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Switch: Windows Vista to Ubuntu Linux

by Jeff Weisbein July 5, 2008

As most of you know, I am mainly a Windows and OSX user – however, that does not stop from occasionally attempting to use Linux as a desktop operating system. I do use Linux to run all of my servers, just not my desktop machines. Regardless of what operating system I prefer to use daily, [...]

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Call For Help – April 22nd, 2008 – Facebook News / Ubuntu Hardy Heron Discussion / Macbook Woes

by Jeff Weisbein April 22, 2008

Listen Here! Call For Help – April 22nd, 2008 – Facebook News / Ubuntu Hardy Heron Discussion / Macbook Woes Facebook in the news – Facebook chat released and the obstacles Facebook is facing. Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) is being released shortly and we discuss the release and what it means to users. Nick Parker [...]

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Ubuntu…You’re Killing Me!

by Jeff Weisbein April 21, 2008

After a few more hours of playing with Ubuntu 8.04 Beta I was able to get my dual monitors working. What I ended up doing was installing nvidia-settings, however, for some reason that wasn’t able to save the xorg.conf file to /etc/X11/, so I copied the xorg.conf to xorg.conf.backup and then copied the nvidia-settings preview [...]

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Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Predictions

by Jeff Weisbein April 19, 2008

Now with the release of the latest version of Ubuntu only 5 days away what better time then now to make predictions about the future of the Ubuntu Operating System. So lets get down to it, shall we? 1. Linux (more specifically, Ubuntu) for the masses – not happening (at least not yet). While I [...]

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Wubi Installer Review

by Jeff Weisbein October 15, 2007

There has been a lot of hype over this new way to install Ubuntu by using a piece of software called the Wubi Installer. So I decided to give it a shot and overall I must say, it’s very good. Keep in mind that this is still a beta piece of software. First off, let [...]

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Ubuntu Linux (Gusty Gibbon) Follow Up

by Jeff Weisbein August 26, 2007

Yesterday, I wrote this entry about Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon which is currently in Alpha testing. I went out to dinner after I wrote it to come back to a bunch of comments on that blog entry. These comments have continued to come in throughout today too. I’m very glad to see the responses and that [...]

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Ubuntu Linux (Gusty Gibbon) Disappointment

by Jeff Weisbein August 25, 2007

Yesterday evening, I was in need of something to do and every now and then I get these urges to try out Linux as a desktop OS again. I saw that they had released a new beta version of Ubuntu (the Gusty Gibbon release – which is scheduled for final release sometime in October) and [...]

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