Tips and Tricks

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1. Install without CD drive or floppy

   By Steve Scrimpshire, January 1, 2008
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   • SilverSurfer60
   • July 8, 2010

2. Backing up and Restoring the MBR

   By pmpatrick, July 20, 2004
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   • Guest
   • July 3, 2010

3. How to fix Firefox Browsing Problem

   By ianw1974, February 13, 2006
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   • Guest
   • April 5, 2010

4. Installing Mandriva with Software RAID 1 2

   By ianw1974, February 1, 2006
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   • Guest
   • April 27, 2009

5. Install Mandriva 2009 on old Laptop

   By SilverSurfer60, October 14, 2008
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   • Guest
   • November 11, 2008

6. How to use LVM on your system

   By ianw1974, September 1, 2008
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   • ianw1974
   • September 4, 2008

7. Creating your own ntp server

   By ianw1974, August 3, 2006
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   • ianw1974
   • January 18, 2008

8. Changing Gnome/KDE Star icon

   By ianw1974, January 16, 2006
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   • coverup
   • January 15, 2008

9. Basics: Anti-Virus checker - klamav

   By kristi, May 26, 2005
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   • ianw1974
   • January 2, 2008

10. Installing Lotus Notes 7 client in Mandriva 2007.1

    By ianw1974, May 17, 2007
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    • ianw1974
    • May 17, 2007

11. Quick and Easy Kernel Compile Upgrade 1 2 3 4 5

    By ianw1974, March 10, 2006
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    • ianw1974
    • January 23, 2007

12. Changing your system to software Raid1

    By ianw1974, October 27, 2006
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    • ianw1974
    • October 27, 2006

13. FAQ Submission

    By Cannonfodder, April 19, 2003
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    • arctic
    • January 13, 2006

14. Avoiding reset button when system locks up

    By Guest raghugs, April 19, 2005
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    • Gowator
    • April 19, 2005

15. Read this before submitting

    By Gowator, November 16, 2004
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    • Gowator
    • November 16, 2004

16. ASUS 1215B laptop - suspend/resume + other issues 1 2

    By CxOrg, March 19, 2012
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    • CxOrg
    • February 5, 2013

17. Clicks

    By AussieJohn, September 16, 2012
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    • {BBI}Nexus{BBI}
    • October 15, 2012

18. Script to Repair Installation 1 2 3

    By Steve Scrimpshire, December 28, 2003
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    • Kieth
    • November 8, 2011

19. Samsung NC20 with Mandriva 2010 1 2 3 4

    By CxOrg, November 23, 2009
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    • CxOrg
    • September 14, 2011

20. 2010.2 - Can't Mount Samba Share

    By krisbee2000, February 10, 2011
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    • Guest
    • September 1, 2011

21. VIA C3 processors and Mandriva 1 2

    By arctic, August 27, 2008
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    • kfoss
    • August 26, 2010

22. Get Cyberlink Remote working w/ Mandriva & Fedora

    By David Batson, October 18, 2009
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    • David Batson
    • June 28, 2010

23. How To Build Uoti's git MPlayer Branch on Linux

    By tux99, April 4, 2010
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    • Kieth
    • April 5, 2010

24. Best Reliable Long-term Data Storage Media

    By tux99, December 28, 2009
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    • xboxboy
    • December 28, 2009

25. Installing kMyMoney on Mandriva 2010.0

    By Guest Joe Black 1998, November 26, 2009
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    • Guest
    • November 26, 2009

26. Upgrading to KDE 4.3.2

    By Yankee, October 12, 2009
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    • Yankee
    • October 12, 2009

27. Dynamic Twinview & Refresh Rate

    By Yankee, October 10, 2009
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    • scarecrow
    • October 11, 2009

28. Mandriva 2009.1 with KDE 3.5.10 how-to 1 2

    By tux99, April 30, 2009
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    • coverup
    • September 18, 2009

29. Edimax EW-7711UTN £10.99 from Play: Recommended

    By sjaglin, August 15, 2009
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    • sjaglin
    • August 15, 2009

30. Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI

    By zack, August 9, 2009
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    • zack
    • August 9, 2009

31. Proximodo - Compile HowTo

    By griptypethyne, March 30, 2005
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    • Greg2
    • July 8, 2009

32. Pidgin and Yahoo!

    By SilverSurfer60, June 23, 2009
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    • CygnusX1
    • June 28, 2009

33. Hugin won't call enblend

    By neddie, June 5, 2009
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    • neddie
    • June 5, 2009

34. Convert videos to 3gp for mobile phones

    By boatman9, April 27, 2009
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    • {BBI}Nexus{BBI}
    • April 28, 2009

35. remotely grow and shrink LVM partitions (Mandriva)

    By theYinYeti, April 23, 2009
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    • tux99
    • April 23, 2009

36. Step by step beginners guide - installing + others

    By Guest abarbarian, June 29, 2008
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    • neddie
    • April 6, 2009

37. ITV Player (UK only)

    By mittfh, April 2, 2009
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    • tux99
    • April 2, 2009

38. regular expressions in rpmdrake 'Find'

    By tux99, March 31, 2009
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    • tux99
    • March 31, 2009

39. Linux Disk encryption in 2 easy steps

    By tux99, March 8, 2009
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    • tux99
    • March 12, 2009

40. Going from 32 to 64 bits: What to expect & know 1 2

    By emmanuel_uk, October 30, 2006
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    • bingus
    • March 10, 2009

41. conky on Eeepc / Mandriva 2009

    By sjaglin, November 11, 2008
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    • mindwave
    • February 19, 2009

42. How to test your RAM memory for defects

    By tux99, February 3, 2009
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    • dude67
    • February 5, 2009

43. backport of libdvdcss 1.2.10 for mdv 2008.1

    By tux99, February 1, 2009
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    • AussieJohn
    • February 1, 2009

44. Best TV card for Linux WinFast TV2000 XP Expert

    By Lexicon, January 12, 2009
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    • mindwave
    • January 20, 2009

45. How (and why) I learned to live with Xfce

    By viking777, January 14, 2009
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    • viking777
    • January 19, 2009

46. Using SSHFS and Fuse, permission fix

    By hannu, January 18, 2009
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    • ianw1974
    • January 19, 2009

47. How I Got Wireless Working with ndiswrapper 1 2 3 4 6

    By beesea, June 4, 2004
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    • Guest
    • November 28, 2008

48. About Mandriva Xfce 2009 and VirtualBox on EeePC

    By sjaglin, November 23, 2008
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    • sjaglin
    • November 23, 2008

49. Thunderbird mailbox size

    By neddie, December 5, 2007
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    • ianw1974
    • November 16, 2008

50. Firefox3 without nspluginwrapper - just a comment

    By Kieth, November 15, 2008
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    • Kieth
    • November 15, 2008