More on my monitor resolution again, and its not good news (though not terrible). I booted up today to check for updates when I got an 800×600 screen resolution again. After a reboot (no changes, just a restart) I’ve again got 1280×1024. I’m going to guess that I need to look into turning off the [...]

I just *had* to post where you can find this video. I heard about it last night on the news because of the impending release of the Tom Cruise (unauthorized) biography by Andrew Norton. Evidently this The Tom Cruise Scientology indoctrination video was put on YouTube (as a publicity stunt??) but the Church of Scientology [...]

FLASH INSTALLED
Finally! I found a working HOWTO for installing Adbobe/Macromedia Flash 9 for Linux, and more specifically Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). First, open your favorite console. Next, visit this Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) How-To page. Once you get to the instructions (below) its a simple matter of copy/pasting 4 lines of commands, or if your [...]

THIS IS NOT
This is not an article about drive mirroring, which I will have to save for some future date. Drive mirroring is more important for a) those with the know-how and b) those who really need a more bullet-proof option than hard drive backups.
This is also not a step-by-step HOWTO written by someone who [...]

Recently I powered on my Linux machine to show it off to my Dad, and the drivers weren’t playing nicely. For some reason the screen looked exactly the same as when I was using the Nvidia Drivers (see My Linux Journal Day 2 for more), and it booted into an 800×600 screen. Lucky for me [...]