Update: Somewhere in between 10.04 LTS and 11.04, there was a regression which was preventing both GNOME or Unity from appearing when logging in under 11.04, unless I selected ‘no effects’ options. This helped me to at least get the Ubuntu Classic option working: sudo apt-get install fglrx sudo /etc/init.d/gdm […]
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My own move from Windows XP to GNU/Linux was quite experimental and somewhat complicated, as I was using a dual-boot system for a while, and as such I don’t have a great recollection of everything I’ve done throughout the switch. But now I’m in the process of moving my mother […]
This example will involve moving a profile from Windows XP to Ubuntu 7.04, but the basic idea can be used to move profiles around in many other scenarios. Step 1: Find Your Files In Windows XP, look in: Firefox: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles Thunderbird: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles You should […]
Look what I found: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam http://ubuntu-ca.org/ http://ubuntutoronto.org/ “We will be hosting an Ubuntu Toronto User Group Meeting on… 25 July, 2007 6:30 PM… held at the linuxcaffe…”
I have had some real difficulty trying to get my Palm Pilot to work in GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, Dapper and Feisty, to be more precise), and I was preparing a post to outline the solution I had pieced together, only to find a much simpler and much more elegant solution. I’ll […]
My brother just got a brand new laptop – an HP Compaq 6710b. The chipset is brand new, and unfortunately, even newer than Feisty. Feisty was released in April, and the chipset first hit the market in May I believe. The result? No Xserver. We tried the unstable Gutsy live […]
My family has a Brother MFC420CN which is run off the network and accessible to everyone in the house. Though it’s not my default printer, it’s convenient to have a backup in things go wrong or ink runs out with another printer, so I was eager to get it installed […]
In trying to figure out where to begin recounting my last two months of experience with Linux, you would think that the installation process would be a logical starting point. Except since it was so easy, I haven’t been able to think about much to say. But I figured there […]