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    Linux users, what DE are you using?

    I've been using E17 for about 6 months now. I'm keeping an eye on LXQT also for my netbook. I'm running Debian Sid, and with the progress the debian e packaging team is making I'm thinking of setting aside some time to help them with packaging.
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    Best way to "mount" a debian server on another one? Need to share storage

    i actually don't remember. I have the line commented out actually, i replaced that machine with a raspberry pi about 6 months ago, never fully removed the line. i assume it would just not auto-mount, rather than try to mount and fail in seconds rather than minutes. I have smb for my wife's...
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    Best way to "mount" a debian server on another one? Need to share storage

    i can never remember the mount.nfs command so I add it to my fstab: 192.168.123.140:/media/USBdrive/ /media/USBdrive nfs rw,noauto,user 0 0 noauto=when i reboot my laptop away from home it doesn't hang for 5 minutes trying to connect user=i can mount it, don't need to "sudo mount -a" when I...
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    SSD in a Netbook?

    I put an ssd in my netbook with an e-350. my machine is definitely cpu-bound at this point but I prefer it to my faster hdd laptop when I have to choose between the two for most things.
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    Wine Software

    I always search to see if programs work with wine using their site http://appdb.winehq.org/
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    no reception indoors

    I'll see if there's an HTC service station anywhere nearby enough. cleaning the contacts with 95% alcohol didn't help.
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    no reception indoors

    I was thinking that it might be that. I took the back cover on and off a bunch of times over the past month, and I'm guessing the contacts aren't connecting well anymore. I tried a factory reset instead of a reflash and unsuprisingly that didn't help (I thought it might reflash the phone with...
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    no reception indoors

    I have an HTC One V that I purchased on Amazon about 6-7 months ago. About 2 weeks ago I realized I was at home and I had no reception. As soon as I left to walk to school I had reception again, but once I got into class I lost reception again. Same thing when I took my daughter to daycare...
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    laptops for linux

    i bought a lenovo x120e and replaced the wireless card with an intel one (and switched to a hacked bios to fix their whitelist "feature") so I'll second getting as much intel hardware in a laptop as possible. you could also check out linlap.com once you find a machine you like.
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    ARM netbooks yet, soon?

    Everyone keeps on saying that tablets replace netbooks, but I'm sure I'm not the only person who wants an actual netbook, with a keyboard and 10"-12" screen and everything, for $400 tops. The best I can think of right now is a chromebook running linux but they keep on having bricking issues, or...
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    Decent Android phone with per-minute or per-day pay as you go?

    gosmartmobile.com from tmobile is $35 and unlimited talk/text/slow data
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    land line phone on the internet ?

    Obihai is one of the companies that I know that makes a box that connects to google voice and a standard landline that you could use.
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    Need cheap filehosting solution

    was it a pogo-something? also something to keep in mind that could cause problems would be if you have a bandwidth cap.
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    turning two old pc's into one usable one

    stick linux on them
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    Wiresless LAN Transfer Speeds

    That's about what I get on wireless-g when the network isn't busy. is one of the two computers using wireless G or do you have another device on your network using G? Or are there a lot of walls/stuff in the 30 feet between the computers and the router?
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    Best video player for linux?

    i normally use vlc, but occasionally use mplayer when I don't feel like mounting a network share or when i have to pause and resume a lot, which for some reason gets me lots of weird echos on my netbook.
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    Best SSD for me - SATA1 notebook

    don't forget you can always take it out again later an reuse it. i haven't tried it out yet, but i'd look at the crucial v4. sata2 and a bit less expensive.
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    Is it possible to buy new laptops without OS?

    dell has some laptops that they sell (search under small business), but in general I've found that I've just had to eat the cost of the windows license (or i reuse it for a VM inside of linux on the laptop).
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    How to turn off 4G on Samsung S3?

    sounds more like he's trying to get the phone to use Wifi and not mobile internet when available.
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    How To Setup RAID ?

    perhaps you should read up on RAID first before you decide you want it.
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    [Question] Brazos shared memory configuration on Sony Vaio Laptop

    on my netbook its a set amount. If you add faster ram then everything is supposed to speed up.
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    Need help finding laptop for travel

    I have the x120e with the E350 and when I run skype for video calling my cpu usage jumps up to ~70% (using linux). Its fine for calling family, I wouldn't use it for business though.
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    Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 / Mini 2, opinions/experiences pls

    my wife has the galaxy ace and she likes it. i can't comment too much on it though because I tried really hard to not take it and play with it and leave it to her. then again, once i showed her androidminion (dominion clone), her primary uses of the phone now are androidminion, phone calls...
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    Cheap light laptop for school?

