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Open Source Religion?

Gnomie Jonathan Vasquez (FearedBliss from our chatroom) writes:
Hey, Chris.
I was just wondering something and I wanted to ask you your opinion on an Open Source Religion. I’m hoping to get a good response from you since your Facebook’s religion status gives me the feeling that you aren’t religious. Anyhow, let me explain.
Nowadays I believe that [...]

RAID Vs. SSD

Gnomie Rafael Ramirez writes:
Hey, Chris. Lately I made up my mind on getting an Solid State Drive, but today I heard something that’s making me have a change of heart and I think it would make a great discussion video. I own a Mac Pro; obviously I would want an SSD for speed, but I [...]

Recuva

Gnomie Paul Bolduc writes:
Hi, Chris Pirillo!
I came across this program called Recuva.
“Recuva (pronounced “recover”) is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera [...]

A Gnomie’s Top 5 Reasons That Cloud Computing Is The Future

Gnomie David Concepcion writes:
Just wanted to share this technology.
Is cloud the future of the desktop? I think so, and here are my top five reasons that cloud is the future:

Cloud combines the best of both worlds: the OS + the browser into one single product.
Booting into a cloud machine could mean seconds (depending on Internet [...]

Now It’s Time For An Imperator

Gnomie Mateusz Grochowski writes:
Hello!
I just stumbled upon your half-a-year-old video on YouTube - the one about that funny “Google command line” site. Actually, you don’t need such sites for command-line surfing. There is a much better (and powerful) way to surf mouselessly — and it works with ALL Web sites, not just Google.
Try out [...]

coLinux Virtualization

Gnomie Anthony writes:
I’m Anthony and I just dug up your YouTube channel (and I’m glad I did!). I’ve been watching many videos on Linux and virtualization and was wondering if you had ever heard of coLinux.
You only have the option of virtualizing Linux under Windows but I have found it to be reasonably fast on [...]

The Battle Against The Behavioral Trackers Begins

Gnomie Chris Johnson writes:
Well, it seems your elected members are rather more clued up and willing to work than our British versions.
There has been scant coverage of this in the US (and I have been warning you about it too), but members of your government have finally picked up on it. Over here in the [...]

Vista DHCP Bug Is Horrible

Gnomie Zombie Ryushu writes:
I had a friend come over to my house the other day and, for the life of me, he couldn’t negotiate with my DHCP server. He was running Vista. I did some searching and found out that Vista, by default, has some bizarre flag turned on that breaks DHCP for a lot [...]

I Now Need An Open Source/Free Alternative To AVG

Gnomie Josh Blatchford writes:
Hi, Chris!
It’s Josh here (I occasionally drop by the chat room with the name of firew). I have been a proud AVG user for about four years now and today I had what thought seemed to be a nice surprise: AVG 8.0! My current 7.5 gave me this link and, following [...]

Is There Such A Thing As A Trusted Web Sites List?

Gnomie Andrew Norman writes:
Hi Chris,
I use both Windows and Linux and something occurred to me. I would really like to find a good, reliable place that lists spyware-free Web sites.
This would be great for a couple of reasons. First of all, I’d like to have confidence that what I’m downloading won’t have malware. Second, [...]

LAN Security Blues

Gnomie Jared Woodruff writes about what some of you might find to be all-too-familiar woes of being in charge of network security in places where co-workers and higher-ups often don’t “get it.” Figured I’d share this with you guys:
Hey, Chris!
I’m a newbie to your YouTube show (mainly because I have ADSL 28kb/s and the [...]

Looking For A Good Performance Monitor

Gnomie Jeffery M. Comrie writes:
Dear Chris,
I’ve been assigned as the Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Vista Standard Desktop Configuration Project Manager and I was wondering if you might be able to help me out or at the very least, point me in the right direction for a “third party” tool (preferably free and able to [...]

An Experiment With Ubuntu Gone Wrong

Gnomie Rossgang writes:
I don’t know if “restoring” is the right word, but here is my problem.
Like other people getting bored with Windows and wanting to try out a new operating system, I downloaded Ubuntu Linux and burned it to a CD. Then, as the directions read, I placed it in my PC to try to [...]

How To Manage Your Inbox

Gnomie Tyler Jones writes:
I receive about 220 emails a day (I know that’s nothing compared to what you get, Chris, but it’s a lot for us normal folk), and I sometimes find it hard to manage my inbox. Over time, I’ve made these tips for managing my email more efficiently, and I thought that I [...]

Sound Problems With Vista/XP Dual Boot

Gnomie Kpalsm from our chat room writes:
I’m having problems with my Vista/XP dual boot, and I’m hoping someone might be able to help.
My Toshiba laptop came with Vista Ultimate installed. As I was reluctant to just go ahead and wipe it and install XP, so I decided to do a dual boot. After slipstreaming some [...]

5 Tips For Getting Used To Desktop Environments

Gnomie Plaszer from our chat room writes:
Hey, Chris! I’ve been using Ubuntu for almost a year and I have learned how to use all three of the most popular desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, and XFCE), and I’ve decided to spread some of my knowledge on how to choose and get used to a desktop environment.

Don’t [...]

Why Isn’t FireWire 800 More Common?

Gnomie Elie Hassan writes:
To the best of my knowledge, FireWire 800 is capable of 800 mbp/s, which is twice as fast as USB 2.0. If this is the case, why is it such an underutilized specification? I can understand that hardware manufacturers want to make their hardware compatible with as many computers as possible, so [...]

Folding@home And My Pocketbook

Gnomie Aaron Glenn (oboe in the chat room) writes:
Hi Chris,
I’ve been running the Folding@Home software for about three weeks now, and while the altruistic donation of my “spare” CPU cycles towards the advancement of biomedical research seemed very appealing, the effect it had on my power bill is another story…
Suffice it say that it went [...]

Is Overclocking My Video Card Responsible?

Not sure about this one, so I figured I’d post this here to see what you IT Professionals think. Gnomie darkxero01 writes:
Hey Chris,
I have an HIS x1650 PRO 512 MB card. I play a lot of different games and the card seems to work just fine, but it does lag in some spots so [...]

What Is Your Definition Of An IT Professional?

Gnomie Tony Baylis writes:
In the World of IT many people call themselves “IT Professionals,” but what I would like to know, what is your definition of an IT professional?
Can you be an IT professional if you only use the GUI side or do you really have to be able to use the command line area [...]

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