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i'm thinking about buying an eeePC. my question is this...what processor is more powerful? i know per specs the speeds are 1.6 ghz for the atom vs. 900 mhz for the celeron. i know this doesn't necessarily mean the atom is more powerful. what's everyone thoughts and/or opinions? which processor would...

A friend of mine owns a local gun range. He wants to start tracking his member ships better. Also, possibly have a means to export his email addresses for mass e-mailings about events, specials, etc. Does anyone know of a free and/or open source software solution that would be able to do this for hi...

i added the line to the blacklist, but still in the same boat.

i'm running gusty. the web cam is a veo stingray. [sorry about not posting that before]. this was in the end of my messages file... Jan 2 21:34:54 three -- MARK -- Jan 2 21:46:54 three kernel: [ 3147.072000] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3 Jan 2 21:47:08 three kernel: [ 3160.416000] usb 1-2: new ...

I was wondering, why wouldn't I have a /dev/video0? I've built gspca and loaded it via modprobe. lsusb shows my webcam, but I still don't have /dev/video0.

Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

What does everyone think of this motherboard/processor setup http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153052">this%20motherboard/processor for a file server? This will be the home of my personal files, mp3s, myth storage, and maybe even a print server. Will this be powerful enough wi...

Hey everyone. Thanks for the suggestions. I tried Slackware and Debian many years ago when I had a ComCrap laptop. At the time, the only distro that worked very well was RedHat. I think I'll give those two a shot again. I'll also check out Sidux and Gentoo. I've wanted to try Gentoo out, but have he...

I'm a long time fan of Ubuntu. I've played with Fedora, OpenSUSE, MEPIS, and some other distros. I'm looking to play again with something new just for the fun of it. I've recently tried Arch for the first time using Virtual Box. I must say...it's amazingly quick. I couldn't believe it especially sin...

I'm about to reformat my laptop. Typically, I use /boot, /home, and / partitions. /home and / I usually use xfs, and /boot gets good ole ext3. I'm curious as to what other people are using out there and why.