Software I have used and what I think about it.
Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” RC came out this past week and I spent some time installing it this morning. While it is based on Ubuntu 9.04, my first impressions of Linux Mint 7 are drastically different. Here is a mini review of why I still use Linux Mint as my main OS at home....
Read more →I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my main laptop (HP Compaq 8510p) and I wanted to post what my first impressions: My first issue was with the installation. I am not sure if this feature was taken out or if there was just some other reason I couldn’t do it, but what happened to the...
Read more →When backing up my PS3 for repair I needed to plug in a external hard drive to back up the system. My PS3 is only 40 GB but even that is larger than any USB flash drive I have so I needed to pull out one of my USB hard drives for the backup....
Read more →This has been driving me crazy and I cannot figure out how to do it. Here is my problem: I have a work laptop that I obviously use at work as well as at home. At work I have 6 network drives that are mapped automatically if I log into my computer while at...
Read more →Grand Central was purchase by Google and is Google Voice now. I am not going into what the service can do for you (that is what Google is for), but the cool thing is my account was eligible for a upgrade today so I click the “upgrade” button to see what was new. Not...
Read more →I just made that up. UBCD is a great tool for tracking down hardware and software problems with non-Apple computers. To be honest I am not sure if it works on Apple computers but I assume most of the tools would not work even if it boots on the hardware. UBUD is my abbreviation...
Read more →It was driving me crazy all day yesterday to have an error on the HP MediaSmart server I was trying to set up. The error I was getting was: “The operation cannot be completed at this time. Please try again later. If the problem persists, please contact Product Support” In case you are wondering...
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