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I use Ubuntu on all my personal computers and I even recommend it to friends. I am starting to think maybe I shouldn't though, because it is obvious: Ubuntu is harder to use than Windows

Something that is difficult to do in Ubuntu is installing packages on a system without an active internet connection. This is a brief HOWTO for easily installing packages on an offline Ubuntu system.

Personally I was very excited when MeeGo was first announced. After having used the 1.0 release of MeeGo that is targeted for netbook devices I really must say: I'm really not impressed.

In the three years I have been using Linux as my primary operating system I've taken note that in general there are four different types of Linux users. Each one fits a distinct niche and it is possible to change from one type into another over time.

Now that Opera Mobile for the N900 has been out for some time, it is even in the repositories now, I figured it was only fair to give Opera it's dues and give an overview of Opera on the Maemo platform.

Something most new Linux users often struggle to understand when first using Linux is the concept of desktop environments. What a desktop environment actually is I feel gets further clouded when users start exploring different "spins" of a distro.

Lubuntu is now an official Ubuntu derivative as of 10.04, it is the LXDE version of Ubuntu just as Kubuntu is a KDE edition or Xubuntu is an XFCE variation. I was looking for a solid lightweight distro to run on that would still provide we with the power and flexibility I was used to from Ubuntu, thus it is only natural that I should choose an Ubuntu derivative.

In addition to the T91MT Asus also has a T101MT netbook/tablet hybrid. If you are in the market for a tiny tablet computer you might be like I was, torn between which of these two netbooks to buy - they are fairly close in price!

Check out how easy it is to make and receive VOIP video calls from the hand-held N900 device via 3g or Wifi connection! Check out how easy it is to make and receive VOIP video calls from the hand-held N900 device via 3g or Wifi connection! Video calls such as this are by far the way of the future! Hopefully we will see more devices follow in the N900's footsteps and start adding this functionality.

In my previous posting I had simply stated that SC2 was "playable" under Wine. Today I would like to detail exactly what I meant by "playable" with some hard numbers. Also, it seems on my own system that Starcraft 2 prefers to run with a glass of Wine instead of natively on Windows.

With the recent releases of Ubuntu 10.04 and Linux Mint 9 we see something that I feel really makes Linux Mint out shine Ubuntu (yet again): Community input counts.

As of yesterday Codeweavers launched their CXGames 9.0. Overall CXGames 9.0 is another great release in a fantastic product line.

The Asus's T91MT is a fantastic device for many reasons, but one thing I dislike about the device is that it ships by default with only Windows 7. I firmly believe a computer is a terrible thing to waste, so as such the first thing I did was to install Linux on it.

I think Crossover is fantastic software, but with Cedega pretty much being dead where is the choice in commercial Wine software? Lesser known than the two previously mentioned is Bordeaux.

Linux users are starved for quality games. Bring up the topic of a Linux port you will see responses about market share or that Linux users are cheap. This is simply semantics and I'll tell you why.

I researched and played with many different devices before deciding on my Asus T91MT. It amazes me how many people do not even know they exist when they released almost a year ago! The iPad on the other hand got more press than you can shake a stick at and everyone under the sun knows what it is after just a few weeks.

Pandora does not currently make an application for the N900 and nor do they plan on making one any time soon. The community has stepped up to solve the Pandora radio issue on the N900.

I was clicking through the website as quick as I could so I could get the game downloading, when reality came crashing down on top of me as I hit the downloads page and was asked to choose between a Windows and an OSX client. What is a Linux user to do?

I really like many of the things KDE has to offer, however KDE's network manager applet (knetworkmanager) still is lacking compared to Gnome's applet.

E17 is a lightweight window manager/bundle of libraries for Unix based operating systems. E17 is designed to be both elegant and fast - two goals it succeeds at very well.