Posts Tagged ‘ Debian ’

Kopete disconnects from Yahoo

Saturday, April 3, 2010
By LD Jackson
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It’s been a while since I posted anything in the Technology category and I thought this subject was as good as any. I have recently upgraded my system to Mepis 8.5, a Debian-based Linux system that uses KDE 4.3.4. Since I talk to my brother a lot via Yahoo Instant Messenger, one of the...
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First encounters of the SimplyMepis kind

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
By LD Jackson
First encounters of the SimplyMepis kind

It’s funny that my first encounter with SimplyMepis came as sort of an accident. I have been reading Preacherpen’s articles about Mepis, which is Debian based, for quite some time and had actually downloaded the new SimplyMepis 8 and burned my own CD. I hadn’t gotten around to trying it out until recently when...
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KDE 4.2 on it’s way to sidux

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
By LD Jackson

For quite some time, I have been watching the progress of KDE 4.2 and wondering when it would be time for me to try it out. Since I use sidux, I wasn’t sure when KDE 4.2 would be going live. sidux is based off Debian Linux and it has been frozen while they were...
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My first year with Linux

Sunday, January 18, 2009
By LD Jackson
My first year with Linux

As of December 25, 2008 it has been a year since I first installed a Linux distro on my home computer. With the help of my brother, I installed Debian based sidux and I have to say, I have been very pleased with the results. You can read about my first impressions of sidux...
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My Firefox 3 experience

Saturday, October 25, 2008
By LD Jackson
My Firefox 3 experience

A few months ago, I wrote an article entitled Opera 9.5–My browser of choice. In that article, I made known my preference for Opera as my web browser, but I tried to make it clear I was not trying to bash Firefox, just as I am not trying to bash Opera now. The two...
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The ease of sidux

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
By LD Jackson
The ease of sidux

First, let me clear up a mistake I made in my previous article about sidux. I used a “S” instead of a “s”. sidux is spelled with a small s. I am still trying to get around Mrs. Gibson’s High School English class. Okay, now that we have gotten the English lesson out of...
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