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I just wanted to configure Kcron task scheduler so that it would start Azureus at a cetain time. But it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I right clicked on tasks, clicked on new. Selected everyday & chose the time when I want to run azureus, saved this config, but cron doesn't seem to be...

Steve Irwin the popular television star on National Geographic, discovery channel etc. died in Australia as he was attacked by a stingray. *www.greendiary.com/entry/steve-irwin-the-modern-day-noah-killed-by-a-stingray/ *news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5311298.stm...

As I type (its now 7:30 PM IST, 7th August), Apple's Worldwide developer conference is just hours away. Steve Jobs will be delivering a keynote in San Fransisco's Moscone centre (as always). Apple is expected to announce & preview the next version of Mac OS X, ie 10.5 codenamed Leopard. More on...

I installed ATI drivers on my FC5 PC. It seems I have no Opengl though. When I open the ati control panel, the opengl version, vendor & renderer are 'unavailable'. As a result I have gfx acceleration. What to do?.

Guys, I am on FC5 with Firefox 1.5.0.5. Am having some issues with flashplayer 7. I downloaded flashplayer & copied the two files required files in the firefox's pulgins folder. But it isn't working for some reason. I see blank space in place where I should be seeing flash animation. I don't get...

Guys, I did the unthinkable. I have dual boot XP & FC5. While on Windows, I opened disk management & deleted my /boot folder not realizing what it was . Now FC5 is unbootable. Any bright ideas on what I can o to recover it?. Maybe I can create a new partition & somehow format it in ext3...

I have a dual boot configuration. I want to give Linux more space. How am I supposed to do this.

After looking at the Linux version of Yahoo Messenger, I am pretty sure that this is the same version that the T-Rex last used before he died out. This prehistoric version must have been created in the Cretaceous period. Its ANCIENT!!!!. What the hell is wrong with these Yahoo people???. The...

I use FC5. I have Windows XP also & I am very much used to scheduling applications in Windows. For example, since I have a dataone connection, whenevr I want to download large files, I schedule my download manager to start up automatically at 2AM & start downloading. Basically, I find this...

Re: Welcome Linux, Bye Windows... It seems to me that these Linux guys want to make it as difficult as possible for the end user as they possibly can. I mean why is such an important thing such as GCC not installed by default?. I simply can't understand it. I think it is a conscious attempt by...

Fedora Core 5 is giving me a real hard time. How am I suppossed to install drivers for ATI 9600?. I tried using yum & doing the yum -y --enablerepo install kmod-fglrx command but this thing wants to downgrade my kernel to an older version. Whats going on here. Is there any alternate way?. I...

Interesting read- *www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1

What exactly do these Americans think of themselves?. I mean, just look at the language that this American politicial has used. Its very disturbing. i do not want India to become just another puppet state of the USA. India has never taken any bull**** from these Americans in the past. I hope...

Hi. I am using FC5. I wan to 1. Enable Mic in Linux. I am usning a Creative SB live 24 bit sound card. It works fine. But no mic. I don't know how to enable mic. 2. I have a Tech com webcam. I don't know what to do to get it up & running. I don't think there are any drivers for Linux...

I am unable to boot into fedora core 5. I just changed the display settings to display 16 bit colour rather than 32 bit colour. Now whenever Linux boots up, the display goes blank. It simply shuts off as in when the computer is turned off. What do I have to do now?. Help.

Linux fans can rejoice. Google Earth is out for Linux at last v4 beta is available for download *earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Looking at the phenomenal response that the Nintendo Wii got in E3, it looks like the Wii is a serious contender against MS & Sony. What I like about Nintendo is that they are trying new things instead of the same old wine in the new bottle approach. Seriously how many people believe that games...

Will FreeBSD enter into a competion with GNU/Linux on the desktop?. *news.com.com/2100-1011-6071598.html?tag=tb

PS3 will come in two flavours- a 20GB model for $499 & a 60GB model for $599. Japan launch on November 11. *www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149470 hmmm... seems they copied the Nintendo Revolution's concept for the controller.

I am getting random BSODs with the 'fault in non page area' error in XP. I checked the RAM modules, they seem to be fine. Looks more like a software problem. I was able to reconstrct the error. I can go to the regeditor & search for certain strings & I get this BSOD. What might be the...