by jtpratt | Jan 7, 2009 | computers, linux, liveCD, ubuntu linux, web, windows
PC Mag online has a post about the Phoenix Pre-Boot shell that’s pretty cool. Some computers and laptops have had pre-boot environments for years but they were proprietary to that make and model computer. Now Phoenix has launched downloadable versions at CES...
by jtpratt | Nov 7, 2008 | computers, linux, ubuntu linux, windows
I’ve had a Toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Home on it for the last two years. It’s my main work machine, the one I do all my blogging and web site work on. In that time I’ve had to reformat it back to it’s original “storebought”...
by jtpratt | Oct 7, 2008 | tutorial, ubuntu linux
I created this tutorial how to page because I had trouble accessing my Ubuntu PC from my Windows based Network (Windows Vista, Windows XP) in my home. I have 4 PC’s (wired and wireless) connected to a router – which is the how they get out the Internet....
by jtpratt | Jun 4, 2008 | linux, myspace, ubuntu linux, web
Is there a google shell, a google command line, or a google operating system? There is a version of Linux supposedly used within google called Goobuntu, or google on “Ubuntu” linux. Many have speculated for years that google intends to market this, but...
by jtpratt | Dec 11, 2007 | diy, linux, ubuntu linux
I just had to write about this one real quick too, this is one of the most needed and coolest Ubuntu Linux tools I’d seen in a long time. This articles shows how to create your own live cd with Remastersys. What does that mean? It means that you can create your...
by jtpratt | Dec 10, 2007 | distractions, linux, online games, software, ubuntu linux
I was looking at what was on digg this morning, and came across this list of Top 10 Free Linux Games. I’ve been using Ubuntu on several PC’s for 3-4 years now, and for some reason I had no idea that there were this many free 3D games that were Free for...