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Archive for August 2007

August 21st, 2007

Oracle 11g on Debian Linux

For those of you who are wondering about using Oracle on Debian, it seems that you don’t have to wait much longer. You could already download it from the Oracle Database Software Downloads page. Sounds great to me as it might be possible to not install a Red Hat-based Distro on my laptop […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

August 20th, 2007

Get Your Free Software Stickers!

There’s nothing like showing the world that you are a Linux user and definitely proud of it!
Laptops typically have stickers that say they are designed for Windows XP(/Vista/etc.) as well as Intel Inside for processors. You could actually get similar stickers! Just go to the Free Software Sticker Book so you could […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

August 16th, 2007

Installing applications using Kubuntu’s Adept Installer

Users who are not familiar with Kubuntu’s Adept Installer would find it weird that some of the applications they want to install are greyed out and could not be installed. Personally, I am not really used to it either but it’s actually a matter of updating your sources.list file. You could do that […]

By Clair -- 4 comments

August 15th, 2007

Hello, world!

I am Clair Ching and I’d like to keep on sharing with you some thoughts and tips, especially for new Linux users.
Even though I’ve been using Linux since 2005, I could still relate with Linux newbies and every so often I feel like a newbie myself because of the different things that you could do […]

By Clair -- 2 comments