Ubuntu One or Dropbox?

Most people I know have a Dropbox account nowadays.  If you didn’t know, then Dropbox is a Cloud Service, which is basically just an online storage service.  Instead of storing your files and media on an external hard drive or a NAS, you can store information on a Cloud and access it from any computer [...] Read more »

Verizon Wireless Aircard on Ubuntu

This post was written while using Ubuntu 10.10, the Maverick Meerkat. I dual-boot my laptop with Windows for just 1 or 2 reasons, the main one being that I use a Verizon USB760 Aircard when I travel and Ubuntu doesn’t recognize it.  During this Labor Day weekend of 2011, I decided that I wanted to try [...] Read more »

Ubuntu 11.04 -Natty Narwhal

It’s long overdue, but I finally upgraded from Lucid to the newest version of Ubuntu on my desktop last week.  Natty has a new look and feel than its predecessors from the last few versions.  I’m actually reminded of a Mac OS a little bit, with the active window File Menu being at the very [...] Read more »

Firefox 4.0 for Ubuntu

Install Firefox 4 In Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10 Via PPA Repository – The Proper Way Thanks to the guys over at Web Upd8 for this information. Basically all I did was force the Update Manager to see the Firefox Update from PPA.  Open a Terminal Window and type these commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable sudo apt-get [...] Read more »

Ubuntu 10.10 Meerkat

I am late in posting this, been busy lately.  Meerkat dropped on 10/10/10, coincidentally (or is it??) http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download Version Code name Release date Supported until Desktop Server 4.10 Warty Warthog 2004-10-20 2006-04-30 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog 2005-04-08 2006-10-31 5.10 Breezy Badger 2005-10-13 2007-04-13 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake 2006-06-01 2009-07-14 2011-06 6.10 Edgy Eft 2006-10-26 2008-04-25 7.04 [...] Read more »

Number Pad in Ubuntu

Your Number Pad should now work. 123456789 <---- just like that! Read more »

WoW Installed

I wasn’t able to get my CDs to install.  I tried copying the files from the CD to the hard drive, and I get this error: Code: No installer data could be found. If this problem persists, please contact Blizzard Technical Support. This error comes up in a windows-looking box. I tried running it from [...] Read more »

Lynda.com Training Courses

Of course my curiosity peaked when I learned that most of the courses were videos, so I decided to login and try them from my Ubuntu laptop. I am happy to report that the videos and audio ran flawlessl Read more »

For The Horde!

So this is my project.... get WoW to run in Ubuntu through WINe efficiently enough to raid with and not give up too much performance. Read more »

Rhythmbox Music Player

Rhythmbox allowed me to play songs from my iPod, it allowed me to drag the MP3 files from my local machine that I had just downloaded from Amazon.com to my iPod and it allowed me to admin the iPod however I wished. Read more »

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