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(New to this series? Read from DAY ONE)

Right, day two of this seven day series.

It is fortuitous that I started this series on Saturday instead of my normal Monday start. This gave me a chance to set up all my necessary programs and stuff like SSH keys etc before starting work Monday. Previously I would start Monday at the deep end with a new interface and wing it from there.

Being Sunday I did not do much else, so today will be a short writeup. continue reading…

It is a bit later than I envisioned, but here it is. Day one of using KDE4 of a seven day series on the Desktop Environment.

If you are new to my Seven Day Challenges, you can also read through my Gnome Shell or Windows 7 Seven Day series.

Back to this one then. continue reading…

I am sure you know, but in case you didn’t – one of the most exciting and long lived desktop Linux distros has rolled out a new release.

Yes, Mandriva 2010 Spring is out – and I love it.

This week Mandriva will feature three times – Two reviews; Gnome and KDE edition, and then I will be using Mandriva 2010 Spring KDE edition for another “7 Days Challenge Series.”

On to the review of the Gnome edition then… continue reading…

Everyone knows and trusts the big brand names. Dell makes good if clunky laptops – they used to be ugly too but that has improved. HP used to be the standard if you were looking for a reliable printer. Mac is the place to look for a designer gadget.

You get the picture.

Over the years other brands appeared on the horizon, and some cemented their place as makers of good reliable hardware – Sony, in particular, seemed to hit that niche of designer laptop and everyday usability that used to be the domain of the Macbook.

And now Samsung is chomping at the bit to become one of the best IT vendors out there… continue reading…

Puppy Linux. One of the most iconic Linux distros out there. I have played around with them for what seems like ages, and have found reasons to both love and hate them over the years.

As of recently Puppy has been built with Ubuntu using woof and Puppy as the base, and I take a look at the newest release… continue reading…

And that of course includes me.

Recently my blog attracted a lot of attention from readers who are more critical of FLOSS, and Linux in particular, than my regular readership. Naturally a long discussion erupted where critiques and defenses of various positions and opinions and how stuff works where flung to and fro.

Then today I realized something, and it was an uncomfortable realization… continue reading…

A commenter (Kerberos) gave me a link regarding a FLOSS evangelist having trouble to connect to a CUPS printer in Linux. That link was from 2004, and he claimed that it was still relevant.

Naturally I wanted to see what he was on about, and decided to connect to a CUPS printer already set up here at the office.

Here is what happened… continue reading…

The world has gone officially netbook crazy. Netbook sales are skyrocketing, increasing quarter on quarter. It is no surprise then that Ubuntu offers a Netbook variant of it’s operating system. In fact, many Netbook oriented Linux flavors exist. You may be surprised that I do not consider Ubuntu Netbook Remix the best of the bunch – for my money that crown belongs to Easy Peasy – which will be reviewed next month.

Read on for my views on Ubuntu Netbook Remix continue reading…

Hey. Being a Saturday I spent some time with my sister in law and her fiancée who visited with us. I knew I was not going to spend a lot of time with Gnome-Shell doing work so I decided to bring you: THE CHEAT SHEET.

Now far be it for me to take credit for this, it is available on gnome.org, but I will highlight you with my favorite shortcuts, as well as some informed commentary. continue reading…

If you haven’t done so already, read this series from the FIRST INSTALLMENT, HERE.

I discovered something really neat, Gnome-Shell lets you record .ogg video of your desktop!

Yeah, via SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+R you can record your desktop and share the video for all to see.

Guess what I just did… continue reading…