How to Wipe a Hard Drive ̵...

Dec 6, 2009 by

Becky asked: “…I am running Ubuntu Linux.  I want to wipe my hard drive.  How do i do that?…” I’m...

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How to Check MD5SUM of Downloa...

Dec 6, 2009 by

Steve emailed asking: “…because all the DVDs I was burning were useless. Thanks for helping with that, only thing, how do...

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Adding a Terminal Hot Key Shor...

Dec 4, 2009 by

Janice emailed asking: “…and lots of your posts show us how to do things in a terminal. Each time I have to go to...

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What About Linux?

Dec 3, 2009 by

It’s been a while since I “seriously” posted on this blog, as I’ve been super busy. One of the things I do in...

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Faster Internet With an Old La...

Dec 1, 2009 by

One of my earlier posts, Faster Internet With an Old Laptop – Ubuntu and Squid, discussed how to install Squid and Webmin on an old...

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Some Things Linux Can Do, That...

Dec 1, 2009 by

I had an interesting chat with a friend today, part of which dealt with the differences between Windows and Linux (hence this post)....

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Sharing the Same Files Between...

Nov 30, 2009 by

Here’s the scenario: Box #1: Ubuntu Linux 8.04LTS Box #2: Windows XP SP3 Box #3: Remote storage (NAS) DLink DNS-321 Linux and...

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Finding Ubuntu Version –...

Nov 30, 2009 by

George one of our readers emailed to ask: “… your solution said it was for Ubuntu 8.04, how do I find out what version...

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