Tag Archives: linux

Kitteh-Butt Protection

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Dan

Ok this is a bit silly… actually scratch that, it’s very silly but it made me smile. Besides, I’ve never needed an excuse to be silly. As usual I’m massively behind on my RSS news feeds and while going …

Tagged kitteh, linux | 7 Comments

Jargon Jam – Linux

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Dan

I’d thought I’d use today to launch a new series of articles I’m calling Jargon Jam. As you can probably guess from the title, the basic idea is to try and explain some of the jargon terms we Linux …

Posted in Jargon Jam | Tagged feature, jargon, kernel, linux | 14 Comments

Video: Rock The Dock

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Dan

Just a quick post to clear up something we recently discussed on Linux Outlaws. I’m a big fan of Gnome Do, the little tool that makes launching apps on your desktop faster and easier. In recent versions – 0.8.x …

Posted in Video | Tagged gnome, linux, screencast, Tip | 4 Comments

Distro Review: Debian Lenny

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Dan

Ok it’s time for another distro review and I’m a bit overdue with this one but I’m a big fan of Debian and the dedicated community who develop it I make no secret of that. When I reviewed Etch …

Posted in Review | Tagged debian, distro, lenny, linux, Review | 74 Comments

Software Tip: Using Unetbootin

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Dan

I realise by now practically everyone in the world has been using USB flash memory sticks for a long time but for some odd reason I’ve never actually bought one myself. Why is this you ask? Well, I suppose …

Posted in Review, Tip | Tagged boot, install, iso, linux, usb stick | 12 Comments

Critical Mass

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dan

“…almost all of the newest hardware coming out has Linux support. The critical mass has been reached. Go download Ubuntu 8.10 and see for yourself what the fuss is about. You won’t regret it”

That’s probably just the sort …