Re: need google chrome installation instructions that work

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 7:46 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 04:44:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > It seems Curt's instructions to use dpkg to install the downloaded deb > > resulted in > > creation of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list containing > > > > deb

Re: Question about wifi web service with debian

I'm using my HP Probook 6450B with Xubuntu 16.04.1. This laptop uses the following iswifi chipset robert@HP-Probook:~$ lspci | grep -i wireless 44:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) Wireless work out of the box with Xubuntu. If you

Re: Suitable USB WiFi Adapter

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2015-10-28 at 21:22 -0400, Doug wrote: > > > https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-dual-band > > > -usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-nusbdb > > > > > >

Re: Help-Install not compatible with my PC

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: On Fri 24 Jul 2015 at 21:03:21 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: Le sextidi 6 thermidor, an CCXXIII, Erwan David a écrit : I thiink you should dd the .iso to the stick, not cp Both work, and dd will give terrible performance

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

On May 29, 2015 7:04 PM, John Aten welcome.to.eye.o.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc.

Re: WANTED: Dual Band WIFI USB stick

This Ralink usb wireless adapter works with Debian. Just install ralink chipset driver. Here is the link. http://www.ebay.com/itm/150M-USB-WiFi-Wireless-LAN-Adapter-Antenna-802-11b-g-n-ralink-rt5370-WIN7-XP-/121567605250?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item1c4dfe7202 I've used many of these, they

Debian Wheezy XFCE Chromium PepperFlash Plugin Error

Computer is HP Pavilion a230n tower with 768mb ram 120 hd agp Nvidia Riva TNT2 with 32mb ram card. Installed standard desktop (Gnome3), I was getting error message about Gnome 3 crashing, plus I prefer XFCE,I replaced it with XFCE4. Installed Chromium-Browser. When I install ed

Re: Best list for server only traffic?

You might want look at the complete list at list.debian.org Robert On May 5, 2014 1:05 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 5/5/2014 8:56 AM, Dan Ritter d...@randomstring.org wrote: On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 06:59:55AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: I was perusing the available choices

Old computer with Savage Video Help

My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite 2400-S251 with Super Savage Video chip. It does have pae built in. 30 gb hd and 512 mb ram. Ubuntu above 12.04.3 has issues with the Savage video chip. Also it won't boot from USB drive. This what worked., Download Hirens Boot CD http://www.hirensbootcd.org It

Fresh Jessie Install VLC freezes

Group; My computer is Dell GX280 with 3 gb ram 500 gb hd, Dell x1300 dvi video card 128 mb memory running on a 23' HP LCD monitor. I've got a multi-boot system with Windows 7 Pro on sda1, Xubuntu 13.10 on sda6, Kubuntu 13.10 on sda7 and Debian Jessie Xfce on sda8. Running VLC on all distros,

Re: Grub2 menu editing

On Dec 26, 2013 8:45 AM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday 26 December 2013 14:27:16 Brian wrote: Wouldn't it be cleaner to purge linux-image-* packages? Thanks for the prod, Brian! I now have a manageable number of kernels in my grub list! Happy Christmas season. Lisi

Re: ddrescue and windowsxp

On Oct 5, 2013 1:05 AM, steef debian.li...@home.nl wrote: hi folks, my eldest daughter has an old laptop with windowsxp loaded on it. the machine crashed yesterday. my question: can i use debian and the ddrescue-procedure to save the data of this laptop like i did about 7 years ago with a