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by Rom Feria on October 11, 2007
This comes in rather in a more opportune time when I received two printers in the office. Unfortunately, these printers, one from Kyocera and another from some other less-known name brands, are not as...
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by Rom Feria on October 07, 2007
Knowing the correct time is often a matter of life or death - why? Imagine meeting with your wife and her watch is 20 minutes faster than yours. :) In computing terms, it is also crucial to have...
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by Rom Feria on October 07, 2007
Log files are usually the first place to look when there is a problem with your computer. More often than not, you get a wealth of information from the log files. Unfortunately, though, users seem to...
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by Rom Feria on October 07, 2007
If you have vmware installed in one of your powerful computers or servers, it gives you the flexibility to install multiple guest operating systems as you desire (as long as performance is up to...
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by Rom Feria on October 07, 2007
There are times when you need to access your home computer remotely, either to retrieve a file or simply check out a document. Unfortunately, most broadband providers use dynamic IP addresses making...
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by Rom Feria on September 29, 2007
Linux.com's Sergio Gonzalez Duran writes about his experience in using Expect to have an automated user management tool in Linux. Expect is "a tool for automating interactive applications...
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by Rom Feria on September 29, 2007
The challenge is finding the right recipe for that perfect desktop. Adding and removing applications to Linux used to be difficult, i.e., you have to scour the internet to find the proper package,...
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by Rom Feria on September 29, 2007
This blog entry talks about changing the boot order of Ubuntu and Windows. However, the same can be said if you multi-boot your computer using other operating systems with Linux. One of the reasons...
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by Rom Feria on September 25, 2007
To conclude our First Look of the new Gnome 2.2 features, I'd like to feature the new screen-saver notes feature. Visitors can leave notes for you even if your screen-saver automatically locks...
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by Rom Feria on September 22, 2007
In the third installment of Gnome 2.2 features, we now talk about Tomboy, the note-taking application. The main improvement is notes synchronization. Tomboy can now use WebDAV or ssh to connect to a...
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by Rom Feria on September 22, 2007
In Part 2 of our First Look of what Gnome 2.2 has to offer, we take on the new image viewer, aka eog. So what's new with eog? The new image properties dialog provides easy access to basic...
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by Rom Feria on September 22, 2007
Gnome just released version 2.2 of its desktop environment. Whilst Gnome's release schedule is every 6 months, this new version comes with a lot of improvements already. I cannot wait for what...
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by Rom Feria on September 22, 2007
Ever since I have embarked on a mission to migrate users of pirated Windows OS to Linux, one of the most common roadblocks I have encountered were from the College of Architecture. Whilst some of...
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by Rom Feria on September 15, 2007
Whilst we all know that there aren't that many viruses on Linux, sometimes it is a good idea to run an anti-virus application just so your computer will not be the virus carrier. [image from...
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by Rom Feria on September 15, 2007
Adobe just updated their Acrobat Reader for Linux to version 8.1.1. The new version introduces a new user-interface, single document mode, search bar and several performance improvements. System...
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by Rom Feria on September 03, 2007
If you manage a laboratory-full of linux computers, then you may find this little utility heaven-sent specially if you do not have unlimited bandwidth. :) Imagine how much bandwidth those computers...
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by Rom Feria on August 31, 2007
For the past few versions, great file transfer tool, FileZilla, has been available only on the Windows platform. Whilst there is definitely no shortage of GUI-based file transfer tools on Linux,...
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by Rom Feria on August 25, 2007
LightScribe is a technology that allows laser etching of labels on CD/DVD media using the same CD/DVD burner. Just like most peripherals, the drivers for Linux are either delayed or non-existent. In...
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by Rom Feria on August 25, 2007
Most computer users today are spoiled by the richness of the graphical user interfaces or GUI. In Linux, we have dozens of desktop environments that compete against each other for dominance. Right...
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by Rom Feria on August 25, 2007
Whilst there are numerous ways of keeping tabs of your SSH sessions, I found SSHMenu to be one of the easiest to manage and use. Whilst it is originally a GNOME panel applet, it can also be used...
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by Rom Feria on August 23, 2007
Installing Sun's java 6 on Linux is as easy as invoking apt-get but only if you are using Ubuntu since Sun and Ubuntu agreed to have Sun's Java to be included in the Ubuntu repositories....
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by Rom Feria on August 18, 2007
Non-Linux users often say that Linux is not user friendly enough to be successful on the desktop. In a way, it is true primarily because some of the utilities bundled with Linux still require the...
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by Rom Feria on August 18, 2007
Wow! Today is the day for shoot-outs! :) Anyway, I am betting that not that many of you can recognize what the image is about. Well, it is part of a mechanical typewriter - that thingamagig that is...
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by Rom Feria on August 18, 2007
In another comparative article but this time pitting virtualization solutions from Parallels and VMWare. The article compares each solution according to cost, ease of installation and use, range of...
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