**–Edit: Your personal Mileage may vary. My experience was great on an XP Pro Netbook, XP Home Compaq Laptop, and Server2008 Workstation. Please read the comments of our community after this post before deciding if you are adventurous. –** Hardware driver management is not a pleasant task. It’s painful enough finding the drivers for a [...]
So you’ve set up your slick workstation build of Server 2008 (see Part I and Part II) and are wondering which widget software to install. Here are a couple options: Yahoo Widgets Google Desktop Those are the standard options, but I find each to be a little too intrusive – Google desktop’s consistent desire to [...]
For those of you just getting started with Ubuntu Linux (and for you seasoned veterans as well), don’t miss this opportunity to get your hands on a FREE pocket guide (PDF). Download – Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference Alternate download link (in case the original is unavailable) Written by Keir Thomas (author of the venerable [...]
Back in the days of XP, Microsoft released a great set of tools they called Powertoys. Potentially the most useful of these being a shell addition that allowed you to right click on a set of selected images and resize them. Like a lot of people, I figured this function would just be built into [...]
So, you’ve heard about this Linux thing and want to learn more about it? Perhaps you have heard about its inherent security and near-impermeability to malware. Perhaps you’re still on 2000 or XP and don’t want to shell out the cash for a newer Windows OS. Hey, the economy is tough, I know. Or perhaps [...]
Ubuntu Linux is a great operating system, but one potential annoyance is how it automatically sets itself as the default OS when installed as a dual-boot with Windows. Fortunately, it’s easy to switch it back by editing GRUB (GRand Unified Boot Loader). To modify GRUB, first boot into Ubuntu, then launch a Terminal (Applications → [...]
Welcome to the second part of our series on turning Windows Server 2008 into an excellent workstation. If you missed it, please see Part I – The Basics as well as how to get Server 2008 for free (students only). In this post we will take a look at some third-party software and its compatibility [...]
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