Thinking of Installing. Few questions.

Hi there.
Im currently a Ubuntu user since April 2007.
It just doesn't cut it for me antmore, too much bloat and too slow.
I heard Arch is v. fast but needs a web downloading text installer. ?
Ok first question, i have a F5D7000 Belkin wireless PCI adaptor on my machine, it uses the RT61 driver.
How easy is it to get RT61 going on Arch? Does it work out the box like on Ubuntu?
Also once i have a GUI which should hopefully be soon ^_^
How easy is it to install and configure Nvidia drivers?
Im also interested in DreamLinux but im asking the same questions there too but no one has replied.
anyway, Thanks for looking, care to shed some light?

sH wrote:
I don't want to fear you, but you should not install arch, if expect something that is "faster and less bloat" but at the same time as easy as ubuntu.
This is simply not the case. If you expect to dive deeper into the system and don't mind hours of setup then "at some point in time" you will realize that many things are simpler in arch than a lot of people think, but especially the "less bloat"-factor comes at the price of having to do a lot more of configuring yourself as you would need on ubuntu. But don't hesitate to try it on a sparse partition, you can dual boot and will always have a productive ubuntu system if you don't know how to proceed. Feel free to ask for solution on the board and check out the wiki.
I don't know about RT61 but I had a hard time trying to set up RT71 for wpa-supplicant with no success. If you have WEP there should be no problem, because the drivers are in the kernel.
This is actually exactly what I did... I gave 12 gigs for a arch partition, thinking that I might just drop Arch... there no way thats happening now that ive tried it and gotten used to it
If you have the space, do this, and allocate a reasonable amount in case you end up staying.

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Model Name:
iMac
Model Identifier:
iMac7,1
Processor Name:
Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:
2 GHz
Number Of Processors:
1
Total Number Of Cores:
2
L2 Cache:
4 MB
Memory:
2 GB
Bus Speed:
800 MHz

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Hello Everyone,
I am looking to purchase a new Apple computer and sign up for Creative Cloud within the next week and I have a few questions that should be answered before I proceed.
My wife and I own a business and we will be using the CS6 apps to create brochures, Constant Contact mailings, product package inserts, edit product photography for print and web use, and short HD how-to videos. We are not graphics professionals or power users and wont be doing anything too complicated.
Any help and answers will be greatly appreciated.
I will start with the hardware questions first:
I am trying to decide between the iMac and the Mac mini.
The iMac is a 2.7Ghz Quad-core Intel core i5 and comes with 4GB of memory that is expandable to 16GB, which I will do for sure. It comes with a Radeon HD 6770M graphics card with 512MB of GDDR5 memory(not upgradable), and a 1TB HDD that runs at 7200RPM. This unit meets the specs required.
The 2.5Ghz Mac Mini comes with 4GB of memory that is expandable to 8GB, I will also do this. It has a Radeon HD 6630M graphics card with 256MB of GDDR5 memory(not upgradable), and a 500GB HDD that runs at 5400RPM. This unit meets all the spec(I think) except for the speed of the HDD.
Question: Will the mini run the software without too much of an issue considering the speed of the HDD?
Question: Will the iMac run the software significantly better to justify the price difference?
I already have 1 mini(purchased 4 months ago, with the same specs listed above) and will be purchasing a second computer for my wifes desk. If the mini will run CS6 fine, that is great and we can save a few bucks. If my mini will not run CS6 well, I will get the iMac for her desk as she will be doing the bulk of the work in that regard anyway.
Now a couple of software questions.
After reading hundreds of reviews and forum posts over the last few days I have seen many people having this or that issue. It seems to me that most of the issues are because of upgrades from Lion to Mountian Lion after installing CS6 first or trying to open CS3,4,5 files in CS6.
If you want to know what issues have me concerned take a look at just this one forum:
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2012/07/adobe-cs-apps-mountain-lion-no-known-issues.html
Similar issues are discussed in the Apple forums as well as many other places around the web.
I am not a computer professional but I know enough to maintain my systems and keep them running smoothly.
We do not have any Adobe software installed on my mini and will not be opening any files from previous versions of Adobe product in the new CS6 software. These will be a clean installs on pristine systems running fully updated Mountian Lion OS's on both machines and creating new files from scratch.
Question: Should I be expecting any issues like the ones I have read in the forums and blogs or are these just the normal things that happen when upgrading to new software with multiple hardware configurations?
My feeling is that we will not be having too much of a problem due to the clean installs and no files from previous versions.
Next up, the Creative Cloud(CC) FAQ states that you can install on 2 machines but can't open stuff at the same time.
Question: Does this mean we can't be using any CS6 apps at the same time or just not using the same app at the same time?
Example: PS and PS on both machines at same time = No, PS on one and Dreamweaver on the other at the same time=Yes?
The CC FAQ page says Adobe will add Lightroom 4 later in 2012 while the main CC page lists it as available now.
Question: Which is true?
My mini is registered to me, with my name, iTunes account, Apple ID etc.
Question: Do I need to do the initial set-up of the new machine with all my information to ensure the CS6 suite works on both machines? Do the computers need to be registered(as far as Apple configuration is concerned) to same person for them to work on one CC account or can I install CS6 on any 2 machines regardless of how they were initially set-up?
This may seem like a silly question but I want to avoid any problems before they happen.
Well, those are all of my questions at the moment. To anyone who made it this far in my looooong post, Thank You so much for your time. I appreciate your expertise and knowledge and hope that you can help me make this decision.
Cheers,
Alex Bogdan

