Category Archives: Linux

P.A.D – Post #5: Blogging with BloGTK

By C.G. | Published: October 16, 2006

Ever since Microsoft came out with their Live Writer, I’ve been turned on to the blog publishing applications out there on the interweb. I’ve before Live Writer, I tried Performancing and, of course, Flock’s built in writer. And while I think Flock is my favorite 3rd party blogging system, the browser ins’t mature enough for [...]

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PHP Performance Problems in Ubuntu Firefox

By C.G. | Published: October 14, 2006

I think I have a performance problem with PHP and Javascript in Firefox running on my Ubuntu computer. I just recently reinstalled Ubuntu and got the 64-bit version to work (after fixing the video driver problem) and the speed difference is amazing!  I never thought I’d see such an increase in loading times. But I [...]

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Well, That Sucked

By C.G. | Published: September 30, 2006

Upgrading Ubuntu to the latest beta version proved to be a bad idea.  The X server wouldn’t load after the upgrade and its becasue my video card (for some reason) gives it trouble.  I tried manually editing the xorg.conf file but nothing worked. And another odd thing, the distribution only works in the safe graphics [...]

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Tips: Firefox Upgrade Script for Ubuntu

By C.G. | Published: July 27, 2006

So the other day, the Mozilla Corporation released Firefox 1.5.0.5 for all operating systems and Windows XP.  Being the good geek that I am, I downloaded the build to patch those vulnerabilities and to say I’ve got the most recent version of something running on my computer.  The last time I upgraded Firefox was when [...]

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Review: Ubuntu

By C.G. | Published: July 18, 2006

Before I get into the details of my review, let me preface this post by summarizing it first. Ubuntu ROCKS!!! Now that I’ve given you my opinion, I’ll tell you why. In short, it’s fast, fresh, and surprisingly easy to use. An added pluses are the versions they offer and the support that is optionally [...]

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