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  1. Re:Ill informed post on Gentoo Announces 'Seeds' · · Score: 1

    Or 'emerge --newuse world' if you just want to recompile the programs affected by the change in use flags.

  2. Re:Sounds fascinating on MythTV 0.20 Released · · Score: 1

    Out of the distributions I've tried, Opensuse has been the easiest for me. It just required installing the rpms, then installing the database from the /usr/share/docs directory. After that, mythtv-setup ran without any problems. Ubuntu seems to be stuck at 0.18.1, unfortunately.

  3. Re:GNOME 2.12 !? on SUSE Linux 10.1 Screenshot Tour · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think the features freeze was a month or two ago, and the main changes since then have been bugfixing. Gentoo only unmasked 2.14 a couple of weeks ago, so possibly Suse didn't think it was stable enough at the time either. It also only has kde 3.5.1 since 3.5.2 came out slightly too late.

  4. Re:Upgrading an existing system on SUSE 10.1 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    You should be able to just download the netinst CD and use that to upgrade (remember to make a note of the server's IP address first (: ). Alternatively, you can change your sources in Yast to SL-10.1 from SL-10.0-OSS and use the system update thing. A clean install is generally safest if practical, though.

  5. Re:In other news...Bragging on the increase. on Microsoft to Sponsor WCG · · Score: 1

    http://linux.strangegamer.com/index.php?title=Cate gory:Commercial_Games lists about 100 commercial games that run in Linux.

  6. Re:Hmm on Over 1 Million .eu Domains and Counting · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Cook islands, somewhere between Australia and South America.

  7. Re:They Hate my AIBO. on Ambidextrous Linux/Windows Virus · · Score: 1

    Have you tried updating to debian unstable (Sid, I think)? That should get you fairly up to date...

  8. Re:The whole trilogy?? on LOTR Jumps the Shark · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Eye Candy on Gnome 2.14 Released · · Score: 1

    If you're asking about Xgl and compiz, it works with Xorg 7and the cvs version of Mesa for some of the opengl stuff. I've got it running nicely on an nvidia 6200 based card, I think it works with older cards as well.

  10. Re:The next gen Phantom on What's Known About the PS3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    how about underrated?

  11. Re:What you talkin' about? on Microsoft Vista Info Leaked · · Score: 1

    "And what about Gnome vs. KDE? I don't know ANY distributions that have fully-fucntional versions of both Gnome and KDE so if you've forced to switch between them you're screwed (except Gentoo, and that doesn't count). Maybe it's just me, but I have a problem with something being broken on just about EVERY distribution out there. I've had major problems with dependencies, for example." In Ubuntu, KDE is just an "apt-get install kubuntu-desktop" (or install kde) away. Assuming the user had read some of the documentation before installing a new OS, they shouldn't find that too difficult. OpenSuse (or however they're capitalising it this week) give you the option to install gnome, kde or both.

  12. Re:nah... on What Do You Want in a Job Website? · · Score: 1
  13. Re:The interfaces are [always] wanting on Linux Multimedia Hacks · · Score: 1

    I thought Vorbis was audio, and Theora was video...

  14. Re:i smell on ATI Claims HDCP Then Covers Its Tracks · · Score: 1

    Or would archive.org work in this case?

  15. Re:I'm seventh! on How Interesting is Your IP Address? · · Score: 1

    "We've been dugg/slashdotted.. back in a bit"

    They've hit it (:

  16. Re:Yeah because on MS Patches Go For Quality Over Quantity? · · Score: 1

    It's not even that hard anymore. Not sure about Debian, but with Ubuntu you get the option of having an icon in the notification area which downloads updates autimatically (similar to Yast)

  17. Re:Same thing happened with the original Xbox... on 360 Disc Scratching Serious Problem · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From what I've heard, the lack of success in Japan comes from the games available for the 360. They tend to be more interested in strategy/rpgs rather than first person shooters.

  18. Re:Uhh? on Xbox 360 File System Decoded · · Score: 1

    Might be for the benefit of those who turn off signatures.

  19. Re:Best Free A/V? on Most Home PC Users Lack Security · · Score: 3, Informative

    Try http://free.grisoft.com/ for the free version of AVG

  20. Re:Radiation phobia on Alaskan Cyclotron - Not in My Backyard! · · Score: 1

    Possibly the similarity between 'NMR' and Enema had an influence as well?

  21. Re:Is this another path for SPAM? on Yahoo Email + RSS Integrates Blogs · · Score: 1

    Stupid, Pointless, Annoying Messages is often used. Not sure if there's anything official. It might also be to differenciate itself from the meat based product, which is Spam (or something).

  22. Re:Is mainstream good? on Profitmon Catches The Dollars · · Score: 1

    You can usually get relatively cheap boxsets once the whole series comes out from online anime vendors (14 dvds for $70 in one case). ADV also has occasional cheap dvds (although only in USA/Canada). At least it's better than Japan's 5000yen/2 episodes. (:

  23. Re:An objective assessment of this movie on Star Trek Spoof Top Finnish Movie · · Score: 1

    It's quite useful reading through the translator's notes (http://www-fi3.starwreck.com/annotated_translatio n.pdf). Seems that quite a bit was lost in the subtitling.

  24. Re:Thank GOD. on Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" Released · · Score: 1

    The developement version will be started almost immediately, so you can update your sources from Hoary/Breezy to Dapper. The final release will be in April 06, since they're every 6 months.

  25. Re:IMHO on Mad Penguin on Ubuntu 5.10 Preview · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try #ubuntuforums on Freenode. It's reasonably friendly in there...