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Archive for May 2008

May 5th, 2008

Of bash, history and you

The command line — where you type commands and do other funky stuff is sometimes a seemingly different area altogether. It takes time getting used to but it’s worth it. There are a lot of things you can do on the command line. You could do them with some tool with graphical […]

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May 4th, 2008

Linux appreciation time

Sometimes we don’t know how relevant Linux is in our lives. Especially if we are used to blogging on some software set up by someone else, checking our email, etc. etc. Chances are the servers where those applications are on are running on Linux. A post on Raiden’s Realm discusses Linux […]

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May 2nd, 2008

Be a lovable Linux person

This is not a blog post on how to be kind, etc. etc. This is in reaction to a Linux Journal article with the title “How to Make People Love Linux.” The article starts off by defining what a Linux person is. He/she is someone who not only uses Linux but will help […]

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May 1st, 2008

What’s your Ubuntu 8.04 experience like?

Just curious. What’s it like for you?
Was it hell? Did you need much tweaking? Were there times that you had to reinstall or you had to reconfigure something?
Drop by and let us know here on New Linux User.;)
Edit: Sorry I had a typo! :( It’s Ubuntu 8.04 indeed. Thanks for the comments.

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May 1st, 2008

WPA without ndiswrapper on Xandros (for Asus EEE)

Timelady gave me a lovely link for all you Asus EEE users out there. It’s a guide on configuring WPA on Xandros.
What does it involve?

Removing the WPA supplicant installed by default.
Installing WPA supplicant from the Debian repositories.
Installing MadWifi drivers.
Creating wpa_supplicant.conf_MINE
Creating a new network configuration.
Making sure that you fix the network monitor icon.

The […]

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