Ryan Orsers' Blog

I have been saying for a while when I started to try and use OpenOffice.org 3 that I could not open the application with out it crashing…. It works now! This is what you need to do to get your Open Office 3.0 working on your Ubuntu system. Go to System>Administration>Software Sources When it loads…

I have used XFCE in the past on a server, a desktop and a laptop. On the server it was great as it takes less memory to use. On the desktop it was the only one I could use that I knew how to install… that was back in June 2006, as I was just…

With the upcoming release of 4.6 I decided that for people to know what they are getting into. XFCE is a Desktop environment and is a great one at that. But more on that tomorrow when I review XFCE 4.4.3. Now on to the How-To: Open your Ubuntu or Kubuntu Terminal: ALT+F2 gnome-terminal or ALT-F2…

Hi Everyone. Today is Monday so I better start with the Banshee 1.4.1 Review. Banshee has had a lot of crappy reviews in the past. This one is not a crappy review in the sense that it is bad. No this project has come a long way since I last tried it. The Banshee project…

This week has a load of reviews and a couple of how-tos. So here are some of the topics: Mandriva 2009 XFCE 4.4.3 Banshee 1.4 and Debian 5.0RC1

Hey Everyone! I have a review about Ubuntu 8.10 Final! Most reviews come after a few days, but this one will come over two weeks after the release. So lets get started. I love Ubuntu, but do not let that make you think that I would choose Ubuntu over many other distros, though I have…

Hi all, I am wondering what you like or dislike about Ubuntu 8.10 Final? If you have any comments I will put them up. Please no cursing as I may have to moderate the comments down to be able to include them in the post. Ryan Orser

I have been using this preview of Fedora 10 and it is great. I have timed the boot from start to finish and it was on this virtual machine 30 seconds. I believe it is well worth the effort to try this one when it comes out. Empathy the new Instant Messenger for Fedora 10…

I would like to thank all the people who fought for Canada in the Wars of the past, present, and future (lets hope there are none, but in all likelihood there will be some.) I will remember the people who have fought for the country and who died because they wanted to bring peace to…

Yes Fedora 10 Preview is hot on Ubuntu 8.10s’ heels as the preview has been released on November 4th 2008. I have decided to test out Fedora 10 in a virtual machine while using Ubuntu. There will be a few things I am going to test: 30 Second boot speed How fast it is in…