    I was going to suggest one of the less expensive Lenovo thinkpads (e-something line, 430? forget the number) or a dell vostro and then upgrading the ram/hdd yourself (the hardest part for me was buying the screwdriver) but both are slightly above. iirc, the lenovo i played with online came to...
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    SIP and VOIP over T-Mobile's 4G report. Not good.

    Ignoring the cost, is Skype any good for 3G/4G calling on T-Mobile?
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    Linux games that are equal to (or better) than MS$ games

    i did mine tired yesterday and didn't notice my newly multiarched sid only got amd64 updates and i had like 15 fail to install since the version didn't match the i386 version numbers.
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    Those of you who jumped from pure Windows based to MAC

    I did it in 2007 and got a macbook pro. It was nice for a bit and i used bootcamp for windows xp and some games. Eventually I looked at it and said to myself that if I wasn't using windows i should check out linux also and I've been using that for 2 years now quite happily.
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    Su Su Sudeo?

    when i used ubuntu i used whatever their default was, so i guess no login-as-root and sudo. on my systems now I use su for all my root needs. I'm sure there's more to it than ease/familiarity but I've been bitten by relatively small '/' partitions and deleting things as root and finding them...
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    Best *nix ultrabook right now?

    i got a lenovo x120e from walmart for ~$350 because i needed the extra oomph for a vm for windows+visual studio. if I didn't need that I would've taken the acer 1015-pem-pu (yes i remembered the model number). I was looking for something with the longest battery life for as close to $300 as I...
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    Crucial M4 firmware update (000F)

    that was what, from 0009? and fixed in 0309?
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    Poll: how much is your total combined monthly cell phone bill

    Just switched last month to a new provider. after 22 days of our new cycle my wife's and my bill together was 75 shekels, so we're assuming ~100 for a whole month, which would be about $26. converted into dollars, $3.75 monthly, 5c/minute, 3.75c/text and 3.75c/MB or $14/5GB or $22/10GB.
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    visiting USA, what Sim card

    you said your phone was a HTC Sensation so I'm assuming one of these: http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sQuickSearch=yes&sName=HTC+sensation . If you know which of the 4 (i didn't look that hard at the site) you have it should tell you which bands are available. my wife and I have a yearly...
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    What's the best "Word" doc type to use?

    if its for myself I save it as .txt or .odt. if i'm sending it out, .doc
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    The Desktop Environment Debate

    my more powerful laptop that I'm using as a desktop is running debian squeeze and still has gnome 2 but the netbook I take to school with me has gnome 3. I find myself at home throwing the mouse into the top left corner and starting to type. Things got better once I turned off compiz.
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    List of *nix NAS OSes installable onto flash drive?

    select the usb stick as the install point
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    SSD:Intel 330 or M4 for Linux OS

    I would assume so. I don't remember reading anything saying that they weren't when I went shopping for my ssd
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    SSD:Intel 330 or M4 for Linux OS

    I'm got an M4 for my netbook running sid. you mentioned 30-50 MB a day of downloads so I assume you're running testing or sid. depending on the size of the SSD I would choose between home on the SSD or on a HD but I would leave swap on the SSD and files like movies/pictures/music/downloads on...
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    Question about install order?

    looking at the windows 3.1 thread what popped into my mind: dos mouse win 3.1
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    Why does windows 8 still have two program files, and will offer a 32bit edition?

    isn't there supposed to be a minimum display for windows 8 that is more than most of the atom netbooks?
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    Lenovo IdeaPad S205 11.6" Netbook-EPIC FAIL OF A COMPANY

    i have an x120e, which to me looked the same except for a different case, and I really like it. i also upgraded to an ssd, 8gb of ram and a different wifi card when i got it.