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Entries from May 2007

Convert Physical Windows Systems Into Virtual Machines To Be Run On A Linux Desktop

May 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Another article on how to Convert Physical Windows Systems Into Virtual Machines To Be Run On A Linux Desktop

Tags: Open Source · Ubuntu

Running a Windows Partition in VMware

May 18th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m still trying to figure out whether I’m going to try and keep running XP on my laptop or try to run XP under Ubuntu. Big problem with running Ubuntu is that hibernate does not work and I’ve spent several hours on it. Enough time that I’m not willing to spend more without […]

Tags: Open Source · Ubuntu

How to choose the right screenshot program

May 7th, 2007 · No Comments

I need to get pictures of screens for reporting problems. I don’t usually want to take the full screen or even a window - I want the smallest section that will show the problem. Using Ubuntu, I wasn’t able to find anything that would do it as easily as I would like. […]

Tags: Ubuntu

Linux Audio Players Compared

May 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Really liked this article. PC World - Linux Audio Players, Tested and Graded I’m working my way through the Linux equivalents of Windows apps. I’ve used iTunes under Windows because it would talk easily to my iPod.
I tried Rhythmbox but it was out immediately. I want to keep […]

Tags: Home Computers · Ubuntu

Official Google Reader Blog: There are people who don’t use feed readers?

May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Do you use Google Reader? I’ve thought that other readers were better beause they’re faster. I really like RSS Owl, which uses IE to display pages. It’s based on Java and is cross-platform, usable on Macs, Windows and Linux. It uses one file to track what feeds you read. I […]

Tags: User Interface · Blogging · Web