MY LINUX TODAY

my linux today

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:12:00 +0000

Hello fellow bloggers and entre card droppers you will need to update your links I have switched my real estate to http://www.mylinuxtoday.com/ its live now and mt entre button has been moved, hope...

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Using a router as an Access Point

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:09:00 +0000

I am going to explain how I Used a WIFI router as an Access Point on an existing network, I have done this before but didn't have the need for it again until recently. Its a fairly simple...

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Entre Card problems?

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:12:00 +0000

Just putting something on here to let my regular droppers know i haven't been able to log into entre card since Thursday morning, not sure what they are doing but oh well. I even thought my router or...

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Collage Creater

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:02:00 +0000

Today I was in need of a program to create a collage of pictures for something and I discovered this program that seems to fit my needs nicely. just thought I might share it.

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Ubuntu 11.04

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0000

So today I made the jump and updated to Ubuntu's Natty release I will admit I did my research on it and tried the live cd first and was a little concerned with the Unity desktop but I updated...

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HAF case

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:55:00 +0000

I recently got a new case for myself the its a Cooler master HAF case, I really like the fact that you can easily hide the wires inside of it, the power supply is also on the bottom. The air flow in...

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Dusty System

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:03:00 +0000

It always seems that whenever someone asks me to look at a computer its usually a complete mess inside as far as dust and pet hair, A clogged up heat sink can fry your system quick and it also makes...

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Nexus s 4G

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:20:00 +0000

This is my review of the NEXUS S from Sprint and based on my opinions, So far my only complaint is having to pay $10 extra for 4G which is about 40 miles from me, other than that I love the phone, I...

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Extended Terminal

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:06:00 +0000

For those who love using a terminal to do things as I do this is a "must have" I try to use the terminal for installs and updates just because I have been using Linux exclusively for about 10 years I...

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ARCHOS 101 Internet tablet

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:11:00 +0000

with all the tablets hitting the market recently one seems to stand out to me, Archos has allowed developers to come up with their own OS for the 101 series tablet. Dual boot between Linux...

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Computer Prank

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:04:00 +0000

I ran across this today and thought I would share it.

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How to Change Audio Formats

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:36:00 +0000

To answer a question I was asked, How to change a file to MP3 I will assume an OGG. The program I have had the best luck with that I have installed is SoundConverter. I know there are faster...

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3gp Video Coversion

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:59:00 +0000

I recently was in need of converting a video to 3GP format so I was able to play it on my HTC tp, Now there are a lot of programs for doing this in a windows environment and I even have one however I...

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Protect Your Computer

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:28:00 +0000

The other day I stumbled across a nice Open source program that allows you to try and find your laptop if it is stolen. It can even use WIFI to try and get a location for you. The free version allows...

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Fox cuts Dish feed for FX, sports channels

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:25:00 +0000

well when I first found out we no longer had FX and some FOX channels It was while trying to watch something on FX and I was pissed to the point of changing providers. Then I got on-line and did some...

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Gettysburg

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:23:00 +0000

Today we decided to do some sight seeing close to home so we went to Gettysburg and spent the day. Its a shame we had never gone before its less than 60 miles from our house and it was the first time...

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NAS Server

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:45:00 +0000

I found a new program Freenas based upon free BSD that allows you to use an old computer for network storage. It uses hardly any resources you can set it up as a headless server and hide it away in a...

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Fedora

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:03:00 +0000

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Office 2007 setup runs

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:03:00 +0000

Normally I don't waste time on Windows but this might actually help someone. A few weeks ago my wife got me a new dell laptop and it came with Win 7 and a free trial of office 2007 pre-installed. My...

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Windows In Mandriva

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:57:00 +0000

Here is a screen shot of Windows 7 running in virtual box on my Mandriva machine, I wanted to see how it performs on this system I dual boot with XP. I have a Dell laptop with windows 7 on it and I...

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Spring Cleaning

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:12:00 +0000

with the warmer weather approaching I noticed my computer was running a little warmer so after a quick inspection I noticed all of the winters dust had settled inside my computer. So a little help...

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redirects

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:26:00 +0000

sorry all the redirect has been removed as far as i can tell.

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Slideshow Wallpaper

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:49:00 +0000

Here is a real simple XML script I changed around a little to fit my needs and I thought I would share, If you get sick of your wallpaper and would like it to change through out the day this script...

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Lightscribe & Linux

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:24:00 +0000

while I was using Ubuntu I was able to get lightscribe working properly however with Mandriva I could only get the simple label maker to work I found this Fedora help page that solved my problem so...

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Laptop

noreply@blogger.com (Sparky) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:30:00 +0000

Well after a lot of thinking about it we finally got a new laptop. We got an Acer with Windows 7 on it, my wife needed it for when she works from home. I wasnt so sure about windows 7 after the bad...

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