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)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Adding 2nd Harddrive & Making it Mount on Boot

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I haven't posted here forever, but that is a good thing (for me). It's because I have been able to solve most of my Linux ( Ubuntu ...
Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Did Ubuntu release a Service Pack?

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Did Ubuntu release a service pack for Hardy Heron ? Yestarday I had 70mbs of crtical downloads, today I had another 20mbs . Don't ge...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Upgrade From 7.10 to 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron

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Updated my Ubuntu Laptop from 7.10 to 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron . The Upgrade had two big problems and one minor one. The whole upgrade took ab...
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Sunday, November 04, 2007

Gutsy Gibbon

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Over all I like the 7.10 update. It's added a couple of things I like and I haven't noticed anything that quit working (for me). T...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Gutsy Gibbon Killed my Beryl Install

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When I upgraded to Gutsy I told it to overwrite my custom setting so my desktop lost some setting I changed. No big deal, it was my fault a...
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Gutsy Gibbon Sharing a Printer

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I installed my Laser Jet 1100 printer on my desktop Ubuntu Feisty Fawn install. The printer worked just fine as a local printer under Feis...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 Upgrade

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It's within a few days of being one year since I've installed Linux (Ubuntu) on one of my machines. When I committed to trying Li...
Monday, August 06, 2007

Updated The Links

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I added a long list of useful Linux/Ubuntu Links to the right side bar. It a combination of different lists I've found while browsing.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Six Months of Linux

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It's really been just over seven months now. I started my Linux experiment on November 1, 1996. One of my friends was singing Linux...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Added a Printer but Can't Share It with Vista

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There comes a time when you want to get information from the computer screen to paper. To do this you have to install a printer. I thought ...
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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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