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Accessing Linux (Ext2/3) Disks from Windows with EXT2IFS
One bright star in my recent Linux system corruption, was that my computer was dual-booting (could boot into Windows or Ubuntu), so that even thought my Linux partition was corrupted, I could still go back to Windows to do my research on what to do next. One of my big concerns was, what all was […]
Crashing Down to Earth…
So, I’ve been flying pretty high lately. My Ubuntu 8.04 install has been running like a charm and I’ve been adding more tools and aids without a problem. I’ve even gotten Wine ( a Windows Emulator for those Windows apps you just can’t replace ) to run my Quickbooks accounting software (more on that in […]
How to do the Impossible
Or How to Undelete Files in an ext3 file system So this article was supposed to originally be about a great new tool I found for those who rip, share or download MP3 audio files and are frustrated by the large variance in volume levels between them ( and of course are running Linux! ) […]
A Pain (Flash) in the Neck
In between being tied up with babysitting my grandsons and fighting off flu bugs I have been battling a rather nasty problem that I have been having with playing anything associated with using Flash on Firefox 3 on Ubuntu 8.04. And FINALLY, just now, I found the fix that worked. It’s the little things like […]
Microsoft Messenger – without using Microsoft Software
So I have been making great progress moving over to Linux, my printers are printing. My scanners are scanning, my email is emailing and of course my share files are sharing! However there was one area that I was having a little problem with – Microsoft Live Messenger (or MSN Chat if you prefer)! There […]
