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Which FTP client software has an intelligent and fast FTP-transfer? [closed]

I'm looking for a software to sync large amounts of files between windows and ftp-server. If possible only changed files should be transfered. There are some question here for the "beste" ftp-client ...
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Slow download, but fast upload speeds. Any ideas?

I have been having problems with my macbook on my home network. Speakeasy speed test gives me results of .6 Mbps DL and 4.09 Mbps upload. I took my computer to the mac store and had 25 Mbps DL speed. ...
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Moving files to outside of hard drive platters?

Currently I am working on cheap ways to improve my hard disk performance on my PC. I know that one way to do so is short stroking, but I would like to utilize my entire disk, not just part of it. I ...
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What is the fastest way to semi-securely wipe hard drive?

Given dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda provides sufficient wiping for our purposes, what is the fastest way to "zero" the drive? I have heard of this "Secure Erase" feature that is built in to hard ...
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arch linux - Pulse audio plays too fast

i have a problem that all my audio playback is too fast. I have found this: bbs.archlinux.org but i dont know where to disable the multirate locking and decreas the multitrack internal clock ...
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A fast photo browser for Linux

What is the fastest photo browser for Linux? I'm talking about 8 megapixel JPG photos, and some TIFF panoramas (some are about 50MB big). I don't need much functionality – simple browsing with ...
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Fastest GFX card for G31M-S Mobo [closed]

Title says it all. I'm currently running on the stock (integrated) G33/31 gpu on the motherboard and looking for an upgrade. The motherboard is an ASRock G31M-S (32bit) with one PCIEx x16 slot. I'm ...
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Looking for a fast CLI Linux distro

I'm looking for a fast Linux distro to put on a USB key. The goal is to be able to boot in as few seconds as possible, with just enough to mount a hard drive and do some basic operations in there ...
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Linux distro faster than Ubuntu 10.10

I have a 2004 laptop with 2.8Ghz Pentium 4, with 512MB of RAM and 30GB hard drive. While I like using ubuntu, but this latest release is very slow... I'm using 10.10 desktop edition. The UI is not ...
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Fast Free Emulator/Virtual Machine for Mac

I am looking for an emulator or virtual machine that is free and runs on Mac. I have been using VirtualBox, but the internet doesn't work on any of my virtual machines. I have also used the Q ...
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IS Opera Browser is The fastest browser on Earth? [closed]

After i install last versions of Opera till Opera 10.53 i always found on their startup page http://www.opera.com/portal/startup/ that opera is The fastest browser on Earth ... is it really although i ...
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How to do the charset setting quickly in putty?

In my WinXP I write a bat file to start the putty which is connected to my linux for development. D:\PuTTY-v0.60\putty.exe username@192.168.190.34 -pw 123456 But I have to set the charset to ...
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How to increase speed of Firefox rendering complex UI over many tabs?

I typically have 8-10 tabs open while working - my local website, mostly programming/poweruser sites like this one, a couple of news sites and 1-2 Youtube videos. Firefox becomes slower (not painful ...
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This USB device could perform faster

What does it mean in Windows Vista when you get the little popup saying "This USB device could perform faster"?
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Best Linux for a single application & fast boot? (also How-to?)

I'm looking for a way to run Celtx,a screenwriting software on a Linux Distro and nothing else, no bluetooth, internet/WiFi, media, games, nothing, not even a desktop. Just boot up the OS and Bam! ...
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What browsers load pages fastest with a slow internet connection?

I have a really bad internet connection sometimes; what browser with load pages fastest? At first I thought, well of course Chrome, but then I did a little looking and it seemed like there were some ...