Feb

1

Hardware Failures

February 1, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in Experiences

While perusing through Digg, I found it interesting to note that both the Linux and Windows users have something to say about hardware failure issues. I found it interesting, that regardless of software issues, both groups of “observant” users have come to realize that the hardware quality (read that as “robustness” – is there such [...]

Dec

3

What About Linux?

December 3, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in Experiences

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 my work is custom build desktop computers and servers for clients. There’s been a sudden demand for new desktop systems. While talking to clients, they’ve all danced around the issue of having [...]

Jun

16

Installing ATI R128 – Reader Questions

June 16, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Q & A - Ubuntu

“Danny”, one of our readers asks:
“I have a ati r128 graphics driver. I dont see the driver in hardware drivers at all. The driver is a inf file. I dont know how to install it. Please help me!”
I don’t have much information provided in the question (more information is always helpful and allows for better [...]

Jun

20

Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – Hardware Installation.

June 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On

As mentioned in the introduction (where I listed the hardware and software I used for this hands-on project), we need to ensure that our hardware is set-up and working before moving on.
To recap, here is the list of hardware used:
Shuttle SN68SG2 Socket AM2 Barebone – NVIDIA 7025, Audio, Video, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, USB 2.0, [...]

May

8

Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box – Part 1 of 2

May 8, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 11 Comments
Posted in Experiences, How to...

I had an interesting discussion yesterday with the owner of LaLa Media (lalamedia.ca). The conversation focused on the issues of developing web sites that are cross platform friendly. Invariably the problem dealing with browser bugs came up. In particular how IE6 appears to be especially buggy and how it tends to have problems with [...]

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