by Dave | Oct 14, 2010 | Tinker Blog
The other day in some instructions I found while working out some multimedia issues, there was a link to download an encoder from Nero AG, which makes and has for many years, several great products for the masses. I didn’t realize they do for Linux as well. Not...
by Dave | Oct 10, 2010 | Tinker Blog
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but I’ve been back to using Ubuntu for a couple of months. I came back to Linux on Intrepid Ibex (well just barely before), upgraded to Jaunty Jackalope then migrated to openSUSE. openSUSE was lots of fun, but I...
by Dave | Sep 21, 2010 | Improving Apps
For those of you that have been dodging the use of the openSUSE Build Service because it’s from openSUSE- good news! They seem to have had a slight name change and you can now refer to it simply as the Build Service. I think they should have gone for The Build...
by Dave | Sep 20, 2010 | Tinker Blog
There’s a Linux kernel problem out there. Canonical has already sent up the update so if you run your Update Manager you should get it and should then reboot. To double check that you’re running a secured kernel, open up your System Monitor by going to...
by Dave | Aug 11, 2010 | Improving Apps
Lately there’s been a lot of commentary about Canonical’s new package that they’ll be using to count computers using Ubuntu for an OEM partner. As that last comment clearly said, people need to calm down about this. Even if they were tracking users...
