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Started by taco_harvell, March 05, 2011, 04:02:13 AM

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Lynx

#25
March 25, 2011, 03:22:38 AM
Sorry, that was Yoop.  I'm getting tech support lines mixed up here.  My bad.
"Do you sing at church?"
"Yes I sing at church, I sing at home, at work, in the car, at the supermarket, at Wal-Mart..."
:sing: :sing: :sing: :sing: :sing: :sing:

Lynx

#26
March 13, 2012, 05:18:54 AM
Linux Mint.  Now with free laptop batteries!

I got this Toshiba laptop from someone in Jackson for cheap.  It has been running Windows apparently all its life.  First time I booted Linux, it popped up a warning that the battery may have been recalled, I should check it out.  So I went to the Linux-recommended website, made a call, and they're sending me a free battery.

What is really cool about this story is that some programmer thought it would be very good for Linux to check the battery on startup, and compare it to a list of recalled batteries.  I have never seen Windows do this.

So... How DO you Windows people get alerted if your battery has been recalled? 
"Do you sing at church?"
"Yes I sing at church, I sing at home, at work, in the car, at the supermarket, at Wal-Mart..."
:sing: :sing: :sing: :sing: :sing: :sing:
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