Posts by epb613

Here's my laptop, currently running Gnome on Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary). (Shrunk from original 1400x1050.) If anyone's curious, no special programs were used - this is all built in Gnome properties (well, except for the background which was...

If you don't mind putting in the grunt work, then I would recommend gentoo. Whereas if you know nothing about linux, yet you want the box up and running in < 30 minutes, then try kubuntu or ubuntu depending on your kde/gnome...

You can't do it without booting into DOS, something that XP isn't capable of. The easiest way to do it is to get a Win98 install cd from someone and booting up into dos with it, and then running the file from your hard drive.

Wow, I can confirm this. My testing procedure: Turned off the laptop. Unplugged it. Removed battery. (This is what it takes to get the computer to forget the switch is on). Turned it on. No light. Ran Ubuntu installer and it tells...

Another way: If you're Kubuntu, you can just select from one of the 100+ multimedia keyboard preconfigurations. I just checked and I don't see the 9300 on the list, but I'm sure it would be compatble with the 8xxx series (which is on the...

I spent a solid 3 weeks with Gnome and am totally fed up with it's dull (albeit sleek) interface and it's lack of customization options. Additionally it's slow. But for the past 3 weeks I've been using KDE. KDE is just so much better...

mmarkin, that's excellent advise. Really Konqueror is the only thing I need to run as su. How do you do that? My normal run line is: 'kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing' and making it 'sudo kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing' doesn't do...

Nvidia has always been miles ahead in the drivers department. If anyone remembers when the Radeon 7500 came out to compete with the Geforce 3, and then about two weeks before the Radeon came out, Nvidia released the 21.83 drivers which...

abf, 'sudo su' only gives you su status in the terminal. I want a way to be su in the GUI as well. That is, I want to be able to move around files in Konqueror.

Thanks for the reply. How do I add my home directory (/home/pinny/) to my path?