Category Archives: linux

The 10 Commandments for New Linux Users

Linux Brain Dump has this great list of the 10 Linux commandments.. the first 5 i’ll post here, the other five you’ll have to read at the Linux Brain Dump 1 Thou shalt not log in as root. Use “sudo” or “su” for administrative tasks. 2 Thou shalt use the package manager when possible. Sometimes [...]

50 Reasons to Dump Windows

Having just started using Linux – the Ubuntu distribution – a few weeks back, running Linux has actually been quite easy. I ran across the following list of 50 Reasons to Dump Windows today and wanted to give my own opinion on some of them. But first: Ubuntu. Ubuntu is just one of the mainstream [...]

gdesklets

Gdesklets are small tools which you can add to your desktop. For instance, they can give the weather, stock reports, information about your system, information about your hdd’s.. and loads of other stuff. However, in the amd 64 version of ubuntu the regular gdesklets applets do not work. Thankfully the Community has made the work [...]