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• June 29th, 2007

  my hard disk temperature shows 51 celsius,is this too high?

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• July 3rd, 2007

  Does locking your door really prevent break-ins?

  Yes it does help to prevent breaking and entry - u might also want to check that u dont leave any household work tools in the yard - i read somewhere that many burglars use them to help them break the locks etc
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• July 3rd, 2007

  Which Linux distribution is worth giving a try for a new user and on what preference?

  I am currently trying out various distros and the ones i found most useful are 1.ubuntu and its variants2.opensuse 3.simply mepis Of these i would suggest ubuntu or its variants because of its excellent hardware support -meaning to say that it recognizes your screen resolution automatically ,your network card and your internet connection and also detects all your windows partitions and files.The synaptic file manager helps in easy updates as well .As already mentioned by the other contributers you can manage your interface very easily.U might also want to download the opensuse dvd and give it a try - it offers two different user interfaces which you can select and it did all the things i mentioned previously.The one reason i prefer ubuntu is the massive user base which makes trouble shooting easy and trust me u would need all the help u can get in the beginning. Later on u might want to try installing a less "userfriendly" distro on an old computer using the command line - that is when u would really learn linux.Ubuntu will help u get interested and start.Good luck to u , my friend !
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• June 29th, 2007

  Which is the best peer to peer software or p2p client?

  utorrent is a very good p2p client.u might want to use peer guardian 2 along with it.it is packet filtering firewall esp designed for p2p users.it has blocklists filtering out fake torrents which are uploaded by the riaa to consume bandwidth,spyware sites etc.u can read more about it athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerGuardian and dont forget to seed your files !!!
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