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My Hard Drive Failed! – Easy, Fast, Simple Ubuntu Package Recovery.

August 4, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
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A couple of days ago I turned my PC on and the BIOS failed to auto-detect my hard drive. Assuming it was just a boot-up mistake, I rebooted the system – I got the same result. Suffice it to say, it did not take to long to realize that my hard drive had failed! I [...]

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Ubuntu, Why Should You Switch?

August 4, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in Experiences

The good people of TALL blog, in Oxford provide a very good perspective of some of the issues; comparing Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu Linux. Areas covered (in the chart on their web site) are: software management, malware scanner, performance, hardware support, “User runs the computer, or the other way around?”, and License costs. Read what [...]

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Speed Up Your Internet Connection in Ubuntu Linux – Part 2

August 3, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in How to...

Readers have been asking me for a bit more background information about the issues in part one, this results in a far more technical article (follow up) than ever intended. And I hope the technical gurus among us can correct any errors here. As requested, here is more background to the settings… To clarify the [...]

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The Best Ubuntu Linux Repository List

August 1, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 14 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation

If, like me, you enjoy tweaking and playing with your Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) installation then check out the download (zipped text file). It contains pretty much all the software repositories for Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) that are available to enhance the “apt-get install” command. Obviously, if you plan on continuing to upgrade your distribution as new [...]

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