Best Buy, Nudepenguin, geeksquad, a customer and UBUNTU

Now that Best Buy has UBUNTU in stock at a few stores, what do you think of it? I was in a Best Buy store to get another copy of UBUNTU (actually just to advocate Linux) and I got the opportunity to do so via the geek squad and a customer. My friends and family say this is weird, do you think so? Please post your comments. More about my visit to Best Buy later.

Microsoft, News Corp ABUSE against freedom

News corp (owner of fox news) and Microsoft have been in talks to join and buy yahoo. They will steal our freedom to browse the internet! Fox news video website has blocked LINUX users from viewing videos. This was originally found and dugg from another blogger. Is microsoft and newscorp against FREEDOM? If this deal goes through what's next? Blocking certain groups from going to facebook, myspace, or even yahoo itself. http://digg.com/linux_unix/Does_foxnews_com_Hate_Linux_Users
Here's my digg on it
http://digg.com/television/News_Corp_and_Microsoft_in_bed_together_to_take_over_yahoo
Microsoft is such an EVIL company the DOJ should come down hard on them this time.

Create_Launcher Mint video

Creating a short cut (launcher) in Linux Mint.

1. Right click on the desktop background to bring up a menu.

2. click on Create Launcher

3. type in a name for the short cut (lightscribe)



4. click browse





5. click the arrow at the top left of location in the choose application window then you will see the OPT folder and double click on it
















6. double click on the LightScribe applications folder






7. double click the SimpleLabeler icon and then you'll notice a new icon on your desktop that will allow you to burn a lightscribe cd

SYSINFO

I just thought I'd post my sysinfo from the Ubuntu sysinfo GUI utility for those interested.

It's safe to update Hardy Heron now!

I read a blog about not updating Hardy and it scared me, but no problems here. I have updated 4 times in 2 days without hosing my system. I think the problem was caught early. On 03/12/08 I had 296 updates, then 03/13/08 I had 20, 18 because 2 didn't get the update. I suspect the 2 that were left out were the offenders. After reboot it had me do another 36 updates with no problems. This just goes to show How quick UBUNTU gets updates and action if there is a problem found with an update. If this had been a microsuck windows update that broke the system it would have been months before the next update to fix the break.
I love UBUNTU and GNU/LINUX.

Change resolution in Linux Mint

I've been comparing simple tasks in different distros, this week the distro is Linux Mint. It is super easy to do things in Linux Mint. To do a simple screen resolution change in Linux Mint click the menu (Daryna bottom left) then in the second frame of the menu under all applications click preferences then screen resolution.

Changing screen resolution in UBUNTU.

Since I had a question about screen resolution from a friend that I set up with puppy linux. I thought I'd show a screen of the same change in UBUNTU 7.10

Free Ubuntu Training pdf

Anyone can download the free Ubuntu Training guides, there's a student version and a instructor version. I have read the first 33 of 398 pages and skimmed the rest, it looks like a real good ebook for any one who wants to learn about Ubuntu Linux. In true Open Source spirit this is free, it's like getting a college course for free. You will also learn about Gnome, Open Office, Open Office, Open Source and much more. I'm sure you could pass the Ubuntu Linux desktop certification (if you have your LPIC) after reading this.

Palo Duro Canyon bday trip

I just got back from Palo Duro Canyon and the Cadillac Ranch. Posting some pictures, and handing out some Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna cd's. What a fun BDay trip! Ginger really loves it now that I ha
ve my Dell Ubuntu laptop(1420n) and I it helps me preach Open Source GNU/LINUX even more:>) LOL

BDAY 08 PALO DURO CANYON

Got Game? Linux now has major Game!

Ubuntu Ultimate Edition Gamers 1.6 is hot off the wire. The first impression is AWESOME the 1.6 version of UUEG has many new features and games. As soon as you boot from this BIG GAMER DVD you it automatically has your network figured out and asks if you'd like to download all the closed source extras. This thing is also AWESOME in size, almost 4gigs, so if you have an older system your going to wait for the download, burn, and boot. It took me 10hrs to download from the torrent, it was a wait well worth it!
Get the torrent at LinuxTracker.

Linux preloaded on $299 laptops.

I was very excited about the $150 PClinuxOS computer but now the $299 laptop Eee PC has my attention and I just had to blog about it. I have been reading about it for a couple of months now but it wasn't until I tested it at the local pc club that I decided to tout it. I haven't bought one because I'm perfectly happy with my 1420n Laptop that Dell preloaded with Ubuntu 7.04 and I've since upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10. Next Christmas that will be on my list as a second laptop, and probably at $249 by then.

$150 pc deal with lcd monitor and PCLINUXOS.

Tonight I was reading distrowatch weekly and found some cool new ways to make old computers come to life again. PCLINUXOS is a has been rated #1 on distrowatch for a while now and it will run on a system that would barely run xp and can't touch it with vista. The $150 IBM that comes with a lcd monitor and PClinuxOS seems like a good deal. It would be for just a second computer to surf the net and play a few hundred 2d linux games. What do you think?

BOINC not such a good idea.

Just over a week ago I decided to join the WORLD COMMUNITY GRID using BOINC. This was not a good idea as it started freezing Ginger's computer (core 2 quad q6600) and mine was constantly throttling the cpu fan. If any one has joined because of my first post make sure you limit the cpu time to 50% and if BOINC uses default on startup then you should remove it.