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nortcentrallord:
Really? I didn't see neither did it make rounds in the news except that of the chibok girls which I still believe was a scam.

I already posted links to news articles earlier in this thread, and the only reason I'm not going to do that again is that I would be sounding like a broken record.
Besides that, you can't deny that there were towns taken over by Boko Haram and others that they killed so many people, unless you didn't hear about that also.
In those kind of situations what's to stop them from carrying women and girls offn

nortcentrallord:
800 women found yet nobody complained of them missing in the past. Haba use you brain small now.

bros people complained, you just didn't see.
They said villages were taken over, they said villages were destroyed and you're still surprised that missing people are being found?

4llerbuntu:
use another software to prepare the LiveUSB.

Unetbootin is known to give issues with some distros.

or just burn it on a dvd, that will definitely work, no special tools needed

stebell:
Yu are absolutely correct.
Imagine up to 700 women and girls taken hostage yet no news about it.
Sambisa is being bombarded and people especially the militias are running for their dear lives yet we are not hearing anything about the "chibok girls".
It was all politics/drama directed by the elites in the North.

I see you missed my previous post, I even included a link where the military debunked some of the claims.
When people like this are busy covering up the truth, how do you want to see things like this in the news?

blackweaver:
for those who insist that there was no other news about abductions:

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=110633

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/boko-haram-army-debunks-kidnap-of-500-women-children-in-damasak/205024/#.VRLu2_b414w.twitter

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11301692/Boko-Haram-kidnap-100-villagers-in-Nigeria.html

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/boko-haram-kidnaps-least-185-people-borno/

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/boko-haram-kidnaps-50-more-women-several-children/189157/

I got these with a simple google search

The chibok girls might have been the most popular one but there have been many other reportings of abductions, and who knows how many went unreported

for those who insist that there was no other news about abductions:

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=110633

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/boko-haram-army-debunks-kidnap-of-500-women-children-in-damasak/205024/#.VRLu2_b414w.twitter

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11301692/Boko-Haram-kidnap-100-villagers-in-Nigeria.html

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/boko-haram-kidnaps-least-185-people-borno/

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/boko-haram-kidnaps-50-more-women-several-children/189157/

I got these with a simple google search

The chibok girls might have been the most popular one but there have been many other reportings of abductions, and who knows how many went unreported

ptoall1000:
I m having a challenge. I installed centos in virtual box. it came completely command prompt. Scary!!, No GUI. I tried to run command to install the gui from net, then noticed that the my centos is not seeing the internet. I use WiFi to browse on host. Pls how can I fix this? My VM network is on Bridge.

one question, which centos iso did you download? For a gui install you want either the livecd, livegnome or livekde iso, for the others, i can't guarantee anything

Go through the alternative downloads link or the more download choices link

ptoall1000:
I need help o, experts in the house. I had this Windows 8 HP desktop, that i converted to a red hat enterprise server. I then noticed that Red hat required paid subscription to do so many things. So i now decides to put d pc on CentOS. The problem is that the BIOS is not seen CentOS CD so i can boot from it. Any help pls?

That's strange, perhaps the cd is faulty. You can boot from cd under normal circumstances can't you? And i'm guessing you mean centos dvd. On the other hand there is a way to enable centos repositories on your redhat enterprise server, just google "enabling centos repos on redhat" or something along that line

Now that Ubuntu 15.04 is out, anyone planning on trying it out anytime soon?
I currently have xubuntu and kubuntu installed on my system, my xubuntu has been misbehaving so i guess i'll get the new one, same thing for kubuntu, though i havent quite taken to this kde5, hopefully it will be less frustrating for me (i need to be able to disable all forms of compositing, the thing always slows down my system)

ptoall1000:
I just installed Ubuntu on vmware workstations but cant seem to find out how to add a wireless adapter so I can use WiFi on the linux. Any help? I already added two wired adapters.

