Amazon makes you download a piece of their software which allows for the downloading of files from their site. Up until now this was another obstacle to overcome while using Ubuntu, but I just installed it and purchased/downloaded my first ever CD from Amazon on to my Ubuntu desktop. Read more »
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick “Beta” Released
In this month’s Ubuntu Newsletter, a link was posted about the first Beta for Maverick, the newest version of Ubuntu, 10.10. I downloaded it myself and I might try installing it on an extra machine I have here. If I do, I will post about the install process, possible bugs, and new features that I [...] Read more »
boot from CD cannot mount /dev/loop0
"(initramfs) mount: mounting /dev/loop0 on //filesystem.squashfs failed: input/output error. Can not mount /dev/loop0 (cdrom/casperfilesystem.squashfs) on //filesystem.squashfs." Read more »
Ubuntu and Linux Terms
If you ever browse the support forums for Ubuntu at ubuntuforums.org you might run across some terms that you do not recognize. I decided that I will make a small list of terms here and explain them. Read more »
How to get your Blog recognized
If you have a blog, related to Ubuntu or not, here are some ideas that you might research and sign-up for. Read more »
Pidgin IM Chat
Pidgin is much more stable than Trillian was. The application itself has a cleaner look to the vanilla skin that it comes with, and the reliability is 98% up-time, meaning that I can only recall 1 or 2 times in the past 3 years I have being using Pidgin where it has crashed. Read more »
Ubuntu One
With the newer versions of the Ubuntu OS, they have added a new application/feature called Ubuntu One. Basically this is a file sharing application that allows you to share files over the Internet from one Ubuntu Machine to another. I spent some time this morning setting up my own account, and this tutorial was quite [...] Read more »
Welcome to my new blog !
Hello, thank you for visiting my new blog. I will start with this post about who I am and what kind of outlook I have for this new project I have started. My goal is to post in this blog every day, at least once, and the posts will be How To: articles, tips and [...] Read more »
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