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Ubuntu Linux is Prime Time for your Business Desktop and Notebook Computing Environment

Ubuntu Linux is Prime Time for your Business Desktop and Notebook Computing Environment

As a business consultant, web designer and photographer my technical know-how around doing system administration on my Microsoft desktop is limited and sometimes I do require the assistant of my computer engineering son to get it right. In a Microsoft Environment, keeping updated with respect to potential security breaches and patches is a constant vigil. The rigor of keeping current with OS updates, Norton updates and Spyware updates is time con (continue reading…)


Open-source Instant Messaging for Ubuntu: a Comparative Review

Open-source Instant Messaging for Ubuntu: a Comparative Review

Pidgin, Gaim, Kopete: these days, there’s a variety of different options for instant messaging (or IM, for short) for Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. they all connect to a variety of different protocols and offer plenty of advanced features, so which one should you use?

Pidgin and Gaim are basically the same program. For reasons that have a lot to do with naming rules laid out by America Online, the Gaim project recently deci (continue reading…)


Guide to Installing and Finding Ubuntu Applications

Guide to Installing and Finding Ubuntu Applications

The best thing and the worst thing about moving to a brand new operating system is all of the new applications that are immediately available to you. With Ubuntu, an open-source GNU/Linux based operating system, this is compounded even more by the astounding number of options along with the close-to automated package management system and strong community support.

Therefore, it’s helpful to have a basic guide to guide new and (continue reading…)


Change to Ubuntu Hardy Heron

Change to Ubuntu Hardy Heron

Windows Vista looks fantastic but I’ve always been disappointed by a somewhat lacklustre performance, especially at startup. Certain that my super quick PC could do much much more, I decided to take the plunge and install the Linux-based OS along side Windows Vista.

Ubuntu Hardy Heron was released in late April, 2008 and is the best version of Ubuntu so far. The key reason I felt it was time to give it a try was the press coverage of t (continue reading…)


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