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    [ubuntu] Re: Runescape HD doesnt work

    Runescape HD, fullscreen also works for me: Hardy 64-bit, NVIDIA 8800 GT using the proprietary driver enabled.

    I do have a problem with the music being choppy, and I'm not running any other sound...
  2. Re: Code name for 8.10?

    Itchy Iguana sounds like it would be the distro name
    Impatient Imp sounds more like the would-be user name :)
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    Dapper Support

    Since Dapper is still the only 'long-term-support' version of Ubuntu, how about a forum category for Dapper-specific support issues? Heck, Gutsy has its own support category - and its not even...
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    Re: Linux mmorpg with low system requirements

    etermal lands
    http://www.eternal-lands.com/

    its a 3d 3rd person perspective fantasy mmorpg. You don't NEED to kill anything, but it helps.
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    Re: Standard C++ Format Question

    Try:

    http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html

    hope this helps.
  6. Re: How often pinging a site is 'useful pinging'?

    Ping-o-matic's service name is the source of the confusion. They don't actually 'ping' the search engines, in the same way as


    ping -c1 www.google.com

    does. That would achieve little except...
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    What happened to News for Updates?

    There has been no posts in News and Announcements for the past two weeks worth of auto-updates. Has Canonical decided to stop informing us when packages change, or is it just that someone forgot?
    ...
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    Re: [c++] Problem with memcpy

    According to 'man memcpy'...



    Reading your code, I see the memory areas definitely overlap.
    The logic of your program seems to depend on which bytes are copied first:

    Compare this:
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    Re: HOWTO: Canon PIXMA IP4000 drivers

    My printer is the Canon PIXMA iP8500, and your instructions are great!!!

    Only three minor differences to report:

    #1

    When converting the .rpm packages to .deb using alien, I got a warning...
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    Re: Simple shell scripting question

    This doesn't do recursive, but you can supply the directory you want to rename, and keep doing it until you get no more output.

    First do this:



    gedit rename


    Paste this text into the...
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    Re: Firefox vs. Epiphany

    I hope they keep Firefox as the default browser. After first having some experience with OSS using OOo and Firefox in a Windows environment, it was good to see "old friends" when I first installed...
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    Re: BASH: Nesting "if"s?

    Err... you left out TWO 'fi's :P
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    Re: cedega or wine...

    To choose native(real) .dll files rather than the wine builtins, run winecfg from the terminal, select the dll libraries tab, select the name of the dll file from the list (these are the only...
  14. Re: Open source project adds no military use clause to the GPL

    Actually, isn't it against the GPL for anyone to add further restrictions to the software since it was never theirs to begin with?

    The original GPL protects my rights to use software. No one can...
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    Re: Would I be able to play WoW?

    The only thing I would worry about is whether your graphics is up to speed with the new games. If its a problem, on most games you can trade off detail for FPS.

    The rest of your machine is plenty...
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    Re: Forum takes too long to load!

    Yes, for me last few days the forum seems to hang for a long time about 10% of the time. I don't know if its 'growing pains' or what, but it is site-related.
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    Re: Edgy Art feedback request

    I prefer the 'failsafe' look. Its not loud and flashy, and in fact it conveys the stable, secure, mature feeling that newcomers to Ubuntu are looking for (Will this work on MY system with MY data?)...
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    Poll: Re: How about wine installed by default..?

    The only gotcha I see is that newbie users will still have to run winecfg before attempting to use it. I don't know if there is a way for Ubuntu gurus to automate that.

    dosemu --- who else...
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    Re: Wine crashes on audio tab

    You don't buld anything, wine distributes ubuntu-compatible .deb files.

    Just be sure your sources.list contains


    ## wine
    deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/


    run synaptic update...
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    Re: This is way cool but does it support Linux?

    And to think for years I have been telling people not to touch their monitor screens because of the oil on their fingertips...

    Some interesting UI-ideas there.
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    Re: please help the grossly impatient.

    1) RAM
    2) High Speed Internet

    then if you are into games:
    3) CPU & Video Card

    Did I mention that BIG programs eat a lot of hard disk space?
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    Re: Ubuntu Luvin'

    That's what got me hooked too... Ubuntu support actually WORKS. After awhile, you get the hang of it too...
  23. Thread: Xubuntu poll

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    Poll: Re: Xubuntu poll

    I tried KDE on Knoppix, but it was Ubuntu's Gnome that sold me on Ubuntu. (I had some prior experience with Gnome on a FC2 box but Ubuntu is way better)

    I have several older machines that are too...
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    Re: New to Linux/Ubuntu

    Thanks for all your gaming and gnome links, I'll check them out.

    Going slow and staying dual boot for awhile is the only way forward for me.

    As far as any linux being 'ready for the desktop'...
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    New to Linux/Ubuntu

    After getting tired of seeing perfectly good gaming computers being obsoleted due to forced upgrades of OS, I decided I *had* to try to see what Linux could offer.

    Of all the LiveCDs I tried, I...
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