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 dressel11
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 anyone know linux. 
#5726919 - 06/08/06 02:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i posted this on the linux help foeums site but there dead so i'm trying this.
I have mandrake 10.0 which im told is an older mandriva. I plan on upgrading once i can get online. My network card doesnt work on linux so can anyone recomend a usb 802.11b network adapter that works. i dont want to spend more than $75.
is there a way to rip cd with the softwear linux comes with or do i need another program.
is there an upgrade i can get to use my external hdd formated as NTFS or with i have to reformat it?
thank you
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Re: anyone know linux. [Re: dressel11]
#5727111 - 06/08/06 02:58 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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dressel11 said:
i posted this on the linux help foeums site but there dead
Aren't they always??? 
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Re: anyone know linux. [Re: dressel11]
#5727226 - 06/08/06 03:29 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I have mandrake 10.0 which im told is an older mandriva. I plan on upgrading once i can get online.
I'd try a different distro - mandriva is kinda the suck. try the new ubuntu or fedora releases.
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My network card doesnt work on linux so can anyone recomend a usb 802.11b network adapter that works.
what card?
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is there a way to rip cd with the softwear linux comes with or do i need another program.
depends on your distro. most distros do come with burning applications like k3b. and for ripping, I use crip - it's a commandline ripper.
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is there an upgrade i can get to use my external hdd formated as NTFS or with i have to reformat it?
are you using the drive for media storage? you can read but not write to NTFS. I believe there might be ways to write to NTFS, but they're not really practical or stable. You might as well backup your files and reformat.
Edited by bi0 (06/08/06 06:01 PM)
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Vvellum
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Re: anyone know linux. [Re: Amatoxin]
#5727233 - 06/08/06 03:30 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Amatoxin said:
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dressel11 said:
i posted this on the linux help foeums site but there dead
Aren't they always???
fedora, gentoo, ubuntu forums -among others- are huge and with plenty of traffic.
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Re: anyone know linux. [Re: dressel11]
#5727401 - 06/08/06 04:04 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I used to have that problem with Ubuntu (the older version)
But this new 6.06 -- Dapper Drake.. kicks ass. It recognized my card immediately 
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 drbob
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Re: anyone know linux. [Re: dressel11]
#5727436 - 06/08/06 04:10 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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dressel11 said:
I have mandrake 10.0 which im told is an older mandriva. I plan on upgrading once i can get online. My network card doesnt work on linux so can anyone recomend a usb 802.11b network adapter that works. i dont want to spend more than $75.
Mandrake 10 should support anything with an Atmel AT76C503A chip without any additional drivers or kernel magic. Doesn't mean it's going to be trouble free though. 
List of cards: http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/usbtable.html
Installation instructions: http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/atmel_92.html
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is there a way to rip cd with the softwear linux comes with or do i need another program.
There should definitely be something to rip CDs, isn't that what most people use Linux for?  It depends what packages were selected when the original install was done, but look out for KAudioCreator (which is part of Konqueror/KDE) or grip (which is part of Gnome). There are lots of you can download and try once you get connected.
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is there an upgrade i can get to use my external hdd formated as NTFS or with i have to reformat it?
You can use it read only without problem (instructions here) but writing to NTFS partitions is usually considered dangerous. There are addons to let you do it but you'd be better off repartitioning it to either a native Linux type or FAT32 if you want to keep using it on Windows machines as well.
Phil
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