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Well, I've been toying with the idea more and more, and getting more involved with Linux. Honestly, I find Windows to be very frustrating at times, simply because it comes down to finding where stuff is in the GUI. If a command was researched, or already known, the user knows exactly what the computer is doing and you don't have to spend the time searching through a GUI.

I have had the experience with dealing with some advanced GUIs. It takes time to learn, and it is very doable ...

Most people pay for some sort of television these days. The upside to that is that with those services you can usually get a Digital Video Recorder.

I'm familiar with both major satellite providers and the DVRs that they offer. It has been a few years since I changed providers, so there may be differences now, and some things might be dependent on your location.

When I first got a STV (Sat. TV) it was Dish Network, and they didn't have a dvr. I actually bought the dish ...

Like your movies you need to protect your game disks. But making a copy of them is not usually easily done, but you can take advantage of disk imaging programs.

There are several of these available, but I'm only familiar with one free version, Alcohol 52%. It seems like the most popular is called Daemon Tools, but I found it more difficult to use than Alcohol.

Each of these programs make virtual CD/DVD drives on your PC. The computer recognizes them and assigns letters ...

This advice is meant to help people who have purchased a movie and simply want to protect their original copy. PCTB does not condone piracy or illegally sharing copyrighted material. According to my searches you can legally copy movies you own. Basically, if you make copy to avoid paying for the movie, it is illegal.

There are two reasons you need the right software to create a backup of your original movie DVD. First, most movies are released on Dual Layer DVD's, which are able to ...

I have found since the update that everyone uses a different way to check on updates. I thought it was standard to log in and go to the User CP on the previous version. It wasn't until I asked what happened to the User CP that I realized it wasn't how everyone else checked on things like new posts on threads I had posted to.

First go to the Settings link at the top of the page, it's the new User CP. Funny thing is if you open a second tab and go to your profile it says you're viewing ...