Tag Archives: Linux

Ruby and Ubuntu. I’m clueless.

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A big part of the reason I wanted to work on Ubuntu in the first place was because I wanted to learn to program. And Ruby being new and sexy and being recommended by several friends I figured I’d give it a try, oh yeah I am also dabbling with HTML and PHP. [...]

Missing my favorite software [Jing]

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I use Jing on my PC’s and I love it. Jing is made by TechSmith, the same people who make Camtasia. I even upgraded to the pro version of Jing. screen grabs, screen shots, mini tutorials all done quickly easily with editing capabilities built right into it and it uploads pics [...]

Problem Making Bootable Thumbdrives

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Following my last g33k link, I’m trying to install Ubuntu on  my Asus EEE 1000HD. Finally figured out how to get to the BIOS, got the Unutu iso on my thuimbdrive and thought I followed the instructions for UNetbootin but when I boot from my thumbdrive I get blank screen [...]

Why do I do this to myself?

I’m exhausted. Really, really tired. Some of that’s physical and all of it’s mental.
I always take on more than I can handle.  My wife’s been out of town for 10 days (11 if she doesn’t catch her conecting flight because of delays in Newark) so I decided it would be a good time to do [...]

Learning Linux, OSS, and other g33k stuff

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I’m a g33k. Not a real g33k but still pretty geeky.
I’ve been fiddling w/ Ubuntu for about a year and a half, since 7.04 (Fiesty Fawn). Last night I made the leap and switched to 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron). I was frustrated like many Linux n00bs because I couldn’t get Flash and Java [...]