It is not surprising that so many Facebook accounts get cracked into and the data used for evil purposes. The users need to wake up and pay more attention to security. I have a very complex password on my site and everyone on Facebook or Friendface or whatever site you use should have a good … Read more
I had to re-install the Debian bootloader after installing Windows 7 Ultimate and I did this by loading up my OpenSuse x64 installation DVD and selecting the rescue option which gave me a login prompt. I logged in as root and after following this post: Gentoo chroot guide, and setting up a chroot to my … Read more
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate alongside my Debian 6.0 install, as I wanted to try out Internet Explorer 9.0 and it is pretty good, rather like Firefox 4.0 in appearance. The performance of the Aero desktop is far ahead of the KDE 4.5 desktop. KDE is slow as anything running with Compiz enabled, but … Read more
I am wondering, if due to the popularity of the SSD solid state hard drives, are we going to see the end of the conventional hard disk with metal platters and read-write heads that skitter over the surface floating on a cushion of air. The SSD drives are getting better and better but do not … Read more
I have updated my Linux tips page with some information about the VLC multimedia player application and how to get sound when recording from a TV capture card. I worked out how to get sound recorded that way and I thought I would share it as some people are having trouble with that.