Where would we be today without social networking? I have heard many tales how a social tool has saved a life or joined two lives together. Just recently a friend of mine found our her son was wounded in war not by the Red Cross, but on Facebook. These tools have become an integral part [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Online Services, Open Source, Software

If you’ve started using Ubuntu 10.04 already, you are probably having a fairly good experience. What a lot of people might not know is just how deeply that good experience goes. An issue that has plagued Linux since inception is fonts. Whether it be the lack of “standard” fonts (and by standard I mean Microsoft) [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

I will preface this by saying, I always suggest a clean installation. But for those of you who’d prefer to at least first attempt an upgrade, the technology is already in place for you to do so. Upgrading Ubuntu is not a terribly challenging task. It can be, depending up your network speed and machine, [...]

Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Tutorials Basic

Lately I have been going on and on about the Ubuntu Music Store. So much so, it would seem I have forgotten the other music store that is friends to Linux. Not so. I am still a fan of the Amazon MP3 store and last night I took the opportunity to purchase something. I was [...]

Categories: Linux, Music and Video, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

If you have been reading Ghacks within the last month, you know that I have become a big fan of what will eventually become GNOME 3. That replacement is currently under the title GNOME Shell and it is already quite a stunning piece of work. I have covered GNOME Shell in a few pieces here [...]

Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Software

I had recently been on a roll with the Ubuntu One Music Store. In that series I spoke a lot of Rhythbox, because that was the “default” player supporting Ubuntu One Music Store. But Rhythmbox isn’t the only player in town. Oh no. In fact, another outstanding player gets plenty o’ lovin’ from the Ubuntu [...]

Categories: Linux, Music and Video, Open Source, Software

I had been hoping to accomplish this for some time now. At work we work under a Windows domain and I have a Ubuntu test machine that I have been hoping to join to that domain. Finally, thanks to Likewise-Open5, it happened. And, believe it or not, it’s not all that difficult. Oh sure you [...]

Categories: Linux, Networks, Open Source, Security, Software, Tutorials Advanced

It’s about that time. Ubuntu 10.4 is coming out and I am finally going to migrate my primary desktop away from Elive to Ubuntu. In this process it will be necessary to migrate my currently running Claws Mail installation from one machine to another. For some applications (think Outlook) this would be a tedious (and [...]

Categories: Advice, Email, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

Yesterday I wrote about the Ubuntu One Music Store (see my article “Ubuntu One Music Store has arrived“). This little feature is starting to drum up a lot of excitement throughout the Linux community. Although this feature is also drumming up a lot of anger from other distribution communities, it is an outstanding new service [...]

Categories: Linux, Music and Video, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic