Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Switching to Linux

Posted on January 6, 2012 by admin

This guess post at Greg Laden’s blog gives one man’s experience switching to Linux. It’s a repost from 2009, so the version numbers are a bit different (Ubuntu is at 11.10 now), but it still gives a pretty good idea … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by admin

Linux Magazine has a review of the differences and suggests that in certain cases, such as if you have a NetBook, you shouldn’t upgrade yet, but just wait for the next release. I intend to upgrade my own system in … Continue reading →

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Someone Else Switching to Ubuntu

Posted on December 18, 2009 by admin

Greg Laden provides a good guest post by Scott Rowed.  I agree in general with what he has to say.  I found that I did have some problems with wireless when I got my wife to switch using a defunct … Continue reading →

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Text Browsing – w3m

Posted on December 11, 2009 by admin

While I started working online with a 300 baud modem and later operated a bulletin board at the same speed (eventually adding 1200 and then-oh joy!-2400!), I’m relatively new to Linux, and wasn’t even aware that w3m was available.  Linux … Continue reading →

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Yahoo Messenger Login Problems with Pidgin

Posted on June 25, 2009 by admin

For those who may be even slower than I am, let me link to the solutions. Basically, upgrade your Pidgin to 2.5.7. Here is an explanation of the problem, and for those who use Ubuntu, as I do, the easy … Continue reading →

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Firefox Opens New Tab in Full Screen Mode

Posted on March 23, 2009 by admin

Since I recommend Firefox all the time, I thought I’d put a note about this.  There are solutions in this Ubuntu forum thread, but for those who might not get there because they’re thinking of the problem as one with … Continue reading →

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HP Deskjet 6988 with Ubuntu

Posted on January 6, 2009 by admin

Since I always like to check for other people who have used particular hardware items before I buy, I thought I’d write a short post about this printer. First, the print is beautiful and the printer is extremely easy to … Continue reading →

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Using Audicity with Ubuntu and PulseAudio

Posted on November 21, 2008 by admin

Read this page from the PulseAudio Wiki. It’s one of those really super single pages that solve many problems. May their number increase!

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