Re: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac)

2014-09-06 Thread Tim Crone via Mercedes
On Sep 3, 2014 7:36 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I had been using an EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR Geforce 8600gt 256mb 128-bit, but got tired of rebuilding the NVidia proprietary driver each time the kernel changed, so I removed the card and am using the on-board graphics

[MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac)

2014-09-03 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Does Linux allow iPhone contacts/pictures back-up to the PC? I've only vista computers at home, considering going to win 7, partially to gain iPhone compatibility Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac)

2014-09-03 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Original Message   From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:44 AM To: Mercedes Reply To: Meade Dillon Subject: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac) Does Linux allow iPhone contacts/pictures back-up to the PC?  I've only vista computers at home

Re: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac)

2014-09-03 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 11:44 AM Subject: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac) Does Linux allow iPhone contacts/pictures back-up to the PC? I've only vista computers at home, considering going to win 7, partially to gain iPhone compatibility Max Dillon

Re: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac)

2014-09-03 Thread clay via Mercedes
I brought my kids up on Mac. #1 boy won a Sony laptop on a M$ lotto that he used for college. I had been running a few distros of Linux for a few years as diversions, and donated a trailing edge Gateway for him to do linux with. Last night we wasted hours building a whole new gaming box for

Re: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac)

2014-09-03 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 11:54:37 -0700 clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Last night we wasted hours building a whole new gaming box for him. He has not sourced a GPU, so not going to know if it worked for a few weeks I presume, then, that the motherboard doesn't have a

Re: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac)

2014-09-03 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
From: Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac) On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 11:54:37 -0700 clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote

Re: [MBZ] Linux (was Re: Classic car lock, stock and mac)

2014-09-03 Thread clay via Mercedes
It does have onboard graphics, both HDMI and another digital port. Since it will be used for games, the boy feels he needs at least a 2 gig GPU clay On Sep 3, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 11:54:37 -0700 clay via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Last