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Puppy Linux

So, my laptop is kinda old. It was originally issued with one of those ancient Windows operating systems like Windows 2000 Pro, or something similar. The System Restore program was on the hard drive, so when the drive went kaplooie, I installed Ubuntu and was quite joyous about reclaiming a fine computer from [...]

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DSL and Video

So our new DSL connection is twice as fast as our old WildBlue satellite connection, plus a little bit. Marvelous. Except. YouTube and other video services, Joost, etc., actually load slower.  It was possible to stream a YouTube video without interruption on satellite, but DSL, even at 1.3Mbps (that’s a TESTED speed, not just an advertised one…), can [...]

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Selfish Sadness

My Thinkpad T30 is dying. Yes, it’s old. It MAY just have had a virus.  It DID have a virus, but I don’t know if that’s the real problem or if the HD is just tired. I cannot depend on it.  Karma’s Gateway has become the church video projection computer.  (Mine failed in the middle of VBS twice [...]

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