Alex,
I'll try and answer your questions as best I can.
Qn 1 Which Mac.
Ans:- As I understand it both units will run Adobe CS6.
          Which one really depends on what you wand from CS6. If you are looking for high end demand and performance, then I would go for the IMac
          Your Specs for the Imac are right. However if you buy your IMac straight from Apple there are even higher specs.
          You can get:-
                              3.4 GHz i7 processor rather than the i5
                               2GB video card as opposed to a 1Gb video card.
                               Of course such a model will cost you more.
          In the end it is needs compared with money to spend. That is only a decision you cam make.
Q2:- Will the higher cost for the Imac justify copst.
Ans:- Again it depends on what demands you intend to make on the hardware and software.
          But I note you have a business and if that businees expects to high demand and high speedy performance then I suspect the Imac would be more able to provide your needs.
          Again only you will know the answer to that.
Q3:- Questions about CS6 reliability
Ans:- I have been with Adobe for way over 10 years.
         Speaking, only for myself, it is the most reliable software on the market.
          It is true that if you look down this form, like any other and I am thinking about the Apple discussions forum, you will find numerous instances of problems.
          Again this is only my opinion, but although all these problems are real for the individuals:-
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          Second, they are in the minority of the total users using the hardware / software.
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          So what I am saying is that there are only two comapnies I rely 100% on: They are Adobe and Apple.
         So if you are happy with my opinion I would not worry about Adobe CS6
Qn 4:- CS6 0n 2 machines.
Ans:- Yes you will not be able to run the same program similtaneosly.
           I believe, if it is important that you do run the same program together, that you can acquire a further licience from Adobe to do that.
           You would need to contact Adobe about that.
Qn 5:- Lightroom 4
Ans:- Lightroom is now available as part of Creative Cloud.
Qn 6:- Set up for individual machines
Ans:- I do not believe you do. Once you have set up your Creative Cloud account you go to the apps site and download the apps for each machine.
          Each machine downloads the apps and your machine and the apps are registered by Adobe.
         Here is something that you may want to know:-
          Because I was so unhappy loosing all the Acrobat data with Acrobat X I ended up deleting Acrobat X
          However as far as Creative Cloud is concered Acrobat X is still on my machine.
          It is not a problem for me because I am happy with Acrobat 9, it fullfils my needs and has not crashed and lost me all my bookmarks.
          However here is the point:-
          Adobe, when there was a problem with Acrobat X requested that no-one deletes the application.
         Though I do not know for certain I believe registration of the apps you have with Creative Cloud are registered with Creative Cloud in their database. Therefore were you to delete an app, it will still be registered with Creative Cloud and you will not be able to download a further copy even though the app is no longer on your    machine.
          Therefore it maybe not a good idea to delete an app when you no longer have a use for it. If you want it back I suspect you will have to contact Adobe Support
Personal Comment:-
          It is true many unfortunately have had all sorts of problems, including me with Acrobat X.
          That said, Creative Cloud in my view has been a major advance in how Adobe delivers software. I have no regrets with signing up to Creative Cloud and I expect to remain with it.
Hope all of that goes some way to answering your questions.

