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Sep
26
comment What does the BIOS setting XHCI Pre-Boot Mode do?
But setting it to Disabled allows my USB devices to work normally, so it doesn't disable the ports entirely.
Sep
15
comment some keys don't appear in xev
I've reported a bug: dev.iksaif.net/issues/248
Sep
15
comment some keys don't appear in xev
You don't happen to be talking about a Zenbook do you? Either way I think the answer might be that the acpi driver does not support those keys yet, either that or we're not using the right one.
Mar
26
comment Do SSD disks do not last as long with Windows XP as with other OS?
What do you mean by "broken"? Presumably unusable sectors? Could the hardware/OS/drivers not be wear levelling properly? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_leveling What make/model of drives are they?
Mar
20
comment Does laptop charger wastes electric current when not connected to the laptop?
"Warm" is pretty subjective and will depend on the ambient temperature.
Mar
20
comment How do I share a single computer among different users?
There seems to be a good answer here: superuser.com/questions/214074/…
Mar
20
comment How to decipher time in console
For me it displays, my -r option is to get the last modification date of a file. 72951500 nano seconds is 0.072951500 seconds, so you can just add them on, either before or after calling date.