Re: [OCLUG-Tech] internet service in US

2011-09-07 Thread dman
3G modem from a cellular service provider in the US? On Tue, 6 Sep 2011, Shawn H Corey wrote: On 11-09-06 07:34 PM, John C Nash wrote: Wondering if I'm missing some possibility. Internet cafés? ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca htt

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Problem

2011-01-31 Thread dman
It only works to prevent the problem. Once the drive has died, in my experience, it was not recoverable. I also had several of these drives. When I had one die, I think it wasn't even seen by the manufacture's tools (or the computer's BIOS). However, you may be able to recover it better than

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for a Video Card

2010-03-23 Thread dman
I've also had good success with Nvidia in Linux. I don't have a recommendation regarding which Nvidia card but I've not had one that didn't work. I've also used the VDPAU acceleration. It also works fine with bluray playback smoothly. I found this page useful: https://help.ubuntu.com/commun