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3.) Maybe I play with it to much but **** the battery dies fast. Is there anyway to optimize the battery at all other then for me not to use it as much?
4.) How can I remote lock it if I lose it or it gets stolen? I read somewhere this could be done.
5.) Are there any other Shells/HomeScreens/Themes that can replace the standard 4x4x4 row icons?
6.) The speaker phone (when on a call) seems kinda low even when turned all the way up. Is there any way to make it louder?
7.) I am using the built in VPN client to connect to my works PPTP Windows 2003 VPN server but the client randomly disconnects through out the day. Is there any way to have some type of keep alive set or are there any other VPN Clients that I can use?
Sorry for all this just thought I would ask for feedback.
Many thanks for any help anyone can provide,
SomeOneOnLine

1.) It appears as if one can not run a program from the home sreen and have it run in the background while doing other things? Does the IPhone not mutitask at all or verywell?
The iPhone SDK does not permit ANY 3rd party apps from running in the background or multitasking. It does provide for push notifications which can simulate certain background activity in terms of receiving external notifications while the app is actually closed. This works reasonably well with IM apps, news, sports, weather, travel updates and some peer-to-peer games.
2.) Are there any SIP Clients that work over 3G? All the ones iv tried say they are for WIFI only.
Just how would the SIP server connect to the cell carrier 3G network? Do you know of ANY that do??
3.) Maybe I play with it to much but **** the battery dies fast. Is there anyway to optimize the battery at all other then for me not to use it as much?
3G voice and data connections are culprits. Avoid email push and frequent fetching. See this Apple article for detailed suggestions.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html
4.) How can I remote lock it if I lose it or it gets stolen? I read somewhere this could be done.
MobileMe Find My iPhone will locate, set a passcode lock and optionally wipe all data from your iPhone. You have to be a MobileMe subscriber.
5.) Are there any other Shells/HomeScreens/Themes that can replace the standard 4x4x4 row icons?
No. Apple does not permit this.
6.) The speaker phone (when on a call) seems kinda low even when turned all the way up. Is there any way to make it louder?
You can troubleshoot your iPhone as described in the User Guide - restart, reset, reset settings, restore. Or, get hearing aids
7.) I am using the built in VPN client to connect to my works PPTP Windows 2003 VPN server but the client randomly disconnects through out the day. Is there any way to have some type of keep alive set or are there any other VPN Clients that I can use?
See this Apple support article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1980
BTW, discussion of "unauthorized modifications" such as jailbreaking is prohibited under the forum Terms of Use you agreed to when joining. Best not to even mention it or risk getting your post deleted.

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On recharging the phone after I upgraded the OS, when it was I believe turned off -- I don't think it was on -- I never noticed the green LED that I noticed sometimes while recharging before I upgraded to the latest OS -- it just never seemed to come on green I presume to show a full battery when I was charging. Yesterday it did, and I believe my phone was "off" -- what's the story on that? Does it just stay on green a short while, then go off? Why sometimes orange/white I think it was, for quite some time, even when it should have been recharged? I was glad to notice the green yesterday.
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

Apps:
Select the 'Blackberry World' icon
If this is your first time, you may have to register and create a blackberry id, follow the instructions.
select the little magnifying glass icon (search)
Type 'cbc' in the search bar
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Repeat as required for other apps.
Paid apps will most likely be automatically billed thru your BELL account.
To find the apps after they install, exit BB world.
from the home page, swipe left to see more pages. Newly installed apps will appear on the last page.
Globe News, CBC news, CBC radio, National Geographic, TuneIn Radio, Recipe Box, Native Level, Easy Level, NFB, CBC Hockey Night, CBC Music, CIBC Banking, POYNT, Flashlight LED are all free and very good.
Skype is free, but not great yet.
If you're on wifi, all the downloads will use wifi data.
Most apps are pretty small and don't eat up a lot of your data plan, even if you download over wireless.

