The Ubuntu 11.10 distribution does support a wide range of hardware, I just bought a Logitech wireless mouse with a nano receiver and it worked instantly once I plugged it in. The mouse would work with Windows as well, my experiences with Windows show that it is slower to load a driver for a USB … Read more
I am installing the FreeBSD 9.0 distribution on a spare hard disk, the first part of the installation is over and now I am installing the ports and other related packages. Once the system binaries and all other parts of the operating system are installed then I can try and set up the Xorg packages. … Read more
This is my /etc/default/grub file, and this is how I got my GRUB 2 boot menu to display by default with Linux Mint 12. You just need to add the GRUB_HIDDEN=0 line to the menu and ensure the rest of the file looks like my example and the menu will be accessible by default without … Read more
These are some more good quality KDE 4.8.0 themes I have discovered. Androbit: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=123524. Celedonia: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=142424. Oxywin: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=112004. Wave: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=117875. These themes are easily installed with the system settings menu, just sort by rating and the themes list will be displayed. I gave Unity a fair trial yesterday with all of the latest updates and … Read more
I have just installed OpenBSD on my computer and I am stoked with how well it runs and how easy it was to install. I wanted to run something that was a little more challenging than OpenSuse and Ubuntu and I have got it. I installed it from the Amd64 installation iso which is only … Read more
I just bought the latest Linux Format DVD, and I tried to boot the Fedora Core 14 distribution on the disc and it would not work, it gave me an error to do with the compressed filesystem. But I got a copy of FreeBSD 8.1 and I will give that a try later and see … Read more
Removed Xubuntu 9.10 and just upgraded to Open Suse 11.3 on my laptop, installed from the DVD, I got with the latest edition of Linux Magazine, well October 2010, but it is a while before we get the Linux magazines in Australia. The installation was pretty painless and when you boot up, it asks for … Read more
I just bought a 7 port USB hub that plugs into a USB port and gives you 7 USB ports, and I can use it perfectly on Fedora Core 13 and Gentoo, but it will not work at all on Windows XP service pack 3.? I am thinking that if I re-plug it in Windows, … Read more