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How To Use FireFox

July 29, 2007 · No Comments

Great article, print out and hand to your least favorite IE apologists so they can get a clue.

Categories: Applications · Browsers · Desktop · HOWTO · WebTerNet

One Porn Site Per Child

July 22, 2007 · No Comments

We knew this would happen, the OLPC’s in some 3rd world countries are being used to freely and copiously view adult-oriented sites, according to some reports.

Time to fit them up with library filters, and start the lawsuits about free speech, oh, er, they don’t have our constitution, bill of rights or the amendments.  Never mind.

Categories: Applications · Browsers · Desktop · Humor · Op Ed

Nautilus Can Do More

July 8, 2007 · No Comments

Although NOT my favorite File Manager, see my article on the OPS Team Blog “File Managers: Alternatives to Nautilus and Konqueror” for why, Nautilus can be taught to be less stodgy.

Categories: Applications · Desktop · HOWTO · RTFM

GConf - GNOME Under the Hood

July 6, 2007 · 1 Comment

Ever wondered what all the settings inside GConf do?  Wait no more, this article will help you understand GNOME’s inner workings.

Categories: Applications · Desktop · Graphics · HOWTO

How to Find Things Outside of Google’s Reach

July 4, 2007 · No Comments

What to do when things you are searching for don’t show up in Google, but they do exist on the web.  This is called “dark-searching” or “extra-google” searching.

Categories: Applications · Browsers · HOWTO · The Social · WebTerNet

10 Ways to Improve GNOME

June 28, 2007 · No Comments

Great article, I love # 1 Ditch the Acronym and # 9 Bring Back the Skull.

Categories: Applications · Desktop · Graphics · Op Ed

Sync Your FFox Bookmarks and Extensions Across Computers!

June 27, 2007 · No Comments

Love this, especially the sync of extensions, extremely valuable for me with 4 computers to keep track of.

Categories: Applications · Browsers · Desktop · HOWTO

Want to Sync Browser Settings and Bookmarks?

June 25, 2007 · No Comments

I sure do, this article helps you get it working with Google Browser Sync.

Categories: Applications · Browsers · HOWTO

What if You Spent a Day Without X11?

May 29, 2007 · No Comments

Categories: Applications · Command line · Desktop

15 OSS Projects to Watch

May 29, 2007 · No Comments

Very interesting, learned a thing or two with this list.

Categories: Applications · Desktop · OSS News