Posts by mmarkin

Quote: Originally Posted by attilathepun Concerning the virus question: don't worry about it. Viruses are a Windows thing. Same with adware/spyware. Linux will automatically run a firewall to keep people from hacking...

Hey Bill, good to see you around. All the best with the quest. Mikhail

Quote: Originally Posted by beaviskob1 windows is a camaro "anyone can make it run" ! linux a ford not as popular harder to get working as desired and alot more fun! I wouldn't associate Linux...

I was actually going to recommend Gentoo too. It would indeed take a relatively long time to compile things (you could do distcc for the initial install) but once the system is up and running, you can really do a good job in terms of...

Another vote for lspci. `lspci -v` usually gives me all the info I need.

Quote: Originally Posted by kvasefi I would love to do this after 3 years of owning my 8887 and never cleaning/upgrading the thermal compound...but I can't load the pictures. Is it because this is an old thread? Does...

I believe thats exactly what Cyberlink did with their OS-independent DVD playback (correct me if I'm wrong). My immediate thoughts would be to just try some kind of media-oriented Knoppix LiveCD. Does that suite your needs?

Quote: Originally Posted by abf ...and then add wireless. Back when I was installing Gentoo 1.4, I had to walk ten miles to school, barefoot, in the snow, uphill, both ways... NDISWrapper was in its...

Guys, stop the flaming; I don't want to lock the thread. Search the Gentoo Forums for ideas. Just a random post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.p...265819#1265819 .

Thanks!