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What the heck? Attack Site?

PEBKAC?? You're probably infected if your browser didn't detect it. Running FF 3.6.2 on Linux from 2 different distros with ADblock warn of it. Same with Win7 on FF
- sgtwiltan
- Post #65
- Mar 27, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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any way to update a LiveCD?

Some distros have a LiveCD base which you can update if you make a LiveUSB with persistence. Basically it is the LiveCD on a stick but changes you make make to it (Updates, settings, packages, etc) stick for the next time you boot into it. Great little concept and it allows you to carry...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #5
- Nov 8, 2009
- Forum: Open Source
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any way to update a LiveCD?

Some distros have a LiveCD base which you can update if you make a LiveUSB with persistence. Basically it is the LiveCD on a stick but changes you make make to it (Updates, settings, packages, etc) stick for the next time you boot into it. Great little concept and it allows you to carry around...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #4
- Nov 8, 2009
- Forum: Open Source
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Trying to install Windows 7 on a PIII Machine...

What's the specs on that system AMDemALL? Looks like you don't have enough Ram. I've run across problems like that where I did not pay attention to the minimum RAM requirments. Win7 may not be the best thing to try on that system. Ever consider trying one of the many Linux distributions?
- sgtwiltan
- Post #9
- Nov 6, 2009
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Worth Upgrading Old Computer?

You could try one of the free Linuxes which works wonders on old systems. I have an old P3 running with 256 mb of PC100 running PCLinux OS minime as basically a surfing box. Runs great and doesn't make me have to invest money on every new piece of software I'd like to try. I'd use that win7...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #3
- Nov 6, 2009
- Forum: Operating Systems
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PDF Editor

Try a Linux Live CD, open the doc in it and edit and resave. Make sure to mount your windows partition where the document is installed.
- sgtwiltan
- Post #2
- Nov 6, 2009
- Forum: Windows
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Windows-centric choice of *Nix plus GUI

I had as one of my favorite systems, a P3 tualatin on an MSI board which still exist since the wattage for the CPU is around 30 and I have a lot of old PC133 Dimms available. It was once overclocked for 2 years to 1.4 with a 1.2 Ghz Tualatin (512K version) and 384 Mb of PC150 Ram. It just runs...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #15
- Nov 5, 2009
- Forum: Open Source
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Frequently Asked Questions: PCI Express

You might also want to add the wattage an x16 slot can provide by itself.
- sgtwiltan
- Post #15
- Oct 20, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dedicated vs Integrated graphics card advice

Dangerer is correct due to the limited space for airflow in a Laptop. That is why they are designed with lower power usage parts that a comparable desktop so heat buildup can be diminished. The heat problem is always going to be there which might be alleviated by laptop coolers and you get a...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #9
- Oct 19, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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Help me prep for my first Linux install

Gentoo is to linux as DOS is to Windows. The benefit is that you get to choose only what you wnat so you don't get umpteen millions drivers for a gajillion different devices and you also get to specify only what services(daemons) you want to run. However if you are asking about which Linux to...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #11
- Oct 19, 2009
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Dedicated vs Integrated graphics card advice

One advantage discrete has over integrated is that you get to use all available memory you have as limited by the type of OS you use. Of course you do get other benefits with CUDA tech from NVIDIA for decoding video. Unfortunately, in a laptop, discrete video adds to power usage as well as heat...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #6
- Oct 19, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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Comparing netbook cpu's

You might also want to try PCLOS 2009.2 I'd be more interested in that since That's what Linux distro I use. I've been waffling on getting that netbook due to Linux's crappy ati drivers.
- sgtwiltan
- Post #7
- Oct 16, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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The serial number sticker fell off my X61 - and Lenovo won't fix it!

Uh, what exactly do you think happened to the IBM employees when Lenovo bought them? Lenovo products are now a merger of old Lenovo China and the same ThinkPad teams so clarify your statements. If you work the industry you'll understand the economic pressures put on development teams to cut...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #33
- Oct 5, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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linux: alternatives for common windows software

Another one to add for MPEG converter : Handbrake This was apparently from BeOS to Linux port software. Works great( don't update to GTK2) There is also another browser called Midori which is webkit based like Mac Safari and Epiphany. Webkit is a KHTML fork originating from the HTML renderer...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #60
- Sep 1, 2009
- Forum: Open Source
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I have three Win7 upgrade questions

You da man!! I wonder why Microsoft is so cryptic or unknowledgeable about this topic. I gotta check one more thing before I preorder 2 upgrade licenses using the RCs as a base instead of re-installing XP into my linux systems. Found this dated 27 june 2009 Upgrading from Windows 7 to...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #11
- Jun 29, 2009
- Forum: Operating Systems
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linux: alternatives for common windows software

MPEG conversion DVD::RIP Compression Ark Office tools Gnumeric(spreadsheet) if you do not need the gargantuan OO.Org suite
- sgtwiltan
- Post #49
- Jun 29, 2009
- Forum: Open Source
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I have three Win7 upgrade questions

This is a completely noobtastic question which nobody at Microsoft seem to have a definitive answer for and also applies to this thread. What is the maximum number of CPU cores Win7 Home Premium will support. I'm trying to get in on the upgrade offer since I have unused XP Pro COAs since those...
- sgtwiltan
- Post #9
- Jun 29, 2009
- Forum: Operating Systems

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