Last week I installed Ubuntu Linux onto my 12 year old nephew's laptop. He'd pestered me to do it for a while and this time when he came to visit he brought his laptop with him so I could get it working in ways that Windows never could. He wanted his laptop to work faster than it was with Windows and for all its hardware to work. Previously, we had to re-install Windows after it had become sluggish through software installation, removal, re-installation... As usual, Windows failed to install some of his laptop's hardware. Most importantly to my nephew, Windows failed to install his sound … [Read more...]
Extra Repositories for Lucid Lynx
June 2, 2010 by 4 Comments
Every six months a new version of the beloved Ubuntu Linux is released into the wild to bring both joy and frustration to its early adopters. This time we have the Long Term Support (LTS) version 10.04, Lucid Lynx, and she is gorgeous. Lucid's most joyful aspect is her new look gnome desktop and easy access to Ubuntu One, the free 2gb online storage facility offered to all of Lucid's adopters and her misery is the mass of files that need to be installed to make her sing and dance to her full multimedia potential - yes, I'm talking about the codecs and applications. Lucid Lynx might kick … [Read more...]
New Addition to WINE, PlayOnLinux, Is a Winner in My Eyes
November 6, 2009 by 2 Comments
The past couple of weeks have been interesting. Like a graffiti artist's tag, I've seen PlayOnLinux cropping up in all sorts of different forum posts and blog comment spots. What is it, I thought, is it some kind of ploy to get people to consider Linux as a gaming platform (which it's brilliant for)? Or is it a gaming forum or a new game? Well, enough is enough, I said to myself a few days ago, it's time to take look at it. So, in the interest of gaming I googled PlayOnLinux. And this is what I found... PlayOnLinux is a compliment to Wine (of Wine is Not an Emulator variety). It provides a … [Read more...]
