I wanted to test out Fedora 10 released just a couple days ago. Instead of dual booting, I tried Virtualbox to run another Linux distribution on my Ubuntu powered desktop.
The installation of Virtualbox requires downloading the OSE modules for the current Linux kernel. The installation of Virtualbox was straightforward. I have done it before. No [...]
Micro Center is a computer retail chain with 21 stores located nationwide. If you shop at Micro Center, check out their online catalog. You can check out their latest deals especially the After Thanksgiving Day Sale.
If you haven’t been to Micro Center, there might be one near you. Check out their store locations.
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Why would somebody in their right mind run Internet Explorer in Ubuntu. Before you shoot me, let me at least explain the reasons why. I get many support questions from people regarding the themes I’ve designed. The questions oftentimes are IE related. I either have to power my laptop or go to another computer to [...]
Read More | 3 CommentsOne of the coolest tricks in CSS is to suppress the display of certain elements in your web page using the “display:none” property. This trick is extremely helpful for two reasons. One, there are times you don’t want to remove code essential for Search Engine Optimization such as the H1 header for example, but you [...]
Read More | 1 CommentThe easiest way to protect a web directory is to use a .htaccess file. A .htaccess file is a directory level configuration file used by several web servers including the highly popular Apache. The .htaccess file is placed in a web directory and the commands in the file controls the behavior of that directory.
A .htaccess [...]
One way of keeping up with the latest WordPress development is to install WordPress using Subversion. Subversion is an open source version control system. Using Subversion is a great way of synchronizing your WordPress install with the latest code changes in WordPress development.
In this example, we will install Wordpress files in the /var/www/wordpress directory using [...]
There’s a Linux distribution borne out of Japan called Lineo that claims it can boot up in 2.97 seconds on a low-powered system. The technology uses something similar to hibernation or suspend to disk. It takes a snapshot of the system, compresses it and saves it in flash memory.
Boot up improvements can be up to [...]
The upcoming Firefox 3.1 release will have private browsing mode for users who do not want to leave traces of their online activity on their local computers. One caveat, it’s not a privacy tool to make you anonymous from websites or from your internet service provider. Others have coined private browsing mode as “porn mode.”
Nevertheless, [...]
Mini laptops are popular. Dell’s entry into the mini laptop world does not disappoint. The Inspiron Mini 9 is small, compact and light at just 2.28 lbs. The Inspiron is available in two Operating Systems: Ubuntu Linux 8.04.1 or Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.
The Inspiron Mini 9 is powered by Intel’s Atom Process N270 (1.6GHz [...]