Linux

[Bedfordcrazy]

i feel like i have landed on another planet, you guys are as bad as my 21yr old son, he starts going off about pcs, its another language. wrong era lol  my mate came back from vegas not so long ago, the vegas technology show, kid in a candy store. lol
george

[Warren]

If you're impressed with the speed on ubuntu on your old laptop, check out PCLinuxOS LXDE, it will fly.

Ive done a partial install of ubuntu on an old work laptop to have a play and it seems to speed up the old girl.

Its my first time playing with it, but Im gettng sick of Vi$ta andamthinking of deleting it of my home lap top

Work is still all MicroSoft based though.

Warren
 

 

Might have to give it a spin Shane

George there are only 10 type of people in this world - those that understand binary - and those that dont

Warren

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

hey warren. .  theres actually only 0 to 9 types of people    skippy the binaroo ..  i use linux mint just for surfin basically sets it all up for u & converts all windows stuff to mint applications fast n easy to use i found ,it uses firefox for its browser .hav it set on other half of hd found windows stuuf set it all up for mint  hav set up disc if anyone wants a copy..  cheers   

[rossie]

what was you said Skip l didn't understand??

[Warren]

hey warren. .  theres actually only 0 to 9 types of people    skippy the binaroo ..  i use linux mint just for surfin basically sets it all up for u & converts all windows stuff to mint applications fast n easy to use i found ,it uses firefox for its browser .hav it set on other half of hd found windows stuuf set it all up for mint  hav set up disc if anyone wants a copy..  cheers   

Dont you mean 1001

Obviously your on of the ones that dont


Warren

Binary runs from right to left with the weighting doubling each time, the selection for each can only be off or on or 0 or 1

8421
0001 = 1
0010 = 2
0011 = 3
0100 = 4
0101 = 5
0110 = 6
0111 = 7
1000 = 8
1001 = 9
8421

[BlackBedford]

A bit of a diversion.. but today we got loaned an external HDD full of a terrabyte of stuff. When I went to plug it in it wouldn't spin up.
I pulled it apart and found the smd diodes on the pcb of the SATA HDD had shorted. I pulled a couple of diodes out of a dead ADSL modem and repaired the pcb. When I pluged it in and had a look, the newest files were nearly 7 weeks old.
Do you think I was a setup?
I am now copying the files off and I reckon I will give it back and not say anything.

A tip is that if you get a SATA HDD that won't spin up, check the diodes near the power plug. I have repaired a few and saved a lot of data that would have been lost.

[ShaneJ]

Pull the hdd out of the case next time.

[Rogue Trooper]

A tip is that if you get a SATA HDD that won't spin up, check the diodes near the power plug. I have repaired a few and saved a lot of data that would have been lost.

Isn't that what backups are for?

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

warren!! waddaya expect ffs?  ???everyone knows roos cant count    but. .  i am literate      

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

hey rogue th best backup ive seen to date performed is johnnos v6 "down lows  th way to go" piccy