A few questions on switching from my powermac G5 to a 17" macbook pro

Hi, picking up at used macbook pro on monday(Apple MacBook Pro MA611LL/A 17" Notebook PC (2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive)
I'm going to use it as my main machine with an external keyboard and mouse hooked up, along with an external 23" cinema display in extended desktop mode. Then when I need to work somewhere else I'll just unplug it and go.
A few questions from a new macbook user:
• What's the best way to migrate all my apps, data, photos, etc. Should I use migration assistant? I'm a web designer with dozens of small apps that I may not have the installers for but would like to do a fresh install of the ones I have like CS3. With migration assistant can I just pick some apps to move over, or do they all move over and does it transfer the registration info in case I misplaced certain serial numbers?
• I'll be selling my desktop, I know you can only install CS3 on one machine, how do I get the CS3 "unactivated" on my Desktop so I can install it on the macbook pro? I own the copy of CS3 and have the dvd's and such.
• I have a TON of Dreamweaver sites defined, whats the simpleist way to transfer the site info over so I don't have to track down all of that ftp info for every site?
• I have over a year of Time Machine backups on my current desktop machine, do I transfer those over somehow so my macbook reads them or is it just better to start over with a fresh time machine backup?
• Will I have any issues with my Iphone or appletv with itunes thinking I'm authorizing a new computer but I'm really only going to be having one machine?
• The person I'm buying it from is doing a clean install of the system, when I get it should I go ahead and do a fresh Leopard install just to make sure its done properly, and if so is there are there "best practices" on doing that?
• Any other tips or advice?
Thanks in advance, I know thats a lot of questions?
Jeff

While waiting for responses, I came up with this reload script after a little research. The only major problem is that it makes the entire page blink when it reloads. Any thoughts on improving or completely changing it to get rid of the blink and keeping everything efficient?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" width="1920" height="1080"
creationComplete="dbTimer()" borderColor="#797979" backgroundGradientAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]" backgroundGradientColors="[#636363, #9A9A9A]" color="#F3F3F3">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Text;
import mx.controls.Label;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
[Bindable]
private var omArray:ArrayCollection
private function resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
omArray = event.result.response.data.row;
import flash.utils.Timer
import flash.events.TimerEvent
import flash.display.Sprite
private function dbTimer():void
inventoryService.send();
var mTimer:Timer=new Timer(1000,10)
mTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE,Comple);
mTimer.start();
private function Comple(e:TimerEvent):void
inventoryService.send();
dbTimer();
]]>
</mx:Script>

Few questions about customizing jwm

Hello all,
Coming from KDE, I found jwm and it runs so much better on this circa 2008 laptop. KDE runs OK but this is a lot faster. I have familiarized myself with .jwmrc and how to make basic changes and I've come across a few questions.
1.) Is there any way to enable dragging and rearranging the open programs in the taskbar? I'm kind of OCD about the order of my running apps especially since restarting jwm after edits to the config file puts them in a random order.
2.) I think I see a way to get programs to start maximized and such using Groups but is there a way to start a program with a specific size? Specifically I am referring to nedit - it always starts too small and I size it so be larger but not overlapping my conky.
3.) Relating to #2, is there any way to get all programs to remember their window's size and position upon restarting? This has been a pet peeve of mine for years and KDE has the ability to remember this but most other Linux DEs and WMs don't.
4.) I've been using slock to lock the screen but I need to run it manually. Is there any way to get slock to run automatically, ie after say 5 minutes of inactivity? As of now I've been using xscreensaver to power off the monitor - should I just use the "Lock screen" option here? I've been trying to keep this install as minimal as possible - I don't need a screensaver, just ideally to turn off the monitor and lock the screen after some time.

1) I don't think you can - you can however disable the jwm taskbar and use xfce4-panel or similar.
2/3) Devilspie
4) xautolock

Few Questions about Boot Camp...

I'm thinking about installing Windows Vista on my new MacBook but I have a few questions...
Would I be able to download software such as Halo 2 for example and run it on my Mac?
Basically, all I'm asking is, will my Mac be similar with Windows installed on it as a regularly PC? Would my Mac be a bit slower with Windows Vista installed?
Thanks

Would I be able to download software such as Halo 2 for example and run it on my Mac?
Yes.
Basically, all I'm asking is, will my Mac be similar with Windows installed on it as a regularly PC?
Yes, if Boot Camp is used.
Would my Mac be a bit slower with Windows Vista installed?
Not with Boot Camp. It will be if a Windows emulator such as Parallels Desktop is actively running on it.
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Few questions about recovery on P100-400

Good evening all,
I have a few questions about recovering my laptop...
So, I was thinking if the only way to clean my entire disk is to use the Recovery DVD?
I ask this because I think that the computer becomes too "heavy" with all the applications it came with. So I was wondering if I can format the Hard Drive instead of recover it.
If I format the drive do I loose warranty? Is there any future problem related to genuine software?
It's possible to install Windows XP Pro (and not the actual windows xp media center) with the original Operative system's product key?
Thank you.
Best Regards.

