Techtip Poll

[techguy]

What type of techtips should I post?

[Big Dan]

Ubuntu Ubuntu! Help me brainwash people into using Linux. :D

Personally, I'd like to see more hardware type stuff as this is where I lack knowledge. I know the basics, what each part does and the like but I lost track of processor naming after Pentium 4 HT. Is it just me or are the dual core processors purposefully named in a very confusing manor?

For the general public I think tips and tweaks to speed up Vista & XP would be great.

[Raven]

I have a question then. I have a old pc that I want to put Linux on. Everytime I try to get the ISO of linux downloaded onto a cd it gets so far and stops. How can I correct this. I have tried Redhat and Fedura I think it is.

Ubuntu Ubuntu! Help me brainwash people into using Linux. :D

Personally, I'd like to see more hardware type stuff as this is where I lack knowledge. I know the basics, what each part does and the like but I lost track of processor naming after Pentium 4 HT. Is it just me or are the dual core processors purposefully named in a very confusing manor?

For the general public I think tips and tweaks to speed up Vista & XP would be great.

[THERESA]

I think you should keep it filled with variety. The tips should cover a wide range of everything. I think it should cater to people that are practically computer illiterate all the way to the total computer geeks like Ray. :frog:

That way everyone is benefitting from it and learning new things.

Cover everything. IMO:thanks:

[popowich]

Not sure where it falls, but "nifty new usb stuff" is good too.

New gadgets that no one knows of but everyone will own and can't live without 2 years from now.

Or maybe that goes under stock picks. :laughing6:

-Raymond

[Big Dan]

I have a question then. I have a old pc that I want to put Linux on. Everytime I try to get the ISO of linux downloaded onto a cd it gets so far and stops. How can I correct this. I have tried Redhat and Fedura I think it is.

It could be a number of things. Is the burn being preformed correctly? You might want to download an alternate installer for a distribution like Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com). The alternate installer is text based and frees up more RAM for the install process, where as a Live CD with an installer loads the entire operating system into RAM.

You might also want to look into xUbuntu (http://www.xubuntu.org/), which is pretty much the same as Ubuntu just less robust and is made for systems smaller amounts of RAM.

[popowich]

How old is the PC?

I can try mailing you some known to be good Fedora CD's.

-Raymond

[Raven]

Actually I was trying to download it on my pc and burning it and I even tried on my brothers PC. You can get my address off of KDTWEB (http:/www.kidsdefenseteam.com) to mail the disk. :thanks:

How old is the PC?

I can try mailing you some known to be good Fedora CD's.

-Raymond

[popowich]

What type of techtips should I post?


I like the latest one too.

FYI, I redid the thread titles so Google has a better description of what the tips are about to work with for searches.

-Raymond

[popowich]

Hello,

What kind of tips and information are you interested in?

These are mostly related to Microsoft Windows, but can be possibly be for other technology too.

-Raymond

[THERESA]

How about getting a tech guy that posts tips?

[THERESA]

How about any tech tips at all.

[popowich]

I don't think he is coming back...

-Raymond