Category Archives: Ubuntu

Ubuntu Sound Issues
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Posted on May 26, 2007 by

Last night I mentioned in the Mounting ‘Data’ Drive & Other Ubuntu Stuff post was having trouble playing music in Rythmbox or Totem when doing anything in Fx3a5pre. So this morning I was going to try using Fx 2.0.0.3 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Fx 2.0, Fx 3.0, Ubuntu | 2 Comments

Mounting 'Data' Drive & Other Ubuntu Stuff
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Posted on May 25, 2007 by

On the Places/Bookmarks now on Fx 3 Alpha 5 post, ‘cd‘ had asked how I was able to finally get my ‘Data’ Drive (now drives as I seemed to have split it into two partitions) mounted. Thanks to spock1982 on … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0a5pre in Ubuntu
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Posted on May 19, 2007 by

Okay,  I’m back in Ubuntu now!  It turned out be as simple as disabling APIC in the BIOS.  I downloaded and unpacked (instead of installing) Firefox 3.0a5pre (Fx 3 nightly build).  Below are a couple of screen shots (click for … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.0, Ubuntu | 3 Comments

Ubuntu Success…Was Short.
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Posted on May 18, 2007 by

Early I wrote Ubuntu Success!, however now whenever I try to start Ubuntu it won’t start. Either I get a black screen with “Starting…” over if try to do recovery/rescue it does a bunch of stuff then stops after “Enabling … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Success!
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Posted on May 18, 2007 by

Before I went to bed last night I started downloading the alternate desktop CD for Ubuntu. Checked this morning and it has successfully downloaded and as able to burn it onto a CD. Even better I was able to boot … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Update
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Posted on May 17, 2007 by

I am going to try again tonight to download the alternate desktop CD for Ubuntu.  The responses I had received in the Ubuntu Forums all seemed to agree that my download was bad.  Further it seems that many folks had … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Install Problem
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Posted on May 13, 2007 by

I was able to get the new drives installed with some difficulties, but they are installed and working.  I was able to download the nearly 700 MB ISO file for Ubuntu and burn it to CD (after two attempts).  I … Continue reading →

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More About Ubuntu
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Posted on May 9, 2007 by

The other night when I did the entry, New Tag: Ubuntu I had planned on adding more details but never got around to this. Today, MagnoliaSouth posted this comment on this entry: If you do begin trying Ubuntu, are you … Continue reading →

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New Tag: Ubuntu
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Posted on May 7, 2007 by

I have added a tag for Ubuntu. Now I need to go through my old posts (I think there is only one) which I have mentioned Ubuntu and re-tag them.

Posted in Blog News, Ubuntu | 3 Comments

Trying Ubuntu Very Soon!
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Posted on May 7, 2007 by

Over the weekend while I was at my local Wal Mart (aka Evil Empire) store I stopped in the electronics department and noticed they had some 80 GB internal hard drives on clearance. I decided since they still had a … Continue reading →

Posted in CyberNet, Other, Ubuntu | 3 Comments