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Archive for December, 2007

Something as simple as a Thank you….

Monday, December 31st, 2007

I just received the best New Years gift! A perfect stranger took the time to write a comprehensive Thank You and comment on one of my gOS tutorials.
I remember my first days in Linux, I was completely lost, asking millions of questions, feeling like an idiot most of the time and wondering if I’d ever [...]

Eight Firefox extensions you don’t need

Monday, December 31st, 2007

The Firefox Web browser community has created thousands of wonderful extensions that make surfing and working with the Internet fun and productive. While many extensions are homes runs, here are a few that just don’t make it out of the ballpark.
This is a good one to end the year on,Baldy
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Happy New Years Folks

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Yes it is that time of the year and as we look back at the year that was we just shake our heads and say it has to be better this year. As the new year draws near don’t forget that the Chinese have been doing this a lot longer than we westerners and this [...]

Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet

Monday, December 31st, 2007

The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet

Yikes! Seems the AU Government is going all out when it comes to “protecting it’s citizens”
Source: Tech Crunch
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Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

Microsoft Using YouTube To Promote Vista & Live, Leaves Comments Open

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Microsoft has taken its marketing push for Windows Vista and Windows Live into enemy territory by offering demonstration videos on YouTube. The new channel was launched December 21.

I guess the old saying stand true: “If you can’t beat ‘em or in Microsoft’s case Buy ‘em, Join ‘em!!
Source: TEch Crunch
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Tutorial: Editing the Favorites Menu in gOS

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Howto Edit the Favorites Menu in gOS
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Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

Tutorial: Installing XChat in gOS

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Howto Install XChat in gOS

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Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

My first thoughts of gOS

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I’ve been running gOS via VMware for a couple days now and I’m sad to say, “I’m not overly impressed”. Some of the issues I’ve found so far are discussed below.
For someone that’s used several different Linux distro’s over the last 4 years, getting around, fixing problems and general setup wasn’t to hard. That being [...]

Tutorial: Installing KDE in gOS

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Howto Install KDE in gOS

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Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

gOS link

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Here’s a great link for gOS. It’s a step by step of the install and setup procedure over at howtoforge.
We can thank Raven for this link, great work!
This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 1.0.1 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop The Perfect Desktop
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