Kubuntu Linux is very nice indeed; it’s based on Debian. But, interestingly, I’ve had to switch over to Debian due to a problem with excessive hard drive activity on Kubuntu, which has been causing a perpetual clicking noise from the drive here.
I found some discussion of this on the Ubuntu Forums, with at least one […]

Two very stupid things happened on Wednesday night.
Firstly, I had to get a Word report off the old PC, as the document was needed for work. I disconnected the new PC from the monitor, and from the gizmo that the wireless Microsoft keyboard and mouse use. I haven’t connected the printer and scanner to the […]

Matthew Newton of PC World has written a helpful article on seven post-install tips for Ubuntu 7.04.
While they’re not all relevant to me, I confess I hadn’t heard of Automatix. This is an application which allows you to add additional components and codecs to your Ubuntu installation, which will give your system much better multimedia […]

My timing was just right.
I’d decided to start dual booting again, running Windows XP Professional (I’ve no interest in running Vista) and a Linux distribution of some sort.
So I bought a couple of Linux magazines to find out how much things had moved on since I used to dabble with Red Hat Linux, around four […]