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What you're trying to do is possible, but I would reccommend buffing yourself up with some iptables knoweldge first. The easier approach would be to use a router / hardware firewall to achieve this. How are you connecting to the 'net? Got a router already? Most of them have simple wizards for setting up port forwarding to the outside world and limiting port availability outside of that schema. There are some nice projects out there that allow you to turn an old computer into an easy-to-manage, dedicated router. Mandriva has one such project, but I like smoothwall more. I was posting at the same time as Murda - he is right about the DMZ classification and what I suggested handles this in the correct manner (by protecting LAN traffic and only provisioning outside ports where specified).

Mandriva is a great platform for learning more about Linux. However, if you want to further that learning, I reccommend trying Gentoo or Arch next ;)

It is possible that a storage error is occuring. Try using another memory stick in your camera and see if it mounts that. If it does, then format your usual memory stick and try again. Lets first make sure that the camera's memory is not to blame before tinkering with Mandriva...

You do not need to use a crossover cable as such, straight ethernet cable will also work, so long as one of the ethernet cards is newer than about three years, it will work out the pin allocation on the cable. If you are sharing an Internet between the two computers, then it would be easiest to setup Internet conenction sharing on the machine with the connection and then dynamically (automatically) get an IP Address for the other machine. Otherwise, if you have a router (and I reccommend buying one if you don't) then you can plug both machines into the router and receive dynamic addresses for both. I would also reccommend that you disable firewalls on both machines (Windows has a built-in firewall) while setting up the connection, and then turn them on again when you're done. Windows firewall is notorious for blocking network connections, even where it obviously shouldn't. As for the step-by-step, practical way of doing this, there are many websites around that can help (Google is your friend) and we're here to answer your questions along the way ;)

Reiserfs ? I think you need drivers for windows but its possible? just mentioning since it might be better in two ways... 1) Its journaling so if you pull the cable by accident unlikely to be a problem (not recommending doing it deliberatly but FAT32 is really unstable for this) 2) It makes far better use of the space, especially over 32GB The Window's implementation was extremely shaky the last time I checked and OS X..... actually... I haven't tried that yet lol Will look into it... I just presumed it wouldn't work :huh: I've become a fan of HFS+ since I got my powerbook :P EDIT: HFS+ is also fully supported in the 2.6 kernel tree.

Even I've forgot what you were talking about, and I haven't even been involved in the conversation :P

SuSe has a hard enough time not falling over on its own, I'd hate to see it with portage :) I'm not a fan (although I do PR writing work for Novell, so don't tell them :P )

I have a 70 gigabyte external usb drive that uses Fat32 to fill the entire drive. I have had no problems with it. The file system can certainly do anything under 100GB (in my experience) without any hassle. I'm not saying it's a good filesystem. I actually think it's crap - but it's the only one we can use seamlessly between Linux / Windows / OS X

How are you attempting to upgrade KDE? Little more info please...

You do need the ATI drivers if you wish to make use of special card features, such as the video out. Any generic driver would, obviously, not be able to handle this. But first, checkout the ATI website, find your card and see if that feature is supported by the drivers (specific to your card) before potentially wasting more time on it.

I haven't used Mandriva for a while now, but I'm amazed that you still can not do a: # urpmi nvidia Or am I wrong? Are the drivers in any of the repositories?

Not true - Fat partitions can go up to 2 terabytes, but MS has deliberately retarded the filesystem in Windows. Under Linux, however, you can create large Fat32 volumes and use them in Windows too ;) See Wikipedia's article on File Allocation Table Handy information.

Ubuntu's rigid insistance on Gnome is perhaps a down-side if you're a KDE fan. I personally couldn't care less. Both Gnome and KDE get the job done for me. I guess if I was forced to choose I'd go with Gnome. Kubuntu is alright from what I can tell, although I agree that the split is perhaps not in the best interests of the Ubuntu community at large. I guess you have to see where Ubuntu are coming from - the aim is to create a distro for the masses. It needs to be simple and stable, but still capable for advanced users. It seems that the choice to not provide much of a... choice... in terms of DE is a sacrifice on the side of stability and continuity for n00bier users.

