Recent content by bjpatrick

Try freshmeat.net

Well looks like you will have to reinstall. You can either re-format the drive and start over or just reinstall the OS over your current install. A re-format is probably the best option in my opinion.

If you want to play games on linux then try this. www.transgaming.com Good software and works with most games. Just check out the game your interested in buying if you want to play games on linux.

Are there drivers posted on the manufactures website? If not you might need to buy a new NIC. Check different boards like www.justlinux.com and linuxquestions.org.

startx

Net drivers? Do you mean ethernet drivers? What ethernet card do you have?

Why nor dual boot and use linux and wondows? You can also download a linux distro for free. http://www.linuxiso.org/

Not looking to spend too much cash on a video card. I'm between upgrading to a AMD 754 socket or possibly just getting a new video card to help with gaming because I'm still in graduate school. I' only running and AMD 2000+ with 512 megs of RAM. I really do not have time to game right now. So...

Have an old XFX 64 meg video card that has seen its days. Not really interested in buying a top of the line card for max gameplay. Considering that I really do not game that much. What would be a decent budget card that would last another year or two?

AVG is not bad.

That game looks great! I cannot wait until the game is released. Been wating for a Star Wars game of this nature for quite sometime. I bet the controls are going to take time getting use to though.

Ohh, please! Dell notebooks are way too expensive. When compared to HP. Plus, HP has the AMD chips. I got to play with a notebook that possessed a AMD 3000+ 64 bit chip. That thing ran circles around the same notebook with an Intel chip in it.

Actually some of those IBM thinkpads seem quite cheap. The only question that I really possess references the Intel Extreme Graphics 2 cards. Regarding possibly playing games.

I like the AMD 64bit aspect considering that most programs coming out in the next year or two will be able to harness the chipset. I just wish the dual cores would be placed on the market soon at a reasonable price. That is not likely to happen for the next year or two.

I think he is asking how they compare referencing speed, battery life, and other things. I'm starting to ask the same questions because I'm interested in buying a laptop. From the prices. You can get a AMD 64 3200 from HP for about a grand and only get a Intel 1.6 for about a grand from Dell...