by WebDevRobert | Feb 2, 2011 | Linux Administrator
Yesterday’s Kubuntu: BIOS Information and Features article was the result of some intense hardware investigation. I was trying to determine whether or not a server would support a 64-bit OS. I have a workstation running a 64-bit Kubuntu 10.10 and the performance...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 2, 2011 | Linux Administrator
There is a ton of documentation on the internet about the ability to configure an Airport Base Station in Ubuntu/Kubuntu. Be careful! It isn’t as easy as some may make it seem. Information can be found about the Ubuntu airport-utils software package on the...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 1, 2011 | Linux Administrator
The BIOS is the Basic Input/Output System built into the motherboard of a computer. It is the very first code to run when a computer is powered on. The BIOS has a User Interface (UI), which allows a person to configure specific hardware, set the system clock,...
by WebDevRobert | Feb 1, 2011 | Linux Administrator
The gzip (GNU zip) utility is a software package for compressing files. It was originally designed to replace compress, as it does a better job with compression and it is free from patented algorithms. A .gz extension is created when gzip is used to compress files....
by WebDevRobert | Feb 1, 2011 | Linux Administrator
If you’ve ever found yourself looking for a free micro$oft office alternative, you may have stumbled on OpenOffice, the free and open productivity suite. If you remember much news from a year ago, you should remember the headline “Oracle buys Sun” in...
