Recently I switched back to using Fluxbox as my window manager and am loving it again. One issue I do have though is that google chrome wont open downloaded files in the programs I would like it to, instead it opens them in firefox, which then gives me a open with dialog. It seems that to find what programs should open which files Chrome hooks into a program called...

Welcome to my new look website. While I know I keep trying to revive my website I think that this time may be a bit different (but please don’t quote me on that), recently I wrote an article for a friends website and found that I actually quite enjoyed writing about Linux again. I have decided a blog based website is definitely the way to go but I will also be...

It may come as a big surprise to those of you that dont know anything about linux and have heard of this thing called Ubuntu but there are other linux varients out there. Recently Ubuntu has had a new release which has managed to wrangle its way into the mainstream media with mentions on BBC news, admittedly in a piece about Windows 7. This has got me thinking about...

Recently I have been having issues with my trusty Thinkpad T40, if I press a bit too hard to the left of the the touch pad I get horrible graphics artifacts. These are easy to sort most of the time but are a PITA. While not wholly needed I have ordered myself a new laptop. I went with a Lenovo 3000 series andmanaged to find one with linux pre-installed from...

This weekend I am in York to help with the YLUG install day/fest. For the last couple of years I have been coming up to help so this makes my third time. We will be helping new linux users to install ubuntu (I know, not my choice !) and solve any problems they may be having. This year I have been given permission to try and pimp out mandriva to others. I have for...