hmm vmware, it's been a while since I used that, normally I just use virtualbox
Anyway can you ping your host is from the guest?
can you access wireless network from the host machine?
usually you don't need a wireless adapter to access a wireless network when using a guest os.
try this : ping 8.8.8.8
if you don't get a time out error, then you can access the internet, in which case if you still can't browse then your problem is your dns config.
Let me know how far before we continue

ciphoenix:
Personally I discovered I can't shrink my drive beyond 70GB of free space. You could find out what yours is. If you have an unallocated space, you can't extend unless you free up from the other side

of course you could use gparted to shrink your partition beyond that, but i don't know how safe it is to do that. Windows will still work but i'm not sure of how the performance will be affected

soloskino:
i have but not so convincing

The thing about using Linux is that it has to be your decision. Too many people have been told many reasons but at the end of the day were disappointed.
I started using Linux out of curiosity. Others have different reasons. I could tell you that it's more secure, but security depends on the user.
There are people who claim to have never gotten malware on their windows machines, there are also Linux users who have been careless enough to get their browsers compromised.
I've heard people argue that development is better on Linux, but for me o most development tools on Linux can be found on windows, and there are a lot more proprietary windows development tools which make programming easy on windows
What I would recommend is try one out, Ubuntu or mint should be fine. If you like it then you can install it on your PC. That's one of things I like about Linux, I can use it without actually installing it on my computer.
I would suggest mint because you can play your mp3s without installing anything else from the internet, although there is an Ubuntu variant that does this too but I've never used it and can't remember the name.
Warning, If you are downloading mint DO NOT download a no codec version otherwise you won't be able to play your MP3 out of the box.
To the Ubuntu fans out there, I know this is an Ubuntu thread, no offence meant, I actually use Ubuntu (actually xubuntu) more often than mint, but for a new user it would be very depressing to try out Linux and find out that simple MP3, mp4 files can't be played out of the box (and it's worse if the person doesn't have an internet connection)

jetworldpee:
bro common.. you are not in position to help, then you just jump am pass.. between, is Q5 not running on android as well??.. dur!!!

bros everyone is laughing at you. Blackberry does not run android, yeah it can run some Android apps, but it's still not android.
If you're lucky you might find a bb person on this thread who can help you, but I seriously doubt it

Saimeritus:
The past 3 girlfriend I had dumped me because I refused to do the thing with them.
I think I am a failure when it comes to relationships. candid advice needed

I have a question, do you mean to say these ladies didn't know your stance on premarital sex before you asked them out? If so that's your problem. You want to ask someone out, you need to get to know the person a little, and devout christian in particular tend to be reserved about talking about sex.
Get to know her, get to know her stand before asking her out, and if you're not compatible, move on

tsdarkside:
okay...its virtualization...thank you...

actually it's NOT virtualization, virtualisation would be ubuntu running inside windows, using wubi windows is not running. While a wubi installation is slower than it running in it's own partition, it is still faster than running in virtualization

just2endowed:
Windows Ubuntu Based Installer . It's use to install Ubuntu inside window operating system. So instead of removing all ur operating system, u can install Ubuntu inside ur window 7 or xp.

Wubi sort of makes installation easier, but linux installed using wubi is slower than linux installed in it's own partition. Also because wubi creates a file inside a windows partition where it installs linux, if your windows gets corrupt it means you probably won't be able to access your linux either (unless the file is in another partition)

moshoodn:
Hi buddies,

I wanna do a total overhaul of OS on my Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E520 from Win 7 to dual boot into Win 8.1 and Linux...

Which linux version do you recommend.
Which should I install first? Windows or Linux?

Regards.

Windows first,
The linux bootloader will detect windows installations. Windows only cares about windows

ahmmyreal:
what distribution of linux is best for a programmer?

havent heard anyone talked about red hat, whats up with it?

Choice of distribution is relative, red hat is usually better for oracle based developers (at least red hat is supported by oracle) but generally it's a matter of choice. Ubuntu is good because there is a lot of community based support, if you do a google search for any issue, chances are that 30-60% if not more of the solutions found would be ubuntu-based. That said, most solutions can be applied to almost any other linux distro. At the end of the day, you will be the judge of which distro works best for you

bolaji3071:
brother tank u so much ooo, I just moved it into my internal SD card and reboot my phone and it was still swiftkey dat was still working

you're welcome, I just suspected that the keyboard wasn't being seen on time by the os

bolaji3071:
Ave set it as default bt if I reboot my phone it will be disabled again

I don't know if your issue has been resolved yet but I can't help wondering, is swiftkey installed on your internal memory or sdcard? if on sdcard make sure you move it to internal memory

plendil:
Hi the gurus here. I want to know how I can transfer my SMS text messages from one andriod to another. I just bought a new phone and have been able to move the contacts, pictures, media etc. But having probs with the SMS. Pls help!

