Category Archives: Ubuntu

KDE vs gnome questionairre

I really don’t want to start any flame wars with this post but I wanted to post an honest question to the Linux Desktop user. This stems from my recently installing KDE (since the release of 3.5.5) and desire to learn more about it. I have been a gnome user (Ubuntu) since 5.04 and haven’t… Read More »

Upgrade Ubuntu 6.06 to 6.10 Edgy Eft Beta

With the recent release of Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft Beta I wanted to outline how to upgrade easily. I have now updated three of my machines and they are all very reliable. For those interested in updating you can use the following command (via ALT-F2 or the terminal) gksu “update-manager -c -d” This should check… Read More »

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Alpha 3 released!

Ubuntu has released the third release client of Edgy Eft (Ubuntu version 6.10). You can find the cd images at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/edgy/knot-3/ You can find more information about this release at: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/knot3 You can also update using aptitude or Synaptic. To update using that method use the steps below: sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list. Find/Replace (%s/dapper/edgy) all instances… Read More »

Flock on Ubuntu

I’ve been using Flock now for almost two months I’m a total “Flockstar!” I really enjoy its smooth interface, compatibility with Firefox extensions and integrated social browsing options. It has simple browser-blogging, double-click URL bookmarking to del.icio.us or Shadow. Also integrated Flickr & PhotoBucket accounts. Try it out. Join the Flock! For those of use… Read More »