Archive for February, 2010

Viruses Spyware Issues – Linux as a Major Option

Sunday, February 28th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

; An "interesting"  answer to what is a common if not annoying question to Mr. Pogue a columnist of the technology venue of the famed mainstream New York Times www.nytimes.com. One ... Read more..

System Customizing Guidelines

Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Accessing the Control Center •Most of the customization that you are likely to carry out is done through the GNOME Control Center. •There are three ways to access the Control Center: 1. Via ... Read more..

Why Try Linux if at All ?

Friday, February 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Defining the pro and cons of Linux as a computer operating system for yourself depends on any of a number of variables/ First of all " What are you doing with ... Read more..

Customizing System Guidelines II

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Multimedia: Sound You can use the Sound caplet to set the sounds for a wide range of GNOME system events. First, click the Sound Events tab, then highlight an event to ... Read more..

Additional Free of Beggarware Linux Novice Users to Peruse for Help

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Here is a list of more additional Linux books e-books and resources for the novice and starting Linux user or users.  Most are resources and e books that are ... Read more..

10 Free Linux Ebooks For Beginners

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

10 Free Linux Ebooks For Beginners ~ The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP - It is not that Linux itself is hard to learn, but it is the fact we ... Read more..

Using Large Capacity Drives with Windows

Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

When using Windows with drives that have capacities higher than 64 GB, there are special considerations. Windows 98SE FAT32 operates properly with partition <127 GB. FDISK and FORMAT function properly, but will display ... Read more..

Additional Internet Programs found on Linux

Saturday, February 20th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Red Hat Linux provides a collection of internet programs as part of its standard installation. The number of internet applications available after installing Linux will depend on which distribution of ... Read more..

Emergency Recovery: SuSE CD-ROM as a Rescue Disk

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Suppose the system resists your best attempts to make it boot. Now what? Count your blessings, because the SuSE CD-ROM doubles as a rescue disk. If your computer cannot boot ... Read more..

Emergency Recovery: Using Options at the LILO Prompt

Sunday, February 14th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Sometimes you might face a slightly tougher problem: The LILO prompt appears, the kernel begins to load, but then things go bad. Maybe the kernel is corrupt, or perhaps Linux ... Read more..