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Computers & Video Games / January Desktops

« on: January 17, 2005, 10:14:21 am »

Here's mine, I can't take a direct snapshot, but here's the long-awaited desktop... Text-mode and proud.

http://img2.uploadimages.net/253704desk.jpg

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Any reason for still running the 2.4.x kernel series? And logging in as root is a bad idea
 
~Winbindd

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Computers & Video Games / Mini Macs Come Out.

« on: January 12, 2005, 04:10:18 pm »

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesnt belong....
da da da da, da da da dadada....

That song however, does not apply to Dells. In my experience, their all the same.

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Everything Else / What Did You Get For Christmas?

« on: December 25, 2004, 05:48:18 am »

Rio Karma, DVD's, CD's, and some other Misc Stuff
~Winbindd

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Site News / Happy [insert Holiday Here]

« on: December 25, 2004, 05:47:38 am »

Hey everyone.
Hope todays a good day for all, especially those celebrating Christmas. Im off to visit my relatives, and stuff myself silly with food.
Heres the "What I got for the holidays" thread: http://www.spongezone.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7609

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Computers & Video Games / Paint.net Beta

« on: December 23, 2004, 03:16:20 pm »

This program has 0 features. And it was not developed for microsoft, it was developed in association with microsoft.
GIMP > Paint.Net

~Winbindd

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Computers & Video Games / O. S. Battles!

« on: December 20, 2004, 07:34:09 pm »

I've used them all, and Linux rarely gives me problems, and is free, so I'm going with that.

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Youve used HPUX?
Hmmm.
 :glare:

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Computers & Video Games / Computer Quiz

« on: December 19, 2004, 07:01:46 pm »

I went through the list of questions, and Most of them are not defineable. For instance,

29.) What ports do you need to open on your router to have an http server?

You can run a webserver on most any port. Anything above 50 is fair game on a *nix box. Windows doesnt really have any restrictions. So, Those kind of questions arent really worth answering. Number two is questionable aswell:

2.) How would you set up a router?

Since there are about 500 different kinds of routers in the world, there is not one way. I do not setup a Cisco 2600 the same way I setup my NPI RouteSwitch or my Linksys WRT54G.

At any rate, Im not going to bother answering all the questions, because a 33 question quiz isnt going to demonstrate my computer abilities.

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Computers & Video Games / What Media Player Do You Use

« on: December 19, 2004, 06:56:55 pm »

I use Music Player Daemon
http://musicpd.org/

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Computers & Video Games / Wireless Modem

« on: December 15, 2004, 06:07:25 pm »

If their "hacking into your system" via wireless, then they DO know where you are, because typically you must be within 200-800ft of the Access Point/Router to access its signal. That right there is kind of a dead giveaway, but the person could be outside your window. From the internet they can not do that sort of thing. Im not worried about someone finding out "Where I am" by looking at my mailbox, so dont worry about people finding you by your wireless.
~Winbindd

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EDIT: Just noted Cmonkeys above post. /me smacks self in head

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Computers & Video Games / Favorite Linux Distros

« on: December 15, 2004, 08:29:28 am »

Debian
Gentoo
Fedora -> (For machines that arent mine, and non-computer/linux people have to use)

Debian and Gentoo r0ck. Period.
~winbindd

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Computers & Video Games / Fat32 Or Ntfs?

« on: December 15, 2004, 08:27:41 am »

NTFS has file permissions, FAT32 doesnt. Anything on a network that has shared files, shouldnt be using FAT32. Period.
~Winbindd

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Computers & Video Games / Wireless Modem

« on: December 15, 2004, 08:25:57 am »

I'm a fan of wireless.  When people bring over laptops, its a lot more convenient to have them connect to my 802.11g router wirelessly than stringing ethernet across my room.  I have cat5 cables wired through my walls to much of my house, so the desktops are all wired.  I use wireless for my Pocket PC as well.

Anyway, my wireless access is in no way vulnerable.  I use 128bit encryption as well as MAC Address filtering.  It would take a LOT of time and effort to break in.  Speed is rarely a problem.  My internet connection never exceeds 1.5mbps, far short of 54, 22, or 11 mbps, so the wireless connection is not a bottleneck.  It is only a problem when transferring large numbers of large files, in which case, I wire the two computers together with a 100mbit connection.

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I'll vouch for wireless being handy, especially when I drop by to visit
The quality of your wireless connection depends on who installs and configures it. I have had very little trouble with any of my wireless stuff.

~Winbindd

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Computers & Video Games / I Downgraded To Sp1

« on: December 15, 2004, 08:21:52 am »

Debian and Gentoo are a little too hard to install. I'm probably going with     Progeny, Fedora, Knoppix, MDK, or Ubuntu.

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Ill agree with gentoo being difficult to install, especially if its stage 1. Debian is getting easier and easier. But, for me, I generally don't do a "Desktop" install of Debian, So I wont install all the GUI components (Mozilla, KDE, Gnome, etc). Those are a tad bit difficult to install, but the customization is well worth it.

~Winbindd

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Computers & Video Games / Linksys Or D-link

« on: December 15, 2004, 08:17:25 am »

I've never used D-Link, but I love my Linksys WRT54g.  Modified firmware = good.

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Thats also the router with the exploit to install Linux on it   :biggrin:

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Its not an exploit,  an exploit is

A means of gaining access to a computer system, typically through a known bug in a program or operating system.

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The linksys WRT54G runs linux when it leaves the factory, and you can simply alter the distro that it is running by uploading your own firmware to the unit. Linksys has kindly turned a blind eye to people modifying their devices because they allow Linksys to sell more units. The NSLU2 is antother good example of a Linksys device being easy to modify. (http://www.nslu2-linux.org)

Yeah, so I vote linksys.

~Winbindd

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Computers & Video Games / I Downgraded To Sp1

« on: December 15, 2004, 08:10:51 am »

You should install Service Pack 2. If you do not like the security center features, disable them. But for the good of the world, keep SP2 installed. It has security patches that can save you from some rather destructive network worms and viruses. And if you think your too good, or immune to get them, your not. Take advice from me, I handle a few more computers than your average schmuck (200+), and all the PCs running Windows XP have been patched and updated to the max, regardless of any minor downsides. You DONT want to become a security hole.
Yeah, so, keep SP2.  

And- Knoppix isnt really a terrific hard-drive installed OS. Get a true from-hard disk distro like Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu (A customized debian distro), or even Fedora (Shudder).  :biggrin:

~Winbindd