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by Shack
Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:38 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Need suggestions
Replies: 18
Views: 11334

Im going to try Debian. Thanks for all the info. Gomer_x, I've done the tweak you mentioned and then some. It still chugs along. I really think the biggest problem is im maxed out at 192megs of ram. If I could go up to 512meg it would run better. Wireless networking + Debian? Any problems? Im using ...
by Shack
Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:12 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Need suggestions
Replies: 18
Views: 11334

Need suggestions

I have a laptop that shipped with Windows 98se and currently has Windows XP on it. It runs like crap and I want to put linux on it in hopes of streamlining the system a bit. It is currently being used for web browsing, playing music off my network and MS Word. So a basic install + Open Office should...
by Shack
Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:49 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Increasing Web Presence
Replies: 1
Views: 2617

Are companies like this using technics like comment and forum spam to increase inbound links
I hope not, that would be shady. 8)
by Shack
Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:46 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Debian questions
Replies: 7
Views: 5678

ill give http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/wine a try. Thats not the reposistory Wine says to use, but the one they say to use dont work :D Im trying to get Steam to work un Wine. The version the comew with stable is old and doenst work with Wine. I just did basic install of Debian. It m...
by Shack
Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:14 pm
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Debian questions
Replies: 7
Views: 5678

Debian questions

Hey guys! Just wanted to ask a few questions. I cant seem to get some tings to work. Wine! Yes, there are some Windows apps I would like to use in linux. Like games. How do i get Wine to install. The Wine site says use synaptic and add the Wine depository to it. Well, Synaptic tells me the files are...
by Shack
Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:30 am
Forum: Tech Show Discussion
Topic: Porting windows apps to Linux/mac
Replies: 9
Views: 7171

I just joined the forums and wanted to comment on this topic. Porting apps is easy if the app is written in something like C++. C++ is designed to be portable. Recomile it on the new OS and it should work. Problem is when you use OS spacific code like .net framework. Then you have problems.