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Hardware compatibility with the Linux operating system.
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80s-style banner printing
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I have a dot-matrix (i.e. impact) printer, perforated tractor-feed paper and all. How do I print out banners? I've made a CUPS raw queue if that helps. Niceties (like font choice and borders) are extra goodness, but not critical.
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Ubuntu and HP Pavillion laptop dv2000
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Hello, I have an HP Pavillion dv2000 laptop that's about 1 year old. The hardware is exactly as it came from HP. The preinstalled Win Vista on the laptop got broken and I want to try something new. I am fairly computer knowledgable. I have made many home-built PCs, however this is the first... more »
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fdutils with USB floppy drive?
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My current Linux box doesn't have a floppy drive, though I do have a USB floppy drive. I've had no problems working with floppies that have already been formatted, but have been unable to figure out how to get fdformat (and other floppy utilities) to work on the USB floppy drive. Is it even possible? Does fdformat/fdutils require a "real"... more »
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AMD XP Athlon 2400+
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Is 60 degrees C too hot for that processor? Should I be worried? Thanks, Alias
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recording and noise
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Hi, i have a problem using audio on linux using this command: cat < /dev/dsp > out and then cat < out > /dev/dsp I obtain a very bad-quality sound with a lot of noise in background... Using windows, this doesn't happened. but using a prerecorded one, like cat < /usr/share/sounds/ekiga/newmes sage.wav > /dev/dsp... more »
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Real mode BIOS call in x86_64 Linux environment
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I have an application which gets Video controller information using VESA BIOS routines. It makes use of LRMI library for making real mode BIOS call in x86_32 bit Linux machine. Now, I need to port this application for x64 Linux. But, LRMI is limited only to x86_32 enviornment. Is there any other equivalent... more »
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NCQ vs TCQ performance?
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Hi In an article about the performance of sata raid controllers ( StorageReview: [link] ) using NCQ or TCQ. it stated that TCQ is much faster than NCQ: "SATA TCQ and SATA RAID have the potential to deliver benefits to the server market just as great as those of SCSI TCQ and SCSI RAID."... more »
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Older Hardware, Older (smaller?) Distros to match
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Say I wanted to load a Linus OS on a Pentium (not II or III) IBM Laptop (non-booting Hard Drive) and/or an HP with oh I think its a PIII running under 900Mhz, then wouldn't I want to seek out the smaller distributions; those with less bells and whistles perhaps but still able to recognize video chipsets and bioses, right?... more »
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