Why I Don't Like Grub2
Categories: UbuntuRantEvery Ubuntu installation since Ubuntu 9.10 installs Grub2 by default. In many ways this is great - Grub2 has a number of new features, and has become more portable and modular...
View ArticleUbuntu Server Boot Leaves Blinking Cursor Then No Signal - Grub2
Categories: How-TosUbuntuToday I went to boot up the back up server I created from the Dell recently introduced only to discover that it wouldn't boot. After hooking a monitor to it I discovered that...
View ArticleUbuntu and Problems with Gigabit Ethernet Cards
Categories: UbuntuLast night when I booted up a LiveCD of Ubuntu on my HP I found that Ubuntu wouldn't work with my Intel Gigabit Ethernet card. To be sure, this may be a hardware problem, but when I...
View ArticleManual Network Configuration for Ubuntu (Command Line)
Categories: How-TosUbuntuWhen using that desktop of yours, how often do you need to change networks? Probably not much - I hope you've managed to get a wired connection to that machine, but even if you...
View ArticleUbuntu Failure on My Laptop
Categories: UbuntuAdding to a list of gripes about Ubuntu that I already have, my laptop, running Ubuntu 64 bit, suffers from a strange problem that makes the machine hang in a very strange way - in...
View ArticleUpdate Ubuntu With Aptitude
Categories: UbuntuTipsFor some reason, trying to update my Ubuntu server with apt-get upgrade often fails to install all the available updates. In a similar quirk, the default update client for Ubuntu...
View ArticleMy New Desktop
Categories: UbuntuHardwareAfter quite some time of suffering with my desktop flirting with failure, the sales on Black Friday finally opened up an opportunity for me to upgrade to an i-series Intel CPU...
View ArticleScanning Windows from Ubuntu 10.10 LiveCD (ClamAV)
Categories: How-TosSecurityUbuntuWindowsRecently I was working with someone who suspected that their laptop had a virus, and so wanted to do a virus scan. Needless to say, I recommended to them a...
View ArticleSpeed Up Audio Files
Categories: EntertainmentGNU/LinuxUbuntuEducationTipsIn the recent article about extracting the audio from videos I detailed a method to get the audio track from a video. One use for this is extracting...
View ArticleSecuring Drives With TrueCrypt
Categories: SecurityUbuntuI synchronize everything in my documents folder on Linux to a 16 gigabyte SD card on a daily basis. That way, I can have all my homework, assignments, and other assorted...
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