I want to be able to connect from my Windows XP laptop to my Kubuntu server using a remote client software. NoMachine company makes this widget called NX and it works very similar to the Windows Remote Desktop. To set it up, download the NXFree for Linux from NoMachine’s web site and install it on […]

There have been raves on the Internet about the Debian Package Manager used in Ubuntu and Kubuntu. I can tell you it’s even better than I imagined. I’ve been trying the new KDE4 shell. Well, it’s ok, but I really don’t like it too much at this stage because I think it’s still a little […]

So yesterday I wrote that my Solaris 10 boot archive was corrupt. To fix it, I tried booting into the Failsafe mode. It took a long time for the Failsafe mode to boot up. In fact, I left the computer running and went to bed. This morning, I saw a command prompt offering to mount […]

I actually tried to install Solaris 10 straight up on a blank partition, but the install does not work because the Solaris requires its boot to be located on the first 1024 cylinders of a disk. Since I already have Windows XP and Kubuntu running on my two hard drives, I decided to try the […]

I decided to migrate my Home directory in Kubuntu to a new partition. It’s interesting that there isn’t a lot of help about how to do it on the Internet. I tried a few tips I found on the Internet but none of those seems to work very well. It’s actually pretty straight forward and […]