lil gorsebush penguin

Ok, so I was browsing the internet with Opera 7.11 and I clicked on a link and then my screen went blank and then the opening page popped up (the one you get when you turn on your computer and it asks for your password...) but it didn't shut down or reboot.... Everything seems fine now but I'm slightly worried... Has this happened to anyone before? Is there something doing on wrong with my computer? If so, does anyone know what I can do?? Edit: moved from Installing Mandrake by spinynorman

i found the icons on the kde-look site but when i clicked on download i got a tuxf amily page saying that the website was unavailable! ack!! will have to wait and try again later....

Just installed Mandrake 10 on my computer! horrah!! Small problem though... I had all sorts of Mac OS icons (I grew up with Macs, it's a whole sentimental value thing...) ANYWAY, I lost all of them and I can't seem to find the site I downloaded them from! The only decent site I found was in German and even then I couldn't find them! Would anyone know where I could find some?? My computer is now new & improved but no onger the same.... MOD note: moved to Art and Design by scoopy

i think you guys should make a thong with penguins on it! other than that, being a student it will take me a while but i'm definitely getting that mug!!

mine was a complete mistake! i put a new role of film in my camera (yes i stillf have one of those old things before digital cameras!) and i needed to take one or two photos to get the role started... <----------------------------------this is one of them! i was sitting at my desk so you can see a bit of my computer, my Keith Haring poster etc....

i don't think i'm overclocking anytihng... if i am, then i am not aware of it...b eing new to the whole linux thing, i don't really know half the things i do... but the term "overclocking" has never come up before so i don't think so.... just out of curiosity, what is overclocking??

it does look really cool! Prettiest computer I've ever had!!so please, have some compassion and help me save it!

it shuts down like as if there was a power cut

i've been trying to rip a cd and everytime i'd click on "rip and encode" on my GRIP program, it would shut down. now my computer automatically shuts down when it hits 70° C so i thought it might be that but i used a command line and tried bladeenc and it was when i tried converting wav files into mp3s and it would shut down! i then tried another command line with lame instead of bladeenc but i got the same problem!! it keeps shutting down my computer!! any ideas on why it's doing this - and more importantly how to fix it???

i used to have Kopete but it stopped working mid-october when msn redid a bunc of stuff (which i am not qualified to explain seeing i do'nt really understand the whole thing - see "noobie" next to my name...) but now i use GAIM which is fine except that i can't receive or send files...

hey! i am bilingual english / french and more than willing to help out! however, i might need Roland's help if it gets too techincal...

Ok so I was trying to use GRIP to get some tracks from a cd onto my computer and I accidentally deleted the "encode file format" in the Config / Encode tab (I'm very stupid, I know! ) does anyone know what I'm supposed to type or is this ruined forever??

...again... one day touhgh i'll be solving other people's problems! but that won't be for another few years (maybe decades) when i finally understand how everything in linux works! i'm looking for a program where i can convert .wav files to .mp3 ones! everything i've found so far is only for windows - - so if anyone has any ideas please help! i have about 50 wav files and not enough disk space! thanks everyone!

anyone?? luckily i talked to a computer friend of mine (IT and all) and he told me it was because of my Samba thing (please may all linux users fogive me for uding the word "thing" after Samba but being a noobie i don't really know the entire terminology - i promise to learn them eventually!) so all i had to do was delete it either way, just thought i' post up the solution to my question in case anyone else has the same problem!!

/bump ??? ok i'm a complete novice in console codes and everything (i don't even know the correct terminology) what do you mean by /bump ?

I'm at Uni and I get the internet through their broadband network thing... Had enough problems getting that to work since they run on XP ( people!) Now everything in that area works except that I've been having problems with my printer!! I'll print a few things, turn it off and when i turn it on again it prints out on all the paper that's on the rack: "This program cannot run in DOS mode" !!! Now I went through the whole CUPS configuration and it's not available to other computers nor can I find remote printers from other machines! But when I go to the CUPS admin tool, suddenly there are milloins of "jobs" pending from people who aren't me! I don't understand!! I guess my whole problem is linked to the network at my Uni but how can I fix it?? I keep having to remove and then add my printer when I want to print something!

after a lot of console typing and frustration i managed to get GAIM working and all is back to normal!! can talk to my MSN buddies ( ) without agreeing to any of Bill Gates twisted contracts!! thanks everyone!

Gowator... do you have to take everything so seriously? i know how evil microsoft is but you can't spend your whole life being completely paranoid!! about the whole chat thing, i'll try to talk to my people about yahoo instead as an altenative and if all else fail i'll be back to ask more details on how to get GAIM!!

:? quite a problem... too many friends with a lot more friends who all use MSN, i could try to convert them to yahoo messenger but it won't be easy! i'll try to download the GAIM thing. thanx everyone and if you have any more ideas or suggestions, please let me know!!

thanks everyone! got it working ok... i'm really a newbie but i'm trying my best and slowly understanding what to do and (i think i'm) getting better

hey! i was using kopete on my linux (mandrake 9.1) for my msn messenger but since yesterdya it doesn't work anymore!! i think is has something to do with the protocol changing http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...light=messenger does anyone know what i can do???

I have Kmail on my computer (linux mandrake 9.1) but i am having a lot of problems comfiguring my email account (it's my Uni account on their shared internet access). now this may be because i have been having some connection problems (you know universities, if you don't cough up the money right away they cut you off!!) but I have also be told that Evolution was good... is one easier or better than the other? (or is this just a really stupid question that makes it blaintly obvious I know nothing about computers?) PS I am a complete novice in Linux so please explain things in very small words...

hello everyone! i just joined this forum and have only been using linux for a couple weeks... having just connected my computer to the internet i was wondering if there was any kind of napster / kazaa program that runs on linux? i basically just want to download mp3s and avi files... any anyone help?