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This week is all about KDE Applications. Tune in every day except the usual weekends to get your KDE scoop.

These are a few steps on how to put yourself into a group. As usual I take no responsibility whatsoever. This decision is up to you. To put yourself into a group like sudoers type this in the terminal: usermod -a -G admin <yourusernameherewithoutbrackets> To put yourself into a primary group, type this into the…

Elisa is an Opensource Media center made by the people who brought you fluendo. This is a walk through on how to install Elisa. Remember this is a walk through so I take no responsibility for what ever may occur. Step 1: Go to System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. Step 2: Go to Search, type in Elisa,…

Hello everyone. Yesterday something really strange happened. All of a sudden I could not get any internet on Ubuntu, even when I plugged it in with an ethernet cable. So I have switched to Fedora 8 (Werewolf) to see if it will happen here as well. I may miss a few more podcasts because of…

These instructions are brought to you by: Ryan Orsers’ Networking class. As usual I take no responsibility for anything that may or may not go wrong. This is entirely up to you. <!– @page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –> How to install Battle For Wesnoth Server These…

This is a step by step how to on how to install xchat. I take no responsibility for anything that might or might not go wrong. Step 1: Open Terminal Step 2: Type in this command: sudo apt-get install xchat Step 3: When it asks you if you want to continue type in y Step…

This is a simple walk through on how to create a debian file from a binary. I take no responsibility for anything that may or may not happen. Step 1: Download this files: Debian Packaging tools FE Step 2: Create a folder called DEBIAN and put the folder into the working folder. Step 3: Create…

I am writing this as the podcasts that I have been doing for the last little while have to be put on hold for another week. I have had to do large amounts of work on a final project, working on accounting, and other things. I will be probably ready to do a podcast by…

I did not have the chance to congratulate the Ubuntu and its main derivatives for yet another great release. So… Congratulations on the best Ubuntu release yet.

Simple step by step walk through. As usual I take no responsibility what so ever. Compiz Config settings manager is a manager that lets you control what compiz fusion does with the key combos. Step 1: Open Synaptic Package Manager Step 2: Click the Search Icon Step 3: Type in these keywords: compiz config Step…