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  1. booman

    AMD Phenom IIx4 965 Black Edition up for grabs

    How much $$ to take it off your hands?
  2. booman

    Star Trek Online Guide

    -no-cef-sandbox is the most important part, but your OS has to be Windows XP. Then you can use the Store
  3. booman

    Cities XL Platinum Guide

    Build the city of your dreams or build the city you live in. In Cities XL Platinum you can select maps from continents across the world in many different environments. Micromanage the economy, workers, entertainment, marketplace and more... there is always something to build. Follow my...
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    New CPU

    I have to add on... After using Linux every day for almost 5 years now, I can't stand Windows anymore. Anything Windows can do = Linux can do it Anything Windows can't Do = Linux can do it
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    New CPU

    I'm stuck using Windows 10 at work for now. They gave me a Macbook pro as well, but I have installed Mint 18.3 on a loaner laptop and I'm able to do almost everything but Office on it. As a work-around, I can remote into a server and use Office on it: Outlook, OneNote, Word Ironically, I don't...
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    New CPU

    Snipping Tool in Windows 7 works great for screenshots
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    Wine 3.0 Finally Released

    I have to wait for PlayOnLinux developers to compile it and prepare it for our Wine Manager.
  8. booman

    Mint Upgrade

    All of your system settings are there. They are pretty easy to understand as well.
  9. booman

    New CPU

    Ahh! If it doesn't run, try compatibility mode
  10. booman

    Star Trek Online Guide

    So WebHelper isn't working and now you can't find a free-to-play game in the store, correct? Did you add this argument when launching Steam? -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
  11. booman

    New CPU

    Chances are it won't run on newer OS's but you never know. What are you running Windows 10? Windows 7?
  12. booman

    New CPU

    Hmm... I'm not sure. I've never benchmarked anything.
  13. booman

    New CPU

    Next we need benchmarks on how fast that thing is! We want screenshots
  14. booman

    New CPU

    Awesome! That is going to be a great chip! 8 cores is amazing. And... duh, duh, daaaa... you won't be affected by the Spectre and Meltdown threats
  15. booman

    Star Trek Online Guide

    The only way I can get SteamWebHelper.exe to work is by setting the OS to Windows XP and adding the sandbox switch
  16. booman

    Mint Upgrade

    If you are using the Cinnamon version: Right-click the taskbar (bottom of screen) Click System Settings Click Screensaver Click the Settings Tab Change "Delay before starting screensaver" to: Never
  17. booman

    Wine 3.0 Finally Released

    Wine 3.0 has finally been released for our gaming pleasure. https://www.winehq.org/announce/3.0 Boasting some new Direct X 10/11 features and multi-thread streaming which should hopefully improve performance in games like Assassin's Creed III and Just Cause 2
  18. booman

    Mint Upgrade

    Awesome! Glad to see you are back on the Linux train. When you type your password, its invisible, but will work fine. If you make a "typo" just backspace for a long time to insure all the characters are erased.
  19. booman

    Real fixes for Spectre and Meltdown?

    I started a new thread about upgrading Mint: http://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/mint-upgrade.2375/
  20. booman

    Mint Upgrade

    First thing you need to do is: Open Terminal: Ctrl+Alt+T Type: sudo apt-get update Enter credentials Type: sudo apt-get upgrade Enter credentials Press Y This should get all of your packages up to date. Then go to your update "Shield" and click "Edit" At the bottom you should see "Upgrade...
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