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Thread ID: 32267	2003-04-14 02:27:00	Windows and Linux	caffy (2665)	Press F1

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135616	2003-06-13 12:16:00	Just make sure you do a defrag before you do so, so that all your free space is at the end of the disk.	mikebartnz (21)
135617	2003-06-13 12:20:00	> Just make sure you do a defrag before you do so, so > that all your free space is at the end of the disk. ;-)	Chilling_Silently (228)
135618	2003-06-13 12:48:00	;) Beginning.	mikebartnz (21)
135619	2003-06-13 13:00:00	Wondered if you'd pick up on that. I wonder what'd happen if I tried running Partition Magic under WineX :p	Chilling_Silently (228)
135620	2003-06-13 15:01:00	Oh its not difficult to screw linux up completely, requiring a reformat. Done it quite a few times now haha. One thing I've noticed in linux, every time I click on something it takes an incredibly long time to load. Even browsing the 'start' menu takes 5secs+ to load up. (Even slower than windows). Running a 1.1athlon, 384ram :\	PoWa (203)
135621	2003-06-13 21:15:00	> Oh its not difficult to screw linux up completely, > requiring a reformat. Done it quite a few times now > haha. > > One thing I've noticed in linux, every time I click > on something it takes an incredibly long time to > load. Even browsing the 'start' menu takes 5secs+ to > load up. (Even slower than windows). Running a > 1.1athlon, 384ram :\ > My Athlon XP 1700+ with 512MB RAM is much much faster than doze! Myt P300 though does suffer and I can sympathize.. Im not too sure why it does that either?! If you wanna erase everthing, then if you're root, try this: # rm -rf Just make sure you know that doing that will effectively format your linux partitioning scheme, and any mounted drives you may have.. So, do that and you wipe your PC.. so dont do it.. but yes.. it can be that easy PoWa.. In most cases, Ive found it harder to kill Linux than doze :-)	Chilling_Silently (228)
135622	2003-06-13 21:19:00	> If you wanna erase everthing, then if you're root, > try this: > # rm -rf > Just make sure you know that doing that will > effectively format your linux partitioning scheme, > and any mounted drives you may have.. Forgot to add the space then slash afterwards t specify the root folder... # rm -rf / ;-) Ive actually done it before when I was formatting my PC.. after unmounting all my Doze partitions :p	Chilling_Silently (228)
135623	2003-06-13 23:53:00	Yeah, I have noticed the same thing - Linux loads things incredibly slow!!! as compared to window . And number one thing i have noticed - in Windows things appear more clearer and with more clarity . Linux seems a bit fuzzy, like text are not clear, and etc . Anything i can do to fix this up? Also when typing, the letters appear really slowly . . . How can I check my network connections - like in Windows on the Desktop you right click on Network Connections and click properties, and you can see that you are connected to the gateway computer etc . . . How come you have to press the comma button twice for a comma to appear? Same with the speech/quote ones . . . cheers, caffy	caffy (2665)
135624	2003-06-14 00:19:00	If you have an 80GB hard drive it sounds like you might have a newish PC. Linux is always behind Windows for getting drivers for new hardware. With Mandrake 9.0 on my 2GHz P4 and Intel 845G there was no graphics driver for it. I had to set Video buffer size to 8MB in the BIOS to get 16 bit colours and it had grainy appearance. Mandrake 9.1 has new XFree86 version which supported my graphics and the graininess is gone. Maybe you should try a clean install of MDK 9.1 I don't know what could cause your speed problems etc but something is wrong. Try asking on the usenet MDK newsgroup if you don't get any luck here. Graeme	Graeme (1537)
135625	2003-06-14 00:33:00	I do have a 80GB hard drive, but it has been partitioned... something like 30GB for C drive, and before it was like 50GB for D drive, but that has now been partitioned to give Linux 25GB or so... Does Linux still 'see' that the whole computer is 80GB or does it only see the 25GB? I will wait and see if i get any help from here, before going elsewhere :) caffy	caffy (2665)
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