River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?

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DCJensen - Aug 11, 2009 6:32:53 pm PDT #10893 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

If I were to dabble in Ubuntu, would I want the Desktop or server edition to play with? or both?


Ginger - Aug 11, 2009 6:38:23 pm PDT #10894 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

A fast blink is pretty much never a good sigh.

Maybe it's just lying to you.


Dana - Aug 11, 2009 6:44:09 pm PDT #10895 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

never a good sigh.

Oh, lovely Freudian slip there, self. t sigh


evil jimi - Aug 12, 2009 12:06:35 am PDT #10896 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Depends on what you ultimately want to do with it, Daniel. I'm not looking to run a server anytime soon, so I just use the Desktop version.


Gudanov - Aug 12, 2009 5:36:20 am PDT #10897 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Desktop would be best for dabbling.


DCJensen - Aug 12, 2009 5:46:22 am PDT #10898 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

cool, thanks.


Gudanov - Aug 12, 2009 5:54:14 am PDT #10899 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I use 64-bit Ubuntu desktop (well right now, Linux Mint which is Ubuntu plus some extras and restricted codecs already installed) and 64-bit Windows 7 and dual boot. I find I'm stuck with a two OS solution. There are things I need Ubuntu for and things I need Windows for.


Jon B. - Aug 12, 2009 5:54:30 am PDT #10900 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Anyone use iDVD on the Mac? I'm using one of the standard templates. I've added a long audio loop on the chapters submenu. The audio starts correctly the first time through, but when it loops around for the second and subsequent runs, it starts around three seconds into the loop. Is there any way around this? Is this because the initial three seconds are somehow tied to the initial transition to the submenu?


evil jimi - Aug 12, 2009 6:19:27 am PDT #10901 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Hivemind question: I'm having all sorts of problems with certain sites/servers when I'm using XP. Facebook is the biggest pain in the arse but there are other sites that won't load/reload quickly. However, in their case it's not so much the site, as it trying to connect to external sites, most of which are ad sites trying to serve up advertisments. It doesn't matter what browser I use--Opera, Firefox, or IE8--and ahemming isn't affected (nor is it a cause cos it happens with or without the program running).

It should also be noted that I don't have this problem when running Ubuntu 9.04. Which is what makes it doubly frustrating.

Anyone got any ideas or suggestions on where to look etc.?


Gudanov - Aug 12, 2009 6:21:17 am PDT #10902 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

That sounds kinda malware-ish.