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May
07
Solving white screen after upgrading to KDE4

Posted by Flo in Tricks on May 7th, 2009.
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After every large Kubuntu upgrade my computer seems to get problems, probably because the hardware is quite old. When upgrading to Kubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, I got yet another graphics related problem leading to a white screen after logging into kubuntu. It did take me some time to find the best solution, so here it is, I hope you’ll find it faster than I did.

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Apr
04
Time Wasters of the Month April 2009

Posted by Flo in Offbeat on April 4th, 2009.
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It’s April, so spring is getting all powered up now, and so is the wheather. More sun, fewer cold days, so it’s the ideal time of the year to sit inside your house behind your computer, wasting time on games because you are so frickin’ bored. Luckily, this months time wasters are here to save you from boredom, check them out.

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Mar
12
Winamp, the best media player around?

Posted by Flo in Freeware on March 12th, 2009.
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At the moment, the most popular media players are definetely Windows Media Player and iTunes. Nevertheless, Winamp is also a pretty big player in this market and until a little while ago I was really sure that Winamp was the best media player around. But now VLC has made me think twice about that. However, I still have a few arguments why Winamp is the best mediaplayer, and not VLC…

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Mar
04
Time Wasters of the Month March 2009

Posted by Flo in Offbeat on March 4th, 2009.
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There wasn’t a lot of time for me last moth to write some posts, but here’s the next Time Wasters, just so I won’t mess with the tradition. I hope I can post some more Internetspotter-like posts this month.

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Feb
07
Time Wasters of the Month February 2009

Posted by Flo in Offbeat on February 7th, 2009.
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A new month, a new collection of Time Wasters to waste your time on. This edition contains one of the best games that is ever made for the computer and one of the best free browser based strategy games that’s available. Check it out…

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Jan
25
Install source code in tar.gz packages in Kubuntu

Posted by Flo in Tricks on January 25th, 2009.
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If you’re the administrator of your Kubuntu installation, you probably have to install a program or two. The most popular applications are installable through the adept package manager, but sometimes you’ll need something that’s only distributed in tar.gz source packages. If you’re lucky, there’s a install.sh file in it, otherwise this guide may come in handy…

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Jan
03
Internetspotter’s Quick Guide to Usenet Part 1: Connecting to Usenet

Posted by Flo in File sharing on January 3rd, 2009.
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One of the fastest and safest ways to get your files is through usenet. The only problem for a lot of people is that it’s quite hard to use, so I’ve planned to make 3 easy, step by step, guides that will open the doors to usenet for everyone who takes the time for it. In this first part I’ll show how to connect to usenet, in the second part I’ll show how you find and download files and in the third part I will explain how you can repair and make your files ready for use. This post is part 1 of the guide: connecting to usenet.

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Jan
01
Time Wasters of the Month January 2009

Posted by Flo in Offbeat on January 1st, 2009.

First of all the best wishes for 2009. I hope you’ve still got your fingers after the fireworks, you’ll need them for this month’s time wasters. Let’s start off…

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Dec
23
Play AVCHD discs on your computer

Posted by Flo in Tricks on December 23rd, 2008.
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If you buy a High Definition (HD) camera, there’s a big chance that the output format will be AVCHD. The only way to maintain this HD quality is to write it on a disc in this format, but you will need a compatible player (blu-ray) to play it on your television. The problem starts when you want to play these discs on you computer. If you search the web, you will find websites where they tell you that buying expansive software is the only way to view the movies on these discs on you computer. This is, however, not true. In this guide I will tell you how to play AVCHD discs on you computer legally for free.

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Dec
14
Vuze (Azureus), torrents for the masses

Posted by Flo in File sharing, Open Source on December 14th, 2008.
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Over a year ago I stopped using Vuze, then known as Azureus, as my torrent client. This was simply because my computer stopped responding to every input when I was using it. A few months ago I noticed that they’ve changed Azureus into Vuze, so I downloaded it again to test it. I can assure you that the name isn’t the only thing that changed…

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