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A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
i get alota picts here i use

thanx -probably not just school work and light gaming

Hey gang Im going to be teaching my nephew some basics on sys building(and linux os installing mint and a puppy dual boot) and was wondering if a 2.5 ghz over a 2.0 ghz will make a big difference,both p4 s478 northwoods?(.5 ghz worth it) I just wana know as it could save me some time removing and re...

Shane awesome work you do!!
Thank You.
Conky question,where can i find a guide for changing the colors in conky?

Give mint Fluxbox ce a try,it will run nicely as long as you are comfortable with fluxbox as your wm

Hi all this is my first how too- :mrgreen: I hope it helps someone I have noticed some times in streamtuner their are some issues with shoutcast so I have learned its simple to use VLC to view/listen to shoutcast tv/radio 1-open vlc 2-Click on second tab "view" 3- move down to playlist and...

thank you so far,video is "choppy" when full sized, any ideas?
and i remember that announcement about hd,s

Hi All Im rebuilding a older pc to use as a music box as well as watch shoutcast tv and hulu streams.(maybe grab a torrent here n there to watch) its got a old hp motherboard p3 @1.1 1/2 gig ram(maxed out) nvidia 5500 PCI vid (256) power supply i like as its quiet is only 150 watt My question is I h...

Nice job to all,I been using it for a few weeks now and its smooth
i love the simplicity of flux box
**(added bonus it keeps prying eyes out as im the only one i know in my circle of people who uses linux so flux confuses them to all hell )
Keep up the good work

Hi all ,
Been using linux off and on for years and i am truly impressed with the job you all did on mint 5 fluxy.I have always enjoyed using mint and i do prefer a simple wm like flux ,So in my opinion this is one of the finer distros on the market.Keep up the great work!!

thanks
and because it was not reading my processor as it's an embedded duron 950 mhz in a pc chips mb

Hi all
Is there a linux version of everest ?
mint's hardware information doesn't see everything.?

thanx..

will this affect virtual box? VirtualBox itself won't be hurt ... but the virtual OS running inside could be very well infected. In our company we used VMware and VirtualBox to infect virtual Windows machines with backdoors, trojans and viruses for testing purposes and to see how quickly they sprea...

You can also try a dual boot with backtrack

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=backtrack

my agp is a "gulp" ati 9250 w/128 megs tv out
my other is a pci (not pcie) geforce fx 5500 w/ 256 megs w/ tv out as well
i will want to use the tv out...
.. as to my processors i have a cele 2.2 ghz ORa p4 2.0 which should i use? any ideas or links you could post??

ok ill use the agp card ,how bout the procesor.

tnx so far

Hi all,
2 quick ones.

does mint care if i use an agp or pci vid card?

second does it care about cache on a prosesor?ie i have 2 i can use in a new box
1)2.0 northy 400 mhz fsb 256 cache
2)2.2 cele 128 cache also 400 fsb
thanx all...

1) Homebuilt: Athalon 4000+, 1-gigabyte Ram, Biostar T-Force 6100-939 Nvida Geforce 7600 320 Gigabyte HDD currently single boot Cassandra with partitioned for other (like testing Cassandra KDE when available) 2) Homebuilt: Athalon 3500+, 1 gigabyte Ram, ASUS nForce3 Nvidia 5200 Tripple boot (MS XP,...

thanx for trying ,
my ps died on the sempy with mint on it so ill have to wait till i get a new one to re-try mint OR ill load it on a diff pc in a dual boot

hi ,Thanx
i use on board sound ,the pc seems to runs fine i just get the "warning window"It does hang when i try to shut it down, and what is a good program for checking temp? I will look at the bios tonight.