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DFS has accident while trolling Cola 2 24 (7/15/2004 4:19:11 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/22/man_burns_penis_with_laptop/ ... billy

more windows annoyance 21 20 (7/14/2004 12:08:07 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy The other day I installed Windows XP "Professional" on a bog-standard Athlon system. As usual, my first task was reinstating the classic start menu. But when I clicked OK in taskbar properties I noticed there w... billy

Linux BSOD 2 31 (7/4/2004 12:50:28 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy When I came into my room a minute ago, I was disgusted to see that my Slackware system had crashed and dumped a ton of hexadecimal on the screen. Then I realised it was the BSOD screensaver. At that point, I ... billy

add/abuse programs 9 23 (7/2/2004 8:43:30 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Today I helped a friend of mine clean a ton of spyware off her XP laptop. At one point in the process I attempted to use add/remove programs to get rid of an IE search toolbar which seemed to be triggering popu... billy

A Microsoft-esque move by MandrakeSoft? 10 26 (7/2/2004 7:02:48 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Check out this article: http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=315 |[The bootsplash package] is a package which replaces all the supposedly |cryptical boot messages for a supposedly "friend... billy

unbelievable windows lameness!!! 22 10 (6/25/2004 2:01:56 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I've seen some stupidity in Windows but this takes the biscuit. Windows XP Professional has a "Run as" option in the context menu of executables. A little while ago I wanted to change the power settings on my ... billy

A fine FOSS app mangled by windows 11 9 (6/24/2004 10:47:58 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Since I have no choice but to use a Windows machine for a while, I'm using the windows port of Pan to read newsgroups. The funny thing is, although I love this newsreader under Linux, it kind of sucks under win... billy

Boycott Samsung! 53 21 (6/18/2004 12:54:37 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I needed to do a firmware update on my Samsung SM-352B CDRW/DVD. They only had a download for Windows 9x/W2K/XP, of course, but I figured it was a win32 self-extractor for making a bootable floppy. But no - the... billy

Another command in the arsenal 8 25 (6/14/2004 1:46:10 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Would anyone think I was a nut if I said learning Linux is a truly beautiful experience? I say that because nowhere does the saying "knowledge == power" ring more true than it does in Linux. Each time you learn... billy

[OT] Good article on learning *nix 0 28 (6/9/2004 6:54:21 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~copeland/work/docn.html Insightful stuff. ... billy

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Which comp best for Linux? 21 25 (7/11/2004 10:30:16 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Hi, all. I'm thinking of replacing an older desktop computer. Will any of the current or very recent Dell, Compaq, or other off-the-rack models run Xandros or Red Hat right out of the box? I thought of having... noemail6498 (2)

Linux specs question 42 12 (7/12/2004 5:20:12 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I am hearing more and more that KDE and GNOME are getting fatter and fatter. Although I have heard that they run slow on chips in my range (550 MHZ) the major concern seems to be RAM. And I do have a ton of R... ai6127 (20)

XP reports 23 24 (7/12/2004 5:32:00 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Is this OS some kind of a joke? I used this POS on the following systems: 1 GHZ, 256 MB RAM - dog slow, many programs crash or fail to respond. Very disappointing. ~2 GHZ 256 MB RAM laptop - faster but sti... ai6127 (20)

BIG surprise! 11 37 (7/13/2004 6:31:48 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy JAPAN FTC: MICROSOFT IS VIOLATING ANTIMONOPOLY ACT ======================================================================== Posted July 13, 2004 4:54 AM Pacific Time TOKYO -- The Japan Fair Trade Commission (J... ian1552 (184)

Will someone explain to DFS ... 196 19 (7/14/2004 10:48:37 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Will someone explain to DFS that a text editor is not integral to an OS? -- Rick ... rick83 (1785)

more windows annoyance 21 20 (7/14/2004 12:08:07 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy The other day I installed Windows XP "Professional" on a bog-standard Athlon system. As usual, my first task was reinstating the classic start menu. But when I clicked OK in taskbar properties I noticed there w... bn5874 (74)

This means you, cola nuts 18 24 (7/14/2004 2:15:50 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Chat Code of Conduct As part of Microsoft's commitment to make Microsoft community Chat a great place to meet and interact with others around the world, you agree to abide by our code of conduct. Your commitmen... nospam21 (11322)

Talk about a toy OS 53 19 (7/14/2004 4:50:54 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://docs.kde.org/en/3.1/kdeadmin/kcron/new-task.html#id2808900 Was that designed by a 12-year old or what! ... nospam21 (11322)

Anyone move from XFree to xorg yet? 9 28 (7/16/2004 1:38:44 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Just wondering. I think I'm going to make the transition from XFree to xorg where ever possible. Nothing against XFree... just want to be up-to-date and prepared for the future. I also made the move from d... dmmiller (910)

Circuit City moving to Linux 14 22 (8/12/2004 12:40:20 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://business.newsforge.com/business/04/08/10/1831241.shtml In a press release sent to NewsForge (and probably every other media outlet in the world) yesterday, IBM announced that consumer electronics retai... jsilstrom1 (85)