Recent content by bluedevils

Sorry I didn't make myself clear. Wouldn't fsck be more appropriate than defragging, if he is having hard drive problems? I have never had to defrag a unix machine, but fsck can be helpful correcting filesystem errors.

another recently active thread (geek message) confirmed to me that osx has the old unix disk utility fsck. Would this be a solution for you?

It's lighter and smaller than an ordinary ps2 at least from memory. I haven't moved either units in a while.

mail.app is a client which interacts with a server. You would have to setup a mail server on one of your machines. Most of the software is already installed, but not configured. There are plenty of website that explain how to do this, but if you are unfamiliar with commandline I would suggest...

I ran away from redhat when the free dist went to fedora. I wasn't a fan of rpm. I like ubuntu/kubuntu, but upgrading from dapper to edgy to feisty should be easier than it is now. I'm comfortable with command line, so gentoo is my preferred linux OS if you have the horsepower. It...

see if you drank white wine more often, the alcohol wouldn't affect you as much and you wouldn't have spilt. That's the way I see it. ;) You don't know what damage it has done unless you open it up. How much life your macbook is going to be an unknown. I know the thinkpads have waterproof...

I used to work in a company that had windows and mac desktops. The main problems I heard about the macs were how they interloped with the windows server environment! Macs are unix machines and can be hard to hack (without using third person software) given the right user/admin. If macs...

maybe this will revitalize the tablet PC :rolleyes:

The nvidia graphics will really help those using linux as well. ATI support is not good for linux. I'm wondering how long it will be before the upgrades trickle to the macbook. I just bought one (doh!).

linux and freebsd are not the same, though they may share many apps and gui desktop and gui applications.

I agree with using cat6 and using a dedicated router over making the g3 as a gateway/router. In general, you don't want your server to be the gateway because it is harder to compromise your server.

Old is when all the aging effects you were fighting against become true. I play hockey regularly (sometimes against college kids) and yet I still have a gut (not too big though) and 15lbs heavier than I was pre 35.

You have to be careful if you are going to use a KVM switch and only switch between monitors. Most KVMs rely on the power from the USB or ps/2 keyboard. Make sure you get one with a power supply or that you can easily buy a power supply. I like the monitor with dual inputs answer, but...

After I unplugged the griffin powermate, I was able to update the firmware. Thanks deltamac

thanks, I did try about 3 times. I'll try again tonight with the extra directions