This morning I was moving some stuff around and my router fell, smashing to pieces. Oh no! I need a wireless connection today. The router was a noisy (the fan drives you crazy), older (but faithful) boat anchor. I was in a pinch, with no time to buy a new one (it’s a long drive). [...]

This tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing Ubuntu Studio using VirtualBox for Windows. In other words, even new users should be able to follow along. Who this tutorial is for This tutorial is for anyone with a PC running Windows (Windows 2000 SP3, XP or Server 2003) who is [...]

This tutorial is meant for Linux newbies who want to try and build a Ubuntu Server box as a web server and torrent client. It is a step by step instruction on how to do this in VMWare on Windows XP to get the feel of it. I wrote this after, being a Linux newbie [...]

When I’m working, I like to listen to music (which I stream over the local network). I also often download ISO images of Ubuntu CD’s, Ultimate Boot CD, etc. The problem comes when I have to power down my main computer. If I have an ISO downloading from Ubuntu or somewhere else, I cannot power [...]

I had an interesting conversation yesterday about keeping your computer safe on the Internet. One of the issues raised was that Ubuntu was not as safe as Windows, because there was no Firewall software like Zonealarm; and instead Linux Ubuntu users had to install a separate physical firewall. “That is just not true!” Although I [...]

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