Ruud emailed asking, “How do I install Chrome and Google Earth? I’ve tried using apt-get, but the packages are not found. I am using Ubuntu 8.04” For Ubuntu 8.04 users, please try the instructions below. (I’m not in front of … Continue reading
One of my earlier posts, Faster Internet With an Old Laptop – Ubuntu and Squid, discussed how to install Squid and Webmin on an old laptop. The premise being that having a proxy server on the network helped speed up … Continue reading
In an earlier post to this series, I talked about converting an old ancient IBM Thinkpad T22 Laptop into a proxy server (using Squid). While this did substantially improve my web surfing speed, it occurred to me that the laptop … Continue reading
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, it’s just that I don’t want to have to manage the Wine environment and prefer to have … Continue reading
“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 … Continue reading
My primary reason for using Ubuntu Linux, is that I find it a far more productive, cost effective and customizable system. Everyone has their own reasons and needs for any particular OS. That said, I’m often asked by new Linux … Continue reading
I’ve posted more than once about tips we can complete to improve our web surfing. This morning I was cleaning out some old hardware (to take to the recycling centre) when I happened upon one of the last old laptops … Continue reading
It’s not LTS, because it’s not time yet… A short post: “Why is Jaunty not an LTS release, shouldn’t I just stay with Hardy?” That’s a question I received from one of my clients. For those not familiar, “LTS” means … Continue reading
Recently I ran into issues with using my webcam in Ubuntu. Specifically the video would freeze (or not appear at all) and the functionality was terrible (in that most features were not available). Needless to say, personally, I wish it … Continue reading
Recently I posted “Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux” and received a few messages asking what other tools I use. To save me time with answering email messages that essentially contain the same … Continue reading