The machine performs better with the stock UNR installed on it, so why would you assume that?

  19. Re:"HP's Linux" on 1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux · · Score: 1

    I guess the 8.10 version is different, 8.04.1 based UNR is IDENTICAL. I have it installed.

  20. Re:"HP's Linux" on 1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux · · Score: 1

    Also, that "launcher" is from the stock Ubuntu Netbook Remix linked in my OP. Dell has brought literally NOTHING to the table here.

  21. Please no more... on The Chinese (Web Servers) Are Coming · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Stop linking to zero content, zero insight, zero analysis blogs!

  22. Re:"HP's Linux" on 1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I believe the stock kernel always has, since the hardware always has. IIRC Dell's modified kernel only supports 1 GB of RAM (and they provide NO updates in their repos) so that their marketing agreement with Microsoft that they not sell an item that can support more than 1 GB of RAM on it is abided by.

  23. Re:"HP's Linux" on 1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Its a crippled kernel that only recognizes 1 GB of RAM. They also rebranded Firefox 3 as "Web Browser" and installed a Yahoo! toolbar by default, and had Yahoo! as the default search engine by default. The crapped up Firefox some other way so that the trackpad scrolling worked HORRIBLY. If you have one of these machines, spend $20 on a 2 GB stick of RAM and install the vanilla version of Ubuntu Netbook Remix from:

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR

    You'll have a MUCH better experience. I have one and now love it, I hate what Dell did to "their" ubuntu though. They added no value and imposed artificial limitations to the hardware. Its really slick on that lowend hardware without Dell's cruft.

  24. Re:Easy Peasy on Which Distro For an Eee PC? · · Score: 1

    I do have to say, that website looks like ass. I probably wouldn't download something that was linked off of something that looked that thrown together and loads that damned slowly. I use Ubuntu Netbook Remix and like it on my Dell Mini 9.. I don't know what Easy Peasy looks like, contains, etc, and now their server has fallen over....

  25. Ubuntu Netbook Remix on Which Distro For an Eee PC? · · Score: 1

    All the drivers for netbook hardware out of the box, two choices for the interface, and runs pretty darned will in 512 MB of memory.

    I have it running on a Dell Mini 9 which is fairly similar to the eee.

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR