Category Archives: Ubuntu

Cheers for The Hardy Heron

Ah sweet Hardy Heron.  (Ubuntu 8.04) You solved my probles with the Creative Zen 4G.  After upgrading my 7.10 install to 8.04, and reinstalling Amarok I not have some pretty decent support for the Zen. Colour me impressed. I’m liking … Continue reading

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Do I “Need” Windows?

In the last week, since I’ve made the full switch to Ubuntu, I’ve started asking myself this question, do I need Windows. So often when I had that other boot option my though was Yes, I need Windows. “I need … Continue reading

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Off of windows, and feeling fine…

So I’m still off windows, and for the most part feeling fine. There are some things I have liked and some things that have been a challenge…but on a whole, I’m still quite happy as a windows free user… Things … Continue reading

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Damn You Windows

So on a sleepless Sunday morning, I did it. I decided to run my windows updates, which I have not done in some time. This certainly seemed like a fairly standard and normal thing to do, something I’ve done countless … Continue reading

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Charging my Blackberry 8700 On Ubuntu 7.04 with bcharge

That title is a bit of a mouthful, particularly for those who don’t know or care what I am talking about. But again, for those that do…here goes. So my scenario is as follows…. I have a newly installed Ubuntu … Continue reading

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Whoops: Sudo doesn’t like me as it’s owner

Many won’t know what I’m talking about, but the odd person might so… Running “sudo chown -hR matt /” in an Ubuntu install, is not so good for the system. It’s actually a pretty effective way or borking it up … Continue reading

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Ubuntu Install

So I have spent the last couple of days installing and setting up Ubuntu 6.10 Desktop on my laptop. (It’s been my home sick project) Pro’s Installation was easy and quick from the Ubuntu DVD All of my hardware was … Continue reading

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