Re: media centre build

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo Do Nascimento
I also was thinking about building a media center with linux or buying a mac mini. At the end, a friend showed me a WDTV. It costs about U$100, runs linux inside and does not demand much energy. I bought one and I am using it with an external USB HD. Check the link:

Re: Laptops

2009-03-17 Thread Hugo Do Nascimento
Hi David, I recommend trying the Ubuntu Live CD on the laptops. You can check whether it supports the video card, the audio device, the web camera, the wifi card, the flash-card reader and some especial keys (Fn+.F.). I believe the store will allow you to do a test drive on a showcase laptop, if

Re: Error were encountered while installing Virtualbox on Ubuntu 8.0.4

2009-02-04 Thread Hugo Do Nascimento
Try to manually remove all Virtualbox packages first (using synaptic). Then, install the newest version from the repository or from the web site http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. Cheers On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian vivakev...@gmail.comwrote: I have been