Hello
I will try to give you few answers and I hope it will help you.
> So, I was thinking if the only way to clean my entire disk is to use the Recovery DVD?
> I ask this because I think that the computer becomes too "heavy" with all the applications it came with. So I was > wondering if I can format the Hard Drive instead of recover it.
I do not understand what you mean with I can format the Hard Drive instead of recover it but you can do follow: install OS using delivered recovery media and after doing this remove all applications you do not need. After doing this maybe your notebook will not be heavy anymore.
> If I format the drive do I loose warranty?
NO.
> Is there any future problem related to genuine software?
I do not know what you mean exactly
> It's possible to install Windows XP Pro (and not the actual windows xp media center) with the original Operative system's product key?
No. Something like this is not possible. Product key belongs to delivered and preinstalled OS.

Want to use a Firewire external drive as my boot drive, few questions thoug

I have an old second gen ppc mini. My hard drive just died. It's been on it's last legs for months, but today it finally stopped booting totally. Ran a hardware test and the drive is bad.
Instead of having to open it, I'd rather just buy an external firewire drive. The prices are easily comparable to an internal anyway. That brings up a few questions.
1. From research on the apple discussions and just good old google, I'm finding it's mostly viable to use an external drive as a boot device, anything I should know?
2. From what I remember, when OS X is installed, the installer asks for drive to install OS to. If I select the firewire drive will it then remember that drive as the boot device, after the install is finished? I don't want to have to select it each time the machine reboots.
3. What happens with the bad internal hard drive? Can it just stay there? Since it's bad will it interfere with the mini operation? I'd rather not have to open the case.
4. Anything special about the external drive that I need to know? I found this one on buy.com...
http://www.buy.com/prod/fd-titanium-ii-firewire-usb-2-0-hard-drive-320gb-7200rpm -ieee-1394a/q/loc/101/203405880.html
Any problem with that one?
I guess if there's anything I'm not thinking of, please let me know.
Thanks...

If I were going to use an external hard drive, I would buy the case from http://www.macsales.com (one example is http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW91UAL1K/ ) then buy a hard drive and put it in. The hard drive, depending on manufacturer, will have either a 3 year or 5 year (Seagate is the only one warrantied for 5 years) warranty, unlike the prepackaged units that have a 1 year warranty. Also, if you can get an external case which uses any of the Oxford chipsets, they work well with our macs. Also, some people like the ministack for mac mini usage: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ministack/
You can define in system preferences, in startup disk, which hard drive you want the system to boot from.

Just bought a powermac g4, few questions

i just bought this machine today and i had a few questions with it, installing leopard as we speak.. so far 2003 model MDD with a 1.25 dual , 2 GB of ram.. i opened the case up and noticed a copper heatsink.. is this a factory installed heatsink or no. i thought the 1.25's get the aluminum one.

Nice bonus! 47C is quite good if you're not running CHUD with nap mode.
well i think i should be pretty safe about overclocking the G4 dont you think?
It depends on what you have. IMO, 7455A would be best left alone even with the copper heatsink. 7455B, on the other hand, might be tempting to experiment with. Browse through the reader reports at Xlr8yourmac.com. A lot of folks report these running stable at 1.42 or even 1.5 without any adjustments to core voltage. Of course, there are no guarantees. Take care when removing resistors in case you have to bridge those contacts later.

N95 - a few questions

Hi all, Newbie from the uk here
Just got my N95 on Orange network, and have a few questions. (I have done some reading here already).
First off is the updating of the phones's firmware, my phone is locked to orange, no problem but the software provided is telling me that there's no updates available. I'm running version 10.xx of the firmware so I know there is, but it's not letting me do it.
From what I understand this is because of the orange-flavoured software installed and the phone being locked to the network.
Is there a way around this without losing anything? I'd really like to update it as it's got a couple of bugs I noticed.
Secondly, I was wondering what sort of stuff people have put on their phones, from what I can tell the symbian software is incredibly versatile and I'd like to use it to it's full potential, so are there any good software/programs/apps/games etc out there that you'd consider "essential" for a newbie like myself.
Great phone I must say, very happy with it so far and look forward to getting the most from it.
Thanks,
Stu.
Nokia N95 and a Nissan Skyline GTR, my two favourite gadgets

Thanks a lot mate, most informative.
I'm fairly new to nokia having not used them for years(sony ericsson convert), so I'm still getting used to it having just got it yesterday, and exploring the applications and stuff.
Shame the firmware can't be updated as of yet, fingers crossed for the future I suppose.
Like the sound of the recorder, think that'll be my first purchase, along with some looking around for a decent IM application and perhaps a few games as I travel a lot for work
Thanks for the response(s)!
Stu
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