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Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide 0

Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide

Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide. Ubuntu is very easy to set up, so I don’t think you’ll need this site for basic setup. This is an excellent site, though, to help quickly set up...

Ubuntu Linux 0

Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu Linux. I tried using Ubuntu Linux briefly, a while back. It didn’t hit me. It seemed nice. I liked how it automatically detected my video/screen capability — which no other Distro could do...

:: Xfld :: 0

:: Xfld ::

In the past week or so I’ve started using :: Xfld ::. Xfld is a live Linux CD based on Debian and uses XFCE4.2 as its Desktop manager. I’ve tried XFCE before on my...

The Era of the Penguin … 0

The Era of the Penguin …

The Era of the Penguin … As far as my desktop goes, its Linux from now on. In the workshop I attended at APRICOT, the machines we used were Linux (Fedora Core 3). I...

APRICOT 2005 Kyoto 0

APRICOT 2005 Kyoto

I Just came back from APRICOT in Kyoto, Japan. I really enjoyed the conference, and enjoyed visiting Japan. I wish I had more to see Japan or even just Kyoto, unfortunately because of work,...

Mozilla Extensions 0

Mozilla Extensions

I just discovered Mozilla Extensions. There is so many cool extensions. Take a look at Extension Room. Among them is “BlogThis”, which I’m using now to write this blog; There is “fireFTP” a smooth...

Open Source Alternatives 0

Open Source Alternatives

I’ve used Thunderbird before; version 0.3 and 0.6. When compared to Mozilla all-in-one client, I thought that Thunderbird lacked features. I also tried many FireFox/Firebird versions and really didn’t like it that much. But...