http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/ Linux on Dell Laptops Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:45:32 GMT bil http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28961 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28961 ... But we can take the source and keep it alive, so Oracle can't kill MySQL. And as others have pointed out, MySQL targets a different market then Oracle. Who Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:45:05 GMT ken http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28960 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28960 Given that MySQL is a competitor of Oracle and that Oracle will almost certainly let MySQL die, this sale should be prohibited by federal statute. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:46:24 GMT lpanunzi http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28954 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28954 Hello, i've somes problem to install qnx on my laptop indeed at the begin of the install the qxn doesn't find the hd drive so... i've done with success the Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:06:51 GMT howard goldberg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28952 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28952 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:14:48 GMT Peter Fork http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28948 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28948 Hi I know they aren't cheep but what about a slid state drive (SSD) they are getting lower and lower in price buy the month and their are even a few of them Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:09:21 GMT Allan Gottlieb http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28947 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28947 ... Sure, but for modest blocksizes the transfer time you mention is less than either the seek time or rotational latency. Rotational latency for 7200 would be Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:56:25 GMT Alexandre Lymberopoulos http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28946 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28946 Almost totally agree with Ardell, but it depends on the computing needs of a person. I'm in the low profile side, since I don't have multi core cpus to do all Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:13:36 GMT Jim Diamond http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28945 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28945 ... The specs I read from the manufacturers indicated the newer generation 7200's were no more power hungry than the older 5400's. I didn't look and see if Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:01:21 GMT bil http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28944 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28944 I remember reading some battery performanace tests, from Phronix I think, that said 5200 rpm provided better life and the read write performace was not much Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:19:04 GMT Allan Gottlieb http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28943 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28943 ... I don't see much different. I plug my monitor and keyboard/mouse into the laptop; every hour my files are rsync'ed to the desktop and I have the single Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:26:39 GMT Jim Diamond http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28942 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28942 ... Have you considered Unison? I've been using that for a while, with good success. On the days when I go in to my university (Acadia), I often work from my Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:15:21 GMT Allan Gottlieb http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28941 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28941 ... I agree. At home every morning I do a backup (dump) from the laptop to a desktop and via the internet to New York University, where I teach. Those days Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:39:38 GMT Jim Diamond http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28940 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28940 ... Your reply is neither helpful nor well-thought out. Just because someone has a large drive in their laptop does not mean that they don't have it backed up Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:49:46 GMT matcheivffriends http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28939 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28939 I read your profile today, I thought I would drop you a line and hope to become your friend! Check my personal page here: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:44:50 GMT kiyer25 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28938 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/message/28938 Hi Ardell Faul, Seems you are frustrated or trying to blame everyone who is having the internal hard drive with large size. I did asked for the suggestion and