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By the way, anyone hear about an upcoming amaroK version that will be able to play video (!) and organize virtually all of your media?? That would be sweet.
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Well, my vote goes to juK. Easier to use and set up, and has a much cleaner interface. Anyone else? Moved to Everything Linux - Artificial Intelligence
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My apologies for not searching first! Well, I have dialup, so it seems that the easiest way to go would be to back up all my home files to CD, and then getting a full MDK 10.1 install for free, or a very modest fee.
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I've got MDK 10 Official, using KDE 3.2.1, I think. I noticed a couple of cool little features in KDE 3.3 that I'd like to have. So, how can I update to KDE 3.3? I don't want to get MDK 10.1 and do a whole new install. Are there any small update files available? OR . . . Is there a quick and easy way to update from MDK10 - 10.1 Official? I'd like to keep all my personal files an dsettings intact, for the most part. I'd appreciate any help.
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I hunted around a bit and found that Creative webcams are a pain. Other than that, it seems like hit-or-miss. Basicaly, all I want to use the webcam as is a low-cost camera, jist to take photos of me. I'm not sure how that is done, but I assume that I'll point it at my face or whatever, see it show up on the desktop or in the appropriate app, and somehow save that image, or even do a screenshot. Does this make sense?
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I'm looking to buy a webcam to use with Mandrake10 Anyone have any experience with this? Compatibility problems, etc. ? If it's a USB device (proabaly will be) it might be a bit finicky, and might be a pain to mount it, I suppose. Thanks.
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I found this . . . how do I enable supermount? "Mandrake 10 makes use of the supermount kernel module. After switching to the root user and profile you should be able to `lsmod` and see the supermount module listed. In the mdk 10 implementation you should be able to plug the floppy into a working usb connection, insert a floppy into the drive and do `supermount enable`. If everything is functioning correctly then fstab will contain an odd entry for the floppy drive. When the device becomes active supermount will automagically mount the file system."
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Well, I had to get a USB floppy drive. I have lots of stuff on floppies, plus at univ. there are many computers with floppy drives. I've got a Sony MPF series. Harddrake says it's there, but it's listed as "unknown", and so I can't access it. Someone on another board posted the following: $su #mkdir /mnt/USB #mount -t vfat /dev/sda1(orwhateveritis) /mnt/USB I'm not sure what sda1 means, but I tried that and I've got a USB folder in /mnt, but there's nothing in it, and still not recognizing my drive. I've got a floppy in it already. It does get power, sine everytime I plug it n to a new USB port, the drive light comes on. But no filesystem access. I've got several USB ports. I tried each one, but to no avail. I'd appreciate some ideas, if possible.
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Thanks for the info, guys.
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I need an external floppy (3.5 inch) USB drive. I'm kinda worried about compatibility. Anyone know any good ones that will work with Mandrake 10 Official Edition ?
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I remember that months ago, someone provided a link to a Mandrake10 Java RPM (for Limewire to work), which was a snap to install. I just clicked on the RPM, installed it, and there was no configuration necessary in the terminal. Everythign was put where it should be. Anyone have a link to this?
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Hi everyone: I just upgraded and I had to reinstall MDK10. Everything's smooth, except for one thing: I've got the download version, with the 4th CD. The 4th CD has kOffice on it. I like kOffice. I insert the 4th CD (from KDE desktop) into my CD-RW, select the first KOffice RPM, and click install, etc. As usual, it asks me to insert Disc 2. BUT, it opens my DVD drive and not my CD-RW. Weird. I insert Disc 2, click OK, but it keeps asking for it. Strangely, it always oopens the OTHER drive when it asks for a new CD, and then . . . . it keeps asking for it even though I inserted it and clicked OK. I want it to only access my CD-RW. Really strange. So now, I can't swap CDs. I'd really appreciate any ideas. Everything is nearly perfect, it's just ths stupid little problem . .
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I'll make this simple: Linux has an answer to EVERY ONE OF YOUR NEEDS. In many cases, the Linux counterparts to M$ applications are better than the M$ applications. Most apps are KDE-aware or GNOME-aware, so you can even achieve a familiar, uniform "look" accross your desktop and your applications. Enjoy. It's worth the switch. I only use M$ XP for games . . . . it's good for games. ;-) -To see some of what's out there, go to: kde-apps.org -For eye-candy and some very cool/useful little utilites, go to: kde-look.org. Otherwise, ask around here. Some of my favourites, for KDE: -Office/Wordprocessing: OpenOffice, kOffice (I LOVE kWord - not as powerful as openoffice, but frame-based, simple, effective, and very attractive.) You get a complete suite of apps, from painting to presentations, in both OpenOffice and kOfffice. -Desktop Publishing: Scribus, Kugar is also an option (right?) -Graphics editing: GIMP (#1), Karbon, Kolourpaint (like mspaint) -E-mail/address/calendar: Kontact (similar to outlook) -Video/Music: XMMS (winamp, anyone?), TotemPlayer, Audacity -text processing/notes: Kate, kWrite, kIle . . . lots more. - Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox (the best browser out there.) Konqueror is also an option. There are also a number of COMMERCIAL apps available, such as Maya, and others - I don't remember any more off the top of my head. Alot of the movie Shrek 2, for example, was made with Linux, and Linux is playing quite a role in the 3D design industry. and lots more I don't know of or haven't mentionerd due to sheer laziness . . . . . . . .
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I know you can download kOffice fro the KDE website, but does anyone know were there would be kOffice RPMs for Mandrake10 specifically . . . a repository that is updated as new versions are released?
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Interesting responses here . . . . I find that kWord handles large documents beautifully. I'm all for improving kOffice in general, It's a very promising suite, but it's taking quite a while to "grow up."