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Better Clones and Hard Drives

Monday, January 21st, 2008

The 100GB hard drive seemed more than enough when I first bought my laptop, but as time and music collections go on, I've begun to run out of space. The solution, of course, is to purchase a bigger hard drive. But do I want to go through the ...

Build Your Own PC

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Hi folks. It's been a while since we had an update. I've been pretty busy trying to line up interviews with interesting people and researching new things to help users get acquainted with open-source software. I've got quite a few things coming down the pike I think ...

The Easiest Installation Guide Ever

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Following the interview with Kim Brebach, I took a look at the installation guides available for several flavors of Linux, and found them to be a bit lacking, as he had stated. It was difficult to pin down exactly what was missing from the thousands of guides already in ...

A Media Center for the Masses

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Picture this: You come home from a hard day's work and all you want to do is relax and watch a movie or listen to your favorite music. Now where did you put that DVD? It's not in its case, and the huge box of movies in the corner ...

A Safer Home Network For Under $100

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Stop! Don't buy that cheap router! So-called "plug 'n play" routers are the cause of more home network problems and security holes than anything else. Why would you pay $50 or more for a migraine in a square box? I'll show you how to build your ...