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Fix Your Laptop
Lifehacker today had a link to this article about fixing 11 different problems that plague laptop users. They address common problems from batteries not holding charges (the solution: replacement –...
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Dell (Possibly) Expanding Linux Offerings
Canonical, the folks behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, claim Dell is doing well enough with their Linux machines that they are going to expand their offerings to include more systems. Are you sure...
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Try Linux Today
Today marks the official release of the latest version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, making it one of the best times to take Linux for a test drive. Possibly as early as this weekend I will finally...
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A Guide to Gutsy
If you took my advice and downloaded Ubuntu 7.10, aka Gutsy Gibbon, but you don’t know where to begin, try this installation guide. It’ll take you through the install from start to finish, complete...
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Xubuntu Impresses
I’ve pretty much written off my good old Dell Inspiron 8000 as an obsolete clunker doomed to crawl along, but I keep it around because I can still run Linux at a reasonable speed on it, connect via...
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Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu
I finally got around to reinstalling Linux on my desktop PC, and wound up taking both Ubuntu and its KDE-driven sibling Kubuntu for test drives. My DVD drive didn’t like the Ubuntu CD for some reason;...
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The Advantage in Being Proprietary
My Apple rep, Joe, was in my office as I was packing up at the end of the day. I leaned over to my MacBook, clicked the Apple icon, and clicked Shut Down. “Did you just shut down your MacBook?” Joe...
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Drinking the Apple Kool-Aid
One of the Apple execs I met yesterday made a good statement about their products: you don’t get it until you try it. Apple users extol the virtues of their OS all the time. Three of my friends,...
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"Click! Take a pic!"
The Canon EOS 450D (aka Digital Rebel XSi) has been formally announced, and it shall be mine. (Provided it doesn’t come with Rosie Perez’s voice.*) I’ve been wanting a digital SLR for a long time. I’ve...
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