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Comment on Mini-Howto: Restore Windows MBR/Bootloader with Linux by Mike Hunter

Mike Hunter — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:01:29 +0000

thanks so much for sharing. it’s so difficult nowadays to find in the great amount of resources emerging every day smth that is worth my attention. you helped me a lot:)

Comment on Kpartx: a tool for mounting partitions within an image file by andy

andy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:58:05 +0000

Just found ya…Great stuff.
I will be adding you to my links list and checking in…

Comment on No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? by SSD recommendations? - Hardware Canucks

SSD recommendations? - Hardware Canucks — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:05:37 +0000

[...] boring or familiar, just complex. I'm researching it myself. This was my jump-off point: No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? | Robert Penz Blog Still reading… __________________ "On a clear drive, you can seek forever." (HP-UX [...]

Comment on No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? by [SSD] partition alignment during 11.2 install - openSUSE Forums

[SSD] partition alignment during 11.2 install - openSUSE Forums — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:11:28 +0000

[...] I will upgrade to OS 11.3) and I will set kernel swappiness to zero. According to this blog post: No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? | Robert Penz Blog it should be fine. Either way I don't intend to use the SSD for longer than 5/6 years and all my [...]

Comment on No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? by Partitioning 2 HD - openSUSE Forums

Partitioning 2 HD - openSUSE Forums — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:12:23 +0000

[...] Re: Partitioning 2 HD Are these remarks still relevant for ssd's? I don't know what kind of ssd the author has, but I've seen calculations that ssd's can last 27 years under normal usage. Let's say that you put a swap partition on it and it might be reduced to 7 years. This is still more than long enough for any home user. If you add trim support and reduce kernel swappiness, these number should even increase. Here is one article that I read about the subject: No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? | Robert Penz Blog [...]

Comment on No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? by robert

robert — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:22:59 +0000

I’m using a EeePC 901 for over a year now – no problem with the SSD with ext3 and swap sofar.

Comment on No SWAP Partition, Journaling Filesystems, … on a SSD? by adlerweb

adlerweb — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:16:15 +0000

Please note that this is only if you use “real” SSDs. Many cheap “SSDs” are technically just SD-Cards with an IDE/SATA-Interface – i broke 3 Cards of different brands (8GB/16GB) in a Year…

Comment on Howto install rtorrent and wtorrent within an Ubuntu Hardy VE by Script for rTorrent + wTorrent on Ubuntu | iHiDE.iN

Script for rTorrent + wTorrent on Ubuntu | iHiDE.iN — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:53:07 +0000

[...] of the information posted on these guides: http://www.wtorrent-project.org/trac/wiki/DebianInstall/ http://robert.penz.name/82/howto-install-rtorrent-and-wtorrent-within-an-ubuntu-hardy-ve/ [...]

Comment on Mini-Howto: Restore Windows MBR/Bootloader with Linux by Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:57:19 +0000

Thank you, thank you , thank you! I tried Ubuntu, could not get anything to start w/o the live CD, couldn’t get to Windows. Tried the beginner forum, got some input that didn’t work, but somewhere in there was the link to your page. It worked like a charm. I am done experimenting.

Comment on KDE 4.x and Autostart by sebas

sebas — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:03:59 +0000

The autostart configuration is also offered in system settings, in the advanced tab.

So autostart functionality is already built into the desktop — and it actually uses the files in the directories you describe.