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PC World Guards warns about Black Friday Deals

  • PC World; By John P Mello Jr (Posted by gary_newell on Nov 20, 2012 5:18 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
PC World are warning buyers to be careful of black Friday deals including being to hasty to buy the surface tablet. They say it might be worth waiting until the new year.

4 of the best music applications for Linux

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Nov 20, 2012 3:27 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
In this review I will be looking at 4 of the music applications you might choose to install to replace GMusicBrowser which is installed by default.

Xubuntu 12.10 - Customising the desktop

With Xubuntu I can customise the way my desktop works and I can keep the system highly responsive even on older hardware. This article shows how.

Xubuntu 12.10 - First Impressions

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Nov 9, 2012 3:59 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
The fact is that whilst Unity is a cumbersome beast, Ubuntu itself is really good. The Ubuntu repositories provide an endless list of applications and the hardware support is brilliant. Therefore Xubuntu with the XFCE desktop is a great base for creating the ultimate operating system.

LXPup - Puppy Linux with LXDE

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Nov 4, 2012 5:23 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
LXDE is good. Puppy is good. Put them together and it is like sausages and mash or roast beef and yorkshire puddings.

Precise Puppy - Linux Perfected

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Oct 30, 2012 7:34 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
There have been a number of releases of Linux distributions in the past couple of weeks but no release gets me more excited than a new version of Puppy Linux.

Fuduntu - And now for something the same but different

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Oct 18, 2012 7:50 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
Fuduntu Linux, is it Fedora, Ubuntu or something completely different? I tried it and what I can say is that it all feels very familiar

Is it safe to trust the cloud?

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Oct 16, 2012 2:42 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
With distributions such as Peppermint Linux bridging the gap between the desktop and the cloud and services such as Ubuntu One providing file storage should we embrace the cloud or should we stay clear

Ubuntu within Windows - WUBI Install versus Virtual Box

What is the best way to try out Ubuntu after first sampling the live CD? Should you go for a WUBI installation or install a virtual machine?

Zorin OS 6 Lite - The Lite Fantastic

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Oct 5, 2012 9:32 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
If you are using an older PC then you have three choices: 1. Run an older version of Windows, 2. Throw it away and get a new one, 3. Install a lightweight Linux distribution such as Zorin OS 6 Lite.

5 ways to try Linux without messing up Windows

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Sep 24, 2012 1:10 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Here are 5 ways you can use Linux without affecting your current Windows installation. Starting from a live CD/DVD and ending with a side by side installation.

Bodhi 2.10 - Quick but quirky

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Sep 21, 2012 4:19 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
Bodhi Linux is great for Netbooks because it is quick, has a clean interface and maximises screen space.

The 5 best sources of support for Linux

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Sep 16, 2012 3:52 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Need support on any Linux issue. This articles lists the 5 best ways of finding the answers to all your Linux problems.

Peppermint 3 - A cloudy future?

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Sep 11, 2012 1:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
This article looks at whether it is possible to run your whole life using web applications without a requirement to run any desktop applications at all.

10 things the “Average Joe” won’t know about Linux

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Sep 4, 2012 6:14 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
How easy is it for someone to become familiar with Linux? Is there enough information to get started? This article is therefore written for people that have heard the term Linux and wants to know a bit more but doesn’t know where to begin.

ZX Spectrum Emulation and Linux Mint

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Aug 30, 2012 10:32 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
If you don't love the Sinclair Spectrum then this is not for you. This article shows how to set up the FUSE emulator with an XBOX 360 controller. The ultimate way to play Manic Miner.

Ubuntu - All other versions aspire to be this successful

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Aug 26, 2012 9:05 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
Ubuntu is innovative and forward thinking. With its own unique interface and the fact that dozens of distributions are derived from it. Do all other distributions aspire to achieve the success of Ubuntu?

Android on a netbook. Does it really work?

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Aug 22, 2012 3:33 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
When I bought my netbook it had a Windows 7 partition and an Android partition. Android works well on mobile devices with touchscreens can it really work on a netbook?

Peppermint LINUX - The mint with no holes?

  • Everyday Linux User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Aug 19, 2012 8:57 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
The unique selling point of Peppermint LINUX is the use of site specific browsers to bring the web to the desktop. Could the developers have done more to highlight the power of the SSB?

MacPup LINUX - How do you like this Apple?

  • Everyday LINUX User; By Gary Newell (Posted by gary_newell on Aug 13, 2012 12:21 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
If I said MacPup to you would you think of a sleek stylish operating system that runs from memory and boots from a USB drive?

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