The other day my step-daughter’s Eee PC had some issues. It is a Linux-based Eee so it had the Xandros netbook distribution running. There were updates to be applied so I went ahead and allowed the updates to process. shortly after the updates failed the cursor started acting twitchy. My step-daughter, without asking, decides to [...]

Tags: eeebuntu, Linux, netbook, ubuntu, unetbootin
Categories: Advice, Hardware, Linux, Mobile Computing, Open Source, Operating Systems, Tutorials Basic, software

I had relatives from out of the country a little while ago and before they left, one of them decided to leave his laptop behind for me. It’s an old model from the Toshiba Satellite 2410 series but I’m not complaining since I got it free.
The current configuration of the laptop is a little slow [...]

Tags: ask the readers, dual-boooting, Linux, ubuntu
Categories: Advice, Linux, ask the readers

If you are an Apache user for the hosting of either internal or external web sites then you know how flexible this web server can be. But did you know you can host more than one site on that server? You can thanks to Virtual sites. You can host virtual sites based on either IP [...]

Tags: apache, Fedora, Linux, ubuntu, virtual hosts
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, The Web, Tutorials Advanced, Web Development

I have a young step daughter at home and I know that curiosity can get the best of a young teen. I had been looking for an easy solution to deal with content filtering that would allow me to control over various types of content she could see. So I tured to DansGuardian. This filter [...]

Tags: content filtering, DansGuardian, Linux, proxy, tinyproxy, ubuntu
Categories: Advice, Browsing, Linux, Open Source, Security, The Web, Tutorials Basic, software

I have mentioned, many times, various Live CDs to use for giving Linux a try or installing Linux. I have had some feedback asking to explain just what a Live CD is. Some users are hesitent to use a Live CD for fear of deleting their data or damaging their hard drive. My hope is [...]

Tags: elive, Fedora, flash drive, inquisitor, Linux, live cd, m0n0wall, Mandriva, opensuse, systemrescuecd, ubuntu
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Easy Peasy, which was formerly known as Ubuntu Eee, is a optimized (unofficial) version of Ubuntu for Asus Eee PCs and other netbooks. Netbooks have become very popular in the last two years which can be mainly attributed to the attractive price range and mobility.
The drawbacks of netbooks are their screen resolutions and hardware that [...]

Tags: Asus Eee PCs, Easy Peasy, Eee PCs, Linux, linux distribution, netbooks, ubuntu, ubuntu eeepc
Categories: Linux

Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a live CD that is based on Ubuntu 8.04 currently. The sole purpose of this Ubuntu spin off is to create a secure working environment for private data. This is achieved by several measures that distinguish the Ubuntu Privacy Remix distribution from any other.
The operating system will only boot from [...]

Tags: Linux, linux live cd, live cd, secure linux distribution, ubuntu, ubuntu distribution, ubuntu download, ubuntu live cd, ubuntu privacy remix
Categories: Linux