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Go into your bios an make sure its set to boot of cd-rom first.

Not sure if you found some help yet, but heres my suggestion run sudo apt-get remove flashplayerwhatever then sudo apt-get clean then sudo apt-get check then try installing again.

easiest way is to first of all install lm-sensors from a terminal and set up pwm. sudo apt-get install lm-sensors sudo pwmconfig This will install the sensor package and run a config tool that will give some nice default values to your fan speed and make a config file in /etc and you...

I have a couple good stories, although they are not me personally. 1) One of my friends asked my how fast my volcano CPU cooler was spinning. I told them fast enough to take off part of your finger. So you can guess what they did :) just tore up the tip though. 2) I used to work in...

Go to http://fs-driver.org they have a driver that lets you use your Linux partition from windows

I can't vouch for Microsoft's VM program, i would not be surprised if its designed to be incompatible. Get vmplayer and use a blank image to install ubuntu on it. Check out http://paradigma.pt/ja/slog/index.php/2005/10/vmplayer-blank-image-for-easy-install.html As for giving it a regular...

I've stoped using vim. I use gvim now :D Seriously though I do all my development in gvim, and a lot of other stuff personally and professionally. It supports all languages, while working on a project with a make file you simply type :make and it compiles and brings up your warning and errors...

Go for it. Ubuntu 64bit runs fantastic just about everything has been recompiled for 64bit OS and runs fine with the exception of a few proprietary things like adobe stuff (just use OSS equivalent). As for gaming if you don't want to pay for Cedega you can get the engine from cvs and run any...

Show me the drivers. Not just to bring up a dead topic, but they are showing it off this week. I think what it comes down to is driver support. For me that means Linux drivers, most of you: Vista drivers. They do have an advantage in a way though, they are starting from scratch so they don't...