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How To Install Bilbo on Ubuntu 9.10 (GNOME)
November 12th, 2009 at 1:08 pm » Comments (1)
Bilbo is an offline blogging client supporting several blogging platforms including Wordpress, Blogger and Movable Type. It is a "HotPick" in the Linux Format magazine, issue #125. There, you can ...more »LiveCD’s and MD5SUMS – A Tutorial
November 8th, 2009 at 12:52 pm » Comments (1)
Fedora 12 is scheduled for release on November 17. I will download the .iso file and the associated md5sum. I'll take it for a spin and most likely will write ...more »On Curing Your Sick Koala
November 6th, 2009 at 11:39 am » Comments (1)
It's been over a week since Ubuntu released the latest beta of Karmic Koala. Yes, I call it a beta because that's what it is. A poll on ubuntuforums.org indicates ...more »Konstipated Koala – Bug # 448612
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:44 pm » Comments (4)
If your monitor uses an Intel video driver you would be wise to test drive the Ubuntu 9.10 distro before installing. Do this by burning a livecd or a USB ...more »Karmic Upgrade Can Break Wireless
October 24th, 2009 at 10:47 am » Comments (1)
In October 2008 I found blog posts on how I might get wireless working on my laptop that has an Atheros AR242x card. A third party driver form madwifi had ...more »Finding A Lost/Misplaced Cellphone
October 21st, 2009 at 2:58 pm » Comments (5)
I have not had a landline telephone for over five years. Five years ago I was very poor and the luxury of two phone services was not affordable. The cell ...more »What If Windows Was FREE?
October 20th, 2009 at 2:49 pm » Comments (0)
The holiday season is approaching. For several weeks Kim Komando will air her annual radio contest. I have no doubt that due to Microsoft's generosity, she will have several copies ...more »Ubuntu Bittorrent Issues
October 15th, 2009 at 3:25 pm » Comments (0)
The default bittorrent client in Ubuntu is Transmission. Some will argue that Deluge is a better choice. Quite some time ago I tried both and decided on Deluge. It seemed ...more »Staying With Ubuntu
October 6th, 2009 at 3:18 pm » Comments (1)
I have read numerous posts in other blogs advising Linux 'newbies' to install install Ubuntu as their first Linux distribution. The reasons are many, including that it installs (and uninstalls) ...more »eBooks are Catching On
September 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pm » Comments (0)
Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, reports that sales of electronic copies of Dan Brown's latest best seller "The Lost Symbol" are exceeding print copies. This announcement is obviously a ...more »Blogroll
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