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    Firefox too slow...

    If that is true, it means that the GTK2 toolkit (used by mozilla firefox) is quite a lot slower than the Win32 toolkit. The GTK1 versions of firefox are noticably faster than the GTK2 versions.
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    sify client installatioin for ubuntu

    Sify have not updated their Linux and Mac clients to support their new protocol, and as a result, in those areas where sify has stopped supporting the old clients, Linux and Mac users cannot connect using any official/unofficial client. Your best bet is to call the sify customer care, explain...
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    Firefox too slow...

    Firefox is slow. Its XUL interface makes it customisable but sluggish on old hardware. You could try switching to a browser like Opera, or else some other Gecko based browsers like Skipstone, Galeon, Kazehakase and Epiphany. Even the official Mozilla build will be faster than firefox. You could...
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    Installing Fedora Core 5 from Hardisk

    Try moving the ISO images to the root of the hda5 (D: ) partition. I am unsure how Fedora handles installation from hard disk, but if it is asking you for the path of the ISO image, you need the mount your D: drive first, and then access it. /dev/hda5/parag/os is the incorrect path to access...
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    C++ probs...

    i=strlen(str1); while(i) { if(str1[--i]=='\\') // Escape character for \ return i; } This will give you the value of i (by traversing the string from end to start, and returning the position of the first / it meets). Now you can copy the string uptill this position.
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    Fedora Core 5 CD mounting problem

    VCD's cannot be mounted and viewed as a directory, like data CD's. They have a different file format, and the correct way to access them is to open your media player, and ask it to play the cd. Windows does try to access a VCD like a normal data cd, but if you want such behaviour under linux...
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    Reiser4

    nach_p, if you are talking about Reiser V4, one distribution which has implemented it is Zenwalk.. Reiser V3 is supported by many distributions, including Ubuntu, Slackware, Arch and Suse. I used to prefer reiser over other filesystems earlier, but to be honest, there is no noticable...
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    ubuntu help please.... hotplug problem....

    Try booting with the "nohotplug" parameter, that is, select the Ubuntu entry in your GRUB OS selection menu, press 'e' to edit it, add "nohotplug" to the end of the entry and boot. Now you should be able to boot into ubuntu, though you will not have automatic hardware detection. To enable...
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    Tool required for knowing the performance of the linux

    You can also use the standard command line application called "top". Its fairly advanced. There are graphical equivalents like gtop as well.
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    E Donkey software

    *www.amule.org/ You need to install wxGTK libraries ( www.wxwindows.org ) in addition. You can also use edonkey for linux - *download.overnet.com/eDonkeyLinux1.1.tar.gz
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    two os in single drive

    Linux can run on FAT32 as well, with certain limitations. *www.slackware.com/zipslack/
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    bash colors and icewm themes

    Check this guide - *www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x329.html And check this for some sample color prompts - *mboedick.org/code/bash_prompts/
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    problem with system date in FC4

    I wasn't aware of that, thanks for the info :)
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    problem with system date in FC4

    First, you should try restarting once and trying to compile the program again, as restarting will recreate all files in /dev ... Else, you can change dates of files in your system using the "touch" command. Running 'touch *' in a directory will set all files in the current directory to have...
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    Out Of Range Problem

    Try booting by typing "linux text" to get the non-graphical installer, which should work fine. Also check the boot options of the distro you are trying to install, and try booting with a lower reslution (like 640x480 or 800x600).
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    Linux and the GNU Project

    Linux is the kernel which interacts with the hardware, GNU is the set of utilities and shells which make it possible to access the system easily, X Windows is the environment providing a more advanced input/output system (used by most users), KDE/Gnome are desktop environments which integrate a...
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    How to? : Install IP Messenger in linux

    Hi, There are two branches of GTK - The GTK1 branch, needed by this software and used by old versions of GIMP, and the GTK2 branch, which is installed on your system (and used by the new GIMP 2.x). The two are not compatible, and so you need to install the GTK1 package as well. However, on...
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    Compiling yr own Linux--gentoolinux

    Yeah, all open source software present in the repositories is i686 optimised.
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    Piracy is Social Service

    I assume you are joking about the first sentance. By the way, nobody is forcing you to pay up for software. Buy it if you like it, else quite complaining. Do you complain this much about the price of automobiles, air fares and what-not, as well? Sure, companies do overcharge for their...
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    Compiling yr own Linux--gentoolinux

    Arch is similiar to slackware in many aspects, but adds a lot on top of that. It has a good binary package manager, which is (almost) as good as apt-get. In addition, it has a source based system called ABS. This system is not as powerful as gentoo, but it works well. The whole arch system...
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