Posts Tagged ‘Ubuntu’




by max on June 9th, 2009
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I have to tell you, Fedora is still the best Linux out there.  It’s so good, even this blog itself runs on a Fedora server.  I know there’s stuff like Ubuntu but Fedora has always been at the top of my list for Linux.  (Before that, I used to favor RedHat but Fedora is basically the open-source version of RedHat after they went commercial.) Anyways, download Fedora 11 here ...
by max on June 5th, 2009
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One of my friends Russell has been making a blog over at WorldLabel.com with some awesome posts on various different things you can do with laser labels, here’s some of my favorite DIY/HOWTO guides from WorldLabel Blog: How to Make Labels for Cans - This is great DIY for those of you who want to make a special, customized gift for your friends/family. How to Print Labels in Linux ...


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by max on March 8th, 2009
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Call me old school but I tend to like Fedora and Ubuntu for Linux distro of my choice but here’s a good list and explanation of the Top 5 geek’s linux distros. Of course, now I might have to try them all out and see which one is actually the best.  My Ubuntu has been failing as of lately on my spare desktop, everything is SLOW! ...
by max on February 9th, 2009
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OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), can now be run on any computer via a USB flash drive.  If you wanted to get your child one of these OLPCs, you no longer have to buy an OLPC.  Just get a used laptop for 50 bucks then simply stick one of these Sugar on Stick USB flash devices that will run OLPC operating system. There are two versions of Sugar on a Stick available at the moment. One is bas ...
by max on January 25th, 2009
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Well while I *thought* for sure that Obama would be keeping his blackberry with special encryption provided by the NSA, that’s not the case and Obama might be ditching his RIM Blackberry for a Windows Mobile phone. Now, when you think of stability of security, do you think of anything *Windows*??? Arghhh, this might be the worst decision ever if the President does decide to go wit ...
by max on January 24th, 2009
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Here’s a little Ubuntu hack that might help you VPN on a Ubuntu 8.10: I started off by clicking on the network icon on the top-right of the menu bar and then Configure VPN (under VPN Connections). The VPN tab had the Add button disabled so I went to the command prompt (Application, Accessories, Terminal) and typed the following command: sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-pptp ...
by max on October 8th, 2008
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I’ve read books of 2 of the most unique creators of operating systems, that is Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, and Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft Windows. Of course, I did get the feeling that Bill Gates was a money-hungry, arrogant, geek-vampire from his book while I got the feeling that Linus Torvalds had bigger things in mind like creating open-source operating syst ...
by max on September 18th, 2008
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In case you have bought an ASUS Eee PC with Windows, there’s a special version of Ubuntu, customized just for the Eee PC models. This allows you to install the Ubuntu on Eee PCs without too much headache as it has already been configured for the factory hardware. Ubuntu Eee is not only Ubuntu optimized for the Asus Eee PC. It’s an operating system, using the Netbook Remix in ...
by max on September 6th, 2008
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Instead of using their $300 million on customer services/refunds for wrongly-installed Vistas on brand new laptops/PCs, Microsoft is trying to copy Apple Genius strategy by having 155 Microsoft Vista experts roam around your local BestBuy and CircuitCity. As someone who had a horrible experience at BestBuy trying to return a digital camera, (which BestBuy didn’t let me return it f ...
by max on September 5th, 2008
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Remember we made a new blog to cover tips and hacks for the Google Chrome? Here’s a re-cap of interesting hacks and tips this week: Resize your textbox - Google Chrome lets you resize any textbox of any website Video of Story behind Chrome by development team - Listen to what Google Developers have to say on the Chrome browser. Getting started with Chrome development - If you are ...

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