Comment Re:KDE (Score 1) 96
Oh Ubuntu you are my favorite Linux-based operating system.
Comment I'm saving for nuclear winter.. (Score 1) 868
... by stockpiling bottle caps - the currency of the future.
Comment Re:ISPs don't care what their customers want (Score 1) 705
Anecdote time! Just before checking slashdot today I took a second to read the fine print in my local cable company's latest ad for cable internet access. On all plans 2-year contracts are required. Period. Can't get internet otherwise through them. Oh, and they are the only cable provider in the county.
That doesn't sound right. How do they expect to deliver internet service to people who rent apartments and plan on living there for less than 2 years? Is the cable company going to not sell them internet - and loose profit - because of this?
Most of these "deals" that are advertised require contracts ("Get the first 6 months for $20/month with 2 year commitment - for new customers only"), but the regular internet plans don't.
Comment Re:What Has Changed? (Score 1) 900
I have a laptop running Ubuntu with 1GB RAM. I didn't know how much swap space I should havve, and I didn't want to use 2 GB of my 60GB HDD on a unused swap partition. I made the partition 487.20MB and right now I'm only using about 7MB of that and my laptop has an uptime of 14 hours.
I have heard that you should set the swap space greater than or equal to the amount of RAM - especially if you are planning on hibernating your laptop.
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