Google Earth and Chrome –...

Feb 11, 2010 by

Ruud emailed asking, “How do I install Chrome and Google Earth? I’ve tried using apt-get, but the packages are not...

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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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Installing a Web Server on You...

Jul 5, 2009 by

In an earlier post to this series, I talked about converting an old ancient IBM Thinkpad T22 Laptop into a proxy server (using Squid)....

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Converting VMware Images to Vi...

Jun 20, 2009 by

When I need to run a Windows based application on my trusty Ubuntu Hardy box, I don’t use Wine. Don’t get me wrong,...

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Installing ATI R128 – Re...

Jun 16, 2009 by

“Danny”, one of our readers asks: “I have a ati r128 graphics driver. I dont see the driver in hardware drivers at...

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10 Things to do After Installi...

Jun 15, 2009 by

My primary reason for using Ubuntu Linux, is that I find it a far more productive, cost effective and customizable system. Everyone...

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Faster Internet With an Old La...

Jun 2, 2009 by

I’ve posted more than once about tips we can complete to improve our web surfing. This morning I was cleaning out some old...

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Why is Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) No...

May 27, 2009 by

It’s not LTS, because it’s not time yet… A short post: “Why is Jaunty not an LTS release, shouldn’t I...

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The Trouble With Webcams and U...

Apr 7, 2009 by

Recently I ran into issues with using my webcam in Ubuntu. Specifically the video would freeze (or not appear at all) and the...

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