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I am asking about the effectiveness of these:   And/or add-on cooling fans like these:   Should cheap ones be bought or are expensive ones are the way to go? Solution: (I’ll try not to make any specific product recommendations because this is, for one, based on my limited experience and second, against the rules?) […]

When I try to colorize the bash prompt like this: export PS1=”e[0;31m[u@h W]$ e[m ” it breaks the carriage return (instead of going to a new line when line is full, it starts in the same line and erases the input text). If I remove the color sequence it works fine.I use Ubuntu 11.10 and

I know what a CPU is(I think). It’s the thing who’s speed is measured in GigaHertz(these days). However, you hear a lot about a GPU, and letting the GPU take over, not letting the CPU but the GPU do it, GPU-based rendering, etc… What is this GPU anyway? How can I access it and use

A friend of mine asked a question that got me thinking. Is it possible (theoretically, I assume it hasn’t been done) to run two operating systems simultaneously on the same computer? Not in the sense of multitasking in one window, but being able to quickly switch from one to the other without restarting. Could something

I’ve no idea if there’s a suitable Stack Exchange for poltergeists. It appears to be software, hardware or virus related, so I thought I’d try here, seeing as Ghostbusters is just a film, so I can’t call them. I’m not going mad, and this isn’t a joke. There’s what appears to be a radio stream

I am currently customizing a Lenovo Thinkpad. Under the section “Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters” there are two options. Default: ThinkPad 1×1 b/g/nUpgraded: ThinkPad 2×2 a/b/g/n (+$10 AUD) What does the 1×1 and 2×2 mean? For reference, here is the link. 5th option from the bottom.Customize Lenovo Thinkpad Solution: That’s a no-brainer. Pay the +$10

Is it possible to check the date when Windows was installed on a PC and if so how? Solution: Using the command-line, you have a tool called WMIC, that can be used to ascertain the installation date as follows: CMD /K WMIC OS GET InstallDate You can run this within the command-line or directly from

Windows 7 doesn’t run very well on my HP Mini (Atom 280N with 2GB DDR2). Does anyone have anyor any tips for improving the general performance of Windows 7 on netbooks? Solution: Fine Tune Visual Graphics/Animation Settings The Windows 7 eye candy is the main cause of GUI slowness. While my netbook has a decent

What is the easiest way to disable the touch pad on a laptop? I have a laptop which lacks a means to turn off the touchpad with a simple Function key sequence.  I would like to disable the touchpad so that it stops detecting movement when I am typing.  This is quite an annoyance as

  Possible Duplicates:  Best method of transferring files over internet?  Free way to share large files over the Internet?   I have been asked to design a system for transfering large files (1GB+) across the internet. These files are pdf documents that customers need to download from my website. I have never built anything like