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One thing that I would probably have on my “50 Things I Should Do Before I Die” list (remind me to compile that), is create my own distro. And of course all of us Linux geeks would immediately think Linux From Scratch! LFS is definately the way to go, but not all of us have [...]

Editor’s note: This is a guest blog by Martin Matusiak. Martin is a software engineer and a Linux enthusiast. He blogs mostly about technology with emphasis on Open Source and Linux.

Computer users expect their systems to work well at all times, but unfortunately this isn’t always the case. If your system becomes slow, [...]

Switching to Linux can be very daunting, most seasoned Linux users experienced that first hand. After all, at some point they were also “noobs”. However, the Linux community has excelled in making the switch for beginners as easy as possible by providing guides, howtos, tweaks, and general advocacy articles. When I first made the switch [...]

I have written a guest post over at Polishlinux on howto get the most out of social media on your Ubuntu box. That’s my first guest blog! W00T!
Sometimes I get the feeling that Web 2.0 is just too fancy for Linux, loads of tools, websites, and apps are being developed without taking Linux users into [...]

NOTE: This howto is for Linux users. If you are a Windows user go pay someone $40 and then another $15. Good luck.
So you are at work and really want a song but just can’t get it because torrenting at work is blocked or could really get you in trouble? No problem, why not use [...]

You will probably notice that the default Ubuntu install screws up your valuable real estate very badly, everything is just cramped up. We need to do the some tweaks to snug everything into it’s place.
Smaller Fonts:

gconftool-2 –set /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_font –type string “Sans 8″
gconftool-2 –set /desktop/gnome/interface/document_font_name –type string “Sans 8″
gconftool-2 –set /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name –type string “Sans 8″
gconftool-2 –set [...]

So you thought Vista’s desktop looked slick? Or the latest Leopard desktop is coolest thing after sliced bread? Well you probably haven’t been properly exposed to Linux’s customizability. Linux is so flexiblity is one of it’s strongest selling points. With Linux you can easily even mimic Vista or Leopard totally free! Now I will take [...]

Now that you installed Ubuntu on your Eee PC, you will soon realize that something is amiss. Wireless doesn’t work, shutdown almost never works, the whole desktop seems to be cramped onto a small screen…etc. Now it’s time to perfect our Ubuntu.
Note: This guide is built on the assumption that you have no swap and [...]

I have posted earlier that the “easy mode” of the Eee PC is like living on the bottom bunker in a basement cell of the Alcatraz. Liberating it to the default Xandros “advanced mode” is just like going out to yard with sweaty inmates, which isn’t saying much.
I initially installed eeexubuntu on that little critter, [...]

Last week I got a phone call from my cousin asking for help with his laptop, and apparently my Linux evangelism paid off and I heard from the other end “Rami, I want you to install Linux on my laptop.” Like any Linux geek, I happily obliged. I burned an Ubuntu Gutsy CD and installed [...]