From having used webmail solutions for several years I have decided to roll back to the old way of doing things; a local email client.
Before I started using webmail I had tested almost every client available for linux and with mixed results. Some clients have been too “old school” and difficult to use, some have [...]
I love GKrellM and this post is to explain why. GKrellM is - I admit - an “old” program and not many people, especially newer linuxusers, seem to know exaktly what it is.
gkrellm, linux
09.28Some conclusions
I’ve come to the conclusion that gkrellm still is a kick-ass program, that Evolution now is useable (compared to when I last tried it), that my cold still is going strong after two weeks.
evolution, gkrellm, gnome
I’m now *really* enjoying my newly upgraded Ubuntu system. Since I have hardware that supports virtualization I decided to give KVM/QEMU a go and make a virtual windows install inside Ubuntu.
I installed Windows 2000 Professional and can now run that from my KDE/Beryl desktop. The virtual OS has full network support so I can browse [...]
If you can’t decide what ftp client to use in KDE then try to use the filemanager; Konqueror.
Simply open up two tabs. First one for the local source folder, second one for the target folder on the ftp server. To connect just type the address to the server in the address bar (ftp://ftp.servername.com). You’ll be [...]
I found this useful guide that explains how to install stuff in Ubuntu. Excellent for the new user. Click on the link below;
http://cutlersoftware.com/ubuntuinstall/
install, ubuntu
Video of Windows XP running on Fedora Core 6 using only open-source software (KVM) on an Intel MacMini (VT capable -1.66 CoreDuo). The kernel component of KVM is included in mainline Linux, and will appear in Linux 2.6.20.
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kvm, linux, virtualisation
This is by no means new, but still useful if you want a quick and easy way to accomplish this.
So, fellow ubuntu users, if you really need IE; follow these instructions and you’re ready to go:
Installing Internet Explorer 6 on Ubuntu Linux
[link takes you to warrenguy.com]
Internet Explorer, ubuntu, Wine
There have been several post showing off Beryl recently, but a lot of people have been having a hard time getting it to work.
beryl
I did something drastic the other day. I installed a new distro..!
So Kubuntu 6.10 is now my OS of choice. =)
I have never used a Debian based distro before so I was quite nervous about the change. Everything went smooth though, all hardware were detected at install-time, I also repartitioned the old linux partitions while [...]