Tag Archives: Linux

Comcast Gives Cold-Shoulder To Non-Profit School Running Linux

New Generation is a non-profit private school running Linux. During a recent Internet outage, Comcast refused to give tech support, due to their use of Linux.

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My First Foray Into Video

Today being a Saturday in which I had no plans, I was in the mood to a) write a blog post, and b) do something even geekier than normal. You can see the fruit of my labor below, in the form of a two minute screen cast I did of my desktop. In this short video you can see Compiz Fusion in action, which is a program that gives Linux fancy graphical effects that blow mac out of the water. The quality of the video is a little lower than I would like, but I’m satisfied with it, considering this is my first screen cast attempt ever.

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Linux Installation Guide: So easy, even your grandmother could do it!

I’ve written this guide with non-geeks in mind. A year ago I always did installations for my friends. With recent advancements in Ubuntu Linux, this is no longer necessary. This guide assumes you are currently running Windows, and want to have both Windows and Linux on the same machine. Simply view the following screen shot gallery in order, following the instructions as you go. Do that, and a few mouse clicks and about an hour later you’ll be the proud owner of a computer running Linux!

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