Category Archives: Linux

Skype Beta – Testing nearly 18 Months of Work

Posted on August 28, 2009 by stanner

Today I got an email from a mailing list I am currently subscribed to and someone pointed out that a new version of Skype for Linux was released. The last release of Skype for Linux (2.0.x) was indeed plauged with … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Prism – Blurring the web, desktop, and mobile apps

Posted on August 27, 2009 by stanner

When visiting my friend Mark, he introduced me to a simple app called fluid. This OS X application captures web apps and lets you run them as embedded in a window like a native application. Then he showed me why … Continue reading →

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Favorite Apps for Fresh Systems

Posted on December 26, 2008 by stanner

Around the holiday’s there are lot’s and lots of new computers. If your frugal like me however, you just spend time reformatting and cleaning up instead of buying a whole new computer. After setting up my fair share of new … Continue reading →

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Basic Ubuntu Security

Posted on December 4, 2008 by stanner

I just got finished reading (and technically flaming) a article from the ITSecurity site. The article, The Big Ol’ Ubuntu Security Resource, starts off by trying to scare you. “So you thought Ubuntu was secure? Think again! I did a … Continue reading →

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Switching My Grandmother to… Part II

Posted on October 22, 2008 by stanner

Last time i left you, I had helped my grandmother get accustomed to some of Firefox’s great features and how to use the AOL web-mail interface. Well it has been a few months since then and I was finally able … Continue reading →

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