Posts by Zem Frim-Bott

hence my disclaimer - though i will admit i didn't realize just how borked it was the article you posted, on the other hand, i bookmarked. good reading.

somewhat related, at least for people brand new to or interested in trying linux... linux distribution chooser (http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/), a short quiz that points you to distros that might be a good fit. disclaimer: the OP...

1) plug 2) and* 3) play *where and = download/install drivers from nvidia

if you just want it for this 1 instance, i'm sure you could find a business that would either do it for you, or rent you time on a computer with a large scanner. or maybe you have friends in college, who have access to their school's...

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve@NBF 500W should be fine for you. You're obviously not going to be doing any Sli config, nor would i recommend that for gaming, but 500W should give you enough juice without increasing...

@chode - sweet, thanks for all the info. i'll go piece together an amd system and see if i can match your crazy-low cost - it'll help to have something to aim for. i assume ocz makes a decent psu? i only know a few names to trust in...

i'm looking to put together a machine (not for me, i'm quite happy with my baby - thanks again to everyone) that is as cheap as possible but still nothing to scoff at. it'll get used a lot for gaming, but since he's currently running a...

just a quick poll because i'm curious - what file system (or systems) do you use, and why? i'm currently using ext3 on / and /home; i'm considering switching to a soup of xfs (/, /home) and reiserfs (/var) when i migrate to...

there's some sort of time warp action involving the Linux Notebooks sub-forum and user binner123. i swear this comment is not from april 3, 2009. I'm pretty sure i remember it from a year ago, when the thread was active, as one of...

some info i gleaned while trying to get tf2 running via wine... the internets say to add -dxlevel 80 to the launch options (right click -> properties in the games list in steam). apparently you only need to do this once, and then...