30 Days of Linux (and Beyond)

A devoted MS Windows user gives up all his Windows machines to explore Ubuntu 6.1 Linux for 30 days. If I can't figure out how to do it with Linux I just won't do it. (This was from Nov 1 to Dec 1, 2006, I have continued to use Ubuntu beyond those 30 days and now will try to post how-to's, help, and other Linux (Ubuntu) thoughts here)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Installing BERYL on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

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I installed Beryl today and it looks great. Beryl gives your desktop a 3D look and adds tons of eye candy effects to windows moves, opens, ...
Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Someone Take Out the Trash

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While playing around with WINE I got some files stuck in the trash can. I kept getting a "You do not have the permission required to d...
Sunday, April 22, 2007

Upgraded from 6.1 to 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)

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I upgraded from 6.1 to 7.04 (feisty fawn) last night. Everything went well but kinda slow. I started at 1230 am and didn't finish unt...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

How to sync your Pocket PC with Ubuntu

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I have a Dell Axim Pocket PC and want to connect it to Ubuntu. Well here we go. Connect your pocket PC to your Ubuntu machine using the ser...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

PhotoShop CS2 On Ubuntu Sorta

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I own Photoshop CS2 and have it installed on a Windows XP Laptop. This is the only computer I have it on. I don't think I am violating...
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Saturday, December 30, 2006

A Blog For Fun

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I know I promised a "How To" on building a DVR computer and I am going to do that (I'm rounding up the parts now) But I got b...
Thursday, December 21, 2006

Extending This Project

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I have acquired a Mni Atx motherboard (1ghz cpu firewire/usb2/sound/video etc.) Its only 6 inches square. I have a tv tuner/video capture c...
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Thursday, December 07, 2006

READ FROM THE BOTTOM UP

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This Blog reads from the bottom up. I change the look a little and turned archiving back on.
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Saturday, December 02, 2006

The End?

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It's been thirty days (I had a few late work days so the math is a little fuzzy) and this is my first time back on a MS Windows machine....
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Solved the Stutter Problem

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Remember when I told you about how I had a one second delay when opening new windows, with Ubunutu 6.1 Linux? When you would open a new win...
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Sunday, November 26, 2006

The definition of FREE by Ubuntu

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The definition of FREE by Ubuntu . While trying to figure out how to make my Wireless work I ran into a few threads of discussions about DR...
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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Progress To Date

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Since wireless is working on the laptop, I have been able to test Linux to Linux networking, remote desktop, mounted shares, and learned a l...
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WIRELESS working on the LAPTOP!!!!!!

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I've done it! I got mad at Ubuntu 6.1 and refused to allow it to beat me. I went to my laptop and decided that I would either get Wire...
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Day Off, Yea Right!

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I had big plan for some Linux tests over the holiday but I had to work. I got called out at 9:30 pm on Thanksgiving Day and did not get bac...
Thursday, November 23, 2006

FSCK Forced File System Scan

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I went to my Linux box today and it told me that "drive dev/hda had been mounted 30 times without being scanned, forced check" and...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Visioneer OneTouch 9220 USB Scanner

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The Visioneer OneTouch 9220 USB Scanner does not work with Ubuntu. I plug it in and get nothing. I run Xsane and it says it can't find...
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Day 21 of Ubuntu 6.1 Linux

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This is day 21 of 30 of my Ubuntu Linux experiment and I barely remember to write my weekly review. This is a good thing because if I have ...
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Streaming (internet radio)

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Lets talk streaming. On my MS Windows machine I usually listen to MP3s I've made or Podcasts I've downloaded, very rarely do I list...
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Monday, November 20, 2006

DVD Ripping

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I wanted to rip a DVD to watch on my laptop later. I own the DVD. It's Season 1 of " The Tick ". I decided to just rip one ...
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Got Busy

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I got kinda busy last week and didn't get much done. I'm off from work the rest of this week so I will be posting more. I drug out...
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