Posted 07/05/2007 at 12:25:34am

I was actually just told about LFS a few days before I read this post and have explored the site and booklet. I've actually reverted to they're hint page to try to beef up my knowledge of the linux interface some before i dive in. One thing i haven't found is a comprehensive guide to the terminal. For instance running through ubuntu forums trying to get ventrilo working after DLing it it took me 2 hours to figure out that ./ventrilo_srv will run it if you are in the right directory.. if i hadn't been guessing and typing in random crap i was reading i would have never figured out the ./ thing and i still don't exactly know what its doing. A link to a decent list of commands to get around would be sweet.

Posted 05/29/2007 at 04:53:24pm

I think the 11 point scale works pretty well. Possible a slight modification in order to scale some reviews down away from the 7-10 range would make the scale function a bit better but I think that a 5 point scale lacks the precision to determine what you really want to buy. I'd assume that a 9, 9KA and 10KA would all fall into the top rating catagory but currently there are some subtle differences between those three ratings that give the reader more information.

Posted 04/25/2007 at 10:14:34pm

My windows os betrayed me a few days ago and gave me the blue screen of death so I made a quick switch to Ubuntu to see what all the hype was about. I'm still interested in the OS but version 7.04 (Fiesty) hates me I'm afraid. While my wireless card was immediately recognized my onboard audio refuses to work. I'm already put out by my x-fi card rotting away at the moment but the utter lack of sound is driving me nuts. After two days in the forums learning how to use linux terminal and going through many different troubleshooting threads i'm actually worse off than when i started. Thinking about reverting to an older supported version (6.06.1 i guess) or switching to kubuntu to try this whole linux thing again =p