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Is VGA port hot-pluggable?
In meetings, I often see people detaching the VGA connector from one running laptop and connecting it to another, while the projector is still on.
Is this 100% risk free, and OK by design of the VGA ...
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What are the risks (if any) of installing an older version of Linux
My machine has limited RAM capacity. Newer Linux distributions seem to require more memory (often 1 GB or more) and seem to consume more than 500 MB on itself.
Is it safe to use an older version of ...
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Why obfuscating a serial number of a device? What is the risk?
In one of my xx.stackexchange questions I've got an answer, in which the user has obfuscated his disk's SN (serial number). Recently I have seen this in several photos as well, the SN was blurred out.
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Risk to native OS from Live CD?
Will booting from a Live CD (I was thinking Anonym OS) have any risk to the native OS? I wanted to try it out on my school´s computer, but I´d rather not have to explain why I accidentally ...
