I use Active@ Killdisk (http://www.killdisk.com/), which is self booting from a CD and meets or exceeds DoD requirements. Christopher From:...
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kcdomapps
Nov 29, 2009 5:38 am
Hi,can someone please compile an absolute idiots guide to installing programs that are downloaded as tar files etc.I have read on line that you have to create...
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J
emtboy9
Nov 29, 2009 8:01 am
... Yikes... Thanks Scott. I said that... in the original draft, but apparently I deleted that along with some other stuff I removed before I hit send... ...
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J
emtboy9
Nov 29, 2009 8:31 am
... Sure... but first... Folders exist in Windows. Linux has Directories. Not that I'm trying to sound deliberately difficult, but nomenclature is important...
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Scott
catbit_1999
Nov 29, 2009 11:13 am
... Try my guide, which was aimed to be friendly to newcomers. http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/tarball.html If anything isn't clear on it, ask,...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 29, 2009 3:17 pm
It's great that Linux is being taught! I am sure that you are a patient teacher. Roy 2009/11/28 Scott <scottro@...> ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 29, 2009 3:20 pm
I've heard the hammer technique works well. As does the drill technique. I hope that if I erase them that someone can use them. They are in the 40 GB range so...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 29, 2009 3:27 pm
Wow! Things can get complicated quickly. Let's try to keep it simple for the newbies. Roy 2009/11/29 J <dreadpiratejeff@...> ... [Non-text portions of...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 29, 2009 3:33 pm
If you are using GNOME (like Ubuntu) it is simpler if you have the Nautilus action to open terminal installed. This is enabled by default in KDE (like ...
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Darksyde
m_alexander61
Nov 29, 2009 9:01 pm
... Though I haven't had any live waves yet it does seem incredibly slow. The "Dr. Wave" intro video always hangs, even though I keep my cookies culled and...
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Darksyde
m_alexander61
Nov 29, 2009 9:16 pm
... <snip> ... Jeff, just wanted to say thanks for that answer and Kelvin, good question that many of us neo's are afraid to ask. There was a time when I...
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Arturo Ovalle
dr_ovalle
Nov 29, 2009 9:20 pm
... Maybe: "My experience with GNU/Linux since the first day, until today: Pros and Cons". At least you will know how comfortable they feel using GNU/Linux,...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 29, 2009 9:50 pm
Dr. Wave plays for me in both FF and Chromium so I don't think that it is a plugin. It loads a Youtube video so if Youtube plays it should. Do other gadgets...
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Darksyde
m_alexander61
Nov 29, 2009 9:53 pm
... Since it's a full semester and time would allow, how 'bout having them play with different distro's (here they learn to download and burn) and use each for...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 29, 2009 9:59 pm
Today is openSuSE day. Fedora is not working for me after a couple of kernel upgrades. Grub does not work. It can't mount the root file system. It is Fedora's...
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rkzbos
Nov 29, 2009 11:05 pm
Hello: I am new to this group and glad to join. I've been learning UNIX from a book called UNIX for Dummies. I am able to practice it on a Unix server when I...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 29, 2009 11:28 pm
Go to Distrowatch.org. There is a list of the distributions. You can download various distributions in ISO format and burn them to disk. Then you can try them...
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Matthew K
matt_hew.rm
Nov 30, 2009 12:53 am
... Well since this is an intro class, how about things like? 1) How does Open Source differ from Free software? 2) What is the difference between GNU and...
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west mi
westmi68
Nov 30, 2009 4:38 am
Please-I dont like simple-give me the whole story.............. So I get the complete picture......... D great job guys-love all the various explanations.........
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Mr.Jagadeesh Malakann...
mn_jagadeesh
Nov 30, 2009 4:39 am
using dd fill your harddrive with 0. That could be one of the best way I think. Thanks ________________________________ From: Glenn Sheppard...
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loyal_barber
Nov 30, 2009 5:43 am
see below ... Not exactly. Linux and Unix are pretty close to the same. Unix was invented at Bell Labs in the 70s as I remember. For the most part Unix has...
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dbneeley
Nov 30, 2009 10:53 am
If that were adequate, the government standard would not call for overwriting every sector multiple times. A single overwrite is not sufficient against...
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Darksyde
m_alexander61
Nov 30, 2009 2:16 pm
So-so. Youtube vids usually do ok, sometimes a little snag here and there. Other vids sometimes do very well, sometimes nothing. Of course I never bother to...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 30, 2009 2:43 pm
Thanks to all the disks are wiped. Some of these techniques take time.... lots of time. Roy 2009/11/30 dbneeley <dbneeley@...> ... [Non-text portions of...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 30, 2009 2:46 pm
Mint 8 is now out! Roy 2009/11/30 loyal_barber <loyal_barber@...> ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Roy
linuxcanuck
Nov 30, 2009 2:47 pm
Go here and play it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiGdUmvPRy8 If it plays then it may just be a faulty link in the gadget or may be a problem with whatever...
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dbneeley
Nov 30, 2009 3:16 pm
Indeed they do--kinda like the Microsoft disk formatting routine that hasn't been changed in ages, hunh? 8:) David...
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emtboy9
Nov 30, 2009 3:22 pm
... You're welcome :) FWIW, when I turned in my ThinkPad back in April when I left IBM, I did a high level wipe on the hard disk before handing it over. It ...
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dbneeley
Nov 30, 2009 4:53 pm
The Ubuntu repository has something called "secure-delete" that is supposed to be able to handle that... David...
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rpfpd9976@...
rpfpd9976...
Dec 1, 2009 12:38 am
I have a D-LINK rangebooster usb adapter DWA-142,When I installed Xubuntu on my older machine it didn't detect the adapter.Do I need to change formats for the...
