How to Install a Web Server an...

Jul 26, 2011 by

I recently saw a comment on this blog, from Neville, where  he was having trouble getting FTP to operate as expected on his web...

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More Useful Open Source Applic...

Mar 29, 2011 by

In 2008, I wrote the popular post “Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications”...

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Installing ffmpeg-php on an Ub...

Jun 9, 2010 by

“Chokri”  commented on the post “Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – LAMP...

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Upgrade Ubuntu Firefox to Vers...

Feb 27, 2010 by

Erica from Canada asks: “… I’m using Ubuntu 9.04… the “Check for Updates” in Firefox is grayed out...

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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 found....

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Building a Business Network Us...

Jan 15, 2010 by

This post begins the first (an introduction) in a series of several posts, discussing the benefits that Ubuntu Linux provides to...

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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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