Quirky is a new Linux distribution being developed by Barry Kauler, the creator of the remarkable, small but powerful, Puppy Linux. There is much more information about the Quirky concept on Barry's own site bkhome.org/quirky/ and on his blog. Barry has retired from a leading role in the development of Puppy and Quirky is a personal project reflecting his own ideas and priorities. If you are interested in a distribution with active community support you would be probably be best to visit the mainstream...

If you have lost or forgotten the password for the router this is what to do. Be aware that it will restore factory settings and you will lose all connection and other settings you have entered. These will need to be re-entered after you have regained admin access. (The default username is admin and the password is either password or 1234. Try these before resetting the router.)
Press the reset button on the back until the test light blinks. This takes about 10 seconds. (To avoid accidental...

Got me a new computer a few weeks back thought I would share the specs.

• XFX RADEON HD 5870
• Samsung HD103SJ hard drive 1TB
• Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3
• Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz(3.8GHz clocked)
• Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Black ATX Case
• Be Quiet 750W Dark Power Pro Modular PSU
• Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition Socket 1366 Dual Fan Heat Pipe CPU Cooler
• Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW
• ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 iX58 Socket 1366 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
• Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-Express

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Okay Windows 7 has been released now for a few days and the majority of people love it. I have been using it for just over 3 months now and I am with the majority. The main reasons are:

• Speed
• No crashes(so far)
• Interface
• ease of use
• configuration

The special affects in Windows 7 like the shaky box trick. The problem I have now is that there is so much on this new pc it takes slightly longer to boot up every time. I will have to check and see what resource hog is stealing all the...

I have added the terminal to the panel. Right-clicking on the icon and selecting properties allows me to add:
--geometry=80x15
to the command box so that terminal always opens with this geometry.