Feb
1
Hardware Failures
February 1, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in Editorials
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
6
How to Wipe a Hard Drive – Reader Questions
December 6, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in Q & A
Becky asked: “…I am running Ubuntu Linux. I want to wipe my hard drive. How do i do that?…” I’m assuming that you don’t have another computer you can plug that hard drive in? Additionally, you cannot wipe a hard drive if you have no OS to run the software. And finally, I assume by [...]
May
8
Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box – Part 1 of 2
May 8, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 11 Comments
Posted in Editorials, 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 CSS/XHTML [...]
Mar
11
Digital Forensics in Linux – Reclaiming Data Off a Failed Hard Drive.
March 11, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Applications, Hands On, How To
I recently spoke with a lady who operates a Forensic Accounting consultancy. During the course of our conversation, she indicated that from time-to-time she receives requests for computer data related assistance. Namely, obtaining deleted information off hard drives or data off failed drives. Her business operates on Windows based platforms and she was wondering how [...]
