Posts by PDR60

Funny thing about all but one of the Distro's mentioned so far. They are all derivitaves of Debian... Why not just run Debian??? I've been running the "etch" testing tree for about 6 months on my dell e1705. Runs great. When...

Thanks for the Kind words PDR60

Here is another How to for Kubuntu. http://www.linuxloader.com/modules.p...howpage&pid=28 PDR60

Has anyone tried the KDE 4 load for Kubuntu edgy. I'm going to download it when I get home and give it a spin..... PDR60

I have Prey working pretty well in Kubuntu. I actually got tired of folks saying linux gaming is not possible so I included it in my How-To for Kubuntu. Between native code like Doom3, Ut2004, and Cedega I can run any game I want to...

Something nobody has really mentioned is the fact that just installing the i686 will get your Duocore cpu supported. If you are running the i386 kernel you'll only get single cpu support. You can check this easily by opening a console...

You guys have covered most of the apps I install. One is GRIP. Its a great cd ripper and of course DVD::Rip for ripping those DVDs. I still like XMMS over amarok. PDR60

Port 110 is reserved for pop3. That is a protocol for pulling mail from a server (MTA) with a client. It has nothing to do with sending mail. It only pulls mail. Port 995 is nothing but pop3s . In other words its function is identical...

Quote: Originally Posted by abf wanna update the numbers on xubuntu's ram usage after i BUMed it. right now after a fresh boot i am only using 80mb ram. thats pretty impressive. i am sure if i have chosen to stick with...

I have a box that's a 600Mhz P3 512MB ram and a 80Gig 7200 rmp drive. It has a GeForce 4TI with 256MB of ram. My son uses it all the time . It can do everything my E1705 can do. It may take while longer on stuff like mp3 ripping or dvd...