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Disillusioned by the Community
There are times when I don’t want to admit that I use and love Linux.
It’s true…at times, I’m embarrassed to tell people that I’m part of the community as a whole.
You may wonder when these times are…right now is one of those times. I despise infighting found in free and open source software…specific [...]
Linux File Permissions, Groups, and U...
Why Are Permissions Important?
Permissions are important for keeping your data safe and secure. Utilizing permission settings in Linux can benefit you and those you want to give access to your files and you don’t need to open up everything just to share one file or directory (something Windows sharing often does). You can group indiv [...]
ICH6 Intel Sound on Unity or Mandriva...
I had been fighting for a very long time with pulseaudio on Unity Linux 2010…it just didn’t seem to work for me. There were problems with having to mute and unmute the external amplifier channel in alsamixer in order to get sound to work. On some boots there was no sound and on others, sound was fine. When I finally installed T [...]
TinyMe Linux For The Win
I was running Unity Linux 2010.2 with KDE 4.5 for around the last month. I really like what has been done there but it seemed a bit heavy for my Gateway M250…the CPU fan was always on which told me it was always in high use.
I checked out Gnome 2.30 on Unity and found it to be delightful on my resources; however, Gnome doesn’t ma [...]
A Canonical Controversy
Remember these past few months where Ubuntu/Canonical’s contribution to Gnome (or lack thereof) was called into question and the topic was on the tip of every Linux news website tongue (see closing thoughts for info links)? Let’s throw some gasoline on that fire for your Friday!! It’s time for a Barbecue!
Today, Mark Shutt [...]
Midori, Flash, and Unity Linux 2010
I just took a look at how Unity Linux 2010.1 shapes up and found that the flashplayer plugin doesn’t work with the default browser which is Midori. Here’s a quick fix for getting flash to work with Midori on Unity 2010. First, install the flash-player-plugin (as root in terminal or use the gui):
smart install flash-player-plugin [...]