(NB phone is not rooted)

there's an app called sms backup restore in the play store, you install on both phones, backup from old phone, copy backup to new phone and restore backup in new phone

ArxHead:
Please guys, i need your help. I traded my Note 3 with new S5 from one of these guys that returned for xmas from yankee. I didn't pay attention to details as this problem i am facing is clearly written on the pack. The guy told me its factory unlocked and a believed him only to find out that its not really... (As it is clearly written on the pack "AMERICAN SIM CARD ONLY" further findings reveal that "to use sim cards from other region, a cumulative call over five minutes must first be made with the sim card from AMERICAN operators. if a sim card issued from another region is used for activation, the phone may not work. in this case, the device will need to be released at the nearest samsung service provider) I am really confused on what to do as the guy has gone back to the states (he is suggesting i send it to him for activation but the cost and time... im without phone at the moment)

sorry unlocking phones is not something i'm good at; a word of advice for next time: make sure you test your sim in any phone you buy just to make sure it works.

can we have more details of the phone? what's the model number? someone may be able to find a way to help you

gidjah:
You mean the S 17 sony phone is a fake?it is an android phone!

it's an android phone, but i don't think it's by Sony, i did a google search for it, not a single review in the first 2 pages, that's pretty fishy to me

gidjah:
I Passed tru the market and saw this white plastic phone with the Tag SONY S17.it seen to be an android phone though i operated it. Can some one help put me tru if it is genuine?i intend to get it tomorow.i so much love sony phones.i started using the -j-model in the early 2000's.how do identify if the sony phone is genuine pls?

nothing like that on gsmarena

Phinity318:
Need help...i flashed an mtk 6572 galaxy s4 china with a purported working rom but after its succesfully loaded all its shows is a blank screen and sounds going on the backgroud which shows its working fine but doesnt display a thing.. need help with a solution please

did you at least make a nandroid backup before flashing the phone?

khattab008:
Quick Question Guys.

What are the cons of using an android phone with 512ram?

major frustration. At first the phone works smoothly enough, but after some time - especially of you're the type that installs apps, the phone starts to slow down. I've had instances when a call came in but because the phone was not responding I was unable to pick the call. It can be that bad. And is your phone is a Samsung, it's even worse. 1gb is the barest minimum I would recommend for anyone

busky101:
I tried to erase data on my samsung galaxy note, but it keeps showing dis page for more than 4hours now, I have removed and re-inserted the battery countless times, some body please help me out

which version of galaxy note? 2,3,...?

ritababe:
not yet

ok you can still download titanium backup from here if you're still interested :
http://www.apkreleases.com/2014/08/29/titanium-backup-6156-apk-for-android-direct-download-link

ritababe:
i did not see titanium backup oh, so i just use inbuilt backup and restore app to backup my apps

ok even though I'm pretty sure a google search would have given you a link to the play store, in fact just tried it and it was the first entry

Awoofawo:
My lappy comes with windows 8.1 being trying since last to install uhuntu 14.1 lite on it. could pls explain how go about it. the lappy is hp thanks!

dazekid:
Lol didn't actually think about that but yeah it did. Shii is a pain in the rear bro. Any how-to's you'd recommend?

sorry i haven't been online for a while, anyway you'll probably have to go to the bios settings to disable secure boot. If you're lucky there will be an option to that, if not you're probably stuck with windows, unless you want to do a wubi install (if that works)

My advice check online for info on disabling secure boot for your lappy type, each manufacturer has it's own method of doing that, but it's still in the bios setting sha

dazekid:
Damn, just got this devil PC that I am to install linux on. Now I am getting pissed off, it installs any windows version I try on it but when I try a linux iso, it refuses to boot from the disk, be it a dvd or a flash drive. Has anyone got a fix for this that doesn't require bios changes?

did it come with win8? perhaps it had that secure boot thingy

ritababe:
ok tnx let me first look for this titanium backup

listen to Nani, he knows what he's talking about. With titanium backup you can recover your user apps to the way they were before you reset (though I would suggest you back up your contacts), and maybe it's me but I've found out it doesn't work as well for system apps

docvipper:
Which distribution you suggest for newbies with a low computer spec? Ubuntu 14.10 is a good candidate?

Ubuntu 14.10 is ok, or if you're too worried about the specs of your computer you can try xubuntu 14.10 which is Ubuntu with a lighter gui