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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)