Recent content by malici0usc0de

A device that allows you to read a disk with your phone is cool. The rest is just fluff but still useful.

You know back in the day I used to wonder when they would start making laws like this but I never thought I would live to see the day they did. Crazy world we live in...

Look for different SATA modes in your BIOS. Check and see if it is set to use a PNP OS and the ACPI setting and such. I know most HP laptops don't let you configure much in the BIOS but see what is there and report back. Also try the alternate installer media just for the hell of it...

It would be better to replace the CPU and mainboard in the old PC if you plan to give it a new duty where it will run 24/7/365. An Atom CPU and mainboard can be had for cheap and the power savings will pay for it in a years time or less. The rest of the computer can be recycled but I would ditch...

One of the things I would like to see in a NAS before I actually purchase one is hardware encryption of some sort. It would be nice to know if the unit were stolen that the data on it couldn't be accessed without proper credentials of some sort. For this very reason I still choose to run my...

With Ubuntu you can also set it up to silently install them in the background, it just prompts for a password then goes away. I don't know how long Ubuntu has had this but I have been using it as my only OS at home for about 2 years now and have never had a problem with patches. I use XP at work...