Tips and Tricks

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

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

2. Installing Mandriva with Software RAID 1 2

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

3. FAQ Submission

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

4. Changing Gnome/KDE Star icon

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

5. Basics: Anti-Virus checker - klamav

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

6. How to use LVM on your system

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

7. How to fix Firefox Browsing Problem

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

8. Avoiding reset button when system locks up

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

9. Backing up and Restoring the MBR

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

10. Install without CD drive or floppy

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

11. Creating your own ntp server

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

12. Install Mandriva 2009 on old Laptop

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

13. Read this before submitting

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

14. Changing your system to software Raid1

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

15. Installing Lotus Notes 7 client in Mandriva 2007.1

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

16. HOWTO: Mandrake 10.1 + ivtv 1 2 3 4 7

    By devries, October 4, 2004
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    • Guest
    • April 30, 2005

17. 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

18. Installing the 2.6 Kernel 1 2 3 4 6

    By static, January 16, 2004
    • 76 replies
    • 30.3k views
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    • Thulemand
    • March 7, 2004

19. Success!! ATI Radeon Drivers on Mandrake 10.1 1 2 3 4 5

    By Tymestream, October 24, 2004
    • 65 replies
    • 53k views
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    • ethraza
    • August 17, 2005

20. speed up firefox 1 2 3 4

    By chin808, July 2, 2004
    • 59 replies
    • 51.2k views
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    • Steve Scrimpshire
    • August 10, 2006

21. Alcatel Speedtouch 330 USB ADSL modem - Working!! 1 2 3 4

    By lets-eat-gary, July 25, 2004
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    • jeanackle
    • February 24, 2005

22. MD 10.1 + ATI + xorg 6.8.2 + flawless Installation 1 2 3 4

    By Guest Swerver, February 18, 2005
    • 51 replies
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    • scarecrow
    • February 24, 2006

23. Samsung NC20 with Mandriva 2010 1 2 3 4

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

24. Script to Repair Installation 1 2 3

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

25. Eterm 1 2 3

    By Jet2k5, July 30, 2004
    • 39 replies
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    • SpikeyKlitske
    • October 1, 2004

26. Native quicktime in Linux! 1 2 3

    By illogic-al, January 25, 2003
    • 37 replies
    • 10.8k views
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    • lawsonrc
    • April 27, 2003

27. Qemu Howto 1 2 3

    By devries, September 2, 2005
    • 37 replies
    • 25.9k views
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    • aioshin
    • December 15, 2005

28. I Didn't Know You Could Do That in Linux... 1 2 3

    By Steve Scrimpshire, May 7, 2003
    • 36 replies
    • 15.8k views
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    • adamw
    • November 24, 2004

29. SB Live/Audigy Midi with ALSA mini-how-to (draft) 1 2 3

    By zero0w, November 21, 2002
    • 34 replies
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    • zero0w
    • July 3, 2003

30. Basics: Sensors - a very simple example 1 2 3

    By kristi, May 22, 2005
    • 32 replies
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    • kristi
    • May 26, 2005

31. Waiting for 9.X-RC2,3,4 ?? 1 2 3

    By Guest anon, February 25, 2003
    • 31 replies
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    • Guest
    • September 18, 2003

32. Software Equivalents for Newbies & Everyone 1 2 3

    By static, June 3, 2003
    • 30 replies
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    • Andrewski
    • June 30, 2003

33. My Swap Tip 1 2

    By SoulSe, August 3, 2003
    • 26 replies
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    • Sarissi
    • September 30, 2003

34. Animated lilo .. 1 2

    By MottS, February 4, 2003
    • 25 replies
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    • phunni
    • January 29, 2004

35. Ever wanted to know how much space you had free? 1 2

    By DOlson, September 6, 2003
    • 24 replies
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    • Germ
    • September 8, 2003

36. Canon ip 1500 printer 1 2

    By Caraibes, August 31, 2006
    • 23 replies
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    • AussieJohn
    • September 6, 2006

37. getting your msn/hotmail with an email client 1 2

    By linux_learner, July 28, 2004
    • 22 replies
    • 22.4k views
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    • aioshin
    • December 20, 2005

38. I just installed - what next? 1 2

    By Gowator, August 26, 2004
    • 22 replies
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    • satelliteuser083
    • February 15, 2006

39. Easy way to configure multimedia keys in KDE 3.1! 1 2

    By Guest bradenm, January 28, 2003
    • 21 replies
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    • Steve Scrimpshire
    • June 25, 2003

40. Beta pages from my book 1 2

    By afrosheen, August 12, 2004
    • 21 replies
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    • Phantom
    • May 13, 2005

41. Services to disable in LE2005 1 2

    By ianw1974, May 18, 2005
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    • bvc
    • June 8, 2005

42. free antiVirus for Linux 1 2

    By aioshin, April 3, 2006
    • 20 replies
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    • scarecrow
    • April 26, 2008

43. Fast, error free ISO downloads 1 2

    By twanj, May 3, 2007
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    • twanj
    • January 16, 2008

44. NVIDIA and MDK 9.1 1 2

    By MottS, March 26, 2003
    • 19 replies
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    • JohnJ
    • September 13, 2003

45. Getting more disk space from Windows XP 1 2

    By arthur, April 7, 2004
    • 19 replies
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    • Windependent
    • April 27, 2004

46. Howto: Mandriva 2005 LE + ivtv 1 2

    By devries, April 22, 2005
    • 19 replies
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    • antonis_wrx
    • November 29, 2005

47. 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

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

    By CxOrg, March 19, 2012
    • 19 replies
    • 43.6k views
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    • CxOrg
    • February 5, 2013

49. K-Menu icon 1 2

    By liquidzoo, March 23, 2004
    • 18 replies
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    • liquidzoo
    • May 27, 2008

50. Removing Linux and LiLo 1 2

    By DOlson, September 22, 2002
    • 17 replies
    • 10.4k views
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    • WilliamS
    • June 18, 2004