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 * 1) Does the new Mac Airbook make old, bigger laptops sensitive about their weight?
 * Well, from what I hear, they have been seeking councelling, and are continuing to function quite well in the interim.
 * 1) My serial mouse (COM) does not work under the latest Ubuntu LTS. It also does not work under Safe Mode in any version of Windows. The mouse works normally in a standard Windows boot. What gives? Could it be that I need support for this type of mouse right in my BIOS? There is a function to support PS2 and USB devices straight from the BIOS... but I didn't see anything about a COM port.
 * Well after reading around I have found a way to make the mouse work in Linux. I need to go into the console and type:
 * code format="alt2"
 * After opening the configuration I need to go down to the mouse information and change the drivers to:
 * code format="alt2"
 * Once this is done I need to go back to the graphical mode and kill the graphics server. The server should pop back up immediately and the mouse should work. If it doesn't odds are that a change needs to be made in the "ttys0" part; replacing the 0 with a 1, 2 or
 * After all of this though... it still doesn't work in Windows Safe Mode. Going to the Device Manager with the keyboard doesn't show the mouse and I can't even manually install drivers for it. They aren't even on the list!
 * 1) Stumbling around the net, I found out about using a pendrive (I take it that it is a USB drive) to have a Linux OS. How?!
 * In the BIOS of most motherboards you can choose from three types of boot devices. The most common (in order) is the HDD, the floppy drive and then the CD-ROM drive. However many new mobo BIOS support the use of OTHER devices as well. This includes a USB storage device. If your mobo supports booting from a USB storage device (it should be called USB "something"... the something being an allusion towards "storage" or "device"). Set this to your second or third device (I recommend going HDD, CD-ROM and then the USB device as the tertiary device). Once this done you must plug in the drive and then reboot. As soon as the computer starts booting (as early as the BIOS screen) start spamming your boot-list button. This button might be F10, F11, F12, DEL or even ESC depending on your BIOS. Experiment to find it. Once the boot list pops, select the USB device. You are now running Linux from the USB device! Grats n00b gg no re.
 * **Basic essentials:**
 * 1GB or larger USB flash drive (2 GB or more would make it much more usable)
 * Ubuntu 6.10 ISO
 * CD Burner/Recorder
 * 7-zip (or another ISO extracting tool)
 * for more info, see [|this tutorial] (for 6.10 Ubuntu)
 * 1) When overclocking a GPU, will the increase of 1V via BIOS flashing reduce the cards life by a substancial amount? The card is a XFX 8800GT 512MB clocked at 625/1500/1800 (core, shader core and memory).
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