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Well, that's good to know; wish all problems just solved themselves over time. I still can't properly use WiFi on the campus network, but that's another matter entirely.

That's kind of bizarre, and something I haven't seen before. Don't suppose you can show us a screen of the video options and/or a pic of the monitor with the desktop being displayed? That's assuming...

Off topic a bit, but it doesn't give you the option of entering a key later? Usually Windows at least gives you 30 days before complaining about not having a valid license, which is generally plenty...

Usually I'd agree with Linux Mint, but if you were having bad issues with Ubuntu I'd stay away from it until you figure out the cause. If you're still looking, try CrunchBang, or perhaps Fedora.

They're very different desktop systems with some similarities and some similar goals. Honestly, the best thing you could do would be to download a couple different Linux distros to test each of them...

Honestly, I can't say for certain; I don't buy through iTunes or use it in general. My solution would be as follows, but I don't know how well it'll actually work:
Find a track that's particularly...

When in doubt, always use a graphical partition editor. Much harder to make mistakes, although it's certainly still possible. Asking for help and making certain you're doing something right is always...

Came in to recommend rhythmbox's built-in ripper only to find that the TC had done it himself. Nice work!

I'm certain that there're better rippers available, especially for audiophiles, but I've...

Remember, you'll have to download a PPC-compaitible distro; the standard x86 isos and installers won't do much of anything on a PowerPC processor.

I prefer puppy for lower-end machines, but realistically just about anything with work well enough these days.

Finally made the time to play around with it a bit; it's pretty nice, actually.

Never had anything burst into flame, but my mom's laptop definitely goes over any safe limit; I don't know if the fan's shot or if the thermal paste just needs replacing, but it regularly gets hot...

I didn't mention it earlier on, but in addition to my laptop, I've also got a fairly low-end gaming desktop. The shell and some other bits are from an HP that was originally designed as a Vista...

Honestly, almost any modern laptop can run most MMOs. I've got a four year old Sony VAIO with Intel 4500MHD graphics (the last integrated Intel graphics prior to the HD line), which can run World of...

That's kinda bizarre, I haven't had any new issues with 12.04, though I'm using a non-LTS version with Gnome Shell, and Unity's removed altogether. The slowdown issues might be explained by a memory...

Ah, well that's significantly more correct-sounding. You learn something new every day, I suppose.

I'm almost certain Linux machines can use the sticky bit; do you have a valid source that says otherwise?

I'd never even heard of Siduction before now. Interesting, I'll have to look into it now. Thanks for the heads-up.

Helps to know exactly what you're trying to do. Have you tried the simpler tools like zeroconf or Samba?

There's an older guide here, but a good amount of details ought to apply to modern releases.

It wouldn't, actually, or at least I assume; if a partition is small, it's really just less space to seek through to find what you're looking to access. There shouldn't be a noticeable difference.

Me, I'm something of a tinkerer; I like to try out new things more than I like to stick to them. Started using Damn Small Linux at least a half decade ago, became more familiar with Linux operating...

My first distro was some build of Damn Small Linux, around 6 or 7 years ago. Needed to try recovering some files off an old laptop that was having boot errors. It wasn't until a couple years later...

Right now my main machine is a Hannspree SN12E2 sub-notebook. The specs are close to the same as the first build of Alienware's smallest notebooks, the M11x, only without dedicated video memory, with...

Gnome for me. More specifically, Gnome 2, but I'm becoming partial to Gnome 3 and Gnome-Shell. I'm an eye-candy kind of guy, and don't do anything intense enough for a smallish hit to my available...