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by thesupercroc
Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:40 am
Forum: Other Laptop & General Off Topic Talk
Topic: It looks like Dell is trying to get in to the rugged laptop
Replies: 6
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It looks like Dell is trying to get in to the rugged laptop

No Pics but it sounds like it will be modeled after the CF18/19 laptop to tab.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2138920/ ... twist.html

Thoughts?
by thesupercroc
Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:01 pm
Forum: The LINUX forum!!!
Topic: A CF-18s adventures in linux
Replies: 3
Views: 7921

Re: A CF-18s adventures in linux

Sorry the long time between posts. I thought the mods were going to move some posts in to this thread. So far I have had Unbutu 9.04, 10.10 and curently Mint 13. Unbunu was ok and I some of the front buttons working but i could not get new enough browser for what I need to do with it. That led me to...
by thesupercroc
Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:50 am
Forum: The LINUX forum!!!
Topic: A CF-18s adventures in linux
Replies: 3
Views: 7921

A CF-18s adventures in linux

Here in lies the the Chronicles... Well at least some thing like that.
by thesupercroc
Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:49 pm
Forum: CF-18 Talk (Discontinued Model)
Topic: greetings new to TBT and the Toughbook world
Replies: 9
Views: 12000

Re: greetings new to TBT and the Toughbook world

well I tried unbuntu 9.04 and 10.10 on my BT and they work but I could ot get gmail or VLC to work on either one. So I now have mint 13 Xfce it is runnig well so far how ever the touchscreen need to be calibated and brightness hot keys don't work. Any ideas to fix that?
by thesupercroc
Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:11 pm
Forum: CF-18 Talk (Discontinued Model)
Topic: greetings new to TBT and the Toughbook world
Replies: 9
Views: 12000

Re: greetings new to TBT and the Toughbook world

A quick update for you all. I downloaded mint 13 Xfce and i found a dvd with ubnutu 9.04 on it. I put the 9.04 on 40gb drive that came with the laptop ( which i am using to make this post:0) the ETA on 160gb HD is now next week so i will have time to play on the smaller drive for a bit. I also found...
by thesupercroc
Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:20 pm
Forum: CF-18 Talk (Discontinued Model)
Topic: greetings new to TBT and the Toughbook world
Replies: 9
Views: 12000

Re: greetings new to TBT and the Toughbook word

I have a CF-18D as well, running Linux Mint. It's based on Ubuntu, without some of the upgrade drama every six months (seriously, this kills my interest every time I try Ubuntu again). You'll need to start with Mint 13 (that's the latest that supports the 18D's non-PAE processor), or you can go wit...
by thesupercroc
Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:27 pm
Forum: CF-18 Talk (Discontinued Model)
Topic: greetings new to TBT and the Toughbook world
Replies: 9
Views: 12000

greetings new to TBT and the Toughbook world

Hello TBT I'm just entered the land of toughbook ownership. I bought a CF-18DHAZXKM 512MB ram and 40GB HD (ETA of 02/12) . I ordered an 160GB HD (ETA sometime this week) and IBM power supply (ETA 02/13) for it. I want to get 1GB stick of ram for and put linux on it. I just have a couple of question ...

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