Yes I know - I've used apt4rpm - it's touch and go at the best of times and I like to stick with what the distro's designers want me to use. It's fine to experiment, but not with package managers imho...

Sorry, I got lost somewhere in the deabte between arctic and iphitus lol So, sorry that I haven't read the whole thread, but here is my opinion: I would choose Ubuntu for the following reasons: - It's more light-weight and streamlined than Mandriva. Just one CD, with everything you need and nice choices of applications. I don't like how much Mandriva ships with and a default install will give you a ton of applications you'll never need. This is also confusing for new users (I know, because I was one :P ). That said, it can be handy having everything on disc if you don't have an Internet connection or something. Personal preference here = Ubuntu. - I prefer apt and synaptic as package managers. Urpmi is dated, slow and incumbent (my opinion, again). And I must confess that I have not used Mandriva lately (urpmi was one of the things that drove me to Gentoo). And I'll leave it at that - I do agree with iphitus that hardware detection is better in Ubuntu, although I'm talking from dated exeperience, Mandriva might be better now.

I use MAME to play old arcade games now and then. I've also messed around with parallels, although there is nothing I need Windows for, was just curious. EDIT: Although Parallels can be used to run just about any OS, not just Windows, I know. :P

I would go with IBM (Lenovo) - the Thinkad range are robust, have good battery life and look better than any other PC laptop. Me, I'll stick with my Mac though :)

Looks decent. Graphics details are a bit raw though.

Try putting a dynamic link to the java libraries in the place it is looking... I downloaded the OS X client - it did all the downloads it needed, now it just crashes whenever I run it :unsure:

Wow - it does look decent. I'll download soonly...

Another vote for Epiphany - it doesn't get much lighter than that ;) I still use Firefox msotly, but I also had good experiences with Opera. On paper, Opera is not "light" but it certainly feels like it in use. Loads very quickly, is highly customisable and looks good (with some tweaking :P ) Apple should port Safari to other platforms - definately right up there for me. I find myself using it more than Firefox of late.

Try moving the DRI section to the top of the file, just before the section where dri is loaded. I am just guessing though....

Macs are not more expensive, that is a miss conecption that needs to end. We (macinista.com) are busy benchmarking the MacBook Pro - the nearest PC laptop for performance is $500 more expensive. The Mac Mini is slightly more expensive than an average PC desktop, but it includes: - Intel Core Duo - WiFi - Bluetooth And a range of other things that do not come standard with a entry level PC for a few dollars less. OS X is the best Unix I have used (ducks) and the Mac hardware isn't all looks, it is clearly superior from a technology perspective. But to get back on topic: I have used Parallels to load Linux on a MacBook Pro. It is very straight forward and simple, although I haven't messed around with the installation much (just basically installed it and made sure it worked). My problem with Parallels is that it isn't free. But once EFI becomes more prevalent (Mac ahead of the rest, again) then you won't need much to boot Linux - it'll be just like loading it on a PC I suspect, barring the airport card which has no Linux driver (although you could perhaps use ndiswrapper to use the Windows driver from Bootcamp).

Instead of installing the rpm, use your package manager to be sure you get a stable (and deped) Mandriva installation: # urpmi knights IF you have all your sources figured out, which you can do here.

I have always preferred Gnome, and GTK-based DEs and WMs in general. I liked the functionality that could be gained by Gnome's high level of customisation. KDE has pretty much caught up in that department now though. IMHO KDE has come a long way - it used to be bloated and ugly, but I tried it out again a month ago and found it to be quite different from my previous try around two years ago. I still stick to Gnome though - just feels more agile and I'm used to it. I think KDE is a far better choice for new users though, it is far more friendly... and I guess a little more intuitive... than Gnome. As for updating them - your Desktop Environment is just a collection of packages on your computer that get updated along with everything else via your package manager... if that's what you meant :)