Tag Archive

ancient world android backup blackberry browser cell phone cinnamon desktop dinner ideas dreamweaver faster gmail feedburner FG1F4040S3NOV firefox flame lock flock gmail gmail labs google gutsy gibbon history humor imap iphone ipod touch Linux lunch ideas mobile browser war mp3 downloads quick meal rss rss feed save scam screen resolution SDTV shop t-mobile G1 thermocouple ubuntu uses water heater water heater settlement whirlpool xbox 360

My Linux Journal Day 23

Published on January 24, 2008 By George

Today should have been really easy, but it was a bigger deal than I expected. It should be easy to figure out how to get your NUMLOCK key to be on when you boot up right? Wrong. In all of the Windows PC’s I’ve used NUMLOCK is always onwhen booting up, so I expected to [...]

My Linux Journal Day 18

Published on January 19, 2008 By George

Just a quick note with more detail later…..
I’ve installed Wine, and to test it installed Notepad++. That seems to have gone well.
Also since my Linux machine only has 128MB 512MB of RAM with a PIII 900MHz CPU, and because I wanted a larger monitor with higher resolution I’ve installed BFG Technologies ASLMX4000 GeForce4 MX4000 128MB [...]

My Linux Journal Day 17

Published on January 18, 2008 By George

Okay, I’ve gotten started with the Quanta HTML editor because Bluefish just didn’t do it for me. Mainly there was no color picker, and I’m not going to use an external program, my memory, or a website for colors.
So Quanta is installed and in action here:

This is pretty cool because its also my first time [...]

My Linux Journal Day 11

Published on January 12, 2008 By George

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 [...]

My Linux Journal Day 10

Published on January 11, 2008 By George

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 [...]