OS Statistics are not fair

I am so sick of reading Windows® versus Linux statistics. I don’t believe that these statistics are a fair representation of how much Linux is being used. In my opinion it’s quite difficult to get proper statistics on Linux based on sales, as most users are forced and/or choose to buy computers with Windows® installed [...]

March 9, 2009 · Angel · No Comments
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10 Reasons Why I love Ubuntu

I thought I would list a few of the reason’s why I love Ubuntu. These may not work for everyone and some may totally disagree but they are my reasons none-the-less. I have become a more productive person when using my computer. Some of the applications that are freely available to Ubuntu users have allowed [...]

December 15, 2008 · Angel · No Comments
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Create a separate home partition in Ubuntu

Well after my experience with the Video Card you would think I would be ready to walk away from the computer for the day, but then I had one other thing I wanted to do. When I initially installed Ubuntu Everything was on the same hard drive space, well having heard how Distro upgrades tend [...]

October 1, 2008 · Angel · No Comments
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Hardware Issues (Nvidia 8500 GT)

So I spent the day yesterday Trying to decided what to do about my video card (Nvidia 8500 GT), apparently it came with a dud and the warranty has just expired(I only bought this computer last February). But I regress, let me back up a bit. My Computer started acting kinda funky, then I had [...]

October 1, 2008 · Angel · No Comments
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Guild Wars On Ubuntu

So I spent all day trying to get Guild Wars working with wine and then cedega . I installed and uninstalled it a whole bunch of times, tried tweaking the settings in both wine and cedega and nothing. I just kept getting a black screen, then my mouse would be trapped and the only way [...]

September 27, 2008 · Angel · No Comments
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Playing With Gimp

So today I figured out a bit about Gimp, I knew it would be a bit painful for me to transition when it came to photo editing as I always used Paint Shop Pro on windows, and I never liked photo shop. PSP just worked for me, and no matter what I couldn’t get it [...]

September 20, 2008 · Angel · No Comments
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My Ubuntu Install List

Here is the list of things I do when setting up a fresh install of both Ubuntu & Kubuntu 1. Enable Hardware restricted drivers For Ubuntu: go to System -> Administration ->Hardware drivers install any available drivers you might need. For Kubuntu: Open the Menu and go to Applications -> System -> Hardware drivers install any [...]

September 6, 2008 · Angel · No Comments
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