Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category

New Linux Lens

Posted: February 1, 2011 in internet, Linux
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first experiences using the linux

Netflix client for my Ubuntu

AOA Episode 2

Posted: May 29, 2010 in Linux, music

It’s the Bridge episode.

Ubuntu Linux

Posted: May 22, 2010 in internet, Linux, music, Uncategorized

making my pc a joy to work with.

strange linux problem srst failed

Posted: August 26, 2009 in Linux, pc repair

Then I get 2 error messages that contain the text “ata3 SRST failed errno16″ . So I google this error and WOWEE ZOWEE are there massive amounts of people having these issues. So crazy.

Ultimate Edition 2.3

Posted: August 20, 2009 in internet, Linux

Favorite new operating system. This is based on Ubuntu but for legal reasons the Ubuntu name has been dropped – it is like Ubuntu on steroids – fantastic – now my main pc.

Creating Music in Linux

Posted: July 31, 2009 in Linux, music

it is a rather nice program. I just add a stack of sample tracks

Ubuntu and sound input

Posted: July 15, 2009 in Linux, music
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Lately I have been experimenting with sound settings in various Linux distros attempting to record sound from an external source into a pc. I first tried Puppy Linux (one of the the offshoots called puppitup supposedly for multimedia and the latest Mandriva One 2009. This testing was on 2 pc’s with combos of onboard sound [...]

Puppy not

Posted: June 27, 2009 in Linux

I had settled on Puppy linux as my main OS of choice. However due to some strange font issues – they were golden and fading away – I have now switched to Mandriva One. This seems to do everything I need – install was very easy.

hotmail in linux

Posted: June 27, 2009 in internet, Linux
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This is so insane. Is Microsoft trying to annoy all of it’s users so bad that they all leave? I have a Hotmail account that I have had for years (and I pay them for premium). While in Mandriva tonight I needed to check my mail and respond to one. Reply does not work – [...]