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Re: Mandriva 2010 - Upgrade to previous version

Roy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:54:42 GMT

I believe that this has been fixed. Just do an update. Roy 2009/11/23 Matthew K ... [Non-text portions of this message have been

Mandriva 2010 - Upgrade to previous version

Matthew K — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:56:05 GMT

SYSTEM: Mandriva 2010 (Fresh install) DELL Inspiron 1501 PROBLEM: Update program popup that asks to "upgrade" to the spring 2009 version. RESEARCH: After

I got question about virus...

TODD — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:52:54 GMT

Is Linux really prone to virus like M$ Windozes? I know some say not to bother with AV Product but I have been using Bitdfender and really like it better then

Re: Any issues in upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic without a clean in

Roy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:17 GMT

I have done both a fresh installation and an upgrade. The big differences are with file systems and grub. If you are using ext3 and want to use ext4 it is

Grsync...great app!

Darksyde — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:21:32 GMT

As a quasi-newb I would like to recommend Grsync to everyone who isn't fully seasoned yet, perhaps even some who are. This app is a GUI interface for rsync

Re: Any issues in upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic without a clean in

Trevor Pearson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:24:01 GMT

... Hi, Many people have had a problem with X, leaving them with broken systems, it is caused by having propitiatory drivers on the machine such as the nvidia

Re: Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

Roy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:03:27 GMT

If you right click on the KDE start button you can choose the classic menu format in KDE instead of the slab (Kickoff) one that has become the norm. I prefer

Re: Any issues in upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic without a clean in

Jeff — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:38:50 GMT

Blame blackberry for the top post... I've not done a full inplace upgrade in ages. They sometimes can be adventurous, to be nice. But if you do regular updates

Any issues in upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic without a clean instal

dbneeley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:20:16 GMT

Greetings! Now that the "Karmic" series has been out a month or so, I am contemplating the move from Kubuntu Jaunty to Kubuntu Karmic. Previously, I did a

Re: Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

Scott — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:52:13 GMT

... I'm pretty sure this was another decision by xorg, rather than Ubuntu. They also decided to disable ctl+alt+backspace, I think. Usually, in Gnome, there's

Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

TODD — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:13:57 GMT

I was wondering why the left and right handed mouse orientation not working in synaptic touch-pads. I tried to file a bug but seems that it was discarded or i

Re: alpine email client and yahoo

Don Cooley — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:12:21 GMT

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:34:31 +1000 ... I use freepops to get email from my free yahoo! mail account. -- Regards, Don Cooley

Re: alpine email client and yahoo

Jolinux — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:57:11 GMT

... Does this help? http://help.yahoo.com/l/au/yahoo7/mail/yahoomail/pop/pop-14.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Fedora 12

Scott — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:13:54 GMT

... That's all of us. When I first changed jobs, going from FreeBSD to CentOS/Fedora, I was in a constant state of frustration. That having to constantly put

Re: Fedora 12

Roy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:46:16 GMT

Thanks for the tips. I will keep with it. It has been two days straight without (K)ubuntu. I know everything works perfectly there, but it is fun to play with