10 Excellent Open Source Alternatives
Those of you who are regular readers of my blog know that I’m a huge fan of open source software. I don’t think it’s smart for people to drop upwards Read More …
Tag: ubuntu
The Super-Duper Way to Run Backups
.!. I often worry about my PC at work — it’s about 3 or 4 years old now and I’ve already crashed it twice by running Ubuntu updates and not Read More …
Dual Monitor Setup in Ubuntu 7.10, ATI Radeon
The company just bought our department brand hooked up PC’s that include ATI Radeon dual output graphics cards with massive monitors. This is probably the only time I’d willingly admit Read More …
Installing Firefox on Ubuntu 7.x
.!. I still haven’t upgraded my PC to Ubuntu 8, so I was really depressed to find out that Ubuntu 7.10 stopped at Firefox 2 and wasn’t going to be Read More …
How to Rearrange Your Package
For some odd reason, Ubuntu and other Debian-based distros don’t like the standard x86 RPMs that most vendors package their software in. If you want to install a third-party RPM, Read More …
GRUB Errors on Windows Dual Boot
I don’t want to admit that I still have PC’s that dual boot Windows XP and Vista, but given the occasional problems I have after Ubuntu and Fedora updates I’m Read More …
Switching from Windows to Ubuntu
I was doing some checking and I found a few websites that have really good tutorials on how to switch from Windows to Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/ http://www.buildyourown.org.uk/pc-installing/ubuntu/ One thing I Read More …