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Ten sticking points for new Ubuntu users | Linux.com | The source for Linux information
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News for the Open Source Professional. Login / Create Account. Brought to you by. June 27, 2008. Ten sticking points for new Ubuntu users. Ubuntu is still bad at properly detecting and setting up the display. Once it's gone wrong, there isn't much you can do from the GUI setup tool - it either lies about your screen settings or offers inappropriate screen modes. Anyone for 640x480@52Hz on a 19-inch CRT? Offer an attractive GUI interface. Both of these GRUB alternatives that I mentioned are GPL projec...
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Data: singular or plural? | Rantings of a sub-editor
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Rantings of a sub-editor. September 6, 2013. Data: singular or plural? 8212; substuff @ 4:54 pm. I know, I know, exciting or what? But try to contain yourselves, do. You can read all about it here: Data: singular or plural? I’ve also knocked up a quick quiz on homonyms and other little word monkeys. It’s here: 60-second quiz. Leave a Comment ». Feed for comments on this post. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Want to hire me?
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Former Councillor John Ward in Medway: Weight off my Mind
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Former Councillor John Ward in Medway. Former Councillor for Rochester South and Horsted ward of Medway Unitary Authority in Kent, England. First elected in May 2000, resigned on 25th March 2008, and writing here in a personal capacity only. Tuesday, 25 March 2008. Weight off my Mind. I have today, after a lot of thought, resigned from the council. Just think of it: no more Government-imposed 'Performance Indicators' (a mere 168 of 'em! Another hard working, RISC OS using, independant. Step, local one-ma...
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Xubuntu 11.10 and my Netbook | Linux Journal
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Xubuntu 11.10 and my Netbook. Oct 31, 2011 By Michael Reed. October saw the release of the latest version of the Ubuntu family and that includes Xubuntu. The Xfce edition. I’ve just installed Xubuntu 11.10 on my netbook and the experience was rather good. The netbook in question is an eMachines (Acer) model eM350. The specs are: 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of memory and a 160GB hard drive. I'd been using it for a couple of months with the default installation of Windows XP. To copy it to a flashdrive.
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January articles | Rantings of a sub-editor
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Rantings of a sub-editor. January 23, 2013. 8212; substuff @ 2:56 pm. My articles for Emphasis this month:. OK, okay, every self-respecting sub has to tackle this chestnut at some point. OK, ok, okay. How do you write OK? The French government has added. To its list of banned words. Sense or silliness? France bans the word ‘hashtag. 2 Comments ». OK or okay but never ok, which makes me feel particularly queasy. Comment by Craig Harris. 8212; January 23, 2013 @ 4:01 pm. Comment by Steve Rawcliffe. It’s be...
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Marketers and marketeers | Rantings of a sub-editor
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Rantings of a sub-editor. November 1, 2013. Filed under: marketers and marketeers. 8212; substuff @ 6:00 pm. A SPECIAL RING OF HELL IS RESERVED FOR THEM! Ahem, sorry about that. I mean, it’s probably true, but that’s not actually what I want to write about. 8220;I hate that word,” he hissed, deleting one. And then, like Carrie Bradshaw, I got to thinking. Has slightly negative connotations in my mind, possibly having been tainted by. But does that include. Relating to support for EU membership. There als...
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Resources, Euphrosene Labon Art And Books | Euphrosene Labon
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Words, Ideas, and Images to Make You Think. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. A Little Book … Series. Profit From Unlimited Thinking. Articles Essays And Fillers. Useful Links & Resources. Please find below a list of links to websites I’ve found worth bookmarking. These include sites about : Art and Books Publishing, Marketing and Networking, and Mind Body Spirit matters. Art and Cartoon Info. Writing and Publishing Info. Antony Rowe Print On Demand. Villa Roquette Bed and Breakfast.
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Tracey Crouch: Social Networks & Riots
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MP for Chatham and Aylesford. Saturday, 13 August 2011. Social Networks and Riots. During the recent revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, we in the West, with our wide and free access to technology, social media and non-state controlled communication networks congratulated those who used, for example, Twitter to their advantage. In fact the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said in the Commons the following:. Well done. A series of well-made points, technical and political. Aviva, the company...
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Raspberry Pi: Tiny Computer That Runs Linux | Linux Journal
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Raspberry Pi: Tiny Computer That Runs Linux. May 31, 2011 By Michael Reed. 700MHz processor, 256MB of RAM. It doesn't seem that long ago since I was running a desktop PC like that. However, these are the specs of a new keyring-sized computer. To be released by a UK not for profit company. They hope to be able to sell it for $25 dollars a pop, and best of all, it runs Linux. Got started by experimenting with with the home computers of the early 80s, which typically came with a built-in programming language.
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