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    Testing a CF Card thoroughly

    So I have a 16GB CF Card suspected of being faulty because I've always had issues with it. The problems began with I formatted and partitioned the CF Card in G-Parted to where I kept getting errors and the tasks would never complete, all other CF Cards I have work just fine so I know it has...
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    Panasonic CF-18 ToughBook

    I got a Panasonic CF-18 ToughBook in good condition with very good battery life. Here are the specs: 1.6 GHz CPU 512 MB RAM 160GB HDD GPS OS Windows XP MS-Office 2007 Its loaded with some interesting software probably quite valuable so I want to clone the HDD before I do anything with it. I...
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    How do you install TinyCore

    I'm having trouble trying to install TinyCore. I can not click to the next step. I can navigate to the TC Installer and a window will open. I can select options but that is it I can not get past to the next stage. There is thing at the top of the window that says Path to core.gz: Do I have to...
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    Keyboard issues in Peppermint Linux

    I found a nice looking OS called Peppermint OS but I can not get the keyboard to work properly like for example if I type the letter "L" it would display the number 3 its not mapping keys I thought maybe it was the laptop so I tried it on another with the same issue. I went into the keyboard...
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    Xubuntu Core

    So earlier I was experimenting with Xubuntu on an old netbook to see how much I could strip it back to make it very light. I came across an a article that there is already a version of a stripped down xUbuntu for download called xbuntu core or at least there was a couple of years ago. The file...
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    I finally found my Asus 901 netbook

    So I had been after an Asus 901 Eee PC in white for a while.Yes I know its old but I like it. One showed up on the popular auction site so I had to have it and its in very good cosmetic condition and works but has a couple of minor issues to fix such as the CMOS battery and the main battery...
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    Old Ubuntu Distros

    I've been looking at some old Ubuntu Distros, Hardy Heron holds a lot of memories that was when I decided Windows was history, it was very snappy and super fast and just worked. I like the desktop environment nice and clean compared to todays modern Ubuntu Distros. Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx was...
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    No wifi detected in Bodhi Linux

    I have installed Bodhi Linux to a netbook but there is no wifi. I can not enable it? The wifi worked fine in other distros. Is there a fix for this or should I look for another Distro?
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    Clones or alternatives for these games

    These are the games I really enjoyed playing... 1) Roller Coaster Tycoon 2) Theme Park 3) Tetris 4) Lemmings - alternative found: Pingus Are there any alternative open source and run in Linux for the three above?
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    Linux for older windows smartphones

    I have a couple of old Windows phones and there not too bad. The only thing holding them back is the operating system as Micro$haft cut support for these devices some time ago so nothing really works on them and I've been wondering if it was possible if there was a way of flashing them to...
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    I'm thinking about getting into TinyCore again

    I've been thinking a lot about Tiny Core Plus and getting back into it. When I first started I lost interest in it after a week or so when I had issues getting apps to work with it. I would like to build my own desktop environment and TinyCore seems to be good for that although I've got a lot...
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    ASUS Eee PC 1000

    So today I went to the weekend car boot and I picked up an ASUS Eee PC 1000 I have no idea if it works as there was no charger for it, however it looks to be in good cosmetic condition so I took a gamble on it for 7 pounds. When I saw this netbook I thought to myself this could be another Puppy...
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    Installing Bionic Puppy Linux to hard drive

    I've been trying to install Bionic Puppy Linux to a netbook, I've followed the install instructions and I have watched youtube tutorials on how to install Bionic Puppy Linux but after installation once I re-boot I'm stuck at the grub screen. All i see when i boot up the machine is: wee 0> find...
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