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What Toy Would You Want for Christmas?
I admitted in a video earlier today that I still enjoy playing with LEGO Bricks. I also apparently still like the Lite Brite! There’s nothing wrong with occasionally letting your inner child come out to play when you’re a grown-up. I personally think it can help keep you sane and stress-free if you let your [...]
The Twelve Days of Christmas – Geek Style
I admit it – I love Christmas music. I like the old, traditional stuff. I like some of the funny stuff. I even like some of the new-fangled stuff! Earlier this evening, I was listening to some Christmas tunes while working in my office, and the Twelve Days of Christmas song came on. As I [...]
Ubuntu 9.10 Screencast
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I recently asked all of you to submit your screencasts to me for review. The best of the best will be chosen to be featured here, in my various channels and outlets. This provides content of a different perspective for our [...]
Windows 7 – Thumbs Up or Down?
The World is buzzing with talk of the release of Windows 7 at long last. Heck, even I spent my evening talking to the community about their thoughts on the new OS, including a nice long convo about the security of 7 with my assistant, Kat. Everywhere you look online, people are talking about Windows [...]
How to Build Your Own Linux Distro
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Chances are by now you’ve messed around with Linux. And of course, Linux may have messed around with you. Unless you know what you’re doing, it can be a real mess. So, there are distros you can download to help you [...]
Live Calls Make the World Go ‘Round
Ok, so maybe they don’t – but they sure are fun! We do live calls on the stream a few nights a week, provided I get enough sponsors. I used to foot the bill for the calls myself on the toll free number. However, in one month alone the bill came up to just over [...]
How to Run Linux on Windows (Ubuntu)
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Yes, it’s possible to have Linux and Windows installed on the same PC – and why wouldn’t you have both? You can install Linux using a live CD or even a USB drive. You could also use something like VMWare Fusion, [...]
Top Five Reasons to Love Compiz Fusion in Linux
This is Tyler Condoulo’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily [...]
Ubuntu How To
This is Sam-M’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my [...]
Reasons to Switch from OS X or Windows to Ubuntu
This is PrivateVoid’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my [...]
What’s the Best OS for Data Storage and Stability?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I received the following email the other day from a chat regular who goes by the handle of Woomis: Yesterday, I was consulting a client about OS choices. If storage failure rate was 0%… What OS would you trust to store [...]
How to Switch Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, OS X
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Are you thinking about switching Operating Systems? Here are five things to keep in mind prior to making that big move. Stability You want to make sure that the Operating System you are going to use is functional. A buggy Operating [...]
How to Start With Ubuntu Linux
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Are you a Linux fan? I know my System Administrator Allan would yell to forget Linux and use FreeBSD. This isn’t a FreeBSD conversation, though, it’s an Ubuntu one. But it’s just funny that Allan came to mind here, since today [...]
Wubi or Live CD for Linux
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When I opened the 888-PIRILLO phone line the other night, I had an interesting call with a Linux problem. Let’s take a listen and see how it worked out. The caller had tried downloading Linux to the computer using Wubi. Once [...]
The Linux Question… and Answer
Steve Sims thinks Linux can win. He sent me the following plan this morning, and it was too interesting to keep to myself… I’ve used Ubuntu for maybe four months now. Before that I used Windows. I haven’t always been into computers; until a few years ago I still used Yahoo!’s IE shell for web [...]
