Desktop System Requierments
Hello, can someone tell me the basic system requirements for some Linux Desktops? i just need the processor speed and amount of ram required for Gnome, KDE, XFCE4, and Fluxbox, if someone could tell me these that would be just great. thanks in advance.
web-cam server
hey, my old teacher wants me to set up the 1 computer in the comp. lab as a security camera (things seem to go missing there) and he would like me to set it up with Linux and i dont know what i need to do it, can anyone give me some help? all it needs to be able to do is stream video to the hard drive
network notification
hey guys, i have a small problem with my network cable becomeing unplugged on my laptop, is there any program that will notify me with a popup or something when it does become unplugged? it doesnt come out of the jack but just enough to drop the connection, it gets quite annoying when i am chatting only to find out half of the messeges havent made to the destination because of the cable. can anyone help me?
customizing xterm?
hey, can someone tell me how to customize xterm? i want to make it have a transparent background but i dont know how, all the things i have read on it refere to haveing either of 2 files which i dont have, .xdefaults and .xresources are the 2 files they refere to haveing either one. i hope someone can help me with this.
customizing xterm
hey does anyone know how to do a system wide customization on Xterm i would like to customize it but every thing i have found on it refer to a file that isnt on my computer, they all refere to a file called .xdefault and i dont have that file and i also dont have the file called .xresources so does anyone know how i could accomplish this task of customization?
allin1 configuration
hey, can someone tell me how to configure allin1 and attach it to slit in fluxbox?
startup programs
hey, can anyone tell me what i would have to do to remove programs from the system bootup? there are 2 servers that i want to remove from the system bootup but keep on my computer and have full control over their startup and shutdown, i would like to add them to the menu with 2 links for each, one to start it and one to stop it. can anyone help?
Re: full proxy
what i want the proxy for is stuff like, telnet, ftp, ssh, and then of course , various instant messengers as for pretty much every connection to servers that i make via terminal. not to speed up the browser because i have hacks to do that, and well not to speed up any connection, but more of a way to cover my IP address over any connection.
Scrollmouse with Fluxbox on a laptop
ok so here is my problem, i have debian sarge installed on my laptop and i am useing fluxbox with kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686, i used to use xfce4 with it but it took too much of my sys resources on the laptop, but what i need to do is make the wheelmouse opperate properly, rightnow i do not have the wheel, it is just a button, to opperate the wheel feature i have 2 buttons(one for up and one for down) unfortunatly they are not opperating at the moment, does anyone know how i can get them to opperate with fluxbox, if it is possable.
grub splash image
hello, i have a small problem, i am trying to add a splash image to my bootup, grub and the initial loading before xserver starts, everything i have read that refers to this sort of thing mentions a file called grub.conf but it appears that file is not on my system, the closest thing i can find that might be it would be menu.lst and i have tried adding in the line splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/myfile.xpm.gz but that seemed to have no effect whats so ever, is there something i am doing wrong? i have grub installed on the mbr, please help with this problem of mine.
full proxy
hello, is there a way that i can place my entire OS under a proxy? not just the browser but every connection including IM connections and FTP connections and all that sort?
supported hardware
dear people of the debian lists, i have come to ask a question about supported wireless cards, what my question is, what are the supported wireless cards? and also which versions are supported, 802.11b or 802.11g or both?
