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Intrepid Ibex Officially Released
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex has been officially released. I am downloading, via torrent, the 64 bit version as I am writing this. I hope to be installing it on my laptop and main computer Saturday or...
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Ibex Quite Mundane To Install
I have installed Ubuntu 8.10 code name Intrepid Ibex on three computers. I upgraded two computers from Ubuntu 8.04. I installed Kubuntu 8.10 on a computer. No major situations to report. It has become...
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Banshee 1.4 And iPods Are Like Mixing Oil And Water: It Does Not Work!
I’m not a happy camper as I am writing this. I simply wanted to add some music to my iPod. Gtkpod froze and my computer was heating up. Must be a bug. Rhythymbox works but I decide to try Banshee...
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iPod Classic And GTKpod Revisited
Rhythymbox is great for importing and exporting music to the iPod. The only situation I encountered with using Rhythymbox as an iPod management tool is that it has a few problems with album art. To...
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The Diversity Of Linux Window Managers
A misconception among most Windows and Mac users is that an Operating System and a desktop environment are the same. Linux users have the opportunity to know better. Linux users have the advantage of...
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Banshee and iPod Re-Revisited And 64bit Computing
The continuing situation I have with my iPod and Banshee 1.4.1 in Ubuntu 8.10 seems to be only related to the 64bit version of Ubuntu 8.10. The last time I mentioned my iPod, I said that gtkpod worked...
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David Versus Two Goliaths
Apple will release its OS X 10.6 “Snow Loepard” in September and not long after, on October 22nd, Microsoft’s Windows 7 will be released. A week later Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” is scheduled to be...
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My Failures with Ubuntu 10.10 and Experimenting with Windows 7
On Friday September 3rd I decided to install the first beta of Ubuntu 10.10, code name “Maverick Meerkat” on my laptop, which happens to be my main computer. I knew that since it was a beta there might...
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Extremists Will Ruin It for All of Us
My last post, My Failures with Ubuntu 10.10 and Experimenting with Windows 7, made me realize why Linux, and even Apple to a certain extent, has trouble gaining more than a foothold as the Operating...
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Web Browsers: Which One To Use?
Tomorrow the new iteration of Ubuntu will be released. I can’t wait to try it. I have written about my failure at upgrading and then installing. The last few weeks I have been running Linux Mint Debian...
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