Instructions for Installing RPM Files Using Alien: Ubuntu, Debian

Have you ever found a package and all you get your hands on was the rpm file and you stilled wanted to install that package. If you can get your hands on the rpm file and you cannot find a .deb debian package in any of the Ubuntu repositories or elsewhere, you can still install [...]

September 30th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Introducing SSHMenu

OK, I stumbled across one of the most useful apps I have discovered in a long time, SSHMenu. SSHMenu is a panel applet for GNMOME (I have been informed it can be used outside of GNOME as well) that keeps track of all your regular SSH connections and makes them available with a single mouse [...]

September 28th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Ubuntu: Installing Fonts on Linux

There should be reason for me to try and convince you that everyone needs to know how to install fonts on Ubuntu or even Linux. Installing fonts is one of those things that is done on any and every platform around. The good news is that there are tons of fonts to choose from out [...]

September 24th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

DigiPro T-6000U 6×4.5″ USB Graphics Tablet Review

For those of you who keep up with my blog, here is the promised review of the DigiPro T-6000U 6×4.5″ USB Graphics Tablet. I wrote a tutorial on how to install this on Ubuntu because I had such a hard time finding the correct information when I went to install it, and said I would [...]

September 11th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Ubuntu DIGIPRO T-8000U T-6000U T-5500U 12000U 14000U

OK, I recently purchased a DigiPro T-6000U Graphics Tablet to use with Ubuntu (More Specifically Jaunty Jackalope or AKA 9.04) and it took me a while to figure out how to get it working, but as I found out in the end it is way easier than I thought to get it working, and I [...]

September 5th, 2009 by Allen Sanford