Network Manager applet crashes periodically in Ubunty 11.04 / Natty Narwhal

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Since I’ve been using Natty Narwhal a.k.a. Ubuntu 11.04, I’ve increasingly run into a scenario where the Network Manager applet crashes. Now, any old app crashing on Ubuntu doesn’t catch my attention quite like nm-applet‘s does because the crashing of nm-applet TAKES THE INTERNET WITH IT!

It’s maddening because I’m typically crash-surfing 10 sites at [...]

May 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Linux, Ubuntu | 21 comments

Returning to Ubuntu, Maverick Meerkat

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After using Windows 7 for a long while, I got bored and wanted to give Ubuntu another go-around. For the uninitiated, Ubuntu is an operating system that is free for you to use and tinker with. It’s a GNU/Linux distribution and development is spearheaded by a for-profit company called Canonical (which is run by a [...]

March 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Tech, Ubuntu | Leave a comment

Dualbooting Windows 7 and Ubuntu

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 [...]

November 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Tech, Ubuntu | Leave a comment
 
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