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| Thread ID: 107021 | 2010-02-01 05:19:00 | What's The Real Diff in SD Cards? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 854281 | 2010-02-01 05:19:00 | I see some are SD-H, and some aren't and some are supposed to be faster or slower - but are they pretty much really interchangeable? I'm going to buy a netbook tomorrow and it is supposed to have an SD-H port for installing things . I guess I need to bite the bullet and buy as small a unit as I can to take notes and have a dictionary and some reference material in it for looking up documents during classes and lectures . Using the stylus and tapping on the window of my Palm Clie is getting OLD! The battery life seems to be OK with seven hours of user time and that's with the screen lit too! I wonder if I can dual-boot Puppy (it comes with XP-Home) or something else with OpenOffice in it too . Maybe with the way things "L-rated" for me go, I should stay away from Puppy too . HOWEVER - So far - PCLOS is still running on my #3 computer and although I don't understand (yet) how to actually install updates and untarball a tarball (I know - I read the instructions so kindly proffered to me from all the nice people here - but I cannot figure it out! I CAN'T! I am sure Jen thinks of me as a lost cause anyway) - it's sufficient to e-mail and cruise the web OK enuff . One last thought - since the new netbook will have XP-Home in it and I need to trade files, can I just use an external USB2-HDD on another XP-P system and let the two of them just trade the files/folders I want to cross-mingle? Will XP put up a fuss if the opsys-s are not actually the same (Pro v Home) and they are hardwired to the same LAN or should I just send files via GMail or my (larger file sending) domain? So many questions! Sorry . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 854282 | 2010-02-01 05:46:00 | Well I know there's SD and SDHC (high density cards - 4 GB+). And unless you're using a reader that can read high density, it wont read them | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 854283 | 2010-02-01 06:02:00 | If your netbook runs it - go for it. I find that with a laptop I have now, it supports CF card and Micro drives and SD with a CF adaptor. It is a bit fussy to push in and take out - think fingernail use to push the lever etc.... For everyday use, I find the USB flash drives better and more compatible should you use other computers. I've only used memory cards for digital cameras. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 854284 | 2010-02-01 06:07:00 | I wonder if I can dual-boot Puppy (it comes with XP-Home) or something else with OpenOffice in it too . Should be ok but note the smaller HDD . HOWEVER - So far - PCLOS is still running on my #3 computer and although I don't understand (yet) how to actually install updates and untarball a tarball (I know - I read the instructions so kindly proffered to me from all the nice people here - but I cannot figure it out! I CAN'T! I am sure Jen thinks of me as a lost cause anyway) - it's sufficient to e-mail and cruise the web OK enuff . What updates? A bit lost . Thru the internet or via a memory card or USB device? One last thought - since the new netbook will have XP-Home in it and I need to trade files, can I just use an external USB2-HDD on another XP-P system and let the two of them just trade the files/folders I want to cross-mingle? Not sure . Will XP put up a fuss if the opsys-s are not actually the same (Pro v Home) and they are hardwired to the same LAN or should I just send files via GMail or my (larger file sending) domain? Network should be fine . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 854285 | 2010-02-01 06:38:00 | What updates? A bit lost . Thru the internet or via a memory card or USB device? Uh - my bad since I didn't make that clear enuff . The PCLOS on #3 'puter is running all well and good - but there are a few updates and add-ons that I have (successfully???) downloaded and they are . tar and some are . tar . gz - and I try to follow the directions - really I did! BUT the "How To UN-tarball A Tarball" article uses terms and things about opening Konqueror or ARK (as an option with a right click) or Download With KGet which makes NO SENSE since they are already downloaded! It's just something that I have absolutely NO IDEA what it is and I just fold it all and continue using PCLOS just the way it came on the disc I got in the mail . It might as well be written in Martian with Chinese footnotes for directions on using it . I would LIKE to have ABP+ and a few nice things on GMail and Firefox - which runs OK right now - but I just know it can do more!!!! If something now goes wrong in PCLOS the only option I have at this point is to burn it all down and re-install it again . I have (in my folder called "Firefox Downloads") on the PCLOS desktop: firefox-3 . 5 . 5 . tar . bz (actually five of them since they are numbered 1-through-5) . . . . . . . . . . . and I would at least like to upgrade FF to the newest version I think - wot? There are other things in that folder - but since I cannot even figger out how to untarball them they just sit there . Here's what I have been unsuccessfully dealing with: If you are dealing with a tarball (example . tar) file, you can extract the files from it using: tar xvf example . tar (HUH? WHERE'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE ENTERED?) If the tarball has been gzipped(example . tar . gz), you can extract the files from it using: tar xvfz example . tar . gz If the tarball has been gzipped(example . tgz), you can extract the files from it using: tar xzvf example . tgz If the tarball has been compressed with bzip2(example . tar . bz2), then you will need to have bzip2 installed . ( Most servers will have this, but if yours does not, visit <a href=" . bzip . org/">http://www . bzip . org/</a>" target="_blank">www . bzip . org ) If all is well and bzip2 is installed, you can extract the files from it using: tar yxf example . tar . bz2 Sometimes you only want to extract certain directories from the tarball . An example of doing so would be: tar xvzf example . tar . gz */DIRECTORY_YOU_WANT_REPLACES_THIS_TEXT/* SEE???????????????????????????????????? This ain't Kansas, Toto! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 854286 | 2010-02-01 06:49:00 | You type commands in a terminal. PCLinuxOS (if that is what you are using) has several, the one I use is called Konsole. some helpful reading. www.linux.org www.pclinuxos.com |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 854287 | 2010-02-01 07:29:00 | Will XP put up a fuss if the opsys-s are not actually the same (Pro v Home) and they are hardwired to the same LAN or should I just send files via GMail or my (larger file sending) domain? XP doesn't care whether another PC runs XP, 98, Windows 7 or even OS X - it'll still see the files. (My XP Home netbook sees files on both my Vista desktop and Dad's XP Pro desktop just fine.) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 854288 | 2010-02-01 07:29:00 | OK - KarameaDave, stand by later on this week when I get back from a road trip - so you can tutor me in command lines. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 854289 | 2010-02-01 07:31:00 | No worries Joe, I'll do what I can:thumbs: | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 854290 | 2010-02-01 08:17:00 | "apt-get update" is a pretty easy command. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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