I’ve been having some issues with a Windows Vista install that has gone on the fritz, which is why I took so long to post this… Well, here is Part 2 of my History with computers. Now, somethime between 2001 and 2002 we got a Windows XP E-machine, it ran well, but my mom thought […]
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Use Linux Live CDs to try Linux out before you think of installing, it will be a little bit slow, CD Drives are slower than Harddrives, but you can get a taste of what it would be like to use Linux. This post was made from the Ubuntu 10.10 Live CD, which was released yesterday,
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Many Linux users may notice that there is no audio in Java applications. I recently found an fairly easy way to fix this. This should work for Ubuntu users, I cannot vouch for other versions of Linux. Press ALT+F2 type in ‘gksudo nautilus’ (Without the quotes) enter your password go to /usr/bin search for ‘java’
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Well, I’ve seen this many times, Microsoft saying that their $200-$500 Operating system is cheaper than the $0.00 Linux. Their reasoning is because “Everyone uses Windows, You have to spend time to learn Linux, and if you’re in a Business environment, that time is lost money. Also Linux Administrators are more expensive in business.” I
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So, Windows on my Desktop has been unable to boot for a few days, causing some of my work projects to fall a little behind. At least I have not lost anything, due to backing up, and the fact that my Desktop is ‘Dual Boot’ Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10. Windows 7 CANNOT read anything
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I think that my last post on backing up came up just in time. Today my computer is taking forever to boot into Windows 7, at least it also can boot into Ubuntu Linux, which I use more, but… it really shouldn’t take this long to start Windows. Well I guess that it’s a good
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So it will be that time of the year soon, the newest version of Ubuntu appears to be shaping up very well. This version is getting a lot of new features. they’re working very hard on removing bugs, and it even has a slightly different interface. I’m looking forward to the newest Ubuntu. http://ubuntu.com/
Today was the official release of Windows 7, I think that Microsoft has figured out what it did wrong with Vista, as 7 is much better. I don’t think that they’ll pull many people that changed to Mac or Linux back easily though. In other news, Ubuntu 9.10 is due to be out in 7 days …
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I got a hold of Windows 7 Professional edition a little while ago, after using it for a day, I feel that Microsoft is doing much better than it did with Vista. My only complaint is on the fact that the ‘Superbar’ is twice as wide as the old taskbar, and I cannot add extra