Re: Re: loss of I/O on some websites

2014-05-15 Thread Testosticore
On Wednesday, 14 May, 2014 10:36 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 14/05/14 04:22, Testosticore wrote: On Tuesday, 13 May, 2014 12:04 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 13/05/14 08:07, A Debian User wrote: On Sunday, 11 May, 2014 10:08 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 11/05/14 22:59, Whit Hansell wrote

Re: Re: loss of I/O on some websites

2014-05-13 Thread Testosticore
On Tuesday, 13 May, 2014 12:04 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 13/05/14 08:07, A Debian User wrote: On Sunday, 11 May, 2014 10:08 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 11/05/14 22:59, Whit Hansell wrote: Am getting frustrated. On the internet today there are so many sites that have taken on so much adve

Re: Re: Debian Linux 7 and Realtek soundcards

2014-05-12 Thread Testosticore
If this doesn't work: $ lspci | grep audio Use instead: $ lspci | grep -i audio On Sunday, 11 May, 2014 03:06 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 11/05/14 16:53, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have this weekend, managed to install Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce version onto a laptop computer. However, the sou

Re: Problems getting Debian DVD to work (Re: Confusion)

2014-05-09 Thread Testosticore
On Saturday, 10 May, 2014 12:13 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:54:04 -0500 "John W. Foster" wrote: On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 16:31 +0930, josh wrote: Hi, When one has a problem with any GNU/Linux distribution and goes to [clip] Am I missing something obvious here? Regards, Jo

Re: Re: Confusion

2014-05-08 Thread Testosticore
Hey, Josh. As a side note, you might be getting flooded by email from debian-user@lists.debian.org. A solution is to subscribe to debian-user-dig...@lists.debian.org, which sends you messages from the debian-user list in bulk, instead of sending you a message every time someone emails debian-

Re: Acer C720p

2014-03-27 Thread Testosticore Fantastiballs
On Friday, 28 March, 2014 06:27 AM, Brian wrote: On Thu 27 Mar 2014 at 20:20:34 +0100, Jean-Marc wrote: I have an eye on a Chromebook Acer C720p. And I want to install a Debian on it. Crunchbang (based on Debian) runs on it, so it looks a reasonable bet you could get your wish. Be warned tho

Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

2014-03-27 Thread Testosticore Fantastiballs
Hello, all! I'm currently in the market for a laptop/notebook computer on which to have a fully free installation of Debian GNU/Linux. That's is, I plan to have no proprietary programs whatsoever installed on it. This doesn't mean that I won't install some programs which Debian, as per the D