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Category Archives: XP

Top 10 Kubuntu Applications Part 1

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

This is going to highlight my top 10 Kubuntu applications that are installed in the Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon base install. It’s going to focus on all KDE native apps for the purpose of integration into KDE. I use almost all of these on a daily basis, and with few exceptions do I have alternatives [...]

Filed in Akregator, Gutsy Gibbon, KDE, Kaffeine, Katapult, Kate, Konqueror, Kontact, Konversation, Kopete, Windows, XP, ark, k3b | Comments (3)

Recovering a crashed Windows on Dual Boot

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Having previously configured my laptop for dual boot, I was satisfied with the way things were running. My wife would use XP. We’d enabled GRUB to save the default using the Start Up Manager, so we could hibernate in order to switch users and operating systems.
All was fine until Windows said “ENOUGH!” and bit the [...]

Filed in Dual Boot, GRUB, Laptop, Recovery Console, Windows, XP, fixboot, fixmbr | Comments (0)