Linux Networking Tips
. . . from the TechRepublic 10 Things Blog. Several of these are pretty important!
. . . from the TechRepublic 10 Things Blog. Several of these are pretty important!
I upgraded by Feisty Fawn Ubuntu to Gutsy Gibbon yesterday and all went well. The only user note I have is that you do need to be there when the packages are installed to answer an occasional dialog or question in the terminal. I’m happy with the result. The current Ubuntu makes it extremely easy…
I’ve been missing TweetDeck on my main office system, which uses Ubuntu Linux, ever since Twitter bought it and eliminated Adobe Air. I was suspicious of the stability of Air, but I liked TweetDeck, and it worked. I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t think of the solution myself, but rather found it here–TweetDeck for…
I recently reorganized the way we connect our home and my office, which is across the yard. “Across the yard” became about 100 feet further than it had been, and it looked inconvenient to connect this via a cable. So I didn’t. I have tried a couple of power line ethernet adapters for clients and…
Bill Detwiler at TechRepublic takes a look at the Zotac ZBOX Mini-PC. I’m not linking to this because I like this particular item over all other possibilities, but I think it’s about time we start seeing smaller PCs that take up much less space. In many of the offices I work with problems with finding…
Linux Magazine has a review of the differences and suggests that in certain cases, such as if you have a NetBook, you shouldn’t upgrade yet, but just wait for the next release. I intend to upgrade my own system in a few days because I want the PulseAudio upgrade, but this review sounds like wisdom.
I’m sure a few people will be wondering. You can find good instructions here.
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