Posts Tagged with 'hardware'
Lately in my Linux world
Well… On Sunday I felt sudden urge to try other distros. So I tried to install Fedora, I actually I was able to do that although I am still not quite sure how it happened because the installation process did freeze. But somehow when I had basically given up, took the cd out and was going to boot from my Crunchbang usb stick, instead my computer booted to Fedora. o_O Eventually I ended up in Linux Mint though – XFCE rc edition to be precise. I feel bit odd about this because in the end my desktop looks exactly same ...
Read more »CD/DVD Drive and anger management
I’m complaining… and this rant probably has nothing to do with Linux, it’s probably just hardware related. I own Compaq Evo that has CD/DVD drive, more precisely LG‘s HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4320B. And it reads most of the CDs, even the older ones that my laptop’s drive didn’t read. But it doesn’t read DVDs nor certain CDs. It makes stupid exception with Depeche Mode‘s remastered collectors editions that include CD+DVD (2006), but it has no problems reading remastered collectors edition that includes only the CD. Only difference I have noticed between these CDs is the colour. ...
Read more »March desktop and newish computer
I’ll start from the newish computer. I had tea related accident with my Acer laptop and because the guarantee ended just (day after the final end of my laptop actually) I ended up getting newish computer, which cost 124.90 €. The case is two year old Compaq Evo and was previously a office machine in one electronic store. It had Windows XP Professional (not anymore though) and 40GB hd, 512MB ram and apparently Intel processor. I have to say I know very little about it, but I don’t care as long as it works. And it does. Well I have ...
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