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Installing new, quirky apps under Linux

Posted by Mark | Filed under Elsewhere

First off, you need to go through a bit of a cul­tural shift. When you’re look­ing for/at quirky, lit­tle apps; you should be for the Linux version.Secondly, installing and main­tain­ing all your apps under Linux tends to be eas­ier than under Win­dows. Yes, I said eas­ier. In Win­dows, you find appli­ca­tion “XYZ” on a website. […]

Tags: apps, linux, Software

Read more | Comments (0) | May 14, 2007

HowTo: Install Windows Vista in 2 Minutes

Posted by Mark | Filed under Computers

Do you have a new com­puter that doesn’t run Win­dows Vista? Do you need step-by-step instruc­tions on how to install it? Then watch this great YouTube video for instruc­tions. Then go down­load and install a proper OS, like Ubuntu.

Tags: humour, linux, ubuntu, videos, windows, youtube

Read more | Comments (2) | Apr 24, 2007

Dang Computers

Posted by Mark | Filed under Computers, Software

I fin­ished my evening in front of ye olde boob tube1 at 10 and was think­ing about head­ing to bed early. I decided just before doing so I’d go read some email, maybe run Cast­Pod­der and grab some stuff to lis­ten to at work. That was nearly two hours ago and I’m still not continuing […]

Tags: Books, Computers, email, linux, MySQL, podcast

Read more | Comments (0) | Nov 22, 2005

amaroK & Magnatune

Posted by Mark | Filed under Music, Software

As has been noted on this blog mul­ti­ple times, I use Linux. Specif­i­cally, I use SuSE Linux. For my desk­top envi­ron­ment, I use KDE. There are sev­eral music play­ers avail­able for KDE but the one that is far & away the best is amaroK. It’s got some great orga­ni­za­tional tools, a cover man­ager and can […]

Tags: chocolate, iPod, iTunes, linux, money, MP3, offer, podcast, quotes, tools

Read more | Comments (0) | Oct 22, 2005

Pukka’s Links of the Week

Posted by Mark | Filed under Links

The last PLotW never hap­pened because I was too lazy to post it. :p Sorry about that. From Pukka: Jack Thomp­son whimps out and P.A. steps up to the plate. Not from Pukka: Pump­kin Apple Bread Ubuntu No Sound Trou­bleshoot­ing [Edi­tor] I recently installed Ubuntu 5.10 on my ancient lap­top and I plan to get KDE up & running […]

Tags: Apple, coffee, Links, linux, problem, recipe, sound, ubuntu, windows

Read more | Comments (0) | Oct 21, 2005