What is wrong with everyone in Linux land bagging on Mozilla Firefox and their 5.0 release?
Complaints pretty much have one thing in common: They claim there isn’t enough ‘new and shiny’ things inside FF5 to warrant a major version. This is illogical thinking because major version means NOTHING when it comes to usability o [...]
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Mozilla Firefox, From Darling to Enem...
What is wrong with everyone in Linux land bagging on Mozilla Firefox and their 5.0 release?
Complaints pretty much have one thing in common: They claim there isn’t enough ‘new and shiny’ things inside FF5 to warrant a major version. This is illogical thinking because major version means NOTHING when it comes to usability o [...]
Radio Tray – A Radio Player That Fits...
Radio Tray is a very simple application that plays your favourite radio stations and it does so from the system tray, meaning any station you want to listen to is only two clicks away. Naturally you’ll need to add your favorite streams to this program before it will actually be useful. Most websites offering streaming will give you access to [...]
Install Firefox 4 on Linux Mint Debia...
I am testing out Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) and wanted to benefit from Firefox 4 and all its speediness. It’s not available in the repositories and since LMDE uses Firefox and NOT Iceweasel, you really can’t install it from the Mozilla Debian repository. So, I decided to manually install things.
Normally I don’t like [...]
Back to the Basics with Debian
Sometimes, you just have so many problems with the distribution you’re running that you have to wipe it out with a clean slate. I did that this past week and am now using Debian.
With using Debian there comes a feeling of being back to the very basic of Linux distros…much in the same way when you use Arch…it just feels plai [...]
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 [...]