John's Linux and Computer Stuff Blog

[...] This post is just to mention some house keeping I'm doing to my blog this January 2013 1. My index page is gone. The index widget provided by Blogspot works much better and is easier to maintain. The [...]

[...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have created an index page for all my posts. Most of my posts are centered around Desktop Linux and using Linux with [...]

[...] a pretty good alternative. ------------------------------------------------ Check out my index page for all my posts. Most of my posts are centered around Desktop Linux and using Linux with [...]

[...] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my index page for all my posts. Most of my posts are centered around Desktop Linux and using Linux with [...]

[...] About 2 months ago I changed my desktop from Linux Mint 9 to Xubuntu 12.04. Linux MInt 9.0 worked well for me and I had no real problems with it. However, I decided to change. There [...]

[...] work correctly with Debian. When I installed Linux mint 11 I was really surprised at how well it works on this machine. 3D graphics work well and even [...]

[...] /14/2011 Xubuntu 11.04 More Xfce - My first install and impressions of Xubuntu 11.04. 10/4/2011 Linux mint 11 on Antique Computer - New Linux Old hardware. 9/2/2011 Xfce Desktop Becoming My Favorite. [...]

[...] Xubuntu 11.04 upon an old desktop system I pulled out of the closet. I originally installed Linux Mint 11 and was happy with it for the most part except for a few issues. These issues were that some [...]

[...] --- I have created an index page for all my posts. Most of my posts are centered around Desktop Linux and using Linux with multimedia. For more info see: http://johnslinuxandcomputerstuff. [...]

[...] -------- Check out my index page for all my posts. Most of my posts are centered around Desktop Linux and using Linux with multimedia. For more info see: http://johnslinuxandcomputerstuff. [...]

[...] -------- Check out my index page for all my posts. Most of my posts are centered around Desktop Linux and using Linux with multimedia. For more info see: http://johnslinuxandcomputerstuff. [...]

[...] -------- Check out my index page for all my posts. Most of my posts are centered around Desktop Linux and using Linux with multimedia. For more info see: http://johnslinuxandcomputerstuff. [...]

[...] this page has been useful and entertaining over the last year. I hope that my blog and the Linux desktop continue to draw interest and grow. For the start of this year I want to do some housekeeping [...]

[...] the function of the desktop. In this example I just showed a handful of customizations of the Linux desktop. [...]

[...] are Kazaam screen recorder which can record just about anything that can be played on the Linux desktop, Acidrip an excellent DVD ripper, Audacity a great audio recorder and editor, The Jack Audio [...]

[...] clunkiest desktop they ever seen and thinking of Linux a total joke. So what should the Linux desktop be? I think it should be light fast and functional and run on the largest number of computers [...]

[...] to work for my system I needed to download Flashplayer from the repositories using the Synaptic Package Manager not Flashplayer plugin installer. Next I got songbird 1.2.0 from  http://www. [...]

[...] where Ubuntu installed the new files for Mupen. To do this the easiest way is to use the Synaptic Package Manager to search for the package and look at the files installed with the properties tab in [...]

[...] fix wasn't working for me. But I found another fix for the problem. I found going to Synaptic package Manager and removing gvfs-backends will fix the problem.  This may mess up connections with some [...]

[...] following the guide here http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary and Mesa-utils with the Synaptic package manager to test the graphics with the glxgears command. Now that I have the basics installed I [...]

[...] read some of my previous post, this is my 4th time distro hopping. Recently, I installed Debian Linux on My portable and everything worked just fine and I used it for almost a year. Despite [...]

[...] In april I installed Debian Linux with the Xfce desktop on my laptop. After using it for several months I'm really impressed [...]

[...] Thoughts on Unity. My first experience with Ubuntu's Unity desktop. 5/7/2011 No Compositing Debian Linux Part 1 @ 2 An account of my installation of Debian Linux on a Portable and getting different [...]