I usually don’t do a huge amount of reading about Linux. That is, not concerning its development. I am usually concerned with solving problems, with the specific distribution I am working with, at the time. Since the weekend, I have been reading a few articles about Jaunty Jackelope, the upcom...

cubicgarden posted a photo: Now I remember why I switched to Ubuntu, to get away from this kind of crap. Adobe your in my crap list again...

For a while now I’ve been watching less and less actual television and turning to the internet to get around old fashioned media distribution methods. In this article I’m going to show you how I have finally gotten the right home theater system setup that I am 95% happy with, which will ...

I am dual booting on two hard drives, 8.04 as the primary and XP Home as secondary. I signed up for DSL service about 2 months ago but just realized my Update Manager in Ubuntu is not connecting. Currently it is 65 days old and each time I try to update it gives me the message: Failed to fetch cdrom...

Here's my story: Over a month ago, I heard about ubuntu from a friend. I was starting to get fed up with how quickly my computer got viruses using windows, so I decided to try out ubuntu. I made a installation cd using this website as a reference: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/iso. it worked grea...

Imagine my jaw dropping today when I opened up yet another unsolicited Dell publication loaded with computers I am not in the market for, only to discover that Dell is openly showing off its relationship with Ubuntu Linux! Now one might surmise that, as a Linux guy, this would thrill me. And had thi...

L adies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is that time of the year again - it is time to start organising your Ubuntu Release Party! This time for our friend, Ubuntu 9.04, the Jaunty Jackalope. Every time we kick out a new version of Ubuntu we like to get together, celebrate the release and have a g...

The latest edition of my weekly updates on my life and adventures in the City of Angels. This one’s a little late, as I had a busy weekend, but I promised to bring you the goods each and every week, and so I do. I spent much of this week buying furniture and various items for my new place, and...

Hello people! Hope everyone’s having a great weekend. Sorry if I wasn’t able to publish a roundup last week. I was very busy the whole weekend and I also got sick for a couple days which is also the reason why I wasn’t able to publish any new posts until the end of the week. To mak...

What kind of netbook should I get? I am looking at getting a netbook. It will be used primarily to surf the web. I want it light and fast, meaning performance-wise. Not too particular about the battery life or how small the keyboard is. Inexpensive is best of course, but I know the less expensive mo...