Jane Talks Tech!

So, I decided to take another stab at the Ubuntu/Linux Operating System and this time around, i decided that it would be best to have separate physical hard disks as opposed to partitioning ONE hard disk. The process has become less frightening for me because I'm learning to read the prompts & not be scared of hitting the "cancel" button. :) I installed Windows 7 first because it's much easier to do the dualboot when Windows is on the disk already. Installing Ubuntu 9.10 was painless particularly because I had separate hard disks. BUT I ran into an ...

So, my old nemesis has come back to haunt me: installing all sorts of programs on my laptop and then finding out I didn't like or really need them, proceeding to uninstall them and finding out said programs have left all sorts of traces on my laptop. It's rather frustrating to someone like me who will resort to a reformat of her laptop just to keep the pristine nature of things! Right now, I've got a bunch of entries in my "Users and Groups" that I know I have no need off. However, a simple deletion of those entries simply ...

However, there are alternatives to the key programs I'm missing such as Microsoft Office Outlook which is being replaced by Evolution Mail. I'm getting used to Evolution's email interface and finding out that it's not so bad. I imported my contacts and while it wasn't smooth (i.e. mis-identifying imported items), it's doing the job of checking my email for me. :) So here goes (it's an evolving list):...

Well, well. It has been a very interesting week, to say the least, for me. On Monday, I got this bee in my bonnet that I would like to give the Linux operating system a really good shake. Earlier this month, I had installed Ubuntu "Intrepid Ibex" on my 64-bit Vista laptop via Virtual PC 2007. I fell in love with the operating system, but there were niggling problems like my screen resolution and speed that truly prevented me from observing how powerful this system was. So, I decided to dive into the world of dual-booting. It ...