Best New Gadgets
. . . according to TechRepublic’s Jason Hiner.
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VNC Disabled in Terminal Server Client under Unbuntu
I encountered this and found the answer here, but I would also note that my system has xtightvncviewer rather than just vncviewer. Executing the command in a terminal automatically changes the selection, but if you’re looking for it in Synaptic Package manager, it will be xtightvncviewer you want to install. Following installation, everything worked fine.
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New Header – Memorial to my Father
Two years ago this month my father passed away at age 86 after a full and interesting life. He was an amateur radio operator starting in his teens, and he passed that on to his family. I am without equipment at the moment, but I do get on the air via my brother’s echolink (N3AU-R),…
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OpenOffice 3.0 Released
You can download it here, or find a review at pcmag. HT: OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas.
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New Energion Publications Blog Theme
Of course, it’s on the Energion Publications Announcements blog. I set out to brighten up our theme and clean it up a bit. The new theme adjusts to browser width and also has the same header and links that we use throughout our company site. I’m releasing the source code in accordance with the GPL…
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Installing Vista over a Damaged XP
My mother’s computer slowed down and eventually became unusable after upgrade to Windows XP SP3. One option, of course, was to remove SP3, but we couldn’t even get things working well enough for a reinstallation. (Note that I’m typing this on an Ubuntu machine.) Despite a number of things that annoy me about Vista, I…
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Will Vista become Standard?
Jason Hiner thinks not. The problem is likely less that Vista is bad, than that it is new and different and just a little clumsy for people who are accustomed to Windows XP. The idea of resolving security issues by forcing people to respond to the computer more often may be necessary–I don’t really know–but…
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Delicious for Bookmarking
With a tip of the hat to TechRepublic, let me suggest Delicious to you for bookmarking. Why not just use browser bookmarks? The root cause, for me, is gas prices. Huh? What do gas prices have to do with it? I’m glad you asked. You see, I’ve had to get smarter on my travel distances…
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Silly User Mistakes
Here’s some fun on that topic from TechRepublic.
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EchoLink under Ubuntu Hardy Heron
First, the news–I received my vanity callsign, KT4B, replacing my old KE0OY. KT4B was my late father’s callsign, so I had the inside track. Second, my sister Betty is now licensed as KC2TZO with a general class license. That brings us back to 4 ham radio operators in the immediate family, my brother